On the night Lu Ziqian left, a group of masked men in black broke into the general's mansion. Mo Shu was outnumbered and injured, falling into a coma.
Fortunately, he was detoxified in time and is not in mortal danger. The other guards also only suffered minor injuries.
The next day at noon, Su Yujiao was drawing design drafts in the room. She didn't want to give up her business with Boss Zhang so easily.
So yesterday, she had Xiao Tao inform Jin Mudan that she would entrust Jin Mudan with all the business negotiations, with profits split 50/50.
She would be responsible for sales channels and design, which would allow her to work behind the scenes and avoid being easily noticed by Lu Ziqian.
Jin Mudan insisted on a 20/80 split; she didn't even want 20% of the profits.
However, Su Yujiao told her that there were still trivial matters to be dealt with later, such as recruiting workers and finding a venue, and she had to take the profits; otherwise, she would have to find someone else.
Jin Mudan finally agreed.
"Miss, the old lady is looking for you."
Su Yujiao frowned. Since that incident, the old lady had been quiet for a long time and had not bothered her again.
If she suddenly contacts me today, it can't be anything good!
She saw that Lu Ziqian was away, Mo Shu was injured, and her mother-in-law hadn't returned, so she waited for the right moment to come and settle scores.
Did they say what they wanted to see me about?
"This servant does not know; it was Granny Chen, who came to inform the old lady."
Su Yujiao hesitated for a moment, then handed Xiao Tao a bag of loose silver: "Find someone to inquire about the situation at the second branch of the family and see what's going on there."
"yes."
The old lady is a shrew, capable of anything shameless. Now that no one is protecting her, she can't be foolish enough to go and die.
The incident of her being stripped naked in public last time really frightened her.
Not long after, Xiao Tao rushed in through the door in a panic: "Miss, something terrible has happened."
"Someone died."
"I inquired and the maids of the second branch said that the Marquis's mansion just came to demand people, and that Lu Youcai had killed someone."
Su Yujiao's expression changed: "Lu Youcai killed someone?"
"What happened?"
"It seems that Lu Youcai harassed Wang Heng's concubine and even killed her. He's now being held captive by the Marquis's mansion."
"Someone from the Marquis's residence said that the General's residence should send a woman to Wang Heng as a concubine, and then the matter would be dropped."
"Otherwise, we will report it to the authorities and accuse Lu Youcai of murder."
"The people from the Marquis's mansion made it clear that they shouldn't try to fool people with some maid or servant. Only the young lady and lady of the General's mansion are worthy to be Wang Heng's concubine."
"Right now, the old lady and Madam Zhu are weeping bitterly in each other's arms."
Su Yujiao's face turned deathly pale. The young lady and mistress of the General's Mansion?
The eldest son's side only has one daughter, who is already married. The remaining young ladies are only three to five years old and not yet of marriageable age.
The second wife's side still has two young ladies waiting to be married.
But how could the second wife bear to let the general's daughter become a concubine!
As for the madam, whoever caused the trouble should take responsibility, so naturally, Madam Zhu is the most suitable.
Who else would clean up Lu Youcai's mess? Why would he give up being the young mistress of the General's Mansion to become a concubine in the Marquis's Mansion?
But Lu Youcai and Xiao Zhu were both the old lady's darlings, and she couldn't bear to send Xiao Zhu to be humiliated, let alone have her grandson beheaded.
Therefore, the old lady chose to sacrifice her!
Haha, what a scheme she's been up to! The abacus beads are practically jumping onto her face.
Su Yujiao thought for a while and said, "Xiao Tao, go and invite the Censor's wife. Tell her they want to force me to become someone's concubine."
"It would be best to invite Imperial Censor Liu along as well, so that he can have a good look at the family traditions of the General's Mansion."
Xiao Tao's eyes widened suddenly. At first, she didn't know why the old lady wanted to see her young lady. She just thought it was to discuss countermeasures.
Hearing what the young lady said, I instantly understood everything.
They intend to take advantage of the general and his wife's absence to exchange the young lady's life for Lu Youcai's.
How despicable and shameless!
"This servant will go right away."
Xiao Tao turned and ran, but Su Yujiao called out to her, "I'll go with you, let's go out and lay low for a while."
The old lady and her second wife's shameless behavior kept refreshing her understanding, and she was truly afraid.
“Miss, let’s go our separate ways. Please change into my clothes and go through the back door.”
"It's too late, let's just leave."
The two managed to escape the general's mansion, and Su Yujiao wanted to hide at the home of one of her father's former subordinates.
Uncle Sun had a thousand soldiers under his command; even if they wanted to forcibly take it, they couldn't.
Moreover, this is not a glorious thing. Forcing his daughter-in-law to become someone's concubine is a disgrace. If this scandal gets out, the General's Mansion will lose all face.
She will be safe as long as Lu Ziqian or her mother-in-law return.
Unfortunately, she was unlucky and was caught by the general's servants before she could get very far.
"Young Madam, why are you running? The Old Madam wants to discuss something important with you," Granny Chen said in a sinister tone.
"How dare you! Let me go!"
"Please forgive me, young mistress. I will release you once you are in front of the old lady."
When Su Yujiao was brought to the General's Mansion, the members of the eldest branch of the family all lowered their heads and acted like quails, while the members of the second branch watched the show.
"Grandmother, what brings you here?"
"You bitch, you're the one who caused all this trouble!!"
"If anything happens to Youcai, I'll skin you alive."
Old Zhu took the initiative and smashed a teacup over her shoulder.
Su Yujiao turned her head away, asking, "What wrong has my granddaughter-in-law done?"
Old Mrs. Zhu, in a domineering manner, loudly questioned, "You still won't admit it?"
"Shameless whore! If you hadn't been seducing other men, you wouldn't have been targeted by someone even if you were rich!"
"Now that the Marquis's residence is holding them captive, what do you suggest we do?"
"You've created this mess, so you have to clean it up yourself."
Little Zhu, supporting her belly, spoke softly and weakly: "Yes, sister-in-law, you can't ignore the trouble you've caused."
“My family is rich but has been framed for murder. The Marquis’s mansion will only stop if we send a woman over.”
"Sister-in-law, please go over there. Don't make things difficult for Grandmother."
“Grandmother is so old. If you upset her and she gets sick, then you will be unfilial.”
Su Yujiao sneered, "Go ahead and be filial, you do it."
Little Zhu choked: "I...I really want to relieve my grandmother's worries, but I am pregnant."
"I can't possibly take the Lu family's child and become a concubine for the Wang family."
"If you are also pregnant, then you naturally don't need to go."
As she spoke, Ms. Zhu proudly puffed out her not-so-obvious pregnant belly.
Su Yujiao glanced at her stomach and said, "Who knows whose child is in your belly?"
"Maybe Wang Heng just likes this kind of thing."
Little Zhu's face darkened: "What do you mean?"
"How dare you question the child in my womb? You... how could you be so vicious?"
"Do you know that a woman's reputation is of paramount importance?"
Su Yujiao said sarcastically, "Your reputation is more important than anything, but you think you can just make things up about mine?"
The woman's gaze was sharp as she met the eyes of Zhu Shi and everyone from the second branch of the family: "Don't think I don't know the dirty tricks you're up to."
"Lu Youcai was the murderer. If anyone wants to become a concubine, it's Xiao Zhu. At the very least, there are the two young ladies from the second wife. It's not my sister-in-law's turn!"
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