Chapter Forty-Five: Setting the blame
The old lady doesn't buy Xin Yuanwen's blame at all.
She was originally waiting for Xin Yuanwen and Xin Nianyan to go over for dinner, but Xiaozhu went to tell her that Xin Nianyan was called to Huilan Courtyard by the master, and it didn't seem to be a good thing.
As soon as she heard this, she felt that something must have happened to Zhang Yunhui and her daughter.
She was still angry about what happened in the morning, but these two people dared to make trouble instead of just staying in the yard.
How could she just watch them make things happen under her nose?
Xin Rouer pursed her lips and whispered: "Grandma, you don't know something. In the afternoon, the maid in my sister's courtyard came and told us that her sister deliberately asked someone to release the mouse in the ancestral hall last night, but she bit her to death and refused to admit it.
, my father had no choice but to ask someone to find the maid."
She covered her eyes, still crying sadly: "Grandma, my mother has always treated my sister very well, and we don't want to believe that my sister did this."
The old lady frowned, glanced at Xin Nianyan, looked into Xin Nianyan's stubborn and red eyes, and patted her hand comfortingly.
"It's made of Yan'er. Didn't the doctor say this morning that the mice were brought by the sachet on your mother's body? Why, you don't even believe what the doctor said, but you still say that you are resentful of my punishment and want to take this pot away."
Dump it on Yan'er?"
When Xin Yuanwen heard this, he frowned and looked at Xin Rou'er.
It was caused by the sachet, how come he didn't know about this?
Facing Xin Yuanwen's puzzled eyes, Xin Rouer's heart trembled and she hurriedly said: "Grandma, my mother's sachet is so big. Even if it attracts mice, it is impossible to attract so many at once. Someone must have put it there deliberately.
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"Hmph, I think you are just not convinced by my punishment. Since you want to call the maid to ask, okay, then call and ask. I want to see who is the short-sighted person who dares to frame me, Yan'er."
The old lady snorted coldly and pulled Xin Nianyan aside to sit down.
Looking at Xin Rouer again, she felt inexplicably upset.
Why didn’t I think this granddaughter had too many things to do before? This is the first time she has found trouble since she came back from Jingxin Temple!
A good prime minister's house was turned into a mess!
Xin Rou'er didn't know that she had incurred the old lady's dislike, and she was still angry that the old lady was so nice to help Xin Nianyan.
And Zhang Yunhui in the back room was also very angry.
Damn old woman, wait for her, one day she will ask her to wash her feet with that bitch Xin Nianyan!
Soon all the seven servants from Yanyunyuan were brought over. They all lowered their heads and said nothing.
Xin Yuanwen looked around and asked: "Rou'er, who is talking this afternoon?"
Xin Rouer pointed to Chunxiang Chuncao: "Father, it's the two of them."
Xin Yuanwen's eyes fell on Chunxiang Chuncao. Since she was demoted last time, Chunxiang Chuncao has become a rough maid. The clothes she wears are also worn by the lower maids of the prime minister's house. She is completely no longer as high-spirited as before.
Before Xin Yuanwen could ask questions, the old lady on the side sneered: "Aren't these maids selected by Zhang to send to Yan'er? Why, they are all eating the food of Yanyun Yuan, but their hearts go to Huilan?"
Yard run?"
What she said made the seven servants tremble, as if she was saying that they had eaten everything.
"Haha, grandma, you are joking. Although these are all sent to Yanyun Court by my mother, they are all servants of the mansion, and they also eat the food of the mansion. There is no distinction between this courtyard and that courtyard." Xin Rouerrou.
Soft way.
"Humph!" The old lady snorted coldly, not even bothering to look at her.
Xin Rouer clenched her fists to calm herself down.
Xin Yuanwen said to Chunxiang Chuncao: "You two, did you see the eldest lady releasing rats into the ancestral hall last night?"
The two of them trembled and looked at Xin Rouer cautiously.
Xin Rouer said gently: "You don't have to be afraid. Just say what you said in the afternoon again. Father will not blame you."
The two of them bit their lips. After a while, Xin Yuanwen became impatient with waiting, and Chunxiang said in a low voice: "Slaves... the slaves didn't see it."
Xin Rouer's eyes widened, feeling like she was hearing hallucinations: "What?"
Next to Xin Nianyan, the heart that Xiaozhu had been holding finally let go.
The old lady sneered: "It seems that it's not all eating inside and outside."
Xin Nianyan tugged at his lips and smiled bitterly.
Xin Yuanwen didn't expect this answer, and his face turned dark.
"Didn't you still say this afternoon that the eldest lady released the mouse?" Xin Rouer realized that she had just lost her composure and quickly suppressed her emotions. She asked with a puzzled voice, but her eyes were full of threats.
Xin Yuanwen also looked at the two of them with sharp eyes. The pressure of the Prime Minister caused cold sweat to break out on their foreheads.
"If you don't tell the truth in front of the truth, the truth will order you to be disposed of right now, and your family members will also be sold!"
The two of them trembled again and knelt down. Chun Cao trembled and said, "Master, please forgive me. What the slaves told is the truth."
"Then why did you come to tell me this afternoon that you saw the eldest lady releasing rats in the ancestral hall?" Xin Yuanwen asked sharply.
Chunxiang trembled and said, "Then...that's because Madam called us here and asked us to deliberately...deliberately frame the eldest lady, otherwise...or our family will look good."
"Yes, sir, we had no choice but to agree, but we did not see the eldest lady going to the ancestral hall to release mice last night. We don't dare to lie in front of the master and the old lady." Chuncao also cried and begged.
"You..." Xin Rouer never expected that they would betray her temporarily, and she was so angry that she pointed at the two of them and was speechless.
"Heh, let me just say, why should things that have already been dealt with be made trouble again? I feel like I want to put the blame on Yan'er." The old lady sneered.
Then she looked at Xin Rou'er with disappointment: "Rou'er, grandma, I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person. Unfortunately, I thought you were different from your mother before and had expectations for you. Haha, look.
It’s because my old eyesight is dim.”
Xin Rou'er was a little panicked when the old lady said this, and quickly knelt down: "Grandma, listen to Rou'er's explanation, this matter really has nothing to do with Rou'er, it's these two servants, they did it this afternoon
That’s right…”
"That's enough!" The old lady saw that it was already this time, but she still didn't regret it. She thought about throwing dirty water on Xin Nianyan, which made her even more disappointed.
"Wen'er, do you still think that Yan'er deliberately released rats to harm the Zhang family?" The old lady looked at Xin Yuanwen.
Xin Yuanwen pursed his lips tightly, with a sullen face, and said nothing. It was obvious that he still had doubts.
The old lady simply hated the iron. She pointed at him with trembling hands and said: "You...you are so confused. For that foxy child, you have ignored your daughter again and again. Thirteen years ago, you sacrificed everything for her."
Chapter completed!