"The county lord asked you something, and you didn't answer quickly?" Grandma Sun bent down and twisted Peony's arm hard.

"Slave, slave...... The slave and maid don't know anything, the slave and maid are only in charge of the white fox's diet three times a day, and the rest, they don't know anything. Peony cried out in pain.

"Don't know? Heh......" Gu Qingwan sneered, and turned her eyes more aggressively, "The white fox eats every day, and the grandmother will personally ask about it, if you feed it according to it, there will naturally be no problem, it must be what you secretly did to get here, and you dare to deny it." ”

Gu Qingwan had been a queen for a while, she had commanded the harem, and she had a kind of courage that could control the whole scene in an instant, and for a while, the people in the whole room listened quietly to her interrogation, and no one interrupted her.

"No, no, the slave really doesn't know anything." Peony couldn't say anything other than deny it.

"Grandmother, second uncle, since Peony can't say anything, it's better to go to the house where the white fox lives and take a look, maybe you can find clues." Gu Qingwan said.

"Hmm." Old Madam Gu nodded and promised Gu Qingwan.

The group got up and walked to the fox house in the backyard, and the peony was pulled up from the ground by Mama Sun and pushed to walk behind, she desperately wanted to look at Lu's mother and daughter, but Lu simply avoided her gaze for help.

"Ah......h

A hint of sarcasm flashed between Gu Qingwan's condensed eyes, and she didn't even look back at her.

When the group arrived at the fox house, it was said that it was a fox house, but it was actually a well-built wooden house, warm in winter and cool in summer, and cleaned by a special person.

"Just threw up, let's feed it some water." Gu Qingzhao whispered next to Cuizhu.

"Yes, young master." Cuizhu scooped clean water with a wooden bowl and put it on the ground, and the little white fox lay on the edge of the bowl, licking the bowl with his tongue from time to time.

"Search, are there any of those two things in this house?" Old Madam Gu always had a tense expression, she was already holding back the fire in her belly, someone dared to attack her pet, she realized that this matter must be investigated.

"Yes." Mama Sun and Cuizhu led several maids and mothers-in-law to search the house up and down, inside and out, but finally found nothing.

Then I checked the peony's bed again, but I still didn't find anything. In the end, Mrs. Gu simply ordered a thorough search of the entire Begonia Garden, and did not find the shadow of the folded ear root, there were some almonds, but they were only eaten as snacks on weekdays.

Lu and Gu Qingyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and their expressions gradually relaxed.

Gu Qingwan was still unhurried, and said, "Doctor Hong, is the second sister right, is your judgment wrong?" ”

Dr. Hong is a famous doctor in the capital, highly respected, and has always valued his reputation very much, if this erroneous news spreads, it will also affect his reputation, and he will never allow this to happen. Gu Qingwan had crossed paths with Dr. Hong in his previous life, and knew that he loved his reputation as much as he loved life, so he deliberately asked.

He said in a rough voice, "Miss, it is impossible for the old man to make a mistake!" ”

As he spoke, his eyes wandered around the fox hutch for a week, and he was bound to find evidence, and he must not disgrace his reputation because of a white fox!

Finally, he fixed his gaze on the white fox, walked over a few steps, picked up the bowl from which it was drinking, put it to his nose and sniffed it, and asked:

"Cuizhu girl, where did you get the water?"

"Here." Cuizhu led Dr. Hong to a small well next to the fox house and said, "In order to let the white fox drink the purest water, such a well was specially drilled next to the fox house. ”

As he spoke, Cuizhu picked up the wooden scoop on the side and scooped a spoonful of sweet well water into the wooden bowl, and Dr. Hong's eyes fell on the wooden scoop-

"Don't move!" Just as Cuizhu was about to put the wooden scoop back, Dr. Hong walked over quickly and snatched the wooden scoop away, took out a silver needle, and scratched it on the inner edge of the wooden scoop.

"Found it! Old lady, the problem is in the wooden scoop! This wooden scoop has the ingredients of folded ear root and almonds, if the old decay is not mistaken, this bowl has been boiled in the water where the folded ear root and ginkgo biloba are put in advance, and the medicinal effect is soaked into the scoop, and every time the water is scooped, it will seep into the water, and the white fox will naturally get sick when drinking this water for three consecutive days. ”

What the......

Old Madam Gu looked at the wooden scoop, and a chill rose up her spine.

"Grandmother, this man is so scheming, who would have thought that the problem was on a small wooden scoop? Fortunately, Dr. Hong is cautious, otherwise...... The white fox died. Gu Qingwan said, her face turned pale, and said, "It seems that this person is specifically dealing with grandmother!" ”

Old Madam Gu only felt a heavy blow to her head, and suddenly felt dizzy, and Grandma Sun hurriedly helped her.

