Chapter 157

The old Marquis discussed it with his wife, rolled up his sleeves, took a deep breath, rummaged through the house for a while, and walked out with his servants to see Leyuan. While Leyuan was waiting for them in the tea room, he unceremoniously invited the two servants who led the way to have tea.

"Are you called A-Yi and A-Er? Drink this bowl of tea! I'm here to apologize to you in advance."

"You are the guest and we are the servants. How can we accept your apology? Isn't this embarrassing for us? Please don't do this!"

The two sides kept arguing back and forth for a long time, and then the door opened. The Marquis came in, and behind him was the lady who came in so gently and attentively. She was holding a pot of steaming hot tea in her hand, and she walked over the threshold with a smile and came in. The two of them walked in, one in front and one behind, with the servants following behind them. After they came in, the room was suddenly full of people.

Some people were standing, these were servants, and some were sitting, namely the Marquis, the Madame and Paradise.

The amusement park is not polite to them, and I really don't think they will treat me as a guest. I think I will not be treated with courtesy anyway. Instead of being polite to them, I might as well sit here, at least I can relax a little and save some energy. Who knows what will happen later, maybe they will want to fight again.

You can't just stand there and wait to be beaten, right?

After the Marquis and the lady sat down, they placed the tea on the table beside them, but the lady's hand did not move away.

Leyuan asked: "Are you two going to tell me about this?"

The old Marquis smiled and said, "It's not that we don't want to tell you. You didn't ask us in detail before, so we don't know what you want to ask. Madam Taohua did come from us, and we know some things about her that others don't know. However, we don't remember everything clearly, so I'm afraid that some of the things we said are vague and some are wrong.

If you really want to know, I can tell you, but if what you tell others doesn't match up, it would be a good thing if you don't come back to trouble us. What do you think?"

Leyuan smiled and said, "Of course you are willing to say that. I am so happy that I don't have time to cause trouble for you. I am angry for a reason, right?"

The lady stood up and said, "We have been talking for so long, but we haven't treated you to any tea yet. Since you are here, why don't you sit down and drink our tea before we talk? Otherwise, if other relatives and friends find out, they will think that we are going to collapse and can't even treat guests with a glass of water! What do you think?"

Leyuan said, "If that's the case, then thank you for your trouble."

The lady said enthusiastically, "It's all right, it's all right. I'm the host, and I'm a woman. I don't know much about big things. I don't go out much, and I don't know what's going on outside. Let me serve the cup of tea to the guests! It's also a courtesy of the host. Please don't despise our simple home for a crude reception."

Leyuan smiled and said, "It's okay."

At this time, no one was smiling seriously, but everyone looked sincere, as if they were genuine. From the outside, they seemed to be having a good time and were in harmony.

The atmosphere was just right, so the lady walked slowly to the front of the amusement park, lowered her head, and suddenly stepped on the hem of her skirt, almost falling down. Her breathing quickened, and her hands trembled. She almost thought she had spilled the tea, and when she quickly took a look and found that nothing had happened, she breathed a sigh of relief, then stole a glance at the amusement park from the corner of her eye, and seeing that no one noticed anything wrong, she took the cup and poured a glass of water.

She placed the teapot on the table beside her, picked up the cup from Paradise that had just been filled with tea, and handed it to him with a smile: "Please drink this tea, so that we can feel at ease."

This sounded a bit strange, but Leyuan just thought they meant that if you drink this cup of tea, we can wipe the slate clean and talk peacefully without any grudges or hatred.

Leyuan reached out his hand doubtfully, took the cup in his hand and smiled. The lady also smiled, but soon turned around and returned to her seat, her hands still shaking slightly. Leyuan inexplicably saw a hint of nervousness and expectation on her face, and even her clothes seemed to be in a panic.

Leyuan's gaze moved down to the cup of tea in his hand, and he immediately felt something was wrong, as if it was poisonous.

At this time, before he thought of doing anything, a gust of cold wind blew in from the corner and blew on Leyuan's hand. Leyuan's hand shook, and the wind blew the teacup to the center of the open space in the room, and it broke with a bang in full view of everyone. In front of many people, after the teacup broke into pieces, tea flowed out of it, and bubbles appeared on the ground.

It seems that the tea in the cup is not only poisonous, but also highly poisonous, otherwise such a situation would not have occurred.

