Noble Lady

Chapter 244 The Sky is Falling

"If that's the case, the Second Madam can now prepare to confront the Old Madam. From now on, He Minzhi will no longer be an obstacle to you, but will become a helper in your negotiations with the Old Madam."

"Such a good thing actually happened? What did Dalang do?"

Zhang was a smart person. She knew that He Minzhi would not become a bargaining chip in the negotiations between their second and first houses for no reason, unless something happened to him.

"He Minzhi he——" Xue Chenyu paused, deliberately keeping the question in suspense.

Zhang's curiosity was piqued by her. "What happened to him? Madam, please stop teasing an old woman like me with suspense and tell me quickly."

You can see that she is really anxious.

"He..." Xue Chenyu took a sip of tea and said slowly, "He has been imprisoned by the Jingzhao Yin and is awaiting trial."

"What?!" A flash of surprise crossed Zhang's face, and then she couldn't help but smile, "I didn't expect that he would have such a day."

Wait, "Madam, the fact that He Minzhi was imprisoned in Jingzhao Prefecture awaiting trial won't affect other people, right?"

Hmm? It's no wonder Zhang is so cautious.

"Don't worry, that's his own business. At most, it will affect his official position. It won't affect anyone else. So, Madam, hurry up and seize the opportunity. Don't miss it."

"Thank you, madam, for your guidance!" Zhang bowed deeply to her excitedly.

Xue Chenyu couldn't stop her, so she paused and asked Yuzhu to take out two house deeds.

"I asked Yuzhu to carefully select these two places. Both houses are large enough for a family of seven with two bedrooms to temporarily live there for a few years. Even if we add two or three more children, it won't be a problem. Moreover, everything is available. We can just move in and live there."

"One has a yard, and the other has a shop. It depends on what the Second Old Lady decides."

She said before that it was for rent, but now it’s clear that she wants to give it away.

Zhang was so frightened that she knelt down immediately and said, "Madam, our second branch has already owed you such a great favor, we absolutely dare not take this house."

"Then just sign a lease and pay some rent every year." Xue Chenyu didn't care.

Just like that, Zhang also pulled the third girl over and kowtowed to Xue Chenyu with profuse gratitude.

Xue Chenyu: "That's not necessary."

Helping the second branch of the He family is just a matter of convenience. The principle is that the enemy of my enemy is my ally.

Therefore, she cannot guarantee that if the second wife's interests conflict with hers one day, she will abandon her.

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"Why haven't I seen Ji Minrou yet? With such a big commotion, she didn't hear it?"

Only after returning to Furongju did Xue Chenyu remember Ji Minrou.

Yumei rubbed her hands and said, "I was afraid she would come out and get in the way, so I pressed her sleeping point early in the morning and made her fall asleep."

Fearing that Xue Chenyu would be afraid of her, she quickly explained, "Don't worry, young lady, I only pressed his sleeping point, and didn't do anything else."

"She'll sleep for a while. Even if I don't untie her, the acupuncture points will automatically untie themselves when the time comes. It won't be harmful to her body, nor will it cause harm to her baby."

"Yeah." That's good.

She just let Yumei watch and handle it flexibly, but she didn't expect her to be so flexible.

The baby in Ji Minrou's belly must be kept well.

A concubine's son is not a concubine's son.

In the future, this child will be a stain on He Minzhi's life that he will never be able to wash away.

"Miss, except for the second wife, no one else in the He family knows that He Min is in prison." Yuzhu reminded.

Xue Chenyu also understood what she meant, "We don't need to worry about He Min's imprisonment."

"When the Jingzhao Prefecture's officers came to arrest someone, it was in the afternoon. Many servants in the mansion must have seen it, and it would have reached the ears of the old lady and Ji Minrou sooner or later."

She just didn't tell them, leaving them anxious because they couldn't find anyone.

As for what will happen if the old lady finds out, it depends on her luck.

However, given her physical condition, she can still delay for some time.

However, once the news of He Min's imprisonment spreads, the He family's world will be in tatters.

