Noble Lady

Chapter 250 Kill two birds with one stone

The next day.

Liu successfully entered the prison of Jingzhao Prefecture. What hit her nose was a foul odor mixed with various smells.

In the middle of summer, all smells tend to ferment. She almost fainted from the fumes when she stepped in.

However, for the sake of her son, she couldn't care less.

Under the guidance of the jailer, Liu finally saw the son she had been thinking about for a long time.

In the dim cell, He Minzhi's clothes were already soiled, and he sat on the dirty straw. He no longer had the demeanor of a Hanlin scholar, but looked like a little beggar.

Liu felt extremely distressed at the first sight.

"Son! My Dalang!"

"Mother, mother! You are finally here!" He Minzhi heard the familiar call and rushed to the prison door with his hands and feet, crying bitterly through the door.

"Why did you guys just come? I thought you weren't coming."

He hadn't changed the clothes he was wearing for several days, and you could smell the rotten stench when you got close to him.

Camellia couldn't stand it before she even got close.

But there are all kinds of smells in the prison, and this sour smell is considered the best.

"It's because we couldn't get in before, so we came today as soon as they let us in." Liu brushed it off lightly without mentioning a single word about the details.

As he spoke, he hurriedly urged Chahua to take out the food she had brought, "Bring out the chicken, the pot of wine, and the freshly stewed soup."

Camellia took the things out obediently, but because the bars of the cell were too narrow, the plate couldn't be put in horizontally.

He Minzhi didn't care anymore. He stretched out his dirty hands, grabbed the chicken, pulled it in, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Liu was stunned. "...Slow down, eat Dalang slowly. There's more here. Don't choke."

He Minzhi ate with his mouth full and mumbled, "I won't choke, this chicken is delicious."

Liu quickly stuffed the soup bowl, wine and rice into the gap.

He Minzhi didn't care about his image at all. He just grabbed the soup bowl and started drinking from it in big gulps.

There was no trace of his usual refined and sophisticated demeanor.

If an outsider came, he would not be able to recognize that this person was He Minzhi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy who was spending lavishly in Zuixianlou a few days ago.

"Slow down, slow down, Dalang, eat slowly. No one is rushing you, so don't be in a hurry." Liu couldn't help but feel shocked when she saw him eating like that.

From childhood to adulthood, she has been training Dalang as the future prime minister, requiring him to be a modest gentleman, gentle and elegant, and to be polite in his every move and not to lose manners.

When had he ever devoured food so voraciously? He must have suffered greatly in prison these past few days.

Liu looked at him with melancholy and relief, and wiped his face with a handkerchief.

With such a loving mother and filial son, who can still remember that a few days ago, He Minzhi spoke ill of Liu because he had killed He Ruyi's child, and almost angered his mother to death.

"By the way, mother, where is Xue Chenyu?"

Liu's eyes flashed, and she said with a guilty conscience, "Why are you still asking about that bitch? She left the He family a long time ago."

Of course, she couldn't tell Dalang that she had used some means to send Xue to the bed of Mr. Yu Si.

Otherwise, why would Mr. Yu Si be so kind as to smooth things over for them and allow her to visit him in prison?

She actually left? Doesn't that mean I can't get her money?

He Minzhi's thought just now died down, and he did not doubt Liu's words at all.

He put the chicken he had been chewing aside, wiped his hands on his clothes, and couldn't help but vomit when he smelled the smell.

"Mother, did you bring me a change of clothes? I stink. The prison uniform they gave me is just a piece of rag. I don't want to wear it."

"Yes, yes, yes," Liu replied hurriedly, unloading a package from Camellia's shoulders. "Quick, change your clothes. I'll take them home and wash them for you."

Fearing that He Minzhi would be nervous and frightened, he quickly said, "I will come again tomorrow and will definitely not let you suffer any injustice."

"Thank you very much, mother." He Minzhi smiled, revealing a mouthful of teeth with chicken crumbs on them.

