Xia Yao whispered softly to appease Lu'er, and asked Huang Ming to take Xia Hui to the room on the right side of the courtyard to rest.

The so-called wave of unsettled waves rose again and again - the next day, before dawn, someone from the criminal department came to the door and escorted Xia Li away with a tough attitude.

Xia Shanghong, who couldn't sleep all night because of Xia Yao's anger yesterday, was about to vomit blood.

He secretly found his colleagues in the criminal department, and asked again and again, only to get a little information - that someone above asked him to do this, but the other party refused to say who it was.

When Xia Shanghong returned home, he saw Zhou pinching his handkerchief and crying: "What the hell is going on?" What did my Li'er do? ”

Xia Shanghong was already irritable, and the Zhou family still didn't listen to it next time, he shouted in his ear, he felt a fire burning in his heart, and smashed the cup in his hand, he stood up from the chair suddenly, pointed at the Zhou family, and said, "This is to ask what you have done?" She didn't do anything bad, the criminal department will arrest her? She didn't offend anyone, would someone above specifically ask the criminal department to arrest people? ”

Zhou: "Our family Li'er has been confined by ...... during this time, so do you have time to offend people?" -- She stopped abruptly in the middle of her sentence.

"What's wrong? What comes to mind? Xia Shanghong noticed her abnormality and asked.

What comes to mind?

Of course, the Zhou family now thinks that Xia Li is going to frame Xia Yao in the teahouse, originally Xia Yao has no backer, and she is not valued by Xia Shanghong, and even the only two soup women in the courtyard have been bought by her.

Although Xia Li's plan was rough, it was not impossible to exercise it against the weak Xia Yao.

Of course, even if it fails, it's nothing? But a poor sour talent without a father and mother, it is better to take a sum of money to gag his mouth, send him somewhere else, or even kill the other party!

After the failure of the day, Xia Li hurriedly ran back, Zhou originally wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, hired someone to secretly kill Na Xiucai, and then pushed it into the river, disguised as accidentally falling into the water.

Who knew that the show was very clever, and when he saw that it couldn't be done, he expected that he might not be pleased, so he left the capital on the same day, and he didn't know where he went.

Although I thought about it, I certainly couldn't say it explicitly.

Zhou blinked, biting his lower lip again and again, looking like he wanted to say but didn't dare to say it.

Xia Shanghong, "In the end, you offended the above character, don't you say it quickly!" How could my Xia family have such a blind daughter? ”

Although he loves the Zhou family and attaches great importance to Xia Li, this qiē is not comparable with the power in his hands.

"Master~" Zhou cried even more and screamed: "What is the character above?" Isn't it still the sin of your good daughter? With a backer, can you even frame your sister? Li'er is my heart, if something happens to her, I won't live......"

"Xia Yao?" Xia Shanghong was a little stunned, "What does it have to do with her?" ”

Zhou told Xia Shanghong half-truths about what happened in the teahouse before, and Xia Yao is the prodigal/slut who seduces outsiders, and Xia Li is the one who is kind enough to help her sister but is misunderstood (really?). Good guys

When Xia Shanghong heard this, he frowned and wondered, "Really? She has a weak temperament, and she usually doesn't go out of the door, so how can she get along with outsiders? ”

Zhou's eyes rolled, and he said weakly: "But...... Last night...... Of course, it may also be misinformation, after all, doesn't Yao'er like the Five Princes? She emphasized last night and the Five Princes.

Xia Shanghong listened and slowly came back to his senses, why Xia Yao didn't marry the third prince with a bright future and chose the sick fifth prince, it was because she was unclean!

If they marry the third prince, this matter will naturally be discovered after they have a round house, but it is different if they choose the fifth prince.

After all, after Xia Yao passed the door, the five princes who had no concubines who were willing to marry might just swallow their anger and pass it like this? Or—who knows if the Fifth Prince was already in bed at that time?

The more Xia Shanghong thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was right, and he was even a little complacent, feeling that he had caught Xia Yao's handle.

"Someone, go and call the second lady to me." He called out loudly to the maidservant outside, and it was difficult to hide the excitement in his words.

Xia Yao was teaching Xia Hui to speak when she received Xia Shanghong's summons, and Xia Yao vaguely understood that Xia Li was arrested by the Criminal Department.

So it's not strange that Xia Shanghong can find her so quickly, she wants to see what he wants to do with this matter?

Xia Yao followed the maid to the study, saluted the person sitting up, and stood below with Lu'er without speaking-Huang Ming was left by Xia Yao to take care of Xia Hui.

Xia Shanghong, who was sitting on the top, looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "You all go down." ”

"Yes." The maids and servants who were waiting in the study answered, and walked out with their eyes lowered and stepped on thick cotton floor shoes, leaving Lu'er, who still seemed to be unable to see clearly, standing there in a daze.

