ior motives." 。It was really nice chatting with you today. As an apology, I'll treat you to dinner next time! 。"It turns out she had seen through it all along, but never exposed him. He was judging h...Murong Yue's palms were sweating nervously. She could already feel the suspicion in the Chancellor's gaze...
What is she going to do!
The head matriarch of the Murong Prime Minister's Residence, who had been keeping her eyes shut and silent all along, finally opened them. They were a pair of remarkably bright eyes, shining with intelligence and shrewdness.
Those eyes merely glanced faintly at the maid kneeling by the side, then nodded slightly...
That maidservant knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Grand Minister, shouting: "Grand Minister, this matter has nothing to do with the eldest Miss. This servant has received kindness from the eldest Miss, so I don't want to be an accomplice for the third Miss. To prove the eldest Miss's innocence, this servant can only..." As she spoke, she suddenly rushed towards the table where the Grand Minister was sitting, bumped into the corner of the table, and then raised her blood-stained face, opened her eyes wide, and fell to the ground...
The Chancellor, after all, was a civil official. Although he had spent many years in the court, witnessing countless schemes and power struggles, the shocking sight of a life ending right before his eyes was still enough to make his heart tremble...
While everyone was lost in thought, a little maid slipped to the mistress's side and whispered a few words in her ear. The mistress frowned, then nodded. The maid then pointed at the people outside…
In a short while, a servant rushed in and trembled as he knelt on the ground: "Prime Minister, sir, big, big, something terrible has happened..."
"What's all the commotion about! This is unbecoming!" The mistress rebuked the people sternly, then stood up from her chair and walked over to the prime minister's side, patting his shoulder. "Take this maid down for now. She sacrificed her life in order to avoid sullying herself with lower classes, what a noble deed! Bury her with honor and generously care for her family."
“Yes!” Two house servants came forward to carry the maid’s body away. Mrs. Murong San hurriedly stopped them: “No, things haven’t been figured out yet. This maid died under suspicious circumstances; we can’t just settle it so hastily! My lord! You cannot slander your own daughter based solely on a single maid’s words! My lord!” Mrs. San knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Prime Minister…
"Help Mrs. San up!" The mistress gestured to the maidservant beside her to help Mrs. San up.
"Yes, Mistress!" The two maids forcefully helped the Third Madam up from the ground.
"What do you want to do, what do you want to do I won't get up, I will kneel until the master agrees to investigate this matter thoroughly. Let me go, you dare! Let me go..." The third madam began to act hysterically, her whole body seemed to be in a state of frenzy. On one side, Murong Rou watched her mother suddenly change her personality and shrank back timidly without making a sound.
The mistress looked at the mother and daughter pair, a hint of a smile playing on her lips: "Third Madam, you are at least the wife of the Prime Minister's residence. You are acting like this, rolling around wildly and going insane! What kind of manner is this If word gets out, will your daughter even be able to find a husband Help Third Madam inside to rest!"
"What, let me go! Let me go! Master! Master! Say something, Master!" The third wife was grabbed by the maid and couldn't get to the Prime Minister's side. She could only pull at her throat and shout loudly.
Murong Rou then collapsed to her knees... It's over, it's over. The mistress has made her move, my mother has been taken away... I... I'm finished...
Murong Rou began to become somewhat dazed.
The third Madam caught sight of Murong Rou out of the corner of her eye. Seeing her defeated appearance, she was furious: "Rou'er, Rou'er! Look at me! You can't admit to knowing something you didn't do! You are the third Miss of the Prime Minister's Mansion, no one dares to frame you, the master will definitely find out the truth! Master! Master!"
"Alright! Is this not chaotic enough!" The chancellor rubbed his temples with a headache...
"Master, Master, you can't treat Rou'er like this! Rou'er is my daughter, carried for ten months in my womb, your own flesh and blood. How can you do this to her If she didn't do it, then she didn't! Don't let those with ill intentions slander our daughter!"
"San Niang, you..." Murong Yue was about to retort, but the Mistress gave her a look and shook her head. Murong Yue obediently closed her mouth and retreated behind the Mistress...
Seeing that Murong Yue remained silent, her face flushed with embarrassment, the Third Madam seized the opportunity: "Master! Master!"
