Noble Lady

Chapter 258 The Old Lady Wants to Deal with You

"Madam, Madam?"

Liu was sent back by Zhang and He Shuang, mother and daughter. She sat there in a daze for a long time until she heard someone calling her from the side, and finally came to her senses.

"Xue, this must be Xue's doing! She's the only one who planned all this."

She looked up suddenly and saw Mother Huang pouring tea for her. She immediately slammed the table and stood up.

"Mother Huang, why don't you go to Jingzhao Prefecture today? Why did you let Chahua go?"

"Madam, I have diarrhea." Mother Huang said with a worried look on her face. "I went to see a doctor and took some medicine, but I felt better. I came here right away to take care of Old Fan."

"You're a jerk! You didn't even do what I told you to do, and yet you still dare to team up with outsiders to deceive me?! You deserve to die!"

"Please forgive me, old lady." Mother Huang quickly knelt down and apologized.

She was so angry, which meant that the truth could no longer be concealed.

However, as long as she pretended to be stupid, Liu would not be able to hold her accountable.

"Forgive me? Tell me, what is your sin?"

Mother Huang pretended to try to recall, "...Old slave, I have offended the old lady, and that is the greatest sin."

Mrs. Liu: "..."

I've heard so much slander and abuse in court, and now hearing her say this, I feel both angry and relieved.

"Stop talking so smoothly, just say what I tell you to say!" Liu's face was stern, three parts fake and seven parts real, it was obvious that she was trying to fish.

Mother Huang was also a seasoned woman. She refused to give in no matter what and just brushed it off with a single sentence: "It is the greatest sin for an old servant to have made the old lady angry."

Liu was skeptical. "You mean you had no idea what Xue did, and you had no involvement in it?"

"What did Madam do? Did Madam do something to offend you?"

"..." Mrs. Liu was speechless. Did she really wrongly accuse Mother Huang? Was it really nothing to do with her this time?

On the way back, she thought about it over and over again. She realized that Xue was able to hide those things from her eyes. She must have used Mother Huang as her spy.

But if Huang's mother was not involved, then who did it?

Yes, camellia, it must be camellia.

Camellia went to court to testify today. She must be involved in this matter. Maybe she was the one who caused Huang's mother to have diarrhea.

"Mother Huang, have you eaten anything wrong these past two days?"

"No, I eat and drink everything I need in the mansion, and I don't eat anything else. Except..."

Mother Huang paused, looking suspicious as she recalled, "This morning I ran into Chahua making breakfast for my cousin. She asked me to try some freshly made milk cake, so I did. It can't be the milk cake that's the problem, right?"

A single uncertain question cleared away all suspicion.

Mother Huang said secretly in her heart, I'm sorry, Camellia, I have to trouble you to take this blame.

Because Chahua went to court to testify today, if there was no problem with the milk cake she made, then it could only be her problem.

Yes.

Mrs. Liu was already certain that it was Camellia who did it. No wonder Mother Huang complained of stomachache just before leaving. Camellia appeared so timely, and everything seemed to be planned.

It turns out that it was really planned.

That blind Camellia must have been bribed by Xue a long time ago.

"Where is my cousin? How was Rou'er taken away by the Ji family?" What Liu was most concerned about was the baby in Ji Minrou's belly.

Huang's mother said proudly, "As soon as you and the Second Madam left, Madam Ji came to the door and said she was looking for you. I said you were not at home, so she went to see the cousin and then said she wanted to take the cousin back home."

"My cousin was still not happy. It was only after this old servant persuaded her that she followed Madam Ji back."

"But what my cousin meant was that she was just going back to take a look. She wouldn't stay at the Ji family's house any longer, and she would eventually have to come back to the He family."

That's how it should be!

Now that she is pregnant with Dalang's child, she will definitely return to the He family.

"Mom Huang, you did a great job!" Thanks to the good mother's wit, otherwise she would have been caught red-handed by the yamen runners of Jingzhao Prefecture.

"Thank you for the compliment, old lady. This is what an old servant should do."

Liu smiled at her, having already determined in her mind that it was all Camellia's doing.

"Mother Huang, please help me with something. If you do it well, there will be a reward."

Mother Huang said enthusiastically, "The old lady has given the order. This is all within my responsibility. I dare not ask for any reward."

That’s right, this is the attitude a servant should have. People like Camellia who go to court to testify and stab their master are traitors and their crime is unforgivable.

Since she is unkind, don't blame yourself for being unjust.

"Mother Huang, come closer and listen."

Mrs. Liu waved her hand and Mrs. Huang came over.

After listening to a few words of Liu's instructions, Mother Huang's face changed, and she said uncertainly: "... Madam, it's not a good idea to do this? Chahua is about to leave the house and get married. If you do this now..." She will hate you.

"What's wrong with that? She can't even fulfill her duties as a servant, and yet she expects me to show mercy?" Liu sneered, "When she betrayed me and Dalang, she should have expected this outcome."

If you hadn't planned to keep her from marrying out of the house, and instead wanted to keep her for He Minzhi, knowing that she would be his concubine, how could someone like Camellia have any other thoughts?

Mother Huang disagreed in her heart, but she still responded with a dry laugh and quickly left.

In fact, both legs were shaking.

She knew Liu was cruel, but she didn't expect Liu to be this cruel?!

Chahua had served her for so long, and even if she had no merit, she had worked hard. At first, she said she would show mercy and let her go home and get married, but she changed her mind at the slightest sign of trouble.

In her opinion, Camellia was just trying to protect herself, but she didn't expect that the cruel old woman Liu would actually give her to that lame gardener!

Fortunately, she was quick to pass the blame, otherwise, I really don’t know what Liu would do to her.

Only after leaving the house did Mother Huang breathe a sigh of relief.

But when she thought of Liu's order, the little bit of conscience she had left began to condemn her.

"Chahua is just a teenage girl after all. If she really follows that lame old gardener, it would be..." a sin.

Mother Huang muttered to herself, but in the end she couldn't resist the condemnation of her conscience and made up her mind.

Then he pretended to go to Ji Minrou's room.

Camellia is still cleaning up in Ji Minrou's room.

Mrs. Ji took Ji Minrou away, and Mother Zhang also went with her, taking some clothes with her.

Camellia was cleaning up the leftovers from breakfast that Zhang's mother had not had time to clean up.

"Camellia." Mother Huang entered the house in a pretentious manner. "The old lady has an errand for you to do."

As he said that, without waiting for Camellia to speak, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "The old lady is going to deal with you, be careful."

Hearing this, Camellia looked up in surprise, but said, "I wonder what instructions the old lady has?"

"The old lady said there was something wrong with the flower in her room, so she asked you to take it to the front yard and show it to the gardener. She doesn't have many people to look after her these days, so I would have done the job myself and wouldn't have bothered you."

This was quite clear. Moreover, Huang's mother winked at Camellia while she spoke.

Even if Camellia was dumb, she understood. "I understand. Please ask Mama Huang to tell the old lady. I'll pack these and go right away."

"The old lady values ​​your obedience and said that you should go immediately." Mother Huang emphasized again.

Camellia had no excuse to refuse, so she had to follow Mother Huang to Liu's room.

Liu placed a bowl of tea on the table, waiting for Chahua to come in. She said it was a reward for her, but Chahua naturally didn't dare to drink it. "Old Madam, I won't accept rewards without any merit."

"What? You can even go to court, but you don't even dare to drink the cup of tea I give you?" Liu sneered.

She has to drink this tea today whether she wants to or not!