The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

"What is going on?" The old lady was also very puzzled at this moment.

But no one answered her question at this time. Wang didn't know what went wrong and didn't dare to speak rashly.

Seeing that no one was talking, Shen Baozhao asked, "I listened outside for a while, but I don't know what Fifth Brother said to offend Second Brother. Why did Grandfather punish Fifth Brother to kneel in the ancestral hall?"

Seeing his daughter standing in front of him in good health, the second master let out a long sigh and said seriously, "Sister-in-law, you must give me an explanation for this matter."

"Why did the maids at Yanran Pavilion insist that it was Baozhao who got on the bridal sedan? If Yan'er was injured by Zhao'er, then who was the one who got on the bridal sedan?"

At this time, Wang's confidant, Nanny Wang, quietly walked behind her master from the side door, tugged at the corner of Wang's clothes, and leaned over to say something. Wang's brows were so furrowed that they could kill a mosquito. It must be because Shen Yan, who knew about Qingkong's disguise, was missing.

Madam Wang looked at Baozhao standing in the room. He had black hair, fair skin, and was beautiful. Although he looked at her with a smile on his face, he seemed harmless. At this moment, she had countless questions in her mind, but she only understood one thing: the plan must have failed with Baozhao.

The current situation did not allow her to find out the truth of the matter. She could only apologize to the second wife and get through this hurdle first.

"Calm down, second brother. Perhaps the maids here made a mistake." Wang said with a guilty conscience. Then she turned to the maid kneeling on the ground and winked at her while scolding her, "Tell me clearly, who got on the bridal sedan, the second lady or the fourth lady?"

Wang deliberately emphasized the words "Second Miss".

The maid had a square face and high cheekbones. She wore a crimson-purple vest and a silver hairpin on her head. She was the maid who worked in the kitchen of Yanran Pavilion and was not the master's confidant. She glanced at the eldest lady and said, "I must have made a mistake. The fourth young lady stayed at our young lady's place yesterday. As soon as the bridal sedan left the house in the morning, the fourth young lady disappeared. I thought it was the fourth young lady who got on the bridal sedan."

"The people sent by the old lady didn't find the fourth young lady either." The square-faced woman added, dragging the old lady's people into it.

The old lady looked at the old woman with displeasure, then looked at Shen Baozhao who was standing in the middle of the hall and asked, "Fourth girl, your second sister is getting married today. Where have you been this morning?"

The second master was about to speak for his daughter when Shen Baozhao pulled at his sleeve to stop him. He bowed to the old lady and said, "Grandmother, my granddaughter did not stay at my second sister's place yesterday. Madam Li, the gatekeeper of Yanran Pavilion, can testify to this."

"My granddaughter returned to Zhaoming Garden at midnight yesterday. I didn't set foot in Yanran Pavilion this morning, so how could I have knocked out my second sister? As for the fact that the maid in my grandmother's room was looking for me, I was admiring the flowers in the garden, and the gardener can testify to that."

"After returning to Zhaoming Garden, I heard the maids say that my grandmother invited her granddaughter to Rongde Hall, so I came." Bao Zhao said all this in a clear and orderly manner.

After the old lady heard this, she asked Nanny Lin, who was beside her, to go down and question her. After about an incense stick of time, Nanny Lin came back in a hurry and said, "It is just as the fourth young lady said. At midnight, Madam Li saw the fourth young lady and the head maid Bikong returning to Zhaoming Garden together. This morning, the gardener also saw the fourth young lady and the maid Luoxia, and greeted Luoxia."

Hearing this, Madam Wang's face was full of excitement. She reluctantly took off the transparent green jade bracelet on her hand, smiled and put it into Baozhao's hand, saying, "Good boy, it was your aunt who believed the old woman's words and misunderstood you. This pair of bracelets is to calm you down."

Shen Baozhao did not accept the bracelet, and Wang was very embarrassed to be in a stalemate. She looked at the old lady for help.

The old lady sighed and said to the maids and servants kneeling in the hall: "You have framed the master, and you will be caned thirty times and sold out."

The square-faced woman below kept begging for mercy, so Wang scolded her, "Hurry up and drag them down."

"Wait." The second master stopped him.

"Why does the old woman want to frame Zhao'er? What benefit will it bring to her? There must be someone behind this." After the second master said this, he kicked the square-faced old woman.

He took two or three steps forward, grabbed the woman's collar with one hand, and said with gritted teeth: "Tell me, who ordered you to do this? If you don't, I'll chop you up and feed you to the dogs."

The square-faced woman's dark face was full of fear. She subconsciously looked at the eldest lady. She took a deep breath and said, "No one instructed me to do this. It was me who couldn't stand the fourth young lady and took the initiative to frame her."

After hearing this, Shen Baozhao stepped forward and grabbed the second master's hand. He shook his head at the second master, and he let go of the old woman. Baozhao knew that this square-faced old woman must have some leverage over the eldest lady, which made her not afraid of death. I'm afraid I won't be able to get anything out of her today.

Seeing that the second master had let go of his hand, Wang quickly signaled a few strong and sturdy maids to pull everyone down.

"Let's end this matter here." The old lady looked very tired.

Shen Baozhao had expected this result, so he was not very disappointed.

The second master looked at the old lady in disbelief, and said unwillingly to the old marquis who was sitting next to the old lady: "Father, what happened to Yu Baozhao today was an unprovoked disaster, so you just let it go? Wulang almost had to kneel in the ancestral hall, and this matter is just let go? If I, Shen Weishen, can't even protect my own children, I am unworthy of being a father."

After the second master finished speaking, he lifted his robe and knelt down.

The old marquis stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the eldest master with a dignified look. The eldest master took a sip of tea slowly, put the teacup gently on the table, and said: "Wang, you are not good at managing your family. You must reflect on your mistakes for half a month. The housekeeper will hand over the cards to Rongde Hall first."

He then bowed to the old lady in the hall and said, "Thank you for your hard work for half a month, mother."

"Erlang and Wulang are disrespectful to their elders, and each will receive ten strokes of the cane."

Shen Jiemin narrowed his eyes, pulled the corners of his mouth together, and knelt down to receive the stick.

The second master was furious. Wu Lang had done nothing wrong, so why should he be punished as well? Even if he was punished, he shouldn't have been punished with ten strokes of the cane like Er Lang.

Erlang is ten years older than Golang. Ten blows of cane might only cause minor injuries to him, but for Golang's small body, it might seriously injure his lungs.

The second master was about to speak when the outer courtyard steward Li hurried in. It was spring, and steward Li's face was wet with sweat, and he kept wiping his forehead with his sleeve.

"My Lord, the prince of the Duke of Lu got startled on the way and fell off his horse. Someone took advantage of the chaos and kidnapped the second young lady and the second uncle."

Everyone was shocked. Wang screamed, "What? Why don't you go find it quickly?"

"I've asked the servants to look for him. The Duke of Lu is also leading people from the Five Cities Military Division to hunt him down." Steward Wang was still sweating.

"Yan'er, what should I do with my Yan'er? I want to go to the palace and find Concubine Shu, and ask her to help look for her. I will definitely find her." Wang was already panicking and at a loss as to what to do.

"Shut up. Do you think you can see Concubine Shu whenever you want? Erlang, take people out to look for them first. Ask the Duke of Lu's Mansion if they have found their whereabouts." The old lady ordered.

No one cared that Erlang and Wulang had not been punished yet. The second master also breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Baozhao frowned. Chen Ke was the one who frightened the horse. He fell off the horse just to break his left leg. But he was abducted. Who did this? This had never happened in his previous life.