Before the words fell, Jin had already jumped up, and the whole person instantly rushed to the offering table, screaming like a madwoman: "Slut! I'll kill you! ”

Ruan Qingzhi looked panicked and retreated, and the whole person swayed on the offering table, which was very thrilling, but he never fell.

Jin hit the corner of the table several times and knocked over the fruit plate, the pain exacerbated her anger and robbed her of what little reason she had left, making her whole person scream wildly with her teeth and claws, and the graceful bearing of the prime minister's housewife was gone.

Ruan Wenzhong saw that this posture was really unreasonable, so he had to scold the little guys: "Lift the offering table!" No matter what weapon you use, hit me on the head of that evil barrier! If you can't even catch a girl, you don't have to do things in the Prime Minister's Mansion! ”

When the little guys heard this, they panicked. One of them boldly stepped forward to pick up the incense burner on the offering table, and the other two rescued a few fruit bowls that were almost empty, and the rest of them understood and rushed forward to overturn the entire offering table, which had been tossed in disarray.

Ruan Qingzhi's arms were still tied and unable to maintain balance, and the moment the offering table toppled over, the whole person fell to the ground.

did not fall to the ground and couldn't get up as everyone expected, but stumbled one after another under his feet, stumbling into the crowd.

Behind him, the Jin family was crying and scolding while chasing, and the courtyard was full of chickens and dogs.

Ruan Qingzhi didn't run far, he only circled around the two families in the crowd, crying bitterly: "Second uncle and third uncle, save me!" I was wronged! I didn't have fornication! I didn't poison my grandmother! Today, my father killed me, and another day, the people of Yushitai will find out and impeach my father for the crime of unjustly killing his own daughter, and then my father will fall out of favor with the emperor, and even if he doesn't have to go to prison, he will at least be dismissed......"

It's not okay to dismiss an official. The second and third masters glanced at each other, and their faces were not very good-looking.

By this time, Kim had already chased after him, panting and staggering, and he still refused to stop.

The second master's wife, Fang Shi, hesitated, and stretched out her hand to hug Jin: "Sister-in-law, why are you worried about the child?" Stop chasing, everyone is laughing at you! ”

Jin was anxious and angry: "Don't stop me!" I'm going to kill this little slut today! How dare she slander my daughter...... She dares to slander Yun'er! I'm going to kill her! ”

"Sister-in-law!" The third lady Li also came to persuade, "What can her children's family understand?" No one believes it! If you take it seriously, I'm afraid that some people will suspect that you are guilty of the second girl! ”

Kim was stunned for a moment, and then furious. Because of the bad relationship between the concubines, she scolded her face in person, and her face suddenly turned purple.

When he spoke, he finally stood still and didn't chase after him. Seeing this, Ruan Qingzhi also stopped, hid behind the second master and stood still, peeking to observe the Jin's reaction.

When Jin saw it, he was even more angry: "You little slut! You don't know shame yourself......"

"Mother," Ruan Qingzhi looked stubborn with tears in her eyes, "I am your daughter, and if you scold me as a little slut, you will scold your own old slut; Ye Han is in my courtyard just like those guards in my sister's courtyard, you scold me for not being honest is scolding my sister for not being honest! ”

When the Jin clan heard this, he rushed up and was about to pounce and fight, but the Fang clan hurriedly hugged him, persuaded him with a smile and a smile, and then raised his head to reprimand Ruan Qingzhi: "How can you talk to your mother like this?" Don't make amends yet! ”

Ruan Qingzhi said aggrievedly: "I was slandered for no reason, and I was not convinced in my heart, so I naturally spoke yin and yang!" The second aunt, if the niece is not sensible, it is really uneven. I've endured it for fourteen years, and if I endure it any more I'll die! ”

Fang Shi was speechless, and hurriedly glanced at his man: "You have an idea!" ”

The second old man looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say, but the third old man blinked, looked at Ruan Qingzhi and said, "It's not that the uncles refuse to support you, it's really difficult for you to do this!" You yourself say you're innocent, what about the evidence? How are you going to prove your innocence? ”

"Third uncle, this is not right!" Ruan Qingzhi raised his head and cried, "The yamen is handling the case, would they just catch a person and say that he is a thief, and then ask him to prove his innocence?" If you want to judge a thief, you have to see the thief and rise to the court, right? ”

The third master thought for a while and smiled: "What you say also makes sense." Sister-in-law, you said that the eldest sister is ...... Where is the man now? ”

Jin glared at Ruan Qingzhi and gritted his teeth with hatred: "Ran away!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi wept and stomped his feet and denied it loudly: "He didn't run!" Would you like my mother to spare his life for the time being, and allow him to come back and confront me? ”

Jin shivered and blurted out, "No! ”

That's not the right reaction. Several of the nearby masters frowned in unison.

