The He family's wife warmly greeted Chu Xinyu and told her that He's mother had gone to the vegetable market and would be back soon.

Chu Xinyu then ordered the coachman to take Lan Yi to buy things so that he would not go back later and make people suspect that she would go out to do something else.

Chu Xinyu sat down, and the He family's wife took out the best snacks in the house to entertain her.

As soon as Lan Yi left, Mother He came back with a bamboo basket, containing fresh lamb, fish, and some vegetables. As soon as she saw Chu Xinyu, she immediately put down the bamboo basket, rushed forward tremblingly, and suddenly knelt in front of her, and said excitedly: "Girl, I can finally see you."

"Mama He, what are you doing?" Chu Xinyu was not used to others kneeling down at her at any time, and quickly reached out to help Mama He up.

"Girl, it's He Ma who's sorry for you." He Ma refused to get up.

Chu Xinyu half threatened: "If there is something, get up and say it slowly, otherwise I will leave."

He Ma stood up, but she still refused to sit, so she stood in front of Chu Xinyu. She said, "I only returned to the capital three years ago. I have been paying attention to the movements of the Hou Mansion. I know that the relationship between the girl and Yuan is like a mother and daughter. She feels both distressed and powerless. I think, since the girl is growing up safely by Yuan, maybe she treats you sincerely as she promises."

Chu Xinyu frowned, wondering why she said this, why did she feel sorry for her and helpless?

Then he heard He Ma continue, "But two years ago, the girl fell into the water and was sent to Puling Temple for pushing the Zhao girl. I realized that the girl actually lived in the mansion at all. How could Yuan treat the girl sincerely? If she was sincere, the girl would not end up being arrogant and domineering, beating and scolding her servants at will, and she had a bad reputation."

"Ma He, these are nothing more important. I was blinded by Yuan in the past."

"I know that the girl became famous at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, whitewashing the stains of the past. She is the future wife of the Marquis of Peking. With the support of the Duke Rong's Mansion, there is no need to worry that Yuan will do something bad behind the scenes, and she is more capable of avenging the second son and the former eldest wife."

"Avenge?" Chu Xinyu frowned. He Ma knew something and signaled her to continue.

He Ma smiled bitterly and said, "Is it rumored that the servant in the mansion stole the former eldest lady's jewelry and was kicked out?"

Chu Xinyu replied: "Not only that, it's also said that you were fired by my mother because you took care of the second young master Buzhou."

"I did not steal jewelry, nor was it fired by the former eldest lady. Instead, I was framed by Aunt Wang and stole the former eldest lady's jewelry and drove it out of the house by the old lady."

"Why did Aunt Wang frame you?"

"Maybe she suspected that I knew that she was related to the death of the former eldest lady, and was afraid that I would stay in the mansion and find evidence to report it to her, so she would do it first."

Chu Xinyu was surprised when he heard this, "It was Aunt Wang who killed Mei, no, my mother? This should be your guess?"

"It's not a speculation. When the former eldest lady was pregnant with a girl, she was in good health until the second son disappeared. The former eldest lady was unwilling to take care of the affairs in the mansion. The second lady was temporarily in charge of the affairs in the mansion, and the Qingliyuan was managed by Aunt Wang, and the former eldest lady's diet was also arranged by Aunt Wang.

But since then, the former eldest lady's body has become weaker and weaker. The doctor said that she was overthinking, which led to qi deficiency. Everyone thought that the second young master disappeared. The former eldest lady was very sad and ill. Although there was a reason for what happened later, the biggest reason was that Aunt Wang gave medicine to the former eldest lady's diet and mentioned the second young master's affairs in front of the former eldest lady from time to time, which affected her heart."

Chu Xinyu's mouth brought a sarcastic smile, "I thought my mother's death was related to Yuan, but I didn't expect it to be killed by Aunt Wang."

"No, neither of them can break up. To put it simply, the former eldest lady was killed by Yuan and Aunt Wang together."

"Conspiracy?" Chu Xinyu's face darkened.

"That's right, Yuan and the Marquis were childhood sweethearts and had long been loving for the Marquis. Unfortunately, the Marquis had an engagement with the former eldest wife. Later, the Marquis and the former eldest wife got married, and Yuan moved back to the mansion to live. However, she often came to the mansion to find her wife. The wife did not know what she thought about the Marquis, and Yuan was also engaged at that time. However, two years later, she was regretted by the other party. The girl who had been regretted the marriage had a bad reputation and later she met several times because she knew that she had been regretted and the marriage was left unresolved.

