I was a housekeeper in ancient times

The news of Aunt Lian and Wan Jie'er falling into the water soon spread like wildfire.

The wife of the Marquis of Suning led a large group of people to the Earl's Mansion as soon as possible. Fortunately, Wan Jieer had woken up at this time, otherwise, with the suspicion of the wife of the Marquis of Suning, Yu Muyan would not be able to explain herself even if she had eight mouths.

"You mean, it was Sister Hua who pushed you?" Lady Suining Hou asked seriously.

"Yeah." Wan Jie'er has always been afraid of this aunt. She huddled in Yu Muyan's arms and nodded timidly.

"Sister Wan, children are not allowed to lie. You must tell the truth."

"I'm not lying, it's true. Otherwise, how could I have suddenly fallen on Aunt Lian when I was standing perfectly still?"

The wife of the Marquis of Suning's eyes darkened, and she looked at Yu Muyan with an ambiguous look. She was a little bit unconvinced. Before coming here, she had a guess, wondering if Yu Muyan was jealous of Aunt Lian's pregnancy, so she asked Wan Jie'er to do it.

But now Wan Jieer said that it was Hua Jieer who pushed her. Between Yu Muyan and the second wife, she was more inclined to the latter. Compared with Yu Muyan, the second wife was more ruthless.

Moreover, she saw that Yu Muyan felt sorry for Wan Jie'er, and it didn't seem like she was pretending. She really felt sorry for her and didn't want to let Wan Jie'er do such a thing.

After the wife of the Marquis of Suning left, Lin Weiqiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With the wife of the Marquis of Suning around, there was no need for the eldest wife to intervene in this matter.

Originally, Lin Weiqiao wanted to ask the second house for clarification, but not to mention that Ding would make a fuss, Hua Jie'er would definitely refuse to admit it, and then she would turn around and accuse Wan Jie'er of wrongly accusing her. This matter would be difficult to unravel.

Now it depends on whether Lady Suining Hou believes Wanjie'er or Huajie'er, but there is also Aunt Lian present to testify, so Aunt Lian naturally believes Wanjie'er.

This incident also served as a wake-up call for Yu Muyan, realizing that the second branch of the family not only wanted to harm Aunt Lian, but also wanted to drag her and her daughter into the water. Their intentions were truly despicable.

Seeing that Yu Muyan finally became wary of the second wife, Lin Weiqiao took the opportunity to ask, "Madam, do you still remember the scene when the seventh girl was born?"

Yu Muyan was startled, "Why don't you remember?"

When she gave birth, the fetus was in an abnormal position and it took her two full days and nights, costing her half her life. After giving birth to Yue Jie'er with great difficulty, she fainted and did not wake up until the next night.

She asked in confusion: "Why are you asking this for no reason?"

Lin Weiqiao didn't say it directly, but slowly led her: "When Madam was pregnant, Doctor Ma was in charge. He said that Madam's fetus looked very good and the fetal position was also correct. How come it was not correct when she gave birth?"

"Maybe it's because of premature birth? Didn't the midwife say that you have to feel the baby to know whether it's in the right position. It's not always accurate to just feel the pulse."

"Maybe. But there is one strange thing. The two midwives and several maids who served them disappeared after the madam gave birth. No matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find them. It was as if they disappeared out of thin air. Also, let me be bold and say that the madam has not discovered that the seventh girl has no resemblance to the madam's uncle in appearance. Look at the fourth girl. Her eyebrows and eyes are like the madam, and she is also somewhat similar to the fourth girl Liu. Only the seventh girl looks like no one..."

I have to leave some suspense for Yu Muyan to ponder over slowly. Even if Lin Weiqiao told the truth all at once, Yu Muyan might not believe it.

Now, tell Yu Muyan about the doubts about the production one by one, and let her doubt. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will slowly spread.

After being busy enough, Lin Weiqiao returned to her room. As soon as she opened the door, a fresh fragrance hit her nose. There were two new potted plants in the room. The fragrance was fresh and very comfortable to smell.

Without thinking, I knew it was brought by Zhu'er.

With the fragrance of flowers, she took a comfortable nap. Zhuer came and invited her to her home for a home-cooked meal.

She said, "Don't bother. Why would you treat me to a meal? If anyone wants to treat me, I'll treat you."

Zhu Er took her arm and said, "My father asked me to invite you. He knows that mom has taken special care of me. He has nothing to repay mom, so he wants to treat mom to a home-cooked meal. Mom, if you have nothing to do in the evening, come to my house and sit down. If mom doesn't go, does that mean she dislikes us?"

"No way, aren't I afraid of causing trouble for you?"

"Why would it be a bother? It's an honor for our family that Mom can come."

At Zhu'er's strong invitation, she finally agreed, thinking it would be a good way to pass the time.

She was used to the life here, but the only thing she was not used to was how to get through the long night.

Generally speaking, after dinner, she would go back to her room and go to bed early without having to wait in the yard.

Maybe it was because of her age, or maybe she was not used to going to bed so early, she really couldn't just put down her chopsticks and lie down to sleep.

The nights here were so long and lonely, with no entertainment at all. At the beginning, she could still count her pocket money, but later, she just tossed and turned in bed, waiting to fall asleep.

A few days ago, Xi Jie'er was there to talk to her and relieve her boredom. Yesterday, Wang Yue came in person to apologize and took Xi Jie'er back.

Wang Yue is still a good person. He knows that his mother is mean, so he takes Xi Jie'er back home this time and promises that he will have a good talk with Wang Po.

She also agreed. In fact, she did this just to support Xi Jie'er and prevent her from being so humble in her husband's family.

Anyway, since Wang Po was not nice to Xi Jie'er, she would make a fuss until Wang Po lost her temper.

Now that she had nothing to do, she followed Zhu'er back.

The servants and maids in the mansion who were bought from outside would be arranged in the servants' courtyard. As for the whole family, they would be arranged in the houses in front and behind the mansion.

The housekeeper and the accompanying roommate can live in a small courtyard of their own, while others have to live in a crowded place with their families.

Because Zhu'er's father was just a gardener, the lowest-ranking servant, his living quarters were simple, consisting of two old rooms with a semi-open-air stove.

When I arrived at Zhu'er's house, Zhu'er's father had already prepared the meal, including tofu soup, steamed crucian carp, fried meat with dried tofu, fried bacon, spicy melon, cold cucumber, egg pancake, and a small dish of fermented tofu.

Lin Weiqiao could tell that the family had really spent all their savings to entertain her.

Zhu'er's father was a few years older than her. He was a gardener and had been exposed to the sun for years, so his skin was tanned, but he was tall and strong. Perhaps because he was taking care of the flowers, he looked elegant and not vulgar.

"Mom, please sit down." Zhu'er's father was a little reserved and at a loss.

“Thank you for your help.” Lin Weiqiao sat down calmly. It seemed like it was the first time for her to visit someone else’s home.

She seemed to have met Zhu'er's father several times. Every time she saw him, he was planting flowers and trees, but the two of them never talked much.

Zhu'er's father first expressed his gratitude to her, "Our Zhu'er can be appreciated by mother, which is her blessing after several lifetimes of cultivation. It is also my blessing. I only have this one daughter, and I am a useless person. I can't help her, so she has suffered so much at a young age. I didn't expect that mother could help her. I toast to mother."

She didn't wave her hand. "It's nothing. To be honest, Zhu'er has helped me a lot."