The fragrance hits your nostrils, even if you are a little further away, you can smell it all at once.
Qingyue came from behind Yu Xijiao, reached out and respectfully took the handkerchief bag from Yu Xijiao's hand, and held it in front of everyone: "Master Marquis, this is the powder that the slave has packed up for the girl to use on her face."
The so-called powder is used to decorate the face of the daughter of aristocratic families. It has a light fragrance. When you smell it so close, the fragrance is strong.
Yu Yuxi was stunned, how could it be makeup powder? Isn't it white mud? White makeup powder, how could this... be possible? How could it be makeup powder? Who betrayed her?
He held the handkerchief tightly, and his eyes went black. How could this be possible?
How could such a seamless plan come to nothing? For this plan, she even plotted against Xu Anjiao and Duan Wang.
How could it be wrong?
"Father, you can ask someone to check whether the white makeup powder in Mrs. Qian's mouth is the same," Yu Xijiao said.
Of course, white makeup powder and white clay cannot be the same, and they also have fragrance.
Yu Ruiwen looked at Yu Yuxi: "What do you think the concubine is saying about Qian?"
"I...I don't know." Yu Yuxi trembled, with a bad feeling in her heart, and a vague feeling that something bad was going to happen.
"Do you don't know or don't want to say it? Please let me know." Yu Xijiao said calmly.
"I...I don't know, I really don't know." Yu Yuxi cried, looking very pitiful.
"Marquis Xuanping, Concubine Yu just took a brief look at it. Even if you don't see it clearly, it doesn't matter." Seeing Yu Xijiao's calmness and naturalness, Feng Lanxiu coughed and said, Yu Yuxi was about to die at the first sight.
After fainting, he had to stand up again.
"Why do you need to hide the white makeup powder?" Feng Lanxiu looked at Qingyue coldly and said.
"Report to the prince, this makeup powder originally belonged to our girl, but accidentally fell to the ground. The powder was all dirty. I thought the powder could not be used, so I buried it with a handkerchief. If I threw it away casually, I would be afraid
The other maids in the yard were ignorant and took it out and applied it randomly."
Qingyue explained.
The master's things are all good, even if they are dirty or broken, if some maids and mothers-in-law get it, they will take them away without causing discomfort to the master.
As a personal servant, you have to take this into consideration. You should deal with what needs to be dealt with, and you can't let a servant contaminate the things used by the master.
"Luoyun, why do you think this is white mud? These are obviously pink, so why are they white mud? Do you think it is?"
Qingyue asked Luoyun in return.
Preconception means knowing it early. In other words, this maid knew about Bai Ni and thought it was the right thing.
Thinking more deeply, how did this maid know about this? Could it be that she knew the inside story and deliberately framed her?
"Third Miss, I don't know. I don't know anything. At night... I didn't see clearly." Luo Yun was dumbfounded and said hurriedly.
"Didn't you dig it out and look at it? Although the white mud and this pink are similar in color, they are different in essence. Even in the night, they still have some fragrance. What is it that makes you think this is it? Or did you originally say
Are you panicking?" Yu Xijiao sneered, this maid really thought that she, the third girl, was easy to step on, and actually stepped on her to death.
"My slave does not..."
"There is also the matter of white mud. If what you said was not similar to what the concubine said, I would not have known that Mrs. Qian had white mud stuffed in her mouth." Yu Xijiao's eyes were full of suspicion and coldness.
The so-called white mud, Luo Yun has said it, Yu Yuxi has also said it, but no one else has.
"Third Miss... I don't know, I really don't know." Luo Yun had never expected the scene in front of him, and he had already panicked.
"Tell me, who ordered you to harm Xi'er?" Yu Ruiwen was furious and scolded sternly.
"Master Hou, I really misunderstood, I... don't know." Luoyun was still explaining, but everyone saw from her eyes that she was panicked. There must be something wrong with this maid, but Qingyue was calm.
After saying that, he handed the handkerchief to a boy and retreated behind Yu Xijiao again.
"Misunderstanding? A misunderstanding can lead to the misunderstanding of white mud? I haven't returned to the capital for a short time, and I don't know what the so-called white mud is? Why do I think it is white mud when I see something white? There is a difference between white mud and ordinary mud.
What's different?" Yu Xijiao asked, finally her eyes fell on Yu Yuxi's face.
The person I asked was Luoyun, and the person I was looking at was Yu Yuxi.
Sure enough, everyone's eyes turned from Luo Yun to Yu Yuxi. Apart from this girl, only Yu Yuxi had said the so-called white mud.
"There is very little white mud in the capital." Yu Ruiwen said coldly.
"I... I once saw a Taoist priest repairing his true body in Xia Qing Temple, using... white mud." Yu Yuxi bit her lip gently, knowing that she couldn't do it without an explanation, and she just regretted that there was something wrong in it.
Let Yu Xijiao catch a loophole again, and now she actually has to explain the matter properly.
It is true that white clay can be made into Buddha statues or real bodies in Taoist temples, but these are rare in the capital.
"What about you, you also saw it in Xia Qing Temple?" Yu Xijiao's eyes fell on Luo Yun.
"Slave...slave..." Luo Yun's face was as pale as snow.
"Father, this maid must be colluding with someone to harm me." Yu Xijiao took a step back and came to a conclusion.
Luoyun knew it was not good, and while shedding tears, she kowtowed vigorously: "Third Miss, I have made a mistake. I really didn't mean it. I just made a mistake."
