That night, the Chen family's main house was brightly lit.
The third and second houses next door were also not at peace. Mrs. Bai had accumulated a lot of resentment towards Uncle Chen and her useless son along the way. As soon as she came back, she went to the ancestral hall and pointed at Uncle Chen's nose and scolded him.
This caused chaos in the third room, and only stopped when Uncle Chen was so angry that his blood rushed to his head and he passed out.
The second room seemed quiet, but the couple were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, tossing and turning unable to sleep.
Mrs. Lu sat up from the bed and fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan, feeling extremely hot.
Uncle Chen rarely saw her lose her composure like this, so he consoled her, "We're all members of the Chen family. Is Chen Zhizhou really going to attack us?"
"Besides, his last name is Chen too. We are all in this together. If anything happens to us, he can't escape either."
Although this makes sense, Lu always feels uneasy.
She told Uncle Chen Er about how she had secretly kept a banknote and slipped it into the Third House. "Originally, if we had just put the blame on the Third House, our Second House would have gotten away with it."
"But I heard today that Zhang Bin is not dead and was captured alive by Chen Zhizhou and the third prince!" Mrs. Lu became more and more anxious as she spoke, and the palm-leaf fan in her hand kept flying.
It made her more upset.
Uncle Chen has always been a broad-minded person, and he didn't think more than Mrs. Lu did. He pulled the palm-leaf fan out of her hand.
He pulled the man back to lie down and said incoherently, "Alright, go to sleep early. As long as they don't find us, just pretend nothing happened."
"Just trust me, Chen Zhizhou will definitely turn a blind eye to our Second Branch. Even if he doesn't want to, won't my eldest brother want to?"
Having said this, Mrs. Lu felt a little relieved.
The biggest weakness of the first wife is her soft heart, especially the eldest brother, who values family affection and face the most. How could he allow Chen Zhizhou to act recklessly?
"My husband is right." Mrs. Lu sighed, but the worry between her brows still remained.
Uncle Chen beside him had already fallen into a deep sleep.
Lu glared at him helplessly.
I think the Chen family can have its current position in the capital because the eldest wife gave birth to a good son.
Otherwise, with the abilities of these three brothers, they would probably still be making a living by farming in the dilapidated area of Huaishui City.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu felt a pang of sadness in her heart. The snoring beside her disturbed her sleepiness, so she simply lifted the quilt and quietly got out of bed.
When his son comes back, the second wife will surely have such a good life!
In the darkness, the noisy footsteps in the Chen Mansion stood out.
Before Lu even took a sip of the tea in her hand, she sensitively sensed something was wrong, so she put down what she was holding, put on her coat, and pushed the door open to go out.
The maid who was keeping watch outside the house was dozing off. When she heard the door open, she immediately stood up and said carefully with her head lowered:
"Madam! You are awake now. It is only Ugly Hour..."
"What's going on in the main room?"
Mrs. Lu interrupted her and looked towards the house in the west. The lights were so bright that they almost made a hole in the sky.
The maid didn't react for a moment. She followed the Second Madam's gaze and rubbed her eyes hard.
She immediately said cleverly, "Second Madam, I'll go and ask around."
"Go." Mrs. Lu lowered her eyes, turned them around twice quickly, and thought seriously.
The couple in the first room always go to bed early and turn off the lights at midnight, but today is really different from the past.
How could she give up the opportunity to see the excitement in the big house?
Mrs. Lu's mood instantly improved a lot, and she sent a maid to notify the third wife and go together to see what was wrong with the first wife.
The third wife is stupid and has deep resentment towards the first wife because of previous events. Bai will definitely not refuse.
Here, the maid who was in charge of communication had just left when the person who was inquiring about the news came back in a hurry, her face full of excitement: "Madam, this servant has heard something!"
"Today, the Third Young Master rushed into the backyard of the main house, covered in blood, holding the Third Young Master's wife. Not long after, an old doctor followed him in and hasn't left yet."
Lu quickly grasped the message in these words, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Gu Qing is going to die?"
The maid lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "I don't know about this. The main house is a mess, but there are many guards guarding the courtyard of the Third Young Master. I also asked the maid in the First Madam's courtyard."
"There are actually guards here?" A hint of suspicion flashed in Lu's eyes, and she became more and more curious about what happened in the first house.
Just as he was thinking about it, Bai from the third house came in with big strides, a look of resentment on her face.
In a rather complaining tone, he said, "Second sister-in-law, it's so late, what exciting things do you want me to see?"
Mrs. Bai spoke without restraint and in a loud voice. Mrs. Lu was afraid that she would disturb her husband's peace, so she quickly pulled her out of the inner courtyard.
He whispered, "Keep your voice down."
"Just now my girl said that Chen Zhizhou came back today covered in blood, and Gu Qing was also unconscious, and he is still saving people!"
Upon hearing this, Bai suddenly opened her eyes wide and all her sleepiness disappeared.
He immediately lowered his voice, but his tone could not hide his excitement: "Is Chen Zhizhou going to die or is Gu Qing going to die?!"
Seeing her foolish appearance, Mrs. Lu was full of ridicule in her heart. She rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "How about I go with you to take a look?"
"You said they made such a big fuss, how could they not know about it since we're all family? Just treat it as our elders showing concern, they can't say anything."
Bai was definitely going to see this excitement, so she immediately agreed: "Come on! Let's go! We have to take a good look at this excitement!"
Walking around the long corridor between the main room and the second and third rooms, he saw maids and servants hurriedly coming in and out carrying basins of blood.
The two stood at the door of the main room, feeling extremely curious.
Mrs. Bai stopped someone and shouted, "Didn't you see that this lady and the second lady had arrived? Why didn't you go and inform them?! How disrespectful!"
Hearing this, the maid lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "Madam, I was just about to bring some hot water to the young mistress. Please don't make things difficult for me."
Bai refused to give up, but Lu brushed away her hand that was holding the maid and acted like a good person: "Okay, Third Sister-in-law, the eldest wife is so busy right now, let's not make things difficult for them."
Mrs. Lu was best at being sarcastic. The maid frowned and without saying anything, she was immediately driven out to pour out the blood and replace it with a new basin of water.
The two men simply sat in the outer hall, craning their necks to look inside.
Mrs. Lu pretended to be worried and concerned, while Mrs. Bai looked like she was just watching the fun.
The servants and maids who came in and out were all clear-headed and displeased with the lady's two sisters-in-law.
"You said our eldest wife is in such danger, and they actually came to watch the fun!"
"That's right! She usually looks at the Second House like a bodhisattva, but she still came tonight!!"
"Look at these two people, they are actually sitting in the hall with flattering faces. Do you think we should notify the master and the mistress?"
"Forget it. The master and mistress are tired, so why should we cause trouble? Let them sit. If no one pays attention to them, they will naturally leave."
The eldest wife was busy until dawn.
The servants and maids were so tired that they collapsed on the ground and fell asleep. Lu and Bai just sat in the outer hall for most of the night.
Both of them had dark circles under their eyes and squinted their eyes while supporting their heads.
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