Chapter 45.1 - How Did Her Mother Really Die (1/2)

After some time, Dai Yue returned, her little mouth pouting in sadness.

“What is it, Dai Yue, what did you hear?” From what Luo Qing Luan could see, Dai Yue looked more like the person who’d been punished rather than someone else.

Just now, she secretly asked around. What she found was that there was a huge ruckus at the Side Madam’s courtyard. It appeared as if someone was being punished to be an example to others. Not only was all of the servants commanded to watch, moreover, a servant was told to ruthlessly strike that person’s face. Dai Yue’s face couldn’t help but hurt just from watching.

Only after hearing what Nanny Song had to say later on did she know that a servant maid seduced the master and was discovered by the side madam, resulting in the severe punishment. In the end, that servant girl’s face was beaten swollen, then dragged out and driven away from the General’s Mansion.

“Nanny Song told me that Sister Bitao absolutely did not seduce the master. Basically, the side madam doesn’t like her, so she purposefully found an excuse to beat and send her away.” Once she recalled this, Dai Yue’s little face frowned, both alarmed and terrified.

“So be it, if she doesn’t like her, just a little servant girl. Who wouldn’t Father’s Concubine punish whenever she wanted to? During these many years, she depended on Father not marrying anyone else and acted like she’s the mistress managing this household. Now that Elder Sister is Fifth Prince’s side consort, how can she still place other people in her eyes?”

Luo Qing Luan continued indifferently, “forget it. As long as she doesn’t punish you, it’s fine. There’s no need for us to mind other people’s business.”

She originally didn’t take this matter seriously, because this kind of matter happened frequently in the past. Who would’ve imagined that Dai Yue would say, “My Lady, it’s not like that. If the side madam punishes someone else, I wouldn’t have talked about it, but I heard Nanny Song say that Sister Bitao served our Madam before in the past.”

Eyes flashed, Luo Qing Luan was somewhat startled. “What? She’d served my mother before?”

She didn’t know about this at all. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have disregarded the matter. Her mother passed away early. She never even glanced at her mother before, and she didn’t have any status in the General’s Mansion at all in the past. Besides only Dai Yue to serve her, and Nanny Song to look after her, how would she know about anything that happened previously?

“What in the world did Nanny Song say to you? Dai Yue, tell me.” Subconsciously, Luo Qing Luan’s tone of voice deepened.

“My Lady, I also didn’t know anything previously. If it wasn’t for your asking me to make inquiries tonight, and I wouldn’t have happened to run into Nanny Song there. It was because she could no longer bear to watch that she spoke a bit more than usual.”

As she spoke, Dai Yue displayed some lingering fear and softly continued, “I heard that during these years, of the servants that the side madam had either beaten to death, or sent away, half of them had once served our Madam. Even those people who occasionally talked about the Madam had been sent away by the side madam. I also don’t know why the side madam hates the Madam so much when she’s already passed away for so many years.”

If it’s truly like that, could it be that there’s an issue in there somewhere?

Luo Qing Luan originally as going to have Dai Yue go find Nanny Song to get to the bottom of the matter, but she saw that it’s getting too late and was afraid of disturbing Nanny Song’s rest. Nanny Song was getting old and her health was poor. She’s already tired enough during the day. It’s better to let her rest properly at night.