Chapter 671: Smashed Yu Mingzhu’s yard!

Yu Mingzhu's face turned pale.

Soon, the bailiffs came and took the crazy girl away.

The body of the little maid named "Qingqing" lying on the ground was also taken away by the yamen runners as evidence.

Dou Chengsong was in a daze, as if he had been struck by something. He ignored Yu Mingzhu, staggered, said that he was willing to be a witness, and left with the bailiff.

Soon someone came to pick up Yu Mingzhu, wrapped her tightly in a shawl, and put her in the carriage.

Lou Ruhui and Xing Xing looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

This incident did not cause any big stir in the capital. It was the end of the year and the official seal was about to be sealed, so the case was handled quickly and the process was also fast.

It was found out that the disheveled girl was a refugee from outside the area. She went insane and accidentally killed the maid Qingqing.

The murderous girl was sentenced to immediate execution.

That's how the matter passed.

Lou Ruhui quickly cheered up.

I heard that the wife of Marquis Mingguang has started to see Lou Ruhui again. Lou Ruhui cooperated very well this time and has already been in contact with the young master of a certain marquis's mansion.

Lady Mingguang Hou knew her daughter's personality, that she loved to play and be noisy, so she looked for a family with a large population but simple and harmonious relationships.

It's better not to be the eldest daughter-in-law, but the younger daughter-in-law. In this way, the daughter will be a pampered younger daughter-in-law after she gets married. She can then give the daughter a thick dowry, the kind that can't be spent in two lifetimes. The daughter can just eat, drink and have fun with her aunt every day.

Lady Mingguang Hou had very good thoughts for her daughter.

However, what she never expected was that some bad rumors would soon spread in the capital, saying that the beloved daughter of Marquis Mingguang was secretly having an overly close relationship with a failed scholar, and they often went to bookstores, restaurants and other places together.

When the rumor reached the ears of Lady Mingguang Marquis, she was so angry that she almost fainted!

Although men and women are now strictly prohibited from staying in the same room together, there will generally be no problem.

Now this rumor has suddenly become very popular. It is said that there is no one behind it, but Lady Marquis Mingguang doesn't believe it!

Mrs. Mingguang Hou naturally believes in her own daughter. She has taught her daughter to never cross the line that should not be crossed!

However, Lady Mingguang Hou felt somewhat uneasy when she recalled her daughter's uneasy behavior some time ago.

Could it be that their sister Hui was simply cheated?

Lady Mingguang Marquis carefully asked her daughter, and only after confirming that nothing was wrong did she feel relieved. She turned around and walked out, feeling even more annoyed with those who spread the rumors.

I wish I could stab the other person!

Especially after the Marquis's wife, Lady Mingguang, who had been quite satisfied with the family she was looking at recently, suddenly declined, her anger reached its peak!

This is an attempt to ruin her daughter's life!

No one should underestimate a mother's anger!

Lady Mingguang was the legitimate daughter of the old lady of Duke Xin. When she got married, the old lady of Duke Xin gave her a dowry of such wealth that it was estimated that there were less than a handful of dowries that could match hers in the entire capital!

Mrs. Mingguang Hou directly spent a huge amount of money to find the underworld intelligence organization Chaoyang Gate to find out the truth!

As a result, after going around in circles, I actually found the Duke Xin’s Mansion!

The wife of Marquis Mingguang was extremely furious!

She angrily brought a team of burly maids back to Duke Xin's Mansion!

When Jiao heard that Lady Mingguang had come to the mansion, she didn't think too much about it and said calmly, "I think mother is missing her aunt. I heard her talking about her a few days ago."

The servant who reported back trembled: "No, no, Madam, Aunt Zhi led everyone to the eldest lady's courtyard!"

Jiao's eyes widened suddenly: "He went to Mingzhu Courtyard?... What's going on?"

The servant shook his head frantically: "I don't know either, I just looked at Aunt Zhi and it seemed like she was up to no good!"

…

Yu Mingzhu felt her eyelids twitching violently today.

She originally planned to go out, but before she finished dressing, she heard a lot of noise outside, as if the servants in her courtyard were harassing someone: "...You can't go in! Aunt Zhi——"

Yu Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat and she hurriedly got up and went out to see what was happening. She saw her aunt, the wife of Marquis Mingguang, and a few burly old women breaking into her yard.

Yu Mingzhu forced a smile and went over to greet her: "Aunt, this is..."

The look in Mrs. Mingguang Marquis's eyes when she looked at Yu Mingzhu was extremely cold.

She didn't want to say anything more at this moment, she just raised her hand and said, "Smash it for me!"

Yu Mingzhu didn't react at all!

