Chapter 63: The Theft of Chen's Mansion
Mrs. Chen glanced at Shen Luo in surprise, and sighed in her heart that she was observant and delicate, and couldn't help but nod.
"It's true that there are some strange things in Fuchu, but I can't tell what the problem is......
"No matter how small, Madame, it doesn't hurt to say it."
Seeing that Mrs. Chen was still a little hesitant, Shen Luo made a sad appearance and sighed lowly.
"Presumably, Madame has heard about what has happened in the Imperial City recently. My prince was imprisoned in Dali Temple for a few days because of the matter of Lifu, and his wife was so smart that he naturally saw that this matter was a set, and Lord Chen's illness was a key part of this set. ”
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen's face turned a little pale.
Chen Peiyuan was originally sick suddenly and dangerously, but now she knows that this matter is a trap set by others, as a lady, how can she not be frightened?
Sure enough, after a moment of relaxation, Mrs. Chen finally opened her mouth: "It was originally a private matter in the house, and it is always not good to publicize it......"
"Mrs. Chen, don't worry, what you and I said today will never be known by a third person."
After Shen Luo finished speaking, he glanced at Hua Yi, and Hua Yi withdrew from the hall and stayed outside the hall.
Mrs. Chen nodded and said, "My lord has always been an upright person, and he never formed a gang in the government, but he is such an upright person, so it is easy to fall for those fox spirits......
Shen Luo gently stroked Mrs. Chen's shoulder for comfort.
"I also have three concubines in my family, all of whom are from humble backgrounds, two of them were sold to the house in order to make money for the family's treatment, and one was almost beaten to death when the master saw her, and those who were saved on the street were also taken in the house."
"Originally, they were only going to be maids in the house, but who knew that in more than a month, one of them cried and wiped his tears, coaxed the old man to drink, and climbed onto the master's bed, and the other two also did the same, and soon became concubines......"
"It's also my own cowardice, I've already produced one, and let the other two succeed too......"
"Fortunately, the master is not a lustful person, even if he has these three concubines, he has never been able to shake my position, and those three people have settled down after that, so I didn't take them to heart, just ......"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Chen's face blushed slightly, and seeing that Shen Luo still had a dignified expression, this made Mrs. Chen feel a little more stable, and continued: "It's just that a few days before the old man fell ill, my monthly letter somehow advanced some......how."
"In this way, it was naturally inconvenient for the master to stay in my room, so he went to the rooms of those concubines, and fell ill within a few days."
When Shen Luo heard this, he already had a rough plan in his heart, but he still asked, "How is Lord Chen's illness good?"
"That's the weird thing I'm going to say."
Mrs. Chen glanced at Shen Luo fixedly: "It turned out that I was sick because I went to their room, so I naturally had suspicions in my heart, and I also guarded against them." ”
"Since the old man's illness, everything related to the old man has been taken care of by me, and I have never been in the hands of others, even when I rested at night, I also stayed in front of the master's bed to sleep, and there was my mother who had followed me since I was a child."
"But even if you take turns on duty day and night, there is still one night, Mother Qian and I both fell asleep, and when we woke up the next day, my lord's illness was cured!"
Shen Luo looked at Mrs. Chen, and first comforted her a few words: "Now that Lord Chen's body is fine, it can be seen that the person behind the scenes does not want to hurt Lord Chen, but ......"
Shen Luo continued: "After all, there is still a person with ill intentions hidden in the mansion, I don't know when I will hurt Mrs. You and Lord Chen, in the end, it is better to find out the person."
Mrs. Chen naturally wanted to find out the people behind these things, and at this moment, after listening to Shen Luo's words, she nodded: "If the princess has any orders?" Even so. ”
Shen Luo smiled gently: "I can't talk about it, my wife and I are just bothering about our husband."
As he spoke, Shen Luo leaned into Mrs. Chen's ear and whispered a few words.
Now that he has said what he should say, he naturally left as soon as possible, so that the poisonous snake could come out on its own.
Fran and the maids had already collected all the medicinal materials they had brought into the Chen Mansion, and at this moment they were already guarding outside the hall with Hua Yi, and when they saw Shen Luo coming out, both of them stepped forward and walked behind Shen Luo.
Mrs. Chen sent the three of them to the gate of the mansion, and made a regular salute to Shen Luo, and then saw the three of them get into the carriage and leave.
On the day when Shen Luo visited Chen's mansion, after she left, only in the evening, Mrs. Chen found that she had lost an important bracelet, which was originally her dowry when she married Lord Chen.
Such an important thing, that night, the entire Chen Mansion was busy with this bracelet, and the whole mansion searched for almost an hour, but there was no trace of the bracelet.
In the end, only the three concubines were left in the room and were not searched, although the three of them cried and stopped, but the room was still searched to the bottom, and sure enough, the bracelet was found in the side room of one of the concubines.
The evidence is conclusive, but I don't know if it was done by the concubine or the concubine's maid.
Mrs. Chen had no choice but to say one thing.
"The three of you have been in the house for so long, and you have been safe and sound, but since the old man fell ill, I can't trust anyone, and in order to prevent thieves, I have sprinkled gloss powder all over the room. When the powder meets vinegar, it will fluoresce in the dark, and whoever of you steals my bracelet will wait until the night and sprinkle some vinegar on the ground, and you will see. ”
When Chen Peiyuan was sick, Mrs. Chen was extra careful, and everyone saw it.
Whether it is cleaning or serving the decoction, she does it herself, except for Mother Qian and herself, during the illness of Lord Chen, no one else has entered their room, if there is anyone else contaminated with glossy powder except them, it is natural that person who stole the bracelet.
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Chen sent Qian's mother to the kitchen to get vinegar and sprinkle it everywhere, just waiting for the night to make the thief visible.
The night was getting deeper.
Shen Luo sat in the inner hall of the Chaolu Palace, holding an idle book and flipping through it, but it was always those pages that she looked at over and over again, obviously, her mind was not in the book at all.
Su Zhi came out of Nan'an Pavilion and entered the Chaolu Palace, and when he saw Shen Luo's appearance, he quipped: "It seems that the lady should go to the school."
Shen Luo slowly raised his head, looking at a loss.
Su Zhi walked in front of Shen Luo, stretched out his hand and snatched the book in her hand: "This book is very easy to understand, children can understand it after reading it several times, but the lady has been reading it over and over again for so long, it's not that she doesn't understand, should she go to the academy to study?"