The speaker was none other than Old Madam Zhou, who arrived late. After all, she was getting on in years, and her complexion was quite poor after fainting yesterday. She had wanted to rest for a while, but then she heard about this farce.
After learning that Yuan Zhao had gone there, she became worried and insisted on having someone help her over.
Fortunately, she was helped over, otherwise who knows what kind of mess would have happened today.
After all that had happened, the old lady couldn't feign a benevolent expression; her face was ashen as she said:
"Shut up, all of you."
"Why let a lowly maid cause such unrest in the household?"
As she spoke, her cloudy eyes swept over Bai Mianmian, who was pinned to the stool, and she said with disgust:
"It would be better to kill such a bewitching servant as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Bai Mianmian realized there was no turning back, and immediately screamed in terror. At that moment, she couldn't care less about anything else and shouted loudly:
"My husband, save me! My husband, save me!"
Upon hearing this, both Old Madam Zhou and Zhou Shiyuan's brows twitched. Old Madam Zhou, leaning on her cane, said:
“Gag her mouth so she doesn’t offend your ears.”
After saying this, she was about to order the execution, but Yuan Zhao stopped her. Seeing this, Old Madam Zhou glanced at Yuan Zhao in surprise:
"You want to save her?"
At this point, even she couldn't quite figure out Yuan Zhao's thoughts.
Logically speaking, she should want to tear Bai Mianmian to pieces, but why is she saving Bai Mianmian's life?
At this moment, Bai Mianmian's heart was filled with complex emotions. She never expected that it would be Yuan Zhao who would plead for her in the end. It was truly ironic.
Ignoring everyone's thoughts, Yuan Zhao looked at Old Madam Zhou and said:
“Grandmother, what happened yesterday has already happened. Killing her now would only make things worse. It would be better to just release the news that she was Father’s concubine.”
“My father did something outrageous yesterday because he was drunk.”
"Releasing the news in a couple of days and elevating her to the status of a concubine can also silence some of the rumors."
Yuan Zhao's suggestion is also a solution. Although someone recognized Bai Mianmian yesterday, as long as they don't admit it, then Bai Mianmian has no connection with Zhou Shiyuan.
Yesterday's events were absurd, but it would have been better if it had only involved the people in his own room and not his son's woman.
Madam Zhou's eyes darted around, and she naturally understood the reasoning behind it, but she hesitated to respond, not believing that Yuan Zhao would have such good intentions.
Yesterday's events were undoubtedly related to Yuan Zhao, but she still couldn't figure out how Yuan Zhao had managed to do it.
After waking up in the middle of the night last night, she had someone investigate. The results showed that there was no problem with either Zhou's father or Bai Mianmian. It was as if the two of them just happened to bump into each other, and then her son, as if he had lost his mind, fell for Bai Mianmian.
Having lived in the inner quarters for many years, she naturally understood that sometimes the biggest problem is the absence of any problems. This meant that Yuan Zhao's methods had rendered her unable to investigate, which was the most terrifying thing.
Yuan Zhao allowed Old Madam Zhou to scrutinize him, remaining neither humble nor arrogant, and did not flinch.
After a long while, Madam Zhou finally spoke:
"Let's do as the Crown Prince's wife says."
"This matter is settled here, and it must not be mentioned again."
"Everyone, keep your mouths shut. If I hear even the slightest thing that is detrimental to the Marquis's mansion..."
Old Madam Zhou didn't finish her sentence, but everyone could see the ruthlessness in her eyes.
These words were clearly spoken by Old Madam Zhou to Yuan Zhao. Yuan Zhao smiled slightly, seemingly lost in thought.
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