That forced smile is still on his face!

Then the old women brought by the wife of Marquis Mingguang rushed over like wolves and tigers and started smashing things!

Yu Mingzhu was really frightened this time, and her hands and feet felt cold.

The maids and servants in her courtyard rushed to stop the servants, "What are you doing? Stop, stop right now!"

Yu Mingzhu came to her senses and cursed in her heart, but she had to pretend to be panic-stricken on the surface, as if she had no idea why Lady Mingguang Hou was like this.

"Aunt, Aunt, what are you doing..." Yu Mingzhu looked frightened, her face pale, "Mingzhu, did I do something wrong to offend you?"

Mrs. Mingguang Marquis just smiled coldly.

"Miss! What should we do? These are the treasures given to you by the madam!" The maid in Yu Mingzhu's yard was so anxious that she was running around in circles.

Yu Mingzhu was about to cry: "Aunt is the elder, how can I disobey her? ... As long as she is happy, that's all."

Lady Mingguang Hou saw Yu Mingzhu looking so bewildered, as if she really had no idea why she had come this time.

But she had spent a huge amount of money at Chaoyang Gate, and Chaoyang Gate had placed all the evidence in front of her, which she could not deny at all.

Lady Mingguang Hou looked at Yu Mingzhu deeply and for a long time, as if she was meeting her for the first time.

"Stop! All of you stop!"

Jiao came in a hurry after hearing the news, and saw her sister-in-law, the wife of Marquis Mingguang, standing in the yard with a sullen face, and the main gate of her daughter's courtyard was wide open. She could see several burly old women throwing all kinds of objects out from inside, smashing and destroying everything!

And her daughter, Yu Mingzhu, was standing in front of Lady Mingguang Marquis with a look of bewilderment and grievance on her face, looking extremely weak.

Jiao didn't care about the things that were smashed and broken, and hurried to care about her daughter: "Zhuzhu, are you okay?"

Yu Mingzhu was about to cry, but she shook her head with a strong look: "Mom, I'm fine...it's just my aunt..."

Yu Mingzhu choked up and sounded extremely aggrieved. "I don't know how I offended my aunt that she smashed my things like this. These worldly things are just external possessions. Although I won't argue with my aunt about these, but for her to do this...isn't it a slap in my face and in my mother's face?"

The more Yu Mingzhu compromised, the more angry Jiao became with the wife of Marquis Mingguang.

The wife of Marquis Mingguang was still sneering at the side.

Jiao was extremely angry.

She glared at the wife of Marquis Mingguang and said, "My dear sister, you have become more capable after being married for so many years!... Come with me to see mother! Let mother give us a good judgement!"

Madam Mingguang sneered, "Okay, I just want to go find my mother and talk to her!"

Yu Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat, and she reached out to grab Jiao's arm: "...Mother, why don't we just forget it? Grandmother has just recovered recently. If there is any misunderstanding, I can explain it to my aunt."

When Jiao heard this, she thought her daughter was so sensible! This made her sister-in-law seem even more unreasonable!

"No!" Jiao said solemnly, "I must seek justice for our Zhuzhu!"

Madam Mingguang sneered: "What are you still standing there for? Let's go."

Jiao walked ahead angrily, and Yu Mingzhu followed after a slight hesitation.

However, the wife of Marquis Mingguang lagged behind slightly.

Jiao was furious and went straight to the main courtyard of the old lady of Duke Xin.

Coincidentally, Xingxing came to check the pulse of the old lady of Duke Xin today. When she saw Jiao angrily dragging Yu Mingzhu to pay her respects to the old lady of Duke Xin, her heart skipped a beat.

It's obvious that something bad is going to happen... What happened?

This thought only lingered in Xingxing's mind for a while, and she saw the wife of Marquis Mingguang again.

Xing Xing's eyes widened slightly.

However, Lady Mingguang Marquis, upon seeing Xingxing, smiled at her first and nodded slightly as a greeting.

The old lady of Duke Xin looked strange and frowned slightly: "Why did you come in like this... What happened?"

Jiao paused, calmed down a little, and seemed reluctant to say this in front of Xing Xing: "... Mother, how about letting the princess go to the side room to have some tea first?"

Xingxing was about to say goodbye, but the old lady of Duke Xin was not happy at first. She grabbed Xingxing's hand and said with a bit of impatience: "...Xingxing is here to check the pulse of an old woman like me." The old lady of Duke Xin emphasized, "She is not an outsider!"

Jiao's heart trembled slightly, and she replied "yes" in a low voice.

Yu Mingzhu also lowered her eyes to hide the burning jealousy in her eyes.

