The Second Madam angrily asked, "Ask the concierge? It was already dark, how could he see anything?"
Hong Qingyi's anger was rising. "Yan Yan'er isn't even Yan Jun's concubine. She has no status or position. In the middle of the night, they summoned all the masters of the mansion, just for her? Do we still have to respect the etiquette of our Yan family?"
The Third Madam also said softly, "What the eldest sister-in-law said is very true. Who among us here is not of higher status than her?"
The second wife wanted to give birth to the eldest grandson, but she was so shameless as to say so.
It's just bleeding, it doesn't mean you will have a miscarriage immediately.
Madam Yan stamped her cane: "I'm still here!"
The voice is cold and powerful.
"I am still the head of the Yan family. I asked you to come here, and who of you would disobey?" She shouted angrily, "Even if Yan'er has no status, she is still raised by me."
After the old lady said this, she looked at Hong Qingyi and the third lady with a stern look.
The third wife fell silent immediately.
Hong Qingyi was very dissatisfied and her chest was heaving violently.
Yan Cheng patted her arm and turned his head to signal Di Feng to go and ask someone to come.
Di Feng nodded in understanding, but before he even stepped out of the main hall of the West Garden, the old Duke had already arrived.
"Old woman, I see that you are too old to manage the household affairs. Please hand over this difficult task immediately."
He spoke slowly and his voice was like a bell.
Madam Yan choked: "Old man, you?"
"What do you mean by you, and what do you mean by me?" The old Duke put one hand behind his back. "Just a small matter, but you've disturbed everyone in the mansion and prevented them from sleeping. Isn't that annoying?"
He was still thinking about eating the barbecue made by his granddaughter tomorrow.
Madam Yan didn't dare to get angry in front of her husband, so she lowered her voice a lot: "Old man, we are talking about Yan'er's bleeding, why are you talking about the housekeeping?"
"I understand how hard it is for you to be the head of the household and how tiring it is to manage the household." The old Duke said, looking at Hong Qingyi, "My eldest daughter-in-law, starting tomorrow, you will be in charge of the household of the Duke's Mansion. Come to the East Garden early tomorrow morning to get the keys to the accounting office and the warehouse."
Hong Qingyi nodded: "Yes, father."
"Yes." The old Duke nodded, glanced at Yan Funing quietly, then looked around and said loudly: "From tomorrow on, the head lady of our Duke's Mansion will be the Duke's wife. Ah, listen carefully."
"Yes." Everyone responded.
There were voices of joy, voices of displeasure, and even voices of dissatisfaction.
The old Duke should hear what he heard and ignore what he didn’t want to hear.
Old Madam Yan's expression turned extremely ugly.
She used her identity as the mistress of the house to call all the masters in the mansion to help Yan'er find the murderer, but she didn't expect that she would lose her right to be the mistress.
Once she loses her power, and she has no biological children, she will have to depend on the eldest wife for support in the Duke's Mansion.
Unable to accept it for a moment, he hurriedly stood up and pulled the old Duke's sleeve.
The old Duke brushed her hand away calmly and smiled at Yan Funing again: "Girl, are you cold wearing so little? Ci Yi, why don't you warm your wife's hands quickly? I see her hands are red."
Fu Ciyi quickly held Yan Funing's two small hands in his palms and warmed them as if no one was around.
This scene made Yan Ruwei and Yan Dairou jealous.
The old Duke's face brightened up as he looked at her: "Okay, I'm going back to sleep."
After the old Duke left, the Second Madam hurriedly asked Madam Yan: "Mother, things must be dealt with."
Madam Yan glanced at Yan Funing, and at this moment she didn't dare to speak in a harsh tone anymore: "Just because you said the doorman can testify, does that mean he can definitely testify?"
"The doorman can naturally testify, or at least the maid next to Yan Yan'er can testify. Of course, the maid is Yan Yan'er's person, so she has to use some tricks to get her to tell the truth." Yan Funing said.
Fu Ciyi, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "This is easy to handle. The Dali Temple is best at investigating cases. Let them conduct the trial."
After these words were spoken, no one from the second house dared to doubt Yan Funing's words anymore.
Master Yan said softly, "No, no, it's just a family matter. Why should we call the Dali Temple?" He then shouted at his wife, "How dare you? You can't suspect anyone but Master Fu and Fu Ning."
You didn't say anything just now, but now you're doing this.
Yan Funing complained in her heart, and then said, "I think Yan Yan'er ran into someone else."
Yan Bojian said, "In my opinion, if someone really committed a crime, the people from the West Garden would be the most likely suspects. Living in the same garden would make it easier for them to do something. We have to walk quite a distance to get here from the South Garden."
"Yes, we walked a long way to get here from Beiyuan." Yan Wu also spoke.
"Second Aunt, please think carefully about what to do today." Yan Funing searched among the crowd, "Why can't I see Fourth Brother and his wife?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Jun and his wife appeared at the door of the main hall.
One had scratches on his face, and the other had messy hair.
Yan Xinghe said lazily: "Could it be caused by a fight between husband and wife? After all, this is the second house's family affair, please don't make trouble and make the whole mansion uneasy."
Only then did Mr. and Mrs. Yan notice their son and daughter-in-law, and their expressions immediately turned very ugly.
"Which of you two has seen Yan'er?" asked the second lady.
Yan Jun and his wife didn't say anything.
The Second Madam still had something she didn't understand, and was about to speak when the court doctor and the maid came to report.
The court doctor bowed and said, "Second Master, Second Madam, Miss Yan'er's pulse is now more stable."
The old woman also came to report: "The bleeding has improved a lot."
"We still have to take good care of him." The Second Madam said, then smiled at the others, "That's all we can do for today."
After making apologies and apologizing, he asked Old Madam Yan and the people from the first and third wives to leave the West Garden.
When only the second wife was left in the main hall, the second wife pointed at her daughter-in-law's nose and yelled, "Did you do anything?"
"Mom, what can I do?" the fourth young master's wife retorted.
"You're jealous that she's pregnant with Jun's child, while your belly hasn't moved yet."
For a moment, the sounds of scolding and rebuking started again.
The old woman quietly returned to Yan Yan'er's courtyard.
Yan Yan'er was eating snacks contentedly, not looking like a woman who had seen red at all.
"Well, are you scolding the Fourth Young Master's wife? Who dared to act so arrogantly towards me?"
"To reply Miss Yan'er, the Second Madam is indeed angry, and the Fourth Young Master's Madam is being lectured right now."
"This is the best way, so she won't harm my child in the future."
Yan Yan'er rubbed her belly proudly.
Tonight's action showed that her grandmother still loved her and she called everyone in the house over. This way, people from the first and third houses would not do anything to her in the future.
It seems that today's show of force was effective.
Ideally, she could replace the Fourth Young Master's wife.
The old woman asked, "Miss Yan'er, should I tell the old lady that you didn't actually have your period tonight?"
"Needless to say, what if my grandmother no longer loves me?"
"I understand."
The old woman withdrew.
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The next day, Fu Ciyi, Yan Xinghe and Yan Bojian went out to work early in the morning.
At noon, a barbecue oven was set up in the Nanyuan dining hall.
The fragrant barbecued meat was placed on top one by one, surrounded by a lot of vegetables and mushrooms.
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