After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

Cui Yuanqing cast a gloomy gaze at Cheng Songan and asked, "Why did you commit suicide?"

His eyes were cold, but full of confusion and doubt. Such a look made Cheng Songan very uncomfortable. She said calmly: "Betraying the master for glory, committing suicide to atone for the sin."

Cui Yuanqing strode to the door of the servant room and looked inside. The red marks on Yulan's face had not yet faded, and the blood that had flowed out had already coagulated. It was not a peaceful death.

His face was gloomy, and although he wanted to ask, he saw that the yard was full of people, so he didn't say anything.

Cheng Songan asked him, "Why haven't you left Beijing yet, sir?"

Cui Yuanqing's expression softened somewhat, and his tone was no longer as cold as before. He only said, "I went to the palace to see the emperor this morning, and the emperor asked me to leave the capital tonight."

Cheng Songan was in a bad mood and nodded absentmindedly.

"Brother-in-law, my sister originally wanted to assign Yulan to be your maid to accompany you to Jiangnan, but she was so careless that she didn't have this blessing." Cheng Wanxin sighed with red eyes, "She is already engaged, and I'm not asking her to be a concubine."

Cui Yuanqing's face suddenly changed color, and he turned to look at Cheng Songan: "You want her to go to Jiangnan with me?"

Cheng Songan met Cheng Wanxin's tearful sympathetic eyes and said calmly, "Yes, among my maids, she is the only one who has an engagement and will be married next year, so let her be the head maid and bring a few maids and women to do laundry and mending, isn't it a bargain?"

After a pause, he continued, "Or do you want to bring a concubine?"

Cui Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes were still full of doubt when he looked towards Yulan.

Cheng Songan turned to Cheng Wanxin, his eyes cold and with a hint of chilly smile, he asked, "Second sister, what you just meant seemed to be saying that because I wanted Yulan to follow her husband to Jiangnan and forced her to break off the engagement and become a concubine, she committed suicide because she couldn't bear it?"

Cheng Wanxin opened her wet eyes, full of disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice: "Sister, how could you misunderstand Wanxin like this? That's not what I meant."

Cheng Songan asked: "What do you mean?"

Cheng Wanxin got anxious and tears kept falling. The way she shed tears was different from others. Most people would cry with sobs streaming down their cheeks, but Cheng Wanxin's tears were like a string of pearls, falling one by one, making people feel distressed when they saw her.

She raised her small face, which was as big as a palm, and said pitifully, "Yulan has lived in our house since she was a child. I felt sad when I saw her go, but I didn't say something wrong by accident. Why did you have to be so aggressive, sister?"

Cui Yuanqing frowned and said to Cheng Songan, "Why are you so angry with your sister today?"

Cheng Songan sneered: "My maid died, I was sad, and I was just talking nonsense."

Cui Yuanqing was about to say something when he suddenly saw a large group of people coming outside the courtyard gate. They were Zhang and Old Madam Yu who had rushed over immediately after hearing about this.

"Why are my grandmother and mother here?" Cheng Songan stepped forward and bowed, then turned back to look at Cheng Wanxin, who was standing behind Cui Yuanqing with tears in her eyes, as if she was frightened by the scene.

Old Madam Yu said sullenly, "Why didn't you send someone to tell me about this? Are you scared?"

Cheng Songan forced a smile: "My girl is in trouble, so I have to deal with it myself. How can I alarm my grandmother and mother? Besides, even if I don't say anything, my grandmother and mother will come over, right?"

Zhang's face also looked very unhappy. There were only five people in the Cui family, including the real master and Cheng Songan. Therefore, even if there were many servants, there were not as many factions and constant fighting as in other families. Moreover, rules had been set since Cui Yuanqing's grandfather, requiring servants to be treated kindly and leniently, and not to be punished or admonished without reason. Therefore, there were very few things that were damaging to the privacy of the Cui family, and there had never been any slaves committing suicide.

But now, such a thing could happen in the room of the daughter-in-law of a famous lady like Cheng Songan. If it were to get out, it would probably affect the Cui family's reputation as a clean family.

Zhang said coldly: "Why would you commit suicide for no reason?"

Cheng Songan had asked Haitang to arrange for people to wipe Yulan's body clean, change her clothes and makeup, and even cleaned up her room. It was no longer filled with the bloody smell like when the accident happened.

In front of Old Lady Yu and Zhang, Cheng Songan knew that she couldn't tell the truth. If she told the whole story, not to mention that the witness was dead, even if he was alive, Cheng Wanxin's ability would be enough to clear herself of all charges and even accuse her of the crime.

Secondly, even if they really believed it, the affair between Cheng Wanxin and Cui Yuanqing would inevitably be exposed to the public. The engaged sister had an affair with her brother-in-law, and for the sake of an affair, she poisoned her own sister, causing her infertility. This kind of thing would make the Cheng family's reputation tarnished throughout the capital.

She asked Old Lady Yu and Zhang to enter the main hall and sit in the upper seats. She stood aside with her head bowed and replied, "I was careless in hiring people. I let Yulan take care of the accounts of the dowry farm. I didn't know that she would embezzle the money from the autumn harvest to lend out. I caught her and said a few words to her. She was very upset for a while."

Cheng Wanxin also understood her considerations and watched the show fearlessly, but her face showed a very sad look.

Zhang was helpless after hearing this, and could only say angrily: "Forget it, forget it, my wife, take a look at her family and call them all over. I will personally compensate them with some silver and things."

Cheng Songan bowed and replied, "Both her parents died when she was ten years old. There is no one else in the family except for a fiancé who was engaged to her when she was a child. He is not in Beijing now, and the wife has already sent someone to find him."

Zhang sighed deeply and stopped talking.

Cheng Wanxin stepped forward and said, "Aunt, please stop sighing. Even if we keep this wasteful and self-destructive trouble, it will cause trouble sooner or later. Now she has done something wrong and made a mistake, and has implicated my sister. You can see that she is a foolish person who has no plan."

Her eyes moved around, and after glancing at Cui Yuanqing who had remained silent, she continued, "Yulan is from our Cheng Mansion anyway. When Wanxin goes back to inform mother, she will definitely handle this matter as soon as possible and not let any rumors spread."

Zhang held her hand, patted it like a close friend, and sighed, "Good girl, it's amazing that you think so carefully about your sister."

Cheng Wanxin smiled shyly and lowered her head.

Cheng Songan watched coldly. They had only stayed in Cixian Hall for one night, but Cheng Wanxin had already coaxed Zhang into this state. One could imagine how much Zhang would have favored her after she entered the house in her previous life.

Old Madam Yu watched and observed for a while without saying a word. After listening, she pulled Cheng Song'an to her side and said calmly, "Yunxiang Pavilion has been in turmoil these past few days. Yuan'er is leaving Beijing tonight anyway, so Yundai and I will stay at Chunhui Garden for two days."

Without waiting for Cheng Songan to answer, Cui Yuanqing said, "Okay, but I still have a few words to say to Madam, and then I will send her to my grandmother."