Ruan Qingzhi walked out from behind the second master's sleeve, with tears in his eyes and looked at the Jin family aggrievedly: "I am not allowed to have a physical examination, nor is it allowed to confront him, does my mother just want to buckle this basin on my head?" What good will it do you to tarnish my reputation? What is the benefit to the Nguyen family? ”

At this time, a few old men with heads and faces in the clan had already heard some doorways, and everyone was not good-looking.

The affairs in the prime minister's house had nothing to do with their side branches. But the reputation of a large family is one in the eyes of outsiders, if it is really the Jin family who deliberately slanders their daughter, and all the girls in the clan can't marry a good family, this matter will be a big deal!

Immediately, a few anxious women shouted:

"Sister-in-law, that's not how things work!"

"Although the eldest girl was born to you, she is also a child of our Ruan family, how can you slander at will!"

"We really have to take care of this today!"

……

The situation on the scene gradually reversed, and Kim's face became more and more ugly.

Ruan Wenzhong walked over quickly when he saw that the situation was not good, and was about to speak, Ruan Qingzhi had already glared at the little man behind him and said, "Fu'er, you come to tell you masters, what was the situation when you saw the cold night?" ”

Fu'er was injured in both arms, and her left arm was splinted and hung around her neck, which was very pitiful. Hearing Ruan Qingzhi ask him at this time, he instinctively shuddered, drooped his head and said truthfully: "The old man said that the eldest lady poisoned the old lady and took us to arrest people, so the man came out to obstruct it, injured the six of us, and said that he would take the eldest lady away...... But the eldest lady refused. ”

Refused, and then there is no follow-up?

"What kind of fornication is that!" The people whispered.

Ruan Qingzhi looked up at Ruan Wenzhong and his wife, whose faces were blue, and his expression was stubborn and he didn't say more.

At this moment, everyone looked at Kim and Ruan Van Trung with a somewhat unkind expression.

Ruan Wenzhong deeply felt that his authority had been provoked, and Tie Qing looked at Ruan Qingzhi angrily and asked, "So, are you insisting on a physical examination to prove your innocence?" ”

"Of course not!" Ruan Qingzhi met his gaze proudly, "At this moment, my innocence has been clear, and your uncles and aunts are like mirrors in their hearts, why should I be humiliated by a physical examination?" If I need a medical examination to prove my innocence just because I have a manservant, then wouldn't our sisters and sisters be in danger? Who will dare to use a manservant in the future, who will dare to talk to a man, and who will dare to go out? ”

"That's right," the second lady Fang sighed, "The eldest girl is innocent, we can all see it clearly. ”

Ruan Qingzhi looked up at his father and asked coldly, "Ruan Xiangye, is it so difficult to admit that you are wrong?" Or are you unwilling to admit your mistakes in front of your uncles and uncles in the ancestral hall, and only bow your head at the Imperial History Tower? ”

Ruan Van Trung looked at everyone's faces and immediately realized that he was threatened.

He understood what Ruan Qingzhi meant: for these children of the side branches in front of them, it is important to cling to the Prime Minister's Mansion to get some oil and water, but it is not as important as preserving the clean reputation of their own small family. What's more, there is also the temptation to divide up the property after the tree falls and scatters......

If he insists on refusing to bow his head, some of the side brothers who are eyeing him will definitely be willing to take this rebel girl out. As long as she can get out of this door today, what awaits him is a thorough investigation by the Imperial Historical Tower!

