Chapter 143 You and An An Don’t Think of Leaving Alive
After Zuo Sixian came out of Zuo Shanzhang's study, he went to Lou's courtyard.
"This yard is quite large, and Father has added quite a few things to it," he asked softly and concernedly, "Is Mother still used to living here?"
"Get used to it!" Lou was indignant. "Who wants to get used to a place like this? I want to go back to the Matriarch's Courtyard. I'm used to living in the Matriarch's Courtyard."
"I understand how hard mother works. After all, you've lived there for more than ten years." Zuo Sixian sighed softly. "I thought we could bring down the Jiang family this time, and Jiang Yinyue would no longer be able to occupy the mistress's courtyard. What a pity..."
He shook his head helplessly. For some reason, he always felt that their plan seemed to have been leaked.
But only he and Zuo Shanzhang knew about this, so who would leak it?
"Damn it, Jiang Heci is so hard to kill!" Lou gnashed her teeth in hatred.
Zuo Sixian collected his thoughts and asked tentatively, "By the way, how's the Qian family doing? Has there been no movement?"
"I don't know." Lou lowered her voice. "Didn't you remind me beforehand to have less contact with her before the incident? I haven't visited them recently."
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. "But, this Qian is also a useless waste. Women, after all, can never accomplish anything great."
Zuo Sixian thought for a moment and spoke again slowly, "You go again. Father probably won't be able to move Jiang Yinyue anytime soon. If you want to live in the mistress's courtyard, you'll have to rely on ourselves."
"Okay, I'll go now." Lou stood up, packed up simply, and went straight to Qian.
When she passed by the mistress's courtyard, she saw Jiang Yinyue and Li Suining playing shuttlecock inside, and she instantly felt like she was going to be mad to death.
"Let's see how long you can be so complacent! Pah!" Lou cursed and strode away. Seeing Qian, she asked directly, "What's going on? Why haven't you taken action yet? Do you know that the Prime Minister has already started to suspect something?"
"The Prime Minister has doubted it?" Qian's face turned pale with fright.
"Why else do you think Jiang Yinyue and Li Suining were able to live in the mistress's courtyard?" Lou said angrily, "Qian, what are you waiting for? If you don't take action now, neither you nor An An will be able to leave alive."
Qian was annoyed. "Second Madam, it wasn't me who did it. I just didn't have the chance. You don't know how cautious Jiang Yinyue is right now."
"Oh?" A hint of surprise flashed across Lou's face.
Qian continued, "The guard who follows her is called Qingyun. Now every meal that Jiang Yinyue eats has to be tested for poison by Qingyun first, so I don't stand a chance at all."
"Is it really like this?" Lou obviously didn't expect it.
"Second Madam, you have to help me." Qian was really scared. She immediately knelt down, hugged Lou's legs and begged, "Second Madam, I don't want to die yet, and I don't want anything to happen to our An'an. As long as you help us this time, when An'an has a promising future and inherits the Prime Minister's Mansion, she will definitely honor you."
A hint of disgust flashed in Lou's eyes, but she still smiled and pulled Qian up. "Well, how could I not be anxious? Let me put it this way. I'll find a way to help you create an opportunity, but when the time comes, you must not show any mercy."
"Don't worry, Madam. For An An's sake, I won't show any mercy." Qian said affirmatively, her cloudy eyes emitting a vicious light.
Lou nodded and left quickly. She said she wanted to create opportunities for Qian, but...how?
When she passed by the mistress's courtyard, she saw a servant running towards her in a hurry, as if he had something urgent to do.
"Why are you running? What's wrong?" Lou stretched out her hand to stop the other person.
The servant immediately replied respectfully, "Madam Lou, an invitation has arrived from the palace. The Queen invites our Madam to attend the flower viewing banquet."
"Really?" Lou took the post and looked at it, and suddenly a good idea came to her mind.
If Qian could go to the flower-viewing banquet with Jiang Yinyue, there would definitely be no guard to help test for poison, and that would be Qian's best opportunity to take action.
But there is a problem. Jiang Yinyue is obviously wary of Qian now, so she will not bring Qian with her when she enters the palace. There is only one possibility, that is, she will go with her and bring Qian with her.
Thinking of this, Lou couldn't help but get excited and waved to the servant, "Okay, you can go back. I'll take this invitation to Madam."
"Yes, thank you for troubling Aunt Lou." The servant turned and left.
Lou entered the Matron's Courtyard with the invitation. When she saw Jiang Yinyue and Li Suining, she greeted them excitedly, "Madam, there's good news. The palace has sent an invitation."
"What invitation?" Jiang Yinyue was playing with Xiaotuanzi. Hearing this, she gestured to stop and walked a few steps to Lou.
"The Queen is going to hold a flower viewing banquet and invites you." Lou handed the invitation to Jiang Yinyue flatteringly, "Madam, you are so lucky. The Queen invites you to the flower viewing banquet every year."
Jiang Yinyue glanced at it with a look of disinterest, "The Queen is just giving our Prime Minister face."
"Madam, I have a small wish and I hope you can fulfill it." Lou looked at Jiang Yinyue with a flattering face.
Jiang Yinyue frowned unhappily, "A wish? I'm afraid I don't have the ability to fulfill your wish."
"How could that be? Madam, I'm sure you can." Lou laughed dryly. "Madam, can you take me with you to this year's flower viewing banquet? I want to go and broaden my horizons."
As she spoke, she looked at Jiang Yinyue with anticipation.
"No." Jiang Yinyue refused decisively, "I can't make the decision on this matter."
"Madam, the Queen Mother won't care about such a small matter. You just brought one more person..." Lou hated it to death in her heart, but she had to say nice words on the surface.
"It's not about bringing one more person," Jiang Yinyue said coldly, placing her hand on the little girl's head. "I've already decided to take Aning with me, and it's really inconvenient to take you with me."
“…” Lou was furious.
The little girl clapped her hands in cooperation, "Great! I can enter the palace again. The palace is so beautiful, and the flowers in the palace must be even more beautiful."
Lou was so angry that she wanted to bite her teeth to pieces. She could see that Jiang Yinyue would never agree to take her there, so she could only go to find Zuo Shanzhang.
"Since Madam finds it inconvenient, then forget it." She lowered her body perfunctorily and walked away angrily.
Li Suining and Jiang Yinyue watched Lou leave, and then looked at each other tacitly.
Jiang Yinyue said affirmatively, "She will definitely go find Zuo Shanzhang. Now it all depends on her ability..."
"Yeah." Little Dumpling nodded. In fact, everything that just happened was in their plan. After all, Little Dumpling had already seen what might happen at the flower viewing banquet.
But Xiao Wu had instructed that Zuo Shanzhang must be involved in all matters, so Jiang Yinyue deliberately rejected Lou just now.
However, Li Suining was actually a little worried, because from what happened before, she understood one thing: before things happened, everything they did might change what Xingxing told her. Just like this time, what if Zuo Shanzhang had not agreed to Lou?
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