My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

Qin Yu and Pei Fengjin's engagement banquet was quite grand, and the Marquis's Mansion started preparing for it three days ago.

Qin Yu's father was a well-known businessman in Kyoto, and his family was so wealthy that many officials and officials coveted him.

In his previous life, when Lu Xingcheng married Qin Yu, the Qin family gave him twenty prosperous shops in Kyoto as a gift!

Lu Xingcheng's status also soared instantly because of this. In any dynasty, money is useful.

Lu Zhanyao was only a third-rank official. Even if he received official salary for ten years, it would not be enough to cover half of the family property that the Qin family gave to Qin Yu as a dowry.

Logically speaking, the Wen family, as Qin Yu's maternal family, would definitely participate in the engagement banquet held at the Marquis's Mansion.

But the banquet that Lu Zhanyao invited Old Madam Lu to attend was the banquet held the day before the engagement banquet at the Marquis's Mansion, which is what people call a half-banquet.

This was a banquet to entertain some relatives and friends of the Marquis's Mansion, which started at noon the day before the engagement banquet...

Old Madam Lu enthusiastically asked Lu Zhanyao to disguise her, and then handed her over to two strangers to take her to the Marquis's mansion.

Aunt Mei watched Madam Lu get on the carriage, and then looked at Lu Shengshi's smug look, and she knew in her heart that Madam Lu would never come back this time.

"Lu Zhanyao can even harm his own mother. If Xingcheng and I stand in his way one day, he will naturally not hesitate at all...

The more Aunt Mei thought about it, the more frightened she became. When she returned to the Lan Mansion, she quickly asked the maid to make her a cup of hot tea, which she drank while trembling.

The maid laughed and said, "Madam, you are really afraid of the cold! It's only the beginning of winter, and it doesn't seem that cold. You need hot tea to warm yourself up."

Aunt Mei glanced at her and said, "You feel cold inside, so you should drink more hot drinks."

Feeling cold? The maid was puzzled, so she kindly advised: "I heard someone say that this body is cold, so it is particularly afraid of cold! Madam, you should find a doctor to take care of your body."

The girl's name was Yan Suo. She was originally a maid in a wealthy family in Kyoto. Later, that family fell into decline, so she went to live in the Lan family.

These days, Yan Suo has been serving Aunt Mei, and he knows that her current wealth and glory were all earned by her son as a eunuch in the palace, so he feels a little more pity for this new master.

"Swallow lock."

Aunt Mei knew that she had no one she could trust now.

Yan Suo was an upright person with some courage. Moreover, she was already 20 years old and had originally planned to marry her cousin once she had earned enough dowry.

At this age, she is not like those fourteen or fifteen year old girls who are impetuous and timid.

"Ma'am...what's wrong with you?"

Yan Suo saw that Aunt Mei looked very bad and felt a little confused.

"Madam, are you ill? Your hands are cold too."

"I...I didn't!"

Aunt Mei swallowed her saliva, hesitated, and finally made up her mind.

"Yan Suo, I tell you, if I am killed one day, when my son comes back, you must tell him... it must be his father who killed me! Tell him... tell him to be careful... be careful of his own father."

After saying this, Aunt Mei covered her face and started crying.

Yan Suo was stunned: "Madam, why do you think so?"

Aunt Mei was panicking and sat there helplessly. "I'm not just imagining things. I just feel that this day is not far away. Yansuo, I... I'll give you fifty taels of silver, and you can leave today! If I get killed tomorrow, you must tell my son what I told you today!"

She had no one to rely on in Kyoto. She felt that Lu Zhanyao favored her, and they had another child, Lu Xingcheng.

But now...

Aunt Mei was really frightened.

Lu Zhanyao could even plot against his own mother, so what about her, his concubine?

"Yan Suo, I have no one I can trust. I...I'll take a gamble with you just once."

Although Yan Suo was confused, he naturally would not refuse the good thing of getting fifty taels of silver for free.

So he vowed to Aunt Mei: "Madam, don't worry! If you really encounter an accident in the future, I will definitely not take these fifty taels of silver for nothing! I will tell your son Lu Xingcheng no matter what!"

Aunt Mei immediately took out fifty taels of silver and gave it to Yan Suo.

