After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

Zhang Momo knelt on the ground, her body trembling. She explained with a far-fetched explanation: "Although my monthly salary is not high, the old lady is kind-hearted and never stingy in rewarding the servants. I have served the old lady for decades, so I can still afford this little money."

"Let's not talk about where this money came from." The old lady of the Zhenguogong stared at her condescendingly, her tone suddenly cold, "What hatred do you have with my granddaughter that you want to plot against her with such a vicious scheme?!"

Zhang Momo raised her head and glanced in the direction of Bai Youyou, her eyes filled with hatred, "The Fourth Miss and the Second Madam have repeatedly spoken rudely to me, and I hold a grudge against them, so I thought of using Taoist Zhang's ritual to make the Fourth Miss suffer."

No one present believed such a statement that was full of loopholes.

Hearing this, Lu was a little bit incredulous. She walked up to Zhang Momo and asked sternly, "Just because I gave you a few words of admonition for asking me to go to the Buddha Temple last time, you hold a grudge and want to kill my daughter?!"

She didn't say anything unpleasant that day, she just made a few innuendos about the old hag.

Mrs. Lu was so angry that her hands were shaking as she pointed at her, "What a vicious old thing!"

"What a wicked servant, he can't even be reprimanded by his master." Li sneered and glanced at Old Qiao. "Mother-in-law usually teaches her daughter-in-law to strictly follow the female precepts and observe good precepts. How come her own subordinates are so ignorant of the rules?"

Ever since she married into the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, she always acted like she was strict in managing the household, and her subordinates would obey her orders carefully once she spoke.

She said that she was young and was afraid that she would not be able to manage the mansion well, so she acted like a mother-in-law and wanted to have a say in everything.

If brothers are not getting along, parents must be responsible. The quarrels between brothers in Yongning Marquis Mansion were all caused by this old witch!

Old Mrs. Qiao's face turned pale with sarcasm as everyone looked at her. She glared at Zhang Momo angrily, "I have always been kind and tolerant to you, but I never thought I would raise a dog like you who bullies you by taking advantage of your power!"

She tilted her head to look at Nanny Wang and said, "Go get the cane and beat him hard!"

Nanny Wang was shocked and immediately knelt on the ground, pleading for Zhang Momo, "Old Madam, please calm down. Zhang Momo is old and may not be able to withstand such a caning!"

Mrs. Hu glanced coldly at Zhang Momo who was kneeling on the ground. "The matter has not been investigated clearly yet, so there is no need for Madam Hou to be so anxious to punish the servants."

This cunning slave is already over fifty years old. After a few beatings with the stick, he might die from the caning. Whether he is right or wrong will be up to them.

Outside the door, the guard of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion strode in with a half-burned piece of firewood in his hand.

"Madam, General, look at this."

Lu Zhenguo took the half piece of firewood from his hand, looked at it, and then put it under his nose and smelled it.

His expression suddenly changed, "This firewood has been soaked in tung oil!"

“More than just tung oil!”

He sniffed it again. "There's pine oil!"

The guard expressed his guess, "This piece of wood should have been soaked in tung oil first, and then pine oil was used to cover up the smell of tung oil."

Li exclaimed, "These firewoods were just delivered to the firewood room this morning, how could they be stained with tung oil?"

"It was delivered this morning?" Lu Zhenguo's expression became even colder. He glanced at Bai Yanlang and asked, "Do you know anything about the firewood?"

“I only found out about this after it started burning.”

Bai Yanlang had a sad face.

He really didn't know. If he knew that the firewood had been tampered with, he would never agree with Taoist Zhang's method of using fire to exorcise evil spirits.

Li hurriedly ordered someone to find the kitchen manager, "I'll ask him, maybe this is just a coincidence."

While everyone was waiting, the doctor from Jishidiang came running behind Bai Luochuan, carrying a medicine box on his back.

"Grandma, uncle, the doctor is here."

"Quick, come and have a look!"

Mrs. Lu called the doctor and brought him to Bai Youyou and Nanny Yang.

The doctor took one look and immediately gasped, "This is not a good place for consultation. Please go to a more private place."

"Cuizhu, go find someone to bring two sedan chairs."

Mrs. Lu stamped her feet anxiously, "Doctor, is it possible that the injuries on my daughter and the nanny won't leave scars?"

The doctor only glanced at Yang Momo, then at Bai Youyou's legs, "Madam, no, this lady's husband will do his best, but there is no guarantee."

"Mom, it's just a leg injury, leaving a scar won't be a problem."

Bai Youyou didn't care too much.

Anyway, there is no injury on the face, and the scar on the leg cannot be seen by others, so it does not affect the image.

It's Yang Momo......

She choked up and looked at the doctor pleadingly, "Doctor, if you have any good medicine, just give it to me. Money is not a problem."

"Miss, I am old now, it doesn't matter if I have scars. There is no need to waste money."

Yang Momo's face turned pale. When she heard Bai Youyou say this, her heart was filled with warmth.

Speaking of silver, Bai Qingyu looked at Bai Youyou with a strange expression, "There was a rumor today that you won 100,000 taels of silver at Lao Zhang's gambling house two days ago?"

When he first heard it, he thought it was a joke.

How could a little girl who hasn't even reached the age of 15 have the ability to win money from a gambling house? It would be a blessing from the Bodhisattva if she gave less.

Now hearing her loud tone, he felt that it seemed to be three points more true.

Bai Yanlang's eyes widened in shock, "You won 100,000 taels of silver from Lao Zhang's gambling house?!"

He had been so exhausted these past few days by the Third Brother's affairs that he had no time to care about the rumors outside.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, that's more than what he got from the family division!

A beating heart, trembling hands—

Bai Youyou glanced at him coldly, "I am just a young lady, how could I have the ability to take money out of the gambling house. The 100,000 taels were won by others, and I was just there to watch the fun."

"The rumor is that you were with a young man, and that young man was..."

Bai Qingyu was skeptical.

What he heard was not rumors from outside, but what was told to him by Marquis Yong'an.

But Bai Youyou was an uneducated person, so it was impossible for her to have superb gambling skills. Maybe the silver was really taken away by that man.

Bai Youyou said without blushing or beating her heart, "He was just a gangster I met while strolling around. I don't even know his name."

When Bai Yanlang heard that the silver was not won by Bai Youyou, the light in his eyes suddenly dimmed.

He scolded her with a stern face: "How can a girl like you run to a casino?"

"Children are bound to be playful. Just talk to them nicely. Why are you being so mean?"

Bai Yanlang scolded Bai Youyou, and Lu Zhenguo was the first to jump out. His voice was five decibels louder than Bai Yanlang's, making Bai Yanlang's eardrums deaf.

He rubbed his ears, feeling very aggrieved, "It's not good for a girl to go to a gambling house. I just said something."

"Hmph, say something?" Lu Zhenguo looked down on his cowardly look and snorted coldly, "Don't you even look at the expression you made just now?"