Chapter 37 Destroyed
Gu Huan smiled slightly: "Madam Du, let's not beat around the bush. If something happens to the Second Young Master in your hands, you might not be able to save your life."
Madam Du was so frightened that her face turned pale: "Second Miss, you know it's all Aunt Pei's fault... How dare I stop her?"
Gu Huan's smile faded, and she said seriously, "You gave my second brother the wrong medicine, and the broken wrists and scars on his body and hands are all evidence of your poor service. If anything goes wrong, Aunt Pei will definitely blame you. By then, even if the Marquis's Mansion doesn't care, I will not let you go. I will definitely sue you in the government office and charge you with abusing your master!"
Aunt Du was frightened and fell to her knees, "Second Miss, spare my life!"
"Whether I will forgive you or not depends on what you do in the future."
"I will definitely listen to the Second Young Lady and take good care of the Second Young Master." Nanny Du kowtowed hard.
Gu Huan supported her and said in a gentle tone, "Get up. As long as you serve your second brother wholeheartedly, if Aunt Pei abuses your second brother again, you can report it to mother and father. As long as your second brother is well, I will give you an extra monthly allowance from now on."
A look of joy flashed across Madam Du's eyes: "I will definitely follow Second Miss's instructions."
She could tell when she came in that this second young lady seemed to have made great success.
Although I didn't know what happened, I could tell it was something serious just by looking at her clothes and the demeanor of the people who came with her.
Gu Huan changed the subject: "Madame Du, you were originally a maidservant of the Pei residence and have been serving my mother. You should know who was the maid who delivered my baby, right?"
"Of course I..."
Nanny Du suddenly stopped talking, and a hint of shock flashed in her eyes.
Her eyes rolled and she immediately changed her words: "The year the second young lady was born, I had just married and was not serving my aunt."
Gu Huan had already seen her expression clearly.
Aunt Du knows about it!
But at the moment, she had no way to make Nanny Du tell the truth.
Gu Huan changed the subject: "I brought some snacks and health-promoting medicine for my second brother. You can take him back."
"Yes, then I will take you back to the front yard."
"Go ahead."
Nanny Du took Gu Jinwen out with a lot of bags. Gu Huan looked at her brother's reluctant eyes and felt like her heart was being stabbed with needles. The smile on her face gradually faded.
Zhou Zhilan approached her and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that the midwife did something to make you unwell?"
Gu Huan didn't dare to directly say that her identity had been changed, so she could only vaguely say, "Well, I was in poor health when I was young. But I'm much better now."
Zhou Zhilan frowned: "Why are there so many people like this in your family?"
Gu Huan felt lost.
At the moment, there is nothing to find.
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"You said that the son-in-law didn't go to Jiaochun Garden?" Aunt Pei looked unhappy.
"Yes, the room reserved by the eldest lady is empty, and the people in Jiaochun Garden said that they didn't see the eldest brother-in-law."
The one who answered was Aunt Pei's most trusted housekeeper, Madam Lu.
Aunt Pei had a grim look on her face: "It must be that little bitch's doing!"
She had to stop the little bitch from riding on Ruer's head.
Madam Lu also looked anxious: "What should we do now? Will the eldest brother-in-law blame the eldest girl?"
Aunt Pei walked around the room with a gloomy face: "Why didn't Ru'er send a message back when her plan changed? Could it be that something has changed in the Duke's Mansion?"
Nanny Lu was also at a loss.
Aunt Pei suddenly stopped in her tracks, with a malicious heart, she pulled Madam Lu over and whispered in her ear: "You go ..."
As Madam Lu listened, her expression changed slightly and she lowered her voice, "Aunt, if someone finds out, it will be hard to explain to the Marquis and the Madam."
Aunt Pei sneered: "The little bitch dared not to speak out after losing her virginity."
Madam Lu hesitated: "But...the three maids following her are ruthless."
They were all from the Duke's Mansion, and one of them was the younger sister of the Grand Steward Zhou...
"Don't they live separately? Blow something into Gu Huan's room without anyone noticing. Don't waste time, go now."
Madam Lu gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, I'll go right away."
It's late at night and everyone is asleep.
Everyone in the guest house has rested.
Suddenly, the courtyard door was gently pushed open, and a dark figure came in, groping towards the main house as if he knew the way there well.
The black shadow put his ear to the window and listened, making sure that there was no movement inside. He took out a thin bamboo tube, moistened a hole with saliva, inserted the bamboo tube in, and blew inside.
