Lin Luoling had just sat down in the main hall when she heard Chen Yin ask her in confusion, "How did you know that Lan Wanshuang would have a private meeting with Zhou Quan tonight?"

Lin Luoling replied: "Guessed."

She did guess.

In the middle of the night on the day after the Hundred Flowers Festival in her previous life, Lan Wanshuang broke her waist and had to stay in bed for two months to recuperate.

At that time, she served Lan Wanshuang day and night in Chunlanyuan, and even specially invited Doctor Pang to see Lan Wanshuang.

Lan Wanshuang's fall that time was not caused by Zhu Jingzhong's beating. Lin Luoling learned from Dr. Pang that it was caused by Lan Wanshuang's lumbar spine hitting a hard object. Apart from her waist, there were no scars on her back and chest.

At that time, Lan Wanshuang said that she ate a few more bites of food at dinner and was afraid of indigestion, so she took a leisurely walk with Nanny Meng and went to the back of the east and west courtyards to appreciate the flowers. When passing by the rockery, she twisted her ankle and hit her lower back on the rocks.

Dr. Pang checked Lan Wanshuang's right foot again and found that there was indeed a bruise, but it was not serious. He prescribed a few plasters, and it healed after only seven or eight days.

At that time, she saw that Lan Wanshuang's lower back injury was so serious, so she asked Hualian and Xiangjin to clean up the side room on the other side of Chunlan Courtyard, and asked Hualian to take a few capable maids back to Shuxi Pavilion to move her daily necessities to the side room in Chunlan Courtyard.

Hualian was a gossipy and lively person. When she saw Lin Luoling and Xiangjin boiling medicine for Lan Wanshuang in the small kitchen, she ran in and said to Lin Luoling excitedly:

"Miss, when I returned to Shuxi Pavilion just now, I heard a few maids whispering that Nanny Dong and Butler Zhou had a quarrel last night for some unknown reason, and they ended up fighting. Nanny Dong scratched Butler Zhou's face..."

Nanny Dong is the personal maid of the wife of Marquis Yongning, and the butler Zhou Quan has been working in the Marquis Yongning's mansion since he was a child, and is deeply trusted by the Marquis Yongning.

Lin Luoling interrupted Hualian before she finished speaking, "Housekeeper Zhou and Nanny Dong are from the East Courtyard. How can a couple not quarrel? You should just listen to the gossips of the maids in the mansion. Why bother to gossip about others like them?"

Hualian stuck out her tongue and explained, "I just told the young lady about this. After all, the young lady is now the housekeeper and in charge. I think you should know something about the mansion's affairs."

After learning that Lan Wanshuang and the housekeeper Zhou Quan were having an affair, Lin Luoling thought about it carefully, considering the incident in her previous life when Zhou Quan and Nanny Dong had a quarrel and a fight.

The day after the Hundred Flowers Festival, it was Nanny Dong's turn to serve the wife of Marquis Yongning in Yunfang Courtyard all day.

Lin Luoling guessed that for some unknown reason, Nanny Dong returned to her own house late at night.

When Lan Wanshuang and Zhou Quan were having a secret meeting, Nanny Meng would inevitably be watching outside. When she saw Nanny Dong suddenly come back, she informed Lan Wanshuang and Zhou Quan.

If Lan Wanshuang and Nanny Meng went out from the front door, they would bump into Nanny Dong who was returning. They had no choice but to escape through the back window, and in their panic, they accidentally fell and got injured.

Nanny Dong must have seen Lan Wanshuang fall like that, and that's why she started fighting with Zhou Quan.

The couple quarreled all night, and the next day Nanny Dong developed a high fever. The court doctor treated her for more than ten days, but Nanny Dong did not get better and instead fell into a coma.

Because Nanny Dong was the personal maid of the wife of the Marquis of Yongning and had been with her since she was a child, after the wife of the Marquis of Yongning learned about it, she personally went to Chunlan Courtyard to find Lin Luoling and asked Lin Luoling to find Doctor Yan to diagnose Nanny Dong.

Just as Lin Luoling agreed, she saw the housekeeper Zhou Quan, dishevelled and unkempt, stumbling over and kneeling in front of the wife of the Marquis of Yongning, crying bitterly:

"Qing'er is gone, Qing'er is gone... It's all my fault. That day when she said that her youngest daughter was to be betrothed to someone else, I shouldn't have argued with her, nor should I have gotten so angry that I started a fight with her... It's all my fault!"

Butler Zhou Quan kept beating his chest and crying so sadly.

Upon hearing this, the wife of Marquis Yongning took two steps back and fainted on the spot without saying a word.

