The prefect ignored her and stared soberly at Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin’s scalp tingled at the stare and his eyes dodged, “It’s just that I… I fell in love with a maid and sent someone to invite her to the palace, but who knew that the maid would not know how to behave, so I had her locked up in the woodshed.”
The magistrate knew what kind of virtue he was, after all, he had done this before and had to wipe his ass every time.
The magistrate’s wife was unimpressed, “A maid is just a maid, it’s her good fortune that my younger brother has taken a fancy to her.”
“Where is the person?”
Hearing the magistrate ask this, Zhou Lin immediately had the strength to say, “She was snatched away. Brother-in-law, I swear to God, I really invited her into the house, I didn’t do anything to her.”
“What is the origin of the maid who beat you?”
Where would an ordinary family dare to rob someone straight to their door.
“Just an ordinary country girl, I guess, if it wasn’t for the fact that she had some good looks, I ……”
The words did not finish, seeing the gaze of the prefect, Zhou Lin swallowed back the following words.
“Housekeeper!”
The Zhou family’s steward respectfully came forward, “Great Aunt.”
“Go and enquire, what is the origin of that little girl?”
“Yes.”
……
Inside the medical hall, the doctor looked at Song Wan Yue and after several attempts to speak, he finally asked, “Miss, do you really want to sue Zhou Lin?”
Song Wan Yue nodded her head.
“You won’t win. Zhou Lin’s eldest brother-in-law is the county chancellor, and all these years he has dared to do wrong because of his brother-in-law’s power. His second brother-in-law is the general magistrate of Qingping Prefecture and holds military power in his hands, so he is even worse to mess with.”
As his words fell, Song Wangyue only nodded slightly.
The doctor was a bit anxious, the little girl was still young and didn’t know how powerful the officials were, if she really went to sue, she would run right into the hands of the county chancellor, no different from sending her to the door.
“Take my advice, wait until early tomorrow morning, you’d better take the people and go.”
“Go where?”
Song Wangyue pointed at Huang Yu on the bed, “Her home is right here, where do you want me to take her?”
The doctor didn’t know how to answer.
“Only when Zhou Lin is brought down will their family and the people of this town have a good life.”
The doctor opened his mouth for a long time before sighing, “How easy is it to bring down Zhou Lin?”
Song Wan Yue hooked her lips, “Just try and see.”
The doctor inexplicably heard the meaning of victory in her words and could not help but look at her a few more times. Under the light, the young girl’s eyebrows were delicate and her demeanour was calm, as if everything was under her control.
The doctor’s feeling was even greater, and he wanted to say that he could help collect evidence of Zhou Lin’s guilt, but he swallowed back the words as they came to his lips. The matter was so important that it would be better if Zhou Lin could be brought down, but if not, all those who had testified would be out of luck, and I was afraid that they would not even be able to stay in the town.
There were footsteps outside and it was Huang Yu’s aunt and uncle who had arrived. When they entered, they were about to kneel down to Song Wan Yue, “Thank you for saving Yu’er.”
Huang Yu’s mother is a girl from the village, her mother’s family is close by, and the two families are usually like family.
Song Wan Yue pulled them back, “You’re welcome, I’m close to Master Huang, so I naturally have to take care of his family’s affairs.”
The two men said a few more words of thanks and told Song Wan Yue to go and rest while they looked after Huang Yu.
Song Wangyue gave them instructions on what to look out for and went to the next room.
As the night passed, Huang Yu still did not wake up, but the blood on her face had increased considerably. Song Wangyue and the doctor took her pulse separately, which was much stronger and she would wake up soon.
Huang Yu’s aunt and uncle thanked her once again. They had not slept much all night and the haggard look on their faces was obvious.
The two of them did not try to be brave, and after thanking them again, they left the doctor’s office, before heading home, when a carriage drove by in the distance and stopped in front of them.
The curtain was lifted to reveal a woman’s face, and before she could speak, her face was already smiling, “In-laws’ uncle, in-laws’ aunt.”
Seeing who it was, Huang Yu’s aunt also put on a smile, “My in-laws, what brings you here?”
“It’s not just me, Ziyu is here too.”
As she spoke, the woman got down from the carriage, followed by a man with a straight posture and handsome looks, none other than Huang Yu’s fiancé, Lu Ziyu.
Lu Ziyu was good looking, his family was good, and he was polite, not only the Huang family but also Huang Yu’s aunt and uncle liked him very much.
“Uncle, aunt.”
Lu Ziyu called out to the people.
The two men happily answered.
Only then did the woman say, “We are here to see Yu’er.”
At the mention of Huang Yu, the aunt’s face dimmed, but she still led the two inside, “She’s in there, she’s not awake yet, the child has suffered greatly.”
At her words, the woman’s face changed invisibly, then quickly returned to its original state, “As long as she can be rescued, it doesn’t matter.”
Hearing the woman’s words, the aunt’s apprehensive heart was a little more at ease. Since Yu’er had been taken away, all of them knew that the marriage was in vain, but the Lu family had not said anything when they arrived, and had even comforted Huang Xing and his wife, and they had just rescued Yu’er and rushed over.
Several people entered the house.
The aunt introduced Song Wangyue.
Hearing that it was Huang Yu’s fiancé and future mother-in-law, Song Wan Yue glanced at them, greeted them politely and went out.
Without a trace, the woman’s gaze followed her to the door and only retracted when she was out the door.
Seeing Huang Yu on the bed, her eyes reddened, “My poor Yu’er, how could she have suffered such hardship.”
My aunt also followed suit, “Luckily, she’s fine, that’s the best of all worlds.”
Lu Ziyu pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.
The woman said a few more words, took out a handkerchief to pretend to wipe her tears, and took her aunt’s hand with an apologetic face, “My in-laws’ aunt, I shouldn’t say this at this time, but I can’t help it, let’s just forget about the marriage between our two families.”
The aunt was frozen.
The woman seemed not to notice, “Yu’er is a good child, but she and our Ziyu are not destined to be husband and wife, we have brought the gengtong invitation, please also go back to the in-laws and tell them.”
The aunt’s lips opened and closed, no sound came out for a long time, “Yu, Yu’er she, she didn’t, wasn’t ……”
“I know, I know ……”
The woman gently interrupted her, the words were very apologetic, “You also know that our family is a business, once the accident happened to Yu’er, many people ridiculed us openly and secretly, some even stopped doing business with us, we also had no choice, please understand. Please go back and tell the in-laws that they will only return the invitation to us, and we don’t want any of the gifts for the engagement.”
The aunt could not slow down.
If the Lu family had withdrawn the marriage when Huang Yu had just been taken by Zhou Lin to the Zhou residence, they could accept it, after all, they all thought at the time that Yu’er would lose her innocence, but now that Yu’er hadn’t, how could they withdraw the marriage instead.