Ye Qingluo heard these words when he brought Cuizhu into the restaurant. The servant who reported the news saw the newcomers and spoke hurriedly.

"Madam Du, the person who came today is not a maid, but the mistress of the Marquis's mansion."

"Mother?"

Mrs. Du paused and looked towards the door. She saw Ye Qingluo standing there with his men. Her attitude changed instantly.

"You are Qingluo, right?"

Madam Du came to Ye Qingluo and took her hand affectionately. "I heard my elder sister mention you. How come you have time to come here today?"

"Aunt, how is cousin Simon? Is he feeling better?"

When Ximen Ao was mentioned, Mrs. Du sighed and her face was full of worry.

"The doctor said he was fine, but how could he get into trouble just by attending a party?"

"My aunt is right. It is indeed the Marquis' fault in this matter."

Ye Qingluo took a step back, let go of Du's hand and said, "Look, my mother specially sent me here to visit you today..."

Mrs. Du looked at Ye Qingluo's actions, and saw that the maid she brought with her was empty-handed, and her face looked a little bad.

My eldest sister's daughter-in-law really doesn't know how to do things. She didn't even show any courtesy when she came to visit.

Seeing that Ye Qingluo hadn't finished the rest of his words, he asked again, "And what?"

"Qingluo, we are a family after all. If you have any problems, please don't hide them from me."

"Mother and the Marquis also told me to take back the restaurant."

"what!"

Mrs. Du became anxious when she heard this. Even though she didn't know much about business, she knew that as long as the restaurant was open, they could live a rich life without worries about food and drink.

How can we take the restaurant back now?

Just as Mrs. Du was thinking about how to respond to Ye Qingluo's next words, she saw Ximen walking out arrogantly.

"Let me see who is so bold as to attack my restaurant!"

When Ximen Ao came out, Cuizhu subconsciously moved closer to Ye Qingluo to prevent the other party from having bad intentions.

"Cousin, go back and tell my cousin the Marquis that I have run this restaurant for three years. Even if I have no credit, I have worked hard. Now that I am no longer needed, it is impossible for me to return the restaurant to you!"

Because of Chu Beiyu's kick yesterday, Ximen Ao was completely broken off with Chu Beiyu and spoke rudely.

Compared to Ximen Ao's anger, Madam Du was the first to react and asked Ye Qingluo again, "Qingluo, whose idea was it to take back the restaurant?"

"Ao'er was right just now. Over the years, even if I have no credit, I have worked hard."

"It would be unfair to tell others if we were to leave now. Besides, your mother-in-law and I have been sisters for so many years, she would never do this."

Mrs. Du was obviously very confident about this matter.

Ye Qingluo watched this scene and replied, "Aunt, this matter was indeed told by mother and the Marquis in person. Why don't I go back and talk about it?"

"say what!"

"Someone, get these two out of here!"

Ximen Ao was furious and ordered the servants in the restaurant with an extremely arrogant attitude, "Cousin, go back and tell him that I will not return this restaurant. What can he do to me?"

"If he dares to cause trouble again, I will go to the government and tell the truth about the theft. I will see if he still has the dignity to live up to it!"

"Ma'am, please."

Cuizhu was about to take action but was stopped by Ye Qingluo. It was not until they left the restaurant and walked a distance that Cuizhu expressed her doubts.

"Madam, why didn't you let me take action just now? I have done my best. I have heard that since Master Ximen took over the restaurant, there have been many cases of bullying men and women. If this continues, the restaurant will be ruined."

"I know, but you saw what happened just now. Ximen Ao has been running the business for so long, so he can afford to wait for two more days."

"But you, are you sure you can handle those strong men in the restaurant by yourself?"

"I..." Cuizhu lowered her head and said nothing.

"Madam, I am just feeling sorry for you."

It was clearly his wife's property, yet he was being driven out like this.

It would have been fine if other people ignored it, but the Marquis and Old Madam Chu actually teamed up to bully the lady. They just felt that the general had been demoted and the lady had no one to rely on.

If it had happened before, even if these people had more courage, they wouldn’t dare to do so.

"If only the general was still in the capital. If he knew about this, he would definitely not allow such a thing to happen..."

Cuizhu lowered her head, feeling a little depressed.

"Yeah, it would be nice if my dad was in the capital now..."

After dealing with these troubles with the Marquis' Mansion, she would definitely go to the border to see how her father was doing.

"Madam, this shouldn't be the way back to the Marquis' Mansion. Where else should we go?"

"Rejuvenation Hall."

Because of the matters at the Marquis' Mansion, she hadn't been to Huichun Hall for a few days and didn't know what the situation was there.

"Madam, you are here!"

Caiyue, who was packing her things, was about to run forward when she saw Ye Qingluo, but she noticed the woman following her.

"Who is this sister?"

Cuizhu nodded to Caiyue and said, "My name is Cuizhu, and I am the maidservant of the Madam."

"It turned out to be Sister Cuizhu."

Caiyue said with a smile.

"Where's Li Er? Why didn't I see him today?"

"He went out early in the morning for something, and I'm afraid he won't be back until later. Madam, did you find him for something?"

"..."

As Ye Qingluo was speaking, he heard a soft call from behind.

Caiyue stepped forward upon seeing this and said to the woman, "Miss, are you here to get medicine or for treatment?"

The woman pointed in the direction of Ye Qingluo and said, "I'm looking for her!"

Caiyue was stunned, and there was a hint of caution in her tentativeness.

"Miss, what do you want to talk to our lady about?"

"Madam, I think this person looks like the eldest daughter of the Shangshu Mansion."

Because of Su Wan's incident, Cuizhu also had no good feelings towards the people in the Shangshu Mansion.

"The daughter of the Shangshu Mansion?"

It turned out that she had met him at the last flower-viewing banquet. When she turned around, she saw Su Yun walking towards her.

"Madam Pingyuan Hou, we meet again. Do you still remember me?"

"Miss Su is not here to get medicine or to consult a doctor. What is her intention?"

Ye Qingluo did not intend to have too much interaction with the people in the Shangshu Mansion, so he spoke frankly.

"I don't have any intentions, but I just happened to find something about what happened in the Marquis's Mansion yesterday. I wonder if the Marquis's wife is interested?"

Ye Qingluo chuckled, "If Miss Su doesn't want to talk about it, that's fine. I have other things to do..."

Seeing that Ye Qingluo had no intention of asking further questions, Su Yun suddenly became a little anxious.

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, she quickly walked to Ye Qingluo's side and spoke in a low voice.

"Madam, if I say that you were set up in Ximen Ao's incident yesterday, would you not care at all?"

Cuizhu was close by and her expression changed when she heard Su Yun's words.

"Design? No wonder...!"

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