After the Hou family's mistress went crazy, she became the favorite of the entire capital.

The doctor takes money to do things. As soon as the front foot goes out, the back foot spreads the word.

"It's really strange. I just heard that the new daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Jing'an beat her mother-in-law and killed the Liang brothers in prison. Now it's rumored that the Liang brothers can't wait for their brides. They have a bad temper and are not worthy of being dignified at all. Two words. Who should I believe in this?"

"Mrs. Marquis Jing'an has been doing well for so many years. Why did the bride lose her reputation as soon as she entered the house? In my opinion, these are all rumors created by the daughter-in-law."

"I don't think so. She is willing to use dowry to help the homeless people, which shows her big heart. How can she be a vicious woman who abuses her mother-in-law. I am afraid that she has offended Mrs. Liang, and Mrs. Liang deliberately spread the word to slander her daughter-in-law's innocence."

"That is, if she really dares to torture her mother-in-law, will the Marquis of Jing'an sit back and ignore her? Then the Second Young Master He is from the Liang family, how can he not do anything at all?"

The discussion was endless, and even the storyteller stopped telling stories and grabbed a handful of melon seeds to chat with the tea guests.

"Then what happened to Liang's brother who died in prison? It can't be that Liang killed himself and the blame fell on his daughter-in-law, right?"

"Who knows what happened in the deep house. If it weren't for Mrs. Liang's instruction, would her brothers dare to go to someone else's shop to cause trouble? In the end, they are all asking for it."

Some people shook their heads, "I guess someone wants to deliberately mess with this young lady, and the Jingan Hou family may offend someone."

Qinmei glanced downstairs, a little annoyed, "We heard that the new books these days are good, so we came to listen to stories. How can there be such a storyteller who is so careless and gossips instead of reading books? Miss, how about you? Shall we go back first?”

The story about the dove occupying the magpie's nest in the book these days was really exciting. Xu Chuchu came here because of it, but he didn't expect that it stopped after just one paragraph.

What a disappointment.

"Let's go, go home."

As soon as the master and servant stood up, Qinmei pointed downstairs with sharp eyes and said, "Miss, look, this seems to be the maid next to Miss Lin."

Xu Chuchu continued to look and saw that the maid who had been serving Lin Jinan during this period was handing a book into the hands of the waiter.

The man seemed a little embarrassed, so the maid saw this and generously gave him some money.The waiter happily accepted the money, as if he had agreed to something, and the maid left with satisfaction.

Xu Chuchu called Qinmei, "Go and call the boy up."

After a while, the boy followed Qinmei up and asked, "What are your orders, Miss?"

"What did that maid give you just now?"

The boy was hesitant, but Qinmei was more generous and gave him a full five taels of silver.The little guy smiled happily and took out the storybook he had in his arms.

"That sister asked my husband to talk about this book tomorrow."

Xu Chuchu flipped through two pages, and her expression became subtle.

"You go and bring a pot of good tea. I'll read the script first."

After the young man left, Qinmei asked: "I saw the look on the young lady's face just now, but you don't like this story?"

Xu Chuchu sneered and handed her the script, "Read it for yourself."

Qinmei didn't have much knowledge, but she knew all the Chinese characters.

After reading two pages, Qinmei frowned and said: "...Madam's face is like a Rakshasa, as ugly as a Yaksha, ugly and vulgar, indescribable... Isn't this also the story of that Madam and Miss Mu's family? The book "The Dove Occupies the Magpie's Nest" Although the Miss Mu from the film is evil-minded, she is not written in such a bad light."

Qinmei pointed to one of the passages again, "The young lady of the Mu family is as beautiful as a flower in the moonlight, with a graceful figure and graceful manners... Why is the lady written in this book so miserable, and the young lady of the Mu family is written so badly?" Rather, it is like the moon in the sky, untainted by the mundane world.”

Xu Chuchu's eyebrows darkened slightly, "I heard that the previous book was brought by Shu Yan, and today's book was sent by maid Lin Jin'an. Qinmei, which book do you think is better?"

Qinmei flipped through two more pages, "I haven't finished listening to the two books, so I can't finish them. But I feel that the book in front of me is too flattering and not at all like Mrs. He." It’s true.”

"Do you have a Newspeak book?"

The two were talking when a female voice suddenly came from the door.

Xu Chuchu looked up and recognized that this was Bai Shuangshuang, the young lady of the Bai family whom she had met once at the banquet.Greeting her politely, before Xu Chuchu could say anything more, Bai Shuangshuang pointed to the storybook on the table and said, "Is this the storybook Mrs. He asked someone to send?"

Before Xu Chuchu could speak, Bai Shuangshuang had already taken it and looked at it. But after reading a few pages, Bai Shuangshuang's expression changed.

"Who wrote this crappy story? It's not good at all."

Xu Chuchu didn't have a close relationship with Bai Shuangshuang and didn't know her temper. He just saw that she was unhappy and told her the reason.

When I heard that Lin Jinan had sent it, Bai Shuangshuang immediately showed disgust.

After all, Xu Chuchu had been friends with Lin Jinan. Although they no longer interact with each other, seeing her look like this, she still defended Lin Jinan.

Unexpectedly, Bai Shuangshuang snorted, "Miss Xu, you don't know that that day when Mrs. He and I were drinking tea, Lin Jin'an ran in and started scolding Mrs. He without saying a word. I've heard that they didn't deal with each other. , but you can’t do things like this.”

Forget it, Bai Shuangshuang told Xu Chuchu what she saw.

"It's just you and me. If we see a beggar on the street, we will walk away in disgust, but Mrs. He won't. Donate your own dowry, which is 10 taels! Which lady in Beijing can be like Mrs. He?"

Although it sounds unpleasant to say, it is indeed the truth.

Xu Chuchu murmured in her heart, "But the Shu Yan I have met before, she is really not lovable."

Bai Shuangshuang said bluntly, "Silly sister, you used to be close to Lin Jin'an, and you preconceived what she said. Naturally, you think Mrs. He is not good. You still have to get in touch with this person in person to know."

Xu Chuchu stopped talking.

Guang Bai Shuangshuang didn't mean to say it herself, so she threw the notebook away and said she was leaving.

Arriving at the door, Bai Shuangshuang paused and said, "I'm going to the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion to get a new storybook from her. Will you go?"

Xu Chuchu was startled, "Mrs. Jinganhou's brother just died in prison, and Mrs. Jinganhou is seriously ill. Their family is making trouble right now. If you go over now, won't you be gossiped about?"

"If you are sick, you have to go and visit."

Bai Shuangshuang didn't care about her, she came and went like a storm.

Everyone in Qinmei was dumbfounded.

"Little miss, do we want to go there together?"

Xu Chuchu said angrily, "I won't go."

Having said that, after returning home, Xu Chuchu still begged her father to investigate what happened in prison.The Xu family has some connections in the Ministry of Punishment. Although this matter is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment, it is easy to find out because it is a case involving a dead person.

Father Xu called her over with a serious look on his face.

Xu Chuchu's heart sank, "Father, what is going on?"

"Have you been in contact with Lin Jinan recently?"

Xu Chuchu shook her head and said in a low tone, "We haven't been in contact with each other for a long time."

"You are not allowed to have any contact with her from now on."

"Why?"

As soon as he asked this question, Xu Chuchu's heart was shocked.

"Father, you mean...this matter has something to do with Lin Jinan?" (End of Chapter)