Jiao took a deep breath and briefly told the story of how the wife of Marquis Mingguang and her men had rushed into Yu Mingzhu's yard and smashed things. She then said, "...Mother, I don't know how I have offended our aunt that she has bullied my Zhuzhu like this!"

Yu Mingzhu lowered her eyes, looking gentle and obedient: "Mother, calm down. I must have done something wrong to make my aunt angry. I'm fine, mother, you and grandmother should not get hurt because of this."

The more touched Jiao was by Mingzhu's obedience, the more angry she was at the rudeness of Lady Mingguang!

On the other hand, Lady Xin, hearing what Lady Jiao said, frowned and looked at Lady Mingguang: "Rouzhi, what's going on? You are old, why are you still so angry?"

When Lady Mingguang heard the concerned tone of the old lady, she felt aggrieved: "Mother..."

She called her mother and said aggrievedly, "Sister-in-law asked how I had offended her. I wanted to ask how my sister Hui and I had offended Sister-in-law and Mingzhu. Why do you want to bully us like this?"

The old lady of Duke Xin took a deep breath and asked hurriedly, "Sister Hui? How is this related to Sister Hui?"

Yu Mingzhu's face turned slightly pale. She felt something was wrong, but she still insisted: "...Grandma, there must be some misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding?" Lady Mingguang seemed to have a switch suddenly triggered, and her tone suddenly rose, "How could there be any misunderstanding?! Rumors are flying everywhere!"

The old lady of the Duke of Xin rarely went out, and even if the servants heard about it, they didn't dare to tell her about it, so she didn't hear anything and kept asking, "What rumor?"

Lady Mingguang felt more and more aggrieved. She took a few steps forward and sat next to the old lady of Duke Xin. She leaned her head on the old lady's arms, just like she did before she got married, and said in a crying voice, "Mother, don't you know? It's all over the place. It's said that our Hui Jie'er was behaving inappropriately with a failed scholar. There's even worse news. It's said that our Hui Jie'er is pregnant!... Mother, tell me, aren't these rumors forcing our Hui Jie'er to die?! Our Hui Jie'er is currently discussing marriage with someone. Originally, both of our families were very satisfied. As a result, the other party heard the rumors and sent someone back the token a few days ago, politely declining the marriage--"

The wife of Marquis Mingguang became more and more aggrieved as she spoke: "Mother, you know that our Hui Jie'er has always been a very good child. Although she has a bit of a frivolous temper, she knows etiquette and would never do such a thing!"

The old lady of Duke Xin was very distressed and hugged the wife of Marquis Mingguang: "Sister Hui has suffered..."

Jiao was so angry that she almost passed out: "No, little aunt, you are acting like this today because you think I did it, so you are bullying Zhuzhu to vent your anger?!"

Jiao was so angry that her hands and feet turned cold: "Am I crazy to do this?!"

Lady Mingguang stood up from Lady Xin's arms, her eyes becoming colder and colder: "Sister-in-law, don't get excited. I didn't say it was you who did it."

Jiao paused for a moment, then understood what was going on. She became even more angry, and her hands and feet trembled: "You mean, such a vicious thing was done by our Zhuzhu?!"

Yu Mingzhu cried, "Mother, I didn't! Grandmother, I didn't!... I don't know why my aunt said that... I, I really didn't!"

The eyes of Lady Mingguang Marquis turned colder: "I won't cry until I see the coffin! Since I dare to come to your door today, I must have evidence!"

Yu Mingzhu's crying stopped at once.

The old lady of Duke Xin glanced at Yu Mingzhu slowly.

Jiao still didn't believe it and shouted, "Okay! Bring us the evidence!"

The wife of Marquis Mingguang looked at the old wife of Duke Xinguo and said, "Mother."

The old lady of Duke Xin nodded and said, "A daughter's reputation is no small matter. Show me the evidence. If Mingzhu has been wrongly accused, I will give you an explanation. But if..."

The old lady of Duke Xin was silent.

Yu Mingzhu's heart was in her throat.

But the old lady of the Duke of Xin did not want to bring up anything else at this time, so she just changed the subject: "...you should present the evidence first."

Lady Mingguang Marquis nodded and clapped her hands.

Soon, several maids came in pushing a few people.

One of them was the daughter of a sixth-rank civil servant who had a close relationship with Yu Mingzhu—her name was Cheng Yuying.

Cheng Yuying was terrified. She was being pushed and shoved, and she was a little scared. When she saw Yu Mingzhu, her tears welled up: "Mingzhu..."

Yu Mingzhu's heart was beating wildly, but she still pretended to be confused and shocked: "Aunt, this is a friend of mine, why did you bring her here?!"