Xia Shanghong was very disgusted with this slave who didn't know the number of etiquette, and scolded: "Why can't you go down? ”

"Slave maid ......" Lu'er anxiously pinched the thumb of her left hand with her right hand, she was worried that after she left, her own young lady would be bullied in this alone.

"Father, let's tell me what is going on!" Xia Yao stood in front of Lu'er, blocking Xia Shanghong's sight for her, "Lu'er, I believed it." ”

"Humph!" Xia Shanghong snorted coldly, "What did you do yourself, don't you know in your heart?" ”

Xia Yao knew that he was asking about Xia Li, but he was confused and understood, "Did the father say that his daughter said inappropriately yesterday?" At that time, I was excited for a while, and I was delusional to my father Haihan! ”

"You wicked girl! Dare to quibble! He slapped the table and stood up, "You give me a good memory, what shameful thing did you do to me outside a month ago?" ”

"A month ago?" Xia Yao repeated thoughtfully, and after a while, his eyes blinked, and he suddenly realized: "You mean that I was framed by a thief, and that thief is really hateful, but I heard that he has been arrested by the Criminal Department now, and it can be regarded as evil retribution." ”

"Shut up!" Xia Shanghong smashed the newly changed tea from the maidservant at his hand into Xia Yao's feet, and the tea gradually opened, dyeing the pink shoes on Xia Yao's feet with variegated colors.

Xia Shanghong said: "How can I have such a troublemaker, disrespectful, and narrow-minded person like you...... daughter, if you don't do it, others will wronged you for no reason? ”

Xia Yao listened to his words, her face turned cold, and she couldn't help but sarcastically: "Someone was stolen by a thief, why should he be blamed for bringing money?" ”

Xia Shanghong said: "I don't want to talk to you so much now!" Hurry up and ask the fifth prince to get your sister out, otherwise you will have an affair with someone else...... What's not to say? ”

"Huh?" Xia Yao blinked, as if she couldn't believe that Xia Shanghong would say such naïve words, "She was pressed away by the Criminal Department, what does it have to do with the Fifth Highness?" ”

Zhou on the side saw that the situation had developed a little uncontrollably, and he was anxious to speak, after all, the cell of the Criminal Department was where Xia Li's family lived!

"Say it again!" Who knew that Xia Yao spoke again, and her tone was yin and yang, "You don't do it?" Will someone else wronged you for no reason? ”

She returned to him exactly what Xia Shanghong said to her just now!

The atmosphere around her was frozen, but Xia Yao didn't have time to be abused here, she saluted and planned to leave, and before leaving, she threw a cold sentence, "I believe that the Criminal Department will investigate the facts clearly and clearly." "Focus on the four words 'clear and clear'.

Zhou fidgeted in the chair, and couldn't help but stop Xia Yao when she was about to step out of the door, "Yao'er, wait a minute, we are all a family, why make such a fuss, something happened to this Li'er, it's not good for everyone, isn't it?" After all, she is a woman who has not left the cabinet, but she has entered the criminal department, which is not good for her reputation. ”

Xia Yao turned his head and saw the anxiety and fragility hidden in Zhou's eyes, presumably Zhou's was really anxious, knowing that this was useless to Xia Yao, but he couldn't help but say it!

Xia Yao, "Aunt Zhou." ”

Her name made Zhou stunned, after all, she had been a concubine for two months, so Xia Yao also called Zhou's aunt for two months.

"I used to really like my aunt, right? I think you're prettier than my mother, and much gentler than my mother. Xia Yao had a sweet smile on her face, as if she had thought of some good memories. But soon, her smile subsided, "However, this qiē has changed since my mother died. ”

Xia Yao wanted to say something, but she felt very tired of looking at Zhou's suspicious eyes. She naturally has no feelings for the Zhou family.

She said these words as she watched the little 'Xia Yao' lying on the old windowsill, looking into the distance with expectation in her eyes, looking forward to getting that warm embrace again.

It's a pity that in the end, all her wishes came to naught!

Xia Yao shook her head, she didn't plan to think about it anymore, according to her age of twenty-eight years in her previous life, and now she has spent eighteen years with 'Xia Yao', and her psychological age is also thirty-six years old.

Xia Yao raised her feet and walked forward, the sun was shining outside, it was a bright spring day.

Only Xia Shanghong and Zhou looked at each other without saying a word.

In the cell-

Xia Li sat on the only clean and dry straw in the corner, and the whole person shrunk into a ball, hugging her shoulders and trembling!

From time to time, huge rats and cockroaches run over the ground, and flies and mosquitoes buzz!

Xia Li never thought that the inside of the cell would be so dirty and terrifying!!!

The five princes not far away hide their merits and fame.