Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle
Chapter 473 - 472: Can It Be So Vicious?

Chapter 473: Chapter 472: Can It Be So Vicious?

About twenty minutes later, Lady Luo entered with her maid at her side.

When she saw how many people there were in the council hall, her expression first revealed surprise, and then she walked over to Family Head Luo’s side.

Her voice was gentle as she asked, "Did you need me for something?"

Clearly, whoever had gone to summon her hadn’t explained why they asked for her presence.

When Family Head Luo saw her like this, his confusion deepened.

"Today, several family heads received an invitation to visit the Luo Family," he started, his gaze fixed on Lady Luo, his words direct. "The handwriting on it was mine, and it bore my seal."

"However, I never wrote such an invitation."

Lady Luo, being astute, immediately grasped his implication.

She frowned slightly, "Do you suspect that I forged it?"

She and Family Head Luo had always shared a good relationship, so much so that on a whim she had taken to imitating his writing.

Indeed, her talent in mimicking was prodigious; within little more than a year, her imitation of his handwriting could almost pass for the real thing.

Family Head Luo clarified, "It’s not suspicion; I just wanted to ask you directly. If it wasn’t you, then we’ll investigate."

Having spent so many years together and doting on her all the while, he knew his wife well.

One look at her expression and the assertive tone of her counter-question, and he knew she wasn’t the perpetrator.

"It wasn’t me who wrote it," Lady Luo stated.

She had no reason to write invitations to the various family heads.

But her reaction was swift, intuitively sensing that this was undoubtedly part of some conspiracy.

After many years by Family Head Luo’s side, being continuously pampered, she naturally wouldn’t be foolish.

"We must investigate," she declared firmly. "Investigate thoroughly."

Family Head Luo nodded, issuing orders to his trusted aides to start the investigation.

If neither he nor his wife had sent the invitation, then why had all these family heads been summoned here?

Others also began to realize that this invitation was a setup, but having already arrived, they naturally wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Sending out the invitation would require intermediaries, so it didn’t take long to trace the origins.

"Family Head, we have found that the invitation was sent to the various families by Lan Qin, who is closely associated with Lady Luo," they reported, "claiming she arranged it upon the instructions of the family head."

Lady Luo, not waiting for Family Head Luo to respond, turned her gaze towards the maid who had come with her, her face growing dark with anger.

"When did I instruct you to do this?"

"Do you know how to imitate the family head’s handwriting as well?"

Lan Qin had attended to her during the times she had practiced copying Family Head Luo’s handwriting.

Lan Qin didn’t reply, instead glancing towards Lou Yinghua who stood at the center of the room.

Seeing Lou Yinghua give her a slight nod, Lan Qin finally spoke, "I wrote the invitation, and I stole the seal to stamp it."

The Lou Family Master’s seal in the main courtyard’s study was naturally forbidden to most, except Lady Luo.

To flaunt her favor and out of habit, Lady Luo often went to the study to write or to paint.

Lan Qin, being Lady Luo’s most trusted maid, naturally attended her in the study and thus had a chance to steal Family Head Luo’s seal.

Betrayed and in disbelief, Lady Luo stood and, unable to restrain herself, slapped Lan Qin, "You actually betrayed me."

The exchange of glances between Lan Qin and Lou Yinghua a moment earlier was so obvious that anyone present not blind could see it.

Lan Qin, covering her face, remained silent. Betrayal was betrayal; there was nothing left to explain.

Seeing her like this only fueled Lady Luo’s anger, yet, it also left her feeling bitterly disillusioned.

This was someone who had served her for over a decade, a confidant who had always been by her side, yet she betrayed her.

All she wanted to ask was one question, "Why?"

By this point, Lan Qin had nothing left to lose.

She laughed sarcastically, "Why?"

"Do you not know how my sister died, madam?"

Lady Luo furrowed her brow, "Your sister?"

Lan Qin looked at Lady Luo with eyes full of hatred, "My sister An Tao, the An Tao you had beaten to death."

Lady Luo was stunned at first but then she recalled who An Tao was.

It was clear she had not expected them to be sisters.

Lady Luo didn’t feel she was wrong, "She seduced the Family Head, attempted to drug him for vile acts, wasn’t it right for me to beat her to death?"

Lan Qin sneered, "Whether she seduced him or you wrongfully accused her, you know very well."

"An Tao served the eldest master and fancied him too, so how could she possibly seduce the Family Head?"

"She was just delivering items to the main courtyard when she happened to be stopped by the Family Head, who asked her about the eldest master. After speaking a couple of more times, you became displeased when you found out."

"You feared the Family Head might take interest in An Tao, or even take her as a concubine, so you deliberately framed my sister to have her beaten to death."

"But how innocent my sister was, she was only nineteen when she died."

"I also came to your side to seek revenge, gradually gaining your trust and waiting for the opportune moment to exact it."

"Over these years, there have been no fewer than seven or eight girls in their prime who have died by your hand. You are a poisonous woman."

"The Family Head must be blind to have continued to dote on you, a poisonous woman."

She huffed coldly, already unconcerned with her own fate, "Or perhaps you are all tarred with the same brush."

Lady Luo’s face changed, "You’re slandering me."

"The public has a sense of natural justice. Whether I’m talking nonsense or not can be known if the Family Head investigates carefully."

"Besides An Tao being harmed by you, there was also Qiuyu, Dongxue..." She listed several more names in a row.

It was clear to everyone, she probably wasn’t lying.

Such matters were not unheard of in other families, but having it openly laid out like this made Lady Luo seem particularly narrow-minded.

Luo Ning, in fact, did not expect the situation to be like this either, but she could tell that Lan Qin wasn’t lying.

"Ts, ts, no wonder the Family Head Luo’s backyard is so clean, with just the main wife. It turns out Lady Luo has been eliminating anyone she sees as a potential threat."

She looked at Lady Luo with a hint of sarcasm, "Impressive indeed, but do you never have nightmares when you sleep at night?"

"Don’t you know that what goes around comes around, and that evil will be met with evil?"

Lady Luo did not expect Luo Ning to interject with sarcasm and was quite angered, "This is just the word of a maid, do not deliberately provoke me."

Luo Ning shrugged indifferently, "If you haven’t done anything guilty, why do you feel uneasy?"

"But truthfully, now is not the time to delve into this."

The matter with Lady Luo was not the focus of today.

She looked at Lan Qin and asked, "I’m just very curious, when you impersonated Family Head Luo and summoned so many family heads here, it couldn’t have just been to seek so-called justice for your sister, could it?"

"They govern heaven and earth but have no say in Family Head Luo’s backyard."

Family Head Luo felt somewhat embarrassed; he knew his wife was not one to tolerate others, but he hadn’t realized she’d been doing this behind his back.

For a moment, he felt dazed; could his bedfellow really be so vicious?

Having this aired in front of all the major families made him feel humiliated and embarrassed.

However, Luo Ning’s words also served as a reminder to him.

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