Lin Luoling felt that Nanny Dong’s death was not caused by high fever, but after Nanny Dong knew that Zhou Quan and Lan Wanshuang had an affair, she suspected that Zhu Xianrun’s death was related to Lan Wanshuang and Zhou Quan.

In order to protect himself, Zhou Quan colluded with the court doctor to drug Nanny Dong, causing her to have a high fever and delirium, and finally fall into a coma. Even the coroner who performed an autopsy could not find any clues.

The court physician and Nanny Dong have been having an affair for so many years, and Lan Wanshuang holds the evidence. Naturally, the court physician wishes Nanny Dong would die sooner so that he can break free from the bondage.

……

Seeing Lin Luoling holding the teacup and smiling with pursed lips, which was a very cold smile, Chen Yin couldn't help but frowned and said:

"What's your guess? What if Lan Wanshuang didn't have a secret meeting with housekeeper Zhou Quan tonight, and you asked Zhou Jiaoling to persuade Zhu Jingzhong, and Zhu Jingzhong went to catch them and failed, how would Zhou Jiaoling explain this?"

Lin Luoling put down the teacup, turned her head and looked at Chen Yin and said, "I didn't ask Zhou Jiaoling to tell Zhu Jingzhong that Zhou Quan and Lan Wanshuang were having an affair, but I said that Nanny Meng and Zhou Quan were having an affair. Isn't that what my sister told Zhou Jiaoling?"

Shen Yin said: "Of course I did as my sister said and asked Zhou Jiaoling to tell Zhu Jingzhong that Zhou Quan and Nanny Meng were having an affair.

only……"

Chen Yin frowned deeper and deeper, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said:

"I understand. If Sister Ling'er had Zhou Jiaoling and Zhu Jingzhong say that Lan Wanshuang and Zhou Quan had an affair, it would seem that Zhou Jiaoling did it on purpose. It would be better to say that Nanny Meng and Zhou Quan had an affair, and in the end, it was Lan Wanshuang and Zhou Quan who were caught having an affair.

In this case, with your father-in-law's temper, he would beat Lan Wanshuang to death on the spot, right?"

Lin Luoling stretched out a finger and shook it, "No... I didn't think of letting Lan Wanshuang die so early, it would be too easy for her.

If Lan Wanshuang is a vicious tiger, then Nanny Meng is her sharp claw. Get rid of Nanny Meng first, then beat the vicious tiger."

Chen Yin asked puzzledly, "Do you have a way to let Zhu Jingzhong catch Nanny Meng and Zhou Quan having an affair?"

Lin Luoling smiled and said, "Young Master Jiang burned down the study of Marquis Yongning. This is a good idea. We can follow suit."

Chen Yin still couldn't figure it out, "Wouldn't it be better to just get rid of Lan Wanshuang? Why did you want to get rid of Nanny Meng first?"

Lin Luoling pursed her lips. She wanted to get rid of them all. In her heart, she had a book of life and death. Lan Wanyun was ranked first and Nanny Meng was ranked second, because Zhu Xianzhi had taken the bowl of abortion medicine from Nanny Meng.

She saw with her own eyes that Nanny Meng beat Hualian to death. How could she let such a person stay?

Lin Luoling stood up and said, "Injuries can be treated, diseases can be cured, but people's hearts are evil and there is no cure. I'll just have to wait for my father-in-law to catch us in bed at night."

She changed the subject and said, "There is nothing to do right now. I heard from Yongning Hou that the two shops have been cleaned up. Let's go take a look.

By the way, let the servant inform Butler Jiang that it is time to send more unaccounted food to those two shops."

Chen Yin waved her hand and said, "I'm not going. If you want to go, take Biyou with you. I'll go back to my room to read medical books."

Lin Luoling held Chen Yin and said, "Sister, let's go, there's something exciting to watch."

Chen Yin was dragged onto the carriage by Lin Luoling. The curtain was lifted. Lin Luoling whispered to Bizhi, asking her to keep an eye on Lan Wanshuang's every move, and to report to her immediately if Lan Wanshuang and Nanny Meng left Chunlan Courtyard.

Bizhi took the order and turned back to Yongning Marquis Mansion.

The carriage moved slowly, and before it reached the shop, it saw a group of soldiers and officers, chaining the wives, concubines, and children of County Magistrate Chen with iron chains and marching towards the Governor's Mansion.

The cries and screams, as well as the terrified pleas for mercy, were one wave higher than the other, and many people gathered around to watch.

Suddenly someone threw a rotten vegetable leaf, which happened to fall on Lan Wanqiong's head.

Seeing this scene, Lin Luoling laughed and said, "Cao the governor is really quick."

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