Not long after, Chen Xue'er and Chen Bing'er came jumping up and down, "Mom, what are you doing with me?"
"What are you doing?"
"We are playing pretend with sister Amei!"
Lu Xiu asked calmly: "Did you get anything from mother today?"
"No!"
The two little guys shook their heads like rattles, "We are very good and won't take our mother's treasure."
"My mother put a mahogany box next to her pillow. Did you really not take it?"
"did not see it!"
"Snow!"
Lu Xiu's face sank and he said unhappily: "There is a bead in the wooden box. I know you like shiny beads. Mother will give you a lot of beads, but you have to tell the truth, did you take it or not?"
Xue'er was so cruel to her mother that she curled up her little lips and started to cry, "Xue'er didn't take my mother's money. She is a bad guy. I will ignore her."
Xueer turned around and ran away crying. Lu Xiu slapped the table and said angrily: "Come back, don't run away!"
Xueer was so frightened that she stopped and burst into tears.
Zhao Yingluo quickly advised: "Sister, it may not be the child who took it. Don't scare her."
Lu Xiu knew very well that in the past few years, except for her daughter who had secretly used her jade to play with, no one else would dare to take it.
At this time, Zhao Qiaoyun pulled her daughter Bing'er over and asked in a low voice: "Didn't sister take it?"
Bing'er shook her head, "No! Xue'er will definitely tell me if she takes it."
Lu Xiu suddenly came to his senses. The red sandalwood box was big and heavy, and her daughter might not be able to carry it. If she did, it would only be the beads. But now there was no wooden box. He had really wronged his daughter.
She felt heartbroken and quickly hugged her daughter to comfort her, "It's my mother's fault. I shouldn't have wronged Xue'er."
Xueer lay in her mother's arms and cried even harder, "I didn't take it! I didn't take it!"
"I know! I know! I didn't take my Xue'er. Xue'er is a good child."
Zhao Yingluo thought for a while and said: "There are not many people who can enter the eldest sister's bedroom, so it should be easier to check."
At this time, Chunxi whispered: "I saw Amei come out of Madam's room earlier, holding something in her hand, I wonder what it is?"
Lu Xiu and the Zhao sisters looked at each other, and Zhao Qiaoyun stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
"Don't ask directly!" Lu Xiu reminded.
"I know, I'll go check on her homework yesterday."
Zhao Qiaoyun left. Lu Xiu took a sip of tea and frowned. Yao Mei was not a greedy person. Although she saw the beads last night, she should know that they were not something she could have.
Not long after, Zhao Qiaoyun came back, holding a red box in his hand, "Sister, is this it?"
"that's it!"
Lu Xiu quickly took the box and opened it. Inside, Ye Mingzhu was safe and sound. She was relieved and asked quickly: "Did you find it in her room?"
Zhao Qiaoyun nodded, "I found it on her bedside and covered it with a quilt. She wasn't here and was cleaning the study for the officials."
Lu Xiu's face darkened, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. Fortunately, he went out of his way to help her and let her rise to the top. She actually did such a thing. I really didn't realize that she was so scheming. She pretended not to want gold jewelry, and Ye Mingzhu was like this.
But she had her eye on the treasure.
"Sister, do you want to call her?"
Lu Xiu thought that she was already her husband's woman last night. She shook her head and said, "We will wait until the official comes back and let the official deal with her."
Lu Xiu thought for a while and then ordered: "Chunxi go find Aunt Wen and ask her to bring some strong women over."
When Chunxi turned around, there was a hint of joy in her eyes, and she turned and ran away.
A quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Wen and several strong women invited Yao Mei back to her room, locked her room door, and imprisoned her in her room. Yao Mei thought that what happened in the middle of the night last night had offended Madam, and she was going to be raped.
She was punished, and she was really frightened.
Soon, the news that Yao Mei was imprisoned by his wife spread throughout the whole government, with some gloating and some sympathizing.
Zhao Yingluo was worried about her youngest son and quickly returned to her yard. Qiu Yue, her personal maid, came in with tea. She put down the tea cup and hesitated.
Zhao Yingluo glanced at her and asked with a smile: "What do you want to tell me?"
Qiu Yue hesitated and said: "Madam, Amei became the princess's night watcher last night. Does the princess want to promote her?"
"Why are you asking?"
Zhao Yingluo smiled and asked: "Do you also want to be the night watchman? Aren't you engaged to your cousin?"
"That's not what I meant. There are rumors outside that Amei was caught stealing the princess's things, but I don't think Amei would steal the princess's things. She is not this kind of person."
Because Qiu Yue is engaged to her cousin, she has no wrongdoing, so she has the best relationship with Yao Mei. She wants to defend Yao Mei, but she doesn't dare to talk nonsense.
