I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

After what happened with Qiao'er, Liu Ming didn't even bother to kick Liu Zhen and his wife out, but simply locked them up in his own yard.

He sent someone to investigate Gan's background, and then came back angrily.

"What do you think? My sister-in-law is no pushover." Liu Zhirou was still very calm. This matter essentially had nothing to do with her, but even if it did, it would eventually become irrelevant.

"A complete idiot." Liu Ming defined his daughter-in-law without hesitation.

"Logically, I shouldn't let a girl like you know about this. However, in order for you to be mentally prepared and have a better life in the palace in the future, I decided to talk about it." Liu Ming's tone hardly fluctuated. Except for a moment of anger at the beginning, he quickly restrained his emotions.

"This is not the first time that Duke Deng's family has sent a candidate to Consort Shu to secure her favor. Before they chose you, they had already sent several people to the palace. Gan's sister was one of them, but her belly was not good at all and she didn't even get pregnant."

"Gan was afraid that you would pose a threat to her sister after entering the palace, so she kept making things difficult for you under the instigation of her family. This idiot married into the Liu family but still thought he was a member of the Gan family!"

"Where is Qiao'er?" Liu Zhirou listened to her father's narration quietly, and then pointed out the key point incisively.

Liu Ming was choked instantly.

"Zhen'er didn't break her virginity, but she has already lost her virginity." After a while, Liu Ming said reluctantly.

Liu Zhirou basically understood what was going on after hearing this. In today's era, a female personal maid represents her master to a large extent.

If Qiao'er really had an affair with someone else, Gan would not be unaware of it. If Gan knew about it and still allowed it, then there was a high possibility that she herself had problems.

"Did Gan have a crush on a man before? Or a childhood sweetheart." Liu Zhirou asked this basically just out of curiosity.

She didn't have any special deep feelings for Liu Zhen, whether it was him or the original owner. Liu Zhen was the only child left by the first wife, and she and her sister Liu Zhilan were both born to the second wife Zhao.

Therefore, she would not be furious because her brother Liu Zhen might have been cuckolded, she was just a little curious.

"I am investigating this matter. If it is true, I will never let it go! Although our Liu family is a merchant, we will not allow ourselves to be bullied like this!" Liu Ming gritted his teeth in hatred when he said this.

Liu Zhen can't be considered a good person, nor a promising person, but he is Liu Ming's only son after all. Liu Ming will never give up on him no matter what.

Liu Zhirou just nodded silently.

"Let's not talk about these infuriating things. Rou'er, how are your preparations? Something happened to Xia He, and you must carefully select the maids around you." Liu Ming quickly shifted the topic to his most promising daughter.

"Don't worry, Dad. I had no intention of taking Xia He with me. After this happened, I will ask the experienced nanny at home to check the maids around me carefully. As for Xia He, she has served me for so many years. Even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. Ask her what she thinks. If my brother is willing to keep her and she is willing to stay, then let her be my brother's maid. If she doesn't want to stay, then just give her some money and let her go free. Otherwise, if it gets out, people will say that my family is mean and ungrateful, which will affect our family's reputation." Liu Zhirou had already thought of a solution.

"What you said makes sense. Let's do it." Liu Ming agreed without thinking too much.

Anyway, the arrangement of a maid is a very insignificant matter for the huge Liu family.

The most important thing now is the palace selection. Liu Ming gave a few more instructions, telling Liu Zhirou to tell him if she had any problems, and that her family would help her find a solution, and not to keep it to herself, and then left in a hurry.

He must first find out whether his son Liu Zhen has been cuckolded. He doesn't want to work hard for a hundred years and finally leave his huge family business to outsiders.

After sending her adoptive father away, Liu Zhirou thought for a moment, called Chuntao in, and told her to be careful with her words and actions recently and not to fall into other people's traps. Then she asked for her warehouse key and sent her away.

The only thing Liu Zhirou was a little worried about was Chuntao. As for Qiuju, she didn't take it to heart. If she was the heroine, she wouldn't have this little bit of luck. If she didn't have this little bit of luck, it would prove that she was not the heroine, and bringing her into the palace would be useless.

What's more, if what Liu Zhijin said was all true, then Qiu Ju, who was able to survive the case of Prime Minister Shen's entire family being executed alone, would not be an ordinary person, at least not someone who could be defeated by the Gan family.

After making sure that no one was paying attention to her anymore, Liu Zhirou took out a dark-colored dress that she seldom wore, and tore off a piece of embroidered cloth to cover her face. Then, as it was getting dark and the patrolling servants were not paying much attention, she quietly jumped over the wall.

Although she had only started exercising for a few days, Liu Zhirou had already discovered that her physical fitness had changed dramatically compared to before, and her appetite had also increased greatly.

Because of this, she had to trouble the small kitchen many times, and even acted as a thief a few times in order not to attract attention, which made everyone in the kitchen suspicious.

But this time, she wasn't looking for food.

She wanted to find out more about her sister-in-law, Gan.

Gan may be a little clever, and her temperament can be considered good, without obvious flaws, but her psychological quality is obviously not very good. To be honest, this is not surprising. After all, the education here is that patriarchy is more important than the husband's power. Gan, a weak woman, is obviously at a disadvantage in front of Liu Ming and Liu Zhen.

However, Liu Zhirou always felt that something was wrong with her.

Generally speaking, under the current circumstances, after a woman gets married and moves into her husband's family, she becomes a member of that family and should regard herself as a relative of her husband and consider the interests of her husband's family.

However, Gan was obviously different. In order to make her sister live happily in the palace, she even schemed against her husband's sister.

Moreover, even if Liu Zhirou entered the palace smoothly, she would only be a low-ranking concubine dependent on Concubine Shu. Why was Gan so sure that Liu Zhirou would pose a huge threat to her sister?

If Liu Zhirou wanted to understand this, she had to go and see it for herself instead of listening to Liu Ming's subordinates reporting things that she didn't know whether they were true or not.

This is the most basic quality.