Keep red beans and ask Qinghuan

In the Ci'an Courtyard, Mrs. Xu sat worriedly, carefully recalling the whole process of the kidnapping.

"Mother, what are you thinking, are you still worried about the failed kidnapping?" Ouyang Li asked carefully from the side.

"Bastard! Li'er, even you listen to other people's slander, don't you believe me as a mother?" Xu said sharply.

"Mother, don't be angry, Li'er didn't mean that." Ouyang Li was quite frightened, but Xu Shi seldom gets angry with her, it seems that this time it really wasn't what mother meant.

"The kidnapping this time is really strange. I had sent someone to bind Ouyang Qing once when she returned home last time. This girl was so lucky that she ran away, and she was able to meet the eldest son of the Hou family of Ningguo to help her. This time I just took it as a coincidence. After all, she was far away from the capital since she was a child, and no one else knew her. But since she made a fuss about "plain clothes and poor food" at the banquet, all the famous nobles in the capital have talked about me, my stepmother. , I am worthy to go to war at this juncture and set myself on fire? The suspicion of incompatibility has just been spread, and she has something wrong at this time. Everyone knows that the direct beneficiaries are our mother and daughter. Isn't it clear that we are the murderer? Mother will Don't you know how to avoid suspicion?" Xu's face was serious, and she was extremely annoyed by this kidnapping.

"Then, mother. Maybe she is too ostentatious, attracting evil thoughts from the thieves? You also said that no one in the capital knows her. Even if it is a banquet, the guests who are full of guests can't remember clearly." Ouyang Li asked cautiously and tentatively.

"But how could it be such a coincidence? She was tied up just after the quarrel. This girl was very angry with me back then. Could it be that she sang such a play by herself and deliberately pointed the suspicion at me? "Xu's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a trace of murderous intent. She has swallowed her anger for so many years, and finally she won't allow others to invade her stable position in this family.

Ouyang Li turned pale with shock, frightened by Xu's conjecture. "Mother, this, this is too unbelievable. She has such thoughts just after returning to the capital, which is indeed frightening. It seems that we must be more careful in the future, and don't fall into her trap."

"Beware? I was negligent this time. I never imagined that this girl would have such vicious thoughts and she was willing to attack her. It's hard for me to say anything. No matter how I explain it, it seems to be justifying myself. Instead, it's self-defeating and makes others believe it. It's just that I can't swallow this breath because of this dumb loss. The little hairy girl just returned to the house and made me so upset. In the future, the master will rely on her dead mother to love her, and the Suhanglin family will give her She supports her back, so it's okay?" The more Xu said, the more angry she wished to throw Ouyang Qing back into the village, into the deep mountains and old forests to let her fend for herself, and never appear in front of her eyes.

"Mom, this is the end of the matter, what should we do next?"

"Wait and see, get along well with her first, let the master trust me, and let her let go of her guard against me. I treat her like a decent young lady, and I have a lot of jewelry and clothes for the servants. Let the housekeeper do the shopping, and stop the crowd first. The people who repaired the Weixi courtyard have already left, and tomorrow you will go there yourself and pick some good things from the treasury. It must be better than those in my courtyard. It's even better, it must reflect her identity as the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion. I will also go to Weixi Courtyard in person later."

"Mother, after all, she is someone else's daughter. It's enough to serve her with good food and drink. How can the food be better than the ones in your yard? Isn't this wronging you? Li'er feels wronged for you from the bottom of her heart. "Ouyang Li looked aggrieved, and her strong jealousy really made her see that Ouyang Qing had a better life than her.

"Look at your unbelievable appearance. How can you be the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion in the future? How can you fight her? There is no difference between high and low. She is now the eldest lady. It is only natural that her yard is better than yours. Yes, but if her yard is better arranged than my mother's, isn't that an arrogance? If it spreads out, people will say that they are arrogant and bully the concubine. At that time, I will use a little bit of internal and external cooperation to destroy her Her reputation made her disliked by all the sects. Her biological mother is dead, and her mother's family is far away in Suzhou and Hangzhou. When the time comes to marry a bastard from an ordinary family and make a fuss, why should she bully us and fight with us? Dou? At that time, she will not be able to lift her head up in front of others for the rest of her life, and will be rejected by her husband's family, and no one will love her mother's family, so let her suffer." The sly smile on Xu's face seemed to have given Ouyang Qing her fate in her heart. Sentenced to death.

"My mother is brilliant, Li'er really admires her, and she will definitely learn more from her in the future." Ouyang Li also smiled after hearing Xu's plan. The mother and daughter are really the same.

"Then mother, Lin'er's side...According to what Xiaoting said, Lin'er and Ouyang Qing seem to be very close. Will they favor her in the future?"

"What are you afraid of? I have pampered and spoiled Lin'er since I was a child, and he also treats me as his biological mother, so he wants to get closer to me. Besides, he has already become a domineering young master after all these years of pampering him, and he will not be able to achieve anything in the future Daqi, even if they unite as siblings, so what? Isn’t the meat on the chopping board just for me to slaughter?”

"Mother is brilliant, Li'er admires her."

In the Jingyang Pavilion, Lin Huier was still sipping tea slowly, waiting for news.

"Madam, this subordinate is incompetent and ineffective, please punish me, Madam." Lin Tao knelt on the ground, waiting for Lin Huier's disposal.

"You go down first." Lin said.

"Yes." The maidservants stepped back and closed the door behind them.

"What's the situation, let's hear it." Mrs. Lin took it easy, as if the outside world had nothing to do with her.

"Those two kidnappers were too incompetent, so they only tied up the eldest lady. Because they were greedy for money, they were arrested when they went back to kidnap the young master at night, and then they took Lin Qiu and the others to rescue Ouyang Qing. Anyang Hou got angry and thought What did Mrs. Xu do? She cut off her money, and threatened that the eldest lady would seize her power if something happened to her. The eldest lady was also very wary of Mrs. Xu, and the young master's feelings for the eldest lady seemed to be even stronger. We're getting close." Lin Tao reported everything in detail.

"Although the result is not what I hoped for, the goal has been achieved. It is her fate that Ouyang Qing does not die. I will wait for her to fight with Mrs. Xu in the future. It will save me a lot of energy. Where are the two kidnappers?" , have you dealt with it?"

"Mrs. Hui, they have been quietly disposed of after they left the city. Before they died, they thought we were from the Xu family. It's really sad."

"Very well, you go down."

Mrs. Lin was still sipping tea slowly, the stage had already been set up, and the rest was up to everyone to show their talents.