"That's it!" Ruan Wenzhong gritted his teeth fiercely, "This matter is because my father didn't investigate it clearly!" But, Qingzhi, it's really too unreasonable for you to let a man in the inner courtyard without telling your parents! What if the other party is a bad guy? You live in the middle of nowhere, if you are in danger, who will be able to save you? ”

Ruan Qingzhi bowed his head and generously admitted his mistake: "This matter is indeed a daughter's inconsiderate consideration, which makes her father and mother bother." ”

Seeing her humble attitude, Ruan Wenzhong finally regained three points of face, and snorted coldly with a slightly slower face.

Ruan Qingzhi straightened up and raised his head with a smile: "Now that the facts have proved that Ye Han is not a villain, so my father allowed me to keep him in Xifangyuan?" ”

Before Ruan Wenzhong could answer, Jin had already jumped up beside him: "You are all dying, still thinking about that wild man?" I advise you to be sober, and think about the poisoning of the old lady first, if you can also think of a way to fool the past! ”

After she reminded her, everyone present finally remembered that there was still poisoning, and their eyes at Ruan Qingzhi became unkind again.

Now it seems that the affair may have been mixed with some water, but it poisoned the old lady......

Everyone was muttering in their hearts, and a cold voice full of anger suddenly sounded at the door: "How about the poisoning, the old body came to help her 'fool'?" ”

"Old lady?!" The crowd was shocked.

The second master and the third master were even more overjoyed, and they all turned around and rushed over.

After a chaotic salute, the third lady Li preemptively spoke: "We are relieved to see that our mother is safe." Early this morning, my second sister-in-law and I planned to go to Chunhui Courtyard to ask for peace first, but the girls in the house said that my mother was sick in bed and it was inconvenient to see people, and we had been in a mess all morning; Later, the sister-in-law said that her mother was poisoned by the eldest girl...... Mother, what the hell is going on? ”

The last sentence asked everyone's thoughts, and everyone present pricked up their ears.

The old lady walked slowly to the courtyard with a bamboo cane in her hand, and beckoned to Ruan Qingzhi in the crowd: "Eldest sister, come here." ”

The accompanying Yiyun hurriedly rushed behind Ruan Qingzhi, untied the rope on her body with three times and two clicks, and turned her head to help the forgotten Banyue up.

Ruan Qingzhi changed her noisy appearance, bowed her head and approached the old lady to salute uprightly, and her shabby and dirty coarse cloth clothes did not detract from her elegant and solemn demeanor.

Everyone was secretly amazed, and the Jin family couldn't help but rush over: "Old lady, the evidence of this evil obstacle poisoning is conclusive, you really misjudged her!" ”

"The evidence is conclusive?" The old lady turned around with a sneer, "Where is the evidence?" In the dregs of medicine you sent someone to Chunhui Courtyard to steal, or in the packet of brown sugar you forced your eldest sister to eat? ”

Kim staggered back two steps, shocked.

Ruan Qingzhi raised his head and glanced at the old lady's face, slightly surprised in his heart, and quickly regained his calm.

At this time, the little servants had already moved chairs from the hall and asked the old lady to sit down, and the Fang and Li clans were still asking the root cause.

The old lady brushed her sleeves and sat firmly, squinting her eyes at the Kim family.

Kim secretly tugged at the corner of Nguyen Van Trung's coat, and the latter quickly took two steps back to avoid her.

Jin was suddenly isolated, so he had to hold his knees and slowly kneel, his face gradually turning pale.

The old lady glanced at her hatefully, looked up at Ruan Qingzhi and said, "You can tell your uncles and aunts about the things ahead." ”

Ruan Qingzhi responded obediently, and told the fire in Rongxuan Hall that night, and the old lady was injured and poisoned by drinking medicine one by one, and finally choked up and concluded: "The medicine residue was stolen, and my mother said that everyone was suspicious, but later she only searched my Xifang Garden, and found a bag of brown sugar from the maidservant and said that it was conclusive evidence. I don't know why my mother was so convinced that I was poisoned, even though I had eaten the packet of brown sugar in public, my mother still insisted on killing me for poisoning my relatives! ”

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard what she said. The Jin family was angry, pointed at Ruan Qingzhi and scolded angrily: "! That's because you have ...... in your hands."

At this point, she suddenly woke up and hurriedly stopped.

