Mother Qiu was arrogant and did not regard Fu Zhao as her master at all.
The way he spoke to Fu Zhao was as if he was scolding a little maid who had done something wrong.
And he dared to do this in front of Mrs. Chen. In private, Mother Qiu’s attitude was even more outrageous.
Mrs. Chen took a sip of tea but did not immediately come to Fu Zhao's rescue.
She wanted to see how Fu Zhao would respond.
Fu Zhao put her hands on her knees uneasily, her head drooped, her lips moved, but she didn't know what to say.
After a while, she raised her head and whispered like a child who had done something wrong: "I didn't think carefully."
Mother Qiu said reluctantly: "It's good to know. I watched the prince grow up and know what kind of good wife the prince likes. If you do this again, I'm afraid the prince will be disappointed in you!"
Mrs. Chen put down the tea bowl and raised her voice, "Okay, okay, Mother Qiu, let's talk about something serious."
Mother Qiu is not afraid of Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen was also defeated by her in the beginning.
She then said: "Okay, madam, tell me why you wanted to arrest me."
Mrs. Chen winked, and the servants moved the boxes found in Qiu's mother's house and placed them in front of everyone.
Opening the box, there was a box full of jewelry.
Everything is very exquisite and valuable.
Mother Qiu's expression changed and she quickly calmed down.
She complained first, "Madam, even if you are the head of the Marquis Mansion, you can't search the old slave's house for no reason. After all, the old slave is the dowry of the first lady. You disrespect the old slave so much. You don't know that the Marquis is back."
How would you feel?"
It’s this trick again!
Mrs. Chen was very fed up. In the past, Mother Qiu would often bring Mr. Hou out to scare her, or she would simply go to Mr. Hou to complain directly.
But at that time, she had no idea at all.
"Are these all your things?" Mrs. Chen asked, pointing to the box.
Mother Qiu nodded without any hesitation.
Mrs. Chen stepped forward and rummaged through the things in the box, "Why do these things look like my sister's to me? When I was putting away the things left by my sister, I took a few glances at them and had some impressions."
Mother Qiu said without any sign of weakness: "Then do you have any evidence?"
"Of course there is evidence," Mrs. Chen sat back and took out a booklet, "This is the dowry booklet left by my sister. Can't we find out if we compare it with the above?"
Mother Qiu sneered in her heart, it turned out that they had planned everything and were just waiting for her to take advantage of her.
Mother Qiu changed her words without changing her expression, "Oh, there are some items that the Madam specifically told me to keep for me personally. I didn't dare to let the Madam down, so I kept them by my side, not daring to do anything.
Relax."
The Madam has left long ago, and now I just let Mother Qiu say whatever she wants.
Mrs. Chen's expression changed, and she cursed in her heart, this Mother Qiu! She is so thick-skinned!
Mother Qiu's words made her speechless.
What a scheming person!
Mrs. Chen's mind was spinning rapidly, looking for countermeasures.
Anyway, this time, she will definitely not let Mother Qiu leave her yard intact!
But this mother Qiu is really cunning!
Just as Mrs. Chen was racking her brains, Fu Zhao's soft voice sounded.
"Huh? It seems like something is missing." Fu Zhao said.
Mother Qiu glared at her and said angrily: "What do you know? Stop talking nonsense here. You have never even seen the first lady. How can you possibly know what is here?"
Fu Zhao smiled and said, "I also heard the prince mention it accidentally, saying that the late madam has a favorite white jade bracelet. Although it is not expensive, she wears it often and is very cherished."
Mother Qiu felt nervous. Did the prince even tell Fu Zhao these things?
But it's okay, she also has countermeasures.
Mother Qiu said "oh" and said, "That bracelet, the late madam loved it like a treasure, so she went with the late madam as a burial object."
"That's not right," Fu Zhao's face showed confusion, "I seem to have seen it a few days ago."
Mother Qiu said disdainfully: "How do you know what the Madam's bracelet looks like? Please don't cause any trouble."
Mrs. Chen ignored Mother Qiu and asked Fu Zhao directly, "Where have you seen it?"
Fu Zhao thought for a while and said, "I think I saw it on Miss Cheng's hand. The prince also showed me the picture of the bracelet at that time, so I have always kept it in my heart."
When she heard that Cheng Yushu was involved again, Mrs. Chen was speechless for a moment.
Mother Qiu clenched her fists secretly, her eyes filled with gloom.
Sure enough, Fu Zhao found out everything!
Fu Zhao is really very scheming. She used to make things difficult for Fu Zhao, thinking that Fu Zhao was easy to control and soft-tempered, so she let her guard down.
This gave Fu Zhao an opportunity!
Mother Qiu is so regretful!
Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment and then asked someone to call Cheng Yushu.
Mrs. Chen then ordered: "Take Mother Qiu to the side to have a rest."
Mother Qiu was shocked. If she were not here, I don’t know what Cheng Yushu would have said.
She immediately shouted, "No! I want to stay too!"
But this was Mrs. Chen's territory. Seeing that she refused to leave by herself, someone came forward and dragged her away.
When Qiu's mother saw this, she yelled at the top of her lungs, trying to give Cheng Yushu a warning and tell her to stop talking nonsense and reveal everything that happened between them.
Mrs. Chen ordered irritably: "Hurry up and shut her mouth!"
Mother Qiu was gagged and dragged out.
After about a stick of incense, Cheng Yushu came over.
Mother Chen took another look at Cheng Yushu and saw that Cheng Yushu had changed her clothes from head to toe and put on the half-worn and inconspicuous clothes she usually wore on weekdays.
Cheng Yushu's peripheral vision caught sight of Fu Zhao, and her heart suddenly tightened.
She dared to speak to Fu Zhao with a gun and a stick, but in front of Mrs. Chen, she was extremely obedient.
Because she clearly understood that it was all thanks to Mrs. Chen that she could stay in the Hou Mansion and be treated as half a master.
She obediently turned towards Mrs. Chen and said, "Why did Auntie come to see me?"
Mrs. Chen did not speak, but waved towards Cheng Yushu.
Cheng Yushu was full of doubts, but she still walked to Mrs. Chen obediently.
Mrs. Chen pursed her lips and pulled up Cheng Yushu's sleeve, revealing the white jade bracelet on Cheng Yushu's wrist.
She had never seen the late madam's bracelet, but she remembered that Cheng Yushu was not wearing such a bracelet when she first came here.
She then asked in a deep voice: "Yushu, where did this bracelet come from?"
Cheng Yushu's heart was already in confusion. First, Mother Qiu was arrested, and now even the bracelet was discovered.
Could it be that Mrs. Chen and Fu Zhao already know her plan?
