Zhu Jia's face stiffened slightly, and when he looked into her gentle eyes, it seemed as if he had seen through her thoughts.
The atmosphere became inexplicably tense.
The Marquis's wife smiled and broke the deadlock: "This child grew up in the border area and has not adapted well to the capital. I should teach him some rules."
The eldest lady smiled politely and said, "General Zhu is a heroine. It's only natural that you shouldn't be too particular about trivial matters."
"Then we'll have our meal first."
Mrs. Hou pulled Zhu Jia up.
Zhu Jia glanced at Wanruo. Wanruo was still smiling gently. She looked straight into her eyes. There was a sharp edge in her seemingly gentle and harmless eyes.
Zhu Jia's face was tense, but she didn't dare to say anything. She didn't care about other people's criticism of her as a woman hanging out with men, but she cared about being exposed that she was thinking about someone else's husband.
Only after the Marquis's wife took Zhu Jia away did the eldest lady's face darken.
"This girl from the Ding'an Marquis's Mansion has really become a wild creature at the border. She's so unruly. How can we tolerate her?"
The eldest lady attaches great importance to rules. In front of her, you have to pretend to be honest and obedient, otherwise she will not tolerate it.
Xie Xiuzhu immediately chimed in: "That's right!"
The eldest lady glanced at the obedient Wanruo and felt a little relieved. Fortunately, her daughter-in-law was sensible.
"I wonder who will marry such a daughter-in-law in the future."
Soon another noble lady came to talk, and the eldest lady no longer cared about the previous episode and was busy socializing again.
Wan Ruduan's waist was sore, so she rubbed her lower back and moved her head.
Suddenly I turned around and found that Xie Xiuzhu was gone?!
Xie Xiuzhu slipped out of the main hall and followed Xiao Yu into the Yuqi Garden. The main hall was so stuffy that she couldn't sit still any longer. She found the right opportunity to slip away, otherwise she would have to sit there for at least half an hour.
Her butt was sore from sitting.
She hummed a little tune, picked a camellia and broke the petals to play with, thinking about picking some camellia petals to give to Wanruo, asking her to help her cover up in front of her mother.
She was about to take off her clothes when she suddenly saw some sneaky movements coming from the end of the path.
She was stunned for a moment and subconsciously wanted to lean over to take a look, but someone suddenly covered her mouth and retreated behind a tree.
She was so scared that she struggled desperately, and looked up in horror, only to find that it was Meng Huaichuan?
He covered her mouth and lowered his voice: "If you want to die, rush out by yourself and don't implicate me."
Xie Xiuzhu finally calmed down. The two of them quietly poked half of their heads out from behind the tree and saw two young eunuchs coming out from the end of the small room, carrying a package.
The thing actually moved and made a humming sound.
Xie Xiuzhu suddenly realized that this was a woman's voice!
Even after the two young eunuchs carried the woman away, Meng Huaichuan still had a frown on his face and was not in a trance.
Xie Xiuzhu bit his hand.
"Ah!" Meng Huaichuan screamed miserably and immediately let go of her hand, glaring at Xie Xiuzhu. "Are you born in the Year of the Dog?! Why are you biting people randomly!?"
"You provoked me first!" Xie Xiuzhu pinched her waist and cursed.
"If I hadn't helped you just now, you'd probably be dead somewhere right now! I wonder how many nameless corpses are buried under this palace!"
Xie Xiuzhu was so frightened that she jumped up and down, stiffening her neck: "Don't try to scare me!"
She suddenly looked at Fang Qi, who had just left, and her face turned pale. "So, is that woman from before also going to die inexplicably?"
Meng Huaichuan narrowed his eyes slightly and followed him: "I'll go take a look."
Xie Xiuzhu immediately followed: "I want to go too!"
"Why are you following me like a little tail? Who said I was going to take you with me?"
"Then I'll call someone." Xie Xiuzhu looked at him provocatively, with an attitude that said if I don't go, neither of us can go.
Meng Huaichuan: “…”
In the end, Meng Huaichuan and Xie Xiuzhu followed those people stealthily and walked into a small courtyard.
Meng Huaichuan looked up and saw Tingshuixuan?
It looks so familiar! This is the place that His Majesty gave to Prince Zhennan to stay temporarily in the palace occasionally!
Meng Huaichuan grew up in the palace and was very familiar with the place. He knew that the back window of Tingshuixuan was connected to Yuxi Garden. He took Xie Xiuzhu for a walk and then went to the back. Through the shadowy trees, he saw the scene in the small window.
"Your Highness, the person has been brought here. The Empress said that Your Highness can do whatever he wants with her, dead or alive, as long as Your Highness is pleased."
The two young eunuchs smiled flatteringly and opened the cloth bag.
There was a woman tied up inside. She was wearing the clothes of a palace maid, with her hands and feet tied, her mouth gagged, her hair loose, and she was still sobbing and begging.
Meng Huaichuan immediately recognized her as Shaoyao, the head maidservant beside the Queen.
The Queen actually gave her trusted maid to the Prince of Zhennan? The Queen of a country actually went so far as to curry favor with a vassal prince.
Xie Xiuzhu was completely confused and asked anxiously in a low voice, "Who is this?"
Meng Huaichuan lowered his voice: "She is the Queen's maid."
"Should we save her then?"
"Didn't you hear? It was sent by the Queen. What right do we have to save it?"
Even if she saved someone now, she would still die.
"But……"
Meng Huaichuan directly covered her mouth to prevent her from talking and disturbing the people inside.
The two young eunuchs withdrew, and the Prince of Zhennan grabbed Shaoyao's hair and slapped her. "How could the Queen really send me away and use a servant to fill the number? If you care so much about your reputation, what kind of deal are you talking about with me?"
Shaoyao's face swelled up instantly after being slapped, and her body became stiff and unable to move.
Prince Zhennan dragged her and threw her onto the bed. With a face full of flesh and a vicious look in his eyes, he grabbed her neck and began to tear her clothes.
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