Ruan Qingzhi looked at her with tears in her eyes and asked, "What's wrong with my hands?" Could it be that my mother thinks I should have a bag of poison in my hand? This is a great injustice...... Mom Qian, you only came to Xifangyuan to serve me the day before the accident, you shouldn't have time to conspire with me, right? Tell me about it, am I going to poison my grandmother? ”

Today, Mrs. Qian is waiting by the side of the Jin family, and she is the one who dragged Ruan Qingzhi to the ground with Mrs. Xue before.

At this moment, Ruan Qingzhi suddenly called out her name, and everyone was surprised.

Mrs. Qian only secretly complained in her heart.

She knelt on the ground in a daze, looked up at the Jin family, and then at the old lady, and trembled for a while before gritting her teeth and stumbling and said, "Old slave...... No, I don't know what poison is,...... There is no poison in Xifangyuan. ”

As soon as these words came out, Jin secretly raised his hand to wipe his sweat.

Ruan Qingzhi narrowed his eyes and smiled.

The old lady ordered Mrs. Qian to be dragged out, and then raised her head and said to everyone: "Although the old body has entered the coffin with one leg, his heart may not be confused. Daughter-in-law, do you tell the truth yourself, or do you tell you for yourself? ”

Jin knelt on the ground and trembled, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "The daughter-in-law doesn't know what her mother is going to say." ”

"That's good," the old lady slammed her crutches on the ground, "Xiaotang, come on!" ”

Someone shouted at the door, "Let go", and the crowd split to both sides in an instant. The maid Xiaotang was dragged in by Mama Zhou and thrown to the ground like a sack.

The delicate little face was red and swollen, and it had been interrogated beforehand.

At this moment, the little girl had long lost her previous cleverness, and she knelt on the ground and couldn't stop crying.

Mama Zhou retreated behind the old lady and stood still, and scolded coldly: "Don't cry, there will be days when you cry in the future!" ”

Xiaotang trembled in fright, hurriedly raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, and sobbed: "The slave doesn't dare to lie, those medicinal materials ...... It's all given by Mrs., and only the small ring next to Mrs. has touched it before boiling! Xiaohuan also took the rest of the medicine residue, she said that she herself had some heart palpitations and insomnia in the past two days, and wanted to pick up the medicine residue and cook it again to drink it herself...... After the accident, the slave knew that she had been fooled, and she was afraid that her grandmother would punish her, so she didn't dare to say it......"

Hearing this, Jin hurriedly kowtowed and cried: "Old lady, daughter-in-law doesn't know about this!" Xiaohuan's cheap hoof looks honest and responsible on weekdays, and her daughter-in-law really didn't expect her to do such a thing! ”

The old lady looked at her and sneered.

Ruan Wenzhong let out a loud shout from the side: "Xiaohuan, kneel!" ”

At this time, everyone had a rough idea in their hearts, and the gaze that looked at Ruan Wenzhong and his wife was even more disdainful.

Slaves are all doing things for their masters, and now the blame has fallen on Xiaohuan's head, does Jin, who is the master, still want to stay out of the matter and be a fool when everyone else?

Xiaohuan knelt down, just kowtowed and didn't speak.

Ruan Wenzhong knelt down to the old lady in his robe, and said sadly: "The son is stupid, and he almost wronged Qingzhi by mistakenly believing people's words, but fortunately, his mother's eyes are like a torch and he sees the real murderer, and the son is really ashamed...... The son sent the criminal slave Xiaohuan to Jingzhao Yamen, and asked his mother to calm her anger. ”

The old lady looked at him and smiled "hey" and raised her chin to Ruan Qingzhi.

Ruan Qingzhi narrowed his eyes, and asked to the ground in an indifferent tone, "Xiaohuan, don't you want to say something?" ”

Xiaohuan wiped a handful of tears and raised her head, with a cold expression: "Miss, don't be suspicious, the poison is indeed under the slave." Because last year, when the old man died on the offering, the slave maid accidentally knocked over a box of offering fruit, and the old lady ordered someone to beat the slave and maid for twenty boards, and the slave and maid held a grudge, so they didn't want the old lady to live to this day, that's it. ”

Ruan Qingzhi laughed mockingly: "The reason is quite good. Well, you have a motive for poisoning the old lady, but what about mine? What have I done to make you hold a grudge? ”

"You?" Xiaohuan was stunned for a moment, "No......"

