The old lady was embarrassed and angry. Whether it was royalty or nobility, a daughter's marriage was always to pave the way for her brothers; this was an unwritten rule.

Everyone knows it, but no one brings it up openly.

"How dare you speak like that?" the old lady snapped. "When has the Xie family ever sold a daughter?"

"Since you came back this morning, you've all been circling around our eldest sister, just trying to get something out of her, right? It's just because she married the Grand Secretary, isn't it?"

"How can helping each other among relatives be considered selling your daughter? What exactly did Madam Xu teach you?" The old lady was furious.

Second Aunt was even more blunt: "Second Miss, I know you are of high status, so I dare not ask you for anything. I beg you, Eldest Miss, what's that taste like?"

"Ha, Young Master Gu is not as good as Grand Secretary Gu right now, so you all fawn over the powerful and bully the weak! You should all try to curry favor with her, so you won't regret it later."

Xie Xiangxiang thought about how Gu Chengyan would become a Duke in the future, and looking at these people, she really felt that they were short-sighted and as lowly as ants.

If she said that, the second and third wives would laugh themselves to death.

"We regret it? What do we have to regret? Judging from what the Second Miss said, it seems like she'll have a very prosperous future?"

"Second Miss, if you don't like listening to us, you can go back now. The Marquis's mansion is so noble, what is our Xie mansion? How can we possibly contain such a great figure as you?"

After a barrage of sarcastic remarks, Xie Xiangxiang couldn't win against her aunts' arguments and angrily looked at Madam Xu, saying, "Mother, are you just going to watch them bully me like this?"

As if she had just come to her senses, Xu pulled Xie Xiangxiang aside and said, "Say less."

Xie Xiangxiang was about to get angry, but then she remembered that she had poisoned Xiao Wu, so she decided it was better to get away as soon as possible.

He said to Xiangxing, "Since we're not welcome here, go call the son-in-law. Let's go back now."

Xiangxing went to the outer courtyard to find Old Qin and told him that the Second Miss wanted to return to the Marquis's Mansion.

Old Qin reported back to Xie Anfeng, who said calmly, "Tell her to wait a moment, I have my own arrangements."

He summoned Xie Yu and instructed him to treat Grand Secretary Gu and Gu Chengyan well, then went to the old lady's Wutong Garden.

The old lady asked, "Were you both satisfied with the hospitality?"

Xie Anfeng smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry, both sons-in-law are very satisfied."

When Xu saw him coming over, her mind went completely blank.

Xie Anfeng said to Lao Qin, "Go and call Aunt Qu and that maid over."

Xie Xiangxiang said, "Father has to deal with matters at home, so my elder sister and I should go back first."

"Don't rush, you are the second eldest daughter of the family, there's no need to avoid us." Xie Anfeng spoke calmly, but Xie Xiangxiang's back was already soaked with sweat.

Before long, Old Qin and several servants summoned Aunt Qu and Luyi.

The gates of Wutong Garden were already closed, and apart from Xie Anfeng, the clan head, only the female members remained.

For some reason, Madam Xie the Second and Madam Xie the Third each pulled their daughters, Xie Wanwan and Xie Xiuxiu, behind them.

Xie Anfeng looked at Aunt Qu, who was kneeling down, and said, "You don't need to kneel anymore, sit down and talk."

Aunt Qu thanked her and sat down on the chair with half her bottom on it.

“This morning, Xiao Wu almost died,” Xie Anfeng said calmly. “Ms. Qu, tell everyone what happened, and don’t lie about a single word.”

Aunt Qu immediately knelt down again and said, "This morning, while I was taking care of the Fifth Young Master, the Second and Third Young Masters came over and told me that the Eldest Young Master had been granted the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady and was coming to visit the Fifth Young Master. I was very excited and prepared to welcome the Eldest Young Master."

She recounted the whole story, and when she got to the part about the Fifth Young Master being poisoned, she burst into tears, pleading, "Master, please do justice for the Fifth Young Master!"

After listening, Xie Anfeng asked Luyi, "Why did you harm Xiao Wu?"

Luyi had already been severely beaten, her face bruised and swollen. Now she was tied up with ropes and looked like she was half dead.

When Lü saw Xie Anfeng asking her a question, she knelt down and said, "Master, if I tell the truth, can you stand up for me?"

"As long as you tell the truth, no one will dare to make things difficult for you."

Green Seem to have finally relaxed and said, "Aunt Qu has always been jealous of the eldest young lady, saying that she is the most favored by the master and the eldest young master, and that her dowry is comparable to that of a princess. It was Aunt Qu who poisoned her, dissolving the powder in water and giving it to the fifth young master to try and frame the eldest young lady..."

Greenery spoke with such conviction that Aunt Qu was stunned.

"Greenery, what did you say?" Aunt Qu asked in disbelief.

She didn't hesitate to harm her own son to frame the young lady?

"Yes, it was you who gave the Fifth Young Master the medicine, and told me to hand him over to the Eldest Young Master, and then said that the Eldest Young Master had poisoned him..." Before Luyi could finish speaking, Aunt Qu pounced on her.

"Ah, you wretched servant, you wretched servant who deserves to be struck by lightning and never be reincarnated!"

Aunt Qu yelled and grabbed Luyi's hair, then proceeded to beat her mercilessly, as if she wanted to devour Luyi alive. "Who told you to spread rumors and slander?"

Greenie screamed in pain.

The old lady was so angry her chest ached: "Slap yourself! You have no manners at all!"

Granny Liu slapped Luyi and Aunt Qu twice each before they shut up.

Aunt Qu knelt down, crying, and swore to the heavens: "If I dare to harm the Fifth Young Master or the Eldest Miss, may I be struck by lightning, cut into a thousand pieces, and die a horrible death."

She swore it was so vicious that everyone in the entire Wutong Garden got goosebumps.

Greenery continued angrily, "You said you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub, that's the poison you gave to Fifth Young Master."

Aunt Qu was about to go crazy again, but Xie Anfeng sat majestically above her, so she dared not. She could only hate him so much that she banged her head on the ground and begged Xie Anfeng, "Master, please do justice for this concubine."

At this moment, Ying'er, the maidservant beside the old lady, stepped forward and said, "Master, I went to inform Aunt Qu that the eldest young lady will arrive in a quarter of an hour. She just happened to see Luyi giving the fifth young master a bath and water. I suggest we bring that bowl to check it."

Greenery wasn't afraid at all; the bowl had already been washed, so it couldn't be detected.

Even if she tests positive, she can say that Aunt Qu poisoned the child, and that she only gave the child water, not that she poisoned him.

A little while later, the bowl was retrieved, but it had already been washed clean and could not be detected.

Looking at the two kneeling figures, Madam Xu said, "You two, master and servant, are implicating each other. No matter who it is, you cannot escape the consequences. Since you cannot prove yourselves, neither of you can be allowed to live."

She said to Xie Anfeng, "My lord, I think we should both get rid of them. Our Xie family cannot keep such a black-hearted threat."

Xie Xiangxiang felt a little anxious watching them argue.

Why have things changed in this life compared to the previous one?

How could Xie Zhaozhao have sprained her ankle? She was already at the entrance of Tinghe Garden, yet she escaped!

Now, Aunt Qu and Luyi need to take the blame so that she and Tingting won't be implicated.

Aunt Qu will become Mother's lackey, obeying Mother in everything, so she cannot die.

Greenery knew the whole plan; this person either had to die or be kicked out and then killed.

Thinking of this, she said, "Even tigers don't eat their cubs. What mother would poison her own child? I don't think this was done by Aunt Qu."