Chapter 22 Clue
With a creaky sound, the door of the woodshed was opened. When Bai Wei saw who came in, he wisely shut his mouth.
But her expression was still not good. Seeing Liu Yu looking down at her with a condescending attitude, Bai Wei's face was almost hideous with jealousy.
In the Marquis Pingnan's Mansion, this bitch would take a detour when she saw her. She didn't dare to fight back when she was beaten, and she didn't dare to say a word when she was scolded. Since when did she become different?
Damn.
Bai Wei got up and looked at Liu Yu at eye level.
"Liu Yu, why did you lock me up again? What qualifications do you have?" Bai Wei asked unkindly as soon as he opened his mouth:
"Don't forget, I was sent by the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion, and you are just an unknown bastard. If you dare to say that, I will tell the old lady to kill your cheating aunt."
The last time he was locked up, it was Master Chen San who ordered it. There were so many people watching in the courtyard at that time, so Bai Wei could only swallow his anger and accept it.
But this time was different. She was sure that if Liu Yu found out what she had done, she would have the confidence. She also wanted to intimidate Liu Yu so that he would not dare to lock her up in the woodshed at will in the future.
Bai Wei didn't know that if she hadn't considered Aunt Wei, she should have handed Bai Wei over to Master Chen San to deal with last time.
Liu Yu waved his hand, signaling Guyu to leave.
The moment the wooden door was closed, she raised her feet and walked towards Bai Wei step by step, with no emotion on her face.
Bai Wei has followed Liu Yu for such a long time, and this was the first time she saw Liu Yu like this, so she couldn't help but feel a little scared.
She took two steps back and yelled with some lack of confidence:
"What are you looking at? Do you think you can escape by hooking up with Mr. Chen San? It's impossible. If you continue to be so reckless and don't know what will happen after you die, neither your mother nor your father will survive..."
Liu Yu slapped him twice with his backhand.
"You dare to hit me."
Bai Wei looked at Liu Yu in disbelief.
"This is the Chen Residence, not the Pingnan Marquis Residence. You should know your identity." Liu Yu remained calm and said in his usual calm tone: "If you continue to be ignorant, I don't mind handing you over to Mr. Chen San. It's just that Qiu will send another person."
After hearing this, Bai Wei calmed down. If she was really abandoned by Liu Yu, even if Mr. Chen San let her go, Mrs. Qiu would not let her go.
Bai Wei looked at Liu Yu warily:
"If you let me go, I won't report what happened to you in Chen's Mansion to the Pingnan Marquis Mansion."
Liu Yu nodded. She had originally planned to release Bai Wei only after the Tao family proposed marriage.
Because Qiu wrote to her again, asking her to go back before the flower-viewing banquet in Yanjing.
Bai Wei was delighted, but Liu Yu's next words stopped her from laughing.
"Tell me, what did you do in the outer courtyard today?"
Bai Wei's pupils shrank and he quickly lowered his head. When he looked up again, the emotions in his eyes had been hidden.
She looked at Liu Yu and pretended not to know:
"Didn't I already tell you? I just want to go to the outer courtyard to see what's going on."
"Watching the fun? Why don't you respond when others call you?" This was what Guyu had just told her. In the morning, a maid from Qinyuanju saw Bai Wei going out. The little maid called her, but Bai Wei not only ignored her, but also ran away in a panic.
There was a flash of panic in Bai Wei's eyes, but she quickly calmed down. After weighing the matter over and over again in her mind, she decided not to say anything.
If Jiang Xueqing succeeds, she will be on equal footing with Liu Yu. At that time, she will no longer be a slave, but also half a master. If she can give birth to a child of the Chen family, she will be able to be a superior person for the rest of her life.
Anyway, even if it fails, it shouldn't be her fault.
After making up her mind, Bai Wei's eyes became firm, and she said:
"You don't want the people from Qinyuanju to go out. I'm naturally afraid that you'll know about it, so I don't want to have too much contact with that little girl. Why don't you let me go out?"
Liu Yu frowned. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with what Bai Wei said.
She stared at Bai Wei for a long time, and seeing the look in Bai Wei's eyes, she knew that she would not get an answer from Bai Wei.
Liu Yu said nothing, turned around and left the woodshed.
"My wife." Guyu looked at Liu Yu who came out of the woodshed with heartache.
She had never understood why her wife, who was obviously a girl from the Pingnan Marquis's mansion, had fallen to the point of becoming someone's concubine. So that was how it was. The old lady of the Pingnan Marquis was really despicable.
Seeing Liu Yu looking at him, Gu Yu concealed his emotions and asked:
"How is it? Did Bai Wei tell my wife what he did this morning?"
"She said she was going to watch the fun." Liu Yu said truthfully.
Guyu: "Impossible, Bai Wei is not the kind of person who likes to watch the fun."
How could Liu Yu not see clearly what even Guyu could see? She pondered for a moment and walked towards Bai Wei's room.
When she came out, Liu Yu's expression was a little complicated. She stroked the golden hairpin in her hand. She recognized that it was not Bai Wei's, but Jiang Xueqing's. She had seen Jiang Xueqing wearing it once.
She had never been seen when she moved into the Chen Mansion, but now she appeared in Bai Wei's room. There is only one answer: Bai Wei had seen Jiang Xueqing before she moved into the Chen Mansion.
Why doesn't Jiang Xueqing return to Jiangnan and is still in Yanjing?
Liu Yu thought of Jiang Xueqing's unwilling face at that time, and a thought flashed through his mind.
She was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat.
No, this matter cannot be related to Qinyuanju.
Liu Yu hurried back to his room, took out all the silver left from selling the handkerchief, gave it to Guyu, and whispered something in her ear.
Although Guyu was shocked, he realized the seriousness of the matter, so he stepped back and started to do what Liu Yu had instructed him to do.
……
Peaceful Courtyard.
The sound of cheerful laughter was endless. The people from the Chen and Tao families who had come to propose marriage had already taken their seats. Servants were coming in and out in an orderly manner, serving dishes and adding wine. Children were happily running around the banquet, chasing and playing with each other. On the stage next to them, a competition of the Six Arts was being held. Not far below the stage, half-grown children were playing tossing pots, and from time to time, there was intense applause.
Old Madam Chen stayed with him for a while, then said that she was too old to do anything, so she left the table and returned to Shou'an Hall. Others at the table also left the table one after another.
In the end, only the Second, Third and Fifth Masters of the Chen family and the Yuzhang Marquis who was eighty percent drunk were left at the banquet in Xiangheyuan. He was being supported by two younger generations of the Tao family as they left.
Master Chen San also rubbed his brows.
Master Chen Er and Master Chen Wu were not much better.
"This Marquis is indeed a military commander. The three of us barely managed to avoid being drunk by him." Master Chen sighed, but when he saw his brother open his eyes and look at him, he could only explain dryly:
"I didn't want to drink it, but the Marquis forced me to drink it."
It turned out that when Mr. Chen Er was entertaining Marquis Yuzhang, he didn't want to drink because it was his daughter's wedding. But Marquis Yuzhang was a wine lover, and today he came to propose marriage on behalf of the Tao family, so Mr. Chen Er was forced to drink. Mr. Chen San and Mr. Chen Wu were temporarily brought in to cover the cost.
While they were talking, a maid in a second-class maid uniform came over with a few bowls of hangover soup:
"The three lords asked for sobering soup. The old lady asked me to bring you some."