For some reason, Coral and the others all had sore eyes, and Jade even turned her head away and secretly wiped the corners of her eyes.

Luo Qiao remembered that she saw the Fourth Master giving money to Xiao Liuzi in the morning.

But at this time, who can speak...

Her expression was uncertain, and after a while, she whispered, "I'll go talk to the Fourth Master."

Shanhu pulled her: "If the Fourth Master wanted to stand up for Di Jin, he would have stood up for her when Di Jin was pulled out..."

Luo Qiao hesitated for a while, and finally followed Shanhu back to the house.

But when I got to bed, I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

Shanhu, who shared the room with her, couldn't fall asleep because of her noise. She yawned and said, "Don't think too much about it. Go to sleep! At least this is over."

The more Shanhu said this, the more uneasy Luoqiao became. She simply put on her clothes, got up, went outside to get a glass of water under the moonlight, and sipped it in small sips while standing at the table.

After a long while, Luoqiao felt a little cold. Just as she was about to turn around and go back to the house, she saw Daimao coming in rubbing his eyes.

"Ouch!" She didn't see it clearly and was startled.

Luo Qiao hurriedly smiled and said, "It's me, Luo Qiao."

"It's Sister Luoqiao." Daimao breathed a sigh of relief, "You should get up and have some tea too!"

Luo Qiao said "hmm" absentmindedly. She watched Daimao pour the tea carefully. Thinking that she was usually so cautious and never said much, she was moved and asked, "Daimao, do you believe that it was Dijin who stole the cherries?"

玳瑁 was slightly startled.

Perhaps he had the same doubts as Luo Qiao, or perhaps people in the dark became weak...

She whispered, "When the Fourth Master came to pay his respects to the First Madam, Di Jin would accompany him. I dare not say anything else, but it is impossible that he would steal cherries... Moreover, he would leave the uneaten cherries in the cupboard like that... I remember the plate that held the cherries was a sweet white porcelain..."

It’s like meeting a soulmate.

Luo Qiao told Daimao that she saw the Fourth Master buying something with Xiao Liuzi in the morning: "...I've heard people say that the Fourth Master and Di Jin are good friends. Do you think the Fourth Master bought it to please Di Jin?"

"Then, doesn't that mean Dijin is wrongly accused?" The more Daimao listened, the more he felt that there was something strange about the matter.

"I want to talk to the Fourth Master..." Luo Qiao was not giving up and wanted to get Daimao's support.

Daimao hesitated for a while and said, "How about I go with my sister?"

Luo Qiao made up his mind after listening to this.

Fortunately, they lived in the same courtyard, so they went to knock on Luo Zhensheng's window.

Immediately, a voice asked in a vigilant voice: "Who?"

The voice was low and the reaction was quick. It was obvious that the people in the room were not asleep at all.

"Fourth Master, I'm Luoqiao." Luoqiao stood by the window and whispered, "I have something to talk to you about!"

"What, what's the matter?" Luo Zhensheng's voice stuttered, "Let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Luoqiao and Daimao couldn't help but look at each other.

"It's so cold in spring, I'm afraid Di Jin can't stand it. Fourth Master, you should find a way to send Di Jin a thin blanket to keep her warm!"

"I understand." Luo Zhensheng replied somewhat dejectedly and said nothing more.

Luo Qiao stood there, feeling the bone-chilling coldness of the late spring night.

* * * * * *

Early the next morning, Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang went together to pay their respects to the first wife.

Ever since Wu Niang's marriage was settled, she seemed to have settled down and became much more familiar with Shiyi Niang than before.

The two entered the house and saw the eldest wife sitting on the kang, drinking tea, being served by Mother Xu.

Although this scene was no different from usual, for some reason, Eleventh Lady felt that the eldest lady looked a little tired today.

Seeing Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang, the eldest wife said indifferently: "You are here!"

"Mother!" The two men knelt and saluted the eldest wife.

"Sit down!" The eldest wife nodded, "Have you had breakfast?"

"We've eaten." The two of them answered in unison and sat on the small stool next to the eldest lady's kang.

Wu Niang replied, "Did you sleep well last night, mother?"

The eldest wife gave Wu Niang a cold look.

Wu Niang was confused and didn't know what she had said wrong.

Just when I was feeling panicky, Brother Xiu came.

The eldest wife's emotions melted immediately. After asking how Brother Xiu was, she immediately carried him to the kang and asked, "What did you eat this morning?"

But Brother Xiu said, "Grandma, cherries are delicious."

Everyone was stunned.

The grandmother asked Brother Xiu cautiously, "Did you eat the cherries in Grandmother's ear room?"

Seeing that his mother looked unhappy, Brother Xiu quickly hid in the arms of the eldest wife: "Grandma's cherries are delicious, and the ones my mother gave me are also delicious..."

The grandmother's expression suddenly turned ugly: "Mom, I didn't know... I didn't expect it... I will definitely teach him a lesson when I get back."

"Okay, okay, it's not a big deal." The eldest wife looked at her grandson who was lying in her arms with a smile, "Cherries are beautiful and delicious. Adults love them, let alone a child."

"Mother, a gentleman has his own way of doing things and his own way of not doing things." The grandmother's face looked unhappy. "He should have just said what he wanted to eat. Who wouldn't have given him food? But he had to sneak into your side room..."

The eldest wife felt unhappy when she heard this.

The grandmother watched and quickly stopped talking, looking at Xiu Ge's wet nurse: "How did you raise the child? There is a sweet white porcelain plate on the table?"

The nurse said timidly, "I, I don't know."

After hearing this, Brother Xiu was about to get off the kang.

