Chapter 43: Falling into Disrepute
Lu Zhihua's trust was like a life-saving straw, Li Yuxue, who originally thought that the general trend was gone, brightened her eyes, and she was moved to hide her face and cry: "It's still Ahua who understands my personality." This is indeed the maid's exculpation, and please let me know that the little girl is innocent! β
Xiaoqing was in a hurry, seeing that the eldest lady of the Lu family was a "fool", she actually regarded the culprit who framed her as a good friend, and said with hatred: "Miss Lu, don't be confused!" Think about it, you refused to go out, who begged you to come out? It's your good sister Lu Zhixiang! She had known about our young lady's plans for a long time, and she had personally participated in them and helped her get there. Just now, these ladies were also caught by Miss Lu Er's pretentious performance, and Lady Wei sent someone to summon her for the first trial! β
Wei Changshou looked at the ladies: "Dare to ask the ladies, can this maid say this?" β
Mrs. Li hid her face and wept, unable to answer at all; The two ladies Zhou and Zhao have learned Lu Zhixiang's attitude vividly just now, proving that what this maid said is true.
Wei Changzhi pleaded: "Please also ask the two ladies to send a clever maid to invite Miss Lu Er over, let's follow Miss Li's original script to see if this Miss Lu Er is intentional or unintentional!" β
can personally participate in this kind of annual drama, Mrs. Zhou can't ask for it, and rushes to send her maid to play. The fire of Madame Zhao's gossip was burning, and she didn't want to miss such an opportunity, so Wei Changshi asked each of them to send a maid with them.
Being able to be a first-class maid by the side of the housewife is naturally not a simple commodity. Two clever maids came out and invited Miss Lu Er, who had long wanted to come over to watch the show.
When Zhixiang entered the chamber, Wei Changshou and Jiang Zi took the bound thief and Xiao Qing who had removed the joints to avoid the inner room, and Li Yuxue was pointed at the acupoint by Jiang Zi, sitting on the chair and unable to move, unable to open her mouth, and naturally unable to make a sound. She looked at Zhixiang wildly, but unfortunately her eyes almost popped out, and the other party still didn't notice.
Zhixiang's eyes were on the eldest sister who was hiding her face and crying. Finally waited for this day, this eldest sister, who was once high and invincible, was finally beaten into the dust by her own hands and trampled under her feet! Zhixiang laughed wildly in her heart, but tears of pain flowed from her face: "Eldest sister, I have already persuaded you, if you really fall in love with him, go and ask your father to quit the Zhang family's relatives, such a private teaching, after all, is not the right way." You see, paper still can't contain the fire of ...... after all" A caring fist heart overflowing the surface.
Zhihua raised her head and looked at Zhixiang in disbelief: "Sister, how can you say this!" I believe in you so much......"
Zhixiang interrupted her: "I didn't live up to your trust, and told others that you came to have a private meeting with your lover today." It was Miss Li who suddenly remembered to invite you over for lunch, and the ladies were impatient for a long time, so they just got up and moved their muscles, so they came here in person. My little sister has never said that my sister is a little **! β
Zhihua smiled bitterly and nodded, "You're right, paper can't contain fire after all, I couldn't believe it...... Now that the truth is revealed, I really don't know anyone......"
Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhou, who had been silent, showed sympathy on their faces, and Mrs. Zhao, who had the softest heart, comforted: "Miss, don't be sad, think about the consequences of the success of their plan, you should be glad that God blesses you." Today, I should really thank the county lord, I am worried that you sent someone to send something over, which destroyed the conspiracy of the gangsters. β
Mrs. Zhou said: "Yes, I have long suspected that today is not the fifteenth day of the new year, why did you suddenly ask us out to offer incense for no reason, but the two of us didn't know it, and almost became accomplices of the gangsters." β
Lu Zhixiang was like being struck by lightning, and the script sung by these three people was not at all different from the one in her hand. Suddenly turning her head to look at Li Yuxue, who was about to be split, she asked tremblingly, "You ...... What do you mean by that? What did you do to Miss Lee? Why can't she make a sound? β
Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhou showed disdain, and Mrs. Zhou even spat on the ground, not even wanting to say more to her.
