"I'm afraid you're not guilty, so you came so late?"
Liu Lu spoke sarcastically. Her sister was so careful, but she fell down in the yard where she often walked. There must be something wrong!
"Liu Lu, what are you saying? Just because I'm late, you can slander me like this?" Fang Rou covered her chest delicately, feeling very aggrieved. She bowed to Madam Lu again, "Madam, please make the decision for me!"
Lu Jing is not in the mansion, Shen Ruoyan will not stand on her side, the only person she can count on is Madam Lu.
At least, for Kang Ge's sake, she would help him.
"Okay, stop making a fuss. You're all so petty all the time. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if the news gets out?" Old Madam Lu was too lazy to see all this. She gathered these people together to teach them a lesson, not to let them make a fuss in front of her.
Shen Ruoyan arrived late, and hadn’t had time just now, but now she asked: “Grandma, I heard that Concubine Hong fell, why are you so careless?”
She pretended to be confused and said, "The doctor said that Auntie's pregnancy is unstable and we should be more careful."
After hearing this, Liu Lu immediately defended her sister, saying, "Madam, it wasn't my sister's fault, but someone was behind it!"
"Oh?" Shen Ruoyan turned around and frowned, "What does this mean?"
"Since my sister became pregnant, she's been extremely cautious. The doctor told her to move around more, but she only dared to walk around her yard and never even went into the garden. But the yard was always spotless, but today, when she walked past it, she stepped in a pile of mud, and that's why she fell!"
"It hasn't rained in the past few days, and the road is very dry. It's really strange." Shen Ruoyan seemed to be thinking about something, but still looked at the old lady, "Grandma, how do you think we should deal with this matter?"
After all, everyone was called over by Old Madam Lu, and Shen Ruoyan couldn't make the decision on her own and offend the old lady.
She is still very easy to talk to about these trivial matters.
"I called you here today to let everyone know. In this mansion, offspring are the most precious. If I discover that anyone has bad intentions, then there is no need to wait for Jing'er to come back. I, an old woman, will play the bad guy and sell him out on his behalf, so that the mansion can be left in peace."
Madam Lu's eyes slowly swept over everyone present, not even sparing the maids hiding in the back. They didn't dare to raise their heads for fear of meeting her eyes.
She said this not to support Zhu Hong, but to let everyone know that in this mansion, you can fight anything, but you must not touch the heirs of the Marquis's mansion!
The smile in Shen Ruoyan's eyes disappeared in an instant - things are valuable because they are rare!
"Old Madam, you are the most fair person in this mansion. This time, it's obvious that someone is deliberately trying to harm my sister. It's easy to avoid an open attack, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. My sister got away with it this time, but what about next time?" Liu Lu thumped to her knees.
"Madam, please investigate this matter thoroughly so that my sister can give birth to the child safely!"
"Isn't it just a fall? Is it necessary to trouble the old lady so much?" Fang Rou didn't care, her eyes full of contempt. "Although Concubine Hong is pregnant and has a precious body, she still needs to take good care of herself and pay attention to it."
She curled her lips and said, "Is it someone's fault or is it just a fall? It's still unclear..."
"Shut up!" Liu Lu's knees were red from kneeling, but her arrogance remained undiminished. "You're the most suspicious person in this mansion, and yet you're still making sarcastic remarks! Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're favored by the Marquis. If the Marquis knew you'd done such a despicable thing, he would definitely despise you!"
In the Marquis' Mansion, Fang Rou felt that she was second only to the emperor and above everyone else.
Apart from Shen Ruoyan, she didn't even take anyone else seriously, so how could she tolerate Liu Lu shouting like that? !
His face immediately turned cold. "You said I did it, so it's me? If your words are so convincing, why don't you go to the government office and report it?"
Fang Rou sneered, "Besides, what evidence do you have to prove that I was the one who wanted to harm Concubine Hong? Is it because I was favored when the Marquis was around that you are blinded by jealousy and think of me as the one who does all the bad things?"
"You..." Liu Lu had never thought that Fang Rou would say such a thing. Moreover, it was all nonsense!
Zhuhong glanced at her and shook her head slightly, signaling her not to argue any further as it would be of no use.
But Liu Lu was already so angry that she couldn't stop at all. She just wanted to talk Fang Rou down and win the argument!
"You are just jealous that my sister is pregnant with the Marquis's child. You don't have any children yourself, and you are afraid that my sister will be favored because of this, so you took the initiative!" Liu Lu's analysis was very logical, and she also thought so in her heart.
There are only a few concubines in this mansion, and it is impossible for me to harm my sister. The only one left is Fang Rou!
But Fang Rou only laughed sarcastically, "So, according to what you said, besides me, isn't the Madam also a suspect? After all, the Marquis has more than just a few concubines..."
Liu Lu was shocked. She had never thought of dragging Shen Ruoyan into the water!
My sister said that the Madam's intentions were unclear, so we shouldn't offend her easily. She just wanted to take this opportunity to discipline Fang Rou, so why would she bring Madam into this?
"Don't make random accusations. Can the lady be like you?" Liu Lu was furious and looked at Shen Ruoyan's expression carefully.
She felt a little regretful that she had not listened to her sister and not fought with Fang Rou.
Now that it’s okay, Madam won’t hold a grudge against her, right?
"We are both women, what's the difference?" Fang Rou said with a smile. After she finished speaking, she apologized to Shen Ruoyan, "Madam, please don't misunderstand me. What I meant is that we are both the Marquis's women. In this respect, I am the same as Madam."
So she had a motive to harm Zhuhong's child, and Shen Ruoyan did the same.
After all, her mute son is as good as nothing.
As the mistress of a marquis's family, in a sense, she didn't want Zhuhong's child to be born even more than she did.
It was actually the safest place for Kang Ge to be raised on the farm. As for herself, she was a woman who had never given birth. Compared to Shen Ruoyan, she could only compete for Lu Jing's favor. If this child was born, it would directly threaten the status of Shen Ruoyan's son!
Old Madam Lu even forced her to take in her adopted son, let alone her biological son born to a concubine?
Once Zhu Hong gave birth to a son, then Madam Lu would most likely use the same trick again and register the child under Shen Ruoyan's name, making him the legitimate son of the Marquis's Mansion.
Shen Ruoyan, how could he not be anxious?
Fang Rou glanced at Liu Lu with contempt. What a fool! She had overestimated her before!
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