Uncle Lei was the chamberlain brought by Chen from the General's Mansion.

He was efficient in his work and was in charge of the outer courtyard attendant department under Chen's instructions. He was considered a very respected person among the servants in the Duke's Mansion.

The attendant's office is in charge of matters such as the assignment and training of slaves throughout the mansion, so everyone privately calls Uncle Lei the second-in-command of the front yard.

Uncle Lei's son Dongzi has always been a troublesome person.

He is very good at cheating and playing tricks, but he has never done anything serious.

Uncle Lei worried a lot about his disappointing son.

In addition to the daily orders, he also took advantage of his position to arrange an easy job for Dongzi.

Chen trusted Uncle Lei and thought that there was not much money to be made from this job for this good-for-nothing, so she turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

Who would have thought that this free time would lead to problems.

Dongzi had nothing to do all day and got into the bad habit of going out to drink and have sex. After getting drunk, he mistook the maid Dongmei for a prostitute...

A night of pleasure.

After Uncle Lei learned about this, he wanted to settle the matter peacefully, so he proposed to Mrs. Ding to propose marriage for Dongzi and marry Dongmei.

In addition, Uncle Lei also promised Mrs. Ding that he could let her work as a housekeeper in the lady's courtyard.

In order to cover up the scandal, Uncle Lei was extremely generous. The list of betrothal gifts included twenty taels of silver alone, not to mention other things.

Dongmei was born in an ordinary family. Given her conditions, she was marrying the son of the second steward, which was really a high-class marriage.

Moreover, if such a scandal were to become known to others, Dongmei's life would be over. Who would marry a woman whose virginity had been deflowered?

Besides, Uncle Lei is the lady's man, so even if he makes a fool of himself, the worst that can happen is that Dongzi will suffer.

After weighing the two options, Mrs. Ding chose to marry Dongmei to Dongzi.

Mrs. Ding was shrewd, but Dongmei was stubborn. She would rather die than agree to the marriage and eventually died on the eve of the wedding.

Dongmei died, but Uncle Lei did not lose a penny of the benefits he promised to Mrs. Ding. Except for being extremely sad in the first few days, Mrs. Ding seemed to accept this matter calmly afterwards.

What happened next is what they know.

Dongzi was sent to a farm outside the capital by Uncle Lei, and Mrs. Ding became the manager of Chen's room as she wished.

After hearing this story, Xu Xingyin couldn't help but feel sorry for Dongmei.

How could a woman with such a strong mind fight to the death if she was not forced by both her biological mother and her enemies?

"Miss……"

Dan Gui's face also looked a little bad, and she asked cautiously, "Are you still checking?"

Xu Xingyin naturally knew what Dangui meant, but it had become a thing of the past and no one knew about it now.

If I continue to investigate, it will inevitably implicate Chen. After all...

No matter what, Chen was the biggest reason why Mrs. Ding compromised, and it was her failure to judge people that indirectly led to Dongmei's tragedy.

Xu Xingyin was stunned for a moment, his mind was in a state of confusion, but his original intention remained unchanged.

"Let's find out which farm Dongzi is in outside Beijing now?"

"Chaxiyuan."

After Dan Gui answered, she felt something was wrong and advised, "It may be difficult for Miss to leave the house. Why not ask Uncle Lei directly?"

"Uncle Lei can sit in this position beside my mother, how can he be stupid? I'm afraid it's hard to pry open his mouth, but Dongzi is different. He has been away from home for several years and still has no brains. It's easy to trick a guy like him and get the words out of him."

"Miss, you have a point."

"You can say hello to the people at the back office later and then say..."

Xu Xingyin thought about it and found the most appropriate excuse. "The weather is hot and I'm going to go to a farm outside Beijing to cool off next day."

Dangui stepped back and Xu Xingyin stared at the needle and thread in his hand in a daze.

If Xu Xingyin investigated the matter just to investigate Chen's poisoning at the beginning, then now she has another purpose, which is to clear Dongmei's name!

Let everyone who hurt her pay the price.

This is the meaning of truth.

In order to prevent others from noticing this, Xu Xingyin specially invited Xu Wanlin, Xu Wanyan and Xu Wanru to join them.

It was just that mulberries were in season at the farm, so we went to pick some and bring them back to honor our elders and to cool off and relax.

Mulberry is a kind of southern fruit that Chen particularly likes. The environment in the capital is not as good as that in Jiangning, and is not suitable for growing this kind of fruit.

In order to give some comfort to his daughter who married far away, my grandfather specially sent someone to the capital to find this place.

Perhaps because the mountain is quite high, the soil and climate here are similar to those in the south, so he bought it and gave it to Chen as a dowry.

At first, the entire mountain was planted with mulberries. Later, Chen found that few people in the capital liked them, and it would be a pity to let so many mulberries go bad every year, so he thought of a way to convert it into a tea garden, leaving only a small area to continue planting mulberries.

Chen didn't like to restrict her children, so she felt relieved to see that Xu Xingyin was willing to take the initiative to invite the sisters in the mansion to play, so she naturally had no objection.

Except for Xu Xingyin who often found various excuses to sneak out, the other three were ladies from well-off families who never left the house. When they heard that they could go out of the city for fun, they were all very happy. The relationship between the sisters became much closer as they laughed and played.

The person who was most unhappy after receiving this news was naturally Xu Wanmian.

Now that Xu Wanfeng's wedding date has been set, she is busy with wedding preparations every day, so it is normal that she cannot go out.

But what about her!

Obviously, they are all girls from the Duke's Mansion, but everyone went except her. It was a naked attempt to isolate her!

Now that Xu Wanfeng is getting married soon, and Xu Wanjie has been sent to the farm, it is really difficult for her to handle the situation alone!

If she failed to go this time, she would become the laughing stock of the mansion as soon as they left!

The more he thought about it, the more difficult it became to calm down. Xu Wanmian started crying to Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu was quite calm. Ever since Chen took back the power of household expenses, she seldom left the courtyard.

He studies dim sum recipes every day and seems to be quite content.

"Mian'er, Miss Seven is the legitimate daughter, why are you arguing with her about this? She doesn't take you with her because she is not getting along with her sisters, but if you make a fuss, then it's your fault. We are in the right in this matter, so don't let her take advantage of you again."

After Aunt Liu's reminder, Xu Wanmian came back to his senses.

"My aunt is right, but I just can't swallow this."

"Don't worry, Auntie will definitely help you get rid of this anger."

……

It took only two days in total, but Chen made it seem as if the girls were going on a long journey. The preparations alone filled an entire carriage.

When the girls saw the cart full of items, they didn't want to refuse Chen's kindness, so they went to thank her before setting off for Chaxizhuang.

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