CHAPTER XXVI
Mother Qian and Gui Zhen hurriedly sorted out Cao's clothes.
What Cao Shi was wearing was no longer the one at the banquet, and it wasn't even the one she wore when she had a night meeting with Fang Wenshan. After living in her room for two days, she was not short of food and clothing, and she was confident, so she was naturally in the mood to change her makeup. Now she is wearing a set of bamboo blue clothes with a relatively low-key color, and her hairstyle has been changed to a simple and dignified and elegant style, only wearing a few hostas, and her makeup is light, she looks like a noble and decent aristocratic woman, and everyone thinks that she cannot have anything to do with any misconduct.
It's just that her face is still a little pale now, a little hesitant. Although it is very likely that the officers and soldiers have found the letter prepared by her brother and sister in advance, she is always a little uneasy when the letter is not approved.
She stood at the door of the room, waiting for the summons of the officers and soldiers, but her eyes were always on the outside of the door. Fang Wenshan is not here, but he has a confidant left, maybe he will bring her a secret message?
The officers and soldiers summoned Mrs. Xie first.
When the officers and soldiers came to the door, Mrs. Xie was still at the main table of the female guests in the garden, and after the chaos, she was imprisoned in the water pavilion of one of the banquet venues, along with the "nephew" Wen Shi and the second "nephew" Xie Jinyi, who came to sue for help.
The place was airy on all sides, and the view was excellent, but it was not warm enough. Fortunately, a small warm pavilion was specially set up at the banquet venue for the old ladies and old ladies to rest, and there were screens, charcoal basins, hand stoves, thin quilts, snacks and tea, so Mrs. Xie, Wen's and Xie Jinzhi could barely settle down. However, compared to the people in the big room who were locked in the upper room, they must have had a bad time in the past two days.
Xie Mulin didn't see Xie Yingzhen's brother Xie Jinzhi, only his biological mother Wen Shi had a white face, supporting Mrs. Xie, and walked in from outside the courtyard gate under the escort of officers and soldiers. As early as after sending her daughter back to the room, she changed into clean clothes, instead of the useless clothes at the banquet. It's just that the dark circles under her eyes are too obvious, and the whole personhood is extremely bad.
Xie Mulin saw it through the window and couldn't help but call "mother".
Wen quickly turned around, and when he saw Xie Mulin, he breathed a sigh of relief and barely smiled.
Although the whole family is in a bad situation at the moment, the daughter who is in a fever and coma is now standing there in a good manner, dressed warmly, and looking good, she naturally needs to breathe a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Xie didn't look at Xie Mulin, but scolded Wen because she stopped to look at her daughter, Wen hurriedly supported her and continued to go to the upper room.
The officials of Dali Temple were extremely kind and polite, and decided to take out the main room of the upper room to interrogate Xie Pu's family, instead of doing it in the cold and windy courtyard. Seeing Mrs. Xie coming in, the red-clothed official specially ordered someone to prepare a chair for her, and she spoke quite kindly.
The Cao family didn't know what the people in Dali Temple had asked Mrs. Xie, and what Mrs. Xie had answered. This old lady has always eaten, drunk and had fun at home, even if she has to interject from time to time, Cao's prevarication and coaxing her, she can't do anything. She didn't know anything, she just knew that her son was rich.
Cao just didn't like Wen to be one step ahead of him and was summoned by Dali Temple. Even if Wen only accompanied Mrs. Xie over, she was not happy. However, she couldn't say anything, who told her not to arrange Mrs. Xie in the upper room? Otherwise, the filial daughter-in-law who holds her mother-in-law is her.
She waited at the door with a straight face, not knowing that Xie Mulin had begun to suspect this.
Xie Mulin was already suspicious when he found out that he was the only member of the second room who was in the upper room. You must know that among all the people in the upper room, Xie Xianzhi's brothers came from the men's seat, although the Cao family was sent to the upper room by officers and soldiers in a place other than the women's seat, but the two concubines were not. Xie Mulin himself was sent from the West Courtyard where he lived.
And since everyone gathered in the upper room, why weren't Mrs. Xie, Wen and Xie Jinzhi escorted over and detained in one place?
It is reasonable for the subordinates and the master to separate and detach, and it is also normal for men and women to separate and detach, and it is reasonable to separate and detain the big house and the second room. However, the current situation is that there are people in the second room in the big room, and Mrs. Xie should be the elder of the big house, but she is locked up with the mother and son in the second room.
Considering that Fang Wenshan was one of the officials in charge, Xie Mulin had some suspicions that this was deliberately arranged by the Cao family. But what is her purpose?
Xie Mulin couldn't help but glance at Cao Shi a few more times, but found that she had taken two steps forward, and the person was already standing in front of the threshold, very close to a soldier by the door. The soldier's mouth moved slightly, as if he was whispering. Cao listened intently.
Mother Qian was standing behind Cao's left, leaning diagonally in the direction of the soldier, as if she was listening carefully to what the other party was saying.
Xie Mulin quickly glanced at the others and found that Gui Zhen was taking care of Xie Yinghui, who was unwell, and the others did not look at Cao and the others. She quickly took a few steps in the direction of the door, but the soldier stopped at this point, and she heard nothing.
Fortunately, Mother Qian whispered to the Cao family at this time: "General Fang said so, Mrs. can rest assured to act according to the plan!" More than ten years of bad fate, today in public is completely broken, and it saves me from entanglement, and there are still good days waiting for my wife in the future! ”
Cao pursed his lips and suddenly turned his head to look at Xie Mulin. Mother Qian also noticed it and hurriedly looked back.
Xie Mulin looked innocent and ignorant: "Uncle, is there good news?" Daddy is alright, right? ”
Cao looked away unnaturally. Mother Qian stretched her face and reprimanded: "What is the second girl doing?" Probe the brain, this is also what everyone should do? Go back! What do adults do, what do children get involved with?! ”
Xie Mulin looked aggrieved, turned around and walked away, but his heart sank.
It seems that the Cao family is not going to ask for face, and wants to publicly break with Xie Pu. Combined with the movements of the officers and soldiers outside, as well as Xie Yingrong's words and deeds...... Could it be that Xie Pu is really going to be cold?
Apparently she had already got the letter. Without this so-called "ironclad evidence", how can the people of Dali Temple believe such an obvious planting? !
Is the emperor a fool?!
Or did he decide to go after his wife and son, so no matter how ridiculous the charges were, he was going to be convicted? Did the Cao family harm the whole family in order to live with his lover?
It's not that child's play, is it?!
Xie Pu obviously often told the Wen family that the emperor was coming...... Holy Ming, a ghost!
Xie Mulin's heart was full of unwillingness. She decided she wanted to do something more.
The officers and soldiers finally summoned the Cao family to go to the upper room, but the old lady Xie and the Wen family did not know where they went. Xie Mulin saw that everyone else had gone to the window to pay attention to the movement in the upper room, only Xie Yinghui was lying on the bed and napping, and Wanqin was still patting her daughter in the corner to lull her to sleep.
Xie Mulin thought for a while, got up and walked towards Wanqin.