Zhu leaned on the couch with his back facing out of the ground. Jiang Yu pounded her waist, and another maid knelt beside him, kneading her legs and feet.

"Madam, do you feel a little more relaxed?" Jiang Mother asked softly.

Zhu closed his eyes and complained: "She offered sacrifices to the Buddha and took her good granddaughter to offer sacrifices. Why did she want me to go with her? Before going back to Zhongshan Kingdom, why didn't she call me? I think that Qiao's daughter must have said a lot about mine in front of her."

Jiang Mama glanced at the maid next to her and signaled her to go down. When only she and Zhu were left in the room, she came to her ear and whispered a few words.

Zhu sat up all of a sudden: "Really?"

Jiang Yu nodded: "Just as Zheng Shu ordered before, the maid asked someone to take advantage of this rare opportunity today to move some tricks on it. As long as the male king sees it, he will definitely question it. Then see how Qiao Nu will refuse!"

Zhu exhaled: "I remember Erlang kept this mahogany box for many years and attached great importance to it. He usually cleaned the dust in the west room and didn't let it move easily. I didn't even know what was installed inside. I remember a few years ago, when I went back to his house, I saw it, and asked casually, but he didn't tell me, it was like a rare treasure."

Jiang Ma said: "What else? I guess it's the token that Su Nu gave to the male king in the past! Speaking of which, the male king is really in love. After so many years, he has kept it well."

As soon as he heard the word Su Nu, Zhu frowned: "Is it really her thing?"

Jiang Mama said: "Otherwise, what else would it be? It will allow the male man to carefully collect it for many years?"

Zhu's face showed disgust, and for a moment of excitement, he asked, "Can you do things safely?"

Jiang said, "There is a man named Sun in the yard of the east house. He secretly gave me a lot of benefits. He said that the box is now in the study of the man. In the past, the man's study was not allowed to enter the study except for the people who cleaned the house. Recently, Qiao Nu has frequently entered and exited by herself. Today, the east house is empty, so I asked Sun to sneak into the study while it is unprepared and deliberately left traces of hand-and-foot lock on the lock of the box. Once the man discovers, he will definitely

He must take his anger on Qiao Nu. Even if Qiao Nu doesn't recognize him, the male king will not believe him. The male king is a dignified prince. Not only has he not married for the past ten years, he has not even had a concubine around him. Why is it because of his concern for Su Nu? Even if he is temporarily confused by her beauty, he will definitely not compare her with Su Nu. Qiao Nu is trying to break the lock and peep. With the male king's temperament, how could he spare her? He asked that Qiao Nu to slander his wife in front of the old lady!"

Zhu said hesitantly: "What if Erlang is fascinated by that girl Qiao and believes her defense?"

Jiang said, "Don't worry, madam. According to what Sun Mama said, she had seen a few days ago that Qiao Nu moved the box with her outside the door and then put it back. Qiao Nu has been married to the Wei family for more than half a year. It can be seen that she must have known the relationship between Su Nu and the male king in the past and guessed what was in the box. Then she felt uneasy. It was natural to try to unlock the lock if she peeked at the male king's private property. What's wrong with it?"

Zhu nodded and smiled: "God helps me! It turns out that the girl Qiao moved first, so we can't blame us! That mother Sun is foolproof?"

Jiang said, "My Sun once stole property from the east house, but now the handle is still in my hands. When asked about this, she would come forward to prove that Miss Qiao had entered the study alone and touched that box. Someone had a testimony that the male man's heart was touched again, how could he not believe it?"

Zhu said, "It's great. Thank you for your hard work. After Chu Yu left, the only one who is close friends who are willing to plan for me was left beside me. The last time I asked you to suffer a lot for my business, and I lie down for a long time before I can stand up."

Jiang Ma was very grateful and frightened: "When the maid was in trouble, if I had not been to my wife's kindness and kept me by my side, I would have become a lonely ghost in the grave. How could I survive in the world? As long as the maid is happy, the maid is willing to repay her with death!"

Zhu was quite moved when she heard this and ordered her not to beat her waist anymore and to go down to rest earlier. At this time, the maid came to report that the lord and the lord were here.

Jiang Ma immediately looked panicked. Zhu knew that she had suffered the last time and was still scared. She avoided her son from afar when she saw her son from afar. She was afraid that she would anger her son again in front of her, so she hurriedly asked her to go down.

Jiang Ma hurriedly got up, and when she reached the door, she looked up and saw Wei Shao stalking. With the sound of her stalking, she was just a mistake. Others had already arrived outside the door and could not hide. She hurriedly took a few steps back one after another, bowed to Wei Shao, and then hurriedly left. When she heard the Marquis of Wei shouting "You stay", she shivered, and had no choice but to stop, and slowly stood next to the wall.

