Chapter 454: Trade-offs
Su Mian laughed softly, she had expected it for a long time, and said unhurriedly: "I knew you would say that, so when she was interrogated, everyone could be present, this is not the place to talk, so I bothered everyone to go over together." ”
In fact, when Su Mian asked Xiaowen to be brought over just now, he instructed his subordinates to find her a piece of clothing, as for Yang Lu was still pressed in the courtyard behind him, no matter whether this matter could be investigated or not, he would definitely not be able to escape.
Lianxin suddenly became even more nervous, and secretly glanced at Gong Qianxue, wanting to seek protection from the galaxy, but she was secretly pulled by Gong Qianxue from behind, leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Give up Xiaowen, I will keep you." ”
Lianxin's face changed, and she did not receive any comfort from ironing in her heart, but felt a slight chill, Xiaowen had suffered such a great grievance, but now she was given up so easily.
Even if Gong Qianxue clearly said that she would keep herself, Lianxin couldn't accept it with peace of mind.
But she had to do as Gong Qianxue ordered.
Everyone quickly changed to a neater room, Xiaowen knelt in the middle, a group of people sat down around, and Gong Qianxue and Lianxin stood behind Xiaowen.
Su Mian walked over slowly, stood in front of Xiaowen, and asked softly: "What is your name, why did you appear there, who instructed you, and what purpose did you have, just say it, as long as you are not the mastermind, we will make the decision for you." ”
She showed all her sincerity.
But obviously Xiaowen didn't believe it.
She bit her lip and stubbornly refused to explain, but just held back a sentence: "The slave maid is called Xiaowen, no one instructed the slave maid, it was the slave maid who was obsessed with it for a while." ”
Song Linlang frowned slightly, stared at Xiaowen for a few moments, and then confirmed: "You are not the maid in our house, how did you come in?" ”
Xiaowen was disheveled before, they felt disgusted, and they didn't look at her carefully, but now they heard the name Song Linlang to decide.
Xiaowen was obviously a little nervous, kneeling on the ground and grabbing the skirt on her knees with both hands, and kept rubbing it in her hands, as if she wanted to soothe the tension in her heart.
The result was obviously useless, her face was frighteningly pale, and she didn't dare to look into everyone's eyes when she spoke, she only lowered her eyes and said mechanically: "I sneaked in, there are many people who came to the house today, and there are many people brought by the nobles, I followed up in the crowd, as for which nobleman came in, I can't remember clearly." ”
This is clearly an improvised lie.
But no one knew what was going on, so there was no way to refute it.
Su Mian frowned slightly, stared at Xiaowen's gaze with a little more pity, and said slowly: "Xiaowen, do you really prefer to admit that you secretly entered the Guogong Mansion to cheat than confess to the mastermind behind the scenes?" Do you know what the consequences are after you admit it? In the future, your concentration will be completely ruined, and in order to avoid such a shameful thing from fermenting, the Guogong Mansion has the right to secretly dispose of you, is it really worth it to protect the people behind you like this? ”
Lianxin and Gong Qianxue, who were standing behind Xiaowen, always felt that Su Mian's words meant something, and they were a little nervous.
But Xiaowen was very stubborn, gritting her teeth and explaining: "There is no command from my old behind-the-scenes." ”
She knew very well that it was impossible for Su Mian to tell everyone about her deception, so she refused to explain what happened.
Su Mian raised her eyes and glanced at Gong Qianxue, seeing her expression of victory, she was very uncomfortable in her heart, but she didn't know what to do with Xiaowen, if she didn't explain, it was likely that this matter would be over.
But Su Mian didn't want to forget it, lest others think she was a bully.
Su Mian took a deep breath, turned around and slowly walked to his place and sat down, his hand resting on the table, and his fingers tapped lightly.
The atmosphere was depressed and silent, Hou Mingzhu couldn't stand this atmosphere, and shouted: "If you don't explain how to pull it out and beat it to death, this kind of woman who doesn't love herself is simply a shame on our women's faces, and if she was bumped into by someone by chance, she can only be unlucky." ”
Xiaowen's body trembled, obviously a little scared, but she was still unwilling to tell the truth.
Su Mian frowned, made up her mind after a while, and asked softly: "Xiaowen, you and I both know very well in our hearts that this matter was planned by someone, do you really think I dare not say it?" ”
Xiaowen glanced up at Su Mian in a panic, and there was still a faint expectation in her heart, Su Mian was just scaring and scaring herself. She didn't dare tell the truth. Wenxin School
But her expectation was going to be disappointed after all, because Su Mian laughed suddenly, with no scruples in her smile, and said directly: "In front of everyone here, let's make things clear from beginning to end, lest you say that I wronged you in the future." ”
Xiaowen gritted her teeth, the hand hanging on her knee was already clenched into a fist, and the uneasiness made her feel uncomfortable, and she wanted to look back at Gong Qianxue behind her several times, but she didn't dare.
