Chapter 234: Rumors Abound

ked at her scalp with a needle, she proudly replied, "My daughter Funiu is so smart. She's probably thinking about something big."Tao Hongying unbuttoned her blouse and nursed her daughter, Jia Yin. J...When Dongmei arrived, the boys were already playing games under their watermelon rinds.

She stepped forward and picked up Jiayin, using a handkerchief to wipe her face. "Girl, the old lady is cooking and misses you. She asked me to bring you back."

"Okay," Jiayin nodded her head, yawned, and nestled in Dongmei's arms while waving to her brothers.

Jiā'ān jiāxǐ is also rare to have free time to play with his buddies, and he waved goodbye without going back.

Seeing that there was no one around, Jia Yin seized the opportunity and leaned in close to Dong Mei's ear, whispering a few words.

Winter Plum's expression was strange, but she still agreed.

When the two returned to Li's courtyard, the old woman was picking vegetables. Seeing her granddaughter eat like a little kitten, she immediately started preparing a bath for her granddaughter.

With a hot spring in the house, taking a bath is the easiest thing to do.

Soon, Jia Yin washed herself thoroughly, changed her clothes and sat in Dong Mei's arms, waiting for her to speak about returning to the city.

Dong Mei hesitated for a moment, then said, "Old Madam, the Marquis will probably be back before the Mid-Autumn Festival. He has to go to Xin Du first to attend the palace banquet. But there aren't many people in the Marquisate. Could you please come with us and clean up the house..."

This excuse is really not good. How could a large manor like the Hou Mansion be short of servants for cleaning

But Mrs. Li didn't suspect anything at all, and was even happy to do some work for the Marquis.

She readily agreed. Jia Yin immediately hugged her grandmother's neck, excitedly shouting, "Grandma, take Fu Niu with us!"

Li Lao Tai kissed her granddaughter, dotingly scolding, "You little clingy one, even if grandma throws everyone else away, she can't forget you, ah."

Dong Mei let out a sigh of relief, and just as she was about to speak, Lao Er Li walked in with Liu Yang, Jia Yi, and a strange man.

Dong Mei saw the man and immediately stood up, "Head Butler, how did you get here"

Butler The butler of the Hou Mansion

Lao Li listened, confused, threw down her vegetable basket, and stood up as well.

The man was indeed the steward of the Marquis's manor, but at this moment, he was bowing to the old lady with great respect, clearly aware of how differently the Marquis treated the Li family and daring not to be even slightly disrespectful.

For a moment, everyone sat down. Before tea could be served, the village head and Li Laosi and Liu Biao Tou arrived.

The head steward hurried back and, without beating around the bush, simply made polite greetings before telling everyone about Hua Ru Yue and the others. He finally added:

"In Xindu, there are rumors spreading everywhere about our Lord. People say that the women from the Flying Dance troupe were brought in by him, causing chaos in Xindu. I think things are getting out of hand, and someone might use this to smear Lord's reputation. However, I can't get in touch with him right now, so I can only ask you, do you know when Lord will be back"

Everyone frowned, not expecting things to escalate this much, and that people like Huaruyue would be so shameless.

Jia Yi and Liu Yang were even more panicked, their guts churning with regret. If they hadn't been tricked by those troupe members into revealing their secrets, they wouldn't have been implicated and wouldn't have dragged the Marquis down with them.

The lord went to war, fought bloody battles, and no one praised him. Now, because of this trivial matter, he has to be ridiculed and insulted by others.

Winter Plum whispered to the head steward that the lord would definitely return during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Counting it up, there were only four or five days left.

The steward was relieved, so he bade farewell and hurried back.

Everyone sat together, all worried.

Li Lao Si was the first to speak up, "It's all my fault. I brought all this trouble upon myself."

Jia Yi and Liu Yang knelt down, red-eyed, admitting their mistakes.

"It's not Uncle Four's fault, it's us. We weren't careful with our words and told those women all the details about our family."

