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  Chapter 12: The Cost

  On the second day of the Zhongyuan Festival, the theater troupe moved into the side courtyard of the Upper House Courtyard, where a stage had already been set up and preparations were underway to start performing. At this time, the troupe leader couldn't find two of the dan (female) actors who were supposed to perform.

  Is this okay? Is the mansion a place where actors can run amok? If this gets out, what will become of the mansion's reputation? The steward in charge of contacting the theater troupe turned green with rage and frantically searched the outer courtyard, but couldn't find anyone after half a day. Not daring to hide it any longer, he hastily went to report to his master.

  The old lady was furious when she heard it, her whole body trembling with rage. She told everyone not to spread the news and quickly find...

  She didn't let Zhang Yang, but naturally there were people with ulterior motives who spread the news to Lao Yezi and Chu Nan. A servant next to Lao Yezi, pretending to be ignorant, rushed into Lao Yezi's room to report: "Master, master, something's wrong! The theater troupe has two dan roles, and they disappeared last night and still can't be found!"

  Chu Nancai was discussing the marriage between Xue's family and Lao Yezi, when he suddenly stood up and said loudly: "How can such a thing happen? Hurry up and go find..."

  The old man was so anxious that he slapped the table: "What's all this? How can such things happen in our mansion?"

  The little servant stuttered and hesitated: "Actually... actually it seems like..."

  Chu Nancai took one look at this and shouted loudly: "If you know something, hurry up and say it!"

  The servant immediately knelt down with a "thud": "Last night, I saw the young master Xue's servant leading two people into Master Xue's courtyard. I asked them something and they scolded me fiercely, saying that if I interfered in other people's business again, they would report it to the old lady...and drive me out."

  Master Chu and Chu Nanchen immediately understood, Chu Nanchen was shocked and didn't know what to do. Master Chu had already stood up with a "腾" sound and walked out without saying a word. Chu Nanchen hastily followed, calling out in a low voice: "Father... don't go, Father, let the son go instead..."

  Master Chu's beard was trembling with rage, his footsteps flying as he walked ahead. Chunan's face turned pale as he followed behind, jogging to keep up. Several young servants bowed their heads and ran after them, their faces deathly pale with fear.

  The old lady here heard that the two Danjiao children were gone, and she immediately thought of Xue E, but she had concealed it too deeply before. No one in the mansion knew, even Men Shi didn't know. She wanted to ask someone to take a look, but there was no one to use.

  On this side, he hastily called Wang Shi over and hurriedly instructed her to quickly go and take a look, whether Xue E had made trouble on that side.

  Xue Wang heard this and had already made up her mind, hastily rushing towards Xue E's place. In the brief moment it took for her to get there, Lao Ye Zi and Chu Nan had already rushed into the guest house. Xue E lived in a side room of the guest house, with two slender young servants still guarding the entrance. When they saw Lao Ye Zi approaching with an air of fury, instead of hurrying forward to pay their respects, they turned around and ran back into the house.

  The informer's underling didn't even wait for Master and Chu Nan to give the order, jumping forward to grab the two men by the arm and pinching them, whispering menacingly: "If you want to live, don't run wildly"

  After all, they were in someone else's home, and with two people caught, they didn't dare to run wildly, so they turned around and knelt down.

  The old man and Chu Nancai didn't bother with them either, directly rushing into the house. As soon as they rushed in, it was clear what had happened...

  When Xue Wang's feet didn't touch the ground, and her hair was scattered all over the place, Xue E had already knelt to the ground with his clothes in disarray. The old man was so angry that he rolled his eyes and almost fainted. Chu Nan hurriedly patted him on the chest while scolding Xue E loudly. Those two servants saw it wasn't good and quickly snuck away.

  Xue Wang's legs went soft and she also sat on the ground.

  It's not that Chu Ke'er and Zhu Yuhuan are too clever, but rather Xue E is really not making progress. People like this don't even need to be thought about carefully.

  Men rushed over to report to the old lady, flustered as if the sky was falling, gesticulating with his hands and feet: "...the master rushed in, those two shameless ones were still...ah, still lying on Master Xue's bed! Old lady, you have to think of a solution quickly! The master fainted on the spot!"

  The old lady's heart suddenly skipped a beat, covering her mouth with trembling voice: "What... what did you say?"

  "Old Master has passed away! The old master is furious... Xue Shao Ye... is kneeling on the ground... What can be done now?" Madam Meng patted her leg, she had never seen her so flustered before.

  She was originally the old lady's reliable assistant, who would calm her down and come up with ideas at critical moments. Now even she is panicked, flailing about, the old lady has no idea what to do, her head spinning with rage, her whole body trembling uncontrollably, not knowing who to scold.

  Just as Xue E was caught on this side, rumors arose on the other side, saying that Chegui's family was beaten to death by the old lady because they knew about this matter.

