The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

Xiaoju helped Meng Wenyao comb her hair slowly and agreed, "Indeed, are they trying to plot against you, young master?"

"Who knows? Let's go and have a look."

After packing up everything, Meng Wen Yao took a carriage to the Zhuang Mansion. Although this was the Zhuang Mansion, the elder was now the person in power in the entire family. The people in the Zhuang Mansion were still respectful when they saw Meng Wen Yao.

A woman who looked like a manager came forward and asked, "Madam, why are you here today?"

"What do you call me, mama?"

As Meng Wen Yao spoke, Xiao Ju handed over a purse.

The maid smiled brightly and replied, "My surname is Li."

"It's Madam Li."

Meng Wenyao said politely, "Madame Li, you know that there was such a commotion in the mansion last night. The Xu family is a guest after all. It is impolite for us to involve them in our family affairs, so I came here to apologize to Madam Xu."

Upon hearing that it was such a trivial matter, Nanny Li smiled and said, "Madam, you came at the right time. The Xu family was about to move out because of what happened yesterday. Madam, if you come, you can persuade them to stay, so that people won't think that our house is not welcoming enough."

Meng Wen Yao felt that Nanny Li was really strange. No one had lived in the Zhuang Mansion for many years, and the servants should have lived very comfortably. Now that the Xu family had come, they had to be busy serving them, and they must have been more restricted.

How could a servant like her be reluctant to let the other person go? If she really stood on the side of the Chen family, shouldn't she be eager for the other person to leave so that she could have some free time and save the master a lot of trouble?

This seemed strange no matter how you looked at it, and the Xu family was also puzzled. The more Meng Wen Yao thought about it, the more she felt that there was some cause and effect involved.

It can't be that Nanny Li thinks Miss Xu can marry Chen Qianmo and is now starting to curry favor with the future young lady.

She calmly probed Li Ma: "Are you used to the Xu family living here these days?"

"We are used to it. The young master in our house has told us to serve them as the host. Madam Zhuang also comes to look after them from time to time. The Xu family lives very comfortably."

Meng Wen Yao walked slowly, looking at the messy flowers and plants in front of her, which did not look like they were well-tended. It was obvious how lazy the servants were because there was no owner in this manor. The fact that they were so eager to serve the Xu family was unreasonable everywhere.

"Since they lived well before, it seems that they are packing up to leave today. It must be because Aunt Liu came here to cause trouble last night?"

"Exactly."

Nanny Li added the sentence casually, but then felt that it was a little inappropriate. How could she, a servant, say anything bad about her master? However, she felt unhappy if she didn't say anything.

"Madam, please don't blame me for being nosy. The young master and Miss Xu are really like brother and sister. There is no love between men and women. When Aunt Liu made a scene, the Xu family must be very uncomfortable, especially Miss Xu. She cried for most of the night last night."

"is it?"

This is strange. Nanny Li doesn't seem to want to match Chen Qianmo and Xu Qinglian. Since Xu Qinglian cannot be the future Mrs. Chen, why is Nanny Li so nice to her?

How much reward does the Xu family give to their servants?

Looking at the way the Xu family members are dressed, they don’t look like rich people. Besides, if they were rich, they would just rent a house instead of living under someone else’s roof at the Zhuang Mansion.

She tried again, "Madam Li, you are one of us, so I won't hide it from you. After Aunt Liu's disturbance yesterday, I was thinking that if the young master and Miss Xu really have feelings for each other, we might as well help them get married. It just so happens that Lord Xu and the elder are brothers in the same school, and the two families know each other well. It's the best marriage for the two of them."

"No, ma'am!!"

Nanny Li said in panic, "They really are just like brother and sister."

This reaction was a bit too extreme, Meng Wenyao asked in surprise: "Mammy knows a lot about the affairs between the young master and Miss Xu?"

At this time, Nanny Li felt that she was too excited. She said with a guilty conscience, "Last night, Miss Xu cried all night, saying that she and the young master were innocent. If anyone misunderstood again, she would die to prove her innocence. I thought that if Madam rashly mentioned the marriage, Miss Xu might really commit suicide. After all, this is the Zhuang Mansion, and people would say that we forced a guest to death."

This seems to make sense. After looking at Nanny Li, Meng Wen Yao continued walking forward. After turning around a crescent-shaped arch, she vaguely saw Uncle Fu disappearing around the corner in the distance.

Wasn’t Uncle Fu sent to keep vigil for Master Zhuang last night? Why did he come to the Zhuang Mansion today? Did he steal something from the Mansion?

That shouldn't be right. Ever since Grand Tutor Zhuang passed away, all the valuable things in the Zhuang Mansion were taken to the Chen Mansion. What's left are only some furniture and other items that are not suitable for moving, and it's not convenient for Uncle Fu to steal them.

The closer she got to the Xu family, the more strange it felt to Meng Wenyao. She pulled off a pearl button on her clothes and exclaimed in surprise, "Why did my button fall off?"

The maids, including Nanny Li, immediately lowered their heads and began to look. Meng Wenyao quickly grabbed Xiaoju and motioned her to look in the direction where Uncle Fu disappeared. She whispered, "Go and see what's going on?"

After everyone looked around and couldn't find it, Xiaoju said, "Madam, it might have been lost on the way here. I'll go back and look for it. You can go visit Madam Xu first."

Meng Wenyao nodded and said to Nanny Li, "Then we'll go first. Go and send someone to inform Madam Xu."

"Madam, please come this way. I informed Madam Xu the moment you arrived. I'm afraid Madam Xu has already packed up and is waiting for you."

Meng Wen Yao sneered in her heart as she walked. As soon as she entered the door, Nanny Li informed Madam Xu. She was really attentive.

Now that she was the hostess, the guest was just waiting instead of coming to greet her. If someone didn't know, they would think that Mrs. Xu was the host.

Yes, that’s the feeling. Meng Wen Yao finally realized that something was wrong. It seemed that the Xu family was the owner of the Zhuang Mansion.

But she abandoned this idea in an instant. As a successor lady, it was understandable that the people in the Zhuang Mansion did not regard her as the master.

Moreover, the Xu family has lived there for a long time, and Xu Tongfu has studied in the Zhuang Mansion, so it is understandable that the people in the Zhuang Mansion are closer to the Xu family.

In a blink of an eye, she arrived at the yard where the Xu family lived.

When Nanny Li pushed open the courtyard door, Madam Xu was just about to come out from the main room to greet her. She was really late and very polite.

Seeing Madam Xu coming out, Meng Wenyao stepped forward quickly and said with a smile, "Madam Xu, please stop. I am really sorry for what happened yesterday. My aunt has been spoiled by the young master, and she has always been allowed to do whatever she wants at home. I don't want to cause trouble to you and let Miss Xu suffer."

Zhuang Lanhe returned the greeting with a somewhat cold tone: "Madam, what are you talking about? In the final analysis, it is because we shouldn't live here and have caused you trouble, which led to this misunderstanding."

"Mrs. Xu is being too polite. Lord Xu is a disciple of Master Zhuang, and he is as close to our elder Chen as a brother. How can it be considered a problem for him to live in the Zhuang Mansion? If you come to the capital and don't live here, wouldn't it be breaking the deep friendship between our families?"