Chapter 42
"Yun Wan, what's going on?"
Mrs. Lu frowned and asked, but her anxious heart was finally put back in her stomach.
Lin Yunwan said: "This matter is serious, and my granddaughter-in-law dare not make it known to everyone."
"So my grandson's daughter-in-law announced to the public that someone had stolen your valuables from your dowry, and she took the opportunity to search the inner house with her mother-in-law."
"Everyone in the house now thinks that you lost something, and no one suspects anything like that."
"If it can be found out, it's best to deal with it quietly. If it can't be found out, this can be a reminder to that person not to cause trouble in front of relatives in the future."
What she said was reasonable and the old lady could not refute it.
Wei was even more confused and asked Lin Yunwan: "What kind of thing? What are you talking about? Why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen."
Mrs. Lu said impatiently: "What are you asking? Just listen to what I say."
Mrs. Wei twisted her handkerchief, pursed her lips, lowered her head and said "yes".
Mrs. Lu looked at Lin Yunwan again: "Did you find anything?"
Lin Yunwan shook his head.
"After checking up and down, everyone's room was very clean and no 'dirt' was found."
Mrs. Wei also muttered: "It's really strange. Who stole it? Has the stolen property been sold?"
The old lady's face stiffened and she said, "Forget it if we haven't found out. Maybe we've already alerted the enemy and can't find out anymore."
"That's not true, old lady, there is still one place that I haven't checked yet."
Mr. Wei just said something out of his head.
Mrs. Lu frowned and said, "Didn't I say that everything was checked?"
Sure enough, I heard Lin Yunwan say: "My cousin is a guest after all, so it's not easy to search her boudoir. My granddaughter-in-law is about to ask the old lady for instructions. Should I check my cousin's room or not?"
Mrs. Lu suddenly clenched the prayer beads in her hand.
Mrs. Wei said matter-of-factly: "Everyone has been checked, and of course her room must be checked as well."
Yan's mother winked at Mrs. Wei, but Ms. Wei couldn't understand. Mrs. Wei kindly asked her mother Yan: "What's wrong with your eyes? Your left eye is rich, your right eye is bad. Mama Yan, your right eyelid is broken." A jump is not a good sign, so you must be more careful recently."
Yan's mother smiled dryly: "...Old slave, I remember."
Why doesn’t the eldest lady have any brains?
"Logically speaking, everyone has been checked. In order to avoid suspicion, Bao'er's room also needs to be checked..."
When Madam Lu said this, Lin Yunwan stood up and said, "Madam, you are open-minded." She was about to go out to gather people to search.
"Stop!"
Mrs. Lu hurriedly called her down and said with a hint of nervousness: "She is an unmarried girl from the boudoir, and she is a guest in the Lu family. If her room is really confiscated, how can she have the nerve to live in it in the future?"
"Yun Wan, I don't give you the power of housekeeping to let you treat your relatives poorly."
Lin Yunwan didn't seem to understand: "How can this be considered treating relatives poorly? It is precisely because we treat everyone equally that I want to investigate her."
"If the old lady says so, I will have to check her out. My cousin originally lived in your yard. If I don't clear her name today, I'm afraid everyone will suspect her of stealing your things in the future."
Wei said: "This is exactly the truth."
It's more than just stealing something!
Mrs. Lu quickly changed her tone and said, "Since she is a guest of the Hou Mansion, forget it. Save her some face."
Lin Yunwan lowered his head and responded calmly: "Yes."
"This matter ends here. No one should mention it again. Everyone should go back."
Mrs. Lu drove them away and almost slumped in her chair.
Yan's mother was very panicked. She went over to support her and touched her back. She was covered in cold sweat!
"so close……"
Mrs. Lu said tremblingly.
"Isn't it? Madam is so powerful. After this inspection, only the cousin's room has not been checked. If something happens in the future, sooner or later the suspicion will be on the cousin... She is alone. That’s all, if something goes wrong in the future, what will happen to the prince’s reputation!”
Mrs. Lu said with a pale face: "Call her over here."
"I really can't tolerate her anymore!"
Yan's mother went and called Ge Baoer over.
She didn't know what was going on, so she came over with a bowl of soup to relieve the heat, with a sweet smile: "Old madam, why are you so sweaty because of the heat?" Recently, the old madam has been nice to her again, and even Yan's mother is willing to do so. Drink her summer soup.
The old lady reached out and slapped her across the face, then glared at her.
"ah……"
The soup bowl fell to the ground.
Ge Baoer screamed and covered his face with tears streaming down his face: "Old madam, I, I did something wrong... You want to do this to me!"
Yan's mother took out the thing.
"See for yourself, girl, what a good thing you did! If the old lady hadn't hidden it for you, she would have caught you today!"
Ge Baoer took one look at the thing and said in panic: "It's not mine, it's not mine..."
"Not you?"
Mrs. Lu sneered: "Housekeeper Yunwan has never had anything like this happen to her in the past seven years, but the Lu family has had this thing since you came. Who are you?"
How could she bring such a thing into the house!
Ge Baoer was in trouble and couldn't tell.
The old lady ordered Yan's mother: "Go and search her room. Find all the remaining dirty things for me."
Ge Baoer sat on the ground and cried, but did not stop him.
When Yan's mother came back for the first time, she said: "...Old madam, her room is very clean. There is really nothing except a few clothes and pens, ink, paper and inkstones."
"Very clean?"
Mrs. Lu was stunned and glanced at Ge Baoer. Was it really not her?
Ge Baoer bit his lip and cried more and more sadly.
Mrs. Lu softened her expression slightly and said, "Everything has been searched today. Only your room was not searched. It's not you but you."
"From now on, you are not allowed to go out to worship Buddha."
"Just stay in the backyard!"
The old lady walked away.
Yan's mother helped her up and said, "Girl, please go back. Stop crying and making others laugh."
joke……
Isn't she enough to make people laugh?
Ge Baoer returned to the wing with the mark of the slap on his face. Wuer came over and shouted in surprise: "Girl, your face."
Wu'er searched the house for medicine and gave it to her.
"hiss……"
Ge Baoer shouted and squeezed Wu'er's hand tightly.
"Girl, let go, you are hurting my slave!"
Ge Baoer came back to his senses, and a blood mark appeared on the back of Wu'er's hand.
"I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention for a moment..."
Wu'er was in pain and shed tears, but she still had to say: "I'm fine, slave. Girl, I'll give you some medicine for your face."
Ge Baoer held her hand, with tears in his eyes: "Wu'er, I'm so embarrassed for you, I treat you as my own sister."
Wuer pursed his lips and did not answer.
There are two lamps burning in the Chuisi Hall.
Zhuqing stayed with Lin Yunwan to help organize the account books. She used to be a literate maid, and she could do some simple housekeeping tasks.
"Madam, do you think my mother-in-law really picked up that thing by accident?"
Lin Yunwan raised her head and asked her, "Do you think it was me who instigated it?"
Zhuqing shook his head: "No."
She thought for a while and then said: "If it were Madam, this matter would not be settled so easily. With Madam's intelligence, she can hit the target at once."
Lin Yunwan smiled faintly.
It was indeed not her instigation, but doing so would not hit Ge Baoer's target.
"Madam, do you think that thing has anything to do with my cousin?"
Zhuqing was very talkative tonight, she asked cautiously.
"What do you think?"
Zhuqing said with a smile: "I can't say, but only my cousin's room is left unchecked, so anything is possible." In short, in everyone's minds, Ge Baoer was probably blamed for what happened today. .
"Don't you know exactly who threw it?"
Lin Yunwan smiled slightly.
