The Madam was worried about the Second Young Master's affairs, so naturally she had no time to care about the Fourth or Fifth Lady's plan to attend a banquet at the Prince of Fushan's Palace.

She summoned Nguyen Ngoc Luan and Nguyen Ngoc Hee to the main courtyard and told them to "obey the princess in everything" and "understand the rules and don't bring shame to the Nguyen family." She didn't say anything else.

The two agreed, and when Ruan Yuluan stepped out, her eyes were slightly cold.

Ruan Yuxi, on the other hand, seemed quite serious about attending the banquet and even asked Aunt Xu to buy rouge and powder from the Western Regions.

Every time the fourth lady saw a young girl, she looked like she was about to soar to the sky, and said sarcastically: "Compared to me, the fifth sister is far inferior in both appearance and talent."

Ruan Yuluan was too lazy to pay attention to her, but seeing her so proud, she couldn't help but feel curious.

To investigate the affairs of Jinxiu Courtyard, the girl asked Qingwu, a newcomer in her courtyard, to do this.

Qingwu was a maid that she had specially asked Mama Liu to assign to her from the batch of new maids that had just arrived in the mansion. But she also had a background. Aunt Lou was very worried about her, so she bought a maid and sent her to her after training her.

Qingwu was not outstanding in appearance, but she was very well behaved and everyone obeyed her orders.

Yu Luan was very satisfied with her, but the Fourth Lady was not very happy.

In this way, the Fifth Lady in Ziweizhai had four maids, but she only had two personal servants.

Ruan Yuxi ran to the lady to complain about the injustice, but Ji said that she already had two foster mothers and refused to let her have an extra maid.

Because of this matter, the fourth lady was also quite dissatisfied. Whenever she saw Ruan Yuluan, she always looked at her as if she was looking at someone else's head.

Qingwu relied on his new status and generosity to become familiar with the maids in Jinxiu Courtyard. When he came back, he told his wife the news he had found out.

"I see..." Ruan Yuluan listened, and a dark light flashed across her eyes, "Mrs. Xu really tried her best for this daughter... She even thought of witchcraft."

It turned out that Aunt Xu secretly worshipped an evil spirit in her room in an attempt to make her daughter successful.

"This is no small matter." Qiu Xiu couldn't help but frown slightly and explained in detail, "There was a concubine named Kang... who was convicted for this and ended up in a miserable way."

It turned out that there was a concubine named Kang, who was also a woman brought back from the brothel by Master Ruan. Like concubine Xu, Kang was beautiful, but she was used to studying crooked ways.

She was very jealous and could not stand seeing Mr. Ruan favoring other women. She got a voodoo doll from somewhere and wanted to curse the Madam and Aunt Xu to death.

It was Aunt Xu who discovered it first. She smelled the scent of Datura on Aunt Kang. This flower is highly poisonous and has a sticky scent that is difficult to remove after contact.

After secretly reporting to the master, the master became suspicious and asked his wife to investigate.

When the lady checked, she found that, as expected, the birth dates of several concubines in the mansion had been pasted on the little figurines' heads and densely pierced with needles.

She quickly arrested Aunt Kang and brought her to the master to be punished.

Mr. Ruan was quite cruel. He kicked Madam Kang so hard that she vomited blood and fainted. Then he took her and drowned her in the pond.

This matter happened many years ago. Even Ruan Yuluan had only heard that there was a concubine Kang who later died of illness. She did not expect that there was such a secret behind it.

Qiu Xiu asked her hesitantly whether she should report to the madam.

The girl held a teacup between her fingertips and shook her head slightly, narrowing her eyes in a subtle tone.

"Keep it for now..." This is a perfect handle, and maybe I can use it to bring down Aunt Xu in the future.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the sky was covered with thick cumulus clouds and looked gloomy, as if it was going to rain.

Ruan Yuluan stood at the gate of the mansion and looked up at the sky. She vaguely remembered that it was also cloudy and rainy in her previous life.

Success or failure depends on this.

She took a deep breath, turned around, and saw Ruan Yuxi coming towards her.

Today she was dressed up just like in her previous life, with her black hair skillfully tied up into a high bun with two gold, jade and emerald green hairpins inserted on the sides of the bun, and a pink and white silk flower inserted in the middle of the bun, making her look more beautiful than a flower.

Today she was wearing a peach pink embroidered satin skirt with a long hem. The skirt was embroidered with peony patterns in gold thread, which sparkled in the light. She looked extremely smart and lively, like a fairy walking out of a painting.

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