After just a few spots, my forehead turned blue.
"Come here, take me down for questioning!" Yu Duanwen waved his hand and sneered.
Two boys came over and pulled Luo Yun down. Luo Yun struggled and cried out for injustice, and was finally dragged down...
Everyone came back together and sat down in front of the bed of An and the eldest princess. Yu Ruiwen told An and the eldest princess what had happened. An and the eldest princess were not surprised. They glanced at everyone present, especially Yu Yuxi.
I looked at him for a while, then closed my eyes, as if waiting for them to continue their investigation.
Nanny Xu was also brought over, explaining what happened to her yesterday. The reason why she was looking for Qingyue in a hurry was because there was no one waiting around for the third girl, and it was getting late. The so-called reminder to eat was just a casual reminder.
He said that he didn't come here specifically to talk about this matter.
The matter here seems to be related to Yu Xijiao, but I don't believe it is related, and I can't investigate it for a while.
"Mother..." Yu Yuxi wailed and started crying again.
Aunt Jade hurriedly persuaded in a low voice: "Concubine, don't be sad. With An, the eldest princess and Marquis Xuanping here, we will never let Mrs. Hou's matter go by like this."
Yu Yuxi's body trembled slightly, and she involuntarily leaned against Feng Lanxiu. Then, as if she had found someone to support, she raised her eyes and looked at Yu Ruiwen timidly: "Father...mother's matter...what's going on now?"
What to do? My mother is not at peace either, she... must still be Mrs. Xuanpinghou after all!"
The last few words were filled with grief, and my voice was choked with sobs.
Yu Ruiwen frowned and said nothing. On the bed, An and the eldest princess fell asleep motionlessly, as if they didn't hear anything. The room became strangely quiet, revealing an indescribable embarrassment.
"Xuanping Hou, this matter really has nothing to do with Miss Yu San? It may be difficult to convince the public based on the words of two servants." Seeing Yu Yuxi crying sadly, on the other hand, Yu Xijiao opposite seemed to have nothing to do.
Feng Lanxiu felt a little angry for no reason. Yu Yuxi was no longer his concubine.
After suffering such great grievance in front of him, the Xuanping Marquis Mansion had such an attitude?
"His Royal Highness Duan Wang, this matter... will continue to be investigated." Yu Ruiwen said vaguely.
"When will we continue to investigate? We just asked a few servants to ask casually, and then let it go? Who in the house hates Mrs. Xuanpinghou so much? Who wishes that Mrs. Xuanpinghou would still cover her face and gag her mouth after she died? Who?
Doing such a vicious thing? If Marquis Xuanping feels that it cannot be investigated, I can ask the Ministry of Punishment to investigate."
Feng Lanxiu said coldly.
It is best to investigate this kind of thing yourself. If anyone really knew that Qian was treated in this way, the entire Xuanping Hou Mansion, even An and the eldest princess, would be extremely embarrassed.
Just like everyone knows that Qian jumped into the well on his own, it is still said that Qian fell into the well and died in order to protect the dignity of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion.
If it hadn't been concealed in time and had been publicized long ago, I'm afraid everyone would have really thought that the Qian family accidentally fell into the well and died! The main reason is that the Marquis of Xuanping is useless, and Princess An and Dachang were ill at that time.
What's more, he didn't care about the affairs of the Xuanping Hou Mansion in the first place.
Now it can only be said that the most useless Xuan Pinghou is indeed true.
Feng Lanxiu's words were a bit fierce, and he knew he was angry as soon as he heard it. Yu Ruiwen reached out and pressed his eyebrows: "Your Highness, Prince Duan, please wait a moment. It should be possible to find out the clues in this matter."
Feng Lanxiu snorted coldly, without comment, but reached out and patted Yu Yuxi's arm gently, signaling to comfort her.
Someone stood up for her. Yu Yuxi choked and said nothing more. She just lowered her head and wiped her tears. She looked like she had been wronged but did not dare to say anything, which made people feel pity for her.
"You tell me." Princess An and the eldest daughter finally opened their eyes and said to Aunt Qin.
Aunt Qin nodded, stepped forward to Yu Ruiwen, and bowed respectfully: "Master Hou, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with the third girl. This slave can bear witness."
"How do you say this?" Yu Ruiwen's heart moved and he asked hurriedly.
"Yesterday when Qingyue came to the mourning hall, my servant happened to be there. We held a happy event during the day yesterday and were preparing for the funeral in the evening. I was afraid that there was something missing, so I came over to check every corner to see if there was any red paper left behind.
Or the cloth, the white space in the mourning hall is actually not clean, there are still scattered fragments of the word "happy", the servant brought a maid to clean it together."
Aunt Qin said.
"There is a back door behind the mourning hall. I took the back door. I used the back door when I came in and the back door when I went out. There was also a maid and a woman at the back door. If you don't believe me, you can ask."
Aunt Qin said calmly.
Yu Ruiwen hurriedly asked the boy to find the maid again. Sure enough, the mother-in-law confirmed that when Aunt Qin entered and left the mourning hall, the time of Qingyue happened to coincide.
Qingyue just turned around and didn't do anything at that time. The time she went in and out was short. Aunt Qin and her people were inside the yarn and could see clearly.
"But... how is it possible, mother... where else would she look like this if she were not in the mourning hall?" Yu Yuxi wailed, stretched out her hand to pull Feng Lanxiu, she was about to faint again when she looked like this.