Chapter 478 The Palace Maid Wants to Retire (4)
"It's not difficult to find it. It's just to the northwest of my yard, not far away. It seems that it used to be the residence of an old aunt. It became abandoned after the old aunt passed away. It's called Hongmeiyuan..." Wen Shichu said.
"Hongmei Garden? I know this place." As soon as Qingxing heard Hongmei Garden, she knew where it was. The place had indeed been abandoned for a long time, so it was normal for Wen Shichu to find a pomegranate tree there.
"By the way, please keep quiet when you go." Wen Shichu smiled mysteriously again and reminded.
Qing Xing was confused, but she took Wen Shichu's words to heart. When she went to Hongmei Garden, she was indeed very careful and quiet.
Although she didn't know why Wen Shichu insisted that she go find the pomegranate tree at this time, Qingxing came to deliver fruit to Wen Shichu on the orders of the Marquis's wife, which was originally an opportunity for her to relax openly. Going to Hongmei Garden to find the pomegranate tree could extend her free time, so she went with the flow.
When Qing Xing arrived at Hongmei Garden, she found that it was indeed very desolate and quiet. She began to feel a little scared, but when she thought of the pomegranate tree she hadn't found yet, she mustered up her courage. After all, finding the pomegranate tree would allow her to show off in front of the Marquis's wife...
But no one knew where the pomegranate tree was. Qingxing looked in many places but couldn’t find it. If she had known earlier, she should have asked Wen Shichu in more detail... Qingxing was a little annoyed.
Finally, she came to the corner of the backyard of Hongmeiyuan. Suddenly, her ears moved and she seemed to hear someone talking.
Could it be that other servants also discovered the pomegranate tree? Qing Xing was suddenly a little anxious. The pomegranate was a fruit of good omen, implying many children and good fortune. If she reported this discovery to the Marquis' wife, she would get a lot of rewards. She couldn't let others get there first!
So she hurried to the place where people were talking. However, when she saw who was talking, she was shocked. It was the eldest lady and a young man!
How could the young lady meet a man from outside this remote place? After Qing Xing was shocked, she suddenly realized that the young lady had an affair with a man! Qing Xing was shocked and terrified to encounter such a scandal!
At this time, she also realized why Wen Shichu sent her to this place. What pomegranate tree? That must be a cover. In fact, Wen Shichu wanted her to find out that the eldest lady was having a secret meeting with a man from outside the family, right?
When Qing Xing thought of this, she began to feel somewhat resentful that Wen Shichu had deliberately let her see the young lady's scandal. Wasn't this embarrassing for a servant like her? Should she pretend that she didn't know, or should she tell the lady directly?
Qing Xing was extremely panicked, but she knew that she couldn't go out and expose the scandal right away, so she quietly hid behind a bush and watched Li Minghui and Zhou Shaowen.
She recognized that the man who had a secret meeting with the eldest daughter was actually the son of the cousin of the third sister-in-law of Marquis Wuyang. The relationship was extremely distant, but the third sister-in-law had a very good relationship with her cousin. Her cousin's family all died, leaving only Zhou Shaowen. The third sister-in-law begged Marquis Wuyang to bring her cousin's only son to the marquis's mansion and let him study in the clan school.
Unexpectedly, this would actually lead to a wolf entering the house. Not only was Zhou Shaowen not grateful for the training given to him by the Marquis' Mansion, but he also developed evil intentions and seduced the eldest daughter of the other family.
Qingxing was the maid of the Marquis's wife, so naturally she knew Zhou Shaowen. Once she saw clearly that it was him, Qingxing could no longer pretend that she didn't know about it. She was furious. The Marquis's wife and the eldest daughter were both good-tempered people, and they were very lenient to servants like them. Qingxing couldn't just watch the eldest daughter being deceived by such a man.
Furious, Qing Xing didn't care about anything else and hurried back to the Marquis's main courtyard. She looked very unhappy and said to the Marquis with a serious face, "Madam, I have something important to report."
"What's the important matter? By the way, does Aunt Wen like the fruits you sent?" asked the Marquis's wife.
"I like it... But this is not what I want to talk about." Qing Xing said quickly, "It is very important. I can only report this to you."
When the Marquis's wife saw that Qingxing was very serious, she knew that she really had something important to do, so she waved her hand and asked the other maids to leave.
Seeing that everyone had left, Qing Xing walked over to the Marquis's wife, lowered her voice, and said to her quickly, "Madam, I just discovered that the eldest lady and Zhou Shaowen were having a secret meeting in Hongmei Garden!"
"What?!" The Marquis's wife asked again, as if she didn't hear her clearly.
"I discovered that the eldest lady and Zhou Shaowen had a secret affair!" Qing Xing said gritting her teeth, her clothes soaked with sweat on her back. She knew that she would be in danger of losing her life if she told this matter, but she bet on the lady's character and that she was kind-hearted and would not kill her to silence her. Instead, she would reward her for discovering the eldest lady's scandal in advance and covering it up.
Qing Xing's words were like a bolt from the blue that struck Madam Hou's head, causing her head to buzz as if she had lost all sense of the world around her. After a long while, she finally recovered. She stared at Qing Xing with an extremely unpleasant expression and gritted her teeth as she said, "If you dare to slander the young lady, you know what the consequences will be!"
"Madam! I dare not. I really saw the eldest lady and Zhou Shaowen having a secret meeting in Hongmei Garden with my own eyes. Maybe they are still there now! If you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself..." Qingxing explained hurriedly with a trembling voice.
In fact, the Marquis's wife already believed Qingxing's words. Qingxing was her head maid, and she had always been smart and steady, and she was also an honest person. If it wasn't true, she would never have said it.
"Tell me more carefully..." Mrs. Hou said to Qingxing with a grim face.
Qing Xing then carefully told the Marquis' wife how she discovered what had happened. Although the Marquis' wife was also worried that her daughter had been deceived, she knew that the matter could not be rushed. She had to investigate it thoroughly and then find a way to properly handle it. No information could be leaked out, otherwise all the girls in the Marquis of Wuyang's family, whether married or not, would suffer.
"You said that it was Aunt Wen who told you that there was a pomegranate tree in Hongmei Garden and asked you to go and see it right away?" Mrs. Hou grasped the key point sharply.
"Yes, I suspect that Aunt Wen also knows about the eldest lady and Zhou Shaowen, so she deliberately sent me to Hongmei Garden to let me personally discover the matter and then come back to report to the lady." Qingxing said her guess, and then suddenly realized, "No wonder Aunt Wen reminded me to look for it quietly before I went there and not to make a big noise. Isn't it because she was afraid that I would alarm the eldest lady and the others?"
After hearing this, the Marquis's wife sighed in her heart, knowing that Wen Shichu had deliberately revealed her daughter's affairs to her. She appreciated her kindness and could only repay her in the future.
(End of this chapter)
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