Chapter 317 A Poor Game
Madam Chen's face was slightly cold. If a male guest broke into the courtyard where the female guests were changing clothes, it would easily cause a scandal. At the very least, it was that the male guest was tempted by the girls, and at the worst, it was that the host had not made good arrangements. This matter could be a big or small matter. If it were to be spread out, the Chen family would lose face. Fortunately, the Chen family was a family of generals and they were very efficient. They quickly blocked the news and even controlled the group of girls to prevent them from telling others.
"Go and find out who he is!" Madam Chen was furious, and her heart was in her throat. All the people invited today were descendants of high-ranking families, and it would be difficult to offend them. A young man from the family was killed in the Chen family, and the other party was the Regent Princess. The matter was very tricky, and if things went wrong, both sides would be offended.
The maidservant beside Madam Chen went to check the body, frowned, and shook her head at Madam Chen. The maidservant beside Madam Chen was very young and a very capable girl. She remembered the names and faces of the male and female guests invited today and could clearly tell their identities. However, she was a stranger to the murdered man and did not know him. He smelled of alcohol, but judging from his tongue and complexion, he did not seem to be drunk, but more like he was stained with alcohol.
Mrs. Chen's heart settled down, as long as he was not the male guest invited today.
"Madam, I'm afraid an outsider has broken into the mansion. I'll go check it out immediately!"
"Investigate!" Madam Chen said in a deep voice, "Investigate behind closed doors. I want to see who dares to stir up trouble in my house!"
Madam Chen looked at Miss Zhang Er with a hint of meaning. Miss Zhang Er's expression remained unchanged. The maid left in a hurry. Su Qingwan asked, "Miss Zhang Er, you and these girls just happened to come to the backyard?"
Miss Zhang Er was the niece of the Earl of Anping, and she played very well with Li Xueying. She was not as arrogant and domineering as Li Xueying, and she was very popular. There were many girls who played well with her, and most of the girls around her were her close friends.
Although Madam Chen did not invite anyone from the Li family, she invited the girls from the Zhang family. Several girls from the Zhang family came, not just the second girl. Many people did not know what was going on and were isolated on the polo field.
Miss Zhang Er said, "Princess, we were tired from playing polo, so we went to the backyard to change clothes. The front rooms were occupied, so we went to the innermost room. But as soon as we pushed the door open, we saw her killing someone. We were all terrified."
Several girls around Miss Zhang Er also nodded and said yes, this matter had nothing to do with them, they just saw it by accident.
Su Qingwan chuckled, "Really? That's quite a coincidence."
Everyone else could hear her mocking, but they didn't dare to say anything. Miss Zhang Er was confident, "Princess, we came here together, and we don't know your maid. There's no need to slander her. We saw everything with our own eyes. We don't know the person who was killed. This matter has nothing to do with us. Instead, it was your maid who killed someone and frightened us."
"I see that you all look radiant and don't seem to be frightened." Su Qingwan said calmly, "I haven't said anything yet, why are you so anxious to explain?"
Several people were silent and looked at each other.
Miss Zhang Er said, "I'm afraid if I don't explain, the princess will think we are deliberately framing her. It is a fact that your maid killed someone in General Chen's mansion. A small maid, you treat human life as nothing, isn't it your power that you relied on? The princess should also discipline her maid properly."
Su Qingwan narrowed her eyes and sneered, "It is not your turn to interfere with how my maidservant should be disciplined. The second young lady is also a woman, and she should know how important a woman's reputation is. This person broke into the mansion and molested my maidservant. She was furious and killed someone by mistake. This is also her fault. If it was the second young lady Zhang in the room today, how would you deal with it?"
"I……"
"Oh, I understand. Miss Zhang is kind-hearted. She thinks that it is not a big deal for a strange man to break in when she is undressing, and being molested is nothing. You are kind-hearted so you will forgive him, right?" Su Qingwan pressed on.
Miss Zhang Er's face turned red. "You're talking nonsense! I didn't think so."
"It's good that you don't think so. We are all women and we value our reputation. The one that Second Miss should sympathize with is my maid, not that scoundrel!" Su Qingwan snorted coldly, looking at her with eyes that were like knives.
Miss Zhang Er gritted her teeth and said, "Even so...she shouldn't have killed anyone. He was drunk and broke into the room. His crime doesn't deserve the death penalty!"
"How do you know he was drunk?"
"I smelled the strong smell of alcohol, too." Miss Zhang Er argued, as if she had found a breakthrough. "She was drunk and didn't mean to break in. She just walked into the wrong room. But your maid killed someone. She is clearly taking advantage of the power of others."
Su Qingwan was furious, and Madam Chen said hurriedly, "That's enough. This is a murder case that happened in my mansion. I will naturally handle it. Second Miss, please stop talking!"
Miss Zhang Er was indignant, but didn't say anything else.
Su Qingwan was very angry. In the end, the woman suffered a loss in this matter. If Li Yue hadn't happened to see it, it would be Lu Yunshu who was humiliated today. Lu Yunshu was already engaged. If something like this happened, the marriage would definitely be cancelled. This man was drunk and barged in. It was obvious that he was a lecher with bad character and greed. He humiliated her innocence. Lu Yunshu could only marry him or live a secluded life.
In fact, a wealthy family would never allow a commoner to insult their innocence and force them to marry him. Even if the girl is a concubine, the Lu family would not do so, and Lu Jing would not just ignore it.
If you really think that you can rise to the top overnight by humiliating a noble lady from a high-ranking clan, you are dreaming. The high-ranking clans have plenty of ways to make you disappear and die silently.
However, if her reputation is bad, her life will be ruined, especially since Lu Yunshu had broken off an engagement before. If something like this happened, and the man broke off the engagement again, it would be very difficult for her to get married. People in the world value reputation, and unless she is married to another place and never comes to Kyoto in her life, the news will leak out one day. So no matter what, as long as this man succeeds, Lu Yunshu's life will be ruined.
This was a cheap and straightforward scheme. It was obvious who hated her the most in the capital. She also didn't believe that Miss Zhang came to the backyard for no reason and broke into this room by coincidence. Their goal from the beginning was to destroy Lu Yunshu.
Lady Anping had no way to deal with her, so she targeted Lu Yunshu and wanted to destroy the girl of the Lu family. This was something Su Qingwan had not expected. She would rather Lady Anping's target was her.
But...
Su Qingwan sneered. It seemed that she had been too lenient towards Lady Anping, which made her so tactless that she dared to attack the people around her.
"You really don't know how to live or die!"
Su Qingwan originally planned to play slowly with Lady Anping and force her to lose her composure, just like she did with Li Xueying.
Now she had lost her patience.
Did Lady Anping really think that she was easy to bully?
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