After she calmed down, she was furious and said to Peony, "Bold minion, you actually came up with such a trick!" Someone, break her hands and feet, feed her dumb medicine, and throw her out of the house! ”

When Peony heard this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Old lady, wronged, wronged, it wasn't the slave who did it, no!" ”

"The still dares to quibble, come to someone, drag it out, and cut off her hands and feet!" Grandma Sun picked up the peony's clothes, opened the bow left and right, and slapped her in the face.

The family with a thick wooden stick in her hand strode over, and the two wooden sticks were raised high at the same time and hit her leg fiercely, she threw herself forward, and the whole person fell to the ground, letting out a miserable scream, so frightened that Gu Qingyue turned around sharply and buried her face in Lu's arms, Lu held her, her face was a little pale.

"Hit!" Mama Sun gave another order.

"Second Miss!" The two sticks fell, only to hear a click, Peony called out Gu Qingyue's name miserably, sweating profusely, blood overflowing from the corners of her mouth, and a painful expression on her face, she crawled in the direction of Gu Qingyue with difficulty, grabbing her skirt with both hands, "Second Miss, help, help me." ”

Seeing this, Lu immediately walked over in a few steps, secretly twisted Peony's arm, and scolded, ", what are you crazy about!" Even if the second lady treats people kindly and thinks about her subordinates everywhere, she will not pay attention to you today, and if the old lady wants to punish you, you will be punished honestly, otherwise it will not be as simple as breaking your hands and feet! ”

Gu Qingwan looked at it coldly and shook her head, the Lu clan was really anxious to jump over the wall, in order to let Peony take the blame alone, he actually said the threatening words so clearly.

However, who knows, this peony is not a master to fool, this leg will be half useless, Lu and the second miss have made it clear that they want to get rid of her, so she ...... Then she's out of the way!

So, she gritted her teeth, turned to the direction of Old Madam Gu, and screamed, "Old Madam is clear, it was the second lady who instructed the slave to do this, and the slave was soft-spoken, and he didn't dare to offend any master, so he had to obey it, but the slave maid was also suffering every day!" ”

What the......

Old Madam Gu looked at Gu Qingyue suddenly, her eyes were like fiery eyes, "It's you?" ”

Gu Qingyue panicked, pretended to be angry, walked in front of Peony in a few steps, and couldn't care about maintaining the image of the gentle and generous second lady, raised her hand and slapped her in the face twice, and scolded, "You slave, I have never had anything to do with you on weekdays, and in order to protect myself, I actually poured dirty water on me!" ”

Peony's face on both sides of the beaten was swollen, and the corners of her mouth were bleeding, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "Second Miss, you have to be a conscience!" Three days ago, you came to Begonia Garden in the name of taking care of daffodils, and secretly handed a packet of medicinal powder to the slave maid, and asked the slave maid to take the soaked wooden scoop! Now that something has happened, seeing that the slave is about to break her hands and feet, why can the third lady only think about self-preservation? ”

3 days ago......

Old Madam Gu remembered that Gu Qingyue had indeed braved the heavy rain to come to Begonia Garden three days ago, and she had indeed arrived near the fox house, and at that time she also refused the maid's companion, the more she thought about it, the more chilled she became!

"You're spewing blood, I've never told you to do such a thing!" Gu Qingyue was in a hurry, and she couldn't wait to kill this minion immediately!

"Mother, don't listen to this's nonsense, the second lady's filial piety to you can be seen by heaven and earth, and she will definitely not do such a thing. You, if you talk nonsense, I'm going to pull your teeth! Lu never imagined that things would turn out like this.

"Huh." The eldest lady Liu let out a sneer and said, "It's strange, the two girls from our Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion are here, why did this slave just pick you up and wronged you?" Mother, I think the current situation is clearer, the second brother and sister and Gu Qingyue are dissatisfied with you taking back the real power of the back house, colluding with these cheap maids to harm you, this time I started with the white fox, and I came to pretend to diagnose and treat again, what about next time? Isn't it time to ...... next time? Should I go straight to you? ”

When Old Madam Gu heard Liu's words, she thought of the whole thing, and suddenly shuddered.

"No, no, old lady, the concubine has been by your side for many years, and you have been carefully instructed to have a place in the Yuanhou Mansion in this town, how can the concubine have the courage to be disrespectful to you! Come to think of it, in the past, I was in charge of the back house, and I offended a lot of people, and now some people want to take revenge, but they accidentally affected the innocent Yue'er. Lu knelt on the ground, took Mrs. Gu's hand tightly, and wept bitterly, seeing that Mrs. Gu's face was getting more and more ugly, and the look of disappointment was getting heavier and heavier, and for the first time I felt that I had no bottom in my heart.

Old Madam Gu was full of anger and said sharply:

"Come on, drag the second lady down, serve the family law, and then lock up in the ancestral temple, without my permission, you are not allowed to come out, as for the Lu family's ......"

"Wait, Mother." At this time, Gu Tianyou, who had never spoken much, suddenly spoke, and the minions who came to drag Gu Qingyue away stopped.