Chu Xiaoxiao was thrown into a book, reincarnating as a cannon fodder meant to be drowned shortly after birth. Outraged, she saved herself and vowed to change her family’s doomed fate.
When she arrived in Taizhou, she spent money to buy a new household registration for herself and changed her name to Lu Ailan. She bought a house and waited for the birth of her son. After that, she began to make a living by embroidering.
Her son was named Lu Qingsu, according to the generation ranking of his maternal grandparents. Now that his mother and grandparents are no longer around, the Lu family's incense will be passed on by her and her son.
As for the Qian family and the Chengguo Mansion, she really had no extravagant hopes.
Today, she went out to do some embroidery work and passed by the dowry shop given to her by her maternal grandparents. She felt sad and walked in unconsciously.
Unexpectedly, Qian Yumei saw her and recognized her. She slandered her for stealing the gold bracelet. The woman was as vicious as ever and wanted to kill her.
She had seen this kind of tactic before, and when she was thinking about how to escape, Princess Lingxiao came running over and rescued her.
In fact, she doesn't need to make a living by embroidery now, but she has been used to it for so many years, and she feels empty inside if she suddenly stops. Her embroidery is very good, and when she takes it to an embroidery workshop, the boss appreciates it very much.
She learned all these from the embroiderer in the mansion when she was a girl. She thought it was fun at the time, so she learned it. Later, it became her only source of income to support her son's studies.
Li Sizu looked at the wife of the Duke of Cheng with curiosity on his face: "A trumped-up charge? Could it be that the wife of the Duke of Cheng knows this old lady? Otherwise, why would she accuse her of a trumped-up charge?"
Qian Yumei stared at Lu Ailan with a distorted expression: "I am not mistaken. She stole the gold bracelet from my gold shop."
The charcoal-headed man became interested: "One of you said it was a false accusation, and the other said you saw it with your own eyes. Who is right and who is wrong?"
The nanny beside Qian Yumei raised her chin arrogantly, looking down on others, "Of course, we must follow what our wife says."
Milk ball rolled his eyes at her: "Humph! Why? What?"
[The Duke's wife was clearly looking for an excuse to send my sister's future mother-in-law to the Jingzhao prison, and then have someone kill her. She is the most vicious woman.]
Li Sizu glanced at the Duke's wife Qian Yumei calmly and said calmly: "Both sides have their own opinions. For the sake of fairness, Madam Chengguo, please tell us what your gold bracelet looks like first."
Qian Yumei: “…”
Why am I saying this? The framed bracelet hasn't been put into Qian Yufeng's body yet? Just when I was about to pull and tug, you guys came and disrupted my plan.
"this......"
Faced with the prince's questioning, Qian Yumei was a little flustered. After all, she was just a woman in the harem and had never seen any big scenes.
When Qian Yufeng's residence caught fire, two charred bodies were carried out. When Duke Cheng saw them, he spat out blood and fainted on the spot.
After waking up, he couldn't stop thinking about Qian Yufeng, even after she gave birth to two sons for him and he got the power to manage the Chengguo Mansion and became the wife of the Chengguo Duke.
He still ignored himself and spent his days either drinking with his colleagues or fooling around with his beautiful concubine in the backyard.
The eldest son was married, but his daughter-in-law was not pregnant. The second son had a lively personality and gave her a child, but was scolded by the Duke.
Isn't it shameful to have a illegitimate eldest son before the second son gets married?
During this period of time, she had been looking for a marriage for her second son. The news spread from somewhere, but almost all the noble ladies in Kyoto knew about her second son, and no one was willing to enter the gate of her Chengguo Mansion.
She was feeling depressed when she accidentally saw an old woman walking on the street. She looked very much like her deceased elder sister. She was just suspicious at first, but she saw her walk into the gold shop.
She immediately recognized the person with a complex expression of joy, sadness and nostalgia on his face. It was Qian Yufeng.
The fire that year did not kill her, and no one knew where she hid or when she came to the capital.
No, now that I have met him today, I must kill him. It would be terrible if the Duke knew about it and found out what happened back then.
That's why she staged a trick to slander others. Her original intention was to report to the authorities when she caught Qian Yufeng red-handed and had her put into the Jingzhao prison.
Then he spent some more money to kill the man quietly, but who could have thought that the prince would suddenly appear and stop him.
This bitch is lucky. She will send someone to follow her later to see where she lives so that she can arrange for someone to kill her and eliminate the trouble forever.
"Report to the police!"
Lu Ailan knew how vicious Qian Yumei was. Since she had faced off against him, she could not escape the battle. It was impossible for her son and daughter-in-law to leave the capital and stay in Taizhou like she did.
She didn't want to see the people from the Duke of Cheng's Mansion, but she had to. She still had her dowry to take back, so she had to settle some accounts.
Li Sizu nodded: "Okay, then report to the police."
Qian Yumei's face changed, and she immediately stopped him: "You can't report it to the police, let's solve it privately."
Lu Ailan sneered: "If it can't be solved, we must report it to the police."
After that, she looked at Chu Xiaoxiao, then at Li Sizu, and told them: "I am Qian Yufeng, the original wife of the current Duke of Chengguo Ji Fenglin, and I have a grievance to report to the authorities."
Although she couldn't tell the two children about her problems, she hadn't returned to the capital for many years, and the only ones she could ask for help were the two children in front of her.
Li Sizu waved his hand into the air and said, "Go and invite the people from Jingzhao Prefecture. This old lady wants to report to the authorities."
After Lu Ailan revealed her identity, Qian Yumei was furious. She originally thought that Qian Yufeng would not dare to reveal her true identity, but she did not expect her to be so reckless and tell who she was in public.
"The original wife of Duke Cheng? Wasn't she burned to death in a fire many years ago? Is she not dead? Is she back again?"
"When this girl got married, she had a gorgeous dowry. I wonder how many good things the rich Lu family gave her as a dowry."
"It seems that there is something fishy about the fire in the Duke Cheng's mansion! The original wife is not dead, and now she is back. As soon as she came back, she said that she was wronged and wanted to report to the police."
"Duke Cheng's Mansion has been going downhill in recent years. It seems that each generation is worse than the previous one. Is this retribution?"
The little boy scratched the little tuft of hair on his head, raised his head and looked at Lu Ailan, with a hint of heartache in his big eyes like black grapes.
Lu Ailan was stunned. She squatted down and picked up Chu Xiaoxiao. She couldn't understand why she could see the love for herself in the eyes of a two-year-old baby.
"Sister! You can't report it to the police! Family matters should be resolved at home, why do we have to go to Jingzhao Prefecture?" Qian Yumei gave this advice in a humble manner, which was completely different from her previous condescending attitude.
Glancing at her with contempt, Lu Ailan said indifferently: "I'm afraid that if I go to Duke Cheng's Mansion, I will never be able to come out alive again.
Let’s report it to the police! We should investigate what happened back then. Regardless of whether we can find out, we need to give an explanation to my nanny and the people who died around me. They died so unjustly.”