Huan'er quickly understood the eldest lady's intention, and nodded quickly and took the order and left.
Qiaoxiang helped Wei Zijin back to Lixiangyuan. It was getting late, and Chen Rui had never returned home. I don’t know if it was because he was too busy with business, or if he subconsciously wanted to escape what had happened before.
"Madam, you've been busy all day, so you'd better have dinner first!" Qiaoxiang said with concern. Seeing Wei Zijin nodding, she hurriedly went to the kitchen to prepare dinner for the eldest lady.
However, before Qiaoxiang came back from the kitchen, Huan'er hurriedly returned to Lixiangyuan.
"Madam, I just asked someone for a detailed question. Zhu'er was not in the second wife's yard at all, and she was in good health and was not sick..." Huan'er reported the information she had found to Wei Zijin without missing a word.
"So Lin Xueyao is lying!" Wei Zijin nodded and pondered thoughtfully: "Why did she hide her whereabouts?"
"The guard at the gate told me that Zhu'er hurried out of the mansion in the afternoon. I don't know where he went. He came back for a long time, and his expression was not right!"
"Go out of the house?" Wei Zijin repeated Huan'er's words and asked Youyou: "What did she do when she suddenly left the house?"
"I don't know either, but from this point of view, it must be the second wife who asked her to do something shameful, otherwise the second wife would not have concealed Zhu'er's whereabouts!"
Huan'er shook her head and told her what she thought was truthfully!
"It seems that Lin Xueyao finally couldn't hold back for a day..." A cold light flashed in Wei Zijin's eyes, and she smiled leisurely: "No wonder she was anxious to plead for Lian Qiao!"
"Madam, do you say that the second wife suddenly sent Zhu'er out of the house? Could it be that she wanted to report the matter of your order to punish Lian Qiao, and secretly report it to the Shangshu who is away?"
Huan'er was also puzzled by what the second wife was doing behind her back. But when she heard the eldest wife say this, she thought that the second wife was actually trying to sue the Secretary of the House in secret.
Wei Zijin shook her finger and said calmly: "Even if she really wants to complain behind her back, she has to have an excuse... Don't forget that Lord Shangshu neglected her because of what she said!"
Huan'er's eyes lit up, and he patted the back of his head and smiled: "I have forgotten this. Lord Shangshu must be upset at this moment. No matter how brave the second wife is, she will not dare to anger Lord Shangshu at this time!"
Wei Zijin nodded slightly and asked again, "Since Zhu'er has returned home, where is she?"
"It seems that I am not in the second wife's yard, and I don't know where to go..." Huan'er shook her head in confusion. If she hadn't been rushing to report to the eldest wife that Zhu'er had left the mansion, she would definitely have given Zhu'er the same to her. Find it out and ask a few questions!
Wei Zijin didn't ask much, and talked to Huan'er for a long time, but Qiaoxiang didn't come back from the kitchen. She frowned slightly: "Didn't Qiaoxiang ask the kitchen to prepare dinner? Why haven't you come back yet?"
"I'll urge you..." Huan'er was a smart girl. When she heard Wei Zijin say this, she thought the eldest lady was hungry, so she quickly turned around and left Lixiangyuan.
As a result, Huan'er had just walked outside the Lixiangyuan gate and encountered Qiaoxiang running back panting, looking panicked.
"Sister Qiaoxiang, what's wrong?" Huan'er asked with concern, but Qiaoxiang didn't have time to answer her. She walked into Lixiangyuan in three steps and reported loudly: "Madam, it's not good, something big happened? !”