Shen Taisheng didn't expect this, and he asked rhetorically: "Why don't I dare to say it when I come?" ”

Shen Shuzhao replied to him weakly, as if she was a little in awe: "My daughter is afraid that if she says it, Daddy will be angry." ”

Shen Taisheng was dumbfounded all of a sudden, and the old lady glanced at him, a bit like blaming him for why he was so fierce to Shen Shuzhao.

The old lady spoke more kindly, and she asked slowly: "Don't be afraid, good granddaughter, I am in charge of speaking out." ”

In the past few years, I have been serving the old lady hard all the time, and I have achieved great results.

Shen Shuzhao slowly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and said: "This is Ruan Erniang's private money to buy outside without the consent of the eldest lady, without accounting and warehousing, Shuzhao was afraid that the eldest lady would blame, and he was afraid of disappointing his biological mother's kindness, so he didn't dare to say it to anyone." ”

"Really?" The old lady's eyes were full of pity.

Stopping sobbing in a low voice, Shen Shuzhao raised his head to look at the old lady, and replied solemnly: "That piece of jade may be very similar to the third sister's jade, but it is definitely not the same piece of jade."

After speaking, she walked to the old lady with the white jade in her hand and knelt down and said: "This piece of white jade is only made of inferior jade, if the third sister's piece is really a good jade made by the jade craftsmen of Kyoto Jade Pavilion, how can it be a substandard jade?" If you don't believe it, your grandmother can ask the jade craftsman to take it and identify whether this is the jade that the third sister said! ”

The old lady took the white jade, looked at it a few times, then raised her head and said to everyone: "No need to invite a jade craftsman, the old man will know that this jade is not bad, but it is definitely not the jade I gave to Xiaozhao." Xiaozhao, why did you think that your second sister stole your jade in such a hurry? ”

When Shen Xiaozhao heard the old lady say this, tears rolled in his eyes, and he couldn't find words for a while.

She only planned that the piece of jade would fall out of her clothes, but how did she know that it was not the piece of jade that fell out of the plan?

At this time, in the blink of an eye, the eldest lady let out a "hey", the worry on her face turned into relief in a blink of an eye, and she said one step ahead of Shen Xiaozhao: "I knew that Shuzhao would not do such a thing, the old grandmother usually loves you so much, and she is relieved, and she cries one by one." Xiaozhao thought that it was because he cried for a night yesterday when he was looking for jade, seeing things and thinking about things, and he was wrong for a while, a misunderstanding. ”

She stepped forward and gently put her hand on Shen Shuzhao's back, and then said, "Good boy, I have suffered undeserved grievances in vain today, get up quickly." ”

At this time, Shen Shuzhao sighed slightly, turned his head to the eldest lady and begged softly: "Mother, even so, I still admit my mistake. Ruan Erniang is not right, but the private money she has saved for several years has been used to buy this piece of jade for her daughter, Erniang doesn't know if the jade is good or not, but her daughter knows, even if she knows, I still regard it as the most precious thing, begging my mother not to blame her daughter, let alone Ruan Erniang. ”

The old lady's eyes were full of pity after hearing these words, she didn't know that the Ruan family, who had a hard life, had silently done these things for her daughter, speaking of which, the reason why the Ruan family had such a hard time was not because Shen Taisheng lost interest in her, so he abandoned it in the small courtyard.

And the subordinates are even more dogs who look at people to serve people in a low place, a concubine with a low status is actually no different from their status, not to mention that they have fallen out of favor.

If Ruan had not given birth to Shen Shuzhao, she would not have known how to spend the long night in endless waiting for the rest of her life......

"Well, I've really wronged this poor boy." The old lady sighed a few times, stretched out her hand to signal Shen Shuzhao to come close to her, and then wiped away her granddaughter's tears with her old hand to show comfort.

The eldest lady hurriedly relieved: "Shuzhao, you don't go to your heart." ”

After speaking, she touched Shen Xiaozhao beside her: "Your grandmother is kind-hearted and has always taught you well, today's thing is that you forgot what your grandmother taught on weekdays, so make amends to your second sister." Your second sister is most taught by your grandmother and will forgive you. ”

Shen Xiaozhao pursed his lips, although he was extremely reluctant in his heart, he still bowed and said, "Second sister, I'm sorry." ”

So from this moment on, the eldest lady and Shen Xiaozhao were not qualified to comment on this matter anymore.