Wei Changshou and Jiang Zi walked out of the inner room with the two of them, and when Zhixiang saw it, she immediately understood everything, and she was speechless.
"Miss Lu, the matter is already very clear, what this maid said is the truth, you see, how to deal with this matter now?" Wei Changshou didn't dare to hold it up in the face of Zhihua, and his attitude was very respectful.
Zhihua got up and saluted Lady Wei, Jiang Zi, Zhao, and Mrs. Tuesday, and then said: "Today's matter, thank you for taking action and upholding justice for the little woman, and the little woman is grateful." Now that the truth is revealed, the two masters are not firm, and I also asked the female official Wei to send these two people to the yamen of Jingzhao Yin Mansion for me. "After all, it's a deep blessing.
There are too many witnesses to today's events, and the two ladies Zhao and Zhou are just one of the two most important witnesses. Zhihua was so grateful, the two ladies were very useful, and they all agreed at the moment, no matter who they were telling the truth.
After Zhihua thanked her head again, she continued to speak: "Miss Li, there is that yamen to investigate, Zhihua is a weak woman, and she really has no right to make any disposition. And the sister Zhixiang, although she is unkind, she does not miss the feelings of brotherhood at all, but I can't be unjust, no matter what, she is a member of my Lu family after all, this will not be sent to the yamen, I will take her back and hand it over to the elders in the family to deal with. β
Everyone agreed with the disposition of the eldest lady of the Lu family, and Mrs. Zhao even sighed: "Hearing this, you know that this girl is a good one, you can relax and look forward, there will be blessings in the future." "Mrs. Zhao also learned today that the fiancΓ© set by the eldest lady of the Lu family is Zhang Xiang, this Zhang Xiang is a famous talent in Beijing, and everyone thinks that he will be the top student in high school in the future. Now that Miss Li is defeated in this battle for his wife, Miss Lu will marry Zhang Xiang in the future, and she will not be able to run away with her fate, and Mrs. Zhao is also stammering in advance.
Zhihua also knew that she meant something, but she was not in a hurry to defend herself at the moment, but just smiled gratefully.
Wei Changshou and Jiang Zi escorted the two into the yamen, and the matter spread throughout the capital within half a day. There was an uproar in Beijing, and the ladies who had been holding back for more than a month found new things to talk about, and an unprecedented fire of gossip ignited in their hearts. The Lu Mansion closed its door, and these ladies flocked to the homes of the two ladies Zhao and Zhou to hear the first-hand news. What is the greatest pleasure of a woman who loves to gossip? That is, they have exclusive and latest information, and the masses who came to verify and listen have broken through the threshold. In the face of a group of ladies who are thirsty for knowledge, the two ladies have greatly experienced the fun, and their eyebrows are dancing and talking about what they have seen and heard today, and the ups and downs of the plot development are much stronger than the words of the talented and beautiful woman, and the audience is fascinated by it, looking forward to the follow-up development.
Under such a strong public opinion momentum, the reputation of Li Yuxue and Lu Zhixiang can be imagined, and the government has received the certificate handed by the female official Wei on behalf of the eldest lady of the Lu family, and has already summoned Li Yuxue, but it is only temporarily detained, and the trial time is to be determined. And Lu Zhixiang, when she returned to Lu Mansion, she was directly sent to Songling Hospital, and stayed for less than half an hour, and Lu Zhenyuan, who received the news, personally rushed back to deal with the rebel girl. After a family law, she was directly sent to the Jingxin Nunnery in the suburbs of Beijing to house the female dependents of large families in Beijing, and she didn't even see Aunt Zhou's face from beginning to end. Why didn't Aunt Zhou want to see her daughter? She was not strict with her daughter, and the eldest lady banned her feet as soon as possible, and deliberately did not block the news channel of Haitang Courtyard, so that Aunt Zhou stayed in the house and listened to her daughter's tragic situation, and was poked in the heart with blood but helpless.