Seeing that her age grew year by year, the former eldest lady picked her up and lived in the mansion. Whenever there was a banquet invitation, the former eldest lady would take her there and ask someone to help her build a bridge. You know, her age was there, and she was in the fifth place, and the marriage was not settled. Until the second son disappeared, she often went in and out of the former eldest lady's room, and even if the marquis was there, she would not avoid suspicion. Once, the marquis got drunk, and the servant saw her coming out of the marquis' study, and then he faintly realized her thoughts.

Later, news of the death of the second young master came. When the old lady and the marquis saw that the former eldest wife were in poor condition, they did not dare to tell her, but a maid was talking about this behind her back. Just as Yuan was out of the hospital for sunbathing, the former eldest wife heard it. The former eldest wife gave birth prematurely and had severe bleeding. Although she was rescued, her body had been hollowed out."

When He Ma said this, the tears condensed in her eyes blurred her eyes. She closed her eyes and the tears fell down. She raised her hand to wipe it away and choked up and said, "I should be damned. If I hadn't suspected that Yuan had an affair with the Marquis, I shouldn't have told her this before the wife's body recovered."

"Did you tell her?"

He Ma nodded, "I really can't stand it. Yuan has been pretending to be nice and innocent in front of the former lady. The former lady was kept in the dark and was so cruel to her, so I told her about Yuan and the Marquis. But I never expected that the former lady would be so calm when I heard this. I thought she had known it for a long time. Seeing that she was so calm, I had no trouble. It was not until the next day that I went to find the former lady to know that Yuan was in her room.

I wanted to leave, but when I heard the quarrel in the room, I lay curiously in front of the window and eavesdropped. I heard the former eldest lady questioning the reason why the Cheng family regretted the marriage, was she doing something behind her back? Unexpectedly, Yuan did not deny it..."

Speaking of what happened that day, although many years have passed, He Ma still remembers it vividly.

At that time, Yuan answered Mei Ruochu like this, and she said, "Yes, it was all arranged by me. I know that after I was regretted this time, I would not encounter such a good marriage in the future. But there is no way. I love my cousin deeply. I will not marry anyone except my cousin."

Mei Ruochu said, "You are crazy! The Marquis has married me. Do you want to be a concubine?"

Yuan smiled, "Who said I want to be a concubine? As long as I can marry a cousin, I don't mind being a second wife, and I will also enjoy the treatment of a regular wife. Moreover, he loves me, and I believe he will not let me down."

"Did you curse me to death?" Mei Ruochu finished speaking, and suddenly coughed fiercely.

Yuan smiled even more presumptuously, and she said, "No need to curse me, your body can't last long. Do you know why you became like this?"

"What do you want to say?"

Yuan attached himself, looking at Mei Ruochu who was lying on the bed with a pale face, and said proudly: "Your son Chu Zhimin was not abducted by a kidnapper. I sent someone to lead him into a remote alley, knocked him out and sent him to a carriage, and sold it to a human trafficker. Do you know how much I sold it? Fifteen taels of silver, your son is only worth fifteen taels of silver."

Hearing this, Mei Ruochu was excited at the first lunar month, and a sweet smell surged up immediately. She hurriedly covered her mouth with silk. When she let it go, a mouthful of blood was flowing on it.

Seeing Mei Ruochu vomiting blood, Yuan was even more proud. She smiled and said, "Your son died unfairly. He wanted to escape halfway. When he was chased by a dealer, he fell under the cliff and was bitten by wild beasts. His corpse was gone. Moreover, you gave birth this time to prematurely because of the medicine for Aunt Wang, which led to your qi deficiency. That day, I deliberately arranged for the maid to discuss the second son's affairs behind your back, which led to your premature birth. I guess you don't know yet. The soup you drank before giving birth was specially prepared for you by Aunt Wang. The purpose was to make you die of blood. One corpse and two lives. I didn't expect that your child was so lucky that he was born, and you could survive until now."

"You..." Mei Ruochu glared at her. Yuan's words made her body revulsively flow backwards. Her heart seemed to be scratched by a knife. She was so painful that she couldn't breathe and couldn't speak. She opened her mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood. She didn't understand how anyone could say such a vicious words with such a gentle and kind smile.

"Since your daughter has survived, don't worry. In order to let the world know my virtues, I will treat her like my biological daughter, and then..." As he said that, Yuan stroked his right hand and said, "My child also needs a sister to protect him, and your dowry will be distributed to my child in the future..."

He's mother was so frightened that she took a breath of air, her whole body trembling. She originally thought that Cousin Yuan had only thoughts about the Marquis, but she didn't expect that in order to marry the Marquis, she actually caused the second son to conspire with Aunt Wang to kill the wife. One was mentally attacked and the other was physically attacked, and the other was physically attacked, and she could not withstand such torture for the wife's body.