Ruan Qingzhi didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and immediately turned her head to look at the Jin family: "Mother, what kind of grudge can I have with Xiaohuan, didn't you teach her?" ”

"I don't understand what you're saying!" Kim glared at her resentfully.

Ruan Qingzhi sighed: "You can't understand it." Mother, don't you know that on the first night I was locked up in the firewood room, someone brought me a lot of delicious and delicious food, which seemed to be the same as the one in my grandmother's medicine? ”

Kim's expression froze suddenly, and his eyes were a little straight.

Ruan Qingzhi was afraid that she would not believe it, and added: "Now those meals are buried in the northwest corner of the firewood room along with the dishes and chopsticks, and my mother can ask someone to dig them up and verify them." ”

Jin and Ruan Van Trung glanced at each other and quickly turned their heads away, and cold sweat seeped out of their foreheads.

Ruan Qingzhi rubbed his sore wrist and sighed: "Xiaohuan has no grievances with me, it seems that she didn't give the poison that night." I don't know who it is...... He did such a cruel blow to me! ”

The scene suddenly fell silent, and sweat rolled down Kim's forehead.

Everyone present felt that the truth had been revealed. The second master finally couldn't help it and roared out: "Sister-in-law, you are so vicious!" The Ruan family has really not treated you badly over the years, and your mother has never been embarrassed because of your humble background. How dare you poison your mother, and how can you bear to let your own daughter come to the tank! If you can't blame it, you will still fabricate charges and kill people...... You're mad! ”

Kim opened his mouth as if to refute, but in the end he said nothing.

Ruan Qingzhi stared at her for a while, then slowly knelt down, tears raining down: "Mother, why is this!" ”

Jin couldn't answer, but his face gradually turned gray, and the whole person collapsed on the ground as if his bones had been removed.

The old lady stood up with a bamboo cane, looking indifferent: "Eldest sister, help me go back." ”

Ruan Qingzhi couldn't get up after crying, so she hurriedly ran over with Yun to help her up.

Ruan Wenzhong chased after the old lady and said loudly: "Mother rest assured, my son will truthfully report the crimes of the Jin family to the Jingzhao Yamen, and will not protect them." Several concubines in the house are not successful, and many chores have to worry about the mother. When the case is closed, the son will make amends to his mother! ”

The old lady glanced back at him, and hastened away without answering.

Fang and Li glanced at each other, busy following behind. Ruan Qingzhi thought about it for a while, and chased after him with his hand.

Out of the door of the ancestral hall, Yiyun deliberately pulled Ruan Qingzhi a few steps behind, and said in a low voice: "Don't complain about the old lady, it's not that she wants to protect the second miss, but that the second lady has the support of His Royal Highness King Rui behind her, and the old man is desperate to protect her...... The poisoning alone was not enough to shake the status of the second lady, so the old lady meant to endure it a little longer. ”

Ruan Qingzhi grabbed the girl's hand and smiled: "Why are you saying these words, don't I understand in my heart?" Yun'er is the destiny of the phoenix, and she cannot be easily offended. Even if the old lady wanted to tell the truth today, I would stop it. ”

Xianyun was shocked: "You mean, the second miss is the one protected by God?" Wouldn't she be able to do whatever she wanted? Are we destined to be oppressed by her for the rest of our lives? ”

Ruan Qingzhi thought about it, shook his head and sighed.

This, who knows? In the past few hundred years, she has always been the one who can do whatever she wants, but now she is being bullied by others, she is really not used to it!

At this time, the old lady suddenly turned around and called, "Eldest sister, come here, don't cry!" You don't want that mother, can the prime minister still wronged you? ”

Ruan Qingzhi wiped it on his face, blinked his red and swollen eyes and smiled: "Grandmother loves me the most, and your old man is reluctant to wronged me!" ”

Li Shi turned around and sighed, "Sister-in-law is really too unreasonable. The eldest girl is a good daughter, but she is not even as good as a girl in the house! It's also thanks to this kid that he is sensible, and he hasn't grown crooked after being wronged for so many years. ”

The old lady smiled and bowed: "The eldest sister is a good one." ”

Fang Shi hadn't been able to interject for a long time before, and at this time he had to smile and said, "Although it is difficult to explain the person of sister-in-law, the two girls she gave birth to are good. Now that the second girl is about to become a princess, I wonder if the eldest girl's marriage has been settled? ”