Chapter 293 Shock
Chapter 293 Shock
Upon learning that the old lady would not die, Mrs. Peng and Mrs. Liu were very sad. However, when they heard that she would be paralyzed in bed for the rest of her life, unable to walk again and even having difficulty speaking, their anger turned into joy.
As soon as the doctor left, Peng could not wait to instruct Xie Rui to get the key to the old lady's storeroom. Under the pretext of redeeming Xie Donghai, she began to extort the old lady's money.
Seeing this, Xie Mao was not willing to be left behind, and also tried to divide up the old lady's property under the pretext of redeeming his father.
The second and third wives were involved, and Liu naturally would not let go of this piece of fat meat. Not only did she participate in the division of the old lady's money, but she also transferred most of the money to the first wife under the banner of treating the old lady's illness.
The reason given by Liu seemed simple, but no one dared to raise any objections. After all, everyone knew that Xie Changting was extremely filial to the old lady. If he knew that they were the ones who caused the old lady to get into trouble, he would definitely punish them.
In order to save their lives, the second and third wives had to give up most of their money.
Although the old lady had suffered a stroke, she was mentally sound.
When she learned that Liu and the others had divided up all the money she had saved with great difficulty, she fainted again out of anger. When she woke up again, the symptoms of the stroke were even more severe than before.
Turbid tears flowed from the old lady's eyes. It was not until this moment that she finally regretted it.
If she had listened to that girl Xie Lan and donated all her money, would she not have been paralyzed in bed with broken limbs, unable to move?
Brother Xie Donghai was sold to Nanfeng Pavilion, and the old lady suffered a stroke again. Xie Lan had a rare peaceful life.
On this day, I went to the Royal Academy as usual.
After a class, Xie Lan was feeling bored and was thinking about where to dig some melons when she saw a girl hurried in. "Miss Xie, the Shouguang County Lady sent a maid to pick you up. She's waiting at the entrance of the academy."
"The Princess of Shouguang County sent someone to look for me. Did she say what it was about?" Xie Lan was a little surprised. He had just heard two days ago that the Princess of Shouguang County was ill and was recuperating in the mansion. Why did she suddenly think of looking for her?
The girl shook her head. "I don't know, but the maid looked anxious. Maybe she has something urgent to discuss with you."
Seeing that the girl didn't know either, Xie Lan simply stood up and walked towards the entrance of the academy.
Xie Lan originally thought that the person who came to pick her up was Qiu Shuang, the personal maid of Shouguang County Lord. But when she saw the person, she realized that it was a stranger.
"Isn't the Princess of Shouguang County currently recuperating in her residence? Why did she suddenly take me to the Prince's residence? What happened?"
The maid quickly glanced at her and bowed respectfully, "Thank you, Miss. The county lady is indeed recuperating, but she has been entangled by a dirty thing recently. I would like to ask you to come over and help cast a spell to collect the dirty thing."
Xie Lan was surprised. She had originally thought that the Princess of Shouguang County was too bored to recover from her illness and wanted to pick her up to play with her. She didn't expect that she was asked to perform a spell.
But how is this possible?
Not to mention that the Princess of Guang'an had once asked her to set up a formation in the mansion, so ordinary dirty things could not get close to the mansion at all. What's more, the Princess of Shouguang had the protective jade pendant she gave her, so how could she be entangled by dirty things?
Xie Lan took a look and found that although the maid looked a little anxious, there was no worry in her eyes. However, the carriage beside her was engraved with the emblem of the Guang'an County Prince's Mansion.
Could it be that she was overthinking?
Perhaps she noticed her scrutiny, and the maid subconsciously tightened the handkerchief in her hand. Xie Lan's heart moved, "You are the maidservant of Shouguang County Lord? Why haven't I seen you before? Usually, when the county lord has something to do, she always asks the maidservant Liang Qiushuang to pass on the message. Why didn't she come this time?"
"My name is Qiuxia, and I am a third-class maidservant of the princess. I am only responsible for taking care of chores and do not serve her personally, so you have never seen me.
As for Sister Liang Qiu Shuang, she is busy serving the princess and cannot leave, so she asked me to invite the young lady. "
Xie Lan's eyes darkened slightly. Qiu Shuang, the maidservant beside Shouguang County Master, was surnamed Wang, not Liang. She had just deliberately tested him, but the maidservant not only did not correct her, but also followed her words and called Liang Qiu Shuang.
She originally just suspected that this person was not a maid in the Prince of Guang'an's mansion, but now she has basically confirmed that she is an imposter.
Although many thoughts flashed through his mind, Xie Lan's expression did not change at all. Instead, when Qiuxia urged him again, he obediently got on the carriage.
Not long after leaving the academy, Xie Lan discovered that the carriage was not heading to the Guang'an County Prince's Mansion, but she said nothing. It was not until the carriage stopped in front of an ordinary house that Xie Lan frowned and asked Qiuxia.
"This is not the Guang'an County Prince's Mansion. Why did you bring me here? What is this place?"
Perhaps because she had brought her here so easily, the maid looked down on her and said perfunctorily, "This is the other courtyard of the Prince's Mansion. The county lady thought the mansion was too noisy and thought it was quiet here, so she lived here to recuperate."
"I see." Xie Lan put on an expression of sudden enlightenment and followed Qiuxia into the house. He stopped in panic at the door of the flower hall, "Hu Yuexi, why are you here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiuxia pushed him hard from behind, and Xie Lan staggered into the flower hall.
She looked back anxiously, only to find that Qiuxia had left quickly after pushing the ball. She could only look back with trepidation at the people sitting in the hall.
"Miss Hu, why did you let someone trick me into coming here?"
Hu Yuexi subconsciously wanted to call her a bitch, but when the words came to her lips, she remembered the nobleman next to her and quickly swallowed them back. She glared at Xie Lan fiercely, and then hugged Hu Yong's arm.
"Dad, it was this Miss Xie who bullied me. Hurry up and avenge me."
Since Xie Lan came in, Hu Yong's eyes have been almost glued to her. Last time at the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion, he was very afraid of Xiao Jin and didn't dare to be presumptuous.
But at this moment, the gaze was unscrupulous.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Hu Yuexi turned around and saw his obsessed eyes. She felt angry and annoyed, but she didn't dare to get angry. She could only move closer to Hu Yong, hug his arms again, and shake them.
"Dad, have you forgotten what your daughter told you? Why don't you avenge me?"
Hu Yong came back to his senses, patted Hu Yuexi's arm as if to comfort her, and said absentmindedly, "I didn't forget. I remember it."