The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Madam Jiang sat upright on a stool, looking down at the woman kneeling at her feet. She stared at her for a while before slowly speaking:

"Xia Long used to be at the Duke's side...Now his only remaining son is the head of the farm."

The reason why Old Madam Jiang remembered it so clearly was because this Mr. Xia came to pay his respects to the Duke every year without interruption.

The Duke was even more caring towards their family.

Then, Madam Jiang looked at Xia Nianyun with a scrutinizing look in her eyes and asked, "How many brothers and sisters do you have in your family? When did you move into the mansion?"

Xia Nianyun knelt on the ground, tilted her neck slightly, her almond eyes bright, and answered respectfully: "In reply to Madam Tai's words, my parents only have me as their daughter."

The wife of the Crown Prince, Wang, frowned slightly and said, "Mother, last month, the servants in the Lanyuan of my third brother's wife were replaced. It happened that the head of the Xia family came to reply, and wanted to ask for a favor to let his daughter enter the mansion to serve.

The wife thought that they were all family members, and knew each other well. Lanyuan really needed help, so she agreed. But by some strange coincidence, Lanyuan had enough people, and Xia Nianyun was helping out in the kitchen. "

Upon hearing this, Madam Jiang nodded slightly and stopped talking.

Gu Jinchu stood aside, listening to what Madam Jiang and the Crown Prince's wife said, thinking secretly in his heart.

Once a person explains something in detail, it means that he is trying to eliminate other people's doubts and cover up the deep uneasiness in his heart.

His mind was not on Wang's attitude.

Gu Jinchu just felt that the surname Xia sounded familiar, and now he finally remembered it.

This Xia Nianyun was the concubine who was kept by the prince on the farm in the previous life.

Xia Nianyun's grandfather sacrificed his young son to save the kidnapped prince. The Duke of Guo always remembered this favor and had looked for the child.

"You should get up and answer first."

Gu Jinchu looked at the woman on the ground with a calm expression. "From what you said just now, you seem to have a lot of grievances. I'm here now, I want to hear you say it."

Xia Nianyun stood up from the ground, her almond-shaped eyes full of tears, "Fifth Madam, I am a humble servant with little influence, I just want to stand up for Gao De.

How could Bai Zhi be so worthy of being betrothed to Mr. He and favored by Guard Gao? "

"presumptuous!"

Wang's eyes were cold as she rebuked her in a low voice, "You are just a servant. You relied on your grandfather's reputation with the Duke to dare to say such dirty words in front of the Fifth Madam!"

Xia Nianyun trembled with fear, and tears began to fall, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Gu Jinchu looked at Wang with a smile and said slowly, "Although the household finances are managed by the Crown Prince's wife, you can't just accuse someone of a crime without knowing the whole story."

Wang also had a smile on her face, but it didn't reach her eyes: "Bai Zhi and Gao De are your sister-in-law's dowry. I can understand why you protect them like this."

Gu Jinchu did not argue with her, but asked Xia Nianyun, "You always mention Guard Gao, Gao De, has he ever said that he likes you, or promised to ask for grace to marry you home?"

Xia Nianyun's face flushed, and more tears flowed, "...Of course, there is no one as upright as Guard Gao."

Wang resisted the urge to roll her eyes and cursed her in her heart, calling her a shallow-minded person.

Xia Nianyun seemed to have thought of something, paused for a moment and then said: "It must be that Bai Zhi deceived him and bewitched him!"

After hearing this, Gu Jinchu nodded and said, "Come on, come with me!"

Xia Nianyun glanced at him, took a step back, and said in panic, "Fifth Madam, what do you mean?"

Gu Jinchu was talking to Madam Jiang with his head down, "I would also like to trouble you, mother, to move over and accompany your daughter-in-law to the servants' room to take a look. If it weren't for seeing it with my own eyes, I, the master of Yuanyuan Hall, would be speechless."

