"If that's the case, why do we need to educate ourselves?" Chu Qingli asked the second lady with a smile.

The second lady gave Chu Qingli a roll of the eyes, and she was very unhappy in her heart, but she didn't have any upper hand, so she could only sulk by herself.

Chu Qingli didn't take her words to heart, she had been prepared before she came, and with these words, she also wanted to make Chu Qing uncomfortable, afraid that they would take her too lightly.

The eldest lady sighed heavily, and Chu Qingli naturally couldn't help but ask, "Why is the eldest lady sighing?" But what's in your heart? ”

The eldest lady looked at Chu Qingli with resentful eyes, "I originally wanted to stay until the early spring, and invite the princess to go to the mansion to be a guest in the bamboo forest on the outskirts of Beijing, the scenery there is very good, and you can escape the heat and enjoy the cool in the summer, it is really a good place, but unfortunately, now it is all ruined." ”

"It's not that someone did it on purpose, otherwise it would have been burned down by someone in a good manner, to say that this person is also ruthless, and the lives of so many guards in the forest are completely disregarded." Although the second lady didn't know who that person was, her eyes looked at Chu Qingli from time to time, and she had already decided in her heart that Chu Qingli should be responsible for this matter.

Chu Qingli still smiled lightly, the more anxious others were to let her show her feet, the more she should be calm and composed, and she couldn't achieve the goal of others.

Chu Qingli didn't look at the second lady, naturally ignoring her gaze. Chu Qingli gently enlightened the eldest lady and said, "Is it that you offended someone on weekdays, so you caused this disaster." ”

"I can't remember who we've offended. However, the last time there was a banquet in the house, everyone was very unhappy, wasn't the princess not in a good mood at that time? If you think about it like this, it was indeed the poor reception of the Xuanguo Mansion that day, which offended the princess. The second lady said in three or two sentences, and pointed the finger at Chu Qingli, it seems that the second lady is trying to make her confess today.

Chu Qingli looked at her quietly, "The second lady is really good at laughing, how can I retaliate wantonly because of that little thing, I will inevitably lose my identity." It's common for the second lady not to remember, the Xuanguo Mansion has a big business, as the saying goes, it's a big tree, maybe you offend someone inadvertently, and you don't know? ”

The second lady smiled contemptuously at the corner of her mouth, and looked at Chu Qingli with her long and narrow eyes, revealing a malicious gaze, "Our family has always been kind, and we have never offended anyone, and it has been you recently, princess, princess, isn't it really you?" The second lady didn't want to go around in circles with Chu Qing, so she asked directly half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Chu Qingli pretended to be stunned, and said helplessly after a moment: "It was indeed a little presumptuous in your mansion that day, but the second lady can't assume that I did this because of this." Chu Qingli's face was aggrieved and pitiful, no matter who saw it, he would not believe that Chu Qingli had done such a thing.

The second lady was indignant in her heart, she only felt that Chu Qingli was shameless, she asked like this, Chu Qingli was still able to lie without changing her face and heartbeat, and pretended to be pitiful.

Shen Qiuyu had been staring at Chu Qingli for a long time, but she had been holding back and didn't speak, seeing that the second lady couldn't get any words out of her mouth, she couldn't help but speak, "Chu Qingli, is Chu Qinghan in your mansion?" ”

Chu Qingli looked up at Shen Qiuyu, turned his head and glanced at the eldest lady, as if to say, how could Shen Qiuyu ask such an abrupt question?

"Qinghan is my younger brother, whether he is in my house or not, he should have nothing to do with Miss Shen, right? I wonder why Miss Shen asked that? "For Shen Qiuyu to enter the palace three or four times to explore Chu Qinghan's whereabouts, Chu Qingli only didn't know, as long as they didn't make it clear, Chu Qingli naturally wouldn't take the initiative to speak?

Shen Qiuyu stood up and stood up directly, "If you really have a clear conscience, take us to King Mu's Mansion to check, if Chu Qinghan is really not there, I will no longer doubt you." Shen Qiuyu glared angrily, looking at Chu Qingli with faint hatred.

Chu Qingli snorted strangely, and looked at the eldest lady puzzled, "Madam, what does Miss Shen mean by this?" What does this have to do with my brother? How could it be on him? ”

"Chu Qingli, you don't pretend not to know, I have clearly told you in the palace that day." Shen Qiuyu looked at Chu Qingli pretending to know nothing, and her heart became even more annoyed.

Only then did Chu Qingli remember that she had indeed explained to her that day, but the explanation was not the truth, it was just an ambiguous statement. Chu Qingli put his hands folded on his lap and looked at Shen Qiuyu seriously, "Miss Shen is right, you explained that day, you said that you invited Qinghan and you asked you to leave, since it was invited, how could I make a move on you, isn't it a contradiction?" Chu Qingli looked at Shen Qiuyu with a pair of innocent and cunning eyes, how could anyone hide these two emotions in their eyes at the same time.

Shen Qiuyu took a deep breath and wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to continue, "I did use some means. Shen Qiuyu's voice became smaller and smaller, "So you will definitely go to save Chu Qinghan, because of the resentment in your heart, you burned the forest." Shen Qiuyu's guilt dissipated in an instant, and being aggressive was her style.

Chu Qingli's pupils shrank, and he squinted his eyes slightly at Shen Qiuyu, "If you say so, what if you do it to Qing Han, I will burn you a forest?" ”

Chu Qingli's expression and tone made them unable to tell whether what she said was true or false, but they were already inclined to think that Chu Qingli was the culprit in their hearts, so Chu Qingli's words made them even more angry, and at the same time they were deeply helpless, after all, it was indeed Shen Qiuyu's fault first, if she hadn't tied up Chu Qinghan and tortured her to extract a confession, Chu Qingli would not have been so angry that she burned the bamboo forest.

But it has nothing to do with them whether others are happy or angry, the important thing is that someone needs to be responsible for the loss of this bamboo forest, and someone has to calm the resentment in their hearts.

"So you admit it, don't you?" Shen Qiuyu asked Chu Qingli rhetorically, anyway, Chu Qinghan didn't die, but Chu Qingli really caused a human life, if the people from the Yamen really investigated it, even if they didn't interfere in the Xuanguo Mansion, Chu Qingli would not be punished heavily.

Chu Qingli changed the expression on his face, "I'm just making an analogy, I don't know about you bringing Chu Qinghan to the bamboo forest, let alone the location of the bamboo forest, how can you follow it?" Chu Qingli put away his fierce expression, and couldn't let them catch a little trick.