The housekeeper knelt down hurriedly, her face pale with fear: "After eating, Aunt Fang said she had a stomachache. Old, I don't know what's going on."

Yuan Qinglian squeezed into the crowd at some point, and she said with a hint of fear in her voice, "Could it be that this dish was unclean and Aunt Fang had a miscarriage after eating it?"

She looked at Liu Yueru with a complicated look, and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

Liu Yueru sneered: "Whatever Madam Yuan wants to say, just say it directly. There's no need to be so secretive."

"I was just thinking, Aunt Fang's food, clothing and other expenses are all handled by the people in the Madam's inner courtyard, so how could such a thing happen?" Yuan Qinglian's implication was obvious.

Old Madam Song cast an unfriendly look at Liu Yueru and scolded her coldly, "What did you put in the dish?"

The women in the outer courtyard who had come to join in the fun were instantly in an uproar.

If it was really discovered that Mrs. Song had tampered with the food, her good reputation would be ruined overnight.

Everyone stretched their necks to try to see what was going on, but they could only vaguely see Liu Yueru standing straight with an expressionless face, looking as if it had nothing to do with her.

Liu Yueru's eyes were cold, and she pursed her lips and said, "Grandmother, the doctor hasn't checked it yet, how can you make such a conclusion so casually?"

She turned her gaze to Yuan Qinglian who was standing beside her and asked, "How did Aunt Yuan know if there was something wrong with the dish? You were so sure. Could it be that you made it?"

Yuan Qinglian knelt down with a pale face after hearing this: "Madam, even if I have ten courages, I would not dare to do it. Besides, Aunt Fang is surrounded by personal mothers arranged by Madam, so I have no chance..."

These words sound like he is defending her, but in fact he is throwing dirty water on the lady.

Ye Tao couldn't stand it any longer and immediately retorted: "Yuan Yim dared to frame the prince, what else is there that she dare not do?"

Yuan Qinglian's face instantly changed from white to red, and then to black!

How dare she, a servant, expose her own shame in public like this!

Madam Song had a cold face and ordered the court doctor: "Go check if there is any problem with the food. Check this matter thoroughly."

"I want to see who is the fearless person who dares to harm the offspring of our Marquis' Mansion!" Old Madam Song was angry and distressed for the unborn child.

Yuan Qinglian looked at the court physician expectantly with a gaze as poisonous as a scorpion.

The court doctor stepped forward and checked every dish, frowning. After confirming again, he knelt down in front of Old Madam Song and reported: "There is nothing wrong with the food, Madam. Aunt Fang's miscarriage has nothing to do with eating these things."

Old Madam Song also frowned. If it wasn't about the food, then what she had just said was tantamount to slapping herself in the face.

She calmly questioned the housekeeper on the ground: "Apart from those meals, what else did Aunt Fang eat? Think about it carefully!"

The housekeeper thought for a while and reported everything Aunt Fang ate and drank from morning to night.

Everyone's eyes fell on the cup of water that Aunt Fang had last drunk from.

The court doctor came forward to check and his face changed suddenly. He immediately put the teacup aside and asked: "Why is there saffron in this flower tea?"

As women in the inner chambers, they naturally knew what saffron meant to a pregnant woman.

Madam Song's face darkened even more. She looked at Liu Yueru and asked sharply, "What else do you have to say?"

Liu Yueru still looked indifferent, and asked in confusion: "What does grandma mean?"

"The servants in Aunt Fang's courtyard are all arranged by you, and saffron is mixed in the scented tea she drinks every day. How can you make excuses?" Old Lady Song was also very angry.

"Grandma, haven't you ever thought that I was also framed? I found Aunt Fang for my husband. I don't need to do this, and I have no reason to do this." Liu Yueru drooped her eyelashes, hiding the hatred in her eyes.

Then he said, "Is it because you think of your grandmother's love for her that you say such nonsense? If my granddaughter-in-law hears this, she will be so ashamed that she will hit her head against the ground and die in the mansion."

Old Madam Song was so angry that smoke was about to come out of her head. She didn't expect that Liu Yueru would dare to contradict her like this in front of so many people.

"You...is this how your parents educated you? How unfilial! You are disobedient to your elders!" Old Madam Song was so angry that she almost collapsed and could hardly breathe.

Mother Chen hurriedly and gently helped Madam Song calm down and helped her sit on a chair beside her.

It took me a while to come back to my senses.

Liu Yueru was also angry. She could be humiliated, but her parents had always taught her to be well-educated, virtuous and kind.

But how could she tolerate these bastards when they insulted her parents?

Even if I am accused of being unfilial, what does it matter if I am known as a shrew?

"Grandmother's matter has not been investigated yet, but you and the concubines in the mansion have slandered my reputation. If I lose my temper and die in the mansion, my father and elder brother will not let it go."

"My Liu family comes from a family of scholars. It's really wrong for grandma to insult my father and deceased mother in public. The disaster should not befall my parents. Even if my granddaughter-in-law is wrong, grandma shouldn't say that. Moreover, the matter hasn't come to a conclusion yet. Why did grandma jump to conclusions so hastily? Can I also think that you deliberately wanted to frame me and used such despicable means?" Liu Yueru's voice was warm with anger.

All the women present gasped.

This was the first time they saw a woman dare to challenge and refute the old lady of her husband's family.

If it were them, even if they suffered a lot of injustice, they would just swallow their anger.

When Song Nanzhi arrived, he saw that Old Madam Song's face was ashen and she was staring at Liu Yueru with anger.

Liu Yueru also exuded a full aura and looked extremely cold and stern.

No one in the room dared to breathe.

Old Madam Song was speechless. When she saw Song Nanzhi coming, she immediately picked up her handkerchief and started crying. She pointed at Liu Yueru and said in a trembling voice, "Nanzhi, look at what you have done to your daughter-in-law. How is she different from those vicious women and disrespectful and unfilial people out there!"

Old Madam Song looked at Liu Yueru coldly and snorted in her heart. How could they, the Song Mansion, be controlled by a foreign woman?

Song Nanzhi was confused: "What's going on? Didn't they say Aunt Fang was unwell? Why did they bring Yue'er into this?"

"Ask everyone how your good daughter-in-law bullied your grandmother just now." Old Lady Song swept her eyes over the group of people and started crying again.

Everyone knew that it was Old Madam Song herself who had lost her moral integrity due to her old age, so they all lowered their heads and said nothing.

Song Nanzhi's eyes fell on Liu Yueru's face, and he also thought it was her fault, and immediately said in a partial way: "Grandma Yue'er is old, even if you have any dissatisfaction with the Marquis' Mansion, you can't offend Grandma like this. If this gets out, it will be bad for everyone's reputation."

"You all know how to gain fame, but don't I, the daughter of the Liu family, want one?" Liu Zimo's sharp voice rang out among the crowd.

He learned everything that happened in the courtyard from the servants.

He also knew that it was not legal for male relatives to enter the house, but he could not just watch his sister being bullied!

Liu Zimo and Liu Fufeng stood at the gate of Wenhuaxuanyuan, one trying his best to restrain himself, while the other was imposing and dignified. The slightly suppressed anger made the atmosphere even more solemn.

Two men, one is a first-rank general, and the other is the prince's tutor and a Jinshi. Whichever station they go to will be Liu Yueru's backing!

The eldest and second brothers were well-educated since childhood, and these qualities were engraved in their bones. But now they have thrown them aside for their own sake.

Unconsciously, Liu Yueru's eyes turned red. At this moment, she understood more deeply the meaning of family.

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