Upon hearing Lu Ying's words, Bai Nuo felt her vision go black and almost fainted.

She pinched her palm hard, digging her nails into it, before she finally regained her senses.

"Calm down," Bai Nuo told herself.

Seeing that her face looked pale, Jiang Sanniang was very worried and couldn't help but blame Lu Ying, "Husband, please stop talking!"

Seeing Bai Nuo's state, Lu Ying feared something might have happened to her and repeatedly said, "Nuonuo, don't worry!"

Lu Ying called her Nuonuo, not Young Madam.

“Yes!” Jiang San Niang patted Bai Nuo’s back and said softly, “Listen to your brother-in-law first. Maybe he just has something to do in the capital, not what you think!” As she spoke, Jiang San Niang rolled her eyes at her husband. Her husband was really something. Couldn’t he have been more tactful? He said it so bluntly without considering whether others could accept it.

Especially given that Bai Nuo's health wasn't very good, this was like adding insult to injury.

"I'm fine!" Bai Nuo had calmed down by now. She looked at Lu Ying and asked, "Brother-in-law, what exactly happened?"

What do you mean Hu Mingmei and Xia Donglai are both in the Jingzhao Yin's office? What do you mean someone died at Duobaoge and the family is demanding compensation? Duobaoge has always had very strict hygiene standards, how could such a thing happen?

Hu Mingmei is not an imprudent person.

Bai Nuo asked, so Lu Ying said, "I spent a lot of time and money to find out where Second Master was and why he went in, but I didn't see him, so I don't know what happened."

Saying it was as good as not saying it at all, but it was better than nothing. At least Bai Nuo and the others knew where Hu Mingmei had gone. Once they knew where he was, Bai Nuo felt relieved.

"Let's check if any of our opponents have made any unusual moves!" Bai Nuo quickly made a decision. She simply didn't believe that Duobao Pavilion would run into trouble under Hu Mingmei's leadership, and that Hu Mingmei wouldn't even have time to react before the most serious consequences occurred.

Regarding this, she could only think of one possibility: someone was stirring up trouble behind the scenes, a conspiracy specifically targeting the Hu family. They wanted to bring Hu Mingmei down first, and then she would be left as the only woman in the entire Hu family, completely at the mercy of others.

At that time, everything belonging to the Hu family will fall into the hands of the person behind it.

"I had already instructed people to do it when I returned!" Lu Ying replied. Clearly, Bai Nuo shared the same idea, so Lu Ying had already instructed people to do it when he returned to the Hu family.

"Find out who the deceased is too!" Bai Nuo's hand unconsciously tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair, making a thumping sound in the empty hall. "Also, go see what those people in that courtyard are doing!"

As Bai Nuo spoke, she stood up and walked outside. Jiang San Niang quickly grabbed her, "Wait for me, I'll go with you!" Although she wasn't there that day and didn't know what had happened, Bai Nuo was so angry that she had a miscarriage. Something serious must have happened. These people are restless even in death. Jiang San Niang was afraid that those people were still around, so she didn't want Bai Nuo to risk going alone.

"I'll go with you!" Lu Ying said. You have a lot to do right now, and if something happens to these two, it will only make matters worse and cause more trouble.

Bai Nuo nodded, not trying to be brave. The three of them walked out of Hu Mingmei's courtyard and went straight to the gate of Huang Wenbai's courtyard.

The night sky was filled with stars, and a cool breeze was blowing; it was a pleasant night. People were walking around in all the courtyards of the Hu family. When they saw Bai Nuo and her two companions arrive, they all bowed. However, Bai Nuo was extremely annoyed and had no time to pay attention to them. After watching Bai Nuo walk past them, these people looked up and asked curiously, "What's wrong with the young mistress and Steward Lu? Why did they go in that direction?"

No one goes to Huang Wenbai's courtyard anymore. Some of the lower-ranking servants have no idea what happened there, while those of higher rank keep their mouths shut and dare not discuss the matter openly.

However, quite a few people came out of Huang Wenbai's courtyard that day. Lu Ying then arranged these people to some unimportant positions. But how could they not feel strange having one or more unfamiliar people around them?

Although no one dared to say it, everyone knew that the Hu family had reached a point of near-disruption, and that the Second Master was really going to take action against his grandfather.

Even more well-informed people said that Hu Mingmei planned to starve everyone in that courtyard to death. Although this was not confirmed by Lu Ying and Granny Wang, they had not seen those people or Madam Zheng for the past few days. Moreover, Huang Yikang and Huang Ziyao had been taken away by Madam Zheng. They felt that this family was really about to change.

"Don't speak!" The people next to him stopped him as soon as they heard him speak. Although Bai Nuo was a woman and had no strength, Lu Ying's hearing was very good. If Lu Ying heard anything that shouldn't be said, she would definitely deal with them.

The Hu family lacked nothing, especially servants.

The man quickly shut his mouth, and only after watching Bai Nuo's figure completely disappear did he hurriedly return to his post to do his own thing.

Bai Nuo and the others walked to the gate of Huang Wenbai's courtyard. There were still two men in gray guarding the gate. This was specially arranged by Hu Mingmei for Huang Wenbai, which could be considered as a sign of respect for Huang Wenbai.

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