Chapter 376 Aunt Shen's Mission
The turmoil caused by the news of Liang Yusong's death in the capital finally subsided.
Wang Min has been restless these days, so she got up early and came to Lingshuiju. "Wanru, about that Miss Liang..." Wang Min took the tea from her daughter-in-law and hesitated to speak.
Yuan Wanru understood, and after sending her attendants away, she narrated the whole story.
She deliberately concealed some of the bloody details, saying only that Liang Yusong had reaped the fruits of his own actions. In the aroma of tea, she whispered, "If you have time, mother, you might as well go to Rongshou Hall and let the old lady know what kind of person she loved in the past."
When Wang Min heard this, the teacup in his hand trembled slightly.
She sighed: "Since the last incident, the old lady treated me like an enemy. The day before yesterday, when I went to pay my respects, she didn't even let me in."
As he spoke, his brows furrowed even more tightly, "It's that Aunt Shen who is now more respectable in front of the old lady than a proper daughter-in-law. Wanru, if this continues, nothing will happen, right?"
Yuan Wanru's eyes darkened.
These days she has been sending people to secretly keep an eye on Aunt Shen, but she has remained calm and behaved very well.
"Mother is absolutely right."
Yuan Wanru lowered her voice, "In my opinion, she will definitely make some moves in the next two days. Now that something like this has happened to the Liang family, the Second Prince's faction, no matter who they are, hates our Lu family to the core. It's time for her to be put to use as a secret agent."
Wang Min twisted the handkerchief in her hand into a ball: "You mean..."
"I'm not afraid of her coming at me openly," Yuan Wanru's eyes flashed coldly, "I'm just afraid that she'll take advantage of my sixth sister. If such a young child is coaxed into putting something in her meals..."
"good!"
The more Wang Min thought about it, the more restless she became.
"What should I do? Sister Sha is so young, and no one is on guard against her. If these people at home are killed, Sister Sha will never be able to turn back in her life."
Yuan Wanru held down Wang Min's shaking hand and said, "Don't worry, Mom. I'll go get her right away."
Wang Min shook her head repeatedly: "No way! After all, she is your second uncle's legitimate concubine, and she gave birth to Sister Sha. If you arrest her without any evidence, your second uncle..."
At this point, she lowered her voice and said, "What's more, the old lady now treats her as a close friend and gave her a red gold headdress the other day. If you act rashly, this family will probably be in chaos!"
Outside the window, a thrush landed on a branch, and its clear chirping broke the silence in the room.
Yuan Wanru looked out the window, her eyes gradually becoming firm.
"Mother, the Emperor is going to settle accounts with the Second Prince's gang in the next few days. When those people are desperate, what can't they do? We have so many old and young people in our house. It's really dangerous to keep this scourge."
"Even if it means causing unrest in our family," Yuan Wanru said the last sentence very lightly, but every word was as hard as a nail, "we must get rid of this evil today."
In the end, Wang Min just sighed softly, "You are right. We should make a decision when necessary. If the old lady and your second uncle want to make a fuss, mother and you will bear the responsibility together."
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Aunt Shen has been restless these days and has been tossing and turning at night.
On the day when the news of Liang Yusong's sudden death came, she was embroidering. The needle tip suddenly pierced into her fingertips, and blood dyed the snow-white silk handkerchief red.
"How could it be..."
She muttered to herself, and the embroidery frame in her hand fell to the ground.
How could someone as precious as Miss Liang just disappear like that?
The noisy chirping of cicadas outside the window added to my irritability.
Aunt Shen paced back and forth in the room, her embroidered shoes making a creaking sound as they stepped on the blue bricks.
Suddenly, a few "coo" sounds of birds came from the foot of the wall. She was startled and hurriedly opened the window to look around.
After confirming that there was no one around, she quickly walked to the corner of the courtyard wall and pushed aside the overgrown weeds.
There is an inconspicuous little hole in the corner of the wall, completely covered by weeds.
