Su Yujiao told Lu Ziwei about the dragon robe and the letter of treason.
"What? Such a thing happened at home? Why didn't my parents tell me?"
"They were afraid you would worry, and since it's all in the past, they didn't tell you."
"Think about it, your father treated Maodou so well, yet he almost caused the entire General's Mansion to be executed."
"I heard from Madam Li that you are now in charge of the household. Think about it, in the process of managing the household, have you ever punished any servants, causing them to hold a grudge?"
Lu Ziwei became increasingly frightened as she listened; it really was a possibility.
Could someone really be trying to harm her?
"Jiaojiao, what should I do?"
"Now that you've said that, I feel like no one is reliable anymore."
"I don't even dare to use Xiao Huan anymore."
Xiao Huan was Lu Ziwei's personal maid, whom she had brought from her maternal home; they had grown up together since childhood.
"Xiao Huan should be reliable."
"If you don't believe me, don't even tell Xiao Huan."
"If I have no one to rely on, how can I find out who is behind this?"
"Should I tell Rong Heng and ask him to investigate for me secretly?"
Su Yujiao immediately objected: "Don't tell him."
Why?
"Didn't you say your brother-in-law doesn't come back often, and that he's only come back once in a while, and you still make him do this kind of thing?"
"Won't he become resentful because of this, and start to become suspicious because you can't have children?"
"Moreover, my brother-in-law is very busy with official duties and may receive a mission to suppress bandits at any time."
“If he leaves, who will help you investigate? They will definitely hand it over to their subordinates. You don’t even trust Xiao Huan, so how can you trust the people around your brother-in-law?”
"Now you are in the open, and the enemy is in the dark. Anyone could harm you. You can't trust anyone."
"What if all this effort turns out to be for nothing, and it proves that no one harmed you and it was due to your health condition? Wouldn't that make your brother-in-law have a problem with you?"
"So, you must not tell him, so that he can't rest in peace when he gets home."
"You can investigate quietly by yourself, and tell your brother-in-law when you find out the results."
Lu Ziwei nodded: "You're right."
“He’s so busy all the time, and he finally gets to come back and rest for a few days. I shouldn’t bother him with these baseless things instead of helping him relax.”
"But I really don't have anyone else to use. How about we use Xiao Huan?"
Su Yujiao whispered, "Mother brought Mo Feng and Mo Ying with her this time, so they can keep an eye on things from the shadows."
"Mo Feng and Mo Ying are highly skilled in martial arts and have excellent lightness skills. Aren't they better than Xiao Huan?"
"Besides, they are family members and have no vested interests with the Li family, so we feel at ease using them."
Lu Ziwei nodded: "Okay, then I'll do as you say. What are the specific steps?"
After hearing Su Yujiao's suggestion, Lu Ziwei was still somewhat worried: "If no one harms me in the end, how am I supposed to explain to Rong Heng that I faked my pregnancy?"
"My in-laws will probably be disappointed too."
"Then just pretend you miscarried again. Anyway, you have a history of miscarriages, and the Li family is used to it."
Su Yujiao gave a perfunctory answer, saying that she made Lu Ziwei fake a pregnancy so that she could see Li Rongheng's true scumbag nature.
By then it will be too late to get a divorce, so why care about your in-laws' feelings?
They're nobody!
The entire Li family is nothing!
Once my aunt sees reality, the Li family is finished!
The young lady of the General's Mansion is not someone to be trifled with!
Will this work?
"When did you become so hesitant and indecisive? Don't you want to have a smooth delivery and live a good life with your brother-in-law?"
"Your brother-in-law is a good man, but people's hearts can change. Can you guarantee that he can endure the regret of not having children for the rest of his life?"
Su Yujiao knew that she had been brainwashed too much and could not be communicated with using normal logic.
Then talk about what she cares about most, and hit her right in the heart.
Sure enough, after being provoked like that, Lu Ziwei seemed to have made up her mind.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I want to see if it's my problem or if someone is trying to frame me."
"That's right."
"Oh, by the way, I also brought you some nice things this time."
“I bought it from the Hu people at a high price, and it will be of great help to you.”
Lu Ziwei asked curiously, "What is it?"
Su Yujiao took out several exquisite pearl hairpins from her sleeve. Each pearl was perfectly round and flawless, and their size was comparable to the Emperor's court beads.
However, the emperor's court beads consisted of 108 beads, while this hairpin only had one.
Ancient pearls were all natural seawater pearls. Round pearls were extremely rare, and perfectly round and flawless pearls were even rarer in the world.
A bead of this quality could easily be passed down as a family heirloom.
Lu Ziwei was stunned when she saw Su Yujiao take out a large handful of pearls. When did her family become so wealthy that they could casually take out such a large handful of pearls?
"This must be very expensive."
Not expensive at all, just ten yuan a piece of pearl on Taobao!
"Not expensive!"
“How could this not be expensive? I’ve seen such a big and round crown on my aunt’s phoenix crown before.”
"No, no, this is too valuable, I can't accept it."
Lu Ziwei immediately returned the items, refusing to accept them no matter what.
Su Yujiao smiled and said, "This isn't for you. It's for you to give to your mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and sisters-in-law."
Lu Ziwei stared at her with wide eyes, as if she were looking at a spendthrift son.
"Why give them something so valuable?"
"For the past two years, I have been using dowries to subsidize them and have never treated anyone unfairly."
Su Yujiao was speechless: "You've never wronged anyone, you've only wronged yourself."
"If my mother-in-law found out, she would be heartbroken."
"There's no other way. The family has high expenses. If I don't use my dowry to help them, the family won't be able to live such a decent life."
Su Yujiao grew angrier as she listened: "You're the one who gave the Li family their respectability, but how have they treated you?"
No wonder, as the original book says, after the downfall of the General's Mansion, Li Rongheng poisoned Lu Ziwei to death with a bowl of poison in order to seize her dowry.
Then he gave Lu Ziwei's dowry to his mistress, and less than three months after his wife's death, he couldn't wait to marry her.
When that woman came in, she already had three children.
"You are their provider, they should be kneeling and serving you!"
"Jiaojiao, don't say anymore. I'm willing to exchange money for family harmony."
"Fine, I won't say anything. You'll realize how stupid I was later."
I'm afraid that by then you'll want to tear the Li family to pieces.
She's never been one to be subservient, but in recent years, because she hasn't had children, she's lowered herself to the dust.
Once she learns the truth, the more humble she is now, the more insane she will become in the future.
Seeing that Su Yujiao was a little unhappy, and knowing that she was only trying to help herself, Lu Ziwei quickly changed the subject.
"Why did you ask me to give them such valuable items?"
"Didn't you dislike them?"
Su Yujiao picked up a hairpin, twisted off the pearl, and Lu Ziwei then discovered that the hairpin was hollow.
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