"Madam!" Yu Xijiao stepped forward and saluted, and did not call her "mother" again. In front of everyone, the title of "ma'am" immediately made the ladies present look confused.
Compared to Jiao'er, who was affectionately kissed by Qian just now, Yu Xijiao seemed much colder, which also made people feel unreasonable and disrespectful.
No matter what, Mrs. Qian was still the wife of Marquis Xuanping. Even if Mrs. Xie was still there at the time, she was still Marquis Xuanping's common wife. Although she was not the wife of the Marquis, she was considered his wife, not his concubine.
Besides, she is still the legitimate Madam Hou.
Is it because she grew up in Jiangnan, and the Xie family's teachings made her not close to the Qian family? If you put it this way, it's something wrong with the Xie family. How can you teach a girl to be related to her father at home?
Not close.
But Yu Xijiao's next words made everyone present completely lose their thoughts, and even looked at Qian with suspicion. Could there be some reason that they didn't know about? Why did Qian's face suddenly change?
So ugly? So, what Miss Yu San said is true?
"Madam, there was an assassination attempt on me in the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion. The matter has not yet been resolved. Now there is another woman who uses madam's name to trick me out and prepare to kill me. If I were not lucky, she would kill me from the backyard.
If I escape back, I'm afraid Madam won't be able to see me by this time."
Yu Xijiao finished speaking calmly, and then looked at the man who was being escorted and kneeling on the ground.
"Madam, this...could this be another attempt to frame me? When I first arrived in the capital, I experienced death disasters in Zhengyuanhou's Mansion again and again. I don't know who I offended, but they always used Zhengyuanhou's Mansion to plot against me. Now this
Who...is that person?" Yu Xijiao looked at the man in front of her and spoke very calmly, neither angry nor angry.
After hearing this sentence clearly, everyone was shocked. Looking at Qian's face that suddenly froze, they immediately became suspicious. Not to mention what happened now, there must have been something happened before.
"Jiao'er, don't talk nonsense." Qian calmed down and said hurriedly, knowing that it was not good.
"Madam, you think I'm talking nonsense. How dare you send someone to ask Aunt Qin, who is close to my grandmother, to come over. She should be able to testify for me. Is it true that I was assassinated in Zhengyuan Hou Mansion?" Yu Xi
Her charming eyes fell on Qian's face again, and through the veil, she smiled brightly.
Qian's hand held the handkerchief tightly. How dare she respond to this? She originally wanted to cut the knot quickly, but covered Yu Xijiao's body with dirty water, and then invited the Marquis over, in order to blackmail the Marquis into suppressing Yu Lanyan.
Anyway, all the people present were members of the Yu family, so everyone covered it tightly, so that it could not be spread to the ears of An and the eldest princess for the time being.
As for using this to manipulate Yu Xijiao's marriage in the future, it won't work for her to marry anyone. Anyway, she can just cry a few times and let the marquis report to Princess An and the eldest princess.
Anyway, it had been a long time since the incident, and there was no way to investigate, but it was confirmed that Yu Xijiao was filthy.
Even the eldest princess can't do anything, and it can't be found on herself.
But she didn't expect that Yu Xijiao would suddenly get the news and come over. Not only would she confront her face to face, but she would also faintly threaten her with the things she left in the hands of An and the eldest princess.
She wanted to tear Yu Xijiao apart in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it hard. She could only say vaguely: "Jiao'er, this matter... why bother the eldest princess? Mother naturally believed you about what happened before, but
Now this matter..."
"Now, Madam, do you think it's my fault again? Is it the same as before?" Yu Xijiao interrupted Qian's words rudely and smiled coldly: "Actually, it's easy to tell whether it's true or not.
Yes, as long as this person recognizes me among twenty or thirty women, I will consider it as acknowledgment."
"But... if you can't recognize it..." Yu Xijiao's eyes fell on the man in front of her again, looking down at the man who was pressed in front of her, her voice was as calm as ever: "If you can't recognize it,
, this person not only needs to be sent to the Yamen, but also his parents and relatives must be found and dealt with together."
The words were spoken calmly, but everyone present sounded a bit murderous.
"There are so many people here..." the man said anxiously, "How can you recognize this..."
"Didn't you just say that you have met me and have a very good relationship with me, and even asked my wife to marry me because of me?" Yu Xijiao sneered. She had been here for a while and was listening outside.
"But...but..." The man began to sweat on his forehead.
"Do you think that the people from the Yamen might not be able to find out? Or is it that murdering the royal bloodline is not a serious crime?" Yu Xijiao said coldly.
After being charged with such a big crime, not to mention it was just a crime, beheading was also possible. The man panicked and said subconsciously: "No...it's not..."
"Jiao'er, since this matter happened in the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion, let's investigate it carefully. Don't send them to the Yamen one by one. The reputation of your daughter's family must always be taken into consideration." Seeing that this man couldn't stand it any longer, Ning
Shi said hurriedly.