Wei Shao walked up to Zhu and looked at his mother who had already gotten up and sat on the couch. He looked serious and said nothing.

Seeing that his expression seemed bad, Zhu felt guilty when he was seen, he forced a smile and said, "My son suddenly came here, but something happened? It's not too early, and I'm about to rest."

Wei Shao slowly knelt in front of Zhu and said, "There is something that my son is here, I want to ask my mother."

"What's the matter?"

"There is a box in my study, and the servants don't know how to move it. Today I found a scratch on the lock, and it was obvious that someone tried to unlock it. I want to ask my mother, do you know about this?"

Zhu pretended to be surprised and said angrily: "Who dares to be so bold! If I ask me to know, I will definitely not let you go!" She paused, "You go and ask that girl Qiao. The servants in your room must not dare to move, let alone have scratches? She is the mother of the west room. She should know the most about such a thing."

Wei Shao stared at Zhu: "What my mother meant was that she forced to break the lock?"

Zhu coughed dryly and said, "It's not that I don't believe her. It's just that it's really hard to say. She relies on the fact that you gave her a little color before, and she will inevitably become arrogant and do not take your words to heart. She is even more trying to spy on your private matters. The women in the world are shallow, and most of them are like this."

Wei Shao smiled: "My mother didn't know that the box originally contained some old things of mine, but later I moved the things inside and it became empty. A few days ago, she saw that the nine-grid lock in the box was interesting and asked me for it. My mother also knew that I favored her quite so much. She wanted it, so I naturally gave her to her. She also told her how to unlock it. She played the method of unlocking for a few days, but it was gone. She put some jewelry, gold and silver into the box and left it in my study. Today, she found that the lock was forcibly pried over."

Wei Shao's smile gradually disappeared and his voice became cold: "I thought about it over and over again. If anyone had no intention of ulterior motives, the servants in my west room were not clean. Even if there was no property in the box, there was only one empty box, and he would never allow the servants to commit such an offense. He dared to spy on the owner's secrets. My mother was in charge for many years, so she should know how to deal with such a thing? My son came over and wanted to ask for advice on how to deal with this matter!"

When Wei Shao just said that he had given the box to Xiao Qiao and told her how to unlock it, Zhu's face changed. He frequently looked at Jiang Yu standing by the wall. Jiang Yu also changed his expression. After Wei Shao finished speaking, Zhu was already feeling uncomfortable and reluctantly calmed down and responded: "I know this. You go back first, I will deal with it tomorrow..."

Wei Shao looked at his mother, and a complex look of indescribable disappointment flashed through his eyes, and he slowly said, "In this way, my son will hand over the matter to his mother. I hope his mother will give an explanation as soon as possible. If my mother has no choice, I will turn to Zhong Ma and ask her to help her with her mother."

Everyone in the house knew Zhong Yi's methods, and everyone was in awe.

Wei Shao swept his sword-like eyes to Jiang Yu, who had changed his face when he heard Zhong Yu's name change apart, got up from the ground, turned around and walked out.

...

After Wei Shao left, Xiao Qiao sat alone in the room with her chin and looked at the candlelight, falling into deep thought. After a while, Chunniang entered and said that she had interrogated several servants who had been keeping in love with the queen during the day. Even Lin Madam said that she had never seen outsiders come in.

"My lady, it must be that there was a traitor in the west room. Someone must have been instructed to act as a disagreement, intending to provoke the relationship between the lady and the king. There are 32 maids and maids in the west room. The biggest suspect is the maid who can enter and exit the male master's study. I heard Lin's words again. During the day, she saw someone swaying in the corridor in front of the male master's study. I didn't pay much attention at that time. Now I think about it carefully and say that the back looks like the maid Sun who is on the rotation in the courtyard. I asked Maid Sun just now, but she denied it. I asked someone to look at her. Maid Sun, this matter is big or small. In my opinion, it is better to report to the old lady tomorrow and ask the old lady to make a decision."

Xiao Qiao frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "What you said is that this matter is big or small. The old lady doesn't need to be alarmed. Go to the study and help me bring that box."

Chunniang was stunned: "What does the woman mean?"

Xiao Qiao said: "You just bring it to me."

Chunniang hesitated for a moment and finally went out. After a while, she carried the box over and gently placed it in front of Xiao Qiao.

Xiao Qiao stared at the box and asked her to go out.

Chunniang hesitated and said, "Female, isn't the male lord not letting this box be moved? You are..."

