Marrying a powerful eunuch three times

"Go and ask Hu Zhixiao's family to come over."

"Yes."

A maid will come down immediately.

Old Madam Zhou didn't care at all about Aunt Ru who was crying inside. To her, Aunt Ru's life or death was not a big deal.

Use this incident to suppress Su Rutang, and it would be best to make her spit out the money for everyone to use.

The old lady's face darkened.

"Rutang, you are being immature. Why should a family quarrel like a black-eyed chicken? I don't blame you, you should admit your mistakes."

Murong Feiyue was short of money and wished the old lady could control Su Rutang.

"Second brother and sister-in-law. Let's each take a step back."

Su Rutang looked at Murong Feiyue, "Sister-in-law also thinks I should admit my mistake?"

Murong Feiyue said gently:

"It's always better to be reasonable in everything."

The old lady pretended to think, then said, "You can take out a few thousand taels of silver and ask the comprador to buy some ginseng and bird's nests. But can't this little hoof recover in a month?"

She thought that Su Rutang was ignorant.

She actually bothered with them. She is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family.

If you don't want to spend the money in Zhou's house, do you want to take it back to your mother's home?

I bought ginseng and bird's nest, but they were not for Aunt Ru. It was a blessing from heaven for a concubine to eat a few ginseng roots.

Su Rutang looked at their ugly eating postures indifferently, "Old Madam is right, spend several thousand taels of silver to buy ginseng and bird's nest."

"The annual income of the mansion is only a few thousand taels? Is the old lady willing to buy all of it for Aunt Ru?"

The old lady froze.

"Of course, use your own private money."

"I don't have any private money, only dowry. The Zhou family even uses the mistress's dowry to support a concubine?"

As they were talking, Hu Zhixiao's family came over.

Hu Zhixiao was in charge of collecting rent outside and following his master out, while his wife was in charge of the servants in the inner courtyard.

Originally, Su Rutang promoted him from his own farm.

"Madam, First Madam, Second Madam." Hu Zhixiao's wife was well-dressed and bowed hurriedly to greet them.

Su Rutang asked her to check everyone in Ruyuan.

"If you encounter disobedient people, make them kneel on the tiles."

"Yes."

The old lady was so angry that she felt dizzy, "Why mobilize so many troops for such a trivial matter?

You might as well listen to me, take some money, and teach the brothers carefully.

In the future, my brother will become a talented person and bring honor to our Zhou family. You will also benefit from this. If you can earn an imperial decree, it will be your blessing."

Su Rutang did not refute.

"You're right."

Seeing that she did not refute, the old lady thought she was convinced.

Then he continued to persuade with satisfaction:

"One or two thousand taels of silver is not much for you. Just pay it."

"Since the old lady has spoken, from now on, the aunt will follow this example and let the eldest daughter withdraw 1,000 taels of silver from the account and give it to the comprador.

Go to Baohetang to pick out the best ginseng and bird's nests, but I'm afraid this one thousand taels is not enough. How about taking two thousand taels of silver to buy them?"

The old lady's face turned pale with anxiety.

"Why is it withdrawing money from the account? Isn't it your private money?"

Qiu Ling's eyes were red. The old lady said it lightly. How could she use her dowry as a concubine to help her husband during the confinement period? It was clearly too much.

She didn't dare to speak and could only worry.

"You can use my private money. Let my husband write an IOU."

The faces of those present darkened.

Murong Feiyue was the first to object, "It's ridiculous. How can a husband write an IOU to his wife?"

"How can a husband use his wife's money to support a concubine? If this matter gets out, the people in the Censorate will be busy again. I am thinking about my husband's reputation. What do you think, old lady?"

"The widowed sister-in-law doesn't think about eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures. She spends all day thinking about what's going on in her brother-in-law's room. It's really strange."

Su Rutang pursed her lips.

When she saw Murong Feiyue's face full of shame and grievance, and her frail body shaky, she felt extremely happy in her heart.

Hu Zhixiao's family came over to reply.

"Second Madam. I found out from asking."

"explain."

"At noon, someone saw Yan Ge'er picking oleander and coming back. The laundry woman said that she saw Yan Ge'er taking the oleander to the small kitchen." Hu Zhixiao's family told everyone everything.

The old lady didn't believe it.

Murong Feiyue was even more shaky.

"Impossible. How could Brother Yan do such a thing?"

Murong Feiyue came up with a plan in a moment of desperation.

"He must have done something stupid for you, his stepmother. How could a five or six-year-old child know that his aunt was pregnant?"

The old lady quickly took over the conversation:

"Feiyue is right. Even we didn't know she was pregnant."

Seeing that they were in a hurry to clear the matter, Su Rutang smiled lightly, "Why are the eldest sister-in-law and the old lady so anxious? The laundry woman only said that she saw it, but she didn't convict Yan'er."

"Maybe it's not Brother Yan."

The old lady ignored it.

He only looked at Doctor Liu with a serious expression. "Doctor Liu, I wonder what food in the house is poisoned by oleander?"

Doctor Liu has checked it.

"This bowl of pigeon soup is poisonous."

After that, Doctor Liu shook his head and picked up the medicine box to leave. "You should check carefully. This concubine is injured. It may not be easy for her to have another baby in the future."

The old lady quickly winked.

Su Ying handed Doctor Liu a silver ingot, hoping that he would not spread the matter.

Murong Feiyue looked at the soup carefully and asked, "Who sent this soup?"

Ru Niang's maid knelt on the ground and cried softly: "It was sent by Zhenzhu, the maid in the second madam's yard. She said that she sent pigeon soup to all the aunts."

The old lady's eyes fell on Su Rutang.

It is full of doubts and a bit ruthless in its determination to win.

Su Rutang looked calm, "I sent someone to deliver it. There's one in every concubine's room."

"The soup you sent contained oleander juice. How do you explain that? I didn't expect you wouldn't allow your concubine to have children..."

Old Madam Zhou just thought that Su Rutang was being petty.

She never expected that this vicious woman would dare to attack the Zhou family’s descendants. If this continues... she dared not imagine what would happen in the future?

"Su Rutang, you disappoint me so much."

Mrs. Zhou was so angry that she felt dizzy.

She had the woman who brought the soup arrested, and sent someone to invite Zhou Chengru back.

Then let Cui go to Rongxitang together.

Song Huaiyan and Zhou Chengru went to Rongxitang together, and Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhao also rushed over.

No one from the second house went there.

The second old lady said that she felt weak and that it was not worth mobilizing so much force just for a concubine, which was not decent.

Nanny Zhao didn't dare tell the truth to the old lady, for fear of making her angry and causing harm.

Everyone's eyes fell on Su Rutang.

Su Rutang sat calmly on the chair, "Madam, are you convicting me based on a bowl of pigeon soup?"

"It's not me who wants to convict, it's Doctor Liu who said the pigeon soup is poisonous."

Song Huaiyan was startled. She thought the soup was delicious. She ate all the soup and meat, and now she wanted to drink another bowl.

Listen carefully.

Song Huaiyan knew that Su Rutang was in big trouble.

Zhou Chengru hated the secretive tactics used in the backyard the most. If a kind person like Murong Feiyue was the housekeeper, the backyard would surely be peaceful.

He couldn't help but feel annoyed:

"Su Rutang. Are you worthy of the Zhou family?"

Song Huaiyan frowned, "Has anyone in the mansion ever had an abortion due to poisoning? If not, Second Madam would have no motive to do this."