Noble Lady

Chapter 171 Where is the reputation of the He family?

Ji Minrou was frightened by his serious look.

He wouldn't really want her...

As this thought flashed through her mind, Ji Minrou covered her face and got up and ran away, even forgetting her original intention of pretending to limp.

Zhang passed by her and saw her pretending to run away. She couldn't help feeling secretly happy.

When she entered the room and didn't see Xue Chenyu, she came to her senses and nodded slightly to Liu on the bed.

"Doctor Xu gave me some medicine specifically, saying that Dalang's wife is a delicate woman. She knelt at the entrance of Jishan Hall for three days without eating or drinking. I'm afraid her knees must have been damaged. I'll take it to her later."

As she spoke, her eyes became red. "If I could have such a pure and kind daughter-in-law, I would wake up smiling in my dreams."

After saying this, he walked out without caring about Liu and He Minzhi's reactions.

In a blink of an eye, only He Minzhi, Xiaocao, and Camellia were left in Liu's house.

Mother Huang had been watching for a few days. She had just switched shifts with Chahua this morning and went to rest, so of course she was not here at the moment.

"Mother, Xue..." He Minzhi had something to say, but he was hesitating and didn't know where to start.

"Your sister is coming back home today, so you should go and take care of this matter first." Liu interrupted him.

He Minzhi didn't know where to start, and this just suited his taste, so he bowed and left quickly.

Xiao Caohe wrung out a hot towel and came over to wipe Liu's face and hands. As she wiped, she said, "Old Madam is so lucky. Fortunately, Old Madam helped Master marry a good wife like Madam. Otherwise, Old Madam would not know how to get through this hurdle."

Liu's heart inexplicably tightened, "Aunt Zhao, please tell me everything that happened in the past few days."

"Old Madam, it's not that I don't want to talk about it, but Master has forbidden it. Master has said that anyone who gossips about me in front of you will be beaten with twenty sticks and expelled from the house."

"Just say what I told you to say. He doesn't have the guts to show off his power in front of me."

Xiaocao pretended to be embarrassed and hesitated for a moment, but when she saw Liu's stern look and knew that she was not going to be fooled, she acted as if she was compromising.

"Old Madam, you may find what I'm about to say absurd, but every word I say is the truth. I would never dare to deceive you."

Liu pinched her brows and nodded, "Just tell me."

"Early after the Second Madam fell ill, Master asked the cousin from the Ji family to be the housekeeper."

Liu was shocked. "What did you say?!"

Xiaocao was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and said, "I would never dare to deceive you!"

Camellia, who was usually silent, also knelt down and said, "Madam, what Aunt Zhao said is true. The master has indeed let the cousin manage the household."

Liu's eyes went dark.

Although she was ill, she still had the people from the second house. If she couldn't use the people from the second house, she could still say a few soft words to Mrs. Xue.

How could they let their cousin, who was staying at home, be the housekeeper? If that got out, how would others see the He family?!

"Speak, tell me everything clearly!"

Xiaocao and Camellia both bowed their heads quickly and told the story in detail.

But they don't know much inside information.

All we know is that He Minzhi asked Ji Minrou to be the housekeeper, and she was the one who took care of all the arrangements for He Ruyi's wedding, including those embarrassing wedding banquets and the stone dowry that became a laughing stock in the whole city.

Xiaocao didn't exaggerate and just told everything she knew.

Liu, who had just recovered, almost fainted again.

"She, how dare she?! How dare she do this?! Where does she put the reputation of our He family? Where does she put the reputation of our He family?!"

"Thank goodness I've treated her like my own daughter for so many years. How could she do something so beastly?"

Xiaocao knelt on the ground without saying a word, letting Liu scold her to her heart's content.

After she finished scolding, Liu remembered that Ji Minrou was still hanging around her.

"Don't your family have any measures?"

Xiao Cao shook her head blankly. "On the day the Second Miss went out, you, the old lady, fell ill. It was Madam who arranged for the Second Lady to see off the guests and temporarily take care of the affairs of the mansion."

"Madam has been kneeling at the entrance of Jishan Hall these past few days and has no time to come back to take care of the affairs of the mansion. My Lord, too, has not cared..."

"The account books and keys of the public house are in the hands of the Second Old Lady?"

"...No, they are all in the hands of the cousin of the Ji family."

Liu's eyes went dark again.

She had never wanted to kill her proud son so much as she did at this moment.

Ji Minrou did those things, but he let people act as if nothing had happened and let her wander around the mansion!

Liu called He Minzhi a fool several times, but now that things had come to this, there was no better way.

She had no choice but to send Xiaocao out to keep an eye on He Minzhi, fearing that he would mess up the homecoming banquet.

Xiao Cao lowered her head and said, "Madam, I am only a concubine and a servant; how could I do such things? Besides, my Lord will definitely not listen to me."

Liu thought about it, then asked Chahua to go to the drawer of her dressing table and find a jade pendant.

"Take this thing, and if he acts recklessly and refuses to be advised, show him this."

Xiaocao quickly acted terrified.

After Xiaocao went out, Mrs. Liu asked Chahua to call Mother Huang.

In this mansion, she could no longer trust anyone. Only Mother Huang, an old lady who had been with her for many years, could she still trust.

Mother Huang came soon.

She looked sleepy, obviously having just been woken up. Her hair was not combed as meticulously as usual, but was hastily tied up.

When asked about Ji Minrou's housekeeper, he looked surprised.

"The old lady already knows?"

Liu took a deep breath and said, "Am I the only old woman in this mansion who doesn't know?"

Mother Huang laughed dryly and didn't dare to say anything.

Liu was immediately furious. "Tell me what's going on."

Mother Huang had kept it a secret for Ji Minrou before because Ji Minrou had given her benefits. Now that Ji Minrou has the power as the housekeeper, she feels that everyone has to obey her orders and is reluctant to give her money.

Besides, the old lady already knew it anyway, so there was naturally no need for her to keep it secret any longer.

Mother Huang thought for a moment and then said everything she could.

……

Let’s talk about Xiaocao.

The moment she walked out of Ciwenyuan with the jade token, she felt the air around her become sweet.

"Now that Auntie has obtained this jade token, she won't be afraid of adults anymore." Chunhua also breathed a sigh of relief.

She had also been in Ciwenyuan, but she had not appeared in front of Liu and the others. She had been in the small kitchen, making medicine for Liu.

"All this is thanks to Madam." Xiaocao said in a low voice and bowed in the direction of Furongju.

She was able to get to this point because her lady planned it for her step by step.

From now on, it is her turn to repay the lady.