Yan Suo was holding the heavy silver, his heart was in turmoil, and he left the Lan Mansion that afternoon.

Aunt Mei was completely dazed and dejected.

Lu Xingcheng's life or death is unknown in the Cining Palace, so what's the point of her saving all this money?

Now, he only thought that if he was murdered by Lu Zhanyao, he would let Xingcheng know the truth so that he could be prepared.

"I don't know why the lady of the Lan Mansion gave me fifty taels of silver and sent me away! Strangely enough, she told me to remember that if she was murdered, it was done by Lu Xingcheng's biological father."

In the blink of an eye, Yan Suo appeared in the Wen Mansion and sat in front of Wen Qiqi.

"Miss, has my identity been exposed? But I have always been very careful. Before the Lan family hired me, they also investigated which families I had worked for in the past. They shouldn't be suspicious!"

Wen Qiqi nodded: "If your identity is exposed, given Aunt Mei's temper, even if she has the slightest suspicion, she will definitely kick you out directly and will definitely not give you fifty taels of silver."

Xinyi and Diejiu looked at each other and nodded.

Xinyi said, "Miss, you are right. Aunt Mei is a calculating person. Others may not know this, but how can we not understand it? Not to mention that she doubts you, even if she doesn't need you, when she was in the Lu Mansion, she didn't even give a penny to the servants when she drove them away."

Die Jiu also said, "Yes, she is very stingy! These fifty taels of silver are enough for your three years' wages, so she won't give it to you for nothing."

Yan Suo was even more confused: "Then I can't understand why!"

Xinyi paused and asked hurriedly, "Has Aunt Mei behaved abnormally these days? She said that if she died, it was Lu Zhanyao who killed her... Did you see any dispute between the two of them?"

"I didn't know there was a Lu Zhanyao in the Lan Mansion before. It was because you saw him and asked me to keep an eye on him that I realized he was indeed back. As for the quarrel... I didn't hear it. But, I didn't see him being very nice to Aunt Mei. They both looked so nervous when they looked at each other!"

Yansuo recalled carefully and gently stroked the hair on his temples with his fingers.

"Yesterday morning, Aunt Mei asked me to cook a pot of red dates, nuts, and lotus seeds soup for her. Oh, and last night she said we were going to have steamed chicken today. I had just washed the chicken, covered it with water, and was about to put it in the pot when she called me over and cried and said these words to me."

Yan Suo’s words made Wen Qiqi think deeply.

According to Yan Suo's description, Aunt Mei must have acted on impulse. She must have known something last night or this morning.

Wen Qiqi suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Yan Suo: "What are the others in the mansion doing? Lu Shengshi? Madam Lu... In short, if there is anything wrong with the past, just tell me in detail."

Yan Suo said, "Lu Shengshi's affairs are not my business, and I don't know what she does. She is not a friendly person, and I am too lazy to get close to her. Besides, before Lu Zhanyao came back, she and Old Madam Lu could not compete with Aunt Mei, and they were angry all day long."

Swallowing his saliva, Yan Suo leaned forward on the table, looked at the three people and continued to speak seriously: "However, since Lu Zhanyao came back, the momentum of the Lu family's mother and daughter has been different. Miss, you also saw it that day. Since Lu Zhanyao returned to the mansion, he has been extremely filial to Madam Lu!"

"That won't make Aunt Mei suspect that something bad is going to happen to me, right?"

Die Jiu frowned and said, "No matter what Aunt Mei is like, she is from the Lu Mansion. She would not blink an eye when harming others. She would not talk nonsense like this just because Lu Zhanyao treats his mother better... Could it be, could it be..."

"What?"

Xinyi asked hurriedly, Diejiu said: "There must be something fishy when things are out of the ordinary! Lu Zhanyao has disappeared for such a long time. Suddenly he went shopping with Madam Lu and Lu Shengshi and bought so many things. Could there be some other trick... and this trick was discovered by Aunt Mei?"

I have to say that Diejiu has indeed improved a lot in her one year in Shantun.

This analysis of things is very logical and logical.

Wen Qiqi smiled slightly: "Yes, that should be the case! Yansuo, think carefully, what is Madam Lu doing today?"

"Someone took him away."