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Liu didn't know that He Minzhi had been imprisoned. She was still waiting for him to come back so that she could have a good talk with him and go to Cui's house together to apologize to Cui Hua.

She had even thought about it. She almost died, and Dalang was such a filial son that he would definitely not bear to see her suffer any more, so he would definitely agree to go to Cui's house to apologize with her.

But she completely forgot that it was Tan's filial son who spoke ill of her and made her so angry that she almost died.

At this time, Cui Hua in Cui's house was guarding He Ruyi, who had just woken up and was in great grief, with a very ugly expression on his face.

"My child, my child..."

"Yushu, please take good care of your daughter and don't let her cry like that."

As if he couldn't stand her crying, Cui Hua asked Yu Shu to look after her and turned to leave.

Yushu was the only one who was not in Cui's house that day. She asked for leave from He Ruyi, saying that she was not feeling well and wanted to see a doctor.

As a result, he escaped the fate of being beaten.

"Cui Hua, you..." After he left, He Ruyi started crying again facing the closed door.

"Girl, please stop crying. You are in confinement after childbirth. Crying too much is bad for your eyes."

"So what if my eyesight is not good? I have lost my child." He Ruyi was heartbroken and lay on the bed crying.

The ideal husband she wanted so much to marry didn't even bother to look at her like this;

Her own brother, who was born to the same mother, caused the death of her child and almost took her life. What sin did she commit in her previous life?

Cui Hua had already entered the study at this time.

The attendant Qingzhu stood aside and said respectfully, "Sir, He Minzhi is in prison."

"When did it happen? Who reported him?" Cui Hua was still a little excited.

He thought he was cruel enough, but he didn't expect that the He family was even more inhumane than him.

Their own sister and daughter were on the verge of death, and even their child could not be saved. However, the mother and son of the He family did not even show up, nor did they send anyone to deliver a message.

Just pretend it never happened.

Is He Minzhi in jail? That would be retribution.

Qingzhu pondered for a moment, "It was Aunt Xue who did it. She took the IOU for 30,000 taels signed by He Minzhi and the receipt for the debt owed by Zuixianju, and sued He Minzhi to the Jingzhao Prefecture."

Qingzhu also calls Xue Chenyu "Aunt Xue", and everyone tacitly agrees not to associate her with He Minzhi.

"You owe money and don't pay it back? You have sex with women for pleasure?"

"Yes, that's exactly the accusation." Qingzhu continued, "But He Minzhi denied it all, saying that Aunt Xue's dowry was all his and that he used it. How could she have the nerve to say it was borrowed?"

Cui Hua's expression of joy faltered. "He Minzhi's shamelessness really opened my eyes. And now?"

"Then Aunt Xue brought up everything the Emperor Taizu's empress had said, but he denied it. Furthermore, he had been drunk when he appeared in court, so the Jingzhao Yin sentenced him to a drunken stupor and imprisoned him pending trial."

"He's already been imprisoned in Jingzhao Prefecture's jail, but judging by Aunt Xue's behavior, it seems she has no intention of telling the He family about this. Plus, the case wasn't tried in public, so not many people know about it."

Cui Hua curled his lips. If it were him, he wouldn't tell them either and let them look for someone else.

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

"You said that Aunt Xue only accused him of not paying back his debts and having sex with girls for pleasure. How about I add fuel to his fire?" Cui Hua's mouth curled up, and there was a hint of calculation in his tone.

Qingzhu bowed deeply and said, "The young master lost his child, and the young mistress almost died. It is only right to sue him for murder."

Cui Hua: "You are right."

So, Cui Hua also asked someone to draft a lawsuit and sue He Minzhi to Jingzhao Prefecture.

However, compared to Xue Chenyu's accusation that he owed money and frequented brothels to have sex with prostitutes, the charges Cui Hua filed were more serious: trespassing, murdering his brothers and sisters, and attempting to murder.

He was also asked to compensate for the medical expenses and medicines used to rescue He Ruyi.

But that’s another story.

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