C19

Chun Xiao trembled as she kowtowed to the Madame SHen, and spoke in grief: "This servant is just an insignificant servant girl, how dare I harm you?"

"Since that's the case, why did you come to the Shuixie Pavilion when you were a servant of the outer court for no reason?"

Chun Xiao answered: "Although this servant is a servant from the outer court, I know that I must not casually step foot into the Inner Court. That day, this servant was waiting in the study room, but someone sent a message, saying that this lady wanted to see this servant, and so I hastily entered the Inner Court."

"Oh?" Madame SHen glanced at Concubine Shao who was sitting upright and upright, and asked, "Who told you this?"

Chun Xiao hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and said: "It's Madam's Qiu Wen!"

The moment Chun Xiao's words landed, a soft sound of breathing suddenly sounded from outside the room. Madame SHen's face was gloomy, she looked at the figures around the door again, she gasped, the servants who had strange expressions all lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

"You're lying!" Usually, she and Qiu Wen were the closest to each other, so how could she bear Chun Xiao splashing dirty water on Qiu Wen? She rushed forward and knelt down, and said, "Madam, Chun Xiao is spitting blood! Qiu Wen had been with this servant for the past few days, making her an autumn dress. She had not even stepped out of the Shuixie Pavilion gate yet, so why would she go to the outer courtyard to spread the news? This is clearly slander! "

Chun Xiao did not show weakness, and said with a resolute face: "Everything this servant said is true, if there is even a single false word, I will be struck by lightning, my intestines will rot, and I will die a miserable death!"

These words were so ruthless and merciless that even Jin Lan, who was hiding behind the screen, couldn't help but tremble when he heard them. But if it was said that Qiu Wen had harmed Madame SHen, she found it somewhat hard to believe. In her previous life, after the Madame SHen had passed away, Qiu Wen had personally visited the temple to keep watch at her spot and light it up. This matter caused quite a commotion in the Ye Family, and even Ye Lin himself had lamented that Qiu Wen was a rare foster daughter.

Thus, a few days ago when she asked around for news of Madame SHen taking medicine, she specially picked Qiu Wen as her candidate.

She glanced at Concubine Shao who was taking joy in his misfortune and said in a deep voice: "Qiu Wen is a second rate servant girl, without proper cards, you cannot enter and leave the inner and outer court freely. If you still do not call for help from the truth, I will send people to tie you up and send you to the yamen, and at that time, whether you die or live, it will be up to you!"

Chun Xiao's face suddenly paled. If she was given to an official, she might only have two choices: either die in jail, or endure through. She could be sent by the officials to the bitter cold land or sent to the fireworks. If it was the former, it would be alright. After dying, she could still keep her clean body. But if it was the latter, it would be better to die than to live.

She could no longer hold back her trembling, regretting her decision. Her eyes that were already swollen like walnuts had shed two more lines of tears, "My wife, if you don't believe me, I can ask Qiu Wen to come out. I am willing to confront her!"

Seeing that she was determined to pull Qiu Wen down as a shield even if she died, Mo Chu could not help but say angrily: "You must have known that Qiu Wen was not here, that's why you dragged her along with me!"

Chun Xiao argued: "This servant has been locked in the woodshed the entire time, how would I know that Qiu Wen is not here? It was obvious that she had a guilty conscience, so she intentionally avoided the question. If she was innocent, why didn't she come out and confront this servant? "

Madame SHen rubbed her forehead, feeling waves of pain.

The maids in the Shuixie Pavilion, especially the first-rate and second-rate maids, were all left behind after being selected by her. As her trusted subordinate, if they were really Qiu Wen … Madame SHen sighed silently. If it really was Qiu Wen, then his Shuixie Pavilion would no longer be just like a barrel.

Seeing that the Madame SHen did not reply, the Concubine Shao who had been silent all this time finally had an opportunity to speak, "Madam, in my opinion, this matter should still be done to let Qiu Wen come out and fight with Chun Xiao. At that time, the truth would be revealed."

Madame SHen slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the smiling Concubine Shao and asked Man Ping, "Where is Qiu Wen?"

Man Ping said softly: "In the sewing room."

