Zhao Yunzhu frowned and tapped the table lightly with his hands.
After hearing what her young lady said, Linglong also fell into deep thought.
"Go and secretly investigate the people who serve me. I'm naturally relieved by you and Nanny Hua, but the servants who followed me from the Zhao family all know about my relationship with Nanny Li. If there's something fishy going on, I'm afraid it's someone close to me who's done something wrong."
It's not like she didn't have this idea before, but she didn't want to doubt the people around her.
"Don't worry, Miss. I've made a note of it."
Linglong looked serious. Since her young lady had brought up this matter, she would not let her young lady down.
Zhao Yunzhu nodded.
"Remember, don't alert the enemy."
After Zhao Yunzhu whispered her instructions, Nanny Hua lifted the curtain and walked into the room. Just as she passed by the window, she accidentally overheard the conversation between the young lady and Linglong.
Fortunately, on weekdays, the maids in the courtyard did not often wait in front of the main house.
"My lady's suspicions are almost certainly true."
Nanny Hua spoke in a serious tone, and Zhao Yunzhu and Linglong looked at her simultaneously.
"Ever since Miss Chun'er disappeared, I've been wondering if someone around us might have other ideas."
"Madam, what you said..." Zhao Yunzhu looked at Madam Hua in confusion.
Madam Hua nodded and glanced out the window toward the courtyard. Seeing nothing unusual, she walked up to the young lady and said in a low voice, "Young lady, Madam Ding, who's in charge of the kitchen fire, has suddenly started wearing gold and silver these days. This old servant has been secretly investigating."
Aunt Hua told Zhao Yunzhu everything she had done in the past few days.
Mother Ding was the dowry given by the Zhao family to Zhao Yunzhu. Because she was down-to-earth and hardworking, although she was a little stupid, she was hardworking.
She has been working in the kitchen, and the man she married works as a waiter in a restaurant in the city.
The couple has been married for many years but still has no children.
I heard that Mother Ding’s husband has a lover outside, and that lover is also a childless widow.
Mother Ding is so stupid that she even uses her monthly salary to support her husband and his mistress.
But she still didn't get any benefits and was often beaten by her man.
Others advised Mother Ding to leave her husband as soon as possible, but Mother Ding would always smile and say, "I can't have children, but my husband has never complained and has been living with me. How can I dislike him again?"
After that, no one tried to persuade Mother Ding anymore. After all, everyone has their own destiny.
Mother Ding, who usually wears shabby and simple clothes, has recently started wearing new clothes and even wearing golden bracelets on her wrists.
After hearing about it from someone else, Aunt Hua ordered the kitchen manager to ask Aunt Ding some questions.
The final news we got was that Ding's mother said it was a gift from her husband, and that her husband had been treating her better and better these days.
"Miss, I secretly asked someone to investigate. I don't know where Madam Ding's husband got a large sum of money from a while ago, and he is now planning to marry the widow he is in love with."
When Aunt Hua mentioned Aunt Ding's man, her tone and expression were full of contempt.
"Mammy, bring Madam Ding here, and then go outside and tell someone to secretly keep an eye on her husband and his lover."
Soon, Linglong sent all the maids out of the yard.
Zhao Yunzhu sat upright in the main room, waiting for Mother Ding to arrive.
Aunt Hua used the excuse that the young lady saw that Aunt Ding was hardworking and wanted to reward her, and she easily tricked the silly Aunt Ding out from the small kitchen.
Along the way, Mother Ding followed Aunt Hua happily.
She thought to herself that God had finally opened his eyes and that after decades of hardship, she was finally enjoying happiness.
I'm afraid I'll get a lot of rewards today.
I think her good days are still long.
Mother Ding was completely immersed in her vision of a beautiful future world and had not noticed anything unusual in the yard.
Zhao Yunzhu looked carefully at Mother Ding who followed Mother Hua into the room.
The woman is only in her forties now, but her face is full of wrinkles. It seems that it is because her life was not smooth in the early years. Her eyes are full of vicissitudes of life.
Although she was wearing a brand new dress, a hint of golden light was faintly visible on her wrist hidden in her sleeves.
A pair of red gold petal earrings hung on her ears.
Dressed like this, she looks just like the wife of an ordinary wealthy family.
"Concubine Yun."
Mother Ding smiled foolishly and bowed, while Aunt Hua stood behind Zhao Yunzhu.
"Mother Ding." Zhao Yunzhu looked at her with a faint smile. "I heard that you are very good at the small kitchen. I asked you to come here today because I wanted to give you some reward."
Hearing that she was going to be rewarded, Mother Ding's eyes lit up, and she smiled and waved her hands politely, "Concubine Yun, these are what this servant should do."
Zhao Yunzhu suppressed her smile and feigned annoyance. "Mom, I've always been clear about rewards and punishments. You're refusing my reward. Are you trying to get the people to say I'm neglecting you, the ones who work so hard for me?"
When Mother Ding saw that Concubine Yun was angry, she suddenly felt a little flustered. She looked at Aunt Hua uncomfortably and helplessly, trying to get some help from her expression.
But Aunt Hua ignored her.
Mother Ding could only bite the bullet and look at Concubine Yun, "Concubine Yun, this servant..."
The words I wanted to say came to my lips, but I couldn't form a complete sentence for a long time.
Zhao Yunzhu looked at the troubled Mother Ding and recalled what Aunt Hua had told her about Mother Ding's past.
She was also a miserable person. Not long after she was born, her family found that Mother Ding did not look very smart, and abandoned her without any hesitation.
Mother Ding was adopted by a kind-hearted beggar until she was seven years old, when her adoptive mother died of illness.
She sold herself to a human trafficker for a bite to eat.
Later, by chance, she entered the Zhao family. Zhao Yunzhu's grandmother saw that Mother Ding was a little stupid, and felt pity for her, so she kept her in the Zhao family. After that, Mother Ding worked in the kitchen.
Because of her diligence, she later became Zhao Yunzhu's dowry.
"Don't be nervous, Mom. However, if you want to receive the reward I give you, there are conditions."
Zhao Yunzhu took out a ten-liang silver ingot and shook it in front of Mother Ding's eyes.
Mother Ding stared at the ten taels of silver so tightly that her eyes almost popped out.
"Concubine Yun, you speak."
Mother Ding's eyes never left the ten taels of silver, and she swallowed unconsciously.
Zhao Yunzhu raised the corner of her lips slightly, "Mom, I heard people down below talking about how your family has had a great opportunity and is now wearing gold and silver."
Mother Ding's anxious heart finally relaxed a little.
So it was because of this matter.
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