Lady Hou realized that she had lost the initiative.
Suddenly, she cried out in anguish, "Yunzhou, you died so tragically, and your mother could not avenge you. I have no face to face you..."
She fainted in her old woman's arms.
Ye Zhen knew she was faking fainting, but she didn't expose her. After the old women carried Madam Hou into the house, she bowed and thanked Old Madam Wang and Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou gave her a deep look, but said nothing.
It was Old Madam Wang who spoke up, "We'll discuss everything when the Marquis returns. You're injured, so you should go back to your room first."
By feigning fainting, Lady Hou found a way to avoid further targeting Ye Zhen.
However, Madam Wang did not know Ye Zhen well and could not be sure that he was not behind this matter, so she sent a maid to take care of Ye Zhen.
It is also surveillance.
Lady Hou woke up after returning to her room.
"That meddlesome old geezer, and that treacherous little beast..."
After cursing through gritted teeth, she summoned a guard surnamed Wu and whispered instructions to him.
In the middle of the night, the magistrate tossed and turned in bed, and Guard Wu came to his bedside.
Startled, the county magistrate sat bolt upright. "What do you want to do?"
When Lady Hou regained consciousness after fainting, she let him leave.
But he still felt uneasy. When he saw Guard Wu, his subconscious reaction was that the Lady Hou wanted to harm him.
Unexpectedly, Guard Wu took out a thick stack of silver notes from his pocket, saying, "Madam wants to make a deal with you; this money is just interest."
After this is accomplished, the lady will have the Marquis transfer you to the prosperous region of Jiangnan and promote you to a prefectural post.
The magistrate swallowed hard.
This was a great temptation for him.
But since Lady Bai Rihou had just slandered him, he dared not believe her. "What does Madam intend to do?"
"Find a strong, capable man and have him confess to his affair with the young mistress."
The magistrate immediately understood his meaning.
With the intervention of Madam Wang and Prince Xie, Lady Hou no longer dared to wrongly accuse him.
But Lady Hou wanted to clear Xie Yunzhou's name.
Therefore, it is necessary to find Ye Zhen a lover who can beat Chi Heng and also help her kill Xie Yunzhou.
This was not a difficult task for the county magistrate.
He even breathed a sigh of relief; the Lady Hou had finally stopped targeting him.
But he also worried, "Will the Marquis and the Heir Apparent find out?"
Guard Wu sneered, "What father would truly want his son to bear such a stigma after his death?"
The Marquis values the reputation of his household above all else, and he also favors his wife. With him keeping the young master in check, the heir won't cause any trouble.
The county magistrate dreamed of being promoted and felt that what the guard said made sense.
If he were the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, he would also be eager to quell the matter as soon as possible; what does sacrificing a daughter-in-law matter?
He accepted the silver note.
Guard Wu handed him another undergarment, saying, "This is for the young mistress. Also, the young mistress has a shallow scar on her shoulder."
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