Hearing the sharp shouts, the people in the courtyard couldn't help but turn around. They saw the chief steward of the mansion and two young men standing at the gate of the courtyard. They had been watching for who knows how long. Aunt Xu was by their side.
The chief steward was the old man from the time of Marquis Xuanping. Although he followed Yu Ruiwen now, he was the most proud in front of Yu Ruiwen. Even Yu Ruiwen had to call him Uncle Shen.
Now he came slowly with two young men.
He bowed respectfully to Yu Xijiao: "I've met the third girl."
"You're welcome, Chief Steward." Yu Xijiao stood up and returned the gift. Her grandmother had specifically mentioned this steward in the mansion to herself.
The big steward kept saying, "I don't dare," and he ducked away politely.
Hong Ling looked at the door with a pale face. The previous excitement and madness seemed to have poured down a basin of cold water, cooling her from the top of her head to her vest.
Shouldn't it be Madam who comes at this time?
Why is the big steward here?
"Boss, this girl is just disrespectful to our girl. She also stole so many things from our girl, some of which our girl brought from Jiangnan." Qingyue pointed at Hongling and complained.
The things were thrown on the corridor. It can be seen that they are all good things. Indeed, they are not what a maid should have. There are quite a lot of them. Brocade materials and jewelry. If these things really belong to the maid Hongling, it goes without saying that they must be.
He stole something from his master.
"These things...are all yours?" the chief steward asked in a deep voice.
Hongling's face twitched, and she suddenly realized what she was doing, and she cried loudly: "Master, I don't know where these things come from. They are not mine. The third girl is unwilling to speak ill of the madam and the second girl."
, I tied the slave here, and then I found these things and said they belonged to the slave, but the slave didn’t know anything.”
Hong Ling denied it. She didn't believe that anyone would testify for Yu Xijiao.
Qingyue was so angry that her whole body was trembling, and she pointed at Hongling: "You are talking nonsense. These were just found in your house, and you admitted it."
"I didn't. It was you and the third girl who deliberately set things wrong." Hong Ling still dared to admit it at this time and cried loudly: "Master, I really don't know anything. The third girl thinks that I didn't say anything about my wife."
I have to punish you for speaking bad words. I don’t know what these slaves are. Even if I die here today, I will still be a dead ghost."
Yu Xijiao glanced at the people in the yard. Except for the few she brought with her, everyone else lowered their heads. No one refuted Hong Ling's words, and no one stood up to testify for her.
No one in this courtyard really regards themselves as their master.
"Qingyue, take out the things we brought." Yu Xijiao sat down, raised her watery eyes and glanced at Hongling lightly, not in a hurry to pursue Hongling, and said to Qingyue.
Qingyue understood, turned around and went in, and soon came out with a delicate vial.
As soon as she saw this delicate vial, Hong Ling's expression changed drastically.
"Master, this is the hair oil I brought from Jiangnan. My grandmother specially asked someone to prepare it for me. It is different from other places in the capital. Many precious things are used in it. Not only does it taste good, it is also very good for my hair."
The role of maintenance, the manager smells it."
Yu Xi said delicately.
Qingyue sent it to the chief steward.
The chief steward glanced at Hong Ling and Qingyue in confusion, then took it, opened the lid on it, and smelled it carefully.
Then he frowned. He had smelled something like this before when he passed by Hong Ling.
Returning the bottle to Qingyue, she came over to Hongling, raised her nose and smelled it, and sure enough, there was the smell of this kind of hair oil. Although it was very light, because the smell was unusual, it was actually easy to identify.
"Chief Steward, I haven't been in the yard for the past two days. Many things are missing, not just these but other things. Can you please check if anyone in the yard has gone out during the two days I was away? Maybe there are others?
Some were sent outside the house." Yu Xijiao took another list from her sleeve and handed it over.
The list clearly recorded all her missing things.
"Third Miss, this oil...this oil was given to this slave by you. You gave it to me. You can't deliberately do this to your slave." Hong Ling cried loudly.
"Three girls rewarded it?" The chief steward silently took the order and looked at it and asked.
"Yes, that's right, it was given to this slave by the third girl. Third girl..." Hong Ling explained with tears as if grasping a life-saving straw.
"Why should I reward you?" Yu Xijiao asked.
"Third Miss... Third Miss thinks that slave... slave is good..." Hong Ling panicked, her lips trembled, but at this time she was still slandering Yu Xijiao.
"I think you are a good person. Do you think you are a good person because you are so disrespectful to the master and the slave who steals the master's property is a good person?" Yu Xijiao leaned back and said, "Boss, is this maid's hands and feet unclean?
I believe the chief steward can find out. If the chief steward is in trouble, he can tie them to grandma and ask her to send someone to investigate."
Yu Xijiao raised her chin and pointed at the two rough ladies in front of her. These two rough ladies were not wearing the clothes of the ladies in the mansion. How could the chief steward not tell that they were An He?
People from the eldest princess’s house.
"Come here, put this slave down, wait for me to find out first, and then deal with it." The big steward spoke and shook the list in his hand. The ink on it was only dry, so it could be seen that it had been sorted out just now.
"The chief steward can send someone to check this maid's house again, and they may find something else." Yu Xijiao said slowly.