"Who are you?" Yu Xijiao's eyes swept over and landed on Ning's face. She looked at Ning's face for the first time after entering the door. A sneer appeared on the corner of her lips. Ning finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"I...I..." Ning was stunned by her unreasonable remarks, and her face turned red for a moment.
"This is my mother's cousin and the second wife of the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. Jiao'er calls her aunt." Qian had already recovered and hurriedly explained to Ning.
"The second wife of the Marquis of Zhengyuan's Mansion, Mrs. Ning who is now in charge of the affairs of the Marquis of Zhengyuan's Mansion?" Yu Xijiao thought for a while and asked.
"Yes, that's my aunt." Qian nodded.
"If it's Mrs. Ning, then I have to ask. That day I went to Zhengyuanhou Mansion with good intentions to congratulate Lord Lanxuan on his marriage, but I was assassinated by a maid. Now I'm here again
The Zhengyuan Hou Mansion came to help with the funeral, but was framed by a mother-in-law. Could it be that your Zhengyuan Hou Mansion and I don't get along, and that's why I was assassinated again and again in the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion?"
Yu Xijiao said and slowly raised her head. Qingyue stepped forward and took off the white cloth strips that bound her arms. The cloth strips fell down, and the blood-stained sleeves were clearly visible to everyone.
Everyone present took a deep breath.
It turns out...it's actually true...
"Mrs. Ning, is it possible that there is something shameful about your Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion that caused me to accidentally take a look at it, and then you kept chasing me, over and over again?" Yu Xijiao looked at Ning.
, asked sharply.
The smile on Ning's face suddenly froze, and her face turned blue and white. She never thought that a weak girl in a young lady would dare to talk to her like this, and then hit her in the face without any care.
.
If his uncle was still here, even if he was just a second wife, he would never have been so embarrassed. Who dares to underestimate the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion? Who can underestimate the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion?
But now, a little girl actually dared to step on her face, point at her and speak like this, but she was powerless.
I was filled with hatred in my heart, and hatred flashed in my eyes, but I didn't dare to really confront Yu Xijiao. I only hated myself for not persuading my cousin to send a few people to Jiangnan to kill Yu Xijiao early. Where?
There is also something like this now.
"This matter must be reported to the eldest princess, so that the eldest princess can vent her anger on our girl." Qingyue also spoke to help, raised her leg and kicked the man who was still on the ground hard, "This man is also with me, and it just so happens that
Find out what this person is up to, who is behind him, and is he also involved in the assassination?"
The man was paralyzed on the ground in fear. This matter was far more involved than he thought before, and it was getting more serious the more he heard about it.
Not to mention that he couldn't find it among the twenty or thirty women, even if he found it, the matter might not go well. He looked around for a while, trying to find the woman who asked him to come over and gave him some money.
I couldn't find the time, so I couldn't help but turn pale and sweaty.
Now everyone could see that this man was talking nonsense before, and he was clearly deliberately trying to tarnish Yu Xijiao's reputation. Thinking of the way Qian and Ning sang together just now, they all looked at the cousins with suspicion.
The most suspicious thing in this matter is this pair of sisters.
"Madam, this hairpin is evidence? Can I see it? Madam, I heard that this hairpin is still the one I inserted in my head before?" Yu Xijiao ignored Ning and raised her hand to Qian.
Qian had no choice but to hand over the hairpin in his hand.
Yu Xijiao reached out and took it. After looking through it carefully several times, she took two steps forward and handed the hairpin to an old lady. This was one of the oldest old ladies in the Yu family. She was considered to be her father's uncle.
The wife, who is usually fairly fair, said: "Can you help me see if this is my logo?"
The hairpin is made of white jade, with a gold base on the top, and two very small characters on the long gold base. However, one of the characters seems to have been scratched, so it is difficult to see clearly.
The old lady took it, looked at the light outside the window, carefully distinguished it, and read out in confusion: "Bingxi?"
Qian and Ning were stunned, subconsciously feeling that they sounded familiar. Before they could react, Yu Xijiao had already spoken: "Grandma once told me that the palace where Concubine Ning lives seems to be called Bingxi Palace.
, my grandmother even said to me with a smile, there is only one word difference between this word and my name, and it sounds like they are very destined."
Bingxi Palace? The palace where Concubine Ning lives.
In a word, several ladies present who had heard about it couldn't help but look at each other and realized that the palace where Concubine Ning lived was indeed called Bingxi Palace.
Therefore, the hairpin used as evidence did not belong to Yu Xijiao at all, but was gifted by Concubine Ning in the palace.
When I saw the word "ice" that had been crossed out, several ladies were confused at first, but now they looked over and immediately realized that it was indeed the word "ice".
Yu Xijiao just returned to the capital. It is impossible to have such a hairpin. Ning is the clan sister of Concubine Ning, and they have a very good relationship. So this hairpin was given to Ning by Concubine Ning?
Ning's face turned blue and white for a while, and she didn't know how to end it when it turned out to be like this.
"Why don't you tell me where this hairpin came from? Why were you sent to murder our girl?" Qingyue kicked the man again, suddenly waking him up.