Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Mother Wang knelt on the ground, terrified, but she didn't dare to tell the truth.

"Qingyan is a person in the Third Master's room. I am always respectful to her when I see her. How dare I harm her? And no one ordered me to do that."

Minister Han whispered a few words to Lord Cheng and Lord Wei, then turned around and ordered, "Come here, take him out and give him twenty strokes of the cane."

Mother Wang was so frightened that she looked at Zhou subconsciously, "Madam..."

Zhou walked over and stretched out her hand to stop them, "Do you want to force a confession?"

"This is just one of our interrogation methods. If she is willing to tell the truth, she won't have to be beaten."

Minister Han waved his hand, and two officers quickly dragged Mother Wang away.

Zhou and Lu Wenchen cannot be touched easily, so can't even a maid be touched?

Soon, the sound of beating and Wang's mother's screams were heard outside.

"As long as you tell the truth, I will stop you immediately and you won't have to take the next beating." Minister Han said loudly.

"Ouch——" Mother Wang was still screaming.

Zhou's heart ached as she watched the board being lifted high and then dropped heavily on her. Rather than feeling sorry for her being punished, she was more worried that she would not be able to bear it and would tell everything.

But after just a few strokes, Mother Wang suddenly fell silent.

An officer put away the board, squatted down to feel her breath, stood up and reported: "Sir, she has fainted, do you want to continue beating her?"

Minister Han turned around and discussed with the two adults, "Let's stop here for today and continue the trial tomorrow."

Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said, "Since the adults can't find out anything, Wen Chen and I will go back first."

"You can't leave. Madam Qu and Mr. Lu must stay in the Ministry of Justice until the case is resolved."

"I'm the Marquise, and you want me to go to jail?" Zhou was furious.

"We are also acting according to the rules, madam, please understand." Minister Han did not want to say more to her and signaled the officers to take them away.

Zhou couldn't break free, and turned her head away unconvinced and threatened, "Once I prove my innocence, I will definitely sue you in front of the emperor..."

Lu Wenchen was unusually quiet, allowing the officers to take him to the cell. Thinking about the night when he missed Qingyan so much, he quietly went to her residence.

Qingyan was surprised and happy to see him. Not only did she not blame him for breaking into her boudoir at night, she also took out some good wine and drank with him.

He was very happy and talked with her while drinking. Unlike his first wife, He, she was like a flower that could speak eloquently. No matter what he said to her, she could always respond and understood him very well.

He had said a lot of things without realizing it, and then he fell asleep on the couch after being drunk for a while, and it was Qingyan who woke him up. With the beauty by his side, he wanted to kiss her and go to Wushan together.

Qingyan pushed him away, saying aggrievedly that she was afraid of being let down. If he wanted her, he had to wait for Lu Siheng to return to the capital to take her away and take her as a concubine.

He couldn't bear to force her, and also wanted to keep this flower by his side forever, so he agreed to her request.

He didn't expect that she had lied to him.

Although he couldn't remember how the handprint was made, there was no doubt that the words on it were said by him, because it was true.

Lu Wenchen was both sad and angry. He thought he and Qingyan were sympathetic and in love with each other, but it turned out that everything was a scam set up by her. She deliberately approached him just to help Lu Siheng get the confession from him.

It was his fault. It was he who put his mother in jail.

After coming out of the Ministry of Justice, Lu Siheng asked Lin Zhong to settle the four witnesses who were poisoned and silenced. He looked up at the sky and suddenly wanted to talk to someone.

Lu Siheng came to the house and pushed the door open.

Ruyi heard the voice and saw it was him and immediately came over.

"I'm so glad you're here, young master. You won the battle, so you must be injured, right?"

"Don't worry, auntie. They are just minor injuries and have healed." Lu Siheng asked, "I heard from Lin Zhong that you were sick a few days ago. Are you feeling better now?"

"I'm much better now. I just caught a cold. It's nothing serious."

Ruyi took him into the house and sat him down, then made him some tea.

"Young Master, are you worried because of the Marquis? Young Master has tried his best. Even if he failed to save the Marquis, he should not blame himself too much."

Lu Siheng shook his head and said while holding the teacup: "Aunt, Qingyan is missing."

"Missing? Isn't she in the Marquis' Mansion? How could she be missing?"

"She was trying to help me."

Lu Siheng told her what had happened in the past few days since he returned to Beijing.

Upon learning the cause of his biological mother's death, Ruyi couldn't help but tear up, "The girl died so unjustly, that woman was so vicious, young master must seek justice for the girl."

"As for Miss Qingyan, I hope she is safe and sound. To be honest, I didn't agree with you keeping her in the Marquis' Mansion at first, because I felt that her background would affect you. I didn't expect that she would be such a kind and righteous woman. I was too narrow-minded before."

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I will find a way to get Qingyan's whereabouts from Zhou." Lu Siheng's hands tightened unconsciously, and before the teacup was about to be crushed, he came to his senses and put it back on the table.

Ruyi wanted Lu Siheng to stay for dinner, but he declined. The case had no result, and he had to go back and find a solution.

When Lu Siheng returned to the mansion, Lin Zhong was waiting for him outside the door.

"Where did the Third Master go and why did he just come back?"

"I went to see Aunt Ruyi," Lu Siheng asked as he walked in, "Have the four people been settled?"

"I found an inn for them to stay in first, and gave them silver as you instructed."

"Well, when things are settled, if they want to go back home, we'll send them back. If they don't want to go back or don't have any relatives, we'll find them another job."

Lin Zhong followed behind him and said, "Fortunately they met the Third Master, otherwise their future life would be difficult."

Not long after Lu Siheng returned to his room, Lin Zhong came over to report, "Third Master, the eldest young mistress is outside asking to see you."

Lu Siheng was slightly stunned, "Let her in."

Because Lu Hao passed away, He also wore mourning clothes.

"Third brother, can I talk to you alone?" He said straight to the point.

Since Lu Siheng entered the inner office, he rarely stayed in the mansion, and even when he came back, he didn't want to see Zhou's mother and son. As Lu Wenchen's wife, He's two met even less frequently, and the number of times they spoke was also very few.

"There are no outsiders here, so just say whatever you want to say, sister-in-law."

When He came, she didn't bring a maid with her. She glanced at Lin Zhong, frowned slightly, and said anxiously: "There are some things I will only tell you."

Lu Siheng was silent for a moment, then told Lin Zhong, "Go guard outside."

After Lin Zhong left, Lu Siheng asked He to sit down, "What do you want to say, sister-in-law?"

He did not answer but asked: "First tell me what happened to my mother and husband in the Ministry of Justice today."

"This is a confidential matter. Sister-in-law needs to give me a reason to tell you."

He gritted his teeth and said, "What if I can help you find Miss Qingyan?"