Chapter 14 Madam, don't make any noise!
Feng had two major maids, Biyun and Biyue.
Biyun is Feng's right-hand man and is also good at accounting.
As for Biyue, she was very beautiful and was the concubine prepared by Feng for Lu Hangzhi.
Although Biyue was very beautiful, before this, Lu Hangzhi only had Shen Ruoying, the white moonlight, in his heart, so naturally he looked down on everyone else.
But now it's different.
Feng knew that there was no hope of inheriting the title in the short term, and her son was driven by Shen Ruoying to live in the front yard.
She thought her son must be in a bad mood, so she asked Biyue to send him ginseng soup. The purpose was self-evident.
Lu Hangzhi raised his head and looked at Bi Yue's beautiful face. Suddenly, he found that a certain side profile of the other person actually looked very much like Gu Qingning!
He had been alone and sleepless today, feeling depressed, and then he was driven out by Shen Ruoying, so his mood suddenly became a little weird.
He sat up.
Bi Yue's eyes lit up, and she took a half step forward, revealing her slender white neck, "Second Young Master, would you like me to serve you some soup?"
Lu Hangzhi: "Okay."
Deer whip is added to this ginseng soup.
After Lu Hangzhi finished drinking, he suddenly felt warm all over. For some reason, he found that Biyue looked more like Gu Qingning.
Thinking that Gu Qingning has now become a third-rank lady, she will be even less likely to become his concubine, right?
Bi Yue studied his expression, stepped forward boldly, and said softly, "Second Master, it's late, let Bi Yue take care of you and let you rest, okay?"
Bi Yue had tried before, but failed every time. One time, it even happened when Lu Hangzhi was drunk.
But this time, Lu Hangzhi suddenly reached out and held her in his arms...
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The next day.
Everyone in Songtao Pavilion has their own duties and everything is in order.
Gu Qingning also slept very comfortably, because she knew that she, the lady with an imperial title, would be of great help in her investigation of the case.
Also, the clinic can be promoted better.
She was in a good mood and planned to go to the clinic after paying her respects to Mrs. Feng. She didn't know whether Wei Shuhe and her brother were adapting well here.
As a result, just as Gu Qingning walked to the door of Feng’s house, she heard Shen Ruoying crying from inside?
She raised her eyebrows.
The maid opened the curtain, and Gu Qingning stepped in and saw a maid in pink kneeling on the ground, while Shen Ruoying was sitting on the armchair, wiping her tears with a handkerchief, looking aggrieved and sad.
Feng sat in the main seat with a sarcastic look on her face, while Lu Hangzhi sat in the armchair next to her with a red face and complicated eyes.
As soon as Gu Qingning came in, everyone's eyes fell on her.
She walked forward and bowed to Feng, "Greetings to mother."
When Feng saw her coming, her expression changed, then her eyes lit up and she put on the look of an elder who was speaking with great sincerity.
"Qing Ning, you came at the right time. Please tell mother how to deal with this matter."
Shen Ruoying, who was crying, suddenly clenched her handkerchief.
Lu Hangzhi couldn't sit still any longer. He frowned and said, "Mother, this matter has nothing to do with Qing...Sister-in-law!"
Feng glanced at Shen Ruoying and said, "How can it be unrelated? Now Qing Ning is helping me manage the entire Duke's Mansion, and she is also your sister-in-law. An elder sister-in-law is like a mother. Apart from me, she is the most qualified to manage this matter."
Gu Qingning intuitively felt that it was definitely not a good thing.
Sure enough, the next moment, Feng held her hand and said, "This is what happened. Hangzhi opened Biyue's face last night. Biyue was originally the concubine I prepared for Hangzhi. It was reasonable to take her as a concubine, but Ruoying just didn't agree!"
Lu Hangzhi slept with Biyue?
Gu Qingning raised her eyes and looked over. Lu Hangzhi's cheeks instantly flushed. He looked at Shen Ruoying hesitantly, and then said to Feng: "Mother, since Ruoying is not happy about this matter, let's forget it."
Bi Yue, who was kneeling on the ground, heard this, her eyes turned red, and she said hesitantly: "Second Young Master, I am already yours!"
Lu Hangzhi's brows were tightly knitted together.
