Lian Jinrong was so angry. That little maid would never dare to lie to her. An Qingran must have been so calm because that man had left. No, if she had been calm just now, she really wouldn't be sure that there was someone hiding in her room. Obviously, she did it on purpose just now. Even her tears now were fake!

But what should I say?

He was unexpectedly caught by the general.

"Why don't you speak?" An Zhongtao shouted.

Lian Jinrong softened at once: "General. I came here because I care too much about Qingran and I am afraid that she is too young to be deceived. I heard people talking about it! General, if there were no rumors, how could I have thought of this..."

An Zhongtao shook his head. "What are you talking about? I don't want to hear you talk about it. Remember last time, you blamed Qingran for drugging you. Obviously, you have a prejudice against her. Now you've caused this trouble again... I won't allow you to do whatever you want in the mansion anymore!"

"General, why don't you think about this? I am innocent. If I had no clues, why would I come here for no reason? Isn't that giving others an advantage?" Lian Jinrong tried to reason with him.

An Zhongtao just shook his head: "Now, I don't want to hear any word you say, and I won't listen to it. Go back immediately and reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors!"

Lian Jinrong burst into tears when she saw this: "General, we have been married for more than ten years. Don't you still believe me? I have done things in the past that disappointed you. I did this for a reason..."

An Zhongtao gave Jinrong a cold look, and she couldn't say anything else because she knew that he hated her very much now. He had never looked at her like this before. She only remembered how happy and gentle he was with her, but she had never seen him so angry.

She felt disheartened, thinking that she had fallen into the hands of that little girl today.

She knew that it was useless to say anything. She couldn't hand over the little maid in secret. If she did, she didn't know what crime they would accuse her of. Maybe they would accuse her of planting a spy or something like that!

She left dejectedly.

An Qingran kept crying. When she saw her walk to the door, she stopped crying and looked at An Ranyue who was about to leave secretly and said, "Sister, where did you hear that there was someone hiding in my room?"

An Ranyue was suddenly called and said in a panic, "My aunt said that there is a man in your room. Let's go..."

At this point, seeing Lian Jinrong's eyes, she hurriedly said: "I have something else to do, I'm leaving first!"

An Zhongtao stared at Lian Jinrong and said word by word: "Why don't you get out of here?"

Lian Jinrong suddenly said, "I got it. Someone saw her secretly burying something. That can prove whether what I said is true!"

She should have said it just now, how could she have forgotten it!

Hearing this, An Zhongtao glanced at An Qingran: "What's going on? What did you bury?"

An Qingran shook her head: "Father, I don't understand what Auntie is talking about. I buried something? I planted two flowers..."

"It's something bloody!" Lian Jinrong seemed to have received an imperial decree, completely different from before. Anyway, her bad reputation had already been exposed, so it was better to make it clear.

"What bloody thing? Auntie, how can you say that, in front of..." An Qingran said in a daze, "Auntie Mo didn't mean..."

She said this with a look of shame on her face.

How could An Zhongtao not understand? Hearing this, he looked at Lian Jinrong and became even more angry: "You are a mother, and you have a daughter too. How can you not understand this little thing? Why do you say it in front of so many people?"

Lian Jinrong finally understood what was going on. She said hurriedly, "It may not be that person. We should find a midwife to see if she is still virgin..."

An Zhongtao raised his hand and slapped her: "What else do you want? From today on, your status as the Second Madam is no longer valid. You will be demoted to a concubine, and your monthly allowance will be reduced by half, and the allowances for maids and nannies will be reduced by half!"

Lian Jinrong wanted to say something. She felt that she was so stupid that she couldn't even beat a little girl in her teens. She didn't think she had any grievances!

After Lian Jinrong left, An Qingran still looked aggrieved. An Zhongtao felt that it was inconvenient for him to be here, so he asked Lian Jinyu to stay here for a while and accompany An Qingran.

As soon as they left, An Qingran stopped crying. She smiled at Lian Jinyu's worried eyes. "Mom, don't worry about me. I'm open-minded. They have been holding a grudge against me for what happened with An Yanran last time. They think that it was all my fault. So, it's normal for them to frame me like this. But I don't understand why they are so stupid. Did they hear something? If they come to catch an adulterer and fail to catch anything, they will be embarrassed!"

"Maybe they are crazy!" Lian Jinyu didn't know how to describe it.

Lian Jinrong brought people to her house to catch an adulterer but failed, so she brought people to An Qingran's trouble. Thinking of this, she said, "Did she arrange someone and they didn't complete the task? Or maybe, my daughter, you are so lucky that they were dispersed!"

An Qingran was very happy that her mother thought this way. At least, she did not doubt why Lian Jinrong suspected her.

She didn't know whether her father would doubt her after he figured out the problem!

Fortunately, today's incident was dealt with without any major incidents.

In fact, she was really afraid that Lian Jinrong would dig out the hidden things, so she quickly thought of something like her menstrual period. Lian Jinrong must have not expected this!

Finally, everyone left. An Qingran sat in the house and looked at Ren Dong and said, "There is a spy in our yard. You can investigate privately to see who is interested in my house these two days. Wait! I have an idea!"

As she spoke, a smile appeared in her eyes.

Lian Jinyu sat in her room, looking at the account book. After An Zhongtao came back from court, he looked at her and said, "Don't worry about it. There is a housekeeper for these accounts, right?"

"My health is still fine and I'm not that delicate. If I do nothing now, I'll be laughed at!" Lian Jinyu said with a smile.

An Zhongtao came forward, took down her account book, put it on the table, and raised his eyebrows: "Who dares to laugh at the mistress of the general's mansion?"

"Look at you, you're getting carried away again!"

"Of course I'm proud..." As he said this, he placed his big hand on her belly, his face full of happiness, "This time, you must give me a son, and he will be the legitimate son and grandson of the general's mansion!"

Lian Jinyu frowned: "Your task is too difficult, I can't guarantee that I will give birth to a boy, will you dislike it if I give birth to a girl?"

She deliberately scolded.