Three families hire each other, the mistress of the marquisate accidentally offends the treacherous

Shumingyuan.

Bai Wei looked at the prince and the old lady in the room from afar, twisting her fingers together constantly and looking nervous.

A quarter of an hour ago, she had just finished saying what her mistress had told her to do when the old lady arrived.

They had been talking for quite a while now.

If she guessed correctly, the old lady must have come because of the previous incident.

After all, Aunt Chu lost her child, which is a big deal.

What should I do if it's really my fault?

Just when Bai Wei was worried, Nanny Li came over and called her aside...

In the room, Xue Feimu was half lying on the bed, listening to the old lady telling him the whole story, his expression changing.

At the beginning, when the old lady said Chu Wan'er was pregnant, he was so surprised that he wanted to jump up, but later...

After the old lady finished speaking, Xue Feimu paused for a long time before carefully choosing his words and asking:

"Grandmother, what you mean is: Qingyue is deliberately trying to harm Wan'er?"

"Yes, that's what Chu said. She said that Jiang Qingyue ordered the maid to push her, which caused her miscarriage. It was Jiang Qingyue who had ulterior motives. This won't do. She can't let go of the child who harmed the Marquis's mansion so easily. She must compensate the Marquis's mansion..."

The old lady spoke a long speech, but Xue Feimu didn't hear half of it. Bai Wei's words just now suddenly appeared in his mind, and he was speechless for a moment.

Because what the old lady said before was almost exactly the same as what Bai Wei said.

I don’t know if it’s because of his preconceived notions, but he trusts Bai Wei more.

I also feel that Jiang Qingyue doesn't seem like the kind of person who would do such a thing.

However, this matter is of great importance, and he must give an explanation to the child he has never met, and it cannot be dealt with hastily.

"Grandma, I will go to Miaowenyuan with you and call Qingyue. We should confront each other face to face. Otherwise, it will be bad if there is a rift between the family."

The old lady frowned. Usually, Xue Feimu would become impatient whenever Jiang Qingyue was mentioned. But what happened today that he even said such things about the whole family?

And it sounded like the tone when mentioning Jiang Qingyue was different from before.

"What else is there to ask or say? Chu has said so, could it be that Chu would frame her?

"At that time, Chu and her maid were pushing and shoving each other. The servants in your yard saw it all."

"I understand what grandma means, but Qingyue is a daughter of the Jiang family after all. If this really happened, we have to produce convincing evidence. Otherwise, if the Jiang family asks about it, we will have a hard time explaining it and we will end up making enemies."

The old lady was obviously unwilling, but what Xue Feimu said made sense:

"That's fine, but you're injured now, so you'd better take good care of yourself and don't get up. I'll have someone carry Chu over."

She didn't care whether Chu Wan'er would catch a cold and get hurt, but Xue Feimu couldn't make any mistakes.

She was not afraid of a confrontation. When she went to Miaowenyuan before, she had already agreed on a statement with Chu Wan'er.

Anyway, as long as Chu Wan'er bites to death, Bai Wei must be a smart person and will definitely know which side to stand on.

As long as Bai Wei testifies, she will definitely prove Jiang Qingyue's guilt.

Xue Feimu hesitated when he heard the old lady's words:

"It's better for grandson to go by himself. Wan'er just lost her child and is in poor health. I'm afraid it's not good to move her around like this."

"No, if you are afraid of the wind, just cover yourself with a blanket and wrap yourself in gauze. But your leg is injured. If you are not careful, the bone may be dislocated, which will be a serious problem."

The old lady refused directly. She couldn't bear to see Xue Feimu protecting Chu Wan'er, and she disliked Chu Wan'er even more.

Seeing that the old lady insisted, Xue Feimu didn't say anything more.

"That's good. It's better to clarify this matter as soon as possible. It will be better for everyone."

About quarter of an hour later, Chu Wan'er and Jiang Qingyue arrived at Shumingyuan one after the other.

Jiang Qingyue arrived first.

When I entered the door, I saw Bai Wei standing inside.

Bai Wei happened to look over here, but her eyes were evasive.

Jiang Qingyue pretended to know nothing and nodded at her to comfort her.

From the moment she received the words to the moment she saw the people in the room, she understood everything.

She was right.

The old lady is extremely shameless.

Fortunately, she had made preparations early. Bai Wei had no choice.

At this moment, Bai Wei was in a panic.

Just now, Nanny Li had said a lot to her outside, hinting her both explicitly and implicitly, asking her to accuse the Madam and put all the blame on the Madam, only then would she have a chance to survive.