Aunt Shen lived right in the corner of the Lu family's house, next door to the Liang Mansion. For so many years, she received instructions through this hole.
This is also the reason why it has not been discovered yet.
However, she is now being closely watched by Lu Jiangnian's men, and Yuan Wanru and others have already known this secret.
Aunt Shen took out a very thinly rolled piece of paper from the hole with trembling hands.
I took it back to the room and just finished reading its contents when I heard cheerful footsteps.
"Auntie!"
The sixth girl Lu Sha's silver bell-like laughter came, "Look, this is the Luban lock that my second sister gave me!"
Aunt Shen's hands trembled and she almost dropped the note.
She quickly dipped the note into the basin of water for washing hands nearby, stirred it with her fingertips twice, and the ink dissolved in the water, making the words no longer recognizable.
"How disgraceful it is to shout and yell."
Aunt Shen forced herself to remain calm, and when she turned around, a gentle smile was on her face.
Lu Sha held up the exquisite Luban lock, her face flushed with excitement.
Although the mistress of the second house, Zhou Fang, was mean, at most she would deduct some of the monthly salary or punish her by making her copy the "Instructions for Women". As the older daughter of the second master, Lu Bai, Lu Sha was quite loved and developed a naive character.
Aunt Shen took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from her daughter's forehead.
She suddenly turned around and took out a brown pill from a small porcelain bottle: "This is a digestion pill that Auntie specially asked the doctor to prescribe. It is best to take it in summer."
Lu Sha frowned and hid back: "Bitter..."
"good."
Aunt Shen spoke softly, but she pushed the pill into her daughter's mouth without letting anyone refuse. "Eat it quickly, and it won't be bitter anymore."
Watching her daughter swallow the pill with grievance, Aunt Shen hugged her in her arms, but her eyes drifted away.
The words on the note are still vivid in my mind: "Poison the food tonight."
Aunt Shen held her in her arms and looked into the distance. It was just pain, but her life could be saved.
After all, it was her child, she couldn't do it.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Sha was hugged a little too tightly by Aunt Shen, and she raised her little face uncomfortably.
Aunt Shen then realized that she had lost her strength, and she quickly let go of Lu Sha, "It's okay."
The little person in her arms was warm and soft, and was her only comfort in this large mansion.
Outside the window, a cicada suddenly stopped chirping.
Aunt Shen's heart skipped a beat, and she vaguely felt that someone was watching her in the dark.
She didn't know that at this moment, in the shadow of the trees outside the courtyard wall, Lu Jiangnian's secret guards were watching all this coldly.
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Xuanying went to Lingshuiju and said, "Madam, there is some movement from Aunt Shen's side."
Yuan Wanru's hand holding the pen paused slightly. She was reading a medical book and taking notes.
She slowly put down her brush, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips: "What a coincidence."
She had originally planned to arrest the man tonight, but she didn't expect that the other party would lose control first.
However, Yuan Wanru did not know that this order did not come from the Second Prince. According to the Second Prince and Concubine Liang, they could not act rashly because of the poison in the Second Prince's body and needed to make long-term plans.
But Liang Shangjiong couldn't listen to a word.
This was an order issued privately by Liang Shangjiong.
Ever since Liang Zhi's tragic death, Liang Shangjiong has been holding back his anger. Now his only daughter has met with such an end. How could Liang Shangjiong still have any rationality left?
What's the point of taking the long view and taking it step by step? He wants the Lu family to pay for their blood debt with blood now!
Xuanying whispered, "After Aunt Shen received the secret letter, she immediately dissolved the note into the water. Although I didn't see the contents clearly, judging from her expression, she must be planning to take action."
Yuan Wanru tapped the table with her fingertips, her eyes gradually turned cold: "Go and prepare, keep an eye on her, don't make any mistakes."
She looked out the window at the darkening dusk and murmured, "Since someone is eager to die, we will help him."
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