Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

The evening breeze blew through the corridor under the house, whining, and the shadows of the trees fell on the window paper. It looked like strange little people holding hands, singing and dancing, rejoicing for this huge grass-stage team-like human world.

Grandma Wang held the cloak in her hands. The dried blood in her eyes seemed to have a burning sensation. Just looking at it made her feel heart-burning and uncomfortable. She always felt that the blood was the girl's own. , coupled with the old lady's rare direct sentimentality, she felt more and more like a huge stone weighing heavily on her heart. She forced a smile and said, "We girls are lucky at first glance. Occasionally we suffer some innocuous little hardships. Since you and Third Master are here, I can’t bear the pain.”

Mrs. Ji was a little surprised and joked, "Have you inquired about everything? The lintel, inheritance, family tradition of Duke Ning's mansion, and whether anyone in the family has taken concubines or divorced his wife for three generations? And Ning Xiuyuan's personal reputation , cultivation, temperament, and so on?" After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh. This old guy was really meticulous about everything. He even made a list in advance, asked someone to inquire about each item, and then personally checked it out. Got points.

As for the piece of paper, she hid it like a treasure without letting anyone see it. The old lady was also curious and wanted to see how well Mr. Ning, who was praised by the world, could score in the hands of this old guy. But this old guy is Don't show it.

Stingy and tight.

Grandma Wang didn't know that the other party was so slanderous in her heart, and her reaction was slower when something was pressing in her heart. She just nodded honestly when she heard this, and commented pertinently, "Although the third master is not worthy of our girl, in general, he is better than those It is better to have a young man from a noble family who has a bad appearance, or who relies on the protection of his ancestors to live his life. In addition, the family tradition of Duke Ningguo is pure and upright... The most important thing is that the old slave has seen for some time that this Third Master Ning takes good care of our girl. good."

After saying that, he still nodded to himself, as if he was serious about it.

This old guy was really interested. The old lady saw with her own eyes that while she was asking about Ning Xiuyuan, she secretly took out the wrinkled list from her arms and took a "quick" look at it. She is old and has a bad memory, but she doesn’t want to miss anything. After all, she shoulders the important task of testing her future uncle for her. The girl’s happiness for the rest of her life depends on her, so she always carries it in her arms. When she doesn’t ask, Take it out and look at it, and take stock of whether there is anything else that needs to be added.

Thinking of that scene, the old lady couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckle, waving her hand to let her go down, "Go to bed. You are too old, and you have told me so many times that if you are really worried, just arrange for young people to stay on night duty." , but you don’t listen, do you think you can do anything when you are young? And you always say that I don’t accept old age..."

Grandma Wang responded in a good-tempered manner, "I was asleep. It's just that my sleep was light. I've heard your footsteps for decades, so I'm naturally familiar with you... so I woke up."

She always had a reason and something to say. The old lady waved her hand and urged her to go down and fall asleep quickly. Then Grandma Wang blew out the candle on the table, closed the door with the cloak in her hand and left. Only a vague shadow was still cast on the window paper, and he could vaguely see the gesture of lowering his head and stroking the cloak in his hand. The old lady stared at the shadow for a while, then shook her head, turned over, and fell asleep facing inward - out of sight, out of mind!

What is it that Nanny Wang can't let go of? As an old lady who has been with her day and night for nearly a lifetime, she naturally knows - this old man is still worried about the origin of the blood stains on his cloak! The old lady frowned and cursed. She had seen strong winds and waves after all. In the early years of our family, if she was injured and it was difficult to publicize it, Grandma Wang would bandage it. Therefore, she also practiced a skill that even Mr. Chen was full of praise for. The bandaging technique was applied to Xiao Ning. Even if he cut his fingertip while practicing piano, he would still make a big fuss...

…    Early the next morning, Ji Wuyan was woken up by the sound of voices.

It seemed to be raining, the sky was dark, and I couldn't tell the time. Ji Wuyan shrank back into the quilt again, lazily about to go back to sleep again, when she heard the voices in the corridor. It was Ziqiu and Shen Luoxin, who seemed to be chatting about her, intermittently and vaguely. You can hear some words like "how was last night".

So he got ready, propped himself up and sat up ready to call someone, but there was a pain in his palm, and he took a deep breath. When he lowered his head, he saw crescent-shaped scars with dried blood on his palms one after another. The deep spots were knotted. The scab was gone, and the stretch just now burst open again, and the round blood beads slowly came out. He raised his hand to wipe it away quietly, but the door had already opened in response, and it was Shen Luoxin who came in first.

Shen Luoxin shook the two small porcelain bottles in her hands and said with a smile, "You are sleeping soundly. It's hard for Grandma Wang to come over early in the morning. Gu Zuojie asked me to come over and said that it was on the old lady's cloak. She saw the blood, and she was worried that you were injured. Judging from the look on your face, you probably didn't sleep well all night... Tell me, what did you do last night that even alarmed her? "

"Yes, yes..." Ziqiu handed over the warm wet handkerchief and stood aside to agree seriously, "More than half an hour ago, Grandma Wang came here and hesitantly only asked the girl if she was up. . The slave girl thought that the girl had never gotten up so early on weekdays. Mom should know that. The slave girl asked her what happened, but she didn’t say anything. She hesitated..."

Ji Wuyan touched his nose and handed his palm out honestly. The dried blood covered the cold white skin, making the whole palm pale to the point of shocking. The deep and shallow wounds could be seen at a glance. What's going on.

Ziqiu gasped, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

Shen Luoxin was also slightly startled, but after all she was much calmer than Zi Qiu. She held the palm and looked at it, frowning and asked, "Is there another one?"

Ji Wuyan obediently handed over the other hand, "This one is fine... It was nothing serious at first, but I accidentally held it a little tighter, and it happened that I hadn't trimmed my nails for a while, so I scratched the skin... Maybe it was yesterday. I got some on it when I was arranging my grandma's clothes. Grandma Wang just likes to think about it."

"Haha." Shen Luoxin didn't believe Ji Wuyan's nonsense at all, but he didn't bother to refute. He just slapped the uninjured hand away and said, "You are really cruel to yourself. Get rid of it. Ziqiu, go and inform the dining room that your girl should eat light food and avoid meat and fish these two days."

"There's no need to go to such trouble, right? They're just pinch marks... Even if there are scars, just apply Shuhen Cream!" Ji Wuyan frowned and complained, "You are taking personal revenge, doing it in such a big way, Nanny Wang. I have to talk about it again."