Zhao Yingluo shook her head, "Everything has been found in her room. If there is anything else impossible, the prince will handle this matter. Don't be too troublesome!"
"Yes! Qiu Yue retires."
Qiu Yue bowed and slowly stepped back. When she walked to the door, she mustered up her courage and said, "What if someone framed Amei?"
"What did you say?" Zhao Yingluo was stunned.
"Madam, don't you know that there are people who hate Amei so much? Especially when Amei entered the master's pool while bathing on New Year's Eve, and became a night watcher last night, how many people hate her, I told Madam before."
Zhao Yingluo was stunned, Qiu Yue bowed and retreated.
Zhao Yingluo thought for a moment, then got up and walked towards the princess's courtyard.
"How can it be?"
Lu Xiu shook her head, "Whoever the official wants to take as a member of the house must first be chosen by him. Then I will come to investigate. I can't just throw in a random woman and the official will accept it. It's obvious. As soon as Yao Mei comes, everyone knows that the official likes her."
If she is dead, who will compete with her for favor?"
"Sister, it's really possible that Qiu Yue has a marriage contract at home, so she doesn't have this intention. She told me a lot of things, and several other first-class maids joined forces to exclude Amei. No one ignored her and gave her
Judging from their faces, they gathered together all day long and cursed Amei behind her back. Qiu Yue saw that they had cut out a little figure with paper and poked it with a needle. It must be Amei's name. You don't know these things!"
Lu Xiu was surprised, "I never knew, why didn't you tell me?"
"This kind of thing is normal in the palace. It happens every day. I have long been used to it. I thought you knew it."
Lu Xiu couldn't sit still. If Amei was really framed, she wouldn't be able to explain it to her husband when he came back! She also realized that she was a bit reckless and shouldn't lock up Amei.
At this time, Zhao Yingluo reminded her: "Sister, I just remembered that someone can actually see whoever comes into your room to get something."
"Ah!" Lu Xiu woke up from a dream. There were female bodyguards hidden on his roof! He had forgotten about them.
She quickly took her gold medal and handed it to Zhao Yingluo and said, "Go and bring Amei to me. I'll talk to her first."
There are several healthy women guarding the door of Yao Mei's room. They only listen to the princess's orders, and other ladies do not buy it, so they must have the princess's gold medal to receive someone.
Not long after, Zhao Yingluo took Yao Mei to the princess's room and closed the door to prevent anyone else from entering.
When Yao Mei saw the princess, she knelt down, wiped her tears and said, "I am guilty and have failed my lady's love. I am sorry for my lady!"
Lu Xiu was stunned and asked after a while: "Do you admit that you are guilty?"
"Yes! This slave is guilty. She should not have seduced the prince last night."
"what!"
Lu Xiu said angrily and funny: "I was trying to help you last night. Don't you know that the prince will torment people in the middle of the night? He is too energetic, so I let you go. How many times did he have sex with you last night?"
"Three times!" Yao Mei whispered with a flushed face.
Lu Xiu smiled and asked, "Is it difficult for you to walk?"
"It's okay now."
"Okay! The reason why I asked Mrs. Wen to lock you in the room is because someone took my night pearl and found it in your room."
"ah!"
Yao Mei turned pale with fright, and said quickly: "It's not me! I didn't take Madam's beads, I promise I didn't!"
Lu Xiu nodded, "I thought it was Xue'er who took it, so I yelled at her, but it turned out that it was not her, and my daughter had been wronged, so I was very irritable. You understand my feelings!"
"I understand!"
Yao Mei's eyes turned red, she bit her lips and said, "I don't blame the princess, but who put the beads in my room? They framed me!"
At this time, Zhao Yingluo walked in with the female guard on duty, "Tell the princess!"
The female guard whispered something into Lu Xiu's ear, and Lu Xiu immediately became as gloomy as water.
The two of them retreated, and Lu Xiu stood up and bowed to Yao Mei, saying, "I have wronged you, and I apologize to you!"
Yao Mei was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and said, "Madam, I cannot bear this."
Lu Xiu helped her up and said, "From today on, you are my sister. Your name is Amei. Don't call yourself a slave anymore."
Yao Mei was so moved that she wanted to cry. She lowered her head and said, "Amei remembers it."
At this time, Xue'er revealed her little head from the door and whispered: "Sister Amei, I'm looking for you everywhere."
Lu Xiu smiled and said: "Go! We will slowly change our names in the future. You can take them to feed the deer and then call Aunt Wen."
Yao Mei suddenly hugged Lu Xiu tightly and turned around. Lu Xiu sat down slowly. After a while, she shook her head and said to herself with a smile: "No wonder Madam is attracted to her, and even me."
At this time, the housekeeper Aunt Wen said at the door: "Madam, are you looking for me?"
Lu Xiu's pretty face turned cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Go and open the door of the Xuantang. I'm going to do some family violence today!"