Dead? Mrs. Chang asked.

I'm saving, I don't know if I can save it. The grandmother bowed her head and said.

Mrs. Chang laughed lightly: What a coincidence, I was about to ask her whereabouts, so I threw herself into the well. Chang Fu said, and deliberately glanced at Miss Chen San.

Miss Chen's face turned pale, what does Mrs. Chang mean by this, is this suspicious of her?

Mrs. Chen was in a bad mood from the time Miss Chen Si said that the third girl eloped, until she heard the news just now that Hongqiao had thrown herself into the well, and she was secretly relieved, but the Hongqiao had not died in the well, and was rescued. What a useless thing!

Mrs. Chen's heart was very angry, but she thought about it again, that Su Wang was sent away by her, even if Hong Qiao told the matter, it was just empty words, and there was no proof of death, thinking of this, Mrs. Chen's heart gradually calmed down.

For Mrs. Chen, as long as the 'elopement' is not revealed, everything else is easy to say, such as today's incident, let the fourth girl be a concubine.

She vaguely guessed that this matter might be related to Mrs. Chen, hehe, since it was related to the old lady, this matter was naturally troubled by Mr. Chen.

But after a while, Hong Qiao was dragged up, her face turned pale, her throat seemed to be choking, and she was coughing constantly, she started crying after seeing Miss Chen, and even cried and said: Miss, I didn't want to throw myself into the well, someone pushed me down.

Miss Chen San said angrily: Do you see who pushed it?

Hongqiao tearfully shook her head: No.

Miss Chen San held back her anger and asked: What happened last night and why...... I fainted after eating the pastry you gave me!

Miss Chen San originally wanted to ask, but in the end, she pinched the conversation, because there were too many elders here, and she was afraid of pulling out something that should not be said.

Miss Chen asked Hongqiao: You tell me about last night's events in detail.

Hongqiao knelt on the ground and said: After the young lady leaned on the bedpost and squinted for a while, I was guarding in the house, and after a while, I heard someone come to report that someone was looking for someone outside, so I explained to the house and went out, it turned out that the old lady's sister in the house,

She looked very anxious, and pulled me aside to speak, and at that time I thought that something had happened to the old lady, and without thinking much about it, I went with her to the corner to talk, but I did not think that as soon as I passed, I was knocked unconscious.

Old Madam Chen couldn't sit still when she heard this, he shouted coldly: How can the maid ring in the old lady's house appear in Changfu, don't be dazzled! How does this matter have anything to do with his wife?

Master Chen looked at Hong Qiao with a cold gaze.

Hongqiao knelt on the ground, bowed her head and whispered: "But, it's obvious that Sister Peony called me out."

Master Chen was too lazy to entangle with her, he directly discussed with Changzhi County: Drag this girl ring down, hit ten boards first, and see if she dares to tell a lie.

Chang Zhixian shook his head and said: Don't worry, I arrested some people last night and have already interrogated them.

Master Chen chuckled in his heart.

Mrs. Chang looked at the big girl ring beside her, and said gently: Give the confession of the painting to Master Chen and Mrs. Chen.

The maid next to Mrs. Chang bowed her head and handed over the testimony.

Master Chen looked at it with ten lines, and after reading it, his face turned pale, and he stood up and said: This is impossible.

After half a sound, Master Chen calmed down, and only heard him say: Since the problem of this matter lies in our house, then we will punish it, Brother Chang, what do you think?

Changzhi County smiled: Of course.

Mrs. Chang also had no opinion, but she saw that Master Chen didn't have many people coming over this time, so she said generously: Those who committed crimes will be sent to your mansion by us, so as not to make an extra trip back and forth.

After Mrs. Chang finished speaking, the topic changed and said: How is the matter of the four girls?

Master Chen gritted his teeth and said: I will bring people home first, and when the time comes, I will pick a good day and an auspicious day to enter the mansion, and it will be the same.

Dad, I don't want it! No! As soon as Miss Chen heard this, she shouted heartbreakingly.

