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

Cheng Yu went to the door of the Lu family. She stood in the crowd and watched the police officers enter the Lu family one after another and take away all the valuables in the house.

The Lu family doesn't have any valuable things. They are all the dowry of the eldest lady.

She saw the eldest lady, who had a calm face, accompanied by Dingxiang and Ziwei, as well as Xiangling, Zhijin, the concubines Xianglian, Sujuan, and the pregnant Mei lady.

The old lady couldn't believe it and clamored to see the emperor, saying that her husband was a senior official who had assisted the emperor.

Sun cried and said, what did the Lu family do wrong and what did it have to do with her, a widow.

Cheng Yu did not see Lu Zhaowen. She saw everyone in the Lu family except Lu Zhaowen. She even began to suspect that Lu Zhaowen knew that there was something wrong with the food that the eldest lady prepared for him, so he set up a trap to murder the eldest lady.

But wait until the officers put the lady and the others in jail.

What Cheng Yu didn't want to believe actually happened.

The lady was in jail.

All members of the Lu family were imprisoned.

It was the first time that Cheng Yu experienced the power of power, and she returned to the pastry shop in a state of near daze.

At this time, Sister Yan had already woken up.

The little guy was hungry, so he put his little fist to his mouth and kept chewing.

"Yu'er, you're finally back. You almost scared me to death. Taozi just said that the mistress stuffed something into her when she came out. I took a look and it was your indenture."

After Madam Li said this, Cheng Yu burst into tears.

She wanted to calm down, but she couldn't help herself.

"The lady has been taken away."

"She brought the young lady out to Taozi regardless of all the dangers. She must want us to take good care of her."

Taozi was crying too.

"The people around the Madam look so familiar, but no one has seen me. I am small, so I can fit into the dog hole. I am not afraid of death. I thought, I will take the young lady out at the risk of my life. The Madam is so kind, she is so good to us."

Cheng Yu immediately thought of something and said, "I have the indenture contract, but you and Madam Li's indenture contracts are still in the box. I'm afraid the government officials will come looking for you, so you should stay at home for now."

Zhao Rulan had prepared Cheng Yu's indenture contract in advance, intending to give it to her when she was no longer busy.

In addition, Zhao Rulan had asked someone to register with the government, so Cheng Yu only needed to go to the government again and change his identity to that of a good citizen.

As for the indentures of other servants, Zhao Rulan had never expected that such a thing would happen in the Lu family.

She was sure that she was implicated by Lu Zhaowen.

After being imprisoned, Zhao Rulan sat on the grass, surrounded by Dingxiang and Xiangling.

Ziwei couldn't bear it anymore.

"Our eldest lady has no idea what the second master did outside. Instead of arresting us for no reason, it would be better to investigate the mistress outside. Maybe she was the one who instigated it."

The women were kept together.

The old lady, Mrs. Sun, and the eldest daughter of the Lu family, Lu Yuner, were all together.

Except for a few maids who served closely, the other maids were locked up next door.

There are limited cells and they cannot accommodate so many people.

"What are you talking about? Who are you pointing at? The old lady is still in front of you."

Qiuwen is the old lady's maid. She has always been arrogant in the mansion and can't stand other maids acting arrogantly in front of her.

Zhao Rulan said nothing, but just looked at the old lady coldly.

"Mother was so anxious to bring the child in? You are really making a fool of yourself. If you hadn't accepted the child into the Lu family, he might have survived. Now, I don't think anyone can guarantee whether he will live or die."

"Zhao Rulan, why are you still so arrogant? The Lu family has been raided, and your dowry is gone. You are now a prisoner like the rest of us."

Sun on the side started shouting.

Zhao Rulan looked at her coldly, "Foolish woman, do you think that just because I'm imprisoned with you, I'm the same as you? I'm still the legitimate daughter of the royal palace, Zhao Rulan, and you're just the daughter of an unknown merchant..."

The daughter of an unknown merchant.

These words completely hurt Sun.

She walked up to Zhao Rulan and was about to hit her.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Rulan suddenly stood up and slapped Sun hard in the face.

"Since I entered the Lu family, I have treated you like a family member. I respected you and gave you gifts in various ways. I turned a blind eye to the things you did secretly. You falsified accounts, embezzled money, and withheld the monthly wages for the servants, causing the servants' anger. I dealt with them one by one, but you always looked at me and laughed at me."

"You know that the Second Master has been keeping a mistress for a long time and even had a child who is much older than my daughter. You tolerate my kindness to you and take advantage of me, while you think you are noble and laugh at me in secret."

"Do you really think you are a good person?"

Sun's eyes sparkled after being slapped by Zhao Rulan. She never expected that the gentle and weak Zhao Rulan could be so strong when hitting someone.

Lu Yun'er wanted to step forward, but was pushed away by Ding Xiang.

The old lady sat on the ground, looking extremely haggard.

The silks and satins on her body were gone, and the jewels in her hair were gone. Without those dazzling objects, she looked like just an ordinary old lady.

"Stop talking, stop talking. Now we just hope that Erlang can find someone and get out. Then we can get out with him."

"Ji Lang, what did you do?"

Could it really be related to that Song Yuwei outside?

When Zhao Rulan saw the old lady's expression, she guessed that she must know something.

"Mother, at this point, do you still want to hide something from us? Do you think that when we die, we won't even know why we died?"

Sun and Lu Yun'er looked at the old lady.

"Mother……,"

"Grandmother, what did my second uncle do? The imperial edict said it was a serious crime of murdering the prince. Wasn't my second uncle an editor in the Hanlin Academy? How could he murder the prince?"

The old lady was forced to say:

At first, Lu Zhaowen was working as an editor peacefully, but later, he met the second prince and became his guest.

Lu Zhaowen did not say how much benefit he received in helping the second prince.

But he said that Song Yuwei had always said that only by following the prince could there be a way out in the future.

Zhao Rulan suddenly burst into laughter.

"So that's how it is. Second Master is really willing to sacrifice all of us for the sake of the beauty. Second Master's salary is definitely not enough to support Song Yuwei and her son. It just so happens that the Second Prince wants to win over Second Master, so Second Master works for him. I think Second Master must have received a lot of things in private, otherwise, our Lu family would not be able to confiscate all the property."

It is not clear whether Zhao Rulan is in prison or not.

Cheng Yu ran around outside, earned a lot of money, and used a lot of connections. She also mortgaged her pastry shop and did figure out some things.