Just as Madame SHen prepared to instruct Man Ping to look for Qiu Wen personally, Hui Xiu suddenly walked out from behind the screen, and blessed herself in front of Madame SHen: "Madam, let this servant bring Qiu Wen back to confront Chun Xiao."

She frowned and looked into the interior of the screen, only to see Jin Lan blinking at her with a sweet smile on his face. Madame SHen immediately understood that his daughter must have some weird idea again. After some thought, he nodded, "Go and come back quickly."

"Yes." Hui Xiu replied and left. When she turned around, he saw Jin Lan, who had a face full of confidence, and also thought of the method she used. His heart immediately calmed down a bit, and he rushed back to his sewing room.

The needlework room was located at the northwest corner of the Ye Mansion, facing the Yunxiu House from afar, and a small corner door at the side was opened to connect with the outside world, it was extremely convenient to buy things on the streets, and normally, kitchen groceries would also be delivered by this corner door before being distributed to the small kitchens in each courtyard.

From the Shuixie Pavilion to the sewing room, it took about half an incense worth of time to finish. Just as Madame SHen was about to fill up her second cup of tea, Hui Xiu returned.

"Madam, Qiu Wen is waiting outside the house."

Hearing Hui Xiu's instructions, the servant girls opened up a path again, but this path was much wider than the one before.

Madame SHen pursed her lips and said: "Let her in."

As her back was facing the light, she could not see her face for a moment. Just as her body shook, there was actually another figure behind her, and then another, four figures entered one after another, neatly lined up behind Chun Xiao, and bowed towards Madame SHen: "Madam."

"What … what is going on?" Not only was Madame SHen surprised, even he was dumbstruck.

Jin Lan pursed his lips into a smile, ignoring Concubine Shao, and said to Madame SHen in a shallow voice: "Mother, since it's a message from Qiu Wen, I believe Chun Xiao is familiar with her.

Madame SHen immediately understood Jin Lan's idea. He couldn't help but be annoyed: "Girl, do your best to come up with some strange method."

Hearing Jin Lan's voice, the Concubine Shao immediately looked towards the thick screen of red wood flowers. The light in her eyes moved, "So this Second Miss is also here."

Jin Lan lowered his eyes. "Sorry for the ridicule." His voice was distant and indifferent.

Concubine Shao hated Jin Lan so much that she had ruined her life time and time again. She replied with a smile that did not reach his eyes, "Who would? Second Miss is smarter than others, this is good! Not only can it prove whether what Chun Xiao said was true, it can also avoid conflicts.

"Aunt is too kind." Jin Lan replied indifferently and did not say another word, almost angering Concubine Shao to the point of falling backwards.

"Alright." Madame SHen waved her hand, stopping Concubine Shao from speaking further, and continued to speak: "Chun Xiao, get up, look behind you, is there anyone who has sent the message to you?"

Joy flashed past Chun Xiao's eyes, she immediately struggled to get up, but her body was still tied up, it was extremely painful, after moving a few times, she fell back down. The old woman who was guarding the door quickly reached out and pulled her up from the ground, but her legs were so numb and soft that she couldn't even stand steadily.

Madame SHen frowned, "Hold her."

The two women glared at Chun Xiao in disgust, and following their orders, they grabbed her arms from left and right. Using all their strength, they lifted her up like lifting a chick, and turned to face the four maidservants.

Chun Xiao was desperate to survive, so she could not care about the pain in her arm right now. She quickly opened her eyes wide and carefully sized the person in front of him. The four maidservants in front of him were dressed in the same clothes, the same jade colored flowery skirt, even their height was about the same.

After looking at it several times, her heart gradually turned cold. Amongst the four of them, there was actually no Qiu Wen who had sent her a message!

Could it be that her wife had done something to him? Chun Xiao really wanted to turn and ask Madame SHen immediately, but her remaining intellect suppressed the impulse in the bottom of her heart. She did not forget that this was Shuixie Pavilion, Madam's courtyard. Even if she was extremely noisy, as long as Madam insisted that one of them was Qiu Wen, what could she say?

What should she do now? Chun Xiao shuddered, unintentionally sweeping a bit of white light from the corner of his eyes, his eyes couldn't help but light up: Concubine Shao! The Concubine Shao s frequently come and go of the Shuixie Pavilion, so they must know Qiu Wen's appearance!