Chapter 67 Qu Shi, how vicious you are!

"Once she recovered, her entire personality changed... She even seemed to hate the master..."

"She started crying and making a fuss every few days, arguing with the master, and even went a little crazy a few times... I heard she even injured the master."

As Aunt Lou spoke, her voice grew softer and softer.

As a concubine, it was perfectly justifiable for her to be punished with caning for speaking ill of the mistress and the master.

She dared not continue, but Madam Pei and Li Qingluo had already understood.

The Zheng family lived in Yueming Garden back then.

Later, Zheng and Lou made mistakes and were both sent to a manor in Shu. However, Zheng disappeared halfway there, her fate unknown.

After Zheng left, Yueming Garden and the surrounding courtyards began to be haunted.

If we include the unborn child in Zheng's womb, then she had two children, both of whom died in this general's mansion.

So, is Zheng dead?

Otherwise, where did the female ghost's cries in the Moonlit Garden come from?

If Zheng is already dead, is her death related to Qu?

Just then, Granny Deng knocked on the door and said, "Madam, Madam has come to pay her respects."

Madam Pei's face was frosty: "What a vicious woman! Perfect, I want to see her too! Let her in!"

Lou was led to the back. After Qu came in, she looked around the room in a panic. She didn't see the person she expected and seemed a little confused.

Both Li Qingluo and Madam Pei knew the truth, but neither of them pointed it out.

Li Qingluo rose to greet Madam Qu, who was now finally paying her respects.

"Luo'er, you've come to see your grandmother too?"

"Mother, did I disturb you?"

"I seem to have heard that someone has been gossiping about you and my mother?"

“It’s because my daughter-in-law hasn’t managed the household well, which is why they’ve come to me. It’s all my daughter-in-law’s fault.”

Li Qingluo secretly shook her head.

This Qu family member is far more foolish than she imagined.

Knowing what kind of temperament her grandmother was, she still dared to barge directly in front of her.

Not only did they fail to catch the person, but they also dared to bring up these things themselves. Aren't they just asking for trouble?

It seems that the fact that she harmed Zheng so badly back then, and was able to get rid of both Zheng and Lou later, clearly indicates that someone was behind her.

Who is it?

Li Qingzhu?

Or... someone else?

Li Qingluo was only thinking about it in her heart and didn't say anything, but Old Madam Pei had a lot to say.

"What do you want to say? Is it about Madam Lou? She begged Luo'er to visit you more often, so that the Third Miss can suffer less because of you."

"I heard you caused the death of a concubine's daughter back then?"

"How can you be so shameless? You've already brought along a dead person, how dare you bring along someone else's newborn?!"

"If I were you, I would have to be a vegetarian and chant Buddhist scriptures for the rest of my life to atone for my sins! You two heartless couple, you've ruined one person, are you going to ruin another one too?!"

Qu's face turned red and white as she was scolded, especially since it was in front of Li Qingluo. She felt like she was losing all face.

"Mother, what are you saying... Your daughter-in-law doesn't know..."

Madam Pei slammed her hand down hard: "Stop playing dumb with me! I'm not old yet, and I know everything about this family! I'm telling you, I know every single one of the despicable things you've done!"

"Qu, how vicious you are! The descendants of the General's Mansion, including Li Qingzhu who burned to death, Chuan'er who lost his leg in an accident, and even Luo'er who was switched at birth and left to wander outside, are all the result of your own evil deeds!"

These words were undoubtedly a sharper blade than curses to Qu, piercing straight into her heart.

Ms. Qu instantly broke down, clutching her chest and crying, "I didn't! I wasn't! No, it wasn't me, it wasn't me—"

Disregarding etiquette, Madam Qu turned and ran out.

Madam Pei immediately sent someone to follow her.

"We must find out who's behind her!"

Madam Pei gave Qu a sharp jab, hoping to force out the person behind Qu who was giving her advice.

She wanted to know who else in the General's Mansion dared to interfere and make such a mess of the place!

Li Qingluo also felt that there were more and more sordid secrets hidden in this house.

She turned around, knelt down, and said to Madam Pei, "Grandmother, Luo'er plans to attend the appointment at the mortuary in ten days."

Madam Pei was about to tell her not to worry, that Shen He would be here soon and would definitely ask her about it in person.

Granny Zhang rushed in and announced, "Madam, young lady! Something has happened!"

"When this old servant rushed to Shen He's house, he learned that the real Shen He had already returned to her hometown three months ago!"

Madam Pei stood up: "What do you mean? Are you saying that the female teacher who has been teaching Luo'er martial arts for the past three months is not the real Shen He? How could you do this?!"

The person who went to select women from the families of former subordinates to teach Li Qingluo was none other than Granny Zhang.

At this moment, Zhang Mama's face also turned pale. "Madam, this old servant was careless in this matter. When I rushed to Captain Shen's house, I learned that her sister did not like martial arts at all. She has always only liked embroidery, so there is no way she could teach the young lady martial arts."

"At that time, the old servant spread the word, so the person I bumped into at the Shen family's gate was the fake Shen He."

"This old servant noticed that she does look somewhat like Old Shen back then, and she even came up to me and said she was Shen He... This old servant was fooled by her!"

"Thankfully, the young lady is unharmed, otherwise even a thousand deaths would not atone for my sins!"

Granny Zhang knelt on the ground, tears streaming from her eyes.

Li Qingluo quickly stepped forward to help her up. "Granny, if the haunting of Yueming Garden was also caused by this person, even if she didn't impersonate Chen He to teach me martial arts, wouldn't she have appeared in another way?"

"Moreover, I can tell that she really doesn't mean me any harm."

"Otherwise, she would have killed me last night with her skills!"

After Li Qingluo finished speaking, Madam Pei finally calmed down completely.

She glared at Zhang Mama several times and said she would deduct half a year's wages before letting Zhang Mama get up.

She then held Li Qingluo tightly, saying, "Luo'er, tell your grandmother, what are you really thinking? Do you really dare to go to this fake Chen He's meeting by yourself? What if she has other motives..."

Li Qingluo smiled and shook her head: "Grandmother, I just want to know, what exactly is she trying to do by pretending to be a ghost and coming to my side again?"

"Please let Luo'er go!"

Seeing her so stubborn, and knowing that she always had her own ideas and would definitely go secretly even if she wasn't allowed to go, Madam Pei could only sigh deeply.

"Then Granny Deng and the others must come along!"

Li Qinglu thought to herself: With that person's skills, she could probably bewitch even ten Deng Mama's.

Li Qingluo is now very interested in the fake Chen He.

So, she really wasn't afraid.

Naturally, she agreed to Madam Pei's request, "Alright, Grandmother."

That afternoon, I heard that nothing strange happened at Qu's place.

However, they had the Third Sister sent back to Luoxia Garden.

The next day, Li Chaojing went to Luoxia Garden and heard that he had personally slapped Lou Shi.

Lou didn't even dare to cry, because Li Chaojing said he would call a slave trader into the mansion and sell her off himself!

Just then, Granny Deng came in again and said, "Miss, Liu Sui'er said she has made up her mind. She is willing to come to the manor and will do whatever you ask, no matter what the consequences are, without any complaints."