She pointed to Miss Chen San's nose and said: She has eloped with someone, and she should be a concubine if she is a concubine!

Mrs. Chen stood up and slapped Aunt Chen Si hard, and Miss Chen Si fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Mrs. Chang put away her smile and said slowly: Although the fourth girl said that this thing is unreliable, but ah, who said it well, there is no wind and no waves, since she dares to say this, there must be a reason.

After Mrs. Chang finished speaking, she walked to Hong Qiao's side, she looked down at Hong Qiao and said: Hong Qiao, you are the personal maid of the third girl, you should be clear about her affairs, come, you raised your head, looked into my eyes and said, your third girl behaves properly? Mrs. Chang naturally would not regard Miss Chen San as the kind of person who was not ashamed because of the fourth girl's words, and of course she would not ask the third girl whether she was guilty or innocent because of Hong Qiao's words.

She'll send someone out to inquire.

Hongqiao began to shake her head firmly.

Mrs. Chang said softly: You are the third girl's dowry girl, maybe it will be Qian'er's concubine in the future, I am also your mother-in-law, since you are a family, you might as well be honest, huh?

A hint of hesitation flashed in Hongqiao's eyes, but soon, she shook her head firmly.

The old lady and the young lady are here, unless she wants to die, otherwise she must not say anything bad at this time.

Mrs. Chang glanced at her thoughtfully.

Master Chen smiled and said: Since we can't ask anything, let's take this girl with us.

Mrs. Chang frowned and was about to speak.

Chang Qian said out loud: Then take the two girls back together. His expression was quite cold, and the girl from the Chen Mansion was playing with him as a fool.

Mrs. Chen was taken aback, and said with a smile: It's just a misunderstanding, the relatives are all over, where can I go back.

Chang Qian no longer has a good impression of the people in the Chen Mansion, he said coldly: Yes, it's better to wait for me to find out the matter before discussing it, I don't want to be cuckolded. Regardless of whether the third girl's incident was chasing after the wind or not, he had to find out.

Chang Qian turned his head and asked Mrs. Chang: Mother, didn't you find out, who was the main finger about last night's incident?

Mrs. Chang said: I only said that it was the master of the Chen Mansion, and I still have to investigate who it is, but ah, this evidence all points to Mrs. Chen. But this is strange, Mrs. Chen heard that she was sick, and she didn't even get off the bed, so she would take the lead in this incident, no matter how you look at it, it feels weird? Besides, the third girl can be a granddaughter, and the fourth girl is a granddaughter, if you press your granddaughter for the sake of your granddaughter, it doesn't make sense.

It's really that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked.

Chang Qian glanced at the four girls, and said slowly: I will be responsible for what I do, but the ugly words are ahead, this matter is not only wrong with your Chen Mansion, or is it intentional, either I will take the fourth girl as a concubine, and the matter of the third girl will be stopped, or, find out the matter of the third girl, if she is innocent, she will continue to be his wife, and you will take the fourth girl back.

Mrs. Chen's face turned pale, but she forced a smile and said: My family Wan'er is innocent, where does this matter still need to be investigated, just stay in Changfu.

Chang Qian said: If I don't find it out, I will have a thorn in my heart, and I am afraid that she will only be an ornament in the future. As the son of the county commander, as the grandson of Shangshu, he is arrogant.

Originally, this family was reluctantly married, but it turned out to be such a, which is really disgusting.

He definitely wants to take the imperial examination, if the third girl is his wife, he will definitely deal with the official family in the future, he also wants to see her ability, take a step back and say, even if the third girl has eloped, if she can cover up this matter and prevent him from finding evidence, then she is capable, he admitted.

Miss Chen's face turned blue and white for a while, and she said loudly: I haven't done this, don't you splash sewage on me.

Chang Qian said coldly: This matter came out of your Chen Mansion itself, and it was not fabricated by us.

That's enough. Master Chen shouted coldly, his eyes swept over the fourth girl, and then fell on the third girl, only to hear him say: Wan'er, you go back to the house with us, and let Jiao'er stay.

