Chapter 121: Overdoing It
Then the old lady looked at Lu Xiang and said, "Last time when Liu knew that you had the mine, I warned you that there was a traitor in Qixia Courtyard. Today, there is no doubt that the traitor is Yuxiang."
Lu Youping was completely stunned after hearing this. How come Liu and Yao seemed like gentle women, but they were so vicious behind the scenes?
Mom, are you sure you didn't just make it up because you can't find the cause and effect?
Lu Xiang touched his nose embarrassedly. His grandmother's sharp reasoning ability was too strong. Although she didn't know everything, she guessed it almost right.
Well, but what’s more important is that her grandmother loved her and trusted her, so she never thought that all this was her doing.
At this time, a maid reported at the door: "Master, someone from the Lotus Courtyard came to tell us that Madam Liu is seriously ill and has suddenly developed a high fever. Please go over and take a look."
Lu Xiang was shocked. Was Liu so frightened that she fell ill in less than half a day?
"Are you sick? Is it serious?" Lu Youping asked with a subconsciously nervous look.
The maid shook her head: "I don't know."
She was just a messenger, and she had no idea how serious Madam Liu's illness was.
"Mom, I..." Lu Youping looked at the old lady hesitantly.
The old lady glared at him angrily and said, "Go wherever you want."
She understood her son's thoughts. After all, Liu was the only woman he cared about. When she heard that she was seriously ill, she couldn't help but feel sympathy for her.
Moreover, what he had just said were just guesses. The struggles among various parties he encountered as an official in the court were completely different from the pickled things in the rear house. Although he was shocked, he had not experienced it personally so he was not so convinced.
"My son, I'm leaving."
After Lu Youping left, the old lady asked Qiao Jingru to suppress the matter of Yuxiang and Luochun and not to make it public so as not to cause panic in the mansion. If she had to investigate, she should do it secretly and not let the subordinates disclose the expenditure of property at will.
Qiao Jingru nodded, sat for a while, and then left Fuyuan Hall with Lu Xiang.
On the way back, Qiao Jingru said, "My father has started to feel pity for Aunt Liu because of her illness. This is not a good sign. If she continues like this, it won't be long before she wins my father's favor again."
Lu Xiang frowned thoughtfully, with a calm expression on her pretty face. She stood in front of the bare branches for a long time before she said, "Madam Liu is not as brave as Madam Yao, but she has an advantage over Madam Yao. She also makes me know more clearly that my father has deep feelings for her. Even though Lu Mingzhu was implicated, my father could not ignore her like this."
This is simply shooting oneself in the foot.
Damn it, I used too much force and gave Liu the opportunity to act weak and gain sympathy.
Lotus Garden
When Lu Youping arrived, the doctor was taking Liu's pulse. Liu's face was abnormally red due to fever, and she was lying weakly on the bed. When she saw Lu Youping, she couldn't control her tears.
"Master, Master..."
Liu was born beautiful, and in her middle age she had a mature charm that young girls did not have. She had been with Lu Youping for so many years that she believed she knew this man very well, and she knew which side of herself could arouse his love and care.
Her voice became even more gentle and soft when she was sick, and it went straight into Lu Youping's heart.
"Master, you are finally here. I thought you never wanted to see me again. Wuuuuuuuuu... Master, I am scared."
Lu Youping strode forward and grabbed Liu's hand. Seeing her distressed look, he immediately showed a look of heartache: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
After Luochun died, Fanghua was the one serving in the room. She said, "Master didn't know that Auntie had a high fever due to the shock. She was delirious with fever. We were at a loss at the time. But when I told Auntie that Master was coming to visit her soon, she immediately became more awake. It can be seen that Master is Auntie's backbone. If Master didn't care, Auntie would not have survived."
Who doesn’t like to be praised? When Lu Youping heard Fang Hua’s words, he suddenly felt that his image had become taller.
He looked at Liu gently and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. I won't ignore you."
"Yeah." Liu looked at Lu Youping with admiration, as if she could not see anyone else in the world except him.
"Doctor, how is it?" Lu Youping asked.
The doctor replied, "You are too frightened. Just take some medicine to calm your nerves. Keep a good mood and don't get excited again, otherwise your heart will get sick easily."
"Okay." Lu Youping responded quickly, and then said to Fanghua: "Send someone to follow the doctor to prepare the medicine."
Fanghua left immediately.
Only Lu Youping and Liu were left in the room.
"Did you hear what the doctor said? Keep a good mood." Lu Youping tucked in the quilt for Liu, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her.
Liu nodded with tears in her eyes: "Master, have you found out who replaced my porridge with the scorpion?"
"This matter is too strange and we have no clue yet." Lu Youping said.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of the old lady's guess, and his heart suddenly felt a little cold, but he quickly shook his head and put the thought aside.
How could Liu be so weak and do such a thing? There must be some misunderstanding.
Liu looked at Lu Youping's suddenly changing expression, and her heart sank for no reason. Then she said with an uneasy look, "Master, I was ignorant before. I thought I was doing good things for the Lu family and you, so I let Mingzhu hide it. When the incident happened suddenly, I only cared about my own daughter and talked nonsense and pushed the fault onto Miss Three. I have only realized how wrong I was when I thought about it these days."
"The Third Miss has been keeping it to herself for the sake of the overall situation. Mingzhu was careless and offended Concubine Shu, so she deserved the punishment. I dare not blame her, let alone hate her. But there are rumors in the mansion that I want to take revenge on the Third Miss because I hate her, so I deserve it. If Luochun hadn't helped me scoop out the porridge because he was afraid it would be too hot, then I would have been bitten by the scorpion, and now I am the one who died."
"I feel really wronged after hearing this. It is obvious that at this critical moment, if the Third Miss makes any mistakes, I will be the most suspected. How could I be so ignorant of life and death? I am really wronged. I am even more afraid that such rumors will spread to Master's ears and make you feel disappointed with me. In my opinion, it is clear that someone is deliberately trying to stir up a conflict between me and the Third Miss and benefit from it."
"I dare not deny that I bribed Yuxiang to get the news that the third young lady had a mine, but I only dared to inquire about the news. If I asked Yuxiang to harm the third young lady for me, I would never dare to do so. The master has known my personality best over the years, but Yuxiang is dead. I really have a lot of mouths but I can't explain it."
Liu wiped her tears while making her confession. Every word she said sounded like nonsense, but Lu Youping felt that it made a lot of sense.
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