"Girl, what is the maid going to do?" asked Wu.

If she hadn't been greedy and went to the kitchen to eat, she wouldn't have encountered the little maid who wanted to pour the powder into the pot with sugar water when the chef turned around and went out.

She was originally hiding in the dark, flashed out, quickly took away the powder from the little maid's hand, knocked her out and left, and temporarily held her in the woodshed, asking Lan Yi to send someone to guard it, and waited for Chu Xinyu to send the guests away before telling her the matter.

Chu Xinyu thought for a while and said, "Leave her to grandmother."

Although the little maid wanted to harm her and was caught by her, she had the right to deal with it, but when Chu Jiaqi framed her last time, she had already established prestige in front of everyone. Now that a maid has made a mistake, she will not let anyone say anything when she executes the maid, but she does not give the maid to Old Lady Chu to deal with it well.

After all, Old Lady Chu and Second Aunt are the people with the most say in the Hou Mansion. Yuan killed her again and again. She would be distracted by her as much affection for Yuan. After she collected the evidence that Yuan had committed suicide by killing Mei, she would hit her hard. At that time, Yuan lost the support of Old Lady Chu and could not turn over.

But before that, she wanted to talk to Madam Sun. She had been busy these two days and had not found any chance.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bo and Lan Yi immediately set off and took the little maid to Anshantang.

Old Mrs. Chu was dealing with the fight between Chu Jiayu and Zheng Shaomei. If this matter was not correct or not, it was naturally her girl who happened in her mansion.

The Chu Jiating sisters were scolded by the old lady Chu, asking them to send a gift in the house and wrote a letter of repentance, knowing what they were wrong with knowing themselves. As for Zheng Shaomei and Hu Yinyin, the old lady Chu asked Chu Jiayu to apologize to them, and instructed the second wife to prepare a gift, personally send them back home, and apologize to the other party's parents.

Chu Xinyu learned about this when Zhubo and Lan Yi came back to An Shantang. She was satisfied with the punishment of Chu Jiating's sisters, but she complained to the second wife. The apology was originally the responsibility of Yuan, because her face was disfigured, and the two daughters asked others to wipe their butts for them.

Also coming back with Zhu Bo and the others was Madam Sun, who came on behalf of Old Lady Chu.

The little maid admitted it. It was Hao's mother who ordered her to do this. Because Biyun Pavilion was not in enough staff to entertain guests today, the little maid was temporarily transferred from Mingcuiyuan. Because she was greedy for money, she was bribed by Hao's mother.

Madam Sun said that when the old lady Chu heard the confession of the little maid, she was very angry. Yuan had never thought about the Chu family in such a way. Fortunately, Lan Yi was alert and arrested on the spot. Otherwise, if they succeeded, the Zhongyi Hou’s Mansion would be ruined today.

They did not tell Huan'er about the existence, which made Old Lady Chu think that the little maid was captured by Lan Yi, and the little maid was knocked out, and she didn't see clearly who the person who was holding her was.

"Fifth Miss, the old lady asked me to bring you a message and would not let you suffer any grievances. Since the eldest lady did not have the demeanor and ability to be the head of the family, she would let her continue to copy Buddhist scriptures. After all, she is your stepmother. If this matter starts, the censor will definitely impeach, and your father's future will be ruined.

Also, if you were just married to the Marquis of Peking, if your stepmother was severely punished and spread, the so-called words are terrifying, and your reputation will be more or less affected."

Madam Sun's words were understandable. She was just given a marriage to the Marquis of Peking by the emperor, and Yuan was severely punished. In the eyes of outsiders, she was climbing up a high branch. Before the high branch was warmed up, she was eager to attack her stepmother. Regardless of whether she was right or not, her reputation would be affected.

What Yuan did to her was indeed too much. If she was exposed, she would at most get the reputation of a vicious stepmother. At the same time, her child would be affected, but she would not be much better. Killing one thousand enemies will hurt her own 800 yuan, which is too expensive!

Anyway, there are more than one or two charges to destroy Yuan. She secretly sold her legitimate son, and in order to marry Chu Zheng as the official wife, she colluded with Aunt Wang to kill Mei, and then occupied Mei's dowry. She secretly colluded with Shadow and sold the charges of killing her again and again. These are enough for her to never turn over!

Chu Xinyu pondered for a moment and said, "Madam, I want to ask you some questions, can I talk about it?"

"Yes." Madam Sun didn't think much and agreed readily.

The two of them went to the viewing deck on the third floor. It was quieter and they were not afraid of anyone eavesdropping.

Chu Xinyu asked Madam Sun to sit down.

Zhubo served tea and left.

Madam Sun knew very well that the questions Chu Xinyu asked for were not ordinary topics, so she said, "Miss Five, please ask if you have anything."

Chu Xinyu didn't say anything extra and said directly: "Madam, I want to know the news about the people who served my mother back then, where are they now?"

