Chapter 66 The Daughter Who Died Young

This person had already revealed a flaw; their footwork and moves were exactly the same as Chen He's!

Li Qingluo was taught by her step by step, so how could she not see it?

Li Qinglu lunged forward with all her might, trying to tear off the man's mask, but the man suddenly tapped his toes and flew backward.

She vanished into the darkness, leaving only the words: "My dear disciple, I am not Chen He. If you wish to know the truth, in ten days, dare to go to the mortuary alone, and I will tell you the truth!"

After he finished speaking, the entire Moonlit Garden fell silent instantly.

The swaying shadows and the sound of the wind vanished in an instant.

Li Qinglu stared into the darkness for a while before picking up the lantern from the ground.

When Que'er and Granny Deng returned, panting, Li Qingluo had already helped Cui'er up.

Cui'er was acupunctured, and Que'er and Granny Deng said with pale faces, "Miss, just now, Grandma and I seemed to have encountered a maze. There was a white fog in front of us, and apart from the crying of women and babies, we couldn't hear anything. We couldn't get out or see anything else. It was really eerie!"

"What about you, young lady? Why did Cui'er faint?"

Li Qingluo said coldly, "It seems she came for me alone."

"Tomorrow, I'm going to see my grandmother."

The next day.

After Li Qingluo recounted her experience at Yuemingyuan last night, everyone was shocked.

"Why is the girl... different from the one we saw?"

"Did the young lady really exchange a move with that man?"

"The young lady's sword was indeed found in the grass in the garden. Surely she wouldn't have gone mad and thrown it away randomly?"

Cui'er's face was ashen, and she still felt pain in her neck.

The Moonlit Garden is haunted, and it seems the haunting is quite severe!

Madam Pei immediately sent Zhang Mama to fetch Chen He.

On the other hand, someone was sent to bring Aunt Lou over as well.

"That Aunt Lou just went to your Red Maple Pavilion to beg you, and then the Moon Bright Garden, which has been quiet for so long, started causing trouble again. Is it really just a coincidence?"

"If this person is truly Shen He, I will never forgive her!"

Lou was soon brought to Jingci Hall.

She had never met Madam Pei before, and she was already trembling with fear on the way here.

When brought into the hall, Aunt Lou couldn't speak a word clearly and could only lie on the ground trembling.

"This concubine...this concubine...Madam..."

Sitting to the left of Madam Pei, Li Qingluo said, "Aunt Lou, Grandmother has a few questions for you, but you don't need to be afraid."

"If you truly have doubts about the Third Miss being taken to the Madam's care, I can help you. But on the condition that you do not conceal anything we ask you today!"

Aunt Lou knew the truth.

She was able to return to Jinling thanks to the efforts of this second young lady.

Moreover, in this house now, the second young lady and the old lady are not under the control of the mistress and head of the General's Mansion at all. The second young lady is the old lady's darling, so if she says something, the old lady might not just sit idly by!

Aunt Lou kowtowed heavily, stammering as she replied, "Yes. This concubine will obey, young lady..."

Madam Pei nodded to Li Qingluo. Now, Luo'er is becoming more and more proper in her speech and actions, which naturally makes her very gratified.

Looking at Lou Shi, Old Madam Pei frowned deeply again: "How dare you, Lou Shi! Since the master wants to take the third young lady to the mistress for education, this is a good thing that you, a concubine, can't even dream of. Why are you crying and making such a fuss, acting like you're trying to stop her and are terrified?"

"You even dare to beg the Second Miss. You know perfectly well that after she returned to the manor, her relationship with her mother has become strained, yet you still want her to stand up for you. What are your true intentions?"

Lou was so shocked by Old Madam Pei's words that she broke out in a sweat.

She could only hurriedly plead, "Madam, I wouldn't dare! I only dared to ask Second Miss for help because I was truly desperate. Otherwise, even if I had ten thousand lives, I wouldn't dare to offend Second Miss!"

"I'm just afraid that Third Miss will also die without a trace, like the daughter Zheng gave birth to. I've been so foolish..."

Madam Pei: "What did you say? Could it be that Zheng's daughter who died young had some connection with Qu?"

"Lou, you'd better think carefully before you speak! If it's true, I can spare you. But if I find out that you've lied even once, and dared to slander the mistress by throwing mud at her, I'll take your life!"

Lou had also heard of Madam Pei's reputation.

Who wouldn't be afraid of the first and most renowned female general in the Great Liang Kingdom?

Thinking only of her daughter, she trembled but had no choice but to say, "Madam, if a single word I have said today is false, may I be struck by lightning!"

Li Qingluo: "Then speak seriously. Speak clearly, word by word."

Lou: "Yes."

At this time, the rest of the servants in the room, including Que'er and the others, had already left.

With only three people left in the room, Madam Lou slowly began to speak: "Back then, Madam Zheng was greatly favored, and even you, the principal wife, couldn't stand up straight in front of her."

“If the madam uses the name of the principal wife to discipline Zheng, the master may not say anything on the surface, but he will spoil Zheng even more behind her back. Over time, the madam will get less and less, and she will become wary and tolerant.”

"Although Madam Zheng is not an ostentatious person, she is still a daughter of an official family. How can she bear to spend her whole life subservient to a concubine?"

"Therefore, after Zheng gave birth to a daughter, the madam was eager to share the favor with Zheng."

"That's when the madam pushed me out."

As she spoke, Mrs. Lou wiped away her tears.

Although everyone says she took advantage of the lady's pregnancy to climb into her bed, in reality, if it weren't for the lady's tacit approval and instruction, how could she, the lady's head maid who had followed her since childhood, have dared to do so?

"It's a pity that no matter how many beauties Madam brings in, Master still prefers Concubine Zheng. Back then, Concubine Zheng was the only one he favored, and that's no exaggeration."

"My first pregnancy was terminated because Madam saw that I was useless and that trying to gain favor was ineffective. It was from that time that I began to fear Madam's ruthlessness."

When Zheng's daughter was four years old, Zheng became pregnant again.

"Madam said that she wanted Zheng to take good care of herself during her pregnancy, and that if she could give the master another son, the master would feel fulfilled. So she took this opportunity to bring Zheng's daughter to her side to raise."

"Just a few days later, the daughter suddenly fell into the water."

"By the time they were pulled out, they had mostly exhaled and had little air coming in."

"Later, although he was saved, he was left with a chronic illness. When winter came, he only lasted a month before a high fever took his life..."

Lou wiped away her tears. "Zheng is so pitiful. She couldn't protect her daughter, and she also fell ill herself."

In the end, she even lost the child in her womb.