Chapter 39: Unlike Qi Muchao, who stabbed people with a knife all day long
She looked at the small wooden box on the table for a long time. After Hu Yan came in, Lu Wanning opened the wooden box and took out a button that looked like it had faded in color due to age.
She placed the button in her palm and asked Hu Yan, "You've been in Beijing longer than I have. Have you ever seen this style of button?"
Hu Yan stared at the button for a few seconds and said, "It looks a bit like the style in the palace."
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and Lu Wanning nodded, her eyes filled with endless anticipation, "Have you seen it?"
"Please forgive me, Princess. I don't understand."
There are many styles of buttons, and there are also some styles with very subtle differences between them. How can I remember them all?
What's more, she was originally a secret guard beside Qi Muchao and rarely appeared in public, so naturally she didn't pay attention to these trivial things.
Lu Wanning was a little disappointed and said nothing more. She slowly clenched her palm into a fist. The button, which should have been soft, felt like a stone in her palm.
There was nothing to be disappointed about. In the three years since coming to Beijing, Lu Wanning had always stared at everyone's buttonholes, but no two of them were alike.
This is not necessarily bad news. After all, the rarer something is, the easier it is to locate it when you actually see it in the future.
She put the button back on as Hong Ling walked in from outside. "The young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion will have her birthday in a few days. The princess asked me to ask the Crown Prince's wife if she wants to go with her."
Hongling seemed to be frightened yesterday, and now she doesn't even dare to look at her.
Lu Wanning didn't really want to go, but she would have to deal with such occasions in the future, so she nodded and said, "Go."
Seeing Hongling about to leave, she suddenly raised her eyebrows and waved at Hongling, "If someone from the Chen Mansion asks about Luoluo, how will you answer?"
Hong Ling's face turned pale. Thinking of the scene last night, her legs went weak and she almost fell to her knees. "Slave, I said Lu Luo had an emergency and died before the doctor arrived."
Seeing that Lu Wanning was lost in thought and didn't nod, Hongling knelt down and said, "Luluo's evil intentions made the prince unhappy, and that's why she lost her life."
Lu Wanning shook her head, smiled at her, stood up and helped Hongling up, "Don't be so scared, I'm not like Qi Muchao who stabs people with a knife all day long."
Hu Yan glanced at her, then silently looked away, pretending not to hear the slander against her master.
"You're right. Luoluo had evil intentions and actually tried to climb into the Crown Prince's bed. I saw her, so I was furious and had her killed."
"Is that clear?"
Hong Ling nodded repeatedly, "I understand. I will not say a single word wrong."
At the Chen Mansion, news of Luoluo's death came. Master Chen was very angry and slammed the table, knocking everything on it to the ground.
Aunt An heard the noise just as she reached the door. She hurried in and saw the fallen books and papers on the ground. She exclaimed, "What is the master doing? Why is he so angry?"
Master Chen cast his eyes upon her, his dignity evident without any anger, "It's all the fault of your good niece!"
When Aunt An heard this, she was immediately unhappy. Madam Chen was now imprisoned in the yard and was not allowed to go out or have others visit her. Her status in the Chen family had obviously fallen to the bottom.
Right now, the second and third houses are fighting fiercely for the power to manage the family, and no one cares about her. In addition, Master Chen has recently thought about making her his legal wife, and has sent someone to secretly teach her how to manage accounts.
Although I have been very busy these days, I feel dizzy and dizzy, but I feel very happy in my heart.
Those servants who used to flatter the powerful and look down on the weak now treated her with respect and no longer dared to look down on others.
Aunt An finally understood the taste of power. She wished she could live one day as two, and it didn't matter how busy she was.
If it weren't for Lu Wanning, how could she have lived such a good life? So when she heard Mr. Chen mention Lu Wanning, she immediately became unhappy.
"What does this have to do with Wan Ning? Could it be that the master is blaming our Wan Ning for what the mistress did?"
Mr. Chen took two deep breaths. It would have been fine if Madam Chen hadn't been mentioned, but once she was mentioned, he wanted to grab a knife and chop her to death.
For the sake of Chen Wenjian, Mr. Chen did not drive Mrs. Chen out of the Chen Mansion. However, the word "Xun'er" that she mentioned when she was crazy that day made Mr. Chen suspicious.
He has been asking people to find out these days. He wants to see how many things this vicious woman is hiding from him.
After glaring at Aunt An, Master Chen paused for a moment, "She beat and killed the maid we brought as a dowry from the Chen Mansion. If anyone gets to know about this, who wouldn't say that our Chen family doesn't know how to discipline their servants? Wouldn't that make people laugh?"
Hearing this, Aunt An breathed a sigh of relief and glared at him, "We Wan Ning are not the kind of people who don't distinguish right from wrong. That maid must have done something too extreme."
Mr. Chen frowned and said nothing.
After a while, he waved to Aunt An, "Come here."
Aunt An walked towards him without any precautions, thinking that he had something to say to her.
When she first entered the Chen Mansion as a concubine, she had already had some feelings for Mr. Chen. Now that Madam Chen was gone, she felt even more sincere affection for Mr. Chen. She thought it would be nice for the two of them to continue living together like this.
She had beautiful thoughts, but as soon as she walked in front of Mr. Chen, he slapped her in the face.
Master Chen's eyes widened, his beard curling upwards. "I didn't let her marry into the Prince's Mansion just to enjoy a comfortable life. I told her on the eve of her wedding that if I wanted you to have an easy life, she had to be obedient. But now it seems that you, her aunt, don't hold much of a place in her heart."
Aunt An covered her face in disbelief. She had been in the Chen Mansion for so long, and when Madam Chen was still in power, Master Chen had never touched her, but now he hit her.
Seeing her hurt expression, Master Chen not only didn't feel the slightest bit of sympathy, but also reminded her expressionlessly, "Go tell her, if she dares to play any tricks again, I have plenty of ways to make her fall."
The beauty that seemed like a mirage was shattered in an instant, and Aunt An was unable to recover for a long time.
On the way back from the study, the maid looked at the marks on her face and shed tears silently, but she was unusually calm.
She thought Wan Ning was right.
Wanting to rely on a man to live is like walking on the edge of a cliff.
Her life was controlled by this man. When he was happy, he would let her manage the household and live a life of luxury. When he was unhappy, he could kick her out with one kick.
Not to mention just a slap in the face, even if he wanted to take her life directly, it would not be a difficult thing.
Her life is as insignificant as an ant.
But she is humble and cannot let Wan Ning become humble too.
He actually dared to use her to threaten Wan Ning.
Aunt An pursed her lips and gradually became determined in her heart.
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