Chapter 31: rumor

The next day, someone found Mother Rong's swollen body in the lotus pond in the back mountain. First release EbookFREE.me
"How did it spread outside?"
Mu Yingxue lazily leaned against the open window of the elegant room, looking at the street market where the outsiders came and went, squinting to bask in the sun.
Liuer was by the side, the autumn sun was warm, and it was very comfortable to shine on people. She seemed to understand a little bit why her lady likes here so much, far away from the misty place, and sure enough, the sunshine here seems to be different.
"It is said that Mother Rong stole a bag of gold from the mansion and wanted to escape from the mansion. Unexpectedly, she accidentally fell into the pond and drowned when she passed the back mountain."
Mu Yingxue reached out her hand to support her chin and found it very interesting to watch the sugar vendor on the street knead the candy into various animals and villains.
"Do you believe this?" asked indifferently, not feeling sorry for the cook's death. The poor man must be hateful. She has given her a chance, but she herself did not cherish it.
Liu'er followed her gaze and looked at the food stall where the sugar man was made, as if thinking of something, and asked with a look of surprise: "Could it be that Mother Rong was murdered?"
Mu Yingxue pushed aside the chair and stood up, smoothed the wrinkles on her skirt, raised her head and said to her: "Yes or not, I'll know when I go back."
Seeing her secretive look, Liu Er had no choice but to follow her with a look of confusion, but she couldn't restrain the slander in her heart. My lady is really getting more and more unpredictable.
Back to Muhou Mansion, everything seemed to be no different. The death of a cook seemed not enough to disturb the tranquility of this deep house compound, at least the surface tranquility.
However, there is no impermeable wall in this world. Soon, news broke that Mother Rong did not fall into the lotus pond, but was pushed into the water and drowned.
Ouyang Ruo looked at her daughter worriedly, not knowing whether to ask or not. The seafood soup was found to be poisonous that day. She watched her bring Liuer out to carry the soup.
Mu Yingxue looked at her mother who was hesitant to say something, knowing what she was worried about, she reached out and held her hand and said, "Mother, I didn't do it, so don't think about it."
When Ouyang Ruo heard her say this, he was obviously relieved, and said: "It's not that good. Don't blame your mother for being over-hearted. Your mother is just worried about you. She is angry and can't think of doing stupid things for a while." He paused, "But now It seems that I have been worrying about my mother. When you grow up, you have your own ideas and opinions. I am really happy to see that you are so sensible now."
With that said, Ouyang Ruo had tears in his eyes and couldn't help himself. Sometimes she really felt that everything was dreaming, and her daughter suddenly became so self-reliant and assertive, which she shouldn't have thought of before.
Mu Yingxue was also relieved by her words, and patted the back of her hand to comfort her: "Mother, if you are happy, you shouldn't cry. You believe me, our days will get better and better in the future. As for Those who are thinking of ways to harm us, huh..."
She didn't want to say something that made her scared in front of Ouyang Ruo, so as not to make her worry, but she also wanted to give her some assurance to make her feel relieved.
If Ouyang knew that she was different from before, it was precisely because of this difference that she was even more worried. She didn't want her daughter to get involved in the intrigue in the back garden of the Muhou Mansion, and even fell into the undercurrent of fighting under the calm surface. If possible, she would rather she spend this life peacefully.
So she solemnly said to Mu Yingxue: "My mother knows that you are a thoughtful child, but you have to promise to be a mother. No matter what you plan to do in the future, you must take care of yourself as a prerequisite. My mother does not want you to have an accident. You will be at ease if you are safe."
Listening to these words, Mu Yingxue was only moved in her heart, and solemnly replied: "Mother, I promise you, I will take care of myself."
Only then did Ouyang Ruo nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time asked his own question: "Is that lady chef really pushed off the pool?"
Mu Yingxue turned to look at a blooming cosmos outside the window, squinted her eyes and said, "I'm afraid it is. It's just that she doesn't cherish her name and she has to go to a dead end."
She spared her not to die that day and let her go out of the house, indeed she was tempted. She expected that she would be unwilling to lose the fat in the kitchen, and went to find Mu Yueli, and even expected that she would conceal the facts from Mu Yueli, thinking that she had kept a secret for her, and she would be sheltered by Mu Yueli. Little did she know that this was the real cause of her own death.
The reason why a secret is a secret is that before it is made public, the best way to keep it is to let insiders never have a chance to speak. Therefore, Mu Yueli would feel relieved only when she died.
Although she expected this result, when things really happened as she expected, she would still lament the lack of people's minds and that she could not live by herself. This kind of feeling is helpless, but she knows that she is destined to live in struggle in this life, so she does not feel sad because of this. On the contrary, she understands that to live safely in this Muhou mansion, she has to do There is more.
Seeing the vicissitudes of life on her face, Ouyang Ruo couldn't help but worry: "Then who exactly killed her so cruelly?"