The black shadow cat took a cup of tea to hide under the wall, then gently opened the window and climbed in with his hands and feet.
It was pitch dark in the room, and the black shadow groped cautiously towards the bed.
"ah!"
A scream cut through the night sky.
The room suddenly lit up.
Donghua was holding a wooden stick. A man was lying on the ground, covering his bleeding head and looking at the four girls in the room with horror.
Gu Huan was holding a candlestick, standing by the door and looking at him coldly.
This man was the driver who drove the carriage for Aunt Pei. His name was Lao Liu. He was a widower with a dark face.
Chen Li sat on a chair, playing with a smoking incense stick in his hand.
Zhou Zhilan's face was full of anger. She pulled out a dagger and was about to step forward when she was stopped by Gu Huan.
"Someone come."
The two maids who were awakened outside the door hurried in and were shocked when they saw the scene.
"Go and tell my father and mother that there is a thief in my house."
"Yes." The maid did not dare to delay and hurried to report.
Lao Liu got anxious, and got up from the spot, desperately pushed Donghua away, and tried to run out of the door, but just as he took a step out...
Chen Li moved swiftly, thrusting the needle into Lao Liu's spine with great speed, ferocity and accuracy.
Lao Liu's whole body was like a deflated ball, he fell on the doorstep and couldn't move.
All he could do was yell, "Second Miss, spare me, Second Miss, I entered the wrong room."
Gu Huan didn't want to hear his screams: "Donghua, shut up."
Donghua grabbed a piece of cloth and stuffed it into Laoliu's mouth.
Shen Li walked over, squatted, and waved ten three-inch long silver needles in his hand in front of his eyes.
"You blew the drug into the room in an attempt to insult Miss Gu. You better think about how to respond. Otherwise, a needle can make you live a life worse than death."
Lao Liu rolled his eyes in fear.
After a cup of tea, Wang, supported by Nanny Zhou, came hurriedly with a group of people. She was shocked to see the scene.
"What's going on?"
Gu Huan's eyes were red. She knelt down in front of Wang with a pitiful look on her face, choking with sobs, "Mother..."
Wang felt sorry for her and held her hand. She felt that Gu Huan's hand was cold and knew that she had suffered a great injustice.
He turned to Madam Zhou and ordered coldly, "Look who this evil creature is."
Nanny Zhou stepped forward to take a look, then turned back to Wang and whispered, "It's Lao Liu, Aunt Pei's coachman."
Wang's face looked ugly, she was trembling with anger, and couldn't speak for a long time.
Since this matter concerns Aunt Pei, she cannot deal with it rashly.
But since it concerned the reputation of the young lady of the Marquis's Mansion, she had to deal with it quickly.
"Tied him up and dragged him aside."
Nanny Zhou, along with two strong women, tied the man up and dragged him aside. The silver needle in his spine hurt so much that Lao Liu stretched his neck hard and his veins bulged.
Wang pulled Gu Huan into the house and asked in a low voice, "Are you not hurt?"
Gu Huan shook her head: "It just so happened that the incense that Miss Shen lit conflicted with the aphrodisiac incense and solved it."
"Incense?" Wang's tone changed.
She was born into the Wang family of Langya and had been married to the Wenchang Marquis Mansion, the head of the civil officials in Kyoto, for more than 20 years. She knew all the tricks in the inner chambers.
But I have never seen a lowly slave from the outer courtyard dare to sneak into the inner courtyard and drug the young lady.
It's just ridiculous.
But if Aunt Pei did it, why did she do it?
Gu Huan is her own daughter. What good will it do Aunt Pei to ruin her daughter?
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs.
Wang quickly made a decision: "If the matter gets out of hand, it will damage your reputation. I might as well beat him to death, and let you vent your anger."
Gu Huan shook her head.
"Mother, the culprit must be severely punished. Otherwise, won't the girls in the Marquis' Mansion be in danger in the future? If there is another one who is not so lucky, the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion will be ruined."
How could she let Aunt Pei go so easily?
Fortunately, tonight, she suspected that Aunt Pei would take action, and even more so that she suspected the motives of Aunt Pei and Gu Wanru in forcing her to leave the house. She shared her doubts with Zhou Zhilan and the other three.
The four of them decided that Zhou Zhilan and Donghua would guard secretly, while Chen Li and Gu Huan would wait in the house.
Chen Li smelled the medicine and immediately understood its aroma.
otherwise……
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