He's mother wanted to rush in, but as soon as she took a step, she was pulled from behind. When she turned around, she found it was Mingxiang, who was the wife's personal maid. Mingxiang whispered: "Don't go in, let Miss Yuan know. You have no chance to tell me. Go away quickly and just pretend that you haven't been here."

"How is it possible? She is not the one who decides this?"

"She has controlled the place a long time ago, otherwise why are there no servants here now?"

When He Ma came in, she also felt strange. Why was the yard quiet and there was no servant? Where did they all go?

"You go quickly, when someone comes back, Miss Yuan knows that you are eavesdropping on you, you want to take another half step to clear the liyuan."

"What about you?"

"I..." Before Mingxiang could finish speaking, Yuan inside seemed to realize that someone was outside, and said, "Who is outside?"

Mingxiang quickly pushed He Ma aside and hid it, then strode towards the door and pushed open the door: "Miss, it's me, Madam...Madam, what's wrong with Madam?"

Mingxiang screamed loudly.

"I don't know, Sister Chu suddenly vomited blood and fainted. Please call the doctor..."

When Mingxiang was screaming, He's mother had already escaped from Qingliyuan and returned to the servant's room. She felt that things should not be like this, so she wanted to report Miss Yuan's cousin, but who did she tell me? Concubine Kang was in the palace again, and she heard that she had made the emperor angry recently and was locked up in the cold palace. Her wife's father had passed away, there was no one in her family, and the family was not in the capital, so she looked for an old lady, but the old lady was the cousin's aunt. Will she believe her words?

She was walking in the room with no idea, hesitating for a long time before she decided to tell the old lady that no matter whether she believed it or not, she must report what Miss Yuan Chou did. As long as the old lady asked the doctor to diagnose the wife, it would be possible to find out that the wife had been drugged. Dr. Cheng must have been bribed by Aunt Wang and Ms. Yuan Chou, otherwise why wouldn't the wife have been drugged?

But when she went to the gate of Anshantang, she saw Madam Sun running out from inside and running towards Qingliyuan. There were two maids behind her. After she went over and asked, she realized that the lady had fainted from vomiting blood. When Mingxiang hurried to call the doctor, she might not have looked at the way, tripped by something, knocked her head to the stone on the ground, and died.

He Mom was so scared that her blood flowed back all over her body. Mingxiang was dead? How could it be such a coincidence? Was it also Miss Yuan’s actions? If she ran to tell the old lady now, if Miss Yuan knew about it, would she be silenced?

The maid knew that she was the wife's person, and the wife fainted, but she was here, so she asked her curiously why she was here. She hurriedly said that she had passed by, but she didn't explain much, so she hurriedly walked towards Qingliyuan.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard someone inside snatching the sky and crying. It turned out that the wife was exhausted and the doctor was unable to turn the sky back.

The day after the wife was buried, Aunt Wang said that the jewelry that the wife put in the dressing table was missing. Then someone found her jewelry in the box under her bed. Aunt Wang said that she stole her jewelry and the stolen goods were captured, and she couldn't deny it. The old lady didn't listen to her explanation at all, and drove her out of the mansion and never hired her.

Her husband worked as an apprentice in an iron shop in the capital and was fired for no reason. They couldn't live in the capital, so they went to other places and went to many towns and made some money. Three years ago, the family returned to the capital with their family.

He's mother went to inquire about the news about Zhongyi's mansion. She knew that Miss Yuan had married the Marquis as her second wife and had a pair of twins for the Marquis. She treated the daughter born to the former eldest wife as her own, but she was a little arrogant. She thought she was spoiled and did not think deeply. Later, she heard that the fifth girl had caused trouble, pushed someone into the water, and was sent to Puling Temple. She finally found that something was wrong.

But she is just a citizen of Xiaojing. Miss Yuan is now Mrs. Hou. How did she fight with her? Even the girl was sent away by her. Who else would care about the past for so many years?

Until her niece-in-law came to the capital to seek refuge with her, she heard that she had the help of Miss Chu Wu from Zhongyi's Marquis's Mansion and asked Princess Mingxi to send someone to send her into the city.

These days she weaving cloth and embroidered clothes at home day and night, and did not pay attention to the rumors outside. When she heard about Miss Chu Wu from her niece-in-law, she hurriedly went out and asked her friends she knew. Only then did she realize that since Miss Chu Wu returned to the capital, she has become different from the past. She is now the future wife of the Marquis of Beiping, and the Marquis of Beiping personally asked the emperor to marry.

She felt that the sky had eyes, and the truth about the death of the former eldest lady and the second young master finally had a chance to surface!
Chapter completed!