Nanny Zhou was stunned when she heard this, and Ren Yaoqi was also slightly surprised.
How could the fifth master Ren Shimao have a mistress?
Ren Shimao and Lin were childhood sweethearts and had been close friends ever since. When Ren Shimao came of age, he proposed to Lin, and both the Ren and Lin families were happy to see his proposal come to fruition.
In these years, Ren Shimao has not had any concubines around him. Even during the few months every year when he is in the capital, the people who serve him are servants assigned to him by Lin. He doesn't even have a personal maid.
Old Mrs. Ren has always turned a blind eye to this matter. After all, the couple was willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten. Ren Shimao himself had no complaints. Old Mrs. Ren would not make things difficult for Lin because of her daughter Ren Shijia.
So although Lin's temper and personality are not commendable, it is undeniable that she is the luckiest one among the several daughters-in-law of the Ren family.
Ren Yaoqi remembered that although the couple had occasional quarrels in their previous life, their relationship was always good, and she had never heard of Ren Shimao having any mistresses.
Nanny Zhou couldn't ask Xi'er in front of Ren Yaoqi, so she called her aside and asked her a few questions. Then she ordered seriously, "Go and call back everyone who is watching the excitement in our courtyard. This is the Fifth House's matter, and the Fifth Madam and the Old Lady will handle it."
Everyone in the Ren family knows Lin's temper. This incident will probably cause a lot of trouble for a while. Nanny Zhou doesn't want the people from Ziwei Courtyard to get involved and be used as a punching bag.
Xier quickly responded and went downstairs.
"Fifth sister, I have something to discuss with the Madam." Nanny Zhou came over and said to Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi nodded and stood up: "I'll trouble you with the matter of the nanny at the farm. If it's not convenient these few days, you can postpone it for a few days."
Nanny Zhou agreed immediately, sent Ren Yaoqi out, and hurried to find Li.
Ren Yaoqi returned to her room and saw several maids still talking in a low voice. They were probably talking about the Fifth Master. When they saw Ren Yaoqi coming back, the maids immediately stopped talking.
Everyone is curious. Even Ren Yaoqi herself was very curious about the so-called mistress who came to visit her, so she was very tolerant of the maid's behavior and only reminded her, "Madam Zhou has ordered that you are not allowed to go out to inquire about the news. You must not break the taboo."
The maids hurriedly responded and left politely.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but wonder if Fifth Madam Lin's continuous misfortunes were her own fault, or if she had been set up by someone?
As for the person who would frame the Fifth Madam... could it be Aunt Fang?
If it really was Aunt Fang, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but shake her head. She really was quite capable!
She had heard a lot of information about Ren Shijia coming back to give birth. The dispute over the Lin family's property and Ren Shijia's repeated miscarriages were the real reasons why Lin had fallen out of favor with Old Lady Ren.
First, he took advantage of the conflicts in the Lin family to make Lin fall out of favor, and then he provoked discord between the Fifth Master and the Lin couple, dealing the most fatal blow to Lin.
Of course, these were just Ren Yaoqi's conjectures based on the comparisons between the two lives. She also hoped that these were not the work of Aunt Fang.
After all, there is an irreconcilable conflict of interests between Aunt Fang and Li. Being watched covetously by such an enemy is a very terrifying thing.
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