I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

After seeing Lu Zhaowen, Cheng Yu had only two words in his mind: bah, scumbag!

Seeing the bruises under his eyes, I thought it was because he indulged himself too much and didn't get enough rest.

I thought he must have fallen asleep outside and came back in a hurry after his followers called him.

After Zhao Rulan became pregnant, Lu Zhaowen separated from her on the grounds that she was pregnant and had heavy body.

Zhao Rulan is taken care of by maids and old women, and Lu Zhaowen usually comes to accompany her. In addition, Lu Zhaowen now holds an official position, so he is naturally busy.

Zhao Rulan didn't think it was wrong for him not to come here to rest at night. Besides, she was in poor health and couldn't serve him.

Lu Zhaowen also seemed to be in the villa or in the study.

As for where he went that night, no one would know if no one specifically checked.

Dingxiang got the herbs and went to the small kitchen to boil the medicine, and left it to Madam Li to look after.

Madam Li is the most loyal, so naturally she would not plot against the mistress.

Dingxiang came in from the small kitchen and saw Lu Zhaowen had already entered the house, asking the mistress about her well-being.

"Your condition scares me to death. What's going on?" Lu Zhaowen said gently and considerately.

Zhao Rulan's face was still pale. When the doctor came, he brought some hemostatic pills and had already fed her half a pill. She was still feeling uncomfortable. Her stomach didn't hurt, but she was bleeding.

The doctor also said that he was afraid that if the bleeding couldn't be stopped, the baby would be miscarried.

All Zhao Rulan needs to do now is lie in bed and rest well.

Zhao Rulan looked at Lu Zhaowen, but there was no love in her eyes. She just couldn't understand Lu Zhaowen's eyes.

She said calmly, "The doctor said that the incense in my room contained saffron, musk and other substances that stimulated the fetus in my abdomen, which caused the fetus to be unstable. Second Master, I want to ask you, where did you get that incense from?"

Lu Zhaowen's eyes flickered for a moment.

There was also shock in his expression, he had no idea there would be a problem with incense.

"Mother Lan, I bought the incense from a rouge and powder shop outside. This is my fault. I didn't realize that the incense contained something harmful to you and the child."

Zhao Rulan sighed.

"Second Master, please go back first. You can't help me here."

Ding Xiang came forward immediately and said, "Second Master, please go back first. Madam needs to have a good rest now."

Lu Zhaowen was sent away, and he didn't care much about Zhao Rulan. He even didn't show much concern for the baby in her belly.

After Lu Zhaowen left, Ding Xiang came forward to serve Zhao Rulan.

"Madam, you need to rest well now and don't think about anything. Madam Li is in charge of making the medicine in the small kitchen. She is someone we brought from the palace and can be trusted."

Zhao Rulan hummed.

Just at this moment, Ziwei came in from outside, but her face didn't look very good.

She didn't dare come in.

Dingxiang comforted Zhao Rulan to lie down. Mother Zhang was also there. There was no need for Dingxiang to say anything. Mother Zhang would tell her what to say and what to do.

Seeing Ziwei looking at her secretly, Dingxiang hurried out.

"What's going on? Have you asked everyone in the room?"

Cheng Yu, Zhu'er, Xianglian, Xiangling, and Ziwei's men were all in the yard.

Cheng Yu and Zhu'er were second-class maids in the mistress's room. In theory, they were not under Dingxiang's management, but Dingxiang had a better relationship with Cheng Yu, so she was closer to him.

Dingxiang, who was only responsible for taking care of her mistress's daily rest, had two maids under her, namely Xianglian and Xiangling.

Ziwei, who was in charge of the mistress's dowry clothes and daily wear, also had two maids under her, one named Sujuan and the other Zhijin.

The doctor examined today's incident and said it was caused by a problem with the incense. Therefore, this matter is closely related to Ziwei, who is in charge of the incense and clothes in the mistress's room.

Ziwei and Dingxiang usually look down on each other, but at critical moments, they still unite to face the outside world.

"Lilac, I always feel that something is wrong. How could the mistress have a miscarriage because of the incense?"

I felt scared at this time.

Clove glared at her.

"I told you before, stop using all the incense my wife uses. Even if my wife likes it, you still have to persuade her."

Ziwei whispered, "I don't think it's that serious. Besides, the incense we brought with us was made by ourselves, so it's safe. But..."

Ziwei said but.

Dingxiang realized that things were serious.

"You mean, how many times have you used the incense that the Second Master sent you?"

"The second time." Ziwei's voice became smaller and smaller. "I didn't know about the first time. Second Master sent it to me. Seeing that my wife liked it, I used it once in the evening. The second time was because my wife disliked the strong smell in the house. I thought the fragrance given by Second Master was stronger..."

"How could I not know that this would happen? Second Master, Second Master loves my wife so much, would he murder the baby in my wife's belly?"

Dingxiang glared at Ziwei.

"Don't dare to say such nonsense."

"Dingxiang, what do you think I should do now?" Ziwei asked worriedly.

If the baby in his wife's belly could not be saved, she would definitely not be let off easily. How could Ziwei not be afraid?

Selling it was secondary. Ziwei was afraid that she would be beaten to death.

"Lilac, our usual quarrels are between us sisters, but now, you have to help me."

Ding Xiang said, "When my wife is in better condition, you can take the initiative to admit your mistake. My wife will know that the fault is not yours and will definitely not punish you severely."

But there will definitely be a small punishment.

Ziwei was scared and couldn't listen to what Dingxiang said at this time.

After Dingxiang finished talking to Ziwei, she went to the small kitchen and saw Cheng Yu was there, busy preparing something to eat.

"Yu'er, I know you stopped the people in the Madam's room today. You did a good job."

Cheng Yu said, "Isn't this what I should do? We are the maids of the mistress and we should serve her. I don't know who is in front of the Madam, so arrogant and domineering."

Ding Xiang said, "It was Hong Xi, the maidservant serving the Madam. She was the maidservant who came with the Madam's dowry and was always very arrogant."

The eldest lady's family background was not very good. Her father was just a juren scholar. Later, he became an official with misconduct and was demoted.

When the first lady got married, her dowry was only twenty-eight loads of trousseau, which was far less abundant than the dowry of the second lady, Zhao Rulan.

When Zhao Rulan married into the Lu family, her dowry weighed as much as 280 pieces.

In addition to these, there were also two large cargo ships of clothing, fabrics, furniture and jewelry that Zhao Rulan's maternal grandfather's family brought as a dowry, not to mention the private money left to her by her deceased mother.

It is rumored that the amount of money is 50,000 taels.

How much of the truth is probably only known by Zhao Rulan herself.

Therefore, when Zhao Rulan came to the Lu family, she took control of the Lu family's power.

Since the current head of the Lu family is Lu Zhaowen, and Lu Zhaowen had not married before, the housekeeper's duties were handed over to the first wife, Mrs. Sun.

When Zhao Rulan entered the Lu family, she became the mistress of the Lu family, and all matters in the Lu family's inner house were handed over to her.

This matter was brought up by the first lady, Madam Sun, and the old lady.