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she became angry: Master, what do you mean by this?

Master Chen suppressed his anger and said: Let's talk about it when I go home. The fourth girl is already Chang Qian's person, how can she bring it back, if she brings it back, it will be difficult to send it to Chang Mansion in the future.

After all, Master Chen is still the head of the family, after he made up his mind, the matter has not changed, and after that, Master Chen took Mrs. Chen and the three girls back to the house together.

The maidens who had drawn the detention also brought them back.

In addition to the Changzhi County family, there was only Miss Chen Si left in the house, Miss Chen Si saw that her family was gone, and Miss Chen San was also gone, leaving only her, she was happy in her heart, and sure enough, she was the one who stayed in Chen's Mansion!

She didn't care at all that Chang Qian said that she was only willing to accept her as a concubine, she thought in her heart that as long as she had a son, Chang Qian would definitely be reluctant to have a son as a concubine.

Miss Chen Si didn't want to think about it, she had pointed at Chang Qian's nose and scolded him for being incompetent, Chang Qian was particularly concerned about these things, his dislike for Miss Chen Si had already been placed on his face, but unfortunately, Miss Chen Si, who was bent on marrying into an official family, didn't notice it at all.

Mrs. Chang saw that Miss Chen Si was excited, but she sneered in her heart, this Miss Chen Si is really a brainless.

Mrs. Chang said to the eldest girl next to her: Take Miss Chen Si to the guest room and let her rest, she is afraid that she will not be able to stand it after a tiring day. It's best to get the furthest guest room, out of sight and out of mind.

Yes, ma'am. This big girl is called Bi Liu, she has served Mrs. Chang for six years, and she knows everything about Mrs. Chang's preferences, she heard the meaning of Mrs. Chang's words, so she took Miss Chen to the guest room farthest away from the main house, because it is far away, so it occupies a large area, Miss Chen saw that this place is big and beautiful, and she is quite proud.

She asked, "Is it for me to live alone in such a large yard?"

Biliu replied with a smile: Yes, four girls.

Miss Chen Si blurted out: It seems that Chang Qian still cares about me very much, otherwise, he wouldn't let me live in such a big yard, look, it's still new.

Biliu bowed her head and smiled without saying a word.

They are slaves and maids, and they only do things, and there are some words that cannot come out of their mouths.

After sending the four girls away, Mrs. Chang said to Chang Zhixian: I didn't know that Chen's Mansion was so messy before, I thought that Mrs. Chen was an understanding person, but I didn't expect that the girls she taught couldn't even match half of hers.

Chang Zhixian was also not very happy in his heart, but he didn't show a trace of such affection on his face, it was originally a happy event to get married, but now it has become like this, and his heart is very separated.

He calmly said to Mrs. Chang: Isn't this family affair that you have to tie up?

Mrs. Chang was blocked by his words, and immediately stopped.

Chang Zhixian said to his subordinates again: Take care of your mouth for me, don't say anything about this, if I hear the relevant news from the house, I will be killed directly.

For the sake of the reputation of the two families, it is better to cover this matter to death.

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When Mr. Chen returned home, he first let Miss Chen go back to the house, and then he went back to the main house with Mrs. Chen.

As soon as he entered the house, he closed the door and said angrily to Mrs. Chen: What kind of family are you doing, even if your daughter is married, you can't even do a good job of marrying your daughter, and such a big thing happened to your head, didn't you pick those subordinates?

Mrs. Chen is not good-tempered, she sneered and choked: I have to ask your mother, it was a good thing, she was hard kicked, what kind of heart did she have? I haven't said anything about you, you don't know who was the original head of this house, from the day I got married, until the old man was seriously ill, only half of the housekeeping power fell into my hands, don't you mean that?

My mother is idle on weekdays, let her take care of the housekeeper, you can fight for this! Master Chen said impatiently.

Mrs. Chen said coldly: I'm not arguing, I don't see that thing yet. I'm just talking about this incident, and you can see it, half of those maids and daughters are old ladies, so you can do it yourself.

Master Chen was silent.