Sheng Suqin suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and asked Su Mian worriedly: "Could it be that there is still a hidden secret?" ”
Su Mian was not ready to continue to wrestle, nodded directly, and asked softly: "Everyone must be curious, why am I so sure that there is a behind-the-scenes command behind this matter?" Today, everyone, but unknowingly become someone's pawn, it can be said that the person behind this, the means are indeed a little clever, if I wasn't a little clever today, I'm afraid you would really catch my misdeeds just now. ”
"What do you mean?" Hou Mingzhu stared at Su Mian impatiently and asked, "What else are you selling, what else is there to hide, hurry up and make it clear." ”
Zhu Lin was also a little nervous, not only her, but also the ladies in the room, everyone in the room did not look very good-looking, so that they could hear that they had invisibly become other people's pawns, which was even more embarrassing than being slapped in the face directly.
all boasted that they were smart people, but they were teased like this, and they realized it later.
Now that she has decided to say it, Su Mian has nothing to continue to hide, she hooked her lips slightly, and her tone was indifferent: "Then I have to ask Xiaowen, why did she pretend to be the maid of the second lady of the Song Mansion, tricked me into that courtyard, and lit incense in the house, trying to harm me, so coincidentally, everyone was led to that courtyard again, if you want to say that all this is not designed to be interlocking, do you believe it?" ”
When these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed.
Xiaowen seemed to have lost her support and strength, her body was weak, and she fell to the ground.
Even Song Linlang, who had always been calm, changed her face and stared at Xiaowen on the ground with a frown: "Pretending to be my maid?" ”
She originally thought that this matter had nothing to do with her, so she never spoke, and she was not ready to intervene, but now she couldn't hold her breath.
Zhu Lin also became nervous, and repeatedly reassured: "This matter has absolutely nothing to do with Linlang, she admitted it herself just now, she is not a maid in our house, and she has avoided mixing in from the new." ”
Lianxin seized the opportunity and hurriedly said: "This is not certain, she can lie to the princess and say that the second lady's maid is wrong, and it is possible to lie to everyone that she is not the maid of the Guogong Mansion, anyway, no one knows her, who knows the truth or not." ”
Lian Xin didn't want to miss this kind of opportunity to shirk responsibility, and she said quickly: "And Princess, just now you said that you have been in the courtyard of the front hall, and now you say that you were led over by Xiaowen, aren't you inconsistent?" Who knows if you made up these words on the fly? ”
"What are you doing in such a hurry?" Su Mian glanced at her in a deep manner, and her tone was not hurried, "I just stated what happened just now, and I didn't suspect anyone, why did you jump out so impatiently and want to say that I made up a story to deceive people, are you weak-hearted?" ”
Lian Xin lowered her eyes, secretly blaming herself for being too calm just now, but she could only bend over and hold on, and hurriedly said: "What the princess said just now, didn't she just want everyone to think that I was in the same group as Xiaowen?" ”
"Aren't you?" Since this matter has been solved, Su Mian also got up directly, opened her mouth and said, "If you and Xiaowen hadn't planned it a long time ago, how could it be that she just deceived me, and you said that you saw me go over and brought everyone to come so timely?" ”
Lianxin's heart was even more empty, it was obviously a cold day in the depths of winter, but sweat broke out on his forehead.
Su Mian didn't finish speaking, and continued: "The reason why I said before that I wasn't in that place was because I didn't want everyone to misunderstand, but you have always refused to tell the truth and explain clearly, then I have nothing to hide, only by spreading out everything and saying it, you can't find an excuse to justify." ”
Lianxin gritted her teeth, gasped for breath after a while, and refused to bow her head, and said in fear: "The princess thinks that we did it, and naturally she will push everything on our heads, but in the end, only you know about this matter, how to say it, you are not alone?" ”
She took a breath and continued: "And I didn't know Xiaowen in the first place, you insist on saying that we know each other, but you will show evidence that we know." ”
Xiaowen's face was pale, but when she heard Lian Xin trying so hard to get rid of her relationship, she felt even more sad in her heart.
She thought that she had done so much, and she insisted on not giving Gong Qianxue out just now, and they would at least defend her.
But now it seems that Lianxin is clearly afraid of having something to do with her.
Su Mian frowned slightly, and her tone was dull: "It's hard to die at the end of your mouth, Xiaowen, she said that it has nothing to do with you, since this is the case, then this matter can only be borne by you alone, you can think about it." ”
Xiaowen's eyes were full of tangles and pain.
Lianxin was also a little nervous, staring at Xiaowen's back tightly, she gave up Xiaowen according to Gong Qianxue's instructions, but whether Xiaowen would continue to protect them, she couldn't be sure.