Traveling to the ancient harem

Qing Yu'er came back an hour later. When Butler Chen sent someone to find him, he was sitting in the teahouse bragging to others. When he heard the old man talking about him, he didn't even bother to say goodbye to his friends and hurried back.

Huang Ye didn't say anything else, and directly said: "Tell me all the news you have heard since my second brother got into trouble, don't leak any."

Qingyuer started the story from the time Huang Ye left the capital. With Huang Ye's instructions, Hongger didn't assign him any tasks. His task was to keep an eye on the Bo's Mansion. He would go out for a walk nearby when he had nothing to do. He casually inquired about the situation of the servants in the Bo's Mansion and deliberately made friends with a subordinate of the steward of the Bo's Mansion. The steward was the maiden's maiden of the eldest son's wife, and was very prestigious in the mansion. After all, the mansion was run by the prince's wife.

The manager's subordinate was named Wang Wu, and was highly valued by the manager. Qingyuer made a deliberate effort to make friends with him, and would invite him to drink and play together when he had nothing to do. In this way, the two of them became good friends who could talk about anything.

It turned out that in the Changning Marquis's Mansion, the first and second wives had always been at odds. The second wife was jealous of the first wife's succession to the position of crown prince, and relying on the marquis's wife's love, she often made things difficult for the first wife. The first wife had always endured it in silence, and was also extremely dissatisfied in private.

Wang Wu was from the first wife's family, so he certainly had no good feelings towards the second wife's family. He often said bad things about the two legitimate children of the second wife's family. He said that Xu Jingye was a bad maggot who did all kinds of evil things outside and always caused trouble. The second wife's family would go to the lady of the Bo family if they couldn't settle the matter. The lady of the Bo family would put pressure on the first wife's family to send someone to solve the problem. For this reason, the first wife owed many favors to others. When the second wife was mentioned, everyone in the first wife's family was not in a good mood.

As for Xu Rou, Qing Yu'er was very concerned about her. Once, after Wang Wu got drunk, he told him something. That day, the steward asked him to deliver a set of tea sets to the deceased prince's wife. When he went there, the little girl guarding the door had gone somewhere, so he walked straight in and happened to hear the lady and the eldest daughter talking about the second house.

Wang Wu was also a very curious person, so he just stood at the door and didn't go in. Since there was no one to report to, he just eavesdropped openly.

The wife of the prince sighed and said that Xu Rou was a vicious person who killed people at such a young age. The little girl who was tortured to death had no good flesh on her body. Her body was covered with needle holes and burns. Two people have died. She reported it to the old lady, but she didn't take it seriously. She couldn't interfere in the affairs of the second house. The old lady protected the second house so tightly that something bad would happen sooner or later.

The eldest daughter advised the lady not to get involved in the affairs of the second house, lest she get into even worse trouble with her grandmother. She should just be patient and it would pass. If something serious happened, there was still her aunt in the palace. Everything would be fine once she entered the palace. There was no need to offend them now.

At this time, the little girl guarding the gate came back. She was frightened to see him standing there eavesdropping, but she didn't dare to say anything. She waved her hand and asked him to step back a few steps, and then went in to report. This matter was passed like this. He didn't dare to tell the steward, maybe because he was drunk, otherwise he wouldn't have told Qing Yu'er.

"What happened in the Uncle's Mansion before and after the accident with my second brother?" Huang Ye asked directly.

Qing Yuer said that he had been hanging around the Bo's Mansion before the accident and didn't feel anything unusual. After the second young master got into trouble, he asked Wang Wu to drink with him several times, and there was nothing unusual in his words.

What Qingyu'er cared about was what happened in the second house, so she tried every means to make friends with a runner in the yard of the second house's wife. The runner was a subordinate of the second house's manager, and was also a smart man. Considering that Qingyu'er was willing to spend money, he said a lot.

It turns out that Xu Rou had never been kind since she was a child. When she was seven years old, she tortured and killed a little girl. It was reported that she committed suicide because she was not disciplined. Almost everyone in the second house knew the inside story, and only her parents thought that their daughter was a good person. It can be said that the servants of the second house were more afraid of Xu Rou than the second master and his wife.

Except for the two eldest maids who were born in Xu Rou's room, the rest were bought from outside. They were beaten to death, rolled up on a mat and buried, and no one knew about it. Even now, all the maids in her room were injured, but they dared not say anything.

The servant also told another story. That Xu Rou was a greedy person. She would not let go of the monthly wages of the maids in the yard and would find excuses to deduct them every month. Many maids did not see their monthly wages for several months in a row, but they dared not tell anyone. If they did, she would beat and scold them even more severely.

As for the past month or so, she seemed to be in a much better mood and went to the lady's yard several times. The lady was happy and praised her for growing up and becoming sensible.

You know, Xu Rou seldom paid respects to her mother before. She looked down on her mother for being a coward and being oppressed by her aunt. If she were born in her aunt's belly, she would be able to do whatever she wants in this uncle's mansion instead of having to live by the first wife's mood now.