Chapter 282 Shooting oneself in the foot!
Madam Lu sat back in her seat anxiously. "My Lady, it's rumored that when the Third Prince was forced to marry the daughter of the Wei family, he once intended to take the Qiao family as his concubine..."
She paused, her fingertips trembling slightly, "But not long after, the Qiao family invited a matchmaker to come to propose marriage."
"Master Qiao is an official in the imperial court. Although his official position is not high, he is very important. I know that my son has a mistress outside, and I dare not hide it, so I told him the truth..."
"I thought this matter would be over. After all, which young lady from an official family could endure such injustice..."
Madam Lu sighed, her voice growing deeper. "But I never expected... just a few days later, the Qiao family sent someone again, saying that Miss Qiao didn't mind this matter and was willing to marry into the Lu family!"
She clenched the handkerchief in her hand and said in a hoarse voice, "At that time, my husband was still alive. He didn't want to offend His Royal Highness the Third Prince, nor did he want to make enemies with the Qiao family..."
"Then tell me, if the Qiao family can really convince my son to agree to this marriage, our Wuxin Marquis Mansion will allow the Qiao family's daughter to marry..."
"What happened next?" Little Tang Bao blinked her beautiful almond-shaped eyes, her thirst for knowledge overflowing. "If your son Lu Hong didn't like the girl from the Qiao family, why did he let her in?"
"Alas!" Madam Lu sighed heavily, her tone resentful, "I only found out about this later..."
"That Qiao actually met with my son in private and promised him that if she could marry into the Marquis of Wuxin's mansion and become the head of the household, she would bring Mei into his family with great fanfare!"
"She really did it..." The old lady smiled bitterly. "As soon as the old marquis passed away, I handed over the power of the household finances to her... Who would have thought that the first thing she did after taking power was to bring Mei back in a sedan chair."
"But she calculated everything, but she didn't anticipate that Mei had already given birth to a son and a daughter with my son! Oh, she really shot herself in the foot!"
"In a fit of rage, I reclaimed the housekeeping authority... Before Mrs. Qiao could even begin to fight with Aunt Mei, she was completely left out by my son!"
Tang Bao: "..."
So it was Qiao who worked hard to marry Lord Lu Hong! ?
Lord Lu doesn't like Mrs. Qiao at all! He only has that Concubine Mei in his heart!
Outrageous! Who on earth is spreading rumors and deceiving his third uncle?
Glancing at Xiao Tangbao's gnashing teeth, the secret guard spoke at the right moment: "May I ask, Madam, before the Second Miss disappeared, did anything unusual happen in your mansion?"
The secret guard spoke tactfully.
Madam Lu's expression froze, and she hesitated: "This..."
Now that things have come to this, there is nothing to hide!
Madam Lu hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Princess... do you still remember my Wanwan?"
Tang Bao: Wanwan? Lu Wanwan?
The little guy's eyes turned, and he immediately remembered...
She was the little girl who pretended to be a legitimate daughter with her brother Lu Ziang and studied at Hongwenguan Junior Academy!
On her first day at school, that Lu Wanwan secretly did something bad to her and even instigated the grandmother of the young master of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery to make things difficult for her!
Little Tangbao nodded sullenly, "I remember her and her brother... they bullied Tangbao, and were both kicked out of Hongwen Pavilion by Pavilion Master Ouyang!"
Madam Lu looked embarrassed, but she forced a smile and continued, "Zi'ang is a down-to-earth child. His father arranged another place for him to study, so he went there."
"But Wanwan...that girl is very thoughtful, arrogant, and especially vindictive...she said she won't go out until her hair grows out."
"Her parents thought, since she's just a girl, it wouldn't be a big deal if she studied at night for a year or two, so they just let her go..."
"At first, everything was peaceful, but then... one day, while Youyou was strolling around the mansion playing, he accidentally stumbled into Aunt Mei's yard."
"Wanwan has never liked Youyou, so she angrily pushed her... She originally wanted to kick Youyou out of Hanxiangyuan, but she didn't expect Youyou to be so nimble that she dodged immediately..."
Madam Lu sighed heavily, her voice hoarse, "It was this dodging that caused Ling Wanwan to miss her target. She lost her balance and fell into the brazier... Her once pretty face was ruined just like that!"
Little Tangbao grimaced when he heard this...it hurts just thinking about it!
"And then?"
Madam Lu's expression darkened as she whispered, "Later... the gates of Suochun Courtyard were tightly shut, and Mrs. Qiao never dared to let Youyou leave again! Hanxiang Courtyard was filled with the stench of medicinal herbs, and the sounds of weeping continued day and night..."
"I'm really worried. I'm afraid that Aunt Mei won't be able to swallow this anger and will go to the Qiao family to cause trouble. I'm even more worried that they'll hurt Youyou during their argument... So I specially arranged for a few maids who are good at fighting to serve Youyou, hoping that they can protect her..."
"But who would have thought..." the old lady choked up, "half a month later, Youyou disappeared without a trace... suddenly!"
Old Madam Lu clutched her handkerchief and kept wiping her tears when suddenly a burst of hurried footsteps was heard outside.
The housekeeper rushed in in a panic and said urgently, "Princess, Old Madam, something has happened in Hanxiangyuan!"
Everyone: ???
......
Xiao Tangbao assigned half of the secret guards to Qiao Mengling. Knowing that Qiao had the support of Princess Zhaoning, although Aunt Mei was dissatisfied with Qiao's unauthorized intrusion into her yard, she did not dare to get angry on the spot.
He had no choice but to suppress his dissatisfaction and watched coldly as Qiao searched around in his yard.
Although Aunt Mei has been in the mansion for many years, this is the first time that Qiao Mengling has set foot in the Hanxiang Courtyard.
In the hall stood a huge silver-gilt double-handled tripod incense burner with two longevity characters on it. Precious silver charcoal was burning faintly in the incense burner, and only barely perceptible smoke escaped, filling the whole room with warmth.
Thinking of the ordinary black charcoal in her room that she had to pay for with her own money and which often emitted pungent smoke, Qiao Mengling couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart.
After taking a few deep breaths, she walked around the four black pear wood carved and embroidered satin screens. Wherever she looked, her eyes were stung...
Inside Aunt Mei's bedroom, there was a golden nanmu canopy bed with extremely intricate carvings and two layers, the inner and outer layers?
On top of it was piled up glittering soft brocade silk that she had never seen used before!
Next to it is a round table with a ruyi pattern, inlaid with marble and rosewood, and a full-height black lacquered mother-of-pearl wardrobe...
This house is luxurious and exquisite in every detail...I'm afraid even the empress in the palace may not be able to compare to it!
She was just a concubine, yet her expenses were so extravagant... and she, as the wife of a marquis, lived worse than an ordinary wealthy lady!
Why?!
All of this should have been hers!
The more Qiao Mengling searched, the more her emotions churned. Finally, unable to contain herself, she started arguing with Aunt Mei...
At first they pulled the hair and tore the clothes, then they tore the clothes... The secret guard standing by immediately frowned and turned around.
Thinking about it, with the women arguing with each other and the maids trying to pull them away and persuade them, the secret guards temporarily retreated to the yard.
Unexpectedly, when the noise in the house died down, they went in to check, not only were the maids and the nannies unconscious, but the two women who had been fighting were nowhere to be seen! ?
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