I kicked out my vicious husband and married his great-uncle

The person behind the curtain was lying with his back to Madam Xie.

A voice came, sounding very uneasy: "Mother, please go out quickly. If your daughter infects you with this cold, it would be a great disrespect to your filial piety."

Being unfilial is a serious crime.

But even after hearing these words, Mrs. Xie still stood there without moving.

She looked at the person lying with his back to hers and asked, "Ya'er, where is Mingyue? You are sick, why isn't Mingyue here to serve you?"

Mingyue was the maid that she prepared for Xie Chunya as a dowry when Xie Chunya got married.

"Mingyue went out to buy something."

"Is this really the case, Mingyue?" At the same time, Madam Xie stepped forward and grabbed the woman lying on the bed.

She guessed correctly. The person lying on the bed was not her daughter Xie Chunya, but the dowry maid, Mingyue.

Mingyue was so scared that she knelt on the bed, trembling.

Madam Xie snorted coldly: "You are so bold that you dare to pretend to be a young lady here. Let me ask you, where is the young lady?"

After saying this, Madam Xie's eyes swept over the wife of Marquis Anping.

This is the Anping Marquis' Mansion. Everything that happens here is closely related to the Anping Marquis's wife.

The wife of the Marquis of Anping laughed dryly, "My dear relatives, look at what you said. Where could Chunya go? She just wanted to have fun and went out of the house. That's why she asked Mingyue to pretend to be her. This is not the first time such a thing has happened. It's not a big deal. My dear relatives, don't make a fuss about it."

This statement contains an implicit threat.

It was a warning to Madam Xie that it was Xie Chunya's fault for going out without permission, and their Anping Marquis Mansion would not pursue the matter.

But, the premise is that Madam Xie, as a mother, should not make a big deal out of it. Otherwise, it would harm her own daughter.

Madam Xie sneered, "I know best what my own daughter is like. I will stay here today, and I will not leave until I see my daughter."

The wife of the Marquis of Anping immediately called the servants behind her and ordered, "Go to the shops where the wife of the deceased prince often goes and look for her. Make sure to find her back as soon as possible."

After giving the order, Lady Anping smiled at Lady Xie and said, "My dear, why don't we move to the flower hall and have a cup of tea while we wait? How about that?"

"No need. I'll wait here. Madam Hou still needs to hear back from someone, so she can find Chunya sooner. In that case, it's inconvenient to wait here, so let's go to the front and wait."

These words were meant to ask Lady Anping Hou to leave.

The wife of the Marquis of Anping smiled and said, "My in-laws are here, but I left without permission. If this gets out, won't people say that the Marquis of Anping's mansion is not hospitable to guests?"

"Since we are relatives, we are a family. Why should we treat guests as guests?"

"That being said, it's really not considerate to leave my in-laws here alone."

"It's okay. I don't mind." Madam Xie changed the subject a little more sharply, "Madam Hou insisted on staying here. Are you afraid that I would steal things from your house?"

"Of course not." Lady Anping Hou responded with a smile.

Having said that, she couldn't stay any longer.

But before leaving, she glanced at Mingyue and said, "Mingyue, you know best where your young lady likes to go on weekdays. How about this, I will arrange for someone to go out with you, and go look for her quickly, so that your wife won't worry."

Hearing this, Mingyue immediately stood up and wanted to go out with Lady Anping.

At this time, Nanny Rong reached out and grabbed Mingyue.

Madam Xie looked at Madam Anping and said calmly, "There are so many people looking for her, but Mingyue is not the only one. When I was in the Xie family, it was Mingyue who served me. She knows all about my temper and preferences. In this case, I am here today, so I will let her continue to serve me."

"Okay." After saying that, Lady Anping Marquis glanced at Mingyue and walked out.

As soon as she left, Madam Xie asked someone to guard the door.

After confirming that everyone here was hers, Madam Xie glanced at Mingyue and said, "Mingyue, you know my methods. I just want to ask you, do you want to tell me now, or after you are punished?"

Mingyue shrank back and said weakly, "Madam, I don't understand what you mean. I pretended to be the young lady and lay here because of your instruction. I didn't do it on purpose. Everything was done by your order."

Madam Xie sneered, "It seems that you are unwilling to tell the truth. Rong'er, do it."

Nanny Rong immediately took off the hairpin on her head, unscrewed one end, and a silver needle as long as her middle finger fell out.

She held Mingyue's fingers with one hand and held the silver needle with the other hand, and stabbed it directly into Mingyue's fingertips. In the end, she almost inserted the entire silver needle into her.

Mingyue screamed in pain, but she still didn't change her words and insisted that Xie Chunya had gone out.

Madam Xie shouted, "Mingyue, Mingyue, you really won't cry until you see the coffin. Do I have to bring your whole family here and kill them one by one in front of you before you will tell the truth?"

Mingyue was still crying: "Madam, what I said is the truth."

At this time, all ten of her fingers were bleeding and she was shaking with pain.

Seeing this, Nanny Rong whispered in Madam Xie's ear: "Madam, will it be possible..."

Before she could finish her words, Madam Xie interrupted her, "No. This is a trick. Chun Ya is a fearless person. Even if she wanted to go out, she wouldn't let someone lie on the bed and pretend to be her. There's no need for this. If you want to go out, just go out openly. There's no need to do this."

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. She knows best what her own daughter is like.

Nanny Rong thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed the case.

Before she got married, Xie Chunya had secretly run away before.

But even after running out so many times, she never asked her maid to pretend to lie on the bed by herself.

"And..." Madam Xie's voice revealed a bit of uneasiness, "And, Chunya likes her jade hairpin the most. Whenever she goes out, she likes to wear it. But look, this jade hairpin is placed neatly on her dressing table. And, when has her dressing table ever been so tidy?"

Nanny Rong took a closer look and found that it was true.

Except for that jade hairpin, my young lady always likes to be picky about the jewelry she wears when she goes out.

With all this selection, it is impossible for the dressing table to be tidy.

After saying this, Madam Xie looked at Mingyue again and threatened in a cold voice, "If you continue to be stubborn, I will have someone bring your brother here and chop off all his fingers in front of you! Including his thing that carries on the family line, chop it all into pieces! You have been in the Xie Mansion for many years, you know my methods."

Mingyue shook her head and said in a tearful voice, "Madam, I really didn't lie. The young lady really went out. You don't know that the Marquis's wife restricted her from going out, so the young lady had to go out secretly like this."

"Why did Madam Anping restrict Miss from going out?"

"Madam Hou said that the young lady's frequent going out is not a good wife. But the young lady is used to freedom, so she is like this."

"No, it won't." Madam Xie still believed in her own judgment. Suddenly, she pointed her finger at Mingyue's abdomen and shouted to Aunt Rong, "Rong'er, kick her in the stomach for me!"