Yu looked at the table full of sumptuous food.

She picked up the chopsticks and was about to put them down when she saw two new things. She pointed at them and said, "What are these two? They don't look good at all. Where did these leftovers come from? They were served on my table. The kitchen is getting more and more perfunctory now."

Madam Hong said quickly, "Madam, these two are snacks."

"Jin Jie'er just learned this from Aunt Lin."

"I noticed that you haven't had much appetite lately, so I thought of sending it to you to try."

"Mrs. Lin?" Yu breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the chopsticks to fiddle with the fried chicken. "Could it be that Mrs. Lin asked Jin Jie'er to make something like this just to please me?"

"Call Jin Jie'er over here. I want to see if Aunt Lin has bribed her."

There was no trace of smile on Yu's face.

She suspected that Aunt Lin deliberately asked the kitchen to cook for her.

Jin Jieer came to Yu and bowed, "Madam."

Yu asked in a tone, "Tell me, what good did Aunt Lin give you? Did you cook the food she taught you to please me?"

Jin Jie'er immediately lowered her head and said, "Madam, you really wronged me! You also wronged Aunt Lin!"

"The two dishes on the table were made by me while watching her cook them and learning from her."

"She never thought of using these to please you. Even if she wanted to please you, she should have made two decent dishes. How could she just use these snacks to fool you?"

"These two are snacks. I heard that Madam has a poor appetite recently, so I wanted to eat something new."

Madam Hong said at this time, "It was me. I asked the kitchen to bring it up. Madam, if you want to punish me, then punish me."

Yu was a little unconvinced, "Did Aunt Lin really not ask you to do this?"

Jin Jie'er said, "How could that be possible? If Aunt Lin really wanted to please you, she would have made it herself and brought it to you personally."

Yu thought about it and agreed.

She waved her hand, "Go down."

She really doesn't like Lin Qianqian recently, and if she continues to bother her, she would be really tactless.

Yu picked up a piece of fried chicken, put it into her mouth with confidence, and after taking a bite, she heard a crispy sound from her teeth.

The taste is rich and layered, crispy and juicy, and the taste of spices is subtle, making you unable to stop.

She pointed at the plate of food and asked, "What is this called?"

The name that Aunt Hong mentioned.

After a short while, the food in the two small plates was clean, leaving only some oily smell at the bottom of the plates.

Having worked up an appetite, she started eating some food.

Yu took out a tiny toothpick and carefully picked out the meat strands from between her teeth.

"Go and see Aunt Lin and see what she is doing? Did she go to Huai'er again and disturb him from studying?

"Yes."

……

Nanny Hong came to Ziyunxuan and saw Lin Qianqian applying medicine to Taozhi as soon as she entered.

Seeing her red and swollen face, he cried out in shock, "Ah! How did Taozhi's face become so horrible?"

Lin Qianqian sighed, "She was such a good girl, but she was beaten like this. I guess she deserved it."

"Last night, the Crown Prince's wife called Taozhi over and accused her of gossiping about the Crown Prince's wife, and then she slapped her. But Taozhi is my maid and I know her best. She is timid and afraid of trouble, so how could she dare to gossip about the Crown Prince's wife? Besides, the Crown Prince's wife is virtuous and everyone respects her. If anyone dares to make up stories about her, they will be worse than pigs and dogs."

"The strange thing is, I haven't heard the gossip of the Crown Prince's wife. I wonder if Madam has heard it?"

Madam Hong said, "I didn't hear it."

"How dare someone spread gossip about the Crown Prince's wife?"

Lin Qianqian nodded seriously, "Taozhi is a maidservant beside me. Neither I nor the servants in my yard have ever heard what the wife of the prince said. I don't know what kind of gossip made the wife of the prince so angry. I'm afraid the wife of the prince made a mistake. If this servant is not found, I'm afraid it will continue to spread."

"Mammy, please help the Crown Prince's wife. We must find out who is trying to slander our Crown Prince's wife. We must not let this person off easily!"

When Madam Hong heard this, she immediately began to think about it and said, "I will report this to Madam."

"Madam loves the Crown Prince's wife so much, she will definitely make the decision for her."

After hearing what Nanny Hong said, Yu slapped the table and stood up suddenly.

"How dare someone gossip about Jiayao! We must find that little girl and tear out her tongue!"

"Go and find Jiayao. She must have been wronged greatly."

"She is such a lovable child. When she is wronged or suffers, she hides it in her heart and says that she is not suffering."

Cheng Jiayao smoothed her hair, tucked the loose hair around her face behind her ears, walked in, and politely bowed to Yu, "Meet mother."

Yu came straight to the point, "I heard someone was gossiping about you in the mansion? Have you found that damned girl?"

Cheng Jiayao was flustered for a moment, then quickly said, "I dare not bother mother with this trivial matter."

"I thought I would report this to mother after I had dealt with it, but I didn't expect that mother would know about it now. Thank you for caring about your daughter-in-law."

Yu shook her head and said in the tone of an elder educating a younger person, "How can your matter be a trivial matter! Not to mention it's a rumor! Once this rumor spreads, it's out of control. This rumor hurts people! How many women have chosen to hang themselves for their own reputation."

"Tell me, what is this damn girl gossiping about you?"

Cheng Jiayao was totally unprepared.

She hesitated, "Yes... yes..."

Cheng Jiayao lowered her head and said aggrievedly, "It's because the child is not favored, so they spread jokes about these children."

Seeing Cheng Jiayao wiping her tears, Yu stretched out her hand distressedly, "Don't cry, don't cry, good child. Don't cry."

"You cried, I felt so bad for you."

Seeing that Yu believed her, Cheng Jiayao felt greatly relieved and laid on Yu's lap and cried.

Yu cried so hard that she also started crying.

"You are a little arrogant. You and Huai'er are husband and wife. How can you keep being strangers like this?"

"I have really wronged you these days. I will definitely make it up to you in the future."

Yu gave Cheng Jiayao a pair of gold filigree earrings in the shape of palace lanterns.

Cheng Jiayao was amazed when she held it in her hands. The earrings were so exquisitely made. The craftsmanship was so exquisite that it could be said to be ingenious. The hollow craftsmanship depicted the shape of a palace lantern. If a candle was lit, it would really look like a miniature lamp.

After Cheng Jiayao left, Nanny Hong said, "Madam, I'm afraid that's not the gossip that's being spread."

"These rumors were spread before, but the Crown Prince's wife didn't take them seriously. If it was such rumors, why would the Crown Prince's wife be so angry and beat Taozhi's face until it was swollen like a steamed bun?"

Yu's expression became serious. "This child always says this to reassure me. He only cares about putting himself at risk. Sigh."

"What kind of gossip is that? It must be something serious to make the gentle Jiayao become like this."

"How can someone who spreads rumors about the master like this still stay in the Marquis' Mansion?"

"Go and find that damned girl and make an example of her. Who dares to speak ill of her in the future? This child has been wronged so much, who else dares to frame her?"

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