She had only said these words to the prince.

If she turns against him now, how will the prince look at her?

Moreover, if she were asked to tell the truth about what she had just said and say that it was the Madam who told her to do so, she would not be able to justify herself.

Just now on the way to Wutong Courtyard, Lu Huan said that if someone used this to frame the Madam and the Madam's crime was confirmed, she, the "executioner", would have no good ending.

The conditions offered by the old lady were very tempting, and she also guaranteed to keep her alive, using both threats and inducements, as long as she testified against the lady.

It was exactly the same as what the lady had told her.

She didn't dare take the risk.

Bai Wei's mind was in a mess.

I don’t know what to do, and I don’t know what is the right thing to do.

If she had not told the prince those words before, she might have followed the old lady's advice, taken a gamble, and found a way out for herself.

But she had told the prince before that turning against him at this time would do her every harm and no benefit.

Right now it seems that she has only one way to go, and that is to let the lady protect her.

She thought back to the years she had spent with the Madam and the kind of person she was, and she felt secretly relieved.

According to her understanding of Madam, Madam would not sit idly by. Just like before, when she knew that Aunt Chu had a miscarriage, she immediately summoned her to tell her how to deal with it.

She felt that the lady would definitely protect her, but... she was really doubtful whether the lady could do so.

But she had no other way to go now, so she could only go down this path until the end.

After thinking this through, Bai Wei felt a little more at ease and looked at her lady again.

Unexpectedly, the lady had been paying attention to her. She met her gaze, gave her a comforting look, nodded, and felt much more at ease.

At this moment, Chu Wan'er was carried in from outside the door.

As soon as she entered the room, Chu Wan'er half stood up and cried to Xue Feimu:

"Prince, Prince, Wan'er finally sees you. Prince, you must make the decision for Wan'er and for our child."

Chu Wan'er cried as she spoke, and her cry sounded so sad.

The old women put her down and lifted the gauze curtain, revealing her red eyes from crying. She looked weak and helpless, which was quite pitiful.

"Don't cry, take care of yourself. I asked everyone to come here today to find out the truth of the matter and give everyone an explanation."

The old lady glanced at Chu Wan'er, and Chu Wan'er understood, lowered her head, and cried silently.

Xue Feimu glanced at everyone in the room, his gaze lingering on Jiang Qingyue's face for several moments. The amazing scene from yesterday appeared in his mind again, and he was a little dazed.

Realizing that Jiang Qingyue was about to discover, he immediately withdrew his gaze, coughed twice, and let Chu Wan'er and Bai Wei each tell what happened at that time.

After the two of them finished speaking, it was obvious that their statements were inconsistent, so one of them must have lied.

"Your Highness must believe Wan'er. You know Wan'er. She never tells lies, and she will never joke about our child. You know how much Wan'er wants a child of ours."

Xue Feimu looked at Jiang Qingyue: "Do you have anything to say?"

"Nonsense, why would I hurt her?"

Jiang Qingyue's face was calm. She asked this question cleverly, hoping to make Chu Wan'er finish her reasons, so that she could bury Chu Wan'er in the trap with the following words.

Chu Wan'er immediately said, "Of course you want to harm me, because you want to give birth to a legitimate son first, and I'm pregnant, and you're afraid that I'll give birth to a firstborn son, which will threaten your position."

"Belly sinister heart of a gentleman."

"It's you. No one else would want to harm the baby in my belly except you."

Chu Wan'er asked harshly, as if Jiang Qingyue was the culprit who killed her child.

Jiang Qingyue did not follow her meaning and said:

"Since Aunt Chu keeps saying that I killed your child, do you have any evidence? Evidence is needed for everything. Without evidence, she can say anything with just her mouth."

"What evidence do you need? It was your maid Bai Wei who said it herself. She pushed me under your instruction. What evidence do I have?"

The old lady said that if Bai Wei admitted it, it would be better, but if Bai Wei didn't admit it, it didn't matter. Bai Wei was Jiang Qingyue's maid, so naturally what Jiang Qingyue said was what it was, and her words were not credible at all.

Jiang Qingyue remained calm: "If that's the case, Aunt Chu must be wrongly accusing me."

"It's not that I'm wrongly accusing you, but this is the truth. I had an argument with Bai Wei at the time, and this is what Bai Wei said."

"This is all Aunt Chu's one-sided statement."

"If she hadn't pushed me, did I lose the baby on purpose?"

