Mu Qianxue stood in the corner, her eyes still red. When she heard what the Third Madam said, she raised her eyes slightly to look at her, then quickly lowered her head, pursed her lips, not knowing what she was thinking.
Qin shook off the Third Madam's hand and glared at her fiercely: "What do you mean by that? How could it be that my Xue'er did it on purpose? She is such a simple and kind person, how could she think of such a scheming thing? Don't slander my Xue'er."
The third wife, Wang, smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't mean that. You said that yourself, and you blame me?"
"Hmph!" Qin was furious and decided not to pay any more attention to the Third Madam. She took Mu Qianxue's hand and said, "Come on, Xue'er. Mother knows you've been wronged. It's okay. This is not your fault. Mother knows that Xue'er is the kindest person and didn't mean it."
Qin pulled Mu Qianxue out of the old lady's courtyard. Just as they reached the corner of the corridor, Mu Qianxue shook off Qin's hand and said, "Can you please stop talking?"
Having said that, I wonder what the servants think in private. It's so stupid.
Mu Qianxue went back to her own courtyard and slammed the door shut. No matter how much Qin knocked, she refused to open the door. Qin continued to chatter outside: "Xue'er, don't let your imagination run wild. This is not your fault. You have to be fine."
It was Chang Xiao, the guard brought back by Mu Qianxue, who said to Qin: "Madam, please go back. The young lady is tired and needs to rest."
Qin nodded: "Okay." Then she reminded Chang Xiao: "Take good care of the young lady."
Chang Xiao: "I know."
***
Gu Yunran returned to Biyun Pavilion, found a shovel, dug a hole, put the cat in his basket, covered it with a cushion, buried it, and planted a paulownia tree on the cat's base.
Zhuye fetched some water, wet a towel, and handed it to her, "Second Grandma, your eyes are red, please wipe them."
Gu Yunran took the soft towel and wiped her face, then sat in the chair without saying a word. After a while, she said, "Go and ask someone to find out who ordered the eel today."
Ever since Gu Yunran married into the shogunate, eels have never appeared on the table. But today, by chance, the kitchen cooked eels.
Ruizhu answered with a "yes" and turned to leave. Zhuye washed the soft towel and wrung it dry, then asked, "Second Madam, are you suspicious..."
She didn't say the name behind it, but they all knew who it was. Gu Yunran nodded: "Yes, there is no such coincidence in the world."
"No matter how flawless something is, it will have flaws."
While waiting, Gu Yunran picked up a book and started reading, but she was a little absent-minded. It was the cat that saved her from disaster today. If it weren't for the cat, she would have been the one to die.
After an incense stick of time, Ruizhu returned. She said softly, "Second Madam, I asked the kitchen maid about this and she said Song'er likes to eat fish. Coincidentally, the deliveryman this morning said that the cod that Song'er usually likes to eat is out, and only eels are available. The kitchen staff thought eels would be good too, so they sent one over."
After that, Ruizhu said, "What a coincidence! It's perfect! Normally, the kitchen doesn't have any nepeta tenuifolia, but they happened to deliver a lot this morning."
"But the second lady specially went to the kitchen to ask the kitchen to prepare this nepeta."
Gu Yunran nodded after hearing this. "Schizonepeta was intentional, but the eel was an accident." She poured a glass of water for Ruizhu and another for herself, then took a sip from the teacup. "I really can't find any evidence against you. It seems I've met an expert."
During all these years as the head of the Lu Mansion, Gu Yunran could deal with all the tricks of those people in the Lu Mansion with her eyes closed, because they all wrote their thoughts on their faces. She was not afraid of the enemy attacking her openly, but she was afraid of the enemy hiding a dagger behind his smile and stabbing her in the back.
Putting down the teacup, Gu Yunran said to Zhuye, "Is that old woman tight-lipped?"
Zhuye smiled and said, "She is very strict and will never say a word to anyone. She is indebted to the Second Master."
"Okay." Gu Yunran instructed the maids again, "When you see the Second Young Lady in the future, treat her as usual and don't let her get suspicious."
"yes."
Gu Yunran ordered again: "Ruizhu, send someone to Wanfu Mountain where the Second Miss lives to investigate and see what she has been doing over the years."
"I understand."
Ruizhu went out and handed the matter over to Taohua. Taohua had always wanted to leave the house and visit her hometown. This was an opportunity, so she disguised herself and left.
Qianli knew Taohua was going out, so he gave her a dagger: "Don't look at this dagger because it's small, it's very useful."
As he spoke, he pressed an inconspicuous button on the handle of the dagger. With a whoosh, dozens of silver needles flew out. Taohua was slightly surprised: "What a powerful hidden weapon."
Qianli scratched his head and said, "This is child's play. There are even more powerful ones. These are all improved by me."
Taohua looked at Qianli with admiration: "I didn't expect you are also a master of hidden weapons."
"Hehe..." Qianli scratched his ears and giggled, his ears turning red from the base to the tip. "I can make a lot of hidden weapons. If there's any you want, you can tell me. I promise to make it for you when you come back."
Taohua thought about it and told Qianli her idea. Qianli listened quietly and memorized it all. He said, "I'll make it for you and give it to you when you come back."
"good."
Taohua rode on Qianlima and left. Qianli stood there and watched for a long time. He still remembered the angry look on Taohua's face when he first met this little girl.
I don't know when they were able to talk to each other calmly.
"Commander Qian."
Qianli didn't come back to his senses until someone next to him called him, "This is the information you requested."
A small guard handed a stack of information to Qianli, who took it and waved his hand: "No one knows, right?"
"Don't worry, Commander, there isn't."
"Okay, go down."
Qianli took a stack of information and went to find Mu Qianchen, "Master, this is all the information about Chang Xiao."
Qianli placed all the things on the table. Mu Qianchen glanced at them casually and said, "This identity is as clean as it can be. It must have been tampered with."
"Keep checking."
Qianli looked at the clean identity information and frowned: "I understand."
Chang Xiao's skills are strange. Such a person should not be willing to stay by the Second Young Lady's side as a bodyguard. I wonder what his purpose is in approaching the Second Young Lady.
Originally, the master just asked him to check it out out of curiosity, but he didn't expect that there really was a problem.
Qianli pursed his lips and said, "Second Madam's cat is dead."
Mu Qianchen paused holding the brush and asked, "How did he die?"
"I heard he died of vomiting blood after eating incompatible foods. One of the foods was personally ordered by the Second Young Lady yesterday. I heard she even made porridge for the Second Madam this morning."
Mu Qianchen threw the brush on the table, leaned back, and lay lazily on the chair. After a long while, he said, "Give Mu Qianxue a warning."
"yes."
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