Originally, Ms. Lin did not expect that Liu Yun would seriously assist her in investigating the old lady's drugging. She thought that Yi Liuyun's sexual behavior was just a bluff, but she did not expect that she would actually come to participate in these things.
Lin couldn't drive her away, so he could only take her with him to investigate these matters.
Of course, what she didn't know was that Liu Yun had no interest in knowing who poisoned the old lady. After all, the old lady was shrewd enough to know it already, and there was no need for her to be the bad guy. She just wanted to
She took this opportunity to get to know the servants in the house in depth, and also planned how to arrange her people.
In the past, Liu Yun had always been aloof and looked down on his subordinates. Little did he know that in the battles between wives and concubines of many wealthy families, the winner or loser was not on themselves, but on the servants who were regarded as ants by them. Xiao He was successful and Xiao He was defeated. This was it
reason.
Mrs. Lin was happy to see Liu Yun put on airs and say harsh words in front of her servants, and someone rushed in front to make a bad face. She naturally took advantage of this ready-made white face, but she forgot that the servants would change the direction when the wind came, and they would secretly hate it in their hearts.
, but can also tell who is cruel and cannot be offended. Compared to the second lady who is decisive but considerate of her servants, the eldest lady who is ruthless and arrogant cannot be offended.
This is also the reason why many servants secretly turned against each other during the war between the eldest lady and the second lady.
It's not that Ms. Lin didn't understand this truth, it was just that she was temporarily blinded by the flattery of her servants, and she mistakenly thought that she was really the mistress of Mu Mansion, thinking that her power had penetrated into every corner of Mu Mansion until a long time ago.
Only later did she understand that servitude is really something that is hard to change. Many people have been favored by Ji to one degree or another. After Ji passed away, they watched Lin's pampering of the eldest lady with cold eyes.
Their lack of opinion does not mean acquiescence, they just have no position and no opportunity, so when Liu Yun asked for help later, they would silently extend their hands to help the daughter of Mistress Ji.
Much later, by the time Lin realized that Liu Yun's connections had penetrated, it was already too late.
Of course, Mrs. Lin at this time still acted like a loving mother, as if Liu Yun was her biological daughter, and even regarded Liu Yun's arrogance as childish nonsense. Even though Lan Xi reminded her, she still
I didn't really see Liu Yun's face clearly.
Lin sent someone to bring two little girls from Liuxianju's kitchen to interrogate who had entered the kitchen and touched the old lady's medicine. The two girls were trembling with fear, but they insisted that there was no one. Lin was
When he was about to investigate from other aspects, Liu Yun suddenly said casually, "Since they refuse to speak, let's see how hard their bones are."
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Lin immediately frowned and said, "Yun'er, don't be ridiculous. How can our Mu family do something that can only be defeated?"
"What Aunt Lin said is wrong. How can this be done under duress? The kitchen is the area they are responsible for. Now that there is a problem with the medicine, everyone who handles it is responsible. If the kitchen is negligent, they should naturally bear the greatest responsibility.
Responsibility."
Liu Yun's words are not unreasonable. After all, the medicine is fried in the kitchen. If there is accountability, the calculation must start from the kitchen.
"Miss, please forgive me, you really don't care about our business. The two of us took turns to watch over the decoction and never left the kitchen." The master wanted to find fault with the eggs, so the servants had to accept their fate, but the two girls who stayed in Xianju were there to serve them.
The old lady's time is not short. When the old lady was at Xiangyun Temple, they were responsible for cooking medicine and eating, and there was never anything wrong. Now, not long after she came back, such a big thing happened. They themselves
I also felt uneasy in my heart.
"You can spare your life if you want me to, but think about it carefully, who has ever entered the kitchen?" She gently touched the bracelet on her wrist with her slender hand, and said expressionlessly, "If you could tell me why you came, maybe you can still
There is a way to survive, otherwise if you can't find the reason, then you will have to consider yourself unlucky."
Mrs. Lin was quite critical of the eldest lady's unreasonable interrogation method, but she couldn't help but give Liu Yun face in front of so many servants. After all, she was the eldest daughter of the Mu Mansion.
, she has a distinguished status, and the master personally told her to exercise.
"Miss, please forgive me. We have served the old lady for more than two years and have never made any mistakes. Aunt Bai Su can vouch for us. We are definitely not lazy. Miss, you must believe in us." The two girls cried so hard that they cried like rain.
Very aggrieved.
"Is it true that no one has ever entered the kitchen?" Liu Yun narrowed his eyes and asked with a faint smile.
"Really not..." The girl who spoke suddenly shut up, as if she suddenly remembered something, and said in a daze, "I remember, an old woman came to the kitchen that day, saying she was here to deliver snow ginseng, but she came in to put down her things.
He just left without making any further stops."
"Yes, I also remember this person. At that time, I was secretly thinking that the old lady would put some snow ginseng in the soup she made every day. The doctor said it was used to replenish qi, but someone just came to deliver it a few days ago, and it hasn't been delivered yet.
I've finished it." The other girl also nodded, and then murmured, "These days, most of the servants in the house are familiar to each other, but this old lady is very unfamiliar, but at that time the old lady was waiting for the soup.
, I didn’t think much about it.”
Mrs. Lin's eyes narrowed slightly, emitting a dangerous light, and she waited silently for Liu Yun's next words.
"Can you recognize her?" Liu Yun asked.
"Just make a note, slave. If I see you again, I'll definitely recognize you." The girl replied affirmatively.
This time, Liu Yun respected Mrs. Lin very much and turned to her and said, "Auntie, do you want to gather all the old ladies together and let these two little girls come and recognize them?"
"That's fine." Mrs. Lin had already been riding a tiger and couldn't get off, so she ordered her servants to gather all the old ladies in the house outside the door and let the two of them identify them.
It's just strange that there are more than a dozen old women who came, but they are not the ones who went to Liuxianju that day.
"Did you make up a fabricated person to exonerate yourself?" Mrs. Lin looked at them displeased and warned, "I think you bullied the old lady because she was easy-going.
, it’s really lawless. Come on, pull these two girls down and beat them until they tell the truth.”
"Madam, you are wrong. An old woman really came here. What we said is true." The two girls were so frightened that they kept kowtowing.
"Wait a minute." Bai Su suddenly appeared, walked in slowly, and said to Liu Yun, "The eldest lady is here too."
"Aunt Bai Su came just in time. These two girls said they had seen an old woman going to the kitchen, but they couldn't recognize her." Liu Yun stepped forward and helped Bai Su sit down. Bai Su was not willing to sit down. After all, she was in the kitchen.
She was considered a servant in the mansion, but Liu Yun insisted, and she had no choice.
Lin's eyes flashed. She didn't know much about Bai Su and couldn't predict her temperament, but her position in front of the old lady was untouchable by anyone, so she spoke more carefully.
"These two girls lie a lot and cannot recognize each other. I am thinking about how to punish them. Our Mu Mansion does not allow servants who lie like this." Mrs. Lin's words were very good and also
She was hinting to Bai Su not to meddle in other people's business. She was now disciplining the servants of Mu Mansion. If Bai Su knew the current affairs, he wouldn't interfere.
However, if Bai Su protects himself wisely, then he is not Bai Su.
"Have all the old ladies been summoned? I have seen the mother in charge of the second lady a few days ago, but it seems that she has not come over, right?" After saying this, Mrs. Lin's face became ugly.