Hearing this, Jiang Qingyue curled her lips slightly. Having achieved her goal, she had no intention of arguing any further.

"I don't know if you did it on purpose, but this matter has nothing to do with me."

Things went back to square one. Xue Feimu looked at Bai Wei and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Bai Wei lowered her head and stepped forward, kneeling down and answering:

“In reply to the prince, I did not touch Aunt Chu at all, nor did I push Aunt Chu, and it was not the young lady who instructed me to do anything.

"I don't know why Aunt Chu wants to bite me and the young lady."

The old lady was very dissatisfied with this answer and looked at Bai Wei with a fierce look.

Even though Bai Wei didn't look up, she felt a chill. She lowered her head even lower and shivered.

Chu Wan'er didn't look at Bai Wei, and argued with Jiang Qingyue:

"Your maid will naturally listen to you. Whatever you say is what she does."

"What Aunt Chu said is really funny. It was clear from the beginning that you were the one who had the final say. Why are you biting back now?"

When the old lady saw this scene, she frowned. She didn't expect Jiang Qingyue to be so calm.

She did not fall into the traps that Chu Wan'er set for her several times. She had underestimated Jiang Qingyue in the past.

"Qingyue, I'm not saying anything to you, but if you did something wrong, you have to admit it. You say you didn't do it, but do you have any evidence?"

Jiang Qingyue secretly sneered at the old lady's shamelessness and stopped being polite, speaking in a slightly cold tone:

"That's not right, old lady. Don't let those who arbitrarily accuse others produce evidence to prove what I did.

“As a person with a clean record, I have to prove that I did nothing. Even the three divisions of the Imperial Observatory cannot do this.

"The old lady said this. Those in the mansion know that the old lady wants to know the truth. Outsiders who don't know think that the old lady deliberately wants to frame her grandson's wife."

"Nonsense, how could I do such a thing.

"But Aunt Chu's words are very logical and reasonable. She couldn't have destroyed her own child. Someone must have done it with malicious intent."

"What the old lady said is absolutely true, but even if it is so, how can it be said that this matter has anything to do with me? What if someone else did something? Isn't it wrong for the old lady to question me so unjustly?

"Not to mention that if I really wanted to harm someone, there are many ways to do it secretly, so why would I leave someone with a handle in public and let my personal maid go?

"Moreover, all the reasons Aunt Chu gave were based on the fact that she knew she was pregnant. If Aunt Chu didn't know she was pregnant at the beginning, then Aunt Chu's excuses would not hold water at all.

"Mrs. Chu just kept saying that she would not harm her own child, which means that Mrs. Chu knew that she was pregnant. Then, may I ask, when did you know that you were pregnant?"

Chu Wan'er was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect her to ask this question. She avoided her gaze, thought quickly, and answered:

"It's only been these past two days. The reason I haven't told you is that I wanted to give the prince a surprise."

"Oh, these two days, which day is it? Was it yesterday, today, or a few days ago? Which doctor examined him?"

"I saw him a few days ago on my way back to Beijing. I thought I would tell the prince about it after I got back to Beijing."

She returned to Beijing these few days and did not call the doctor at all. If she said it was these two days, it would be exposed immediately.

Second, the doctor I saw on the way back to Beijing has no way to verify it.

If you really ask someone, she will just say that she found a doctor at random and she doesn't know him.

"Oh, so I found out on the way back to Beijing. If that's the case, Auntie knew she was pregnant a long time ago, and she even got caught in the rain for half a day yesterday. What does that mean? She doesn't care about the baby in her belly at all?

"If she was ill and unconscious yesterday, she should have called a doctor to check on her body and the child as soon as she woke up today. But Aunt Chu did not do that. Instead, she came to Shuming Courtyard to get angry with Bai Wei. This shows that Aunt Chu did not take the child seriously at all."

"You're talking nonsense. I didn't do that. I'm just not sure. The doctor who saw me before was just a traveling doctor. I didn't really trust what he said, so I didn't take it to heart."

Chu Wan'er explained hurriedly, not knowing that she had already buried herself in the hole dug by Jiang Qingyue.

The more you talk, the faster you'll be exposed.

What’s more, they don’t know that one lie requires countless lies to cover it up.

The old lady just thought of this temporarily, wanting to use the child to control Jiang Qingyue, and she didn't think through the consequences at all.

If an ordinary person encountered such a thing and was wronged, he would definitely panic.

But Jiang Qingyue was extremely calm and pointed out all the loopholes.

Show no mercy.

Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

As long as you find an opportunity, you should crush it with your foot.