The majesty of his prime minister emanated from him, which frightened Lu Qingzhou. He lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly, and felt extremely aggrieved.
Old Madam Lu felt dizzy and almost fainted when she heard the word "divorce". Fortunately, Madam Zhao supported her.
After pinching her philtrum, Mrs. Lu slowly regained consciousness. Her first words were to coax Gu Yunran, "Yunran, what's the big deal? It's actually getting to the point of divorce?"
Gu Yunyi couldn't hold it in any longer. He almost punched Madam Lu in the face. He gritted his teeth and said, "You, the Lu family, poisoned my sister and mistress, and took her life. Isn't this a big deal?"
"Life and death are not big things? Then what is a big thing in Madam Lu's eyes?"
Madam Lu looked aggrieved: "There is a misunderstanding."
"I don't know who has the guts to poison the mistress. I'm investigating this matter and will definitely give Yun Ran justice."
Aunt Zhao also stood up and said, "Master, the old lady really didn't poison Madam."
Lu Jiajia also stood up and said, "You keep saying that my mother wants to harm Fourth Sister-in-law, but why would she want to harm Fourth Sister-in-law? She's just old, not confused."
"Heh!" Gu Yunyi sneered, pointing a finger at Lu Qingzhou. "He went to my father several times, hoping that he would support him, but he always refused."
"You, the Lu family, harbor a grudge, and you vent your hatred on my sister. If I hadn't overcame my father's objections and helped Lu Qingzhou secure the position of Marquis of Zhonghua, I'm afraid my sister's body would have been cold by now."
Old Madam Lu's face turned pale. She hated Gu Yunran during that time, but she never thought of killing her.
She took a deep breath and said, "Young Master, are you accusing someone of a crime just because you act based on your own assumptions?"
"Yun Ran and Qing Zhou did have some disagreements before, but there are always conflicts between husband and wife. As the saying goes, husband and wife quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. They had a little conflict, but it will be fine after a few days."
At this time, Wei Ming grabbed Fan Meiniang and threw her to the ground. Old Madam Lu's eyelids jumped, "What is this for?"
Wei Ming was Gu Yunyi's follower and deputy general. He said coldly, "This is the concubine hidden in the backyard of the Lu Mansion. When I found her, she was being fed medicine by a maid."
Wei Ming said as he handed a white porcelain bottle to Doctor Mu: "Doctor Mu, can you take a look at this medicine?"
Doctor Mu opened it and looked at it, his face turned pale: "Bai, Bai Mu!"
"Bring that old woman with you."
"yes."
After a while, Wei Ming brought the old woman over. Old Madam Lu was calm and composed. Without waiting for anyone to ask, she began to explain, "This Fan Mei Niang is a concubine who did something wrong. She killed her own son, my grandson, with her own hands, and even used some trickery to get away. Now that the truth is known, it's not too much for me to send her to accompany my son."
"Besides, this is my Lu Mansion's family affair."
"No." Fan Meiniang cried and shook her head, "Zhi'er was not killed by me. His death was an accident."
She pointed at Madam Lu and burst into tears, "It was her. She was the one who poisoned Madam and I accidentally found out about it, so I wanted to silence her."
Madam Lu's eyelids twitched: "Fan Mei Niang, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Lu Qingzhou's face turned pale and blue. He rushed over and slapped Fan Meiniang in the face with his backhand: "Bitch, stop framing your mother!"
Feeling the redness and swelling on her face, Fan Meiniang looked at Lu Qingzhou in a daze. Seeing the indifference in his eyes, Fan Meiniang seemed as if she had never known Lu Qingzhou before.
She said in a trembling voice: "I am not talking nonsense, I have evidence."
She knew that Lu Qingzhou was not reliable, so she knelt before Prime Minister Gu, "Prime Minister Gu." Fan Meiniang pointed at the bottle of white wood and said, "Only Madam Lu has this bottle of poison."
"If you don't believe me, you can search her Baomotang."
Mr. Lu's eyelids twitched, and he was extremely nervous. He wanted to stop it, but it was too late. Gu Yunyi had already taken people to search.
Moreover, he also asked Lu Qingzhou to go with several other young masters from aristocratic families.
Madam Lu looked calm, but her palms were sweating as she held Madam Zhao's. She prayed silently in her heart that the poison was hidden so securely that they wouldn't be able to find it.
Gu Yunran's face was pale and ugly, and she coughed from time to time. Mu Qianchen frowned when he heard that. He glanced at her and saw her pale face. His heart skipped a beat, as if it was being cut by a knife.
The clenched fists behind his back tightened.
She was devoted to Lu Qingzhou, but that unfaithful man treated her like this.
Sensing his master's anger, Qianli rubbed his nose and muttered softly, "Master, the memorial to the emperor is ready."
The Lu family is about to face a disaster.
Mu Qianchen hummed lightly.
Soon, Gu Yunyi came back with his men, his face was terribly gloomy. Madam Lu's heart sank to the bottom and her body was shaking.
"No way?"
She murmured to herself, how could she be found so easily when she hid so well?
"How is it?" asked Gu Xiang.
Wei Ming presented the bottles he had found to the crowd, "Here are three more bottles, all containing Baimu poison."
Minister Gu's face was gloomy. He looked at Madam Lu and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Madam Lu felt dizzy, and veins on her forehead throbbed. "I, I, this poison is indeed mine, but I gave it to Fan Meiniang. I really didn't poison Yun Ran!"
She turned to look at Aunt Zhao: "Aunt Zhao, please say something. These matters are all left to you."
Nanny Zhao has been with Old Madam Lu for many years and is her confidante.
Aunt Zhao pursed her lips and lowered her head, then suddenly fell to her knees with a plop. She cried, "Old Madam, please don't make any more mistakes."
Madam Lu swayed, her eyes widening as she stared at Aunt Zhao in disbelief. "You bastard! I've been so good to you, how could you bite me back?"
Aunt Zhao sneered in her heart. Was he good to her? He was quite good to her.
Over the years, Old Madam Lu has given her a lot of money, and her food, clothing and other expenses are all the best, but she is asked to do all kinds of dirty things. In the final analysis, if something goes wrong, she will be blamed and die for Old Madam Lu.
Over the years, she has done a lot of bad things against her conscience. She would wake up from her dreams every night and her life was really uneasy.
She had had enough of this life of fear.
She secretly glanced at Gu Yunran. She knew that the lady was kind and treated the servants in the mansion very well. She was clear about rewards and punishments and had even saved her daughter Xiangcao.
She was grateful for the lady's kindness and knew that she was eager to leave the Lu Mansion, so she decided to lend her a helping hand.
Zhao Ma Ma closed her eyes and kowtowed heavily on the ground. "Old Madam, I have followed you for so many years and have made many mistakes. I cannot make the same mistake again."
"Madam has worked hard for the Lu Mansion for three years, and you blame her for one thing that didn't go your way. I've watched Madam go from eagerly hoping for the best for the Lu Mansion to disillusioned, and now you're trying to poison her. Just as the eldest son said, if you hadn't found a good job for the fourth master, you wouldn't have ordered me to stop giving Madam the poison."
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