Liu Biaotou didn't know the details of the matter. When he heard his son explain it, he widened his eyes in surprise.

"I've told you countless times, when you're out and about, you can't tell the truth to anyone, how come you don't remember!"

Both Jia Yi and Liu Yang were regretful, shedding tears. Jia Yi even proactively went to retrieve his father's ruler and presented it to Liu Biao.

Liu Biaotou was really angry, and he slapped the two boys' mouths several times.

Even if he held back, the two boys' mouths were swollen like sausages, red and puffy.

Within three to five days, let alone speaking, even eating will be painful.

Everyone watched as the master taught his apprentice, feeling sympathy but only enduring it, hoping the two boys would learn their lesson.

Jiayin leaned against her grandmother's back, feeling sorry for her brother, but she didn't dare to speak up.

Until they were taken away by Li Lao Si to apply medicine, she snuck into the room and secretly stuffed each of her brothers with a candy ball.

You have to open your mouth when you eat candy, Jia Yi and Liu Yang were in pain and kept gasping, but they accepted their sister's kindness.

At this point, they were utterly disheartened and regretful. Even a tiny bit of sweetness was a great comfort and encouragement to them.

Jia Yin hugged her brothers and then ran back outside to hear the commotion.

Of course, with the village head's wisdom and the old woman's determination, this matter couldn't possibly be ignored.

Even if everyone is just an ordinary person and can't do much to help, doesn't everyone have a mouth

If it's truly impossible to go to teahouses and restaurants, then speak out about the truth of that day and clear the Lord's name.

How can we possibly let the Marquis be slandered by these shameless women!

In the end, none of this worked. The only option left was to go to court.

Whoever dares to slander the Marquis for this matter, let them go before the Emperor and make things clear.

How could the emperor, who is the marquis's cousin, possibly believe the marquis!

That's it, then. We're going into the city!

Now that Liu's wife is very skilled at managing the accounts for the valley, Li Lao Er doesn't have to stay in the valley all the time.

And this time, there were too many things involved, he was afraid of his family being taken advantage of, so he had to go along.

Li Lao Si was born with supernatural strength. No matter the situation, whether it was self-defense or dealing with an issue, having him around brought everyone peace of mind, so he absolutely had to go.

Jia Yi and Liu Yang, those two boys, are to be brought along too. Let them see the whole thing from beginning to end so they can learn a deeper lesson…

This way, adding Dongmei and Yeshan, the old woman and Jia Yin, there were a full cartload of people.

Everyone didn't dare to delay, quickly packed up, and set off.

I didn't expect to run into Mr. Wen's carriage halfway there.

He was in Xindu, also hearing rumors that the Marquis was in trouble. He was afraid to intervene rashly and make matters worse, so he could only find someone from Suijin Tan to discuss a solution.

Having heard that everyone is going to the Hou Mansion, it's best to inquire about the situation first and then figure out how to help.

Mr. Wen then said, "Then I'll go to the Liu family for a visit. If there are any news here, please let me know at any time. As a censor, it is not appropriate for me to get too close to generals like the Marquis. At least I can't let too many people know about it."

Everyone understood and readily agreed.

When they reached the city gates of Xindu, both sides parted ways.

With the guidance of Yè Shan and Dong Mei, the mule cart quickly arrived at the Hou Mansion's gate.

The old woman hugged Jiayin and, as she got off the car, she was stunned by the imposing mansion in front of her.

Compared to this mansion, the small courtyard in Suijin Beach is simply too simple and cramped.

It's a bother that every time the Lord returns, he has to stay at Suijin Beach for several days...

Just as Haseyama was about to go in and look for the steward, by chance, the steward happened to be taking a constant companion outside, and they bumped into each other directly.

The head steward was overjoyed to grab Ye Shan and exclaimed, "Just about to send someone a message to you guys! The matter is settled! Everyone don't worry anymore!"

Everyone was surprised. This morning, things were said to be serious, how could it be resolved after just an afternoon

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