Zhihua just recounted today's experience in Songling Courtyard, and did not say what she planned to do next. She had already sent a message to Jiang Wu by flying a pigeon, and she was waiting for her uncle to reply and support her. Zhihua, the younger brother, sent Bai Lan over in person, and repeatedly explained that he must appease him well, and he has nothing to do, so that he must focus on his studies and not rush back to visit. But what she didn't know was that Lu Yan, who felt sorry for her sister, could swallow this breath. On the surface, he promised well, but as soon as Bai Lan walked on the front foot, he went to his husband on the back foot to take a half-day sick leave. With Jiang Quan and Jiang Yong, the three of them quietly found the alley in front of Zhang's house and ambushed for half a day, and finally caught Zhang Xiang who came back from visiting Li Yuxue from prison in the evening. After doing this, the three of them rushed back to the academy overnight, pretending to be nothing.
On the night when Zhihua returned from Dajue Temple, a reasonable but unexpected visitor came to the Lu Mansion, Lord Li, the current Xuanzheng doctor. As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person with a hand, after receiving the greeting post sent by Master Li personally, Lu Zhenyuan thought about it for a while, and finally welcomed him to his study.
After the routine tea making greetings, Master Li stood up and bowed down to make a big salute, and said with a guilty plea in his mouth: "It's all because the goddaughter has no way, and she spoils her daughter too much on weekdays, so she doesn't know the height of the sky and makes a big mistake today." Please also ask Lord Lu's subordinates to be merciful, for the sake of her family, who is just a delicate girl after all, withdraw the letter and spare her life. After going back next time, she will be strictly disciplined and never let her make mistakes again! β
Faced with Lord Li's guilt, Lu Zhenyuan smiled bitterly: "Today's incident happened suddenly, and Lord Li also knew that the maid of Wei Chang's mansion was also there at that time, and the paper was also written by the little girl, and the female official Wei personally sent it to the yamen, if you want to withdraw the lawsuit, you have to go to the princess's mansion in person and explain to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the county lord in person, which is not rude." And the little girl was too frightened today...... "Lu Zhenyuan couldn't say it clearly, and he was not sure that he could be the master of his daughter, so he withdrew this situation.
"Lord Lu is Miss Lu's father, as long as the adult speaks, presumably Miss Lu will not refuse. You and I are both fathers, and I ask Lord Lu to forgive me for the helplessness of being a father in the next piece, and agree to this reluctant invitation. Master Li saluted again, and pleaded earnestly in his words.
However, Lord Li's move is not because of his deep love for his daughter. The Li family can be rich today, all because Master Li married a good wife. Mrs. Li is the niece of Zuo Xiang, and her mother's family is quite well-connected in the court, and the Li family can smoothly take over the only Limeng business in the capital, and they all rely on the support of Mrs. Li's mother's family, which is also the fundamental reason why Mrs. Li can stand still despite having no son-in-law. And Mrs. Li, although she was angry that her daughter acted recklessly today and lost face, she couldn't afford to ignore her only beloved daughter, so she could only make a fuss at home, forcing Lord Li to give up her old face and personally go to the Lu family to plead guilty.
Jing'an pays attention to the people and does not prosecute officials, as long as Lu Zhihua is willing to go to the yamen to withdraw the complaint, Li Yuxue will naturally be able to come out safely.
Lu Zhenyuan also knew that Master Li had his back against the big tree, and he really wanted to offend, and a small role like himself, who had no foundation and only relied on qualifications, was not an opponent at all. Now that people's posture has been put to the lowest, if they still refuse to agree, then I am afraid that they will really form a mortal enemy.
Unable to refuse, Lu Zhenyuan could only agree to come down and promise that he would do his best to persuade his daughter to withdraw the lawsuit.
After Master Li left, he immediately called his eldest daughter and planned to do her ideological work himself.