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As he walked into his grandmother's courtyard, he heard laughter coming from inside. When the maidservants on the porch saw me, they laughed and shouted, "Miss, you've come!"

"You're late today, the madam and the concubine are both here."

I nodded to her, and she lifted the curtain for me and came in with a pair of black lacquer armchair upholstered in ginger. From behind a painted peony screen, an eighteen-year-old beauty appeared, dressed in a silvery-red mane of mandarin duck, with a button the size of a pinky and pearl buttoned all the way to her armpits, revealing the collar and sleeves of a turmeric jacket and a plain blue silk skirt that revealed red embroidered shoes as she walked along.

"Miss, you've come. The old lady has been nagging at you for a long time!"

Her hair was tied up in a ponytail, and on top of it was a jade butterfly silver hairpin. As she walked, the butterfly's wings were trembling as if they were about to fly away. Her ears were covered with white pearls and peonies, and a bright smile blossomed on her face.

"Elder Sister Hongyu, why did you come out to welcome us personally?" Lu Ping stepped forward to welcome him.

"Wasn't it you who took your time to prepare everything for Eldest Miss, that's why the old lady forced me to come out and look for you?"

Hong Yu chatted and laughed with Lu Ping as she greeted me.

Red Jade was the head maid of Grandmother's side. Her looks were secondary, and the most important thing was that she was intelligent and intelligent. Not only was Grandmother's house unable to leave her, her entire family loved her.

After I entered the room, I kept my head down. At this moment, Hong Yu walked in front of me. I could only slightly raise my head and nod at her. Hong Yu saw the rims of my red eyes with a single glance.

A look of surprise crossed her face, and then she smiled again.

"Sister, please accompany Eldest Miss to stand in front of the eardrum. These two days, the old lady's health was not very good, and she was afraid of getting cold. Young Miss is also delicate, if the heat pours on her body, it will be easy for her to get sick. " Red Jade said as she held onto Lu Ping's hand, but her eyes drifted towards me.

Seeing me nod slightly, Lu Ping stepped forward and said, "Elder sister, go ahead! Our young mistress has been feeling rather uncomfortable recently, thank you elder sister for thinking so much. "

Red Jade slightly crouched down and saluted before returning to the room behind the screen. Lu Ping, accompanied by me, stood in front of the pavilion, which was used as an inner and outer partition. On top of the bowl was a blood-like red agate bowl, a pure and warm Hetian jade vase, an orange jade buddhist hand, and some other decorative decorations.

Ordinary people would have to keep their things well, but their grandma's room was casually placed outside for the maidservants to play with.

It seemed like one of the main reasons the Lu Family was willing to marry a merchant's daughter was because of the generous dowry!

Not long after, he heard the sounds of laughter and the rustling of clothes as the ladies left. The red jade had lifted the curtain of the silver-red cotton door and entered the east door.

"Miss, please come in. The old lady is waiting for you inside."

Hong Yu smiled as before, and affectionately came forward to help me up. Lu Ping respectfully took a step back to stand behind us as she slowly followed.

"Miss, this old lady's health has never been very good, and it's been especially cold this winter. But before that, when I looked at the snow on the porch, I caught a cold and coughed for a few days before I recovered." Red Jade looked at me pleadingly, wanting to say something but hesitating.

This is to ask me to be gentle about anything so as not to startle my grandmother.

"Thank you for reminding me, sister. I know." I nodded at Red Jade, indicating that I understood her intentions. Red Jade smiled at me gratefully.

Hong Yu protected her grandmother like this, but because her grandmother only had one day to live under her protection, if her grandmother was gone, then such a clever person like her would be reduced to who knows how far she would have to go.

After passing through the screen, they passed through a small side hall and arrived at the door of Grandmother's bedroom. Hong Yu opened the door for me with a pair of bare hands, but held onto Lu Ping. "I heard that little sister's hand is very good and knows how to play the role of a contestant. Please help me see how good my contestant looks."

I turned my head to look at Hong Yu. Her delicate hands knew all about it, so how could such a person go looking for Lu Ping over the matter of needle and thread. She was just a sensible girl who understood that there were some things that shouldn't be listened to.

"But little miss …" She stared at me with worried eyes.

I pulled out a smile for her, hinting that she didn't have to worry about me. However, I couldn't help but sigh secretly in my heart. This little girl is very loyal and lacking in agility; it would be great if I could have a sensible little girl like Hong Yu by my side.

"Mother!" I wiped my eyes and entered the room. When I looked up, my grandmother was lying on the kang, and my mother was sitting upright on the other side of the kang table. Aunt Wang was standing behind my mother, holding a copper furnace made of silk enamel.

The group of people that had just left were all female servants!

"Mother!" I wiped away my tears with my sleeve and kneeled in front of my mother.

"Mother, the Amma is gone!"

Lying on his mother's lap crying, terrified and helpless.

I grabbed my mother's sleeve and said in a muffled voice, "Mother, our daughter just woke up this morning, and the maidservant said that Amma died. How can that be okay!?"

As I looked up from my crying, there was no expression of shock on my mother's face. Although there was Qi Rong on her grandmother's face, she was not surprised. However, the aunt's face was filled with disbelief, as if she had never expected such a thing to happen.

So it seems that my mother and grandmother both have someone in my yard, and my mother's people can learn from my mother that what is left is my grandmother's.

"Mother, our daughter died in her yard for no reason at all. How could this be good!?"

I wiped away my tears with the handkerchief in my hand and said, "My daughter was fine when she saw Amma yesterday, but she was a bit out of breath from her illness. Why did she die today? "I'm a girl, I'm really scared …" I sobbed as I spoke, and caught a glimpse of my aunt with her back to me, wiping her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand.

Could it be that my birth mother is really Aunt Chen?

If my wet nurse died, what would she be sad about?

Mother frowned and looked at me coldly. " What's there to be afraid of? But if a servant were to die, so be it. Even if I wanted to move it, I wouldn't be able to do it. "

"Madam!" The aunt called out to her mother, but before her mother could reply, the grandmother said with a heavy expression, "If the aunt isn't well, then let her go home. The matter at home will be decided by the madame, and I will be the one who decides it."

The aunt's eyes reddened, and she was stunned for a long time before saying, "Old lady is right, then I'll take my leave first."

It was me, not a servant or concubine.

"Since Yuan-er is afraid that we won't be able to find a place to stay for a while, then let's live in the warm pavilion in my yard. It's warm and quiet there." The grandmother said lightly, not giving her mother any room to change her mind.

"What about Amma?" I stubbornly asked:

"Amma died without any reason. Don't you want to investigate?"