Chapter 70 Scapegoat



Fortunately, Prime Minister Luo was not mesmerized by the charming eyes of the Second Aunt. He just looked at her with disgust and ordered someone in a cold voice to bring the maid up.

This Prime Minister Luo, actually cares a lot about Concubine Ye. Luo Xue Ning looked at Prime Minister Luo with approval, then, her cold eyes turned to the Second Concubine Ye.

Second Aunt's heart skipped a beat, and then she saw two servants, escorting a maid into the courtyard. When she saw the maid's appearance clearly, Second Aunt was startled.

Wasn't this maid the one I bribed to spy on Madam Ye? Now, she was discovered.

Second Aunt watched the maid approaching. Who in this backyard didn't have some people planted in other people's yards? Even if she was discovered, she would just deny it firmly. Anyway, it wasn't a big deal.

"Let me ask you, who ordered you to monitor Aunt Ye?"

The look that the Second Aunt gave the maid was indeed meaningful. Luo Xue Ning was the first to ask, and the Second Aunt frowned. Who the hell is this Luo Xue Ning? How dare she yell so loudly in front of the old man?

"I am under the orders of the Second Aunt and I will obey her."

The maid Xiaolu said timidly, she kept her head down the whole time, perhaps because she was used to seeing the Second Aunt's arrogance and domineering, and was a little afraid of her.

Prime Minister Luo was reluctant to get involved in these backyard affairs, but whenever he thought about the fact that the person he had arranged to look after Madam Ye was instigated to rebel, he could not help but become furious.

"What good has she done to you?"

"My Lord, the Second Aunt just gave me some jewelry and asked me to pass on a message to her."

"What kind of information do you usually convey to Second Aunt?"

Luo Xue Ning had always known that there were maids sent from various courtyards monitoring Madam Ye's courtyard, and she was just selfish. She took this opportunity to make a big fuss about it, so that Prime Minister Luo would replace this group of disloyal maids and choose another group.

She asked these questions purely out of curiosity. Why did these concubines in the mansion want to hold on to Concubine Ye? From the information she received from the original owner, she only knew that Concubine Ye was very favored. However, she knew nothing about why Concubine Ye suddenly went crazy, and the conflicts between her and the first lady. Luo Xue Ning wanted to know.

"Yes, just to convey some information about Aunt Ye's health."

After the maid finished speaking, Second Aunt was obviously relieved, but she heard the maid continue: "Second Aunt also asked me to test whether Aunt Ye is really crazy or just pretending to be crazy."

"Bullshit!"

Prime Minister Luo stood up angrily and slammed the table with his big hand, shaking the yellow pear wood table. Everyone present, including Luo Xuening, could not help but be shocked by Prime Minister Luo's violent reaction.

"Master, this maid has wronged me. I have never sent anyone to test Madam Ye. I am not idle, right?"

Seeing Prime Minister Luo's tense expression, Second Aunt felt a little guilty, but she pretended to be calm. However, before Prime Minister Luo expressed his opinion, the maid Xiaolu spoke on her own.

"When Second Aunt sent me to monitor Aunt Ye, she also gave me a lot of gifts. I didn't dare to waste them and kept some of them."

Prime Minister Luo glanced at the Second Aunt with cold eyes. He didn't mind the Second Aunt's purpose of monitoring Aunt Ye. What he cared about was who was the person who poisoned Aunt Ye behind the scenes.

"That's enough. What else does Second Aunt ask you to do?"

"Second Auntie asked me to invite a doctor, and she also said that this time, she would make sure that Auntie Ye would never be able to recover."

These words were indeed what Second Aunt wanted to say in her heart, but she had never been able to express them. Although Second Aunt had been taking advantage of the First Lady's status and acting tyrannically in the backyard in recent years, she would never express her dissatisfaction with anyone in front of others.

She was very clear about her position in the mansion, and Luo Xue Ning was also very clear that the Second Aunt, although she looked domineering on the surface, was actually just a paper tiger. In front of the First Lady, she was just a dog fawning on her. If she wanted to make it impossible for Aunt Ye to turn over, even if the Second Aunt had this plan in her mind, she would not dare to say it. She just used the maid's mouth to express the Second Aunt's ambition.

"You, Master, don't listen to this maid's nonsense. I have never said such a thing before."

The Second Aunt naturally understood that Prime Minister Luo had just believed this maid, and she couldn't let this maid frame her again.

"Second Aunt, you are usually dissatisfied with my aunt, and I understand your feelings. You usually like to find fault with my aunt for no reason, and I can turn a blind eye to it, but this time, you went too far and cannot be forgiven."

Luo Xue Ning still downplayed it, but her tone was firm. Second Aunt didn't understand. She only condoned Luo Yu Rou's setting fire in Aunt Ye's yard. How could it become an unforgivable crime?

The Second Aunt was worried. She vaguely felt that this matter was not that simple. She stared at Luo Xuening blankly for a while before she reacted.

"Ning'er, what do you mean by that? I have a quarrelsome personality, but I have no ill intentions towards anyone. I quarreled with other concubines in the mansion, but that was just a joke. I quarreled with your concubine, but that was also just a joke. Everyone in the mansion knows this. You can't wrongly accuse me."

The Second Aunt spoke in a tone that sounded no different from her usual unremarkable tone, but at this moment, she was nervous. She secretly glanced at Prime Minister Luo and waved the handkerchief in her hand, and a strong fragrance spread in the air.

"Master, you know my character best. I have always only dared to do minor things, never to commit any crime. Fourth Miss, what you said really embarrasses me."

With just one sentence "it was just a minor incident", she brushed off the matter. No matter what earth-shattering event Luo Xuening was talking about, the Second Aunt cleared herself of any connection with just one sentence.

Luo Xue Ning sneered in her heart. This Second Aunt was not a reckless person, although she looked unreliable. Very good, she needed someone like the Second Aunt.

"Second Aunt, I don't want to doubt you, but my aunt is now poisoned and bedridden. She is in critical condition. We have investigated and all the evidence points to you. If you really did this, Daddy and Grandmother will not let you go."

"What?"

The Second Aunt was a little confused, blinking her eyes at Luo Xuening. This expression would not lie. The Second Aunt was unaware of the situation. She was just being used as a scapegoat by the people in the first house.

"Your aunt was poisoned. When did it happen? Didn't she say she was just fainted by the smoke?"

The Second Aunt's tone was very soft, as if she was asking Luo Xue Ning, or as if she was muttering to herself. Suddenly, the Second Aunt's eyes lit up, and she figured out something strange about this matter.

"My aunt was poisoned by the smoke, but the poison was hidden in the smoke. After inhaling it, my aunt fell into a coma. A few days ago, I sent a maid to invite a doctor. It turned out that the doctor was bribed. He tried to conceal my aunt's illness. Fortunately, I was careful and invited the imperial physician to diagnose her. Otherwise, my aunt's condition would only become more serious."

As Luo Xue Ning spoke, she raised her eyes and glanced at the Second Aunt, and saw that she looked thoughtful. She nodded slightly and continued speaking.

"We have questioned the doctor who delayed the treatment, and we have found that he was indeed bribed. According to his confession, the person who bribed him was you, Second Aunt. Moreover, the maid you arranged in Aunt Ye's courtyard was also instructed by you to go and ask for the doctor. These two people are in cahoots with each other, and it is hard not to think that you, Second Aunt, are the mastermind behind this."


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