Chapter 408 Disposal
Lu Mingzhu was not a lowly concubine, so Xiao Muheng did not dare to beat her to death directly, otherwise the Lu family would take this opportunity to make trouble and he would be in trouble. So he beat her up and sent her to the manor, and then let Lu Mingzhu die of illness after a while.
At this moment, Lu Mingzhu's mind suddenly became extremely clear, and she quickly guessed what Xiao Muheng was thinking.
She got up from the bed in fear, knelt at Xiao Muheng's feet, and cried, "Husband, I was wrong, please forgive me this time, okay? I won't dare to do it again, wuwuwuwu..."
Lu Mingzhu cried and reached out to grab Xiao Muheng's clothes.
"I only resorted to this desperate measure because I was too afraid of losing you, my husband..."
Xiao Muheng kicked Lu Mingzhu away, his eyes full of disgust: "What are you still standing there for? Take him down and beat him up."
As soon as she finished speaking, a maid came forward, grabbed Lu Mingzhu's hand and dragged her away.
Lu Mingzhu was so scared that she kept struggling: "Ahhhh, I am the daughter of the Minister, you can't do this to me."
The old woman couldn't help but pause when she heard this, and looked at Liu Anyao inquiringly.
Liu Anyao looked sarcastic, not taking Lu Mingzhu's threat seriously at all: "She is just a concubine's daughter, is it worth it for you to show off like this? She is also a concubine's daughter who is not valued. Take her away."
After receiving Liu Anyao's order, the old woman had no scruples and dragged Lu Mingzhu away roughly.
"Please forgive me, my husband. I was really wrong..."
Lu Mingzhu cried out loudly, but Xiao Muheng remained unmoved.
Halfway through her speech, someone stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth.
Xiao Muheng looked at Mother Qin again, and said to Lan Qiu: "You guys are helping the tyrant, your crimes are extremely serious, you will be severely punished with eighty strokes of the cane and exiled from the mansion."
Mother Qin looked as pale as death.
Huamei and Lanqiu were shocked when they heard Xiao Muheng's punishment, and they both knelt down quickly.
"Master, please understand. I knew nothing about this matter. It was Aunt Lu and Mother Qin who teamed up to use the child to frame Madam. I was completely unaware of it. If I had known, I would never have let Aunt do this. Master, please believe me." Lan Qiu raised her head slightly, with a hint of tenderness and sweetness in her dark eyes.
Xiao Muheng looked at her expressionlessly, with his hands behind his back and a sneer in his heart.
With Lan Qiu's looks, she has the nerve to seduce me. It's simply unrealistic.
Huamei kowtowed in fear and said, "Master, please spare me, Madam, please spare me. I know nothing about this." Then, she turned her head and looked at Mother Qin, and said anxiously, "Mother Qin, you know that Lan Qiu and I knew nothing about this."
Mother Qin turned her head away and looked like she was unable to do anything and couldn't lie for you.
Shuhua and Lan Qiu were shocked and angry when they saw this. They looked at each other with fiery eyes as if they wished they could burn Mother Qin to ashes.
"Mother Qin, I have no grudge against you. Why are you trying to harm us like this?" Lan Qiu pointed at Mother Qin with a ferocious look on his face and said angrily.
Mother Qin said with a pale face: "Let's serve Aunt together. Compared with me following her halfway as a dowry, you have Aunt's trust more than me."
She just wants to save her life now, so she can't say more.
Last night, Ah Man sneaked into the Xiao Mansion to find her and conveyed the Third Miss's instructions. So at dawn today, she bribed the maid to go to the main courtyard and told the lady about the aunt's plan. She did not ask to leave safely, but only asked the lady to spare her life because she took the initiative to confess.
Lan Qiu was so angry that she jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Qin's mother. The two of them started fighting.
Huamei sat on the ground in a daze, staring blankly at the farce in front of her, distraught...
When Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Xiao heard the news and rushed over, they just happened to see Lu Mingzhu being dragged out in a mess.
"This is..." Xiao Xiao looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment and was speechless for a moment.
When Lu Mingzhu saw the two men, she immediately struggled violently under the hands of the old woman.
The old woman held her tightly and called out to the three people respectfully, "Good luck to the old lady, good luck to the fourth young lady."
Xiao Xiao wanted to ask something, but Mrs. Xiao pulled her away.
"Mom, why are you pulling me? Didn't you say Lu Mingzhu had a miscarriage? I want to ask what happened?"
"Why are you asking those old women? Your brother is in the room."
Madam Xiao had been battling wits and courage with the concubines in the mansion for many years and had experienced more than Xiao Xiao. She had a vague suspicion in her heart that there must be something behind Lu Mingzhu's miscarriage, otherwise her son would not have dealt with Lu Mingzhu when she had a miscarriage no matter how much he hated her.
Several people entered the house. The atmosphere in the room was solemn and gloomy. Mother Qin and Lan Qiu, both with disheveled hair and bruised faces, were held down by servants.
"Brother and sister-in-law, what happened?" Xiao Xiao glanced at Mother Qin who was kneeling on the ground and asked impatiently.
Liu Anyao told the story again.
Xiao Xiao was so shocked that he was dumbfounded and couldn't recover for a long time.
Mrs. Xiao looked surprised, but also showed an expression of expectedness.
"Lu Mingzhu is so crazy. If a woman like this stays here, it will be a disaster."
First, she caused her son to faint in the examination room, and then she harmed the flesh and blood in her belly. It is simply outrageous.
Mrs. Xiao only felt that Lu Mingzhu's cruelty refreshed her three views.
Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. Lu Mingzhu, on the other hand, did not scheme to cause others to have a miscarriage, but instead drank abortion pills herself to get rid of the child in her belly. How vicious is the heart of such a person? Send her away immediately.
"Mother, please calm down. My husband has already severely punished Aunt Lu and will send her to the farm soon." Liu Anyao held Madam Xiao's arm and said softly.
"Lu Mingzhu had a miscarriage here. It's so unlucky. Let's leave here quickly." Mrs. Xiao said, covering her mouth with a handkerchief.
Liu Anyao nodded in response, then looked at Xiao Mu in shock and said, "My husband, go and do what you need to do. I will take care of the mansion."
"Okay, I'm sorry that you were wronged today." Xiao Muheng said.
Liu Anyao smiled and said, "My husband believed in me from beginning to end, so I don't feel wronged."
Outside the yard, Lu Mingzhu was pressed on a bench and beaten with a stick. She had fainted at this moment. Madam Xiao and Xiao Xiao just took a look at her and then went back.
Since the backyard was handed over to Liu Anyao, Madam Xiao would not interfere.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to, but that she doesn’t dare.
Mother Qin, Huamei and Lan Qiu were dragged out of the yard shortly after. The three of them looked at the bloody Lu Mingzhu behind them and were terrified and struggled violently.
"Come on, fight here." Liu Anyao ordered in a cold voice.
Three more benches were brought over, and the old women tied the three people up on them.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die, Madam, please spare me, I really don't know anything."
"Mother Qin, you slander us, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
"If I die, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."
"ah……"
Huamei and Lanqiu begged for mercy and cursed Mother Qin at the same time. After they had cursed a few words, the severe pain of the board hitting their bodies made them scream.
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