Mrs. Chen said again: What does it mean that you will take Wan home and leave Jiao'er there, didn't you listen to Chang Qian, she only needs one, you mean to want Jiao'er to be a concubine, right?

Master Chen pondered: Let me think about it again.

Mrs. Chen sneered: What is there to think about.

Master Chen's Fire Avenue: You only have Wan'er in your heart, Jiao'er is also my own child, she can't watch her die, now that she is Chang Qian's person, what can she do when she comes back, either she will not marry for the rest of her life, or she will twist her hair and become a sister-in-law, don't you know? If you want me to say, you are too ruthless as a mother-in-law, if you discipline one or two on weekdays, she will not be like this.

Mrs. Chen sneered: She was taught by her mother herself, but it was not my turn, do you think that my mother's upbringing method is wrong?

Master Chen was impatient to listen.

Mrs. Chen sank her face and said: What should Wan'er do, relatives and friends know that she has become a relative and has also drunk, if she knows that she was sent back, how will she behave in the future?

Master Chen's face was no better than that of Mrs. Chen, he stared into Mrs. Chen's eyes and asked: Is the elopement a shadow or is it true? You tell me the truth.

Mrs. Chen said calmly: Of course it's fake.

Master Chen nodded and said, "Okay, I'll believe you once."

Mrs. Chen looked at Master Chen's face and said inexplicably: What if that thing is true?

Master Chen suddenly stared at her eyes.

Mrs. Chen stepped back, but she didn't speak.

When Master Chen saw Mrs. Chen's expression, his heart fell to the bottom, and only after half a ring, he said to the people outside the door: Call the third girl over.

Yes, sir.

After a while, Miss Chen San was invited.

Miss Chen San lowered her head and said nothing.

Master Chen opened his mouth and said: You tell me the truth, where did you go in the days after the temple fair?

Miss Chen San raised her head and glanced at Master Chen, and thought that this house was full of her own relatives, so she no longer concealed it, and said directly: I was kidnapped on the day of the temple fair, and when I woke up, I found that there were two disciples on the mountain who wanted to be indecent ...... I was hit by Miss Su, she rescued me, and asked her brother to send me to town, and then I went home, and there was no elopement.

Her voice grew quieter.

Why didn't you just say that? Master Chen asked her.

Mrs. Chen was panicked, she was actually taken captive and rescued by the Su family! Well, that's not elopement! However, she tied up the Su family boy and put him in the carriage and sent him away!

She's wrong to blame others!

What can I do?

Miss Chen San raised her head again and said: This thing was done by Aunt Bai.

What the!

Master Chen was shocked, this is impossible, Yun Jun is not that kind of person, how can it be her!

Miss Chen San said calmly: This matter must also be related to Aunt Bai, grandmother is still sick, where can she manage it, she must have gone to find her grandmother, if you don't believe it, you can deceive her, just try it.

Old Man Chen's face darkened, he turned his head to look at Mrs. Chen, and was about to ask Mrs. Chen if she knew about this, but Mrs. Chen looked absent-minded.

After all, Master Chen didn't ask anything, he walked out with his hands behind his back and said, "I'll go to the old lady's side to have a look."

After Master Chen left, only Miss Chen and Mrs. Chen were left in the house.

Seeing that Mrs. Chen had been in a daze, Miss Chen called out loudly: Mother.

Mrs. Chen woke up at this time, she looked up at Miss Chen San, she thought about it, it was better to hide this matter, after all, it was all over, so it was better to treat it as if she didn't know, anyway, this thing was done secretly, and she didn't know.

She thought again, just compensate the Su family with some silver, anyway, there are many children in the countryside, and one less is nothing.

Mother, grandmother, why is she doing this? There were no outsiders in the house, Miss Chen San threw herself into Mrs. Chen's arms and cried, I am also her own granddaughter!

Mrs. Chen hugged Miss Chen San, touched her back and said: My mother will make decisions for you in this matter.

Miss Chen San cried out the grievances in her heart.

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Make up for yesterday's chapter.