The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

The old general then asked, "Ling'er, is the handkerchief in Zhang Qiang's hand yours?"

Ling'er: "Yes."

The old general: "So, are you admitting to hiring someone to harm the fourth young lady of the Su family?"

Ling'er: "I admit it."

Old General: "Who ordered you to do this?"

Everyone thought that a maidservant would frame her master for no reason, and where would she get so much money? There must be someone behind this. However, what Ling'er said next made everyone sigh.

Ling'er: "No one instructed me. It was all my own doing. Everything was done by me alone. My mistress knows nothing about it."

Hearing Ling'er's words, Su Rou'er felt relieved, thinking that the little girl was sensible.

Li Muxia felt somewhat disappointed. Was this person truly protective of his master, or was he just too foolish?

"Why did you do that?"

Ling'er: "This servant is avenging my young lady."

Upon hearing this, everyone remained silent, waiting for her to continue.

"Last month, the Yun family came to discuss the engagement. Young Master Yun suddenly demanded that the Fourth Miss come into the family as well, otherwise he would not agree to the marriage. After the eldest young lady found out, she was heartbroken alone in her room for a long time, but she did not want to blame the Fourth Miss. It was clearly the Fourth Miss who seduced her future brother-in-law, it was clearly the Fourth Miss's fault, so why was it the eldest young lady who was heartbroken? I really couldn't bear to see the eldest young lady crying every day, so I thought that if the Fourth Miss lost her virginity, then Young Master Yun would not want to take the Fourth Miss into the manor. Then the eldest young lady would not have to be so heartbroken."

So that's what happened in the first place.

Upon hearing this, Su Lanzhi hurriedly said, "I didn't, Father, Mother, Eldest Sister, I didn't. I've never even met Young Master Yun, how could I have seduced him?"

The old general asked, "Young Master Yun, which Young Master Yun?"

Su Chengyun quickly explained, "It is Yun Huali, the grandson of Minister Yun of the Ministry of War."

Upon hearing this name, everyone roughly understood that Su Lanzhi was probably not lying.

Yun Huali is a notorious playboy in Kyoto. He's only just turned eighteen this year, but he already has seven or eight concubines in his harem. Moreover, it's said that if Yun Huali sees a pretty girl while strolling down the street, he'll go to her house the next day to propose marriage and take her as a concubine. Yun Huali is good-looking and comes from a good family, so the families he proposes to are all willing to marry their daughters to him, even if it's as a concubine.

It's estimated that Su Lanzhi was spotted by this philandering young man at some point, which led him to the idea of ​​taking both sisters into his harem at the same time.

However, this was indeed an insult to Su Rou'er. She wasn't even married yet, and her future husband had already taken a liking to her younger sister. No one would feel comfortable in that situation.

Su Chengyun understood that this maid was probably taking the blame for his daughter, so he appreciated her quite a bit and felt less resentment towards Su Rou'er. He even admired her for training such a sensible maid.

Su Jinyun thought she could get rid of two people this time, but in the end, it was just a maid who took the blame.

When Su Rou'er first asked Ling'er to find someone to defile Su Lanzhi, Ling'er happened to be there and overheard their plot outside the door. She thought she could bring them both down this time, but unexpectedly, Su Lanzhi was rescued by Li Muxia, and Su Rou'er escaped punishment. She admired their good fortune; why didn't she have such luck?

She clearly surpassed all the other young ladies in the manor in every way, but in order to survive within the household, she had to hide her true strength. She pretended to be inferior to those two incompetent legitimate daughters.

And then there's this Su Lanzhi, who must have had some incredible luck to get to know the two young ladies of the Li family, which made her father look at her differently.

She was filled with resentment, wondering why such good fortune hadn't fallen on her shoulders, when she was clearly the most outstanding one.

No one cared about Su Jinyun's thoughts; everyone's attention was on Ling'er.

Su Rou'er was very satisfied with Ling'er's explanation. She immediately put on a pure and innocent act, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said, "Ling'er, how could you be so confused? That's my sister. Even if I'm heartbroken, I would never do anything to hurt her."

Li Muxia then said, "That's not right. Where would a mere maid like you get so much money?"

Ling'er was flustered by Li Muxia's question and couldn't think of a reason for a moment.

Seeing this, Su Rou'er quickly said, "Rou'er, you said a while ago that your mother was sick and needed money. I remember giving you one hundred taels of silver at the time. You wouldn't happen to..."

She stopped there, but she had explained everything that needed to be explained.

Ling'er quickly nodded and said, "Yes, that's right, it was this servant who lied to Miss."

Li Muxia curled her lips. This Su Rou'er is really good at making things up. What a good master-servant relationship! She can take out a hundred taels of silver and lend it to her maid all at once.

Their statements were riddled with holes, obvious to anyone with eyes to see.

Su Chengyun also knew that this matter had to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it would lead to other issues, and after all, family scandals should not be aired in public.

"General, since this is my family matter, I won't trouble you with the rest. I would also like to thank you for helping me find Lanzhi today."

Li Muxia wanted to say something, but she knew that this was the end of the matter.

The old general exchanged a few polite words and left with his men. When he left, he ordered that the four villains be taken away with him and sent to the Jingzhao Prefecture overnight.

As Li Muxia was leaving, she saw Su Lanzhi looking at her with a worried expression. She went to Su Lanzhi's side and whispered in her ear, "Be careful of your older sister."

Then he patted her on the shoulder and left.

Su Lanzhi naturally understood that this was not something a mere maid could handle. However, judging from her father's expression, she had no choice but to abandon the idea.

However, this incident also made her more cautious, and she also needed to quickly explain that she really did not seduce that Young Master Yun.

She also asked her father not to give her to Young Master Yun as a concubine.

After this incident, it was already dark, and the Su family did not come to the dining hall for dinner. They must have had their food delivered to their rooms by the temple.

Li Muxia had made plans with Su Lanzhi and Wei Shuyue to pick pears this afternoon, but now they can't go. Wei Shuyue didn't come today either, and they're going back early tomorrow morning.

After thinking it over, Li Muxia decided to go to the pear orchard, at least to see what it was like inside and to taste the legendary sweet pears.

So, after everyone had rested, Li Muxia went to the pear orchard alone, fortunately it wasn't far away.

Looking at the bright orange pears on the tree, Li Muxia swallowed hard.

Unfortunately, all the lower-lying pears had been picked, so Li Muxia had to climb the tree to pick the slightly higher ones.

Fortunately, Li Muxia was agile and quickly climbed up a tree.

Sitting on a tree branch, Li Muxia picked a pear and was just about to take a bite when...

Suddenly a male voice came from beside me.

"Aren't you afraid of falling when you climb so high?"

The sudden sound startled Li Muxia. She instinctively turned around to find the source of the sound, but as she did so, her hand touched nothing. A feeling of weightlessness suddenly overwhelmed her, and Li Muxia instinctively closed her eyes, awaiting the impending pain.