The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 41: Madam is very resourceful

The Duke's Mansion spoke personally, and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. However, since it involved the eldest princess's face, no one dared to be careless, so they had to cooperate with the questioning.

After the Duke had questioned everyone present, it was already midnight, but he still had no clue.

Shen Bian looked calm, called Shen Yunqi to the next room, and suppressed his anger: "Remember what that maid looks like? Where have you seen her before? This is a serious matter, and if it goes wrong, it may cost the lives of our Duke's Mansion."

Shen Yunqi had sobered up a long time ago. He knelt down with a plop: "Grandfather, I was bewildered and caused such a disaster. That person told me that Miss Lu Jin had something to say to me, and brought me here. I didn't expect it was the princess..."

"Someone must have deliberately designed to harm me!"

Shen Bian's eyes flickered: "Tell me exactly what happened. If you hide even a word, you will crawl to the court tomorrow to apologize to the emperor!"

"I said! I said!"

Shen Yunqi explained the whole story in detail, but seeing that Shen Bian's face was getting uglier and uglier, he raised his hand and slapped him: "Idiot! Last time, your father's incident forced us to hand over the Jiang family's military manual. Do you think you are not stupid enough or do you think our Duke's Mansion has not suffered enough?"

"Grandfather...I was really wrong, please save me!"

Before Shen Bian could sort out his thoughts, the butler's voice came from outside: "Master, it's getting late. Many guests are clamoring to go back."

The people outside are all prominent officials and nobles of the court, so naturally they cannot afford to offend them.

Shen Bian walked out quickly and bowed to everyone: "I am deeply sorry for delaying you all today. I will definitely come to thank you one by one someday. It's getting late, please go back."

Seeing that he finally let them go, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Does the Duke have any idea?"

The Duke did not comment: "Yes, everyone present please go back first, I would like to ask Miss Lu to stay."

Hearing that he was going to stay, Lu Jin's face turned cold: "Why did the Duke only keep me?"

"Qi'er said that a maid told him that Miss Lu Jin asked him to meet here. I want to ask Miss Lu Jin and her maid again."

"But after asking around, no one has found Miss Lu Jin's maid. This may be a strange matter."

Lu Jin smiled jokingly: "The Governor's wife has already explained it to me just now, but the Duke still insists on doubting me. But because everyone present today is an important official and noble relative of the court, and my Lu family is a merchant family, the Duke looks down on me?"

"My Lord, please don't forget that this wedding invitation was personally sent by Mr. Shen. Otherwise, our Lu family would not be willing to attend this wedding."

"You!" Shen Bian didn't expect a girl to be so sharp-tongued. "I just want to investigate the matter thoroughly. Why do you have to be so aggressive, Miss Lu Jin? Or do you have something to hide?"

"Humph! What a joke! My Lu family is upright and honest, why should we fear ghosts and gods?"

Lu Jin was particularly strong-willed today, and his arguments were well-reasoned, leaving Lu Zheng no chance to speak.

He couldn't help but secretly glance at her a few times. Unknowingly, she had grown up and could stand on her own.

"Since you are not afraid, please ask Miss Lu Jin to call the accompanying maid to ask her and we will know the answer."

Seeing that he understood everything, Lu Jin smiled disdainfully and said in a clear voice, "My Lord, I didn't bring any maids with me when I came to your house today."

Seeing Shen Bian's face full of disbelief, Lu Zheng finally spoke. He put his hand on Lu Jin's shoulder as a declaration.

"Your Highness, you may not know that we went to the Governor's Mansion first today. Jin'er's maid Xiao Xing is very good at playing with small toys to amuse the young master, so we asked her to stay in the Governor's Mansion to accompany the young master."

"If you want to stay, please keep me. Jin'er never stays up late, and I'm afraid she'll get hurt."

What Lu Zheng said, coupled with his intimacy with Lu Jin, made everyone present seem to understand something. "Everyone, Jin'er will be the head lady of my Lu family in the future." Lu Zheng looked at Lu Jin gently, "Today I will go to the Governor's Mansion to discuss marriage with the Governor."

Most of the people present knew that Lu Jin was not a biological child of the Lu family. Although Lu Zheng was a little embarrassed, it was not inappropriate. Then they all expressed their congratulations.

After all, he is the richest businessman in the world, and the business involved is complicated. It will never be wrong to maintain a good relationship with him.

The only person present was Shen Bian, whose face looked as pale as death. He had planned to make Lu Jin's maid the first suspect no matter who she was.

But I didn't expect this!

Meng Tingzhou had been sitting on the side. He looked at the drowsy Jiang Shiwan and stood up immediately: "Since it is getting late, everyone should go back first. In my opinion, the most urgent thing is to find out the reason for Mr. Shen, and then investigate in detail when we have clues."

"Yes." Mrs. Wang stretched lazily, "I tend to feel sleepy when I get older."

She glanced at the sleepy Jiang Shiwan and said, "Are you sleepy too, niece? It must be hard to take care of a child."

Jiang Shiwan stood up with Meng Tingzhou's help and bowed: "We should go now. The child is making a fuss and needs to be fed tonight."

Shen Bian no longer had any reason to keep these people, and could only watch them disperse.

Shen Yunqi had a bad feeling. He pulled the sleeve of the man beside him and said, "Why didn't Lu Jin bring a maid with him today? Grandfather, there must be something fishy about this matter..."

Shen Bian looked at him. This grandson whom he once valued the most, had made one mistake after another and had ended up in such a situation.

He swung his sleeves cruelly: "Ghosts and monsters are not scary. What's scary is that others see through the little tricks in your heart and use them to make you fall into the trap step by step."

"Qi'er, this matter... is irreversible. Tomorrow you will kneel down and enter through the East Seal Gate to apologize to His Majesty."

Kneeling all the way before the throne, Shen Yunqi naturally knew what this meant. From now on, he was afraid that he would be a playboy despised by the world.

He shook his head: "Grandfather, absolutely not. I just got married, and I am the eldest grandson of the Duke's Mansion..."

"In order to prevent His Majesty from depriving you of your title as Duke, you have no choice but to do this."

After saying that, Shen Bian left without looking back.

Only Shen Yunqi was left disheveled in the wind.

In the carriage, Lu Zheng tightly grasped Lu Jin's hand and said, "You are becoming more and more capable. You actually dared to do it under the Duke's nose?"

"Who told me to be his concubine before? I have to vent my anger."

Lu Zheng knew that Lu Jin would not be so meticulous, so he glanced at Jiang Shiwan and said, "The governor's wife is very resourceful."

Jiang Shiwan said calmly: "They just brought this upon themselves."

Meng Tingzhou closed his eyes and asked, "How did Lu Jin's maid leave?"

"I left with Brother Song."

"You are quite capable. With me and Lu Zhengliang by your side, Shen Bian wouldn't dare to do anything. In addition, Song Huaizhi is also secretly helping you."

Lu Zheng was also incredulous: "You can rest assured that Song Huaizhi can help you by escorting the princess away?"

Jiang Shiwan raised his eyelids slightly and met Meng Tingzhou's inquiring gaze: "Trust the people you employ, and don't employ the people you doubt."

(End of this chapter)