Chapter 354: Case Solved

"Come in."

Gu Huaizhi and Su Wan sat down.

Su Wan felt a little uncomfortable and touched her neck again. When she met Gu Huaizhi's smiling eyes, her cheeks turned red and she said angrily, "Why are you laughing?"

Gu Huaizhi's smile deepened and he raised his hand to touch her soft hair.

Su Wan was actually comforted and became increasingly embarrassed.

The two of them are already an old married couple.

The housekeeper and the two servants in charge of registration brought in all the invitations, as well as several pages of registration red paper, on which were all the gifts given by so-and-so, and placed them all on the small table between the couple.

Gu Huaizhi picked up a few pages of registration lists and looked at them carefully.

Su Wan looked at the invitation.

The housekeeper stood aside and said cautiously: "My lord, madam, I don't know all the civil and military officials, let alone the family members. Only those who have close contact with you are familiar with each other. This leaves a big loophole. I don't know who will come." Yes, no one is here."

Su Wan frowned. Although her name was written on the invitation, Ruan Yan used the name on the invitation, and she couldn't find out whose invitation she got.

"We can only look at the names that don't match the list and the invitation, and the names on the registration list. If there are people who are coming, check them one by one."

Gu Huaizhi read the list and found that he could recognize all the people who gave the invitation.

"Everyone registered on the list is here." Gu Huaizhi felt strange. Did he guess wrong? Did Ruan Yan come with Zhao Yu?

He read it again and placed the three pieces of paper side by side. Suddenly, he discovered a problem.

"What's going on here?" Gu Huaizhi pointed to two places: "The first registration list records the second room of Duke Zhao's house. The second registration list records the second wife of Duke Zhao's house. Are Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Yu separate?"

All the four houses in Duke Zhao's mansion have families. Although they are not divided into separate houses, each party is in charge of the affairs of each house. Except for the second room, the other three rooms hold important positions in the court and have a close relationship with Gu Huaizhi. To show their solemnity, each room gave an invitation card. It would be inappropriate to leave out the second room alone, so they also gave an invitation to the second room. .

The two servants and the housekeeper who registered were confused. Something happened in the house before, so they identified the second lady and Zhao Yu, ruling out that they were pretending to be the second wife.

They looked at each other, and the person in charge of registering the second list said: "I remember very clearly that the second Mrs. Zhao came with Mr. Zhao. The second master did not come, but the eldest master, the third master, and General Zhao all came with their families. . They were all together, so I was very impressed. The elder handed over a few invitations, but he didn’t check them carefully because he was in a hurry.”

After saying this, the servant on the first registration list came to his senses: "The person who came to the second room of Duke Zhao's Mansion seemed to be a young girl. I saw Zhao Zhiyuan written on the list, which was a man's name, and I read it out immediately. , She is returning to her family.”

Thinking about it now, he broke into a cold sweat. At that time, he thought that no one would be bold enough to make a fuss about the invitation.

Gu Huaizhi and Su Wan looked at each other and solved the case.

Su Wan's expression was complicated: "Second Master Zhao is a frequent visitor to the brothel, so it's not surprising that the invitation fell into their hands."

Gu Huaizhi rubbed his brow bones and thought about it: "Mo Li, go talk to Zhao Junxian."

Zhao Junxian is the eldest son of Duke Zhao's mansion, and he is also the current Duke of Zhao.

Mo Li was ordered to leave.

Su Wan thought about the situation of the second wife in the Zhao family. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that Mrs. Zhao wanted to kill Zhao Yu. Just as Zhao Yu said, Mrs. Zhao was not his biological mother. If it was his biological mother, he would be punished in public and asked to apologize to Ruan Yan. Then he would arrange for someone to send Ruan Yan back to Cuiyan Tower to discuss with the madam in the building how to handle the matter and deal with the aftermath neatly for Zhao Yu.

Mrs. Zhao Er did not do this. She changed the family motto, scolded Zhao Yu, and asked people to take Ruan Yan back to the Zhao family, which is somewhat intriguing.

Su Wan remembered Mrs. Zhao's appearance as if she was seriously ill. What was she going to do with this?