Shen Zhuangzhao, who didn't say a word from beginning to end, turned his face sideways and glanced at Shen Shuzhao at this time, and asked in a flat tone: "It's strange, could this piece of jade still evaporate in the world of Baifangyuan?" ”

The eldest lady was stunned, and then Shen Shuzhao raised her head in confusion and looked at the beauty opposite: "Eldest sister, the second sister doesn't know something, in addition to the second sister's people who have been here in this Baifang Garden, there are also people who take care of the garden, why don't you ask them more?" ”

"Yesterday, the third sister ordered someone to search the residences of the people in Baifang Garden, but they didn't find any hidden jade, and the house search was done with the permission of my grandmother."

Shen Zhuangzhao replied unhurriedly, she stroked the blue beaded flowers on her temples, looked at Shen Shuzhao's subordinates opposite with a pair of autumn eyes, and asked out loud: "You should all have kept vigil for the second sister when you went back last night, but who has ever left the second sister's boudoir alone?" ”

The four maids looked at each other, and none of them knew whether to speak first.

Qiu Ting, who was kneeling, had been listening to Shen Zhuangzhao quietly, and suddenly seemed to have suddenly realized something, and replied with a timid voice: "Slave maid...... Outside the vigil last night, I haven't seen anyone leave, even the maid has been staying by the young lady's side in the morning, and she will never have time to hide the jade, not to mention that most of the slaves and maids have been following the second lady six years ago, and they will never do this kind of thing that harms the master! I hope the old lady will see it! ”

"Oh?" Shen Zhuangzhao squinted at his good-looking peach blossom eyes, as if he was very interested in this new discovery.

After Qiu Ting finished answering, Shen Zhuang Zhao Yingying walked towards the old lady and said, "Losing jade is a small matter, but the product is big." There are so many unclean hands and feet in this courtyard, good grandmother, Zhuang Zhao thinks it is better to search every house and the room of the subordinates to find out thoroughly, it is not in vain that the third sister was so sad and distressed yesterday, and at the same time, the second sister is innocent, okay? ”

The old lady didn't want to continue to pull this matter on Shen Shuzhao, but seeing that Shen Zhuangzhao was right, in order to completely prove Shen Shuzhao's innocence, the old lady finally agreed to her request.

Shen Shuzhao smiled slightly, she knew that even if it was proved that the jade was not her own, Shen Zhuangzhao would still be able to bring the suspicion over in a few words, after all, she was the last person to go to the garden, not to mention that there were so many witnesses who spoke in unison, wasn't it?

Looking at the old lady nodding her head unrefutably, Shen Shuzhao smiled in her heart and didn't say anything.

Even if Shen Zhuangzhao knew from his personal maid that he didn't have time to deal with that piece of jade? Do you think that after I secretly changed that piece of jade, it must still be hidden in some corner of the room?

Shen Shuzhao shook her head, she was very wrong.

"No need."

At this time, it was the eldest lady who spoke.

She frowned like Shen Taisheng and said, "What kind of system has Miss Sou's boudoir become?" ”

But before the old lady was ready to follow this sentence, Shen Shuzhao preemptively said: "It's okay for Auntie, the eldest sister is right, let's search Shuzhao's residence first, Shuzhao wants to be innocent now." As she spoke, she hurriedly turned around and wanted to go outside, but her steps were too hasty, and she fell down without paying attention.

It happened that the maid Bi'er was standing beside her, and she didn't know if Bi'er wanted to pull Shen Shuzhao, or Shen Shuzhao pulled her, and the two of them fell down like this.

At this moment, a round white jade rolled to the ground, spun around, and lay quietly on the ground.

It fell from Belle.

Seeing the piece of jade, the faces of Shen Zhuangzhao and the others changed color instantly, and the old lady deliberately stood up to see the piece of jade clearly, and when she saw it clearly, her face turned red and she was very angry.

Shen Taisheng, who was silently watching the development of the whole thing, asked Bi'er who fell to the ground with a blue face: "Say, where did the jade come from?" ”

How had Bi'er ever seen such a scene? She didn't expect that there would be such a thing on her body at all, so she hurriedly kowtowed and confessed: "It's not me, it's not me!" The slave doesn't know why it's on the slave! ”

Shen Shuzhao, who stood up, was so surprised that he didn't know what to say at this moment, he was stunned for a long time, and then his eyes were full of regret: "How could it be your ......?"

Hearing the second lady say this, Bi'er was suddenly stunned, how could this be? Didn't I put this piece of jade in my clothes with my own hands when the second lady went to see Ruan, why was it on myself?

