After Butcher Zhang was arrested, Mrs. Chen panicked.
If Butcher Zhang reveals that it was Chen who instructed him to sneak into the concubine's daughter's courtyard.
The Marquis will divorce her, and she will never have a place in the capital again.
You couldn't find another stepmother this vicious in the capital.
Her son's future will be affected, and her daughter won't have to get married.
"Miss! Just as you predicted, the Chen family tried to bribe the jailers, but our men turned them away," Xia Qi reported.
The young lady told them that the man today was not a thief, but someone the First Madam had let in to defile the Third Miss. The servants of Ya Fang Courtyard were all stunned.
How could there be such a vicious mistress?
Jiang Chuwei: "Let the Chen family be in a state of panic for a few days."
If it weren't for concerns about Lu Yanling's reputation, Jiang Chuwei would have made Butcher Zhang tell the truth.
“Miss! Why don’t you let the thief tell the truth and say that Chen ordered it?” Xia Qi asked.
"That would ruin the Third Miss's reputation." Jiang Chuwei also wanted to kill Chen Shi this time, but then the news that Lu Yanling had been betrothed to Butcher Zhang would spread like wildfire.
It will be even more difficult for the third young lady to get married in the future.
After all that effort, she couldn't help her and ended up with the same result as in her previous life.
"But what if the thief tells the truth?"
Xia Qi felt sorry for the Third Miss. When she went to stop her as the young lady had instructed, the Third Miss's body was trembling.
At that time, Xia Qi was very fortunate to be the young lady's maid.
The young lady made her learn martial arts, at least so that she could protect herself.
The young lady has always treated these maids and nannies like family. Whether in the general's mansion or the marquis's mansion, no one has ever dared to bully them.
On the other hand, the Third Miss, who was a proper young lady in the Marquis's mansion, was actually sold by her stepmother to a butcher who had lost his wife, and was even tricked by him.
"Then let him not dare to say it. Butcher Zhang has a son. Go and get his son's personal belongings and send them to him. He won't dare to talk nonsense then."
Zhang the butcher was caught as soon as he sneaked into the Marquis's mansion. As long as the master of the house didn't make a big deal out of it, the Jingzhao Prefecture would at most give him a beating and lock him up for a few days, which would be considered a lesson.
Ms. Chen will also find a way to shut him up.
Chen Yulan lived in fear for several days, and finally, no more rumors about her surfaced, which relieved her.
However, she really didn't dare to accept this marriage.
The third young lady has narrowly escaped disaster.
Lu Yanling presented a hand-embroidered purse.
Look at these tight stitches and the lifelike pattern.
Although the material isn't the best, you can tell that it was made with care.
Jiang Chuwei accepted it: "You're quite skillful."
Lu Yanling: "Sister-in-law! I'm glad you don't mind!"
Jiang Chuwei felt uncomfortable hearing Lu Yanling address her as "sister-in-law".
She didn't want to have anything to do with Lu Yanke in the slightest.
Jiang Chuwei suppressed this discomfort.
"Since you're here today, let's have dinner here!" Jiang Chuwei noticed that she was smiling more today, so she figured she probably wouldn't commit suicide!
"Really? Is it possible?" Lu Yanling asked in surprise.
"Sit down and eat with us!" This child is pitiful, being born into a noble family.
"Sister-in-law! If you need anything in the future, just tell me. My life belongs to you, sister-in-law."
Only Jiang Chuwei, who had truly died once, understood these words.
It seems I really did save Lu Yanling's life.
If Butcher Zhang succeeds, she will jump into the well and die, just like in her previous life.
Jiang Chuwei's mood improved as she looked at the woman smiling brightly.
Lu Yanling was unusually talkative today, and Jiang Chuwei saw what she looked like when she was thirteen.
"What are your plans for the future?" Jiang Chuwei asked.
"What are your plans?" Lu Yanling was stunned.
"Later, the First Madam will also help you find a husband," Jiang Chuwei reminded her.
She can help her temporarily, but not forever.
Lu Yanling can only avoid being sold out if she takes control of her own destiny.
Jiang Chuwei didn't want the life she had saved to be killed by Chen Shi again.
"Sister-in-law, can you teach me how to do this?" Lu Yanling asked.
“You can only save yourself if you stand up on your own two feet,” Jiang Chuwei said, looking at her.
“I will go to find my mother,” Lu Yanling said.
Jiang Chuwei knew he understood.
One cannot always give in, otherwise others will take further advantage of them.
After Lu Yanling left, Xia Qi felt very strange: "Miss, I feel like the Third Miss has become a different person."
When a person is driven to a dead end, there are two possible outcomes: one is to give up and allow others to bully them without daring to fight back, in which case life will only get worse and worse.
One option is to rise up and resist; even that can't be worse than death.
Xia Qi seemed to understand, but not quite.
However, saving the Third Miss is a good thing.
As people often say, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Miss, you are doing good deeds.
*
Shoukangtang
Today is the first day of the lunar month, and everyone came to Shou Kang Tang early in the morning to pay their respects.
Perhaps sensing that her days were numbered, the old lady now often enjoys having the whole family gather together.
The second and third wives also came.
Besides Jiang Chuwei being nowhere to be seen, Lu Yanling also arrived late.
The old lady got up and sat for a while.
As soon as Lu Yanling arrived, Madam Chen's face darkened: "What are you doing here so late? If you don't want to come, then don't come."
Zhang the butcher failed, and Chen almost got caught.
She's been in a bad mood these past few days and is waiting to teach Lu Yanling a lesson.
Aunt Yao was so frightened that she trembled.
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