Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

"If someone takes something so personal, it might lead to some disaster." Although Song Wanshi was a bit domineering, she still valued her reputation. "Could it be that the maids under my command were dishonest and took away my bellyband? If I find out who took it, I'll teach them a lesson."

Nan Hongqiu now had a bad premonition, and her head felt dizzy. She stared at Mudan beside Song Wanshi and said, "Look carefully, we must find the things. The girl's underwear is the most important thing, how can it be lost?"

"I understand, ma'am." Mudan responded and continued to search carefully in the suitcase.

Nan Hongqiu glanced at her mother beside her and asked, "It shouldn't be Sister Shi's that was sent over, right?"

Mother Xu was also a little panicked now. She looked at Nan Hongqiu and responded, "No, that bellyband was indeed taken from Sister Ning's yard. It should be correct."

Nan Hongqiu took a reassurance pill and consoled herself, "That's good. Call all the maids over and ask them carefully. It shouldn't be lost just like that. It's unreasonable for such a good thing to disappear just like that."

"I understand, madam." Mother Xu now felt that the matter was urgent, so she went out and called the maids from Cuihua Courtyard to interrogate them.

After listening to Nan Hongqiu's words, Song Wanshi also realized that something was wrong. She looked at Nan Hongqiu and asked, "What kind of bellyband is this that Madam is talking about?"

Nan Hongqiu sighed and said to Song Wanshi, "Mother originally thought that Ning Jie'er always outshined you, and now she's going to marry the Prime Minister, how can she be so arrogant? So she wanted to teach her a lesson, so she asked someone to take her bellyband and give it to Master Wen of the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion. Now Master Wen is probably thinking about how to deal with Ning Jie'er."

Song Wanshi was not in high spirits now that her bellyband was missing. She just looked at Nan Hongqiu and said, "Madam, I should be happy to hear you say that, but I don't know why I am so nervous now. I should ask Madam Xu to find my lost bellyband as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes, Sister Shi is right." Nan Hongqiu said, stood up and went out to watch Mother Xu scolding the servants.

"Who is so dishonest that you dare to take my sister's bellyband?" Mother Xu has been a mother for decades and is now a master at interrogation. She stared at the dozen maids in a row, staring at them, "Hurry up and take out my sister's bellyband. Otherwise, if I find it, I will immediately find someone to sell you to a brothel."

More than a dozen maids lowered their heads, and no one stood up to admit it.

Mother Xu immediately spoke up and scolded, "You don't admit it? I'll take people to search for it right away. If we find it in some little hoof's house, don't blame me for not giving you respect."

Now, it was the little maid standing in front who spoke up, "Mom, the girls' underwear has always been taken care of by Mudan and Shaoyao. We little maids only do odd jobs and really have no idea what's going on."

After the maid finished speaking, everyone below responded, "Yes, that's it."

"I have never even been into a girl's boudoir."

Mother Xu was now completely distraught. She took a dozen maids and old women to search the room where the maids usually lived, but in the end they found nothing.

Nan Hongqiu almost fainted when she saw this. She looked at Mother Xu and said, "Quickly call your own daughter Cuixiang over and ask her carefully. Make sure nothing goes wrong."

Mother Xu had no choice but to call her own daughter Cuixiang to the front, "Tell Madam, how did you take away Sister Ning's bellyband after you married her? You must explain the whole story clearly, don't leave out a single detail."

Seeing that Nan Hongqiu's face was not looking good, Cuixiang said in a low voice, "Madam, that day I followed your instructions and went into Miss Ning's yard. When there was no one around, I took out the green bellyband she had put in her suitcase and put it in a box..."

"What color bellyband did you say?"

Mother Xu was now shocked. Before handing the box to the servant, she opened it and took a look. It was clearly a pink bellyband, but now she heard Cuixiang say it was blue.

Cuixiang quickly responded, kneeling on the ground and saying, "It's blue. Miss Ning usually loves blue clothes, so there's no mistake."

Mother Xu's whole body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

Nan Hongqiu, who was sitting on the bed, almost fainted. She asked Mother Xu, "How could such a mistake happen? How did the green bellyband turn pink?"

"I don't know either." Mother Xu knelt on the ground and looked at Nan Hongqiu and said, "I'm afraid that someone under my command switched it. The most important thing now is to get Sister Shi's underwear back. Otherwise, if Second Master Wen did something with the bellyband, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do to save it."

When Song Wanshi heard this, her eyes rolled back and she fainted. She had put a lot of thought into making that bellyband, and the people in the house knew it was hers as soon as they saw the embroidery and needlework.

Nan Hongqiu's face turned very ugly when he heard this, but he managed not to fall down. "Go and call back the servant who went to the Wen Mansion to deliver the things. Ask him to go again and get the girl's things back at any cost."

Mother Xu now went out with trembling hands to call for help. Everyone in the room knew what would happen if the bellyband fell into the hands of another man.

The servant of the general's mansion went to the mansion of Marquis Zhongping again and met Wen Tingbai.

Wen Tingbai now had a half smile on his face, and asked the boy, "What are you here for this time?"

The servant smiled and said, "Second Master, I am so sorry. My servant made a mistake with the bellyband. The one you are holding now is not Miss Ning's, but someone else's. Could you please return the bellyband first and bring Miss Ning's back to you in a couple of days?"

"What a joke!" Wen Tingbai was not too stupid. He stared at the servant and said, "That material is not something a servant can afford. There are hibiscus flowers embroidered on it. It must be the work of an unmarried girl..."

Wen Tingbai chuckled as he spoke, "Could it be your Miss Shi's?"

The servant was stunned for a moment, then stood there and tried to make amends, "How could it be? How could it be? It's not Miss Shi's."

Wen Tingbai looked at the servant. He was now holding the handle of the general's mansion, so he was naturally not afraid of anything. He just chuckled and said, "Let your mistress come and talk to me. Otherwise, I will make her own daughter lose her reputation."