Xiao Qiao seemed to have not heard it, and his eyes fell on the nine-grid lock, motionless.

Chunniang seemed to be fascinated when she saw her.

Over the past two years, Chunniang has gradually realized that although the female lady likes to act coquettishly in front of her when encountering small things on weekdays, she has always been very proactive when she has big things. Seeing her now, she doesn't seem to be a rash act caused by sadness, and she seems to have something else to think about it, so she stood by and accompanied her. Seeing the female lady raise her hand and gently tick a nine-cup grid to lock a numeric grid represented by the heavenly stems.

...

The night is getting deeper.

Wei Shao finally returned to the door of the west room. From a distance, he saw that the lights were still on in the bedroom window.

He hesitated for a moment and finally walked in.

Chunniang and several other servants were still guarding the hall beside her ears. When she saw him finally appear, they all came forward to meet him.

"Can the lady be inside?"

Although it was a bit difficult to ask, Wei Shao asked in the end.

Chunniang whispered: "My daughter."

Wei Shao said nothing, stepped up the steps and pushed open the door. After entering, he looked up and was stunned for the first time.

Xiao Qiao knelt on the opposite couch, and the table in front of her was a box.

It was his box that she was not allowed to touch.

Wei Shao's eyes stopped on the box, then turned back to her face and faced her.

His expression froze slightly, and his eyes were filled with doubt.

Although he had tried his best to maintain a peaceful mood, perhaps only he himself knew it, and he couldn't help but feel a little new dissatisfaction in his heart.

He really didn't understand.

He had repeatedly expressed to her that he did not want her to touch the box. Although he also regretted that he had fired so much at the beginning of tonight, and when he came in just now, he was still thinking that he should have really scared her at first, and what to say and do after entering can help her eliminate the shock caused to her by that unpleasant experience tonight as soon as possible.

But after coming in at this moment, the scene of the scene really made him unable to help but be unable to control it again.

He didn't understand why she had to go against him and didn't listen to him. Could it be that as his mother Zhu said, once a woman gets too much favor, she will inevitably become arrogant and not take her husband seriously?

"What do you mean?"

He asked, walking towards her.

Xiao Qiao raised his hand and skillfully moved the Nine Palace position on the Nine Palace lock with his fingers. Soon, a slight "pop" sound came from the box, which was the correct trigger of the lock mechanism to make a sound.

Wei Shao showed a look of surprise, as if he was a little unbelievable.

Xiao Qiao's hand left the box and placed it on his knees, maintaining a standard sitting position. He raised his eyes and looked at Wei Shao and said, "Husband, the heavenly stems on the Nine Palaces represent numbers, arranged in a number array, regardless of vertical, horizontal, oblique, and numbers in three directions are added. The sum of the numbers is equal to fifteen. Among them, five can be centered, and eight different magic squares can be transformed. This is not difficult, as long as you have learned to plan, you can unlock it. I unlocked it in front of you, just want you to know that I have not moved the lock. If I really can't control myself and want to see what is in the box, I've already opened it secretly with you on my back, so why do you have to leave scratches to make you suspect my head?"

Wei Shao stood in front of her, motionless and without saying a word, but his expression slowly became ugly.

Xiao Qiao looked calm: "Since I can unlock it, my husband must have suspected that I have opened it and seen the things inside. I can swear to the sky that it was my first time to unlock it in front of you. Of course, I don't deny that I was really curious about the things in the box before. Especially after I went to Zhongshan Country with my grandmother and met Mrs. Yulou, I was even more curious. This was why I happened to see it by chance the day before yesterday, so I couldn't help but take it out. To be honest, I had waved a few times at that time, and felt that there were letters and papers inside. Then I put it back."

When Wei Shao heard "Madam Yulou" say it out of her mouth, his eyelids twitched and his expression became even more ugly.

"If you believe or not, it depends on you. I don't force it or care. The reason why I clarified to you that I did not try to pick the lock is not to shirk the mistakes I made in this matter. After you left in anger, I did reflect on myself. There is no essential difference between what I did and prying this box. Both ignore your previous warning and move your own private property without your permission. It is indeed because I have made mistakes first. I admit my mistake again and swear that I will never make the same mistake again in the future, let alone have any interest in thinking about what is being installed here."

Wei Shao kept looking at her, his expression changed from the easing of the moment he first came in to the surprise, and the surprise turned into ugly. Until now, he finally recovered a little.

"Then what do you want to unlock in front of me?"

"I will admit my mistake. It was not my fault, and I don't want to be framed and wronged. This is why I just opened the lock in front of my husband."

Xiao Qiao replied, his tone calm.
Chapter completed!