Chapter III
"Eldest son, why do I think Miss Cousin is a little sloppy?" Qingshan pushed Qi Yanzhi back to his yard and said, "Don't let anyone fill the dumb medicine, right?" ”
Qi Yanzhi just smiled and manipulated his wheelchair to bask in the sun under the porch.
"But I don't think it's like it," Qingshan talks a lot on weekdays, and even if the son-in-law ignores him, he can talk for a long time, "It's enough to fall into the water, if it's me, as long as I don't succeed, I should be reined in, and I won't show my feet at this juncture." ”
"Leave aside the possibility that the man was stupid...... No, the stupid person may not be a dumb drug, it may be arsenic directly, so I think Miss Cousin ...... her" Qingshan didn't continue, because he found that his son-in-law didn't care about it, or he had already seen through it, and he had never paid attention to things that had nothing to do with him.
How do you know that his son-in-law then asked: "Where is Wang Dalang at this time?" ”
"Huh?" Qingshan didn't understand why he suddenly cared about Wang Chong's whereabouts, "I haven't asked about this recently, you have to wait for me to ask the following to know." ”
"Well," Qi Yanzhi smoothed his brows with his fingers, and said, "Qingshan, are the hairpins you picked up in the pool that day still there?" ”
Hairpin...... What hairpin? When did he go to the pool to pick up hairpins? Qingshan's expression was blank for a moment, and then he suddenly slapped his head, "Ah, what is here, I will return to the original owner!" ”
Xie Ruqing has almost recuperated after a few days, except that she still can't speak, she doesn't go out every day, just flips through the book and the notebook in the room.
"Girl, the batch of clothes made by the princess before the winter has been packed and delivered." Ruyu entered the door with a tray, and said: "Girl, let me replace a few old jewelry in your box, you must always be decent when you enter the palace, I see that the girls and ladies in the mansion are all changed after the season." ”
Xie Ruqing naturally knew that she also felt wasteful when she first got married, and then she went with the flow. After all, as long as these old jewelry is removed from the dresser, it will become a waste material, and it will be rusty to keep it, so it is better to swallow it privately to exchange money.
Some masters will simply send people on the surface, some will turn a blind eye, and some will simply not know. And the original Xie Ruqing belonged to the one who didn't know at first, and turned a blind eye after knowing.
She began to maintain the consciousness of Miss Cousin, thinking that she should not be too extravagant to send people under the fence, and then she probably really loved her, so in order to make herself less shabby, she also followed the quarterly cut. But she remembered all of them, she said that one day she saw a hairpin on Ruyu's bun, and she had never worn it, but she remembered it - probably Ruyu thought she didn't like it and wouldn't remember it, so she wore it so blatantly.
Xie Ruqing found out and didn't expose it, Ruhuan Ruyu is a girl who has followed her since she was a child, she is now surrounded by so many close people, she misses the old feelings, and the things outside her body are not emotionally important, so she endured it, but she didn't expect that she would eventually die on this benevolence.
In the past few days, Xie Ruqing has observed Ruyu, she is bold and big-hearted, and often does not take her own requirements into account, especially when Qi Zhiyuan comes, she is particularly enthusiastic, according to the observation Xie Ruqing thought of the falling into the water incident and pieced together a possibility.
She casually raised her hand and signaled Ruyu to be casual, and Ruyu took the box on her dresser......
The next day, Fang Hui confirmed the possibility that Xie Ruqing could piece it together.
"I didn't send anyone into the pool to search that day, Princess, look." Fang Hui was holding a tray, on which was placed a hairpin that was not so bright, as if it had been soaked in water, and a white bead on the hairpin fell off and was placed on the side. "The girl who fed the fish today found a dead fish floating on the surface of the pond, and when she fished it up, she found that the fish had a bulging belly, and guess what, there was a bead in her stomach."
Yu's eyelids jumped, she was familiar with these beads, this was a batch from the East China Sea a few days ago, and she also made a pair of earrings with beads that were one size bigger than this.
Fang Hui said again: "I immediately sensed that something was wrong, so I asked someone to search in the water, and I found this hairpin, if I remember correctly, it should be the autumn batch of jewelry, this hairpin is as clear as it is, and you said that this bead is suitable for her." ”
Even if Yu Shi was stupid, he could understand what she was going to say, and the hairpin was no longer in Ruqing's place in winter, and she said angrily: "Go and find out who this hairpin went to!" ”
Fang Hui pretended to go down to check, but in fact, whether to check it or not was done for people to see, she had already made a decision.
That night, Fang Hui assigned a few housekeepers to go to the backyard and search the rooms of the next person from house to house.
Xie Ruqing just changed her clothes and lay down, she heard the movement and summoned Ruhuan to come over, she couldn't speak recently, Ruhuan's ability to observe words and colors became more and more skilled, and she knew what she was going to ask and do with a look, without waiting for her to compare, Ruhuan said: "It is said that it is the princess's meaning, the house has not been clean recently, this is the only way to check the house, you don't have to be alarmed, I will go and talk to a few grandmothers." ”
Xie Ruqing nodded, leaned on the side of the bed with his clothes on, still flipping through the notebook, and after a while, Ruyu's cry came from the courtyard.
