Bai Wanyi's face was filled with irritation. "Yesterday, I was entertaining guests and didn't send anyone to look for the Marquis. No matter how ignorant I am, last night was your and your sister's wedding day. I can't be upset at this time. Let's go to Qitongju and call all the servants over to identify everyone one by one."
Qi Jing raised her eyes to look at Yanbai Wanyi, curled the corners of her lips, and said, "This is a serious matter. I will have someone call all the servants from various places to Qitongju to identify him."
Although Qi Jing didn't go to Qitongju to watch the fun last night, she heard that something had happened, so there was no toasting session afterwards.
As for what came out later...
Qi Jing lowered her eyes, it was none of her business anymore.
Lu Yan didn't know what was going on outside at the moment, and he didn't have the time to care about that.
When the group arrived at Qitongju, Lu Yan remembered that Qi Jing was pregnant and asked everyone to sit down.
Soon, all the maids and servants who served in various places were called over.
Only the elderly people from the Marquis' Mansion were left to guard the inner courtyard. There were servants in the outer courtyard, and all the maids and old women were called over.
Bai Wanyi said, "Those who remain in the house are the ones who served us directly yesterday. Those in the courtyard are the ones who served at the banquet, as well as the maids and servants from various places in the mansion. My Lord, please recognize them."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Wu Ziya again and said, "Sister, you just came in. The maids and servants around you should have nothing to do with this matter, so I didn't call them."
Bai Wanyi abandoned his bold and aggressive style and began to use a soft knife to cut people.
Wu Ziya smiled broadly, unaffected at all: "Now that I'm married, we're family. I've heard about what happened last night, and I should get to the bottom of it."
Bai Wanyi looked at Wu Ziya's smile and couldn't help but be curious: "Aren't you angry?"
Wu Ziya was confused: "Why should I be angry?"
"You like the Marquis. Last night was your wedding day, and the Marquis was in my room with someone else... Aren't you angry?" Bai Wanyi ignored Lu Yan's ugly face and got to the bottom of it, unwilling to be satisfied until he got to the bottom of it.
Wu Ziya was also curious about why Bai Wanyi asked such a question. She tilted her head to look at Bai Wanyi and said as a matter of course, "It's true that I adore my husband, but what happened last night was not what he wanted. I can't blame him."
"Secondly, if my husband really likes a maid, it would be her blessing to marry her. As the mistress, my main task is to take care of my husband and expand the family."
"My husband took a concubine to expand the family, and the children born there all called me mother. Why should I be angry?"
Wu Ziya really didn't understand. Although her mother was a bit strict and disciplined the concubines strictly, no one dared to make trouble. In her opinion, concubines were just tools to expand the family, satisfy the mistress's reputation for being virtuous, and serve as a tool when the mistress was not convenient to sleep with her husband.
Bai Wanyi didn't understand what he was saying, so he turned around and muttered, "Is there really no one/power? A maid being favored is considered a blessing? Even if this blessing is given to others, they wouldn't want it, right?"
Wu Ziya heard it but pretended not to hear it. Anyway, she was not saying it to herself. She asked someone to call all her maids and made them stand according to Bai Wanyi's arrangement.
After everyone was gathered, Lu Yan identified them one by one, but the person who called him yesterday was nowhere to be found. Instead, he saw another maid.
Lu Yan glanced at her for a moment, then said, "He's not here."
People naturally won’t be there.
Bai Wanyi chuckled. She did it cleanly this time. How could anyone catch her? It was a pity that it didn't work out.
Bai Wanyi concealed his regretful eyes and asked, "Are all the people here here?"
Qi Jing was in charge of the mansion's roster. Wu Ziya had just taken over and wasn't familiar with the people, so she looked through them one by one and said, "A newly bought maid is missing. My Lord, report this to the authorities."
Lu Yan's face looked unhappy: "Did you buy it?"
Qi Jing nodded: "Yes."
She pulled out a stack of indentures. "We recently hired servants, ten people from two families. We also have a few servants and maids, all working in various places. Because they were newly hired, we didn't want to mess with the rules, so we didn't have them serve in the front yesterday. Instead, they did small chores in the backyard."
"Her bond is here. Let's report it to the authorities and catch the runaway slave. She'll tell us everything."
Qi Jing paused, looked up at Wu Ziya, and asked with a smile, "Madam Yu, you should know what happens to runaway slaves, right?"
Wu Ziya nodded: "If a fugitive is caught, he can be beaten to death with clubs. If his master is kind and he manages to escape, it would be a misfortune for him to survive."
She didn't say much, but Lu Yan naturally knew that the escaped slaves had a miserable fate.
Bai Wanyi's face turned pale, and he frowned and said, "If I report it to the police, won't everyone know about this?"
"Don't many people know about what happened last night?" Lu Yan didn't want to think about it now. Whenever he thought about it, he would feel like a joke.
Bai Wanyi knew that if he refuted again, he would definitely be suspected. Look at what Qi Jing said. Wasn't this a target for him?
She said with a look of sudden realization, "I vaguely heard someone talking about something fragrant last night. My Lord, did you smell something?"
Lu Yan also thought of this incident at this moment and said, "Yesterday, the maid took me to the room, but there was no one there, but there was a strange fragrance in the room. I wanted to leave immediately, but another maid came, and this..."
Everyone knows what happened next.
Bai Wanyi had someone bring out the remaining incense and said, "This is the remaining incense from yesterday. I had someone keep it. You can send it along when you report to the authorities. This way, you can avoid rumors that your behavior yesterday was framed."
Lu Yan nodded and asked someone to take it and report to the authorities.
Bai Wanyi originally wanted to take this opportunity to punish Qi Jing. At the very least, she should be punished. At the very least, she should not be able to bear the punishment and have a miscarriage.
Who knew Qi Jing was actually so smart and solved the situation with just a few words.
Bai Wanyi only regretted that Lu Linglong had interfered and stolen the wine last night. She had made two preparations. It didn't matter if Qin Wan didn't drink. She would naturally find a way to bring her to Qitongju.
She shouldn't have chased after Lu Linglong, and she met the prince on the way and wasted her time. Who knew that one wrong step would lead to another, and who knew who benefited last night.
Thinking of this, Bai Wanyi asked: "Who was in the room yesterday? Don't tell me it was someone's daughter, it really was..."
Lu Yan couldn't stand hearing such words, his face instantly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. Bai Wanyi was usually so smart and clever, how could he be so tactless now!
A maid came out from the corner, knelt before Wu Ziya and bowed: "Miss, it's your servant."
Wu Ziya was surprised, but it was also expected. This was her maid Jiaqi who came with her dowry, and she was sent by the Fourth Prince.
Others didn't know, but she knew that this was the concubine prepared by the Fourth Prince for Lu Yan, and was also used to win over and check Lu Yan.
only……
She frowned slightly: "Yesterday. You should have been serving me, why did you go to see your husband?"
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