Lu Yu felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on her head, and it was cold from the outside to her heart and lungs. "Cousin, is this the only way? Can't we find out on our own and ask the madam to make the decision?" She said repeatedly as if she had found hope.

: "Madam is so kind, she will definitely agree to us!"

Hongyu shook her head and said, "Don't be stupid. Madam is the master and we are servants. Madam can give us a chance to choose, but she will not allow her maids to decide life-long matters by themselves. Wouldn't that mean that master and servant are in conflict?

Guys, please don't do such stupid things."

The corners of Green Yu's mouth twitched, and all her words were frozen by Hong Yu's determined tone. She turned over and refused to say another word.

Hongyu looked at her, sighed quietly, and closed her eyes.

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The second lady was lying on the bed, leaning against the pillow of pearl-white wood, hibiscus and soft silk. She looked at the agarwood board with interlaced fire beads on the top of the bed, wondering what she was thinking.

Xiangxue, who was wearing a turquoise water-patterned eight-treasure dress, came in from the outside and looked at the second lady, she couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

In just a few days, the second lady has become so thin!

His eyes moved to the second lady's exposed left wrist, and a deep chill surged up uncontrollably.

Xiangxue felt horrified when she thought of the scene of the second lady mutilating herself with a knife.

What kind of person can carelessly hold a dull knife to a bronze mirror and leave shallow marks on his wrist?

Even if the wound is not deep, even if he does not die from blood loss, the pain is not something ordinary people can bear. But the second lady still kept laughing when she did this!

Xiangxue shook her head and tried her best to get rid of all the weird thoughts in her head before walking to the second lady's bed.

The room is very dark.

The second wife wanted to observe filial piety and always wore plain and dark clothes. Today she wore a crab-green engraved silk Yunyan trousers and an indigo quilt, which made her seem to blend into the house.

Only the scars on the wrists and the pale complexion of the second lady can still be vaguely distinguished.

Even though she was afraid before, Xiangxue couldn't help but choke up when she saw the second lady's prominent cheekbones.

"Miss, please stop being like this. The Duke of Guo just said that you should go back to Zhuangzi to be quiet and take good care of yourself. He didn't mean to drive you away. Besides, you still have two hundred thousand taels of silver with you, so why do you bother to act like this?

I’ve been here for several days, how can I do this if I don’t eat or drink like this anymore!”

The corners of the second lady's mouth twitched a few times, and her eyes burst with deep reluctance.

"He wants to drive me away. He actually wants to drive me away because of Chen Chunge!"

This was the first time Xiangxue heard the second lady speak since Li Jianan came here.

Although her words were filled with hatred, Xiangxue still breathed a sigh of relief.

Just say it out loud, there's no one else in the room.

It’s better than holding it in and getting sick!

Xiangxue went forward and gathered the quilt for the second lady. Looking at the second lady's appearance, she sighed inwardly.

The wife of that year, before she came out of the cabinet, was well-known in the capital and was known as a talented woman. The old man once said with emotion that if the girl were born as a man and became the number one scholar, it would not be a big deal for her to become a marquis or prime minister.

But such a wife, who is no worse than a man, has been stuck on the word love her whole life.

He and the second grandfather of the Li family, the Grand Duke, grew up together, but they could only see the Grand Duke in their eyes.

There was nothing that couldn't be accomplished.

They were well matched, childhood sweethearts. However, fate played a trick on her, and by some combination of circumstances, she did not marry the prince of the country whom she loved wholeheartedly, but instead married the second prince.

At that time, the old man thought that the second master would definitely inherit the title, but who knew that the second master would be unlucky. It is now the Duke of the country, and the former third master of the Li family has taken the position and will take the Li family a step further.

Even though everyone in the Gao family regretted it and even married, the matter was a foregone conclusion.

Who would have known that after all these years, Madam still couldn’t let go and refused to give up. In the past, she had a hard time with the Duke’s wife. For the sake of brotherly love, the Lady did her best for the sake of their dead son.

Help madam.

On the surface, the wife seemed to have suffered a big loss and moved to Zhuangzi, but in fact, she gained the absolute authority in the family. No matter what she said or did, the Duke and the wife never dismissed her.

Only this time...

I originally thought I was very confident that it was just a daughter, but I didn’t know that I had suffered a big loss.

Now the Duke's wife's skills are more sophisticated than the previous one. What's more important is that the Duke's heart has long been biased.

Should I persuade my wife not to continue fighting with the Third Madam? After the Madam is gone, this family will ultimately rely on the one who is in charge.

Xiangxue thought for a long time and decided to persuade her.

"Madam, as long as the one from Meixiangyuan gives birth to a son, her position in the Li family will be settled. Anyway, she won't be in trouble with you. Why don't you help her out and settle down the adoption matter first?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the second lady glared over with a fierce look.

"She took away what I care about most, and you still want me to submit to her!"

Seeing the second lady's expression of wanting to kill someone, Xiangxue knew there was no need to say anything more.

After serving my wife for so many years, my wife has such a temperament that if she decides on something and hates someone, she will never be able to turn back and stop.

Xiangxue didn't say much, but the second lady became excited, pulled the quilt in her hands, and asked: "What happened to the thing I asked you to inquire about?"

"I'm looking for families for a few maids. Mrs. Ma also said that her Tao'er had been in panic for the past few days when she found out that there was a maid named Lu Yu. After all, there was only one person, and she didn't know who she would match.

It's normal for people who come out together to have different thoughts."

The second lady laughed coldly and raised the corners of her mouth sarcastically, "I just want them to have different ideas. If they are all of the same mind, how can I start?"

Xiangxue said very worriedly: "If we really want to find those maids, they are not the ones we have cultivated for several years. I'm afraid they may not be reliable."

"What do I want them to do?" The second lady said with disapproval, "I don't want them to do big things, but let them go ahead and test them out." There was a sinister look on her face again, "I suffered a loss once, and I will never do it again.

I will be fooled a second time! This time, I will make a careful calculation before doing anything!"

Xiangxue never dared to persuade the Second Madam on matters she decided on. Even though she felt very uneasy in her heart, she couldn't express it, so she said, "Then I'll go and inquire about Aunt Xue's place."

Aunt Xue was born as a maid, and the Second Madam looked down on her in the past. But at this time, the Second Madam had to plan to take a step back.

It's better to have someone to help you than not to have anyone at all.

What's more, Aunt Xue finally gave birth to a concubine's eldest son, who is qualified to be used as a chess piece.

The second lady thought about it in her mind and nodded in agreement.

At the end of the story, Xiangxue was still worried that the second lady had gone too far and involved the entire Gao family, so she couldn't help but said: "Madam, we still have to be careful about the temper of the Duke."

A flash of sadness quickly flashed in the eyes of the second lady, and she said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I know his temper, I just want to teach Chen Chunge a lesson and give him a sigh of relief. I won't let him hate me.

"Hidden in his voice was nostalgia and sadness that could not be concealed.
Chapter completed!