Chapter 34 It is difficult to defend against open guns and hidden arrows
Lu Qingqing saw it, and finally couldn't help but change color, and sneered: "The second master is in such a hurry to urge people to leave, but did he really listen to some people's slander, saying that I hurt others?"
"No one is referring to you as harming others, you are too careful, Qingqing. Cheng Ruikai raised his eyes when he heard the voice, looked at Lu Qingqing, who was pale, and solemnly warned her: "However, if this matter comes to light, no matter who did it, I will be merciless and expel her from the Cheng family, and never come back!" Cheng Ruikai spoke in a cold tone, and every sentence was loud.
Lu Qingqing's pink face turned pale with anger, and she wanted to use her original young lady's spleen to say a few words, and then slap Gong Mengshu, who was lying on the bed and pretending to be sick, and then go with him, but after catching a glimpse of Mochizuki's eyes looking at her, he barely controlled his wayward impulse.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Mochizuki glanced at Lu Qingqing, Lu Qingqing understood, so he accepted it when he saw it, changed his face to Cheng Ruikai, and said with a forced smile: "What the second master taught is, then don't disturb your errands, Qingqing will retreat for the time being......" said and turned around and left with Mochizuki, but was stopped by Cheng Ruikai, "No, Qingqing, you are here, see if someone wants to harm Mengshu......"
The expression on Lu Qingqing's face was almost frozen, she was about to stomp her feet in anger, but when she saw Mochizuki cast her a reassuring look, she came to her senses, so she stood in place for a while, and then said: "Since the second master said so, then I will stay today to see if Meng Shu can survive this hurdle!"
While speaking, the little girl Cuigu had already come back with a stew cup, because the movement was too big, and she recruited the second wife Man Zhen and the eldest young grandmother Lin Xuexian and her party again. In front of everyone's eyes, Cheng Ruikai asked people to check the decoction in the stew pot, but it made everyone sweat, there was no poison in the stew pot, it was a normal stew.
Lu Qingqing and the maid Mochizuki glanced at each other, and the corners of their mouths smiled tacitly. Mochizuki received the appreciation in Lu Qingqing's eyes, and also returned a smug smile, and then turned his head to look at Cheng Ruikai to see how he went down the steps.
Cheng Ruikai didn't think much of everyone's eyes, and in his eyes, he only cared about Gong Mengshu's condition. But the more he had this attitude, the more he angered Lu Qingqing, her hand was on her side, clenched into a fist tightly, and her long red coated nails pinched her palm, whether it hurt or not, for Lu Qingqing, it didn't matter anymore.
Lu Qingqing's eyes stared at Gong Mengshu on the bed, and fire almost erupted from the bottom of his eyes. Gong Mengshu curled up in a ball sickly, but she also felt Lu Qingqing's eyes that wanted to eat people, she reluctantly raised her eyes and looked back, just in front of Lu Qingqing's gaze, it was the first time for the two to look at each other so closely, and there was vigilance and unkindness in each other's eyes.
Gong Mengshu realized in an instant that she did not see the common dispute between wives and concubines in the mansion, on the contrary, she was gradually adapting and falling into it, and she was so confused by this change of mentality that she felt like she was poisoned again.
Cheng Ruikai took the stew cup, and he was also observing carefully, his good-looking sword eyebrows were twisted, as if he was thinking about something.
The second wife, Man Zhen, saw that there was no medicine in the soup, for fear that the matter would be too big, and Lu Qingqing's face would be even more ugly, so she played a round, "Oh, I'll just say, everyone is a family, who would do such a thing that lacks morality, Ruikai, don't be a soldier, it may be that Mengshu has a bad stomach!"
Cheng Ruikai thought for a while, put the stew pot aside, and then said to everyone: "Erniang is right, maybe I'm really nervous, what about this matter, let's leave it at that......" Since Cheng Ruikai said so, the subordinates breathed a sigh of relief, and under the guidance of Man Zhen, they all dispersed.
Lu Qingqing stared at Cheng Ruikai for a long time, and deliberately asked Cheng Ruikai with a little provocation: "Second master, do you still suspect that it is me now? The maid Wangyue saw that Lu Qingqing was emotional, and hurriedly went up to help her back to the room to rest.
Cheng Ruikai looked at Lu Qingqing's back, but his thick eyebrows did not stretch out. Lin Xuexian stepped forward and said softly: "Since no one has been found to have poisoned, the second young master should be happy in his heart." Presumably, no one wants to see the infighting between the women of the mansion, right?"
Cheng Ruikai's tense face finally showed a trace of fragility, and he slowly whispered: "Sister-in-law, there are some things that I can't think about, but I don't want to." Mengshu was brought back by me, how did I bring it back, you also saw it, there are thousands of difficulties. She's been with me for the first half of her life, and I don't want to live without her for the rest of my life......"
Lin Xuexian shook her head in understanding, and sighed softly: "Everyone sees Mengshu's thoughts, but you have to take it easy, don't be a soldier." Mengshuji people have their own natural appearance, you don't have to worry, she and the child will be fine......"
Cheng Ruikai bowed his head and said, "I hope so......"
Lin Xuexian withdrew from the house with the rest of the people, leaving Cheng Ruikai and Gong Mengshu alone. Cheng Ruikai was still sitting on the edge of the bed, reaching out to brush away the messy hair on Gong Mengshu's face, but as soon as his hand stretched out, she turned her head to the inside, and Cheng Ruikai realized that Gong Mengshu had opened his eyes.
"Are you awake, is your stomach still uncomfortable?" Cheng Ruikai lowered his head and asked Gong Mengshu.
Gong Mengshu looked at the ceiling in a daze for a long time before he said slowly: "It's okay, it's just that my chest is tight and I can't breathe." Cheng Ruikai stretched out his hand to press Gong Mengshu's chest, but Gong Mengshu pushed his arm away, she covered her head with the quilt, and her attitude of not wanting to talk to anyone made Cheng Ruikai's heart a little uncomfortable.
The two men in the room were silent. And Lu Qingqing took the maid Wangyue all the way sneakily back to his east wing, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Lu Qingqing closed the deadbolt after entering the door, and then lowered his voice and said to Mochizuki: "Mochizuki, you can scare me to death, how did you move that stew pot?"
Seeing that there was no one around, Mochizuki replied softly: "Mochizuki is not talented, but I have long expected such a day, so I have arranged for someone to supervise the kitchen in the back hall in advance, and as soon as I saw that the situation was not right, I immediately dropped the soup stock......
Lu Qingqing listened to Mochizuki's words, and said lightly: "You did a good job! Actually, when Ruikai asked me just now, I almost couldn't answer......
"This matter has nothing to do with Miss, Miss don't take the matter to herself at every turn, in case the truth is all leaked out, then we will be difficult to ride a tiger, and there will be no place in the Cheng family. Mochizuki cautiously warned Lu Qingqing.
"Well, I know, don't make a fuss about it, keep talking about me!" Lu Qingqing said impatiently, feeling that Mochizuki was a little beyond the status of master and servant.