Time Travel: The Noble Family
Chapter 388 - 136: Female Guard_2

Chapter 388: Chapter 136: Female Guard_2

Yueyao grabbed a pillow and leaned it against the headboard, "Mom, don’t worry, I just have a minor injury, I’m fine." Actually, she was capable of getting out of bed, but she just didn’t want to yet.

Nanny Deng wiped away her tears and said, "Miss, how did such an accident happen?"

Although Yueyao felt that it might indeed be an accident, she wouldn’t say so, "Hmm, but it’s fine now, mom, don’t worry." Suggesting it was a conspiracy would only make Nanny Deng worry more, and it wouldn’t be useful otherwise.

Nanny Deng stayed and talked with Yueyao for a while, and then Yueyao went to sleep. It was only after Yueyao had fallen asleep that Nanny Deng left and spoke with Nanny Hao for a long while.

After waking up from her sleep, Yueyao inquired about Hua Lei and Qiao Lan’s conditions. She learned that Hua Lei’s condition had improved after taking medicine, but Qiao Lan had not yet woken up.

After leaving for a while and coming back, Nanny Hao told Yueyao that the coachman said the incident was purely an accident, "Miss, it’s impossible to get any testimony from the coachman now."

Yueyao was somber but not surprised by the outcome, and she said to Nanny Hao, "Mom, there is something I need you to do."

Nanny Hao felt a bad premonition, "Miss, what do you want to do?" From this incident, she saw how tough Third Young Lady was. Normally, the young misses from the inner chamber would be completely frightened by such an event, but Third Young Lady only sustained minor injuries, while both maids were severely injured or comatose. This wasn’t luck, but a person’s quick decision-making. If before she thought Yueyao could match Lady family in wit, now she was sure from this incident that Lady family was no match for her own Miss.

Yueyao looked at Nanny Hao, "Mom, do you really think this incident was an accident?"

Nanny Hao’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, "Miss, do you suspect the carriage was tampered with? But indeed, the carriage slipped, and the horse went mad. I had people check it, and it all points to an accident." If it really was done by the Eldest Madam, then they all would be in danger.

Yueyao nodded, "I don’t know about the carriage slipping, but I saw with my own eyes how the horse suddenly went mad. A sliding carriage wouldn’t cause the horse to lose its senses, clearly someone wanted me dead." Saying this, a murderous intent flashed across Yueyao’s face.

Nanny Hao’s heart thudded again; the Third Young Lady’s aura was truly frightening. However, Nanny Hao quickly regained her composure, "Miss, without evidence, people won’t believe someone tried to harm you, Miss..." Honestly, Nanny Hao also believed it was an accident. The carriage was merely going downhill, how would they know something like this would happen.

Yueyao glanced at Nanny Hao, "I didn’t ask you to investigate this matter. Even if we did investigate, we wouldn’t find anything. Anyone trying to kill me wouldn’t leave traces for us to find. I hope you can use your contacts to help me check if the Eldest Madam is doing business secretly?"

Lying in bed with nothing else to do, Yueyao pondered the situation. Fourth Miss Yuehuan’s lipstick had sold exceptionally well, bringing substantial profits to Lian Mansion, and also, Grandmother had left hundreds of thousands in her will. With these two amounts of money, Lian Mansion should be financially relaxed, yet the expenditures within Lian Mansion were still being cut.

As soon as the Old Madam died, expenditures were cut, eliminating so many people. Lady family was not afraid of giving others a hold over her, and Yueyao always felt there was something more. She just remembered, in her past life at this time, Lady family not only swindled the money on her head but also took her mother’s dowry, yet such a large sum of money did not improve Lian Mansion’s financial situation, and expenditures were still reduced. But a year later, Lian Mansion’s expenditures resumed as before. She also remembered the monthly salary had doubled then.

Putting all these together, she was sure Lady family was now in business, and moreover, it was a big business, which probably initially lost money, but later profited.

Nanny Hao’s eyelids twitched continuously; the Miss meant that the Eldest Madam failed in business, and then needed silver coins to plug the holes, hence the lethal move to harm the Miss, the motive being her money, "Miss, the Eldest Madam wouldn’t do such a thing, Miss..."

Yueyao waved her hand, "I’m just asking you to take a look, I didn’t say anything else."

Nanny Hao looked at Yueyao’s stern expression, "Alright, I will have someone pay attention to it. If the Eldest Madam is truly conducting business secretly, it won’t stay hidden."

Yueyao nodded.

Ma’s Mansion only learned of Yueyao’s injury the day after. Zhuang Ruolan was eight months pregnant and couldn’t conveniently visit. As soon as she received the news, Ruolan sent someone to tell Ma Chengteng and Ma Peng, letting the two men in charge visit instead.