"Alright, alright, just stop talking! You're giving me a headache... Each and every one of you only worries the old man instead of easing his burdens..." The Prime Minister closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.
The Third Mrs. let out a breath of relief, it seemed that the Master didn't fully believe what the maidservant had just said...
"Master, Master... Big, big trouble..." The house servant kneeling on the ground received a hint from his mistress and shouted again, drawing everyone's attention to him.
"What is it now" The chancellor looked down at the house servant kneeling on the ground with annoyance.
The housemaid swallowed hard, stammering, "Five... Five... Fifth Wangye was assassinated!"
"What!" The prime minister jumped up from his chair again.
"When did this happen" The mistress, supporting the Prime Minister, sternly questioned the kneeling man.
"Just, just, right as the Prince was leaving, leaving our Prime Minister's residence on his way... in that corner..."
"On the way out of the Prime Minister's Residence..." The Prime Minister's eyes went dark, and he almost fainted. The maid beside him hurriedly supported him.
"Master, let's find out the situation first, don't be nervous!" The mistress is truly worthy of being called the mistress. She remains calm in any situation.
"Yes, yes, yes..." The Chancellor sat weakly in his chair...
"Is the Master injured" the Mistress asked.
The person who sent the message… seemed… seemed… didn’t say that the prince was injured.
The chancellor, upon hearing this, let out a long sigh of relief. It's good that he wasn't hurt... It's good that he wasn't hurt...
"Are there any other injuries"
Many guards from the Fifth Prince's manor died. Today, that young lady was killed...
The Chancellor frowned, looking down at Murong Rou kneeling on the ground...
"It wasn't me, Father, really not me... it wasn't me..." Murong Rou waved her hands again and again.
"It couldn't be Rou'er, she doesn't know any martial arts masters... Besides, the guards of the Fifth Prince's Mansion are renowned for their high martial arts skills. How could Rou'er possibly be their match It wasn't her, it truly wasn't her..." The Third Madam shook her head and insisted vehemently.
Um… Third Madam makes sense. It shouldn't be Rou’er. Could it be Yue’er Although Yue’er is cultivating her own power, she wouldn't assassinate the Fifth Prince... Who could it be then
The Chancellor fell into deep thought…
"The one who assassinated the Fifth Royal Prince wasn't indeed any of you..." The Mistress spoke...
Murong Rou and the third mistress's faces eased slightly...
“But… it was you who stole the Fifth Prince’s token and tried to get the young lady of the Fifth Prince’s mansion killed. The people from the Fifth Prince’s residence were injured on their way back home, and the Fifth Prince will definitely cause trouble for the Prime Minister’s residence. To avoid the entire Prime Minister’s residence suffering along with you, Master, you need to act decisively…” The mistress' words meant that she wanted the Prime Minister to sacrifice Mu Rongrou to appease the Fifth Prince…
To avoid angering the Fifth Prince, who was a notorious troublemaker, the Prime Minister disregarded the Third Madam's desperate pleas and ordered the steward, "Go, fetch the family rules..."
Mu Rongrou's face was ashen...
The Third Madam was dumbfounded……
What House rules! What am I going to do!
Any young lady who had been punished by family law in the Murong Prime Minister's mansion would have a stain on her household record. After that, she would be forbidden to marry into the imperial or aristocratic families and could only marry the sons of ministers...
No, I can't let Rou'er suffer the same fate as me, being trampled underfoot by the main wife for a lifetime...
Third Madam’s eyes rolled, she snapped her fingertip's medicine with a flick and pretended to wipe away tears with a silk scarf, in reality she was inhaling the powder on her fingertip...
And then, her eyes went black. Seizing the moment, she fainted right onto the prime minister...
"Mother, mother... Mother, what's wrong with you" Murong Rou took a step forward, blocking others from approaching.
"My lady, what is wrong" the Chancellor shook Third Madam's shoulders.
The third wife lay unconscious with her eyes closed...
"Just pinch the center of her!" The mistress took down the hairpin from her head, pushed open Murong Rou and fiercely stabbed the hairpin into the third wife's skin...was discussed, the more people would stare at the Prime Minister's Mansion. This way, after rescuing Murong Ke’er, the prime minister wouldn't be too hard on her. After all, with so many people watchi...