Only when all traces of Jiang Miaolan were gone from his life, would he notice her and Zheng.
She thought the preparations were flawless, certain that there wasn’t the smallest miscalculation. Who’d have expected that little girl Wei Luo would suddenly change midway, like a different person, and upset all her plans. She gritted her teeth. Not wishing to reveal her guilty conscience on her own, she smiled unhurriedly, and asked perplexed: “Why are you asking such a question? I brought Ah Luo to Huguo Temple to burn incense today, as everyone here knows. Did you forget?”
It was precisely because he didn’t forget, that he was asking her. Wei Kun gripped the armrests, trying to control his emotions, “Is that why Ah Luo came back first? She went out together with you, but you didn’t look after her well. If she had come across some danger, how would you explain this to me?”
Madam Du was getting reprimanded in front of all these servants, she felt thoroughly disgraced. She defended herself subconsciously: “A bodyguard with excellent martial arts took her. Who knows what his reason was…”
Not waiting for her to finish speaking, Jin Gu lost her patience by the entrance, shoving two maidservants aside and rushing in. She dropped on her knees in front of Wei Kun, “Master, this servant girl (referring to herself) has heard everything. Begging master to do right by the fourth Miss!” Her eyes red, she looked angrily at Madam Du, and stated: “The madam didn’t return directly to the residence from Huguo Temple, but brought fourth Miss into the woods, where two slave traders were waiting… This servant girl heard with my own ears, the madam told them to sell Miss as far as possible. If Master doesn’t believe me, you can send people to search in the woods. Those two should still be nearby!”
Wei Kun clasped his hands and looked straight at Madam Du: “Is she telling the truth?”
Madam Du was leaning on Nurse Dou, holding her breath and gritting her teeth: “Utter nonsense! There’s no way I know such people. You said you heard us talk, where’s your evidence? If you can’t produce the evidence, you should be ready for the consequences!”
While in the woods, she’d said the slave traders were a hunting couple. Returning to the official’s residence, it turned out she didn’t know them. Jin Lu really hated her brazenness. For a while, she couldn’t take into account the different status between masters and servants, as she wished to expose her mask immediately: “The Nurse and me are both witnesses, the fourth Miss was also present. If Madam wants to quibble, better call the fourth Miss here to personally ask. Little children never lie!”
Long before they came back, Wei Luo had told Wei Kun everything.
Wei Kun felt truly sad for his daughter, and refused to involve Wei Luo even a tiny bit. He only said: “Ah Luo came back crying and told me that the madam didn’t want her, that she wanted to sell her. She also asked what she did wrong.” Saying this, his eyes reddened and he glared at Madam Du, “I also want to ask what she did wrong that you can’t tolerate her, when she’s only six years old.”