She also didn't want to say that Baizhi and Gaode were siblings, otherwise how would the drama arranged by the Crown Prince's wife behind the scenes end!

Besides, there may be unexpected surprises.

Mrs. Jiang stood up from her chair, and Mrs. Hu beside her hurried over to lend her a hand.

Her face was serious, her eyes revealed majesty, and she ordered: "Except for the master present, all the servants who know about this matter should be kept under surveillance. This will also prevent anyone from leaking the information and causing unfairness."

Madam Jiang's face was solemn, and her majesty, which was in stark contrast to her usual image of a gentle and loving elder, emanated from her instantly.

She stood there quietly, the years had left deep marks on her body. Her noble status endowed her with awe-inspiring bearing and a strong sense of oppression.

After hearing this, Mother Hu agreed and retreated. Soon, several guards appeared outside.

Xia Nianyun suddenly felt numb all over, as if she was experiencing a nightmare. However, she clearly did nothing wrong.

Wang frowned slightly, and on her way to the servants' room, she began to feel that something was not right.

She hinted to herself in her heart: Fortunately, this time, I arranged it very cleverly and her people did not appear in public.

She thought firmly that even if Bai Zhi and Gao De's scandal was exposed, it would have nothing to do with her.

Gu Jinchu held Madam Jiang's arm and heard her mother-in-law sigh softly beside her.

The small kitchen of Yuanyuan Hall, including all the servants inside, and the guards led by Gao De, were all her dowry.

Their monthly salary and all the expenses involved were paid from her private account.

She had reported all this to her mother-in-law on the second day after she married into the Jiang family when she went to Minghui Hall to pay her respects to Old Madam Jiang.

At that time, Mr. Jiang Wu even jokingly said that he married a wealthy woman who not only had a generous dowry, but also had some private money in her hands.

At this moment, she seemed to understand why Madam Jiang sighed.

Today's incident seems like an accident, but it is not difficult to find out that someone deliberately created confusion and did it on purpose.

Li was one step behind Madam Jiang and the fifth brother's wife, and Wang was another step behind her.

Li felt that although she acted impulsively, she was not so stupid in other things since she had a falling out with the Third Master and the concubines at home, but she still could not understand the current situation.

The wife of the Duke took several of her daughters-in-law to the servants' room to catch an adulterer?

Just spoil Gu Jinchu like this and let her be willful?

The servants' quarters are located near the stables. A fork in the corridor leading from the greenhouse leads to the Chenxiang Pavilion of the second house.

Liu had recently been helping the Crown Prince's wife with household management, and she also had her own connections in the mansion. Although she was unaware of what had happened in the greenhouse, she still waited for them at the route they had to pass with her servants.

"Mother." After Liu greeted Madam Jiang, she did not ask any more questions.

It was Gu Jinchu who asked her, "Second sister-in-law, do you know about the rumors about Bai Zhi and Gao De in your family?"

Liu had just handed a hand warmer to her mother-in-law with both hands, and was now taking another hand warmer from the maid. This was what she prepared for her mother-in-law and her fifth brother's wife when she came out of Chenxiang Pavilion.

She put the hand warmer into Gu Jinchu's hand and said with a smile, "What rumors? Didn't Bai Zhi ask you to marry Mr. He?"

He You is the counselor beside Master Jiang Wuye. His only shortcoming is that he is too handsome.

Only married women know how comfortable it is to marry a young, promising man who comes from an orphan and has a generous monthly salary.

Gu Jinchu smiled when he heard this, "Since we've met, Second Sister-in-law, come over and take a look at the servants' quarters in the mansion."

Wang only knew how many servants were serving in the mansion and how much monthly allowance they were given. This was her first time to come to the servants' room.

She didn't feel anything about their living environment, but the attitude of the servants along the way made her feel more and more uneasy.

When he learned that the place where the lady and several ladies were going to was Gao De's house, there was no surprise on his face, but instead there was undisguised envy.

What are you envious of?

Are you envious of them for being discovered by their masters when fooling around?