Think about it, although the Mou family is not as high-ranking as the aristocratic family and has a profound background, but because the Liu family comes from a wealthy family, although they are secretly different from the legitimate concubines, they are very caring about the discipline of all their children on the surface, just like the children from afar. Relatives, we will never allow a foreigner who has left the fifth level of service to stay at home and allow him to meet the ladies at home!

After the eldest sister got married, the eldest brother-in-law was not so presumptuous at first. The father was busy with official duties and did not care about the family. The mother was very concerned about the children. The second sister got married first and was the first to get pregnant. The mother often sent her mother to visit. , even though the eldest sister is a concubine, the eldest brother-in-law has borrowed the power of the Yue family to rise to power. From the flowering and drinking outside, to the concubines coming in one by one, the mother cannot be unaware, but she stood by and watched, and never struck the eldest daughter. It was the brother-in-law who made the eldest sister finally die in depression.

Mou Biao guessed that at least 70-80% of this happened because her mother was behind it, so... what did the eldest sister do to make her mother punish her like this?

The more Mou Biao thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He always felt that the elder sister's behavior was vaguely weird and strange. He told Mou Hu,

"Go and see... where is the second brother-in-law now?"

Mou Hu took the order and ran away quickly. He came back to report not long after.

"Young Master, I left Young Master Ke to talk in the study, and he hasn't come out yet!"

Mou Biao nodded,

"Come on, let's go take a look!"

Mou Biao led the two boys to the front yard.

The entire layout of the Mou Mansion is divided into two courtyards, the front and rear. Mou Bin lives with his sons in the front courtyard, and Liu and his aunts and daughters live in the backyard. There is a difference between the front and the back, and there is a distinction between the inside and the outside. The main courtyard of the backyard where Mou Bin lives is between the front and back. Liu has closed and locked all the side doors and corner doors connecting the front and rear. Only the main courtyard has a door for entry and exit. The sons in the front or the daughter in the backyard have to go in and out. , all have to pass through Liu's courtyard.

Mrs. Liu also sent her mother-in-law to work in two shifts in front of the door, guarding day and night. Anyone coming in or out would be reported to Mrs. Liu in a timely manner, so that the mistress of the house, Mrs. Liu, could know the movement of people and take care of the back house. The front yard is controlled by everyone, but the male owner Mou Bin has the final say in the front yard. The front yard is divided into two, and the yard where his sons live is at the back. The front yard is divided into the main hall, the left and right side halls, and the front yard also has front and back halls. The Huayuan and the Shuxinyuan in the back garden are Mou Bin’s study, finance room, warehouse and other confidential places. Therefore, the entire Mou Mansion is guarded by guards inside and outside. Shuxinyuan also has a lot of secret guards. .

Everyone in the Mou Mansion knows that Shuxinyuan is an important place and cannot go there without being summoned by Mou Bin. If someone breaks in without notification, the Jin Yiwei's secret guards will kill him on the spot without showing any mercy!

Mou Biao first went to Shuxinyuan. The boy in front of the door saw him and hurriedly came to greet him.

"Eighth Young Master..."

"Is my dad in the study?"

The boy responded,

"The master and the third young master of the Ke family are talking in the study, but do you want the younger one to pass it on to you?"

Mou Biao thought for a while and shook his head.

"Even if dad has something to do, I won't bother him!"

After Mou Biao said that, he turned around and left. Mou Hu and Mou Long didn't know why, so they followed them far away. Mou Hu asked,

"Master, don't you go to the master's study?"

Mou Biao shook his head,

"Don't go..."

What he wanted to see was what Mu Xiumei was up to, what was she going to do to find her father, and why was she just listening to his nagging?

He just came here to see the second sister, but here, if the second sister is not here, then she is still in his own yard!

He turned around and went to the backyard again. At this time, all the doors had been locked. When he walked into Liu's courtyard, he was still being questioned by his mother-in-law. Mou Biao didn't want to be questioned, but it was not difficult for him. He only had to turn over the questions.

The wall is it!

He climbed over the wall in a swaggering and fair manner. The ladies couldn't see him, but the guard sentry could see him. He recognized him as the Eighth Young Master and didn't say a word. He watched him and the two boys climbing over the wall.

The wall entered the backyard, and when they arrived at Mou Xiujuan's yard, Mou Biao left two boys outside and climbed over the wall again.

Mou Xiujuan's small courtyard is a two-story wooden building with a boudoir. The upper part is the bedroom, the lower part is the main hall, and at the back is the small kitchen. Mou Biao has been running around in this courtyard since he was a child, and his sisters' courtyards are his.

We come and go often, so we are naturally familiar with the terrain.

He first stretched his neck and took a look, and saw that although there was light in the boudoir on the second floor, there were no figures moving. After thinking about it, he turned to the small kitchen. The lights were bright, figures were shaking, and there were faint sounds of voices.

"Sister, is this how it was done?"

Mou Xiujuan's voice came, and Mou Xiumei responded,

"That's it. You can send it to Young Master Ke personally later..."

He said teasingly with a smile,

"Let Third Young Master Ke know that our second young lady is a proficient chef in everything!"

Mou Xiujuan said angrily,

"Sister, I thought you were the most gentle and generous among the sisters in this family. I didn't expect you to make fun of me like them!"

