Chapter 30 - Wrath, Lady Li Was Hurt (1/2)

As much as Lady Li thought so, some trace of dread lingered in in her heart. She forced out a smile and gave two dry laughs. Pretending to be ignorant of the situation, she argued, “Mother, what exactly happened? How did that maidservant murder Shuiyun? I really don’t know anything about it.”

“She is your own personal servant. How could you be so ignorant of her viciousness? How are you running this house?” The Madam Dowager was infuriated at the successive mistakes Lady Li had made today. She sent Lady Tu to the guest room only a moment ago. Now Lady Tu was back again due to another incident of the same nature as the previous issue. How could she contain her wrath?

It was obvious that Nanny Qian was only a scapegoat. There were no one in this mansion, except for Lady Li and Wei Yan, who would take a move against Wei Yuewu at this moment. It seemed that they could not wait to make Wei Yuewu disappear immediately.

The Madam Dowager was really infuriated at this moment. The mother and the daughter had just promised in front of her that they would not make another mistake, that Shuiyun had only been to send a letter to Marquis Jing Yuan on the way for Wei Yan, and that Wei Yan and Wei Yuewu were sisters, they had never told Marquis Jing Yuan to kill Wei Yuewu…

In short, they claimed that they had totally no idea why Marquis Jing Yuan had actually done such a thing as murder and they really had nothing to do with it. Furthermore, they vowed that even if Wei Yan and Marquis Jing Yuan had some affectionate interactions with each other, they were definitely within the boundary of propriety despite of their affection. Besides, it was actually Marquis Jing Yuan who had been courting Wei Yan all along, while Wei Yan herself didn’t have the slightest improper thought or desire.

As for the carriage crash Wei Yuewu encountered after entering the capital, they didn’t know anything about it either. They said they were merely women in the inner courtyard and had no way to do such a thing. Besides, they also had had no idea when Wei Yuewu would arrive. They concluded that it was just an accident and they were so wronged!

Thinking their words sounded reasonable after all, the Madam Dowager first let Lady Li go back. Then she reprimanded Wei Yan to put an end to this issue.

But never had she thought that a similar issue would happen again so soon…

“Mother, is that true? But I really don’t know about it. Mother, let someone wake this woman up. Let me ask her why she did such a vicious thing despite being trusted and well-treated so much by me. Even if that maid Shuiyun is Yan’er’s maid and she had personal grudge with the maid sometimes, there’s really no need to kill the girl!”

Lady Li put on an infuriated expression and remarked in an indignant tone. She pointed at Nanny Qian who was lying on the ground unconscious.

Wei Yuewu stood at the side quietly watching Lady Li putting on the show, with a silent sneer around the corner of her lips. It didn’t matter whether Nanny Qian wake up or not, because even if she did, she would not dare to confess that Lady Li had asked her to do it. That was why she had hinted to Jin Ling to knock Nanny Qian out with one kick in the pavilion.

Since Nanny Qian was already useless to Lady Li, she thought it better to use her as a pawn when necessary in the future game.

Lady Li was both furious and agitated. She didn’t sense the pain in her face at all. The spots on her face that had been scalded by the hot water were reddening and swollen. Many faintly visible and dense blisters appeared in the skin, and the part near the ear on her left cheek was covered with dense blisters.

“Madam Dowager, the Second Lady in your mansion is really interesting. The maid serving the Second Young Lady is shameless and her own maidservant is a vicious person. Poor Second Lady and Second Young Lady, it should not be easy for them to live safely when they have such people around them every day.”

Lady Tu remarked mockingly after Lady Li finished her words. However, the unspoken meaning of those words was enough to make the Madam Dowager flush.

When their servants were so evil, the mistresses were naturally not free from moral defects. To put it another way, like mistress, like servant. Even if they were given the guts ten times that of a bear or lion, no servants dared to commit this kind of crime without receiving orders from their mistresses.

However, it was impossible for the Madam Dowager to dig too deep into the matter. After all, Lady Li was a member of the family, and she was also the wife of her son. It would humiliate her son in the end if she insisted to reveal the whole truth. With this in mind, the Madam Dowager decided to make Nanny Qian a scapegoat for the whole thing.

With anger on her face, the Madam Dowager said, “Someone, send this maidservant to the yamen. Just say that she killed one of our maids.”

At any rate, Nanny Qian couldn’t speak right now. It was just a matter of sending her to the yamen first and trying to kill her later!

Just as two maidservants went up to drag Nanny Qian away, Lady Tu darkened her face and spoke, “Wait, Madam Dowager, I have more to say.”

“Madam Dowager, it seems that that woman won’t be able to survive. She probably won’t be able to say anything that was useful. So what’s the point of taking her to the yamen? Now your mansion is in such a state of chaos, I think it is better to let Wu’er go back with me. Just look at what happened after she entered the capital. If things continue to go on like this, her life will be at stake. Although our mansion is not very noble, it won’t be a problem for us to prepare a dowry for Wu’er.”

As soon as she finished her words, Lady Tu stood up and was about to take Wei Yuewu away.