??425: Chapter 425: A Pot of Dog’s Blood
425: Chapter 425: A Pot of Dog’s Blood
Crash.
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, startling everyone in the hall.
Both the hosts and the guests looked at each other with astonishnt written all over their faces, speechless for a long mont.
Seeing this, Qiu Xiang quickly responded and adeptly instructed the serving girls to clean up the floor and replace the tea with a fresh cup.
Madam Zhou stared at the elderly woman at the front, from her head of gray hair to the wrinkles on her face, feeling a sudden pang of sorrow and pain in her heart while tears swiftly welled up in her eyes.
“You, you…” Madam Lu pointed at Madam Zhou with a trembling finger, unable to complete her sentence.
Auntie Tan, seeing this, felt displeased at the woman’s rudeness of pointing at soone with her finger, but she wasn’t oblivious to the situation; clearly, the two knew each other.
As for the new owners of the estate, the servants hadn’t pried much into their background.
For folks like them, nothing was more important than a kind master; the rest didn’t matter.
Old Lady Zhou never imagined that she would see Madam Zhou here, nor did she expect that the master they were supposed to greet with bowed heads would turn out to be Madam Zhou—a person she looked down upon.
Was fate not dramatic enough or amusing enough for the heavens, that they had to et here?
Or was this an opportunity given by the heavens to the Zhou family?
Thinking of her youngest son whom she had left in the county to find out about Wufu and the others, Old Lady Zhou’s body swayed and she bit her lip.
“Yingi?
Is it really you?” Madam Lu took a couple of steps forward, looking at Madam Zhou, and exclaid, “Mother, it’s Yingi, it really is her, we’ve found her.”
My goodness, had Zhou Yingi struck it rich?
Look at how impressive she appeared?
Madam Lu was shocked beyond belief.
Madam Zhou also ca to her senses, and upon seeing Madam Lu, her face turned pale.
She thought of Zhou Dajun and rembered what he had done to her.
A subtle resentnt rose from deep within her, and Madam Zhou’s body trembled slightly.
She reached out to Qiu Xiang, “Support
back to my room.”
Qiu Xiang exchanged a look with Auntie Tan and then helped Madam Zhou leave.
“Yingi, Second Sister.” As she saw her leaving, Madam Lu hastily followed.
Auntie Tan imdiately blocked her path and said, “Lady Zhou, please hold your step.” She had already found out that Madam Lu’s husband’s family carried the surna Zhou when she arrived.
And Madam, she too bore the surna Zhou—was there so connection?
Stopped by Auntie Tan, Madam Lu rushed to Old Lady Zhou’s side, grasping at her arm, pleading, “Mother, please speak up!
That’s Yingi!”
It was really like obtaining sothing without effort; they were just looking for Wufu and the others, and then they stumbled upon them.
It ant that the Zhou family’s luck wasn’t up yet.
“Silence!” Old Lady Zhou snapped sharply, taking in a deep breath.
Madam Lu stifled her displeasure, but seeing her mother-in-law’s stern gaze, she fell silent, sheepishly turning her attention to the room.
Could it be, Zhou Yingi and the others had found so golden opportunity?
“Auntie Tan, that just now…” Old Lady Zhou, uncertain how to address Madam Zhou, mumbled and asked, “Is that who you referred to as Madam?”
Auntie Tan nodded, “Elder,” she began.
“And is she the owner of this estate?” Madam Lu interrupted eagerly, asking, “Or is there soone else, from what family?”
“You keep silent,” Old Lady Zhou ordered Madam Lu to stop talking.
“Mother, what’s the harm in asking?
We’re nobody to be ashad of.
You are the mother of the ‘Madam’ you ntioned!” Madam Lu lifted her chin defiantly, sowhat proudly revealing her identity to Auntie Tan.
Auntie Tan’s face showed a flicker of surprise, but she avoided revealing anything about Madam Zhou and Wufu.
She knew what to say and what not to say.
If these two really were the relatives of Madam, then there surely was so story involved.
Otherwise, why wouldn’t they know Madam had such an estate?
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