Chapter 23 Self-rescue

Duan Yunwan hugged the old lady's legs, as if grasping at a life-saving straw, having long ago thrown aside gentleness and gentleness.

"Grandma, please save your granddaughter, mother is going to kill me and silence me!" Without giving the old lady time to react, Duan Yunwan told her in one breath that the eldest lady Qiao ordered her to push Kou Qingqing off the cliff.

The fear of almost losing her life made her unable to care about anything. There was only one thought in her mind: Cousin Qing was right, her aunt would not let her go, and it was better to be punished than to lose her life!

"My mother was afraid that I would leak the news, so she just sent someone to kill me to silence me! Grandma, please make the decision for your granddaughter!"

Duan Yunwan's cries echoed in the room, and the old lady's forehead veins jumped as she slowly glanced at Xin You.

Xin You pursed her lips tightly, her eyes flashing with astonishment, fear and anger.

The old lady's lips moved, and she didn't know what to say for a moment. Her eyes swept across her face and landed on Duan Yunling.

Duan Yunling's face was pale, and his trembling lips had no trace of blood.

The old lady looked at Mrs. Zhao: "She is -"

After all, she is a rough lady, so the old lady only feels a little familiar.

"Qingqing, what do you mean? Do you doubt your aunt?" Mrs. Qiao looked disappointed and unbelievable.

She knew very well that Mrs. Zhao did not dare to confess her. After all, Mrs. Zhao had a whole family, and they were all in the palm of her hand.

Mrs. Qiao's face turned blue and white, and a fierce flash passed in her eyes.

"Madam." Xin You spoke.

"Yes... I remember that the old lady once reprimanded me. Today I saw the eldest girl alone by the pool, and I suddenly had the murderous intention..." Mrs. Zhao lay on the ground, crying bitterly.

The eldest wife, Mrs. Qiao, had already known the situation in the garden. When the maid from Ruyi Hall came over, no matter what she thought in her heart, her face had already calmed down.

The old lady then ordered her confidant to go to the Yamen to report to Duan Shaoqing.

Qiao's face darkened: "Where are your rules? You talk to me like this!"

The feeling of suffocation came over her, making her face paler and her whole body shaking: "Grandma, it wasn't enough for her to push her granddaughter into the pool, she also pressed my head into the water with her hands..."

Duan Shaoqing gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger.

"Sir, the eldest girl is talking nonsense. Are you going to let her talk nonsense and insult me ​​as a mother?" Mrs. Qiao looked at Duan Shaoqing steadily.

Originally, matters in the inner house were either handled by the old lady or Mr. Qiao, and would not easily disturb the men working outside, but today's matter was different.

Hearing Duan Yunwan mention Duan Yunhua, Mrs. Qiao's face changed drastically: "Shut up! Never did I let you hurt your cousin? Old lady, I think the eldest girl is hysterical, so I'd better ask a doctor you know well to take a look."

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Qiao and the old lady both changed their expressions. Duan Yunling, who was standing in the corner, even changed his expression, his eyes full of struggle.

"Qingqing, what you said makes my aunt so sad——"

Only then did Mrs. Qiao realize that since she came in and started arguing with the concubine, the cousin had remained silent.

Disappointment is false, disbelief is true.

The old lady looked at everyone in the room with a heavy face, and ordered the maid: "Go to Yaxinyuan and call the eldest lady here."

He is not stupid, the truth is self-evident, but no matter how angry Qiao is, he cannot let his wife, the mother of his children, and the head of the Shaoqing Mansion be charged with murder.

Confusing right and wrong, calling a deer a horse, she finally saw it today.

In the room, in addition to serving the old lady closely, there were Xin You and Xiao Lian, Duan Yunling, her personal maid Ning Cui, and Mrs. Zhao who was kneeling on the ground.

"Is it the same as the girl in the house?" Xin You chuckled, "But cousin Wan almost died in the pool just now. I also almost died not long ago. If you look at it this way, then we are indeed the same."

So many people saw Mrs. Zhao committing the murder, and Mrs. Qiao knew that there was no defense, so she could only push Mrs. Zhao out.

Except for Mrs. Zhao, the perpetrator, everyone else looked frightened after hearing Duan Yunwan's words. Especially those who had witnessed the murder scene with their own eyes, their expressions were even uglier.

"You are talking nonsense. I have never scolded you -" After a moment of anger, Duan Yunwan looked at Mrs. Qiao, "Don't you find it ridiculous that Mother Zhao made up this reason? You must have instigated me to push my cousin Qing off the cliff."

, will I be forced to say that it’s because I’m jealous of cousin Qing like Mother Zhao?”

"This -" Duan Shaoqing's expression was a little stiff. He obviously didn't expect that his well-behaved and docile niece would ask such a straightforward question. He forced a smile to appease her, "Qingqing, this matter is important, and we still need to find out."

"Qingqing, don't listen to your cousin's nonsense. In my aunt's heart, you and the girls in the house are the same." Mrs. Qiao forced a smile.

"She is Mother Zhao in the mother's courtyard!" Duan Yunwan looked at Mrs. Zhao's face and remembered the pair of big hands in the pool that pressed her head down again and again.

It involved the head of the house murdering her concubine, and it was also revealed that the aunt murdered her niece for money. The matter was so serious that the head of the family had to be called back.

Is this still the thin-skinned cousin who would rather suffer a loss than lose face?

Xin You smiled: "Compared to Mother Zhao wanting to kill the master just because she was scolded by Cousin Wan, Cousin Wan's words are more reasonable. What does the eldest lady say?"

"It's because the daughter-in-law didn't discipline her well enough that the evil slave actually murdered her master." Mrs. Qiao apologized as soon as she came in and glared at Mrs. Zhao, "Explain clearly to me, why did you harm the eldest girl?"

In fear and despair, Duan Yunwan's reason was on the verge of collapse, so she risked her life: "My mother forced me to become a murderer, and also ordered Mother Zhao to kill me to silence me. I just told the truth, so am I breaking the rules? Mother, right?

, I am also a human being, the same person as my second sister!"

"What report?" Duan Shaoqing, who was rushing home in a hurry, stepped in and his expression suddenly changed after hearing this.

"yes."

Xin You stared at Mr. Qiao's opening and closing mouth and felt it was funny.

Xin You knelt down to Duan Shaoqing and said concisely: "Today, Mother Zhao in my aunt's courtyard pushed cousin Wan into the garden pool. Cousin Wan said it was my aunt who killed me because she ordered her to push me off the cliff. Big aunt.

My aunt said that these were all Cousin Wan's words, and that Mother Zhao harmed my eldest cousin because she had scolded her. Which one do you think is credible?"

"Then report it to the official." Xin You said calmly, not bothering to watch Mr. Qiao continue to pretend.

Mrs. Qiao noticed Duan Shaoqing's subtle reaction and glanced at Duan Yunwan and Xin You.

You two are really stupid girls. It will be easier for you to get through this hurdle!

At this moment, her eyes were so cold and poisonous. Duan Yunling felt his blood surge and blurted out: "I heard it!"

Many eyes were cast on her, pushing this little girl who had always wanted to protect herself wisely but had an uneasy conscience to the forefront of the storm.

She was scared, but knew there was no way out, so she shouted again: "I heard it!"
Chapter completed!