Gu Huaizhi asked Mo Li to send a message to Zhao Guogong, which was obviously adding fuel to the fire behind his back and did not want to make it a trivial matter.

As Su Wan expected, Mrs. Zhao Er made a big move.

Tang Nuan helped her back to the house, and Mrs. Zhao had no intention of letting Tang Nuan avoid suspicion. She ordered her maid to put Ruan Yan in bed before preparing to see the old lady.

Enemies meet on a narrow road, and halfway there, they meet the angry Mr. Zhao Er.

The second master Zhao is different from the other three masters of the Zhao family in their strong facial features. He has a peach-shaped face and is gentle and elegant. Time has been particularly kind to him. He is still handsome in his forties, but has gained a bit of elegance and bookishness as time goes by.

At this moment, his lips were pursed tightly, and his eyes, which had never experienced suffering in the world, glared at Mrs. Zhao Er with blazing anger, and said harshly: "Qin Zhen! You are simply unreasonable! You actually let the fourth kid tie Yu'er back! Let him It's embarrassing in front of everyone! He is your son, and you always protect him regardless of right or wrong in front of me. Why don't you protect him today? "

Tang Nuan heard that Master Zhao Er was criticizing Mrs. Zhao Er indiscriminately, and she wanted to go back.

Mrs. Zhao Er, however, looked tired, lowered her eyebrows and said, "I did something inappropriate today, and Yu'er has been wronged."

Seeing Madam Zhao admit her mistake, Mr. Zhao Er waved his hand and showed the second wife's position as the head of the family: "Go and release Yu'er immediately. Don't forget, everything in the Qin family is to reward you for raising Yu'er. ! If something happens to him, the Qin family will spit out everything they eat from the Zhao family!"

Mrs. Zhao Er's attitude became more docile and she did not talk back.

When Mr. Zhao Er saw that Mrs. Zhao Er was afraid of him, most of the anger in his heart disappeared: "Mother said that you come from a famous family and are a good candidate for a wife. You are really useless. Even if you can't teach your children well, this little thing can't be settled. I think it's an exaggeration, and her methods are not as good as Liu Liu's. If she had entered the house, she would not have let Yu'er suffer this injustice. I will go to my elder brother and let him handle this matter."

Mrs. Zhao Er's finger bones turned white while she was holding the handkerchief.

Tang Nuan couldn't bear it. Mr. Zhao Er went too far. He compared her with a prostitute.

"Second sister-in-law..."

"I'm fine, I just don't want to waste my time arguing with him." Mrs. Zhao Er looked at Mr. Zhao Er's figure disappearing through the arch, and said faintly: "Nuan Nuan, there are thousands of ways for people to live in the world. This If one path doesn't work, just take another path. There is always a path that leads to the life you want." She seemed to have something to say, and looked into Tang Nuan's eyes: "Don't be pathetic and cowardly."

Tang Nuan asked: "What about you?"

Mrs. Zhao Er touched her head and felt that the child was so well-behaved and lovable: "The Qin family is noble, but it's just bright and beautiful on the outside. On the inside, the east wall has been demolished to make up for the west wall, and it has gradually declined. Sacrificing my own happiness in exchange for It’s the glory of the Qin family. It’s good that the daughter of the Qin family doesn’t have to make the same mistakes as me.”

Tang Nuan was about to speak but stopped.

Mrs. Zhao Er understood her thoughts and said with a smile: "I am not sad at all for not giving birth to a child of mine. On the contrary, I am very happy. There is no relationship between him and me. If the child has a partial father, it will inevitably make him sad. It also became my bond.”

The more she didn't care, the more Tang Nuan felt sad for her.

The second Mrs. Zhao said no more, entered Mrs. Zhao's house, and knelt on the ground directly: "Mother, my daughter-in-law asks you to separate the second bedroom from the house alone today."

I'm crying, I was stuck in writing the previous chapter. I originally wanted to update both chapters at the same time, but seeing that it's almost dawn, I haven't finished writing this chapter yet, so I can only update one chapter first. Darlings, the update is complete, good morning, okay~