My Lord, your wife is spreading rumors about you again.

Chapter 11: Here to catch an adulterer?

Shancha was so scared that she couldn't sleep all night. She would run to the crack of the door and look out every half an incense stick. After looking dozens of times, she finally saw the person who had been haunting her.

"Second girl!"

She pushed open the wooden door, her eyes filled with tears of excitement.

Mingli's originally gloomy mood was no longer in a gloomy mood after she shouted at him. She smiled, walked over, and stared at Shancha: "Did you steal last night?"

"I was almost worried to death, and you still made fun of me!" Shan Cha wiped her tears and pulled Ming Li into the room with grievance, "You are not injured, right? Is everything going well? Are the Fifth Master and the Sixth Miss really dead? Can you recognize them? Otherwise, should I go there first?"

Mingli did not tell Shancha about his guess that the Ming and Zhou families sent his sister and Mingxin out to play with others. After all, there was no solid evidence, and the more people knew about it, the more worries there would be.
"The body is wrong."

Mingli was forced to sit down by Shancha, and then a cup of hot tea was stuffed into his hand.

"The bodies are wrong?" Shan Cha was puzzled at first, but suddenly a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes: "Then, could it be that they are not dead?"

Ming Li took a sip of tea and shook his head: "No, the people must be dead. There is no need for the Ming family to lie about such a thing, but I want to find their remains. I will go to Anxiang Tower the day after tomorrow night and check again."

"Anxianglou?!" Shancha stood up suddenly, looked Mingli up and down with complicated eyes, and stammered, "What is Miss Erer doing in Anxianglou?"

Mingli looked at her strangely. Isn't it just a restaurant? The restaurants in the storybooks have many delicious wines and delicacies. She has never seen one before. But why do Shancha and Zhang Zhi act so strange when they mention Anxianglou?

Mingli said, "I'm going to look for clues and take a look. I've never seen such a place before, and my sister didn't mention it in the letter. I'm curious."

"Ah, that's right."

Shancha glanced at Mingli meaningfully. Actually, the second girl and her daughter were twin sisters, and her daughter had been married three years ago. It was normal for the second girl to want to go to Anxiang Tower to find some men to have some fun.

Mingli hadn't slept for a few nights, so she was really sleepy. She put down the teacup, undressed herself, and walked towards the bed: "I'm going to sleep for a while, and you don't have to stand there like an idiot. Go to sleep when you're tired."

"Ah! Don't sleep, don't sleep, Second Miss!" Shan Cha hurriedly handed over a note on the tea table: "Mrs. Zhu from the Third House sent someone to tell me early in the morning that there will be a flower viewing banquet in the mansion today, and they are here to welcome you."

Mingli covered his mouth and yawned, with bloodshot eyes.

"A flower viewing banquet? Can I refuse it?"

Shancha hesitated for a moment. She looked at Mingli's slender figure and thought about how many things had happened in the past two days, all of which the second girl had to bear alone. She had traveled hundreds of miles to Kyoto and had not slept well for two days and two nights.

Thinking of this, I felt even more distressed. Shancha said, "Otherwise, I'll go ask."

Before Shancha could finish, there was a noise in the front yard. Zhu's sharp voice hurt people's eardrums: "Second girl! Are you up? There is not even a ghost outside your room, and there is no way to report it. Then Third Aunt came uninvited. You don't mind, do you?"

Shancha panicked. She looked at Mingli, who had just taken off half of her nightgown, and said, "Second Miss, this...

"Don't be afraid."

Mingli threw the post in his hand aside and said, "The flies are determined to stick to me. I can't hide from them. Well, I won't sleep anymore. I'll change my clothes. You go open the door and help me block the flies."

"Yes." Zhu was not polite at all. Her two housekeepers pounded on the wooden door. The door had been in disrepair for many years and it almost stopped working after being pounded a few times.

"Second girl! Are you still not awake?" Zhu walked around to the window and pushed it hard, but found that it was also locked. She laughed and said, "Oh, the doors and windows are locked so tightly. If you don't know, you would think that some thieves would come to break into your little yard at night!"

"What are you talking about, Third Lady!"

Shancha pulled the bolt with an angry look on her face.

"Ah-"

The two women who were knocking on the door didn't stop in time, and their fat bodies rolled to the ground. They held their waists and finally stood up. Zhu's face was surprisingly small, and it was covered with thick makeup. Her body seemed to be blown to the ground by the wind. She was dressed in a gorgeous cloud brocade dress, with her hair tied up in a bun, leaving two strands of hair hanging on both sides. She was clearly a proper lady of the third room, but she had the manners of a brothel.

As soon as she entered the room, she looked around: "Second girl? Second girl, where are you?"

"Madam!" Shancha opened her arms and stood in front of Zhu. "My daughter hasn't woken up yet. Please move aside. After she washes and dresses up, she will come out to greet you!"

Suddenly, Zhu's eyes fell on the closed door on the right. An impatient smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She pushed Shancha in front of her away, and the two housekeepers immediately stepped forward and held her down.

"I've been shouting for so long, even if it's a dead person, it should be awakened by the shouting, right? But I see, why is there no response?" Zhu slapped her thigh and pretended to be panicked: "Oh my God! Could something have happened in the house?"

Zhu spoke very quickly, her cheeks flushed, and she pushed the door open with a smile on her face: "What should I do? What should I do, Erya! Erya."

The door to the inner room creaked open from the inside, followed by a dull sound.

"Didn't we just meet yesterday? Third Aunt misses me so soon?"

Although the words were calm, when Zhu met Mingli's eyes, she couldn't help but be horrified. She swallowed her saliva. Such a look, not retreating at all, tit-for-tat, as if she was determined to fight to the death.

She had only seen it in one person—Ming Boyuan.

Mrs. Zhu forced a fake smile and said, "Yes, the second girl suffered a lot outside. Now that she is back home, Third Aunt is naturally worried about her all the time. Today, there is a flower viewing banquet in the mansion, and many dignitaries in Kyoto are coming to participate. I thought you might not have any clothes that can support the occasion, so I specially called your fourth sister to accompany you to try on clothes."

As she spoke, her eyes kept glancing into the room, as if she was looking for something.

Mingli turned aside and said, "Aunt San likes my room very much? Why don't you come in and sit down?"

"This is me."

Zhu's face turned pale.

What happened? Seeing Mingli's calm and open attitude, Zhu couldn't help but feel suspicious. Could it be that the damn bastard took the money but didn't do the job?
If she went in now, she would inevitably be suspected of having ulterior motives. But if she didn't go in, she would have no excuse to make trouble, so how could she explain to the old lady?
"Third Aunt."

Mingli made way and did not lock the door to the inner room. "It seems like you are looking for something as soon as you enter the room. The most precious thing in my room is my life. But we are a family, and Third Aunt will definitely not take my life. What could it be?"

"Ah!" Mingli walked towards Shancha, her sharp eyes like a falcon staring at the two housekeepers who were holding Shancha. She smiled suddenly and said, "I remember now. Third Aunt looks like the one in the storybooks where a woman is caught cheating!"

(End of this chapter)