It was obvious that he regretted what happened last night, but he also felt that it would be wrong not to give Bi Yue a concubine.
Gu Qingning, who was sitting nearby watching the show, finally understood that this was a battle between Feng and Shen Ruoying, but Feng asked her to be the unlucky shield.
If she followed Feng's words, Feng would finally achieve her goal and get away with it cleanly, leaving Shen Ruoying to hate her.
If she didn't follow Feng's words, then Feng might have something unpleasant to say to her.
At this moment, the four people in the room were staring at Gu Qingning, waiting to see what she would say!
Gu Qingning's eyes fell on Biyue, "Biyue, who asked you to bring soup to the Second Young Master last night?"
Bi Yue glanced at Feng hesitantly and said, "It's the Duke's wife."
Gu Qingning looked at Shen Ruoying gently, "Ruoying, look, this is mother's good intention, do you think you want to accept it?"
Feng was dissatisfied: "Qing Ning, you are saying nothing!"
Gu Qingning was still gentle and soft, "Mother, Ruoying is pregnant, so it is understandable that she is a little emotional and has a bad temper."
On the surface, it is understandable that Shen Ruoying disagrees with this matter.
But the implication was that Shen Ruoying was using this belly to threaten Feng.
After just a few words, everyone in the room understood.
Although they knew that Gu Qingning was deliberately bringing the war back to them, they both couldn't help but blame each other. It was a complete conspiracy.
"Ahem!" Gu Qingning suddenly coughed. She said apologetically, "Mother, I am not fully recovered yet. I won't stay here for long, so as not to pass on my illness to you and Ruoying."
After she finished speaking, she bowed and turned to leave.
Feng had no reason to keep her.
After leaving Feng's yard, Gu Qingning walked in the sun with her eyes narrowed.
Banxia whispered, "I thought the Second Young Master was deeply in love with the Second Young Master's wife, but who would have thought that he would take a concubine so soon? Fortunately, you didn't marry him in the first place."
Gu Qingning was also quite surprised by this matter, but she was also happy to watch Feng and Shen Ruoying fight each other.
She said to Banxia, "Did I ask you to spread the news that I like to read travelogues?"
Banxia nodded, "I'll make sure the Duke hears it!"
Gu Qingning nodded.
She thought, perhaps that opportunity would come soon.
As expected, the Duke heard that Gu Qingning liked to read travel notes, and there happened to be many travel notes by famous writers in his study, so he told the butler to go to Songtao Pavilion and tell the butler to accompany her in to choose a book if Gu Qingning wanted to read it.
The Duke's study is very large, spanning two floors. There are many books downstairs, and upstairs is where he works.
In the evening of that day, Gu Qingning brought Banxia into the study.
She asked Banxia to talk to the housekeeper and attract his attention, and then she quietly walked to the second floor.
The decoration of the second floor is different from that of the first floor. There are not many books, but there are many more cabinets.
On the pearwood table in the center are placed the finest four treasures of the study.
Gu Qingning's heart was beating fast as she walked towards the cabinets.
Maybe in one of the cabinets there is a handwritten file of the Lin family tragedy!
From time to time, Banxia could be heard saying loudly from downstairs, "Butler Lu, you are amazing. You know so much!"
Housekeeper Lu: "No, no, the Duke knows more. When I was young, I accompanied him to fight in wars! He has indeed seen a lot of things."
Banxia: "You are still the best!"
Gu Qingning, who was upstairs, found that all the cabinets had locks. She took out her hairpin and opened them carefully.
With a click, it opened.
Gu Qingning opened the drawer and found that it indeed contained the case file.
It's just this year.
In other words, the files in this cabinet are arranged according to the year. Since the Lin family incident happened more than ten years ago, we have to look back in time?
At this moment, Banxia downstairs suddenly shouted, "Duke, why are you here?"
Gu Qingning's heart suddenly skipped a beat!
She hadn't thought that the Duke would come at this time. It was too late to run down from the second floor now. She would definitely run into them!
The Duke must not be allowed to know that she is looking for the case files!
At this critical moment, a masked man in black suddenly jumped down from the beam. He put his arm around Gu Qingning's waist and whispered:
"Ma'am, don't make a sound, I'll take you away!"
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