If you don't rinse your mouth and brush your teeth properly for a few days, your teeth will never be very white.

Liu was annoyed by the sight and turned away awkwardly.

After he changed into his outer garment, he asked, "By the way, Cui Hua actually reported you to the Jingzhao Prefecture? Do you have any plans to deal with this matter?"

This is the main purpose of her coming here today.

We must always understand the ins and outs of the crisis before we can come up with a solution. Otherwise, if Dalang falls, the He family will have no hope.

"Why would we need a countermeasure? Cui Hua only gave one side of the story. Lord Mei of Jingzhao Prefecture is no fool. How could he believe everything he said?"

Liu asked doubtfully, "Is that really the case?"

Wasn't she just worrying too much before?

"What else would mother think? Mother doesn't know my temper. He Ruyi is my biological sister after all, and she's pregnant. No matter how much of a jerk I am, I can't possibly hit her."

"I really just threatened her a few times, but I didn't expect He Ruyi to be so timid that she not only had a miscarriage, but she also wanted to frame me."

After a pause, He Minzhi continued confidently, "He insisted that it was all my fault that He Ruyi had a miscarriage and nearly died. He will definitely produce evidence when the time comes. I want to see what he can come up with."

Liu paused. She had never believed what Old Madam He and the others outside had said, that her Dalang would do something to hurt his own nephew and sister. Now that he said this, she believed it even more.

"Then what evidence can Cui Hua have?"

He Minzhi choked and waved his hands guiltily, "How should I know that? It's just a rumor spread by his servants."

"But those people are his servants, and their deeds are in his hands. What he says is the truth. Those people can't serve as witnesses at all."

It turns out that servants cannot serve as witnesses. That's why He Minzhi dared to act so recklessly.

Camellia said secretly in her heart, keeping these words firmly in mind.

After hearing what he said, Mrs. Liu felt relieved, and the mother and son did not continue this topic, but talked about Ji Minrou and the child.

He Minzhi didn't remember to ask about Xiaocao, and Liu naturally wouldn't mention it either.

"It's almost time." The jailer knocked a few times "Dangdangdang" not far away.

The visiting time soon arrived, and Liu was urged out by the jailer.

That's called looking back every three steps.

Camellia followed behind, holding dirty clothes in one hand and a lunch box in the other, walking closely.

At the prison gate of Jingzhao Prefecture.

Mr. Yu Si was still waiting there.

When he saw Liu coming out, he walked forward politely, but when he smelled the scent on her, he took two steps back.

"...Madam He, what do you smell like?"

Mrs. Liu's face turned red. She couldn't say that Chahua was holding her son's dirty clothes that had been worn for several days, which were all sour and mixed with the stench of the prison.

"... Fourth Young Master Yu, I'm deeply grateful for your help." Liu bowed and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "I don't want to see Xue act so arrogantly in front of me anymore."

The fourth young master Yu raised his lips when he heard this, "Don't worry, old lady, you won't see her for the next few days."

"That's good. We'll go back now. I'd like to thank Fourth Young Master Yu for all the trouble he's taken in arranging things for us today."

"Goodbye, Madam He, I won't see you off."

Liu was so full of pride and calculation that she didn't pay any attention to the words chosen by the Fourth Master Yu.

So what if she noticed it? She wouldn't care at all.

Xue Chenyu should be a married woman, but she is having an affair with another man. As long as we have this evidence, will we still be afraid that Xue Chenyu will be disobedient from now on?

Using a legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an to do a favor can not only save her son but also obtain Xue's huge dowry. It is killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?

Liu got into the carriage with her head held high and her chest puffed out, as if victory was in sight.

However, the news that He Minzhi borrowed huge sums of money to have sex with his daughters and then harmed his brothers and sisters had already spread among the people of Shengjing.

Even among the noble families, there were many rumors, and it was not as beautiful as Liu had imagined.