In an instant, she figured out about the other pieces of jade on Shen Shuzhao's body and the jade on her own body, and she looked at the girl in front of her who was called "Bodhisattva in the world", and the kind and gentle side turned out to be all disguises!

"Second Miss, the slave saw you secretly carrying this piece of jade with your own eyes this morning, why did it appear on me now?"

Bi'er panicked, she didn't have time to think about it before she spoke. Shen Zhuang Zhaohe's eldest lady sank after hearing this, this idiot.

The old lady's eyebrows raised slightly, and Shen Taisheng's face opposite her was getting worse and worse at this time, the eldest lady saw that it was wrong, and quickly stood up and scolded: "I still deny it to my master in every possible way, I really don't repent!" Drag her down! ”

Hearing this, Bi'er hurriedly kowtowed even more, the sound of "dong dong" echoed on the ground, kowtowing her head was broken, she knew that the old lady would have no room if she was angry.

The crime of stealing, such a charge to put her to death, a little maid from a foreign country, is effortless.

Maybe it's because the survival * is too strong, hundreds of excuses are spinning in her mind at the moment, and suddenly Bi'er raised her head with an idea, a stream of blood flowed from her forehead, she stared at Shen Shujun viciously, and shouted: "The slave admits that the jade was stolen!" But this jade was stolen from the second lady's room last night! ”

The words are amazing!

Everyone held their breath and looked at Bi'er with hatred on their faces in amazement!

Shen Shuzhao on the side was a little stunned, but she thought about it after thinking about the person who was chosen by the eldest lady to do things, and her brain would not be too bright.

"Bi'er, if you stole this piece of jade last night, why did you say that you saw me secretly taking this piece of jade in the morning?"

Shen Shuzhao said calmly word by word, picking out the preamble in Bi'er's lie, although Shen Shuzhao's expression was very indifferent, but her eyes were getting darker and darker when she looked at Bi'er.

Bi'er didn't expect Shen Shuzhao to react so quickly, her lie quickly broke itself, and said intermittently: "That's because...... Because...... The slave and maid were flustered for a while, so they were a little speechless. ”

The old lady's brows became more and more furrowed, and Shen Taisheng's face became worse and worse, even if Bi'er said such things now, what was the point, the jade fell from her, not from Shen Shuzhao's body.

But she didn't have time to explain anything, and soon a few people who came over covered Bi'er's mouth with a handkerchief, and the poor maid could only whimper, but she didn't have to think to guess what she was saying "not me", and the miserable voice gradually became smaller as she was dragged away.

"The subordinate steals the master's things, and wants to frame them for other masters! Have you even forgotten the rules and regulations of the house? ”

The old lady was so angry that she repeatedly chopped her crutches straight to the ground, making a crisp sound.

At this time, Shen Taisheng said with a dark face: "Drag that servant to the dark room and fight until she spits out the truth!" A subordinate stealing actually made the three young ladies of the Shen Mansion get involved, you all go back and reflect on yourself! ”

There was silence again in the entire inner room, and all but the two most authoritative men bowed their heads and did not dare to say a word.

That Qiu Ting's knees were weak at this moment, she couldn't stand up from here anymore, she trembled, and secretly exchanged glances with Luo Shui, and each other's timid mood was very strong.

Qiu Ting knew that if it weren't for those extraneous things just now, she would have been dragged down just now......

Originally, she planned that after the second lady's jade fell out, she knelt down and admitted that she saw Shen Shuzhao pick it up with her own eyes, and then said a few words to defend her master, and the more and more black it became, and finally the angry eldest lady punished the second lady for three days to think about it behind closed doors, and then ordered someone to drag herself down to the dark room if she didn't report it.

Then he could receive a large sum of money from the eldest lady and send it to his mother, who was seriously ill in a distant country.

Yes, Yi Qiē could have walked on the track, and he could have taken a few months off for a while, and went back to take care of his mother, who was getting weaker and weaker, with the silver!

Her legs were shaking more and more, Qiu Ting glanced at Shen Shuzhao, who was involved in the center of the incident but quickly retreated, at this time there was no expression on her weak face, as if the person who was about to break her leg had nothing to do with her, although she only shushed her last night.

"Alas, what a pathetic ......"

At this time, Shen Shuzhao's voice full of pity reached Qiu Ting's ears.

She saw Shen Shuzhao looking at Bi'er who was dragged out of the outer courtyard in the distance, revealing that she was usually kind and couldn't bear to see these scenes. Shen Shuzhao sighed slightly, and her gentle eyes quickly turned around until she met her:

"Did you say yes, Qiu Ting?"