"Except for Mu Yueli, there will be no one else. Only the dead will keep the secret."
Unfortunately, this secret is no longer a secret, and it will soon be exposed to the sky.
Originally, the death of a cook was not enough to arouse the idea of ​​those ladies and ladies in Muhou Mansion. The death of a servant was just a common occurrence in the inner courtyard of the deep house. But if this incident inadvertently turned into a slaughter of chickens and monkeys, and made some people feel the fear of their lips and teeth, then it would be different.
On that day, Mu Yingxue used poisonous seafood soup to poison wild dogs in front of all the cooks, and expelled the most suspected Rongma from the shogunate, and ordered everyone not to disclose the matter. If Mother Rong does not die, the matter will be over, and Mu Yueli can naturally stay out of the matter and not be held accountable.
After all, even if someone proves that Mu Yueli instructed the poison, no one saw it. The words of one or two cooks alone are not enough to believe. Besides, Mu Yingxue is alive and well, and she will be bitten back if she doesn’t know. Frame good people.
But now things are different when people die.
She waited for the matter to slowly ferment, so that the instigators could eat the consequences.
When Mother Rong died, of course the other living cooks were the first to feel scared. After thinking about it, the cooks headed by Mother Li finally couldn't bear the fear in their hearts and reported this to the lady.
"what did you say?"
Xu Min stroked the soft fur on Little Bell's back, and she was startled when she heard what Grandma Li said.
"Mother Rong was pushed down the lotus pond. Do you know what you are talking about?"
The room was burning with the finest spices, and it was warm. Mother Li was kneeling on the soft Persian carpet, but she felt like she was in an ice cellar, and she couldn't help shaking with the cold.
They were just guessing, and there was no evidence, but in order to prevent themselves from becoming the next grandma, they had no choice but to make this move.
"In return, Madam, Miss Four brought a pot of seafood soup to the kitchen that day, saying that it was to reward the servants..."
"Wait!" Xu Min interrupted her before she was finished. "You mean seafood soup?"
"Yes, seafood soup." With a cold sweat on her forehead, Mother Li didn't know where she was wrong.
Xu Min looked at her with a deep gaze. She was suspicious before she said anything, but said calmly, "Go on."
"Yes." Madam Li wiped a cold sweat and continued to chatter, "As a result, the servants hadn't drank it yet. Miss Fourth had changed her mind and fed the soup to a wild dog picked up in the kitchen. As a result, you Know what's going on?" She glanced at Xu Min's face secretly, but Xu Min certainly wouldn't be impressed by her clumsy storytelling skills. She stared at her coldly without questioning.
Madam Li had no choice but to continue in a whisper: "The dog just took a bite and fell to the ground, bleeding from its orifices. That seafood soup is a bowl of poison! Fortunately the servants didn't drink it, otherwise..."
Xu Min snorted coldly: "That's the four girls who didn't intend to let you drink it, so why panic!"
Madam Li even claimed that she praised Mrs. wisely: "It's just that the dog died so badly that the servants were all frightened. The fourth lady forced the servants to ask the servants who had poisoned the seafood soup? Whose instructions..."
Having said that, he dare not go on.
Xu Minfeng's eyes condensed and asked coldly, "So, this soup came out of the kitchen? There is no order. If you dare to prepare dishes privately, you are getting bolder!"
"The maidservant dare not, the maidservant dare not!" Madam Li explained hurriedly, "Mother Rong was on duty yesterday. She told the maidservant that it was the order from above to let the four rooms add food. The maidservant heard that the fourth lady was rewarded by the emperor. I thought it was a reward for the fourth lady, so I didn't ask much."
"The order from above?" Xu Min squinted, stroking a dog-feathered hand and suddenly paused, "Whose order?"
Mother Li quickly raised her eyes to see her expression, lowered her head and said hesitantly: "Yes...It's Lord Hou."
"What?" Xu Min stood up abruptly, letting go of her hand, the little bell slipped from her leg, and her feet fell to the ground unsteadily, making a sharp cry.
Upon seeing this, Hong Ling hugged the dog and gave Grandma Li a fierce look.
"go on!"
Seeing that she was angry, Mother Li was so frightened that her tongue was about to tremble, but for her own safety, she forced Mu Yingxue to ask everyone, and Mother Rong said about the confession of the crime.
After hearing this, Xu Min knew that Mu Yueli was playing a ghost again, and she didn't know how to feel for a while. He changed his mind and said, "So, do you suspect that the four girls are the murderer of Rong Rong?"
Madam Li squatted her head hurriedly and said, "Yes, the servants are very scared, for fear that the fourth lady will anger other people, so I have to ask the lady to be the master."
Although Xu Min hated Mu Yueli for her own opinions, and even dared to use Mu Yunxiao's name to harm others, knowing this matter, no matter the truth, is a good opportunity to get rid of Mu Yingxue's mother and daughter.