C332 (1/2)

Fuan Courtyard.

As soon as she walked into the courtyard, she saw the cold brows that guarded the door with her arms crossed. She was startled; this lowly slave, she was just a servant, but her aura was even more vigorous than a lord's. Where in the world did she find such a person?

”Madam, the First Lady invites you in.” At this moment, Dazzling Spring walked out and lifted the curtain as he spoke.

Mistress Xiao looked at her in silence, an unfathomable smile on her face. ”Lady Chen Xiang, you've worked hard. You even opened a curtain for me.”

”Mistress, please come in.”

Lady Xiao snorted lightly and walked over the threshold. When Chen Xiang turned her head, she saw Leng Mei's pair of cold eyes staring at her with no expression. She was startled and quickly nodded and walked in.

The moment Madam Xiao walked in, she saw Lian Ru Yue sitting in front of the eldest wife's bed, feeding her medicine. From the looks of it, her baby had really stabilized.

”Sister, I heard everything, it's a good thing that you're fine, sister heard that you got pregnant, so she hasn't slept for the whole night.” Sister, I heard everything, it's a good thing that you're fine, sister heard that you got pregnant, and she wasn't asleep for the whole night.

The first wife nodded and said, ”You're pregnant, so you should take good care of your own body. There's no need to specially run over here.”

Lian Ruyue handed the bowl to Qing Dai, looked at Madam Xiao's stomach, and asked while holding back the whip marks on her arms under her sleeves, ”Madam, did you slip a foot?” I don't know if the fetus is alright, but Doctor Lu hasn't left, so why don't we ask him to come over and let you have a look? ”

”No, no, no, there's no need. It's just a slight slip, so it's not a big deal.” She immediately changed the topic and said, ”Yesterday, I heard that I was at the Clear Spring Academy. I heard that it was because of a thief that caused my elder sister to become angry. If I were to catch her, I would have to give her a severe punishment.”

”That's right, we must definitely punish him severely.” Lian Ruyue said. Her voice was as cold as ice, causing the Xiao family's hearts to tremble when they heard it.

”Eldest Miss, Madam, Master will invite the two of you to the front hall.” At this moment, a voice came from outside.

”Mother, take a rest. I'll be right back.” Even Rue Ru Yue settled down the first wife and had Leng Mei and Senior Servant Tai stand guard in the courtyard. Only then did they head out with Lady Xiao.

When they arrived at the front hall, they found out that as soon as the matter with the eldest wife was over, Lian Yanqing had started questioning them about what had happened in the manor last night.

he asked gravely. ”What happened last night that frightened the First Lady?” ”Tell me everything in detail.”

Zhou mama knelt down. ”Yes, master, there was a thief in the mansion last night, who went to the lord's study to steal something. The eldest lady was worried that the lord's important official duties had been stolen, so she rushed out, but the servants were in a state of chaos. They rushed in without even looking at the eldest lady, and only then were the doctors frightened.”

”Stolen? ”My General's Estate has always been heavily guarded. Where did this thief come from?”

Last night, just as the First Madam was about to fall asleep, she heard someone shouting 'catch the thief' outside, saying that the thief snuck into the Old Master's study and stole something. As soon as we stepped out of Fuan Courtyard, we saw that the servants were all running towards the Old Master's study. Zhou mama replied.

”Have you caught any thieves? Where are they now?” Lian Ruyue asked while standing beside her mother.

”Master, Eldest Miss, the thief was captured last night and tied up with a gunny sack, waiting for Master to come back.” That Senior Servant Tai said.

”Catch him and bring him in!” Lian Yan Qing ordered coldly.

Several guards came in with two sacks and threw them on the ground. The person inside was still feebly struggling.

The Xiao family's people coldly laughed. It was unknown which unlucky bastard was the one that was caught as the scapegoat, because they didn't encounter any thieves last night.

”Open the sack.” Lian Yanqing tightened his face. If the news that the Prime Minister's residence had been robbed were to be spread out, he would really be laughing his teeth out!

”Yes sir!” A few maidservants stepped forward, opened the sack, and forcefully flipped it open, causing the person inside to roll out …