Chapter 862 Throw It Out
Yan Cheng, Hong Qingyi, Yan Honghou, Zeng Kerou, and Yan Funing, who was flipping slices of meat with long chopsticks, sat around the stove chatting and that her grandfather had not come over yet, Yan Funing told Caiyu, "Go and call my grandfather."
"No need to shout, I'll come here following the scent."
The old Duke strode into the dining room with a smile on his face, lifted his robe and sat down.
"I just got the key. Are you feeling used to it?" he asked Hong Qingyi.
"Father, what's the problem with adapting or not adapting? Nanyuan has always been managed by my daughter-in-law. Now that the scope has been expanded, I will handle it the same way."
"That's good." The old Duke nodded and looked at the stove. "Will it cook like this?"
"Yes, it will be ready in a moment. We can roast it while we eat." Yan Funing smiled at him, turned around and saw that there were no dogs or geese outside the dining room, and asked, "Grandfather, where is Tenglong Xiaohu?"
"I won't go out today. They will just wander around the mansion."
The old Duke picked up the chopsticks and began to flip the meat slices like Yan Funing.
Zeng Kerou placed the dipping sauces over one by one.
Hong Qingyi brought a few dishes and placed them next to the stove: "I was afraid that they would not be cooked quickly and I would not have enough time to eat them, so I asked the kitchen to fry some dishes."
"Alright, alright." Yan Cheng smiled and started to put the plates in order.
Yan Honghou took a pot of wine from the side table and said, "This is such a romantic lunch. Grandfather, father, shall we have a drink?"
The old Duke was very interested: "Okay."
Yan Cheng also nodded: "Okay."
The whole family is enjoying themselves.
When they were almost done with the barbecue lunch, a servant came running in, calling "Madam" as he ran.
Hong Qingyi turned her gaze towards the newcomer: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
The servant stood still, panting: "Miss Yan'er was frightened and fell down, and there was a pool of blood on the ground."
Hearing this, the old Duke's face darkened: "Why is it her again? What a bummer!"
The servant was in a panic: "Old Duke, it is said that Miss Yan'er fell because she was chased by a soaring dragon and a roaring tiger."
"How can this be absurd? You are trying to blackmail me?" The old Duke slammed his chopsticks.
"Don't be angry, Father." Hong Qingyi advised.
"She wants to blackmail my Tenglong Xiaohu, but it's impossible." The old Duke said angrily.
The front yard at this moment.
Yan Yan'er fell to the ground, her face extremely painful: "Why hasn't grandma come yet? I want grandma to make the decision for me."
The old woman came over quickly and looked at the blood on the ground, not knowing what to do.
"Where is grandma?" Yan Yan'er asked again with great pain.
The old woman said tremblingly: "The old lady was very angry."
"Grandma really loves me." Yan Yan'er cried, "Someone is trying to hurt me and the baby in my belly. I want Grandma to make the decision!"
"No, Miss Yan'er, the old lady is not angry about this."
Yan Yan'er was puzzled: "No?"
"The old lady has been stripped of her power to manage the household. From now on, the head of the Duke's Mansion will be the Duke's wife."
Only then did Yan Yan'er realize that she had lost her protection and she collapsed to the ground.
The old woman hurried to help.
Upon hearing the news, the Second Lady rushed over and saw Yan Yan'er lying on the ground. She immediately ordered the servants to carry her back to the West Garden.
"The eldest sister-in-law is the one in charge of the house now." The second wife turned her head and said to her husband, "Go and invite her."
Master Yan scolded: "Something happened last night, why are you leaving the garden today?" After saying that, he finally headed towards South Garden.
Soon, all the women in the mansion went to the West Garden.
Hong Qingyi acted swiftly and decisively. She locked up the court doctor and the maid, and asked Mother Tong to lead people to question them thoroughly.
After questioning, the court doctor and the maid were brought to the three ladies.
