I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

The eldest lady was also shocked. She didn't expect that Zhao Fangyu had kept such a big thing to herself without saying anything!

I was so surprised that I asked the old woman to explain it in detail.

When Zhao Fanglan was found, she was tied to the bedpost with belts, and the ties were so tight. Her feet were hung up, with two bloody holes on her heels. Her whole body was covered in blood, and even her bedding was wet.

Zhao Fangyu also used a belt to hold her mouth and tongue down. As she struggled, the corners of her lips were torn, and two bloody marks were rubbed on her face. Even though a doctor was called in later, Zhao Fanglan's injuries were too severe to be saved. If the perpetrator hadn't simply tied up her limbs to stop the bleeding, she would have died.

Mother Cui was so frightened that she almost dropped the hairpin in her hand. After the maid who delivered the message went down, she said to the eldest lady with lingering fear: "The fourth lady is too cruel!"

The eldest lady suppressed the surprise on her face and soon figured it out.

"It's not that she is cruel, it's just that kind people are bullied and honest people are pushed into a corner."

"Bring some buttered lychee rolls that the fourth girl likes to eat, and go visit her in the afternoon."

Mother Cui nodded in agreement, but she still felt disappointed: "After all, the eldest lady has raised the fourth young lady for so many years. It's really a bit too much for the fourth young lady to do such a thing for Aunt Qian..."

Mother Cui was worried that Zhao Fangyu's actions would be exposed and affect the main courtyard, but the eldest lady saw the long-term picture more than Mother Cui, and understood that Mother Cui's heart was with her, so she explained to Mother Cui: "She is not just doing it for herself."

"A concubine cannot force her to this extent. What forced her to this point was the books she read and the principles she learned over the years."

Mother Cui didn’t understand. All five girls in the family were taught by the same teacher, so why was the fourth girl different?

While dressing herself, the eldest lady said slowly, "She reads the books of sages and learns the principles of sages. Others only hear them once, but she takes them to heart."

"In ancient times, there was a gentleman who hoped to own a mansion with thousands of rooms to shelter all the poor people in the world. The fourth girl was just like him. She asked for fairness."

"The last place she went before going to the Cherry Pavilion was Huai'er's yard. She went to see Li Ge'er..."

Mother Cui was stunned. She could never have imagined that Li Ge'er was involved in forcing Zhao Fangyu to take up the knife for revenge himself!

"Yu'er's innocent heart is actually very simple. She will repay anyone who treats her well a thousand times over."

"She seeks revenge so blatantly, but in the end, she is the one who is hurt."

Mother Cui's eyes were moistened, and she felt guilty for her previous speculation.

Thinking back to the scene when Zhao Fangyu first came to the main courtyard, he couldn't help but hate everyone in Yuelanxuan.

In the afternoon, the eldest lady took some things to look for Zhao Fangyu.

The guards in front of Jiaolu were hired by Zhao Sanhai. They dared to stop Zhao Fangjin, but they did not dare to stop the eldest lady.

All they could do was watch the eldest lady and the eldest girl go in.

The Banana House still retains its old scenery, with banana leaves on the flower windows. When it rains, a layer of mist will be emitted. When it is not raining, the banana trees in the yard are also lovely.

Zhao Fangyu was forced to sit at the desk in front of the window and copy the women's virtues and precepts over and over again. When he saw the eldest lady coming with Zhao Fangjin, he put down his pen and went to take them.

Who knew that the first one to catch it was Zhao Fangjin's small fist!

When Zhao Fangjin saw Zhao Fangyu, two tear marks suddenly appeared on his face, and his phoenix eyes were filled with anger and tears: "You are so good, you are asking for your life, aren't you? You dare to do such a big thing!"

The eldest girl did not think that her revenge for Aunt Qian was a betrayal of the main courtyard. She was just simply worried about what would happen if Zhao Fangyu got hurt.

Without waiting for the eldest lady to speak, Zhao Fangjin turned Zhao Fangyu back and forth several times, looked left and right several times, and kept asking: "Is she hurt anywhere? How dare you go after her with such a fast dagger? She is a rotten person, what if she hurts you!"

When Zhao Fangjin thought of what Zhao Fangyu had done, he broke out in a cold sweat.

In the middle of the night, in Zhao Fanglan's room, the only maid that she brought with her was left at the door to negotiate with the guards!

She broke in alone, tied up Zhao Fanglan, cut her tendons in her hands and feet, and injected a mute drug into her...

In the past, even if someone came to Zhao Fangjin and said it in person, Zhao Fangjin would not believe it. But now it is really happening to her!

Zhao Fangyu was gentle and kind, not angry or complaining. He just quietly invited the eldest lady and Zhao Fangjin to take a seat.

"I was not injured. At first, I was ready to die, thinking that at most we would perish together. Later, I changed my mind and thought that dying for such a person would be a waste of my life, so I let her go and left myself a way out."

The eldest lady nodded, while Mother Cui found fault with the courtyard everywhere, saying that this place was not well decorated, that place was not properly decorated. After all, she felt guilty towards Zhao Fangyu, and could only do her best to make Zhao Fangyu live more comfortably.

When the eldest lady saw that Mother Cui had sent everyone away, she opened the secret box and took out the things for Zhao Fangyu from the lunch box.

A silver bell with an exquisite design and covered with phoenix flower patterns.

"I originally planned to marry you back to Longxi, so that you could live a more stable and comfortable life away from the capital. But who knew that something went wrong..."

Zhao Fangyu couldn't help but let a bitter smile appear on her lips. Perhaps it was because she was unlucky and God couldn't bear to see her live such a smooth life. Just when she saw that the road ahead was getting brighter, a bolt of thunder came down and shattered her plan.

"Don't worry, mother. This is my fate. I can't blame others."

The lady shook her head.

No, if we go back in time, the cause and effect of this matter can be traced back many years.

Zhao Fanglan was afraid that Zhao Zhihuai would find a good marriage partner, which would drag Zhao Zhiyuan, who was not good at studying, into the mud, so she wanted to secretly sabotage this marriage to buy Zhao Zhiyuan some time to grow.

When the eldest lady learned of what Zhao Fanglan had done, she was extremely angry, so she bribed the maidservant who worked with Aunt Zhang with silver, and asked her to seduce the third young master, causing him to become inhumane at a young age.

It also completely destroyed Zhao Fanglan's idea of relying on her younger brother to find a good marriage.

It was precisely because he lost this hope that Zhao Fangyu, who helped the main courtyard to restore her marriage, offended Yue Lanxuan invisibly by settling new and old grudges. Then he snatched away Zhao Fanglan's reputation as a talented woman, which offended Zhao Fanglan to the end.

How could Zhao Fanglan bear such a gap? She framed Zhao Fangyu many times but all were foiled one by one. It happened that Zhao Fangyu was not at home, and she felt that it was a sure thing for her to enter the palace. She wanted to abuse her power at home like a successful villain.

So the victims included Li Ge'er and Qian Yi Niang.

Cause and effect will always come true, but in the final analysis, if Zhao Fanglan had not had evil intentions in the beginning, there wouldn't have been so much that happened later.

Aunt Qian's death was caused by someone taking her out on him, and the eldest lady couldn't help but feel a little guilty towards Zhao Fangyu.

Even though Aunt Qian is stupid, she is still the fourth girl's biological mother.

"Since you plan to enter the palace, this thing should be given to you."

The eldest lady put the silver bell into Zhao Fangyu's palm and told her to keep it well and not lose it.