Concubine Sun just liked Lu Erniang's straightforward and open-minded temperament, so she treated her like her own granddaughter. Naturally, she agreed with her opinion at this moment. 【Read full text】
A moment ago, she was kind to her granddaughter-in-law, but she turned around and scolded her grandson Qian Ai: "What do you, a man, have to do with the affairs of the inner courtyard? It's better to deal with the relationship between the two families."
Qian Yan saw that his grandmother did not doubt his wife, but still protected her shortcomings as usual. He felt confident and nodded in agreement.
After coming out of Concubine Sun's house, Qian Yan hurried to the front yard with the steward, while Lu Erniang went directly to the ear room in her yard.
The Duke's Mansion was very large, but because of Concubine Sun's love, Qian Yan and Lu Erniang lived in the courtyard closest to Concubine Sun, which was also the best place among their generation. When the concubine asked this courtyard to be their wedding room, many people were jealous, but no one dared to question the concubine's decision.
Lu Erniang left in a hurry and arrived soon. She unlocked the door herself and opened the door. She saw a maid with her limbs tied and her mouth gagged lying on the ground. She was twisting violently and trying to break free from the rope. .
When the maid saw someone coming in, she stopped twisting and became as quiet as a scalded chicken waiting to be plucked.
Xu Nuo previously told Lu Erniang that when she entered the Duke's mansion, she saw a maid walking too fast and accidentally bumped into Mrs. Guo, knocking off Mrs. Guo's purse.
Today is very important to the Duke's Palace and even the entire Qian family. The patriarch of the family in Hangzhou sent his eldest son to congratulate the concubine on her birthday. On such an important day, the maid would not move around at will unless she was assigned a task.
Moreover, the maids of the Qian family have undergone strict training and do not walk quickly on the way to the guests. This kind of thing accidentally bumping into a guest has not happened in the past few decades.
Something that hadn't happened in decades just happened on a day like this. The person who hit was Guo.
Ms. Guo married into the Wang family two years ago and became a stepmother. She gave birth to a daughter at the beginning of this year. In the seven years before her marriage, she had never attended any banquets because of her family's affairs.
So today's birthday banquet for Concubine Sun was the first banquet that Guo attended after King Zhou's death nine years ago, but she suffered from anaphylactic shock. Almost died.
Because of the abnormal behavior after Guo's allergy, Xu Nuo and Lu Eryi agreed that the purse that was "accidentally" knocked off contained peanut powder, and that the osmanthus and chestnut cake she ate was. It was she who sprinkled the peanut powder on it herself, otherwise there is no need for a person who doesn't like sweets to eat sweet-scented osmanthus and chestnut cake.
Of course, the fantasy is unfounded, and witnesses must be caught. Physical evidence was found.
Lu Eryiniang had previously listened to Xunuo's description of the figure and appearance of the maidservant. She sent a confidant to check, because she arranged the personnel work very carefully, and quickly found the maid, who is now in the wing room.
Mrs. Guo did not have the pink purse described in the sachet, only a blue purse. It can be seen that the pink purse was a key clue to find out the cause of the incident. She naturally knew the importance of the purse. After being called to the room by Concubine Sun, she We had already sent people to look for it before.
After entering the penthouse, she glanced at the maid. Without speaking, he sat cross-legged on the couch. With a wave of her hand, a woman came forward to untie the maid.
The maid took a deep breath after being untied, then got up, glanced at Lu Ershiniang, and walked out without any hesitation.
This maid is the youngest daughter of the most powerful nanny around Concubine Sun. She is now serving Qian Yan's younger brother. She is considered a very respectable person in the Duke's palace. She seldom looks at people's faces on weekdays, and there are many second-class maids who do rough things. The maid flattered her.
But no matter how honorable a maid is, she shouldn't just ignore her mistress.
Before Lu Erniang could say anything, someone naturally slapped the maidservant.
The maid covered her face and looked at Lu Erniang with anger in her eyes: "Madam, what are you going to do? You tied me here for no reason. Although I don't know why, I am ready to turn a blind eye. Just pretend that you didn’t see anything, and you still don’t allow it?”
Just as the maid finished speaking, several more slaps fell on her face, causing her to fall to the ground.
The maid looked at the mother-in-law who beat her in disbelief, and then at Lu Erniang, who had no emotion on her face. Her expression changed, and she hurriedly kowtowed to Lu Erniang.
Everyone in the house said that this lady was very capable and always cut through troubles quickly. But every time she saw Lu Ershiniang, she saw her smiling and very kind face, so she never believed those people's words. I think they have never seen a real person and are just making random guesses.
But after receiving a few slaps that could knock her unconscious, she realized that what those people said was true.
Why did the woman who hit her only hit her on the right side of her face? Now the right side is so swollen that she can’t even cover it with her hand!
Lu Erniang looked at the maid kneeling in front of her and sneered: "Tell me about the purse." She was used to these maids who were plotting against her and pretending to be ignorant and pitiful, and she had already become ruthless. Resolved.
Only then did the maid become truly frightened, and her back couldn't help but tremble.
She was very careful, how could Madam know?
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When Lu Erniang was interrogating the maid, the five members of the Xu family had already arrived at the Xu Mansion.
Mrs. Lu was worried about Lu Twenty-one Mother, and her lips pursed into a straight line. Xu Gucheng got off the carriage and saw her expression, and stepped forward to comfort him: "Wan Niang, you don't know what kind of person Twenty-One Mother is, I just saw She has bullied others before, but I have never seen anyone bully her, so don’t worry."
"I have watched her since she was born, so I naturally know what kind of temper she is. But this time, things are difficult. According to the clues Liu Niang discovered, at least two people want to do harm to Twenty-one Niang. "
On the way back home, Xu Nuo told Ms. Lu everything she knew. As Ms. Lu was a smart person, she naturally deduced that at least two people wanted to frame Twenty-one Niang through Guo, and Ms. Guo herself risked her own life to kill Twenty-One. The mother is in an unkind place.
"She is a smart person and will not put herself at a disadvantage. What's more, with Concubine Sun protecting her, others can't move her even if they want to. Don't worry."
Xu Gucheng was trying to persuade Lu to feel at ease, while Xu Pingyi was also asking about the promise with concern.
"You were the first one to rush forward and check Guo's pulse?" Xu Pingyi did not expect that his sister would have such courage, and he was both happy and worried.
"I was the first to go over, but I didn't feel her pulse. I just observed her condition a little bit." Xu Nuo has short legs and a short step, but when walking with Xu Pingyi, he never needs to walk fast to catch up, because he will slow down his steps and take a small step. .
"You don't have to do this in the future, just let the doctor do it." Xu Pingyi glanced at Xu Nuo worriedly.
"Ms. Guo was not breathing well at the time. If she was not brought to a level, she would have died before the doctor came..." Xu Nuo smiled and told Xu Pingyi her thoughts.
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The author has been practicing recently, and has been very late in updating. Although it has always been late, it is even later now. My moral integrity has really been lost. Today's chapter is not long, but I will write an extra thousand words tomorrow. (To be continued...)
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