"Tell the truth." Mother Tong rubbed her sore hand.
The court doctor immediately knelt down and said, "Miss Yan'er's pulse was normal last night."
The old woman also said, "Last night, Miss Yan'er didn't have her period. She gave me 100 taels of silver and asked me to work for her in the future."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Especially the second wife: "Then why is she like this today?"
The court doctor said, "Miss Yan'er just had a miscarriage. It was caused by the miscarriage medicine she took. She was frightened by the old Duke's Tenglong Xiaohu just now. Miss Yan'er fell to the ground, which accelerated the miscarriage process."
"Abortion-inducing medicine?" The second wife frowned. "Could it be that she is doing this again? It's impossible. She still thinks that motherhood can be enhanced by having a child."
At a loss for a moment, the second wife looked at Hong Qingyi hurriedly and pleaded: "Sister-in-law, please help me find the murderer."
"Don't you know who the murderer is?" Hong Qingyi asked.
The second wife was helpless. Thinking of what happened to her son and daughter-in-law last night, she became furious and immediately sent someone to find the couple.
The fourth young master's wife was still angry and said bluntly: "If I wanted to punish her, I would not let her enter this door. I would have removed the evil seed in her belly in the manor. If mother doesn't believe me, at worst I will divorce Yan Jun, and you can marry Yan Yan'er if you want, and it has nothing to do with me from now on."
"What are you talking about?" The Second Madam had to take into consideration the power of her daughter-in-law's family, so she softened her tone and said, "You are the Young Madam of the Yan family, and no one can take away your position."
The Fourth Young Master's wife walked up to Hong Qingyi and said, "Aunt, what happened last night was all deliberately planned by Yan Yan'er. She deserved what happened to her today."
Yan Funing, who had been silent the whole time, said, "Let's check the small kitchen in Xiyuan. There must be traces left after the medicine was boiled. Who knows what residues may have been poured into some hidden corner."
As soon as she reminded him, the second wife immediately ordered people to investigate.
As a result, the remnants of abortion pills were found in the fourth young master's wife's small kitchen.
The second lady looked stern: "What else do you have to say?"
The fourth young master's wife insisted: "If I said I didn't do it, then I didn't do it."
Yan Jun pointed at his wife with an angry look on his face: "Still pretending, the evidence is here, don't think I dare not divorce you!"
"Divorce me?" The fourth young master's wife had tears in her eyes. "I will just regard our former love as a waste of time."
Seeing her master being humiliated, the maidservant beside the Fourth Young Master's wife knelt down and said, "This servant did it!"
"My young lady is the legitimate wife of the Fourth Young Master. Yan Yan'er is nothing. She showed off her power as soon as she came yesterday. The Fourth Young Master also went to Miss Yan'er's room at night and made love with her despite her pregnancy. I only took half a dose of medicine and successfully aborted her pregnancy. Think about it, half a dose of medicine worked. Isn't it because the Fourth Young Master was too rude?"
Hearing this, Yan Jun slapped the maid: "Bitch."
The maid covered her face and said, "The fourth young master clearly said that he wanted to take me in as his concubine, and also said that if I could get pregnant, he would make me his concubine."
If he divorced the fourth young master's wife, then she would have no chance of becoming his concubine.
The only thing to blame is Yan Yan'er who wanted to squeeze out her young lady and become the young lady herself.
Yan Jun was furious: "You listen to my sex life?"
He immediately kicked the maid hard.
The matter is clear.
Hong Qingyi stood up with the help of Yan Funing and said to the Second Madam, "It's not a big deal. After all, this is a woman with no status. It's not a small matter either. If your son's reputation spreads, it will be a disgrace to the Duke's Mansion."
The voice is neither fast nor slow.
The Second Madam said, "I'll take care of it." She turned her eyes and ordered, "Throw Yan Yan'er out. Zhuangzi doesn't need to be sent away. Just throw her far away."