"Mama Li, listen to me, I really didn't steal it, I just kept it for the girl, I don't believe you asked our girl, she knows it......" Ruyu was dragged by two grandmothers with great hands, one left and one right, and her skin and flesh were torn painfully, but she couldn't take care of it now, she just tried her best to exonerate herself.
"Girl, you better save your tongue and go to the princess," a grandmother snorted and persuaded, "the thing was found in your house, and it doesn't matter if it's black or white, you have to explain it, and you still try to frame others, with all due respect, you have to think about what to say on the way." ”
The search of the backyard was not heard from any house in advance, and no one knew why the private belongings were suddenly searched, and the yard was full of chickens and dogs. At that time, Ruyu had just finished her work, and was sneaking around in the room to find the earrings that she had just come from the girl's jewelry box.
As if the grandmothers had discussed it, they went straight to the room of the two personal girls of Ruyu Ruhuan, and they didn't turn around at all, and they happened to bump into Ruyu who came out of Ruhuan's room.
Ruyu was calm when she was bumped into, and politely approached the grandmothers, she originally thought that it was just a superficial search, after all, the cousin girl was a guest in the house, and the lady was hurt, so she would save some face, who knew that the grandmothers were not appreciative, and even the broken silver was confiscated.
The small room was searched for a while, in addition to the earrings under the pillow, a box of gold jewelry was also found in the box of Ruyu, and at a cursory glance, it was all Xie Ruqing's.
Ruyu quibbled that it was given to her by the girl, because she concluded that Xie Ruqing would definitely speak for her, and the girl had always been benevolent and affectionate, even if she knew the truth, she would protect her.
Who knew that Xie Ruqing actually ignored it, and didn't even show her face from beginning to end, Ruyu deliberately cried and didn't leave when she passed by her room, but she didn't get half a response.
After searching, Mama Li in front of the princess said at the girl's door: "Disturb the girl, the princess told you not to worry, it is the same in all houses, just find out who brought it over to ask for a question, it's not a big deal." ”
Ruhuan responded at the door: "I heard that I found earrings in my house, but you want me to go?" ”
"No, no, we have all seen that Ruyu planted it with you, and I will tell the truth with the princess later."
Ruhuan understood in her heart, this search tonight was aimed at Ruyu, Ruyu's hands and feet were not clean for a day or two, she lived with her naturally knew, and she had quietly persuaded her before, but it was a pity that the girl opened her eyes and closed her eyes, Ruyu had no scruples at all, so Ruhuan didn't say anything later.
But just stealing things to make such a big battle seems to be a big fuss, so what else is there to do with the girl falling into the water?
Ruhuan glanced at Xie Ruqing in the room through the door curtain, and felt that something must have happened that she didn't know, otherwise why didn't the girl say a word for Ruyu today?
Let's say that Ruyu, who was taken to the princess's courtyard, also came back to her senses at this time, why should the princess personally interrogate the petty theft, it must be for the matter of falling into the water.
Sure enough, as soon as the princess came, she showed her a hairpin with no beads missing, and asked her if she had it. Ruyu looked at the hairpin and knew that something was wrong, this hairpin was she came from the girl, but the girl fell into the water on the day she somehow lost it, and afterwards she secretly looked for it in the yard a few times and didn't find it, originally she was lucky, she couldn't find others and didn't necessarily see it at a glance, it must have been lost in an imperceptible place, who knew that it was discovered by the princess!
"Return, back to the princess, Ruyu recognizes it, it is our girl's thing, this hairpin was lost a few days ago, I was afraid of the girl's scolding, and I didn't dare to say it."
The princess held the handkerchief in her hand and asked with anger: "You take care of your girl's clothes and jewelry on weekdays?" ”
"Yes, the girl carries love, but Ruyu is not able to take care of it well, and she often loses everything."
"Did you lose it or did you pick it up? Don't tell the truth yet! The princess said angrily, "I don't know that you girls are good-natured, even if you lose her, she won't talk about you, if you don't have a ghost in your heart, how can you dare not say it?" ”
"How dare Ruyu steal the girl's things, the girl has treated me like a sister since she was a child, how can I do such a thing?" Ruyu defended aggrievedly, "Most of these things are rewarded by the girl, and the rest is what I collected for the girl, our girl is thrifty on weekdays, and she will wear the clothes and jewelry that she has changed, these things are what the girl likes, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for her to turn over the warehouse when she wants it, so I will take it by the master." ”
Mama Li told the princess the truth about her attempt to frame the blame, and the princess immediately became furious, "Such a black-hearted thing, relying on your girl can't talk nonsense!" Mama Li, go and pry her mouth open, I want to see how hard she can be! ”
Mama Li beckoned the other two strong mothers-in-law to come forward, opened the bow left and right, and rewarded ten times first, Ruyu's face was swollen, she covered her face and cried on the ground, but she did not admit it, because she was sure that this hairpin had not been worn, and no one would see her stealing, and no one could wronged her if no one stole it.
"Ruyu didn't steal it, please ask the princess to find out!"
"Still quibbling?" Mama Li stood in front of her and looked at her condescendingly, "To tell you the truth, this hairpin was found in the pool in the courtyard, can you explain how this thing appeared in the pool so coincidentally, could it be that he ran out of your room and jumped into the pool with long legs?" ”
Ruyu choked up crying, how could this thing appear in the pool? She didn't go to the pool that day, did she?