Old Madam Wu almost dropped the snacks in her hand because of this shout.

The third daughter-in-law scolded: "What are you yelling about, you rude thing? The old lady is fine, straighten your tongue before you speak."

"Yes, yes, I deserve to be beaten. Madam, Butler Wu has been captured."

Madam Wu was stunned: "What? The person was taken away? Who took him away?"

"It was the housekeeper Wu San from the mansion. He had a conflict with someone in the bookstore and was taken away by the bailiffs from the governor's mansion."

Madam Wu slammed the table and said, "How can this be absurd? Wu San is from the Wu Mansion. How can you just take him away like that?"

"It was just a conflict at the bookstore. Is it worth taking him to the government office? Are these yamen runners just too full to do anything?"

The third daughter-in-law rolled her eyes and said, "Let me ask you, Wu San was taken away, but what about the people who had a conflict with him? Were they also taken away?"

"No, only Butler Wu."

"What did he do?"

"Actually... it wasn't a big deal. I just overturned a few tables, smashed some teacups, cursed at the storyteller, and had a few arguments with the manager of the theater."

The third daughter-in-law seemed to be thinking: "This is not a big deal. Why did the guards lock him up and take him away? And they only locked up Wu San?"

Madam Wu looked grim: "Don't they know that Wu San is from the Wu family?"

"I did, butler Wu did, but the bailiffs didn't buy it. If I hadn't blended in with the crowd and not been discovered, there wouldn't even be anyone to report the news."

Old Madam Wu was so angry that her chest felt stuffy. Before she could calm down, someone came to report that another person had also been taken away by the bailiffs.

Three reports in a row, the content of each report was the same.

In total, three groups of people were arrested from the Wu Mansion, including two second-class stewards, an outer courtyard manager, and twelve servants.

This has never happened before.

Old Madam Wu's face turned blue and she dropped the teacup with a bang.

"what on earth is it!"

The third daughter-in-law patted her on the back and said, "Mother, don't worry. Maybe there is some misunderstanding."

She looked at the snacks on the table and came up with a plan: "Why not ask someone to ask the governor's wife? Maybe the people below are doing something wrong and they know the reputation of our Wu family and want to get some benefits from it."

"If that's the case, then we can't spoil them!"

"We have to let them know what kind of family our Wu family is!"

The eldest daughter-in-law endured the pain in her waist and said, "Mother, this may not be appropriate, or..."

"Not right, not right," Mrs. Wu interrupted angrily, "You only know how to say it's not right, what else can you do? Get out! I'm annoyed by the sight of you."

The eldest daughter-in-law swallowed her anger, and the maid helped her walk out slowly.

The third daughter-in-law said, "Wait, sister-in-law, you said that the method I said is not appropriate, then tell me, what is appropriate? Why don't you come up with a solution?"

The eldest daughter-in-law pursed her lips and said, "I think we should first find out what happened. The yamen runners must have rules and act according to the law. If Wu San and the others didn't do anything out of line, then..."

"What do you mean by out of line? Those lowly storytellers spoke wildly and said some unpleasant and disgusting things. I was the one who asked people to punish them. Do you mean that the root of the problem is with me and I shouldn't have let them go?" The old lady was furious.

"Mother, that's not what I meant. I..."

A cunning smile flashed across the eyes of the third daughter-in-law: "Mother, why don't we let the eldest sister-in-law ask the governor's wife? The eldest sister-in-law is our eldest daughter-in-law, she has a lot of weight, and this time she is in charge of ordering snacks, it's just right, what do you think?"

Madam Wu nodded: "Okay."

She glared at her eldest daughter-in-law and said, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up, you're standing here like a log."

The eldest daughter-in-law didn't want to go, but at this point, she couldn't say anything more and had to nod and agree.

After leaving the courtyard, the maid whispered, "Madam, how is your back injury? Why don't you go back and apply some medicine first?"

"No, go back and change your clothes. When you are done, come back and apply the medicine. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to see the governor's wife smelling of medicine."

The maid whispered, "It's too much for the old lady and the third lady to treat you like this."

The first lady sighed, "You can't let your husband know about this. If he knew, he would definitely sigh again."

"What's wrong with the eldest master? He is kind and steady, and he is filial to the old lady, but the old lady just doesn't like the eldest master."

The eldest lady said in a gloomy voice, "What can we do? Who told me that my husband was not born by me? He is a concubine's son, and the eldest son. He must have been very angry back then, and he has to vent his anger for decades to come."

The maid didn't dare to say anything more.

The Wu family was in chaos, and the government office was also extremely bustling. More than a dozen people were thrown into jail, all of them were from the Wu family. This had never happened before.

They kept shouting and clamoring, especially the two stewards and one manager headed by Wu San, who were even more arrogant.

The yamen runners would not tolerate this. The superiors and subordinates had already communicated with each other and had taken all the benefits. What's more, these people were really unreasonable and had done something wrong in the first place. When they went to the bookstore, they started smashing things without any explanation. How could they tolerate this?

The leading yamen runner and the jailer looked at each other and understood what he meant. They dragged Wu San and his two companions out, beat them with ten boards and whipped them ten times. After they screamed a lot, they immediately became obedient.

The others also stopped shouting and huddled in the corner of the cell, not daring to make a sound.

Yinding heard it clearly from outside. He gave a few taels of silver to the jailer who beat the man and ran back to report the news.

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe have returned home, and Huo Changhe is writing a letter to the Sixth Prince.

There was nothing special about it, just an ordinary greeting. The letter was brought into the capital by the Eighth Princess, so there must not be much in it.

Yan Ruyu saw him finish writing, and a sly smile flashed in her eyes: "Why not add a little more?"

"Add what?" Huo Changhe was puzzled.

Yan Ruyu took out the potion he had used before.

Add a little of this potion to ink, dip it in a special brush and write with it. After writing, the writing will disappear without a trace in a short time. When you look at it again, you can use fire or water to heat it and it will appear.

This was the original method. Later, as this method gradually became known to others, Huo Changhe abandoned it and used other methods instead.

Seeing Yan Ruyu take this out again, Huo Changhe understood her intention and couldn't help laughing, and took out the special brush.

"Okay, I'll write it."

Yan Ruyu added medicine to the ink and ground it for him. Huo Changhe picked up the pen and asked, "What should I write?"

Yan Ruyu said: "Don't bother thinking about it, just write that you peeked at other people's letters. He who peeks is a thief."

Huo Changhe laughed out loud: "Okay, this is good."

He picked up a pen and wrote on the back, and when the ink dried, the words disappeared.

Put the letter into the envelope and seal it simply without even adding any ink or stamping.

Just as I finished cleaning up, the sound of Yinding came from the gate of the courtyard with a laugh.

"Linlang, go and report quickly. I have something to report to the princess."

Yan Ruyu opened the window: "Linlang, let him in."

Yinding agreed and ran in from outside. When they met, he said, "Princess, Wu San and the others have been thrown into jail!"

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