I just want to rob you of your luck

Mrs. Deng asked, "Are you telling the truth? Does Lin Jiuer really have a lover?"

Xia Liu swore solemnly: "I saw it with my own eyes. If necessary, I can come out to testify!"

Deng thought for a moment, then said in a gentler tone, "Stand up, take a seat, and tell me in detail what you know."

Xia Liu was delighted, thinking that he had finally saved his life.

But she was not without some ulterior motives. Her eyes flickered as she said, "Have you promised to spare my life, Princess?"

Mrs. Deng sneered, "That depends on your performance. If you can use this incident to get rid of Lin Jiuer and make mother-in-law happy, I will spare your life."

In fact, Deng was just saying it casually. She had wanted to kill Xia Liu since the first day she came to the courtyard.

How could he let Xia Liu off so easily? He just saw that she was still of some use to him.

Xia Liu knew that if this matter was true, Lin Jiuer would surely fall into an abyss from which there would be no escape, and then he would have a way to survive.

She looked at Deng in a flattering manner: "This servant and Lin Jiu'er can be said to be the maids chosen by Madam to stay by her side, and we have lived together for many years."

"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point!" Deng said impatiently.

"Yes, Lin Jiuer's lover is Wu Gang, the groom of our mansion. He and Lin Jiuer are from the same hometown, and they were also sold into the mansion together.

They often meet in private, and I have seen them several times by accident. Lin Jiuer’s relationship with him is definitely not ordinary.”

Deng thought about it for a while and felt that Xia Liu didn't seem to be talking nonsense.

"Don't make this matter public yet. I'll have someone investigate it."

Deng sent people to monitor the groom Wu Gang for several days, but did not find anything abnormal about him.

After all, Lin Jiuer is now the Marquis' concubine. It is said that the Marquis is quite fond of her, so she dare not frame her without any evidence.

After three days of treatment, the blisters on Lin Jiuer's fingers finally went away.

During this period, Jiang Cheng did not come to see her again, but he asked Steward Tian to send her five rolls of fine silk and several pieces of jewelry, and also gave her one hundred taels of silver.

Lin Jiuer happily accepted the silver and gave a ten-liang silver ingot to housekeeper Tian.

This person now replaces Zhou's housekeeper and is also a close confidant of the Marquis, so it is natural to win him over.

Butler Tian declined for a moment, then took the silver and left happily.

After getting up every day and having breakfast, Lin Jiuer would go to the Begonia Courtyard for a morning run, and then do some more stretching exercises.

Make the body lines more beautiful.

She started her morning run early that day. Soon, the servant A Kuan found her and said, "Master, the groom in the mansion wants to see you."

Lin Jiuer was stunned. A groom? She didn't remember knowing any groom.

"What's that person's name? Can you tell me what you want from me?"

Ah Kuan said, "That man said his name was Wu Gang."

Lin Jiuer recalled again and finally found the information of this person in the original owner's memory.

This person was from the same hometown as the original owner. The parents of the two families had a good relationship and they fled to Kyoto together.

The original owner could not remember what happened later. She only remembered that Wu Gang's mother was good to her, but she fell seriously ill. Wu Gang sold himself into slavery to save his mother.

She and Wu Gang entered the mansion together. Wu Gang was two years older than her. Perhaps at his mother's request, he took good care of her.

At the beginning, the two were young and got along like brother and sister. Later, as they grew up, Wu Gang seemed to have some thoughts about the original owner.

He had expressed his love for her before, but the original owner had always regarded him as a brother and naturally did not accept him.

The two of them contacted each other less and less, but later, Wu Gang's mother's condition worsened, and he was forced to come to the original owner to borrow money.

The original owner gave all his savings to Wu Gang.

Only then did Lin Jiuer understand why the original owner had worked as a maid for so many years but had no savings at all.

She felt a little helpless. She was now the Marquis' concubine, so why did Wu Gang come to her again?

If the Marquis's men saw it, I wouldn't be able to explain it.

However, considering that this person has always been caring towards the original owner, it is better to explain it to him clearly.

She said to Ah Kuan, "Tell him to come over. I'll be waiting for him in the pavilion in the courtyard."

"Also, go to the Marquis's study and tell him that I met a fellow villager in the courtyard and I came to report to him."

A Kuan took the order and left.

After a while, Wu Gang was brought over, and he felt a little embarrassed when he saw Lin Jiuer.

He didn't expect that after not seeing her for so many days, Lin Jiuer actually became the Marquis' concubine. He felt a little disappointed.

But I am also happy for Lin Jiuer. Such a beautiful girl like Jiuer deserves a better home.

The Marquis is a hero in his heart, so naturally he is the best destination for him.

Lin Jiuer specifically asked him to meet in this pavilion with a wide view in order to avoid suspicion.

She saw Wu Gang walk into the pavilion and took a look at him. He had dark skin, a handsome face, and a tall stature. He looked like an honest man.

She smiled and said, "Brother Gang, please take a seat. Is there something you want to see me for today?"

Wu Gang put the cloth package in his hand on the table.

He smiled naively and said, "I went out to visit my mother a few days ago. Thanks to the money you lent me, my mother received medical treatment in time. Now her health has improved a lot.

Mother can now do some embroidery work. She made you a pair of embroidered shoes. We have saved some money. We will return you five taels first and the rest later."

Lin Jiuer remembered that the original owner seemed to have lent all the dozen taels of silver she had saved to Wu Gang.

It seems that the mother and son are pretty good people. They know how to repay kindness. She is not short of money now.

So he said, "I'll accept the shoes, but you should take the money back. Consider it as buying some supplements for my aunt."

Wu Gang said quickly: "How can I do this? I know you gave me all your savings last time. It's not easy for you to save money. How can I take your money for nothing?"

Lin Jiuer thought about it and knew that if she refused again, it would make the other party a little sad, so she smiled and said, "In this case, I will accept it. You don't have to pay back the remaining money. Just consider it as my filial piety to my aunt.

The Marquis treats me well, and I have no shortage of money now. You can buy some supplements for my aunt when you have the money."

Wu Gang was stunned and looked at Lin Jiuer with complicated eyes. He was no longer polite to Lin Jiuer.

"Okay, thank you Jiuer. By the way, my mother said that if you are free, you can come to my house to play. Forget it, you probably won't be free in the future, right?"

The servants in the Marquis' Mansion usually have one day off every twenty days. The original owner used to go out of the mansion occasionally to visit Wu Gang's mother.

You can find a little bit of home there.

But Lin Jiuer is not the original owner, and her current identity is indeed not suitable for her to be too close to Wu Gang.

"I understand, Brother Gang. If I have the chance, I will go to see my aunt."

Wu Gang put on a smile, and then he heard Lin Jiuer say: "But I am now the Marquis's concubine, so we should not meet in private in the future. This is not good for both you and me.

I have already offended the Madam, but the Marquis will protect me now, and I am afraid it will be bad if I implicate you."

Just as Lin Jiuer finished speaking, she heard a noisy sound coming from the courtyard gate.

She frowned and looked, and saw Zhou and Deng walking towards her angrily with a group of maids and servants.