Mou Xiumei took the handkerchief to wipe her hands and said with a smile,

"You are about to get married. If I don't make fun of you, I won't have a chance!"

As he spoke, the light in his eyes flashed, and then quickly disappeared. Mou Xiujuan did not notice it at all.

"Sister..."

She let out a coquettish cry, dipped her hand in the wash basin, and flicked her with water. Mou Xiumei quickly took the handkerchief and wiped her face, and did the same thing. The two sisters started to fight, and even the girl Gui'er who was standing by was hurt.

As the situation spread, the three of them were all laughing and taking a handkerchief to wipe it with, but no one saw Tian'er taking advantage of this moment to quietly lift the lid of the porcelain cup and throw something in.

Mou Biao didn't see what was going on inside, but he listened and thought to himself,

"Could it be that I'm just imagining things? Looking at this situation, I don't see anything wrong?"

When I was wondering, I heard Mou Xiumei urging me,

"Go quickly, if it's too late... people will leave!"

Mou Xiujuan nodded when she heard this and told Gui'er,

"Pack up your things and let's go!"

Guier responded, took a food box, and put the porcelain cup containing Yuanxiao into it. The food box was made very ingeniously. After putting the things in, the wooden boards on both sides were movable. You only need to move the wooden boards

Move left and right to lock the container to ensure that the soup inside will not spill out. This person took the two small porcelain spoons handed over by Tian'er, placed them in the grid aside, and then closed the lid. The three people

They were all staring at Gui'er filling the food box. Mou Xiujuan and his servant didn't notice that when Tian'er took back her hand, she hid a small porcelain cup behind her back.

After Guier installed it, she checked it carefully. It seemed like something was missing. She turned her head and looked at the case. There was nothing on it. Has everything been installed?

Guier was thinking about herself,

"Let's go quickly. When people leave later, all this work will be in vain!"

Mou Xiumei was tired again, Guier tilted her head and thought for a while, but finally didn't remember what was missing, so she had to say to Mou Xiujuan,

"Miss, it's ready!"

"let's go!"

Mou Xiujuan nodded, Mou Xiumei also smiled and said,

"I've been working with you for so long, and I'm tired. I have to go back and rest!"

Mou Xiujuan took her hand and walked out of the kitchen together.

"Sister, thank you..."

"What are the words of thanks between us sisters? If you remember how good I am, just say a few more good words for me in front of my mother in the future!"

"That's natural, you don't need to be warned by my eldest sister!"

The two sisters talked, left the yard, and parted ways at the end of the path. One went to the back and the other to the front yard. After the two of them led their respective girls away, Mou Hu, who was lying in the bushes, asked Mou Biao,

"Eighth Young Master, who should we follow?"

Mou Biao responded,

"Follow my eldest sister..."

He always felt that Mou Xiumei was planning something. The three of them got up from the bushes and followed Mou Xiujuan and Tian'er's master and servant from a distance. Tian'er held a lantern in her hand, and the light flickered on and off in the dim path. , twinkling, when they reached the fork in the road, the two of them turned at the end. Instead of going back to their own yard, they turned around a few times and headed to the front yard.

Mou Biao frowned,

"There is indeed something fishy..."

Mou Xiumei did not go back to her own yard, but also went outside Liu's yard. The woman who was guarding the gate of Liu's yard asked,

"Miss, what are you doing in the front yard so late?"

Mou Xiumei smiled and pointed at a small white porcelain cup in Tian'er's hand and said,

"The second sister just took the food box to dad's study. She forgot something, I sent it to her!"

The mother-in-law nodded and let the two of them go out, but she was muttering in her heart,

"It's already this hour. Don't the eldest young lady and the second young lady need to go to bed? They all ran to the front yard..."

Mou Xiumei's master and servant went out and walked on the deserted corridor leading to the front yard. When they were far away, Tian'er looked back and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss, aren't you afraid that the old lady won't let you go, or that you might alert the madam?"

At this time, the gentle smile on Mou Xiumei's face had long since disappeared. Her pretty face was tense, and one hand holding the cloak tightly on her chest revealed her nervousness.

"You... you have to try it before you know it!"

Now that things have come to a point, she is desperate and has to give herself a try!

She was unwilling to give it up. Although she was a concubine, she was still the eldest daughter of the family. Then Mr. Ke San was a good match. Why should he not be given to her, but to Mou Xiujuan? Just because she was a legitimate daughter?

Humph! Mother Liu, despite her gentle and generous appearance, is actually a sweet-faced and bitter-hearted person. She is one thing in front of her father and another behind her back. On the outside, she treats their concubine daughters with the same food and clothing expenses. , but privately, she carefully cultivated and disciplined her daughter, as if everyone was studying with her husband. Mou Xiujuan would be slapped on the palm if she couldn't recite the book, and she would not study for three days, and her husband would But he turned a blind eye and didn't care at all.

When she was a child, she was ignorant, and she was most comfortable and happy when her husband ignored her and her mother ignored her. She also secretly sympathized with Mou Xiujuan and felt that she was pitiful when her hands were slapped. Now that she is older, she realizes how vicious Mrs. Liu's intentions are!
Chapter completed!