Acorus in the next yard spat out the melon seed husks in his mouth and said to Jiatao who was also eating melon seeds: "It's almost time, let's act."

Jia Tao patted his palms that were covered with melon seed crumbs and raised the corner of his mouth, "Okay, then you go find the madam, and I'll find the palace doctor."

After Jiatao finished speaking, she couldn't help but chuckle, and her fair face turned a little red.

"Mr. Zhou is such a jerk. He insists that we wait a quarter of an hour before we can act."

"Young Master Zhou is a precious person, how can we let others see him for nothing? Let's be quick. If we ruin Young Master Zhou's good deeds, our future life will be miserable."

After saying this, Acorus touched the delicate green new velvet flower on his head, and the expression on his face showed even more yearning for the future.

Young Master Zhou promised them personally that if this matter was successful, after he married the eldest girl, he would take her and Jiatao as concubines.

Although Young Master Zhou had many abscesses on his face which looked very disgusting, her family background was there. Being the concubine of the young master of the Zhou family was better than being a maid or being betrothed to the son of the steward.

Chang Pu thought to herself that she had clearly seen Young Master Zhou looking at her a few more times just now, so he must like her more.

By then, she will give birth to another son to consolidate her position. Besides, the eldest daughter, the mistress, is weak and easy to control, so she will surely enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future.

The more Changpu thought about it, the more excited she became. When she saw Jiatao walking towards the palace physician's residence, she took out the key and tiptoed to the locked door of Su Yue's room.

She looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she quickly and carefully opened the lock on the door, then put her ear close to the door and listened for a while.

But after listening for a long time, she didn't hear any movement. Changpu couldn't help feeling a little confused, but remembering Zhou Zhuo's instructions, she didn't dare to open the door and peek without permission.

In order to fulfill her dream of becoming a wealthy aunt, Changpu could only suppress her doubts and quickly trotted towards the main courtyard.

……

The main courtyard of the Minister of War's residence is extremely lively today, because it is the coming-of-age ceremony of Minister Su Yao, the second daughter of Minister Su, and all the dignitaries and nobles in the capital have come to attend.

At this time, men and women were divided into two groups and were having a banquet. As they toasted each other, everyone praised Minister Su's second daughter, Su Yao, for her beauty and outstanding talent.

But Minister Su's eldest daughter, Su Yue, had not been in her seat for a long time, and no one cared at all, as if they didn't even know this person existed.

Su Yao, who was feeling a little elated by the compliments, couldn't help but look in Su Yue's direction. Humph, even if Su Yue was the eldest daughter, so what? She could still easily suppress her.

Just when Su Yao looked over, she found that Su Yue had left her seat at some point.

However, Su Yao did not think much about it. She believed that Su Yue must have left because she felt uncomfortable seeing her being treated like a star by everyone.

Zhou Ruoxue, the mistress of the Shangshu Mansion, had a faint smile on her face. Although she could not hide her pride in her eyes, she said very humbly, "Ladies, please stop praising my little girl like this.

I see that the daughters of the ladies are as bright as bright pearls, and are no less beautiful than my daughter."

Just as Zhou Ruoxue finished speaking, Changpu also hurried to the main courtyard. She saw that the guests in the main courtyard were still having the feast and had not left, and she felt relieved!

It's good that all the guests are here. With so many people here, Young Master Zhou can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and the young lady will have no way to retreat!

So Acorus cleared his throat, and then shouted with all his might, "Oh no, Madam, something's happened to the young lady."

Acorus's voice was like a thunderclap exploding in the main courtyard. Everyone instantly quieted down, and all eyes were focused on Acorus.

Zhou Ruoxue's sister-in-law, Cai, lowered her head slightly, with a glimmer of excitement in her eyes. It seemed that her son had succeeded.

Soon, all the guests began to discuss cautiously, especially the women at the table where Su Yue was sitting, who discussed even louder.

"Eh? The eldest lady has indeed been gone for quite some time. We were all having a great time chatting, and if the maid hadn't reminded us, we would have almost forgotten about it."

"That's right. But Miss Su is fine at home, what could happen to her?"

"If you want to know what happened, just ask the maid!"

"What's wrong, elder sister?" Su Yao showed some worry on her face after hearing that, but she hated Su Yue in her heart.

This motherless bastard was clearly jealous of the grand ceremony of her coming-of-age ceremony, so he deliberately made trouble to sabotage it.

Zhou Ruoxue was slightly stunned. She also suspected that Su Yue was up to something, but thinking that Su Yue was usually as soft as a bun, she probably wouldn't dare to do anything stupid.

Zhou Ruoxue made up her mind. No matter what happened, she had to play the role of a loving mother to her daughter in front of others.

Old Madam Su, who was sitting in the main seat, saw that Zhou Ruoxue was still distracted. A hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

So she took the initiative to ask, "Changpu, what happened to Yue girl? Please tell me in detail."

Zhou Ruoxue's face froze for a moment, and then she immediately asked nervously, "Yes, tell me quickly, how is Miss Yue?"

Acorus knelt on the ground with a plop and said in a trembling voice: "Madam, Madam, the eldest girl drank two glasses of fruit wine during the banquet and felt a little dizzy and said she wanted to go back and rest.

But halfway through the journey, the girl suddenly felt so dizzy that she couldn't even walk. Jiatao and I had no choice but to send her to the room prepared for guests to rest.

But somehow, the eldest girl suddenly felt very hot, her face flushed, and she kept saying she was hot, and she also said she wanted to see the old lady, the master and the lady, so I hurried over to report it."

Madam Su frowned upon hearing this and said sternly, "This girl Yue is really outrageous. She actually got drunk at my sister's coming-of-age ceremony.

She is already drunk, so it is useless for her to see me and her parents. As a personal maid, why don't you go and get a doctor!"

Changpu felt unwilling because if the old lady and the master's wife didn't go, the play would not go on and her dream of becoming a concubine would be shattered.

"Replying to the old lady, Jiatao has already gone to find the palace doctor, but the eldest girl has been clamoring to see you and the master and the mistress. Considering the eldest girl's filial piety, the old lady and the mistress should go and see the eldest girl."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. It seemed that although the eldest daughter of the Su family was the original wife's daughter, she was not favored by her grandmother.

Otherwise, if her grandmother said something, Miss Su would have a bad reputation. Getting drunk at her sister's coming-of-age ceremony would be impolite!

Moreover, they are all women and girls living in the back house, and they are also good at the secret calculations involved.

If someone was drunk at this time, either he was really drunk without any brains, or this Miss Su was being plotted against.

Zhou Ruoxue and Su Yao heard Old Madam Su scolding Su Yue in front of all the guests. Although they were very happy, they didn't want to let Old Madam Su continue scolding.

After all, they are all from the same family, and if one suffers, all suffer. He was afraid that Su Yue's reputation would be too bad, which would also affect Su Yao and other children.

Zhou Ruoxue looked very distressed and said, "Mother, you can't blame Yue for this, it's all because of my daughter-in-law who didn't think highly of her.

I guess Yue girl drank a few more glasses because she was happy. She doesn't usually drink much, so she would get drunk after these two glasses of fruit wine."

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