Leyuan looked at the lady, who turned her head away and covered her face with her sleeves, not wanting to look Leyuan in the eye. Leyuan looked at the old Marquis next to the lady and smiled. The old Marquis shuddered and said embarrassedly, "Oh, I never thought this would happen!"

The lady seemed to have adjusted her mindset. She put down her sleeves, her face was red, and there were tears in her eyes. She looked very pitiful. She was also a little bit cute and a little bit pretty, but she was not as pretty as the Peach Blossom Lady who was here before. Now, with this demeanor, she looked very lovely, as if she was a year younger. She hesitated to say to Leyuan, "I'm so sorry."

When the Marquis heard the lady making this sound which she would never make under normal circumstances, his throat choked up and he became speechless, as if he had heard a weasel wishing a happy new year to a chicken. He almost shuddered all over. He clenched his fists and pressed them on the chair, controlling his throat so as not to shout. He turned his head away, not wanting to look at the lady for fear that he might laugh out loud.

Paradise raised an eyebrow.

The lady said to Leyuan, "We didn't know this would happen. The maid who was pouring water must have been lazy and dozed off. She put something inedible into the teapot. We will not let the servant go. Don't worry. If we find the person, we will beat him up, kill him, and throw him out to vent your anger."

Leyuan said, “I don’t need it either.”

He said with a half-smile: "Besides, I didn't come to you for this glass of water. Since you can't drink it, why don't you continue to tell me about Madam Taohua?"

The eldest lady was in a dilemma. She certainly didn't want to say anything about Madam Taohua, but now she was being asked. She could hide before, but now it was too late to escape. Playing dumb was not suitable for her. If she wanted to delay time, she had to speak. She cursed in her heart: "That evil beast, is he worthy of being spoken to by me?" He really gave her face.

But on the surface, she could only smile to Le Yuan and said, "Okay. What did you want to ask? We all forgot. There are too many things to do."

The old Marquis nodded and asked, "Why don't we take a break first and ask again later? That way we can conserve our energy and build up our strength."

Leyuan asked: "What are you conserving your energy for? To kill me, or to rebel? Otherwise, if there is no war and no famine, no matter how much you conserve your energy, won't it still be a peaceful and prosperous era without any need to be busy?"

Master Hou Sen was speechless after finishing his work.

The lady smiled and said, "He can't talk, don't bother with him."

Leyuan looked at the lady and asked, "How about I settle with you? I haven't settled your previous accounts yet. How about keeping a ledger? Didn't you say that you seldom go out? I guess you also keep accounts when you spend time in the inner house? How about you write it for me?"

The lady's expression was not very good either, and she was a little angry. She pressed her palm on the table and said in a low voice: "Don't go too far."

Leyuan heard it, but asked with a smile: "What?"

The lady looked at him as if he didn't know what she said, and just assumed that he didn't hear her. She said irritably, "Nothing!"

Leyuan took out a bloodstained handkerchief and said, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Let's get down to business."

The lady's eyes showed even more impatience. If anger had a color, her eyes would be red now.

Leyuan spread out the handkerchief that wrapped Peach Blossom Lady's earrings in her hand. The earrings were inside, green and very bright, as if they were illuminated by a single light. They also looked like fireflies that were about to spread their wings and were trapped in a green lake. It was a strange beauty, and it was not surprising when one thought that the owner of this thing was once Peach Blossom Lady.

The lady took one look and was horrified. She quickly looked away, and her hatred for Lady Taohua and Leyuan deepened. However, she did not want to remain silent, so she asked rudely, "What are you going to do with this thing?"

Leyuan looked at the lady and asked, "Do you know her?"

The eldest lady replied unhappily, "Of course I recognize it! This is Madam Taohua's thing. I saw it in the drawer of her dressing table. It was put in a box before. I got angry when I saw it, so I took it out and threw it away. I didn't expect that this thing is not broken now, but it is outside and you picked it up, and now you bring it back! I am so angry. What do you want to ask this for? Why are you dithering!"

Mystery? That won’t scare me to death.”

She almost said, your aunt is not such a timid person anymore.

That's right, if she was afraid of trouble, she wouldn't have let Madam Taohua fall into such a miserable state in her early years.

No matter whether she was a concubine or a mistress, Madam Taohua could not be seen in public. However, she had a charming appearance and a particularly loud reputation. Even if the Madam wanted to pretend that she didn't know, it was impossible. She had reason to be angry. However, when it came down to it, the culprit should be the Marquis.