Now that she has checked, she will naturally not give Hongling a chance to talk back.
The chief steward nodded and asked a boy to follow Qingyue to Hongling's house. When he came out again, he had a few more things in his hand.
They were thrown together in front of Hong Ling.
"Hong Ling, you are also an old man in the house. My wife has always said that you serve well. I didn't expect... that you would do such a thing." The chief steward said with a cold expression.
"No, chief steward...not a slave, not a slave..." Hong Ling was finally scared.
"Hong Ling, do you know what will happen to Caiyue and Madam Wang next to her?" Yu Xijiao suddenly smiled. Although she was young and childish, her face was delicate and charming, but the coldness in her eyes made her smile more.
A bit cold.
A chill that penetrated the heart rushed from Hong Ling's heart to Tianling Gai.
"They...what happened to them?"
Hong Ling had heard about Caiyue's affairs, but she didn't know about Grandma Wang's affairs. However, seeing that Madam came back unscathed, she thought that Caiyue would be fine. Now that she heard what Qingyue said, she
Realizing that things might be different from what he thought, his lips began to tremble involuntarily.
"The eldest princess means that Grandma Wang will kill her with a stick on the spot and let the people in the house see the consequences of murdering the master. Their whole family will be sold, and Caiyue will do the same. She will be killed with a stick and sold." Qing Yue Leng
He snorted and said sternly, "Do you still want to slander our girl and be guilty of the same crime as Caiyue and Grandma Wang?"
They were all killed with sticks and sold by the family together. Hong Ling could hardly believe her ears and raised her eyes to look at Yu Xijiao.
Yu Xijiao's face was cold and calm.
"Third Miss...Third Miss..." Hong Ling was isolated and helpless. When she heard what happened to Caiyue and Nanny Wang, she panicked and knocked her head heavily on the ground: "Third Miss... Please forgive me, Third Miss."
My slave, the third girl has mercy on me, I don’t dare to do it anymore, I don’t dare to do it anymore!”
This means admitting it.
Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief, she was afraid that Hongling would not plead guilty.
"Are these things yours?" Yu Xijiao's long eyelashes fluttered twice.
"Yes...it's a slave. It's because the slave's hands and feet are unclean. It's all because of the slave's fault." Hong Ling cried, no longer as tyrannical as before.
"Chief steward, this girl first stole my things and then tainted my life. I don't know how to deal with it?" Yu Xijiao raised her eyes to look at the steward and asked softly.
"You should take the responsibility yourself." The chief steward nodded.
"What about these people?" Yu Xijiao stretched out her white and tender fingers and included everyone in the yard, "When Hongling deceived me just now, it is actually easy to explain. As long as there is one person here who is
Those who love me sincerely regard me as their master, and they will not allow Hongling to slander me so unscrupulously, but...they are deaf!"
Yu Xijiao curled her lips mockingly.
The big steward's mouth twitched, knowing that Yu Xijiao was dissatisfied with all the servants in the yard, so he helplessly said: "Third girl, let's see if we can keep a few of them? If there are none who are not needed, we will re-open them all."
After choosing, let Yapo send some people over some other day, how about the third girl making her own choice?"
The maids and mother-in-law who were watching the show suddenly knelt down when they looked at me and me. Being able to work as a servant in Yaoshui Pavilion is a great thing. Miss Qian must not be a serious master in the house.
He is also kind to servants like them, and they are rewarded from time to time, and if there is a reward from his wife, it is two rewards.
Who would want such a good thing to just disappear?
"Third Miss, I didn't hear you clearly just now."
"Three girls and slaves will bear witness now."
"Third Miss, I wanted to testify just now, but I just couldn't make it in time"...
At this moment, everyone is looking for reasons to prove their innocence. No one is willing to leave Yaoshui Pavilion. Seeing that they are extremely loyal to Yu Xijiao, they have long forgotten that Qingyue came out to call someone just now, but she couldn't move them.
.
"Does the chief steward know why I asked my grandmother for two wives?" Yu Xijiao asked, looking at the silent chief steward.
"Why?" the boss asked with lowered eyes.
"There are all the slaves in the yard, and all the food and drinks are from the Xuanping Hou Mansion, but no one regards me as the master. If it weren't for the two wives given by my grandmother, I would have been pushed down by this maid just now." Yu Xijiao.
Having said this, he stretched out his hand and pressed his arm, smiling very coldly, "The medicine my grandma just asked the imperial doctor to give me may have been in vain. I might as well have to trouble the chief steward to find a doctor now."
These words are very serious, implying that Hongling is addicted to her master, and the other servants in the yard are accomplices.
"Evil slave deceives the master! Hongling's staff punishes those who are thirty years old. The whole yard is full of maids, mother-in-law, and the three girls can send anyone they want..." The big steward glanced at all the maids present, and the mother-in-law came down
Made a decision.
In the past, the affairs of the inner courtyard were not under his control, but now that the matter was brought to him, the chief manager had no choice but to continue. He was also very dissatisfied with the Qian family. What kind of servants were arranged for him, but he actually arranged them next to the girl.
Aren't you afraid of the eldest princess being angry with such a thing?
"Wait a minute!" Just after the chief steward finished speaking, another sudden voice came from the courtyard gate.