Because she knew it, Madam Sun was not surprised by her question, but was a little surprised. She would ask the former eldest lady about it, think about it, and said, "I wonder how much do you know, Miss Five?"

The maid who had served Mei's family either sold it or was dead. Many years ago, Mrs. Chu issued a ban and no one in the mansion talked about the former eldest wife anymore. Now the fifth girl asked what the matter was.

"I don't know much. One died on the same day as his mother, while the others were kicked out of the mansion. You are the old man in the mansion. You should know where they went after they left the mansion?"

More than ten years ago, Chu Xinyu knew that the affairs of the mansion were large and small, and Old Lady Chu had not completely let go. Madam Sun was the person she trusted around her and was definitely aware of what happened that year. These days, she could feel Madam Sun speaking for her intentionally or unintentionally in front of Madam Chu.

Madam Sun sighed, "Indeed, Mingxiang died that day. When she found out, she fell and hit her head and died of excessive blood loss. Qiuxiang was sold to Tibet and Meixiang was sold to brothels, but because she refused to accept customers, she was beaten to death. Her body was sent by a slave to retrieve it and burial."

After so many years, she still remembers the names of these maids because the incident that had impressed her deeply, and the fate of these people was too bitter, especially Mei Xiang, who is so clean, but was thrown naked in the mass grave.

The former eldest lady's close maid is both talented and beautiful. Apart from being a slave, she is no worse than the daughters of the official family in all aspects. Because of this, she was afraid and killed by others!

"Where is another one?" Madam Sun said almost the same as what Mama He said. Since Mei Xiang was sold to a brothel, what about Xue Xiang?

Madam Sun did not answer directly, looked up at her and asked, "Miss, it took too long for me to get rid of even if I had any doubts."

She was not stupid. When she heard the girl ask these questions, she knew that the girl suspected that the former eldest lady had something strange about her death. She also had doubts back then, but so what? She was just a slave. The old lady didn't look for the reason. She dared not take the initiative to investigate. What she could do was secretly help the maids around the former eldest lady so that they would not fall into the highest class, but they were still one step slower.

Chu Xinyu keenly noticed the meaning of her words and frowned and said, "Madam, I am not the little girl who was deceived by Yuan and still foolishly counting money for her. Even if I don't pursue the incident these days, she will not let me go. Besides, my aunt has long suspected the incident back then, but the situation was forced by the situation at that time. Now she has the ability to investigate. If she doesn't want to implicate the other people in the Marquis' Mansion, Madam will tell me what she knows and I will consider it at her discretion."

The others she mentioned were Mrs. Chu. Madam Sun followed the old lady for many years. When she heard that Concubine Kang was also suspicious of the things that happened back then, her face changed immediately because if the things that happened back then, Mrs. Chu would also have a responsibility.

"Xuexiang is crazy."

"What? She's crazy?" Chu Xinyu was shocked.

Madam Sun nodded and said, "She and Mei Xiang were sold to the brothel together. Because she saw Mei Xiang being beaten to death, she couldn't stand the stimulation and went crazy. The brothel drove her out. I was afraid that the Yuan family and Aunt Wang would find out, so I asked someone I knew to send her out of the capital."

"Where is she now?" Chu Xinyu quickly calmed down.

"It is only safer that the farther away from the capital, so I asked someone to send her to Hainan to change her name." Madam Sun hesitated and asked, "She is crazy, do you really want to find her?"

Chu Xinyu nodded, "No matter what, since I have served my mother, this shouldn't be the fate."

Madam Sun then gave her an address and told Chu Xinyu that Xuexiang married a local blacksmith ten years ago, but she had no news about her for five years, and she didn't know if she is still there.

No matter what, the search scope has been narrowed. As for how crazy she is, find her and take a look.

But Chu Xinyu had never seen Xuexiang, so he painted Xuexiang's portrait based on Madam Sun's description, and Madam Sun saw that it was 90% similar.

After Madam Sun left, Chu Xinyu looked at the people in the painting seriously. In fact, painting was redundant. After many years, her appearance had changed, let alone a lunatic.

Although she thought about it this way, she didn't want to give up.

Yuan and Aunt Wang killed all the people around Mei. These people must have known some inside information. Besides, a person who has been crazy for many years can still get married, which shows that her madness is not very serious.

Then he took the pen and wrote a letter to Lin Chenyao seriously, asking him to send someone to find Xuexiang. This person is very important to her. If she is still alive, she must send her to the capital safely.

She wrote the letter, carefully checked it, then sealed the mouth with wax, then asked Huan to come in, and gave it to her and asked her to hand it over to Lin Chenyao.

After many years, Xuexiang's appearance may have changed a long time ago, but at least it has a rough outline. I hope God is on her side and Xuexiang is alive.
Chapter completed!