The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Cuiyun was a maid assigned by the housekeeper to be in charge of cleaning the main room.

Except for the servants of the eldest wife, the other cleaning maids in this courtyard were mostly assigned by the mansion and were easy to be planted as spies.

Cuiyun is one of them.

Xiao Si, who was sent to follow Cuiyun, followed her all the way to the bamboo forest next to the second house.

Xiao Si didn't dare to go too close. He hid among the rockery outside the bamboo forest and observed secretly.

After a while, the second lady's wet nurse, Nanny Guixiang, was seen walking out of the bamboo forest, and Cuiyun followed her.

Xiao Si hurried back to report to Hua Wuke.

After hearing Xiao Si's story about Cuiyun's whereabouts, Hua Wu Ke was certain that the bandit incident was related to the Second Madam.

He then ordered Qinglan to send someone to keep an eye on Sun Ruhui at all times.

After leaving the bamboo forest, Nanny Guixiang hurriedly told the Second Madam that Hua Wu Ke was trying to find out about the bandits through Hua Fuying.

Zheng!

At that time, Sun Ruhui was teaching her daughter to play the piano. When she heard the report from Nanny Guixiang, she was so angry that she couldn't help but break the strings.

He pushed the broken zither to the ground, and looked towards Aunt Lin's yard, gnashing his teeth:

"Hua Fuying is such a bitch! She actually informed Hua Wuke in order to please the first wife. We should have gotten rid of her at that time! If I can't kill Hua Wuke, how can I not kill her?"

Seeing Sun Ruhui was so angry that she lost her mind and forgot to control her voice.

Nanny Guixiang was afraid that the servants in the yard might hear it, so she gently reminded them:

"Madam, please calm down. The eldest girl is not aware of this matter, and there is no definite evidence. Even if the eldest girl told the third girl something, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Sun Ruhui closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then calmed down and said disdainfully:

"Humph, it's just a trick to sow discord. Hua Fuying can't produce any evidence.

However, we still need to be cautious and find an opportunity to find out what Hua Wu Ke means."

Hua Fuyue was also in the second lady's room at this time.

It was also after hearing what Nanny Guixiang said that she learned that her mother had bribed bandits to assassinate Hua Wuke.

This was the first time I encountered such a thing. I was so panicked that I couldn't help but ask my mother:

"Mom, do you think Hua Wu Ke would really suspect us?"

Sun Ruhui calmed down and didn't believe that Hua Wuke would suddenly become smart and suspect them:

"That's impossible. That idiot has always treated us as his family and would never doubt us."

Hua Fuyue was still afraid and kept asking:

"Mother, do grandmother and father know about this?"

She became angry when she mentioned her husband Sun Ruhui, and her tone was very impatient:

"Your father still wants to get close to the prince through Hua Wuke. How can we let him know that we want to kill Hua Wuke?"

Sun Ruhui didn't understand her husband's behavior.

She believed that as long as Hua Wuke died, the only one in the Hua family who could become the Crown Princess would be her daughter Hua Fuyue.

But he didn't realize that Ye Chuji wanted to marry Hua Wuke because Hua Zhukong had handed over full power of the Hua family army to Hua Rongyu.

Hua Wu Ke's father is the one who is now in charge of the Hua family army.

Apart from her surname Hua, Hua Fuyue has nothing to do with the Hua family army.

So although Hua Jingqian didn't care how his mother and his wife bullied Hua Wuke openly or secretly, he never allowed them to kill Hua Wuke.

Seeing Hua Fuyue so scared, Sun Ruhui decided to go and find out what Hua Wuke was saying as soon as possible.

"Nanny, please find a few people to pick out some of the less valuable items in the storeroom. Yue'er can't go to see her savior empty-handed. It would be embarrassing if the news got out."

Nanny Guixiang smiled flatteringly at the right moment and said:

"The third lady has always respected the lady very much.

If you bring something to visit her and pretend to care about her, she will be so grateful that she won't dare to doubt you."

Thinking about Hua Wu Ke’s attitude towards me on weekdays.

A smug smile appeared on Sun Ruhui's lips.