The maid beside him hurriedly carried him off the kang.

He ran to the small table beside him, pulled out the drawer, and took out a sweet white porcelain plate: "You can't find it!"

The grandmother was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she couldn't say anything.

The eldest wife laughed and said, "Our brother Xiu is really smart."

Brother Xiu took out a few cherries from the drawer and said, "I'm leaving them for Brother Zhun to eat." He smiled with his lips pursed, looking very proud.

When the eldest wife heard this, her eyes immediately turned red. She stood up and hugged Brother Xiu: "Good boy, you are such a good boy." Before she finished speaking, she couldn't help but cry.

Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang were completely confused and had no idea what was going on!

The eldest grandmother was busy discussing with the eldest wife: "Then you see, Di Jin..."

When Wu Niang heard her grandmother mention Di Jin's name, she couldn't help but look surprised.

The eldest wife smiled coldly: "Let Mother Hang ask where the cherries come from?"

Cherries that were put on the market early were sold at 10 taels of silver per pound. It was impossible for ordinary people to buy them at this time. It could only be Luo Zhensheng. No wonder he wanted to borrow money from me yesterday? No wonder he didn't dare to speak out when Di Jin was locked up? He bought something and didn't honor his parents first, but gave it to the maid...

The eldest grandmother immediately understood what the eldest wife meant and nodded. Just as she was about to tell Madam Hang, a little maid came in and said, "Madam, Madam Hang is here!"

"Let her in!" As soon as the eldest wife finished speaking, Mother Hang walked in in two steps at a time.

When she saw Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang, she was slightly startled, and there was some hesitation in her expression.

The eldest wife saw it clearly, so she told Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang: "Go back to your room and rest!"

Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang left immediately.

Mother Hang whispered in Grandma's ear: "Di Jin seems to be pregnant..."

The eldest grandmother's face changed drastically and she whispered a few words to the eldest wife.

The first wife smiled coldly after hearing this: "I never thought that our fourth master has this ability! Does he know it himself?"

Mother Hang whispered, "Di Jin said she didn't know..."

"Then tell our Fourth Master!" The eldest wife's eyes were full of sharpness.

Brother Xiu looked scared and called out "Grandma" in fear.

The eldest wife smiled, patted Brother Xiu's head, and said calmly to the eldest grandmother: "Let's find a human toy!"

The grandmother looked at her mother-in-law with shock on her face.

* * * * * *

Wu Niang came out of the eldest wife's room and hurriedly said to Shiyi Niang, "I'll go see my fourth brother," and then took Ziwei and Ziyuan to Luo Zhensheng's place.

Eleventh Lady winked at Amber, then went back to the house with Dongqing.

After a while, Amber came back.

Shock still remained on her face. "It was said that the Yongping Marquis's Mansion sent cherries yesterday, and the eldest lady left a plate for the eldest master in the side room. But when the eldest master came back, the plate was gone. Finally, a few cherries were found in Dijin's cabinet. The eldest lady thought that Dijin had stolen the cherries, so she locked him up in the woodshed."

Eleventh Lady breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Brother Xiu said it himself, otherwise it would be really unfair! But where did Di Jin get the cherries from... Cherries have just been put on the market these two days, they should be very expensive, right?"

Amber's expression was a little strange: "It was bought by the Fourth Master!"

Eleventh Lady seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

She had heard that Luo Zhensheng had a special interest in Dijin...

"The first wife is very angry." Amber said, "She asked the eldest grandmother to find a human trafficker to sell the ground brocade!"

Eleventh Lady was very surprised, but after thinking about it, she felt that although it was unexpected, it was also reasonable.

In the mind of the first wife, the man is not good, probably because he was seduced by those women, because those women are shameless and want to climb up the social ladder. Think about Taozhi who was sent back to her mother's home by the first wife. She just said a few words to the first master, and was called to death. From this, we can get a glimpse of the mentality of the first wife.

She couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Dong Qing's eyes were filled with tears: "A man as honest and cautious as Di Jin..."

"What's the use of being honest and cautious!" Amber seemed to be deeply touched. For the first time, she spoke presumptuously in front of Eleventh Lady. "The Fourth Master has always been kind and gentle to women, and the maids around him can't help laughing and joking without limit. Di Jin is the eldest maid, and sometimes she says a few words, but the Fourth Master still protects those little hooves... Who knows what's strange about this? And Di Jin was locked up in the woodshed last night. If the Fourth Master really wanted to protect Di Jin, he would have pleaded with the First Madam long ago. Why is it that the matter has been silent for a whole night!"

Eleventh Lady was stunned when she heard this.

I didn't expect Amber to say something like that...but it makes sense!

Dong Qing shook his head after hearing this: "The Fourth Master had no choice! He himself is a clay Buddha crossing the river, he can't even protect himself..."

Amber didn't want to argue with Holly, so she hesitated to speak.

Dongqing whispered, "It's a pity that the ground brocade is old. I'm afraid the good family won't want it when they heard it was sold from our family..." The implication was that if the ground brocade was sold, it might not be sold to a good place.

The atmosphere in the room became increasingly depressing.

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "You don't have to worry too much. Fifth Sister has always had a say in front of Mother. Besides, Di Jin is not a frivolous person. Maybe Mother will calm down and this matter will be over."

Before she finished her words, a miserable cry suddenly came from afar.

Everyone's expression was startled, and they vaguely felt that it was Di Jin's voice.

But the sound soon stopped and the surroundings returned to their original silence.

For some reason, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

For a moment, the room was as quiet as water.

When he looked up again, Dongqing's face was covered with tears.