Only after turning the Buddhist temple upside down did Cao An take his men away.
The old lady looked at the messy Buddhist hall, her lips trembling with anger. "Ruoyan, are you just going to let people run wild in this mansion? You're the mistress of this mansion! How come you can't even stop a eunuch?!"
If you hadn't offended this eunuch, you wouldn't have ended up like this.
Although other places in the mansion were also searched, they were at least within an acceptable range. They were not as messy as the Buddhist temple, which looked like a house search!
But Shen Ruoyan didn't dare to say this. Madam Lu was very concerned about her reputation, and losing her face was absolutely unacceptable!
"Grandmother, this Cao An is searching everywhere under the banner of the emperor. Not to mention us, even Minister Yu's house was searched thoroughly. He even reported it to the morning court, but it was useless..." Shen Ruoyan pretended to be aggrieved. What could she, a weak woman, do?
"I tried to stop them, but I was too weak to do anything." Shen Ruoyan sighed helplessly, then suddenly thought of something and said, "Why don't you file a complaint with the emperor? With your status as the wife of the Marquis, you will definitely be able to get the emperor to make the decision for us!"
Madam Lu has always been proud of being the wife of a marquis, but the old marquis has been gone for so long, and now the owner of the marquisate is Lu Jing.
This lady of the Marquis's Mansion is naturally Shen Ruoyan.
But in the old lady's heart, there has never been a clear understanding.
Now that Shen Ruoyan had pointed it out, she felt a little embarrassed, "I'm so old, and I still have to go through so much trouble. What's the point of having you in the mansion?"
She waved her hands, not wanting to talk anymore. She said she was upset and felt unwell, so she asked the nanny to help her go back and rest.
Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Shen Ruoyan to restore this place to its original state.
"Madam, this Buddha statue has been broken. If we want to restore it to its original state, we have to buy a new one." Qiu Ye walked over with the Buddha statue in one hand, only to see that the golden body on it had been rubbed off and the surface looked a little mottled.
This is a golden Buddha statue that the old lady spent a lot of money to build. If you want to buy a new one, the price will be very high.
Letting Shen Ruoyan be responsible for restoring the original state means that she has to pay the money.
"The old lady has always been frugal, how could she allow me to be so extravagant?" Shen Ruoyan shook her head, saying that Qiu Ye still didn't understand the old lady well enough. "It's just a few pieces of skin that have fallen off. Just paint them over with gold paint."
Qiu Ye looked at the golden Buddha statue in his hand, imagined the scene after it was repaired, and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
Fortunately, she has strong self-control. Normally, she wouldn't laugh without the permission of her wife.
Even if it's really funny!
Not only that, Shen Ruoyan also instructed: "There are also chairs here, they are just bumped, just repair them. The old lady hates waste the most, you must keep it in mind."
Everything in this Buddhist temple is very old.
After all, Cao An would not do anything too ugly, but the Buddhist temple was not very good. His men just used more force, but unexpectedly, there were broken chairs and tables everywhere.
The old lady naturally knew this, and wanted to take the opportunity to let Shen Ruoyan give her a new look.
Since she is so good at using an abacus, why doesn't she work as an accountant?
Shen Ruoyan was not going to be a sucker. Wherever she went, she would tell people that the old lady was frugal and good at managing the household. She must not replace anything - just mend it for another three years and continue to use it. The old lady would definitely be happy!
The servants followed her orders one after another, and when Mrs. Lu came back, the Buddhist hall had been restored to its original state.
If you don't look closely.
I heard that Madam Lu didn't even stay in there for half an hour that day before she came out in a rage.
It seemed that the Buddha statue had been repainted and was not yet dry. When the old lady wiped it herself, she got her hands covered in gold...
After Shen Ruoyan found out, she pretended to send someone to inquire. In her words, she was trying to maintain the old lady's frugal style and dared not act rashly. She hoped that the old lady would make do with it. If the Buddha knew, he would definitely not blame her.
It's all about thriftiness...
Madam Lu was so angry that she stayed indoors, saying that she was resting, but in fact she was just sulking at Shen Ruoyan.
But at this time, Shen Ruoyan had no time to care about the old lady's mood.
There are still a lot of things waiting for her!
"Thank you, madam, for protecting me. If there is a day in the future, I will definitely repay you for saving my life." Madam Wen washed off the yellow paint on her face and carefully removed the black spots one by one, restoring her original appearance.
Cao An had indeed seen her, but at that time, Mrs. Wen was not pregnant. Because Wen Zhi took good care of her, she looked like a beautiful girl from a small family, just like the fragrant lotus in the lotus pond, unforgettable.
But as Wen Zhi was imprisoned, Mrs. Wen became increasingly haggard. After she became pregnant, her figure gradually became out of shape, and she even looked more bloated than an ordinary woman due to excessive anxiety.
The doctor said that these were changes caused by excessive worry. Cao An only knew that a woman's belly would get bigger after she became pregnant, but he had only a vague understanding of other common sense.
So even though Madam Wen was wearing a maid's clothes and standing in front of him so casually, he did not recognize her.
Besides, Shen Ruoyan specially asked Madam Wen to learn a few moves from Qiu Ye. They were not real kung fu. The time was too tight, and even if she wanted to learn, she would not be able to learn them.
So Shen Ruoyan only asked Qiu Ye to teach her to change her walking and standing posture so that she would look like a martial artist.
That's enough.
Sure enough, after seeing Madam Wen, Cao An didn't think of her as a pregnant woman at all. Because Shen Ruoyan deliberately let Madam Wen wear more clothes, the whole person looked a lot heavier, and the clothes of the lower-class maids were also relatively loose, just enough to cover her belly, which was not big to begin with.
The most dangerous place is the safest place. Shen Ruoyan has not forgotten this sentence.
The more you cover up, the more suspicious you become.
So when she hesitated and didn't want to take Cao An to the Buddhist temple, his attention would be focused on the Buddhist temple.
People like to trust their intuition. Seeing that her attitude was not right, Cao An naturally felt that he was hiding something.
Then, if Zhu Hong took people away at this time, it would not attract too much attention from him. Instead, he would feel that the Marquis' Mansion was also a place of trouble.
When she takes Cao An to the Buddhist temple again and observes the old lady's attitude, then the previous weirdness will have a reasonable explanation -
She, the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, was not so harmonious with Old Madam Lu.
In this way, Cao An will no longer set his sights on the Marquis' Mansion. If he doesn't find anyone here, he will naturally go to the next place, and even speed up his progress, because he doesn't have much time left!
And this is the time for her to close the net!
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