After lunch, Sun Ruhui brought Hua Fuyue to Jiaming Hall.

Since the housekeeper was not there, Qinglan asked her sister Qingmei to invite the young lady, and then led Sun Ruhui and her daughter to sit in the hall.

When they were in their own yard, Sun Ruhui repeatedly warned Hua Fuyue not to reveal any flaws.

I also have to thank Hua Wuke for saving my life, and it would be best if I could use this to get closer to Hua Wuke.

Although Hua Fuyue felt that Hua Wuke was useless and a fool who knew nothing, she was unwilling to have more contact with her.

But he could not resist his mother's admonition, and when Hua Wu Ke stepped into the hall, he stood up and spoke:

"Sister, mother and I are here to see you."

His tone was cheerful, but the forced smile on the corner of his mouth was really stiff.

Hua Wu Ke also knew in his heart that Hua Fuyue must have been forced to come by Sun Ruhui.

She sat opposite Sun Ruhui, holding the tea bowl in her left hand and gently stirring the tea on the surface with the tea lid in her right hand.

He hummed lightly and said nothing more.

He stared down at the tea in his hand, leaning back in a relaxed posture.

Waiting slowly to see the purpose of this mother and daughter coming here.

Seeing Hua Wu Ke’s cold expression, Hua Fu Yue rolled her eyes in her heart.

I was too lazy to talk anymore and make myself bored, so I just pouted and sat down.

Sun Ruhui looked at the person opposite her secretly.

I always feel that Hua Wu Ke is just sitting there simply, but she is surrounded by an indescribable aura of a noble lady.

He is completely different from the timid Hua Wu Ke of the past.

Unsure of the reason for Hua Wu Ke's change, Sun Ruhui didn't have the time to investigate further and handed the things she brought to Qing Lan.

"Yue'er insisted on coming to see you right after dinner, saying that you must be scared because you were so badly injured, and she even brought a gift for you."

Then he tentatively opened his mouth:

"I wonder if the third lady has left any shadow on you?"

Hua Wu Ke sneered in his heart.

When I talk about shadows, I just want to ask myself if I have noticed anything strange and suspected that this was not a coincidence.

The teacup was casually placed aside, and Hua Wu Ke raised his head and looked at Sun Ruhui calmly.

With the corners of his mouth slightly curved, he smiled and said:

"Isn't the biggest shadow in the Second Madam's Courtyard?"

Seeing Hua Wu Ke's ambiguous smile, Sun Ruhui suddenly thought of Hua Wu Ke's strange reaction to the old lady today.

Normally, Hua Wu Ke would obey the Second House's orders. He would certainly kneel down and admit his mistake according to the Old Madam's wishes. He would never dare to talk back to the Old Madam.

Besides, Hua Wu Ke distanced herself from Prince An and got close to the Crown Prince just because of a few words from her husband. She was so stupid that she didn't understand anything.

Why would you ask such a question when you are asking for a transfer order?

Could it be that she really discovered something?

She grasped the armrests on both sides of the chair tightly with both hands, using the force to calm her mind, afraid of revealing a flaw in front of Hua Wu Ke.

With the cover of the wide robe, Sun Ruhui secretly adjusted her panicked and rapid breathing for a while.

Qiang Qiang held his momentum and blamed:

"What do you mean, Third Miss? Are you trying to say that there is something unclean in my yard?"

Seeing Sun Ruhui pretending to be calm and trying to find fault with him, Hua Wu Ke's smile widened.

He continued to scare Sun Ruhui in a joking tone:

"Second aunt really misunderstood me. The shadow I was talking about was my second sister.

I was injured while trying to save my second sister. If you ask me, the people in my second aunt’s courtyard are scarier than bandits~”

Hearing Hua Wu Ke say this, Sun Ruhui finally felt relieved and said angrily:

"Why didn't the Third Miss finish her words at once? The Second Aunt thought there was some bad guy in my yard who had offended the Third Miss.

Yue Er was also frightened and that’s why she ran around. Now she knows she was wrong and has come to apologize to the Third Miss.”