  The old man was angry, also because this Xue E was a guest, but in his own mansion, he was making trouble, and it was during the discussion of marriage, so he didn't get truly furious to the point of exploding with rage, after all, he wasn't a member of their family, and the discussion of marriage was just mentioned, almost being deceived, this family could be driven out without any problem.

  However, after being whispered a few words by the servants beside him, the old man really got angry and stood up to find the old lady to settle accounts. After walking for a while, he heard the servants spreading rumors and was then stopped on his knees by Chegui and his son. Chegui cried out loudly, shouting injustice and asking the old man to do justice for their family.

  The old man was so angry that he almost fainted and rushed straight over to the old lady.

  Men was still in a state of semi-true and semi-false panic, the old lady who was shouting had no way to calm down and think about it, the maid came in hastily and said: "The master has arrived..."

  The old Hanlin, Chu Lao, stormed in with a dark face, not caring about the many servants standing inside, and pointed at the old lady, shouting angrily: "This woman is so heartless! She clearly knows that Xue E is a good-for-nothing, yet she still wants to deceive my granddaughter into marrying such a person. What has my Chu family done wrong? Do you want to harm our family like this? Get that shameless woman's family out of our mansion immediately! Don't let them pollute our home! From now on, if anyone from that family comes to our door again, throw them all out together!" The old master was furious, shouting wildly for a while, then turned his head and roared at the maids: "Go and drive that whole family away immediately! Burn down that courtyard and everything inside, leave nothing behind!"

  The old lady was scolded by the old man as soon as she faced him, and her dog's blood splattered on her head. Seeing the old man's face red with anger, she was also stunned.

  The servant girls hesitated, not daring to go or not to go. As soon as they showed a slight hesitation, the old master kicked one of them who was standing nearby so hard that she fell down with a scream. The others didn't dare hesitate anymore and rushed off screaming. That servant girl didn't even dare get up and crawled out instead.

  Chu Nancai also knelt down, kneeling at the old man's feet with his face up and shouting: "Dad, calm down, don't get angry"

  The old man turned his head and glared at the old lady, who became anxious and immediately shouted: "I don't know anything about these things, I'm completely unaware!"

  The old man said in a loud voice: "How dare you still hide the truth from me? I've been told that it was his family who informed on Xue E, and that's why he was beaten to death."

  The old lady was furious and felt wronged, she almost hated to swear to heaven: "This is absolutely not true! Who is this murderer saying such things?"

  "The car is expensive, he said it himself."

  The old lady was furious, scolding wildly: "This dog slave is not as good as raising a dog... I will have one day..." The words behind finally felt that they should not be spoken, and stopped.

  The old man sneered: "I will never let this matter be hidden from me, I must investigate it clearly. Tell me if Ming knew that Xue E was like this and still wanted to marry San Niangzi off to him. Wait for me!" The old man finished speaking, furiously flung his sleeve, turned around and walked away, shouting loudly as he went: "Get the carriage ready for me! Get all the women in this house to go to the front courtyard! Has that family been driven out yet?"

  Chu Nan was about to persuade his mother a few more words, but as soon as he heard the old man's loud shouting, he couldn't help but hurry out and follow him by his side.

  The old lady's legs went soft and she sat down on the footboard, trembling and shouting: "Someone, someone... Meng Shi?"

  No one answered, she turned her head and looked around, where was anyone else in the house?

  The old lady sat on the footboard for a while, then forced herself to get up and hurriedly walked to the door, shouting loudly: "Someone, someone go find Door for me!"

  After a while, an old woman rushed to the gate, also frightened and pale, and replied: "The gate mother just walked to the door and was called away by the master."

  "What about the others?" The old lady asked in despair.

  "There's only servants left in the house... Old Madam, please give your orders..."

  The old lady stood trembling, standing for a while, her mind slowly clearing up a bit, and said to the woman: "Men Shi has returned, tell her to come here immediately."

  The old woman hastily agreed.

  The old master stormed into his study, repeatedly calling for Chu Nan to immediately go and take a look, whether the Xue E family had been driven away.

  Chu Nan was also furious, he didn't dare to admit that his mother had known about it beforehand, so he vented his anger on Xue E and her son instead, convinced that they were the ones who came here to deceive them. On this side, his father was yelling at him to get out, what else could he hesitate about? He immediately rushed out and ordered the butler: "Hurry up and ask that family to leave, Master is furious and can't take it anymore, tell them not to delay."

  The housekeeper's face was difficult, and he said in a low voice: "After all, it is the old lady's relatives on that side, and the slaves... have a few guts..."

  "Does the master's words also dare not to listen? Hurry up and go, when the old lady asks, you naturally don't need to bear it." (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe, reward on Starting Point Mobile Web, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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