Lu Zhe suddenly changed color.

He only got this flower back to the house a few days ago, and the gardener clearly gave him a packing ticket, and he could raise it for another half a month, how could he die in a few days? Besides, if the gardener keeps saying that it has been "ruined", is it possible that the flower was broken by someone who picked it?

"What's going on!" Lu Zhe has always been kind to people, but in the end, it is the blood of a military general, who has been in the top position for a long time, and he is full of majesty when he is angry, he shouted loudly, frightening the gardener who was kneeling on the ground and trembled, "Didn't I tell you to take care of your life?" Gongju is a small loss, but disrespecting the royal family is a big thing! ”

The gardener was over fifty years old, his temples were gray, and his hands were so rough that he was kneeling at the foot of the hall, and he did not dare to raise his head, but his shoulders were constantly trembling, so that people could perceive his fear.

"Small...... Don't dare to lie...... Since I was instructed by my master, I took care of it all day long, and I didn't dare to slack off for a moment. Small maintenance of flowers and plants for more than 20 years, through countless precious varieties, know the habit of this flower, is to ...... It is to choose a shady place for this 'handsome banner', so as not to overheat the sun and damage the flowers......"

The gardener said in a rambling manner, sometimes pausing for a sentence or a half because of nervousness, but no one in the hall could hear the earnestness and fear in his words. Second Master Lu is a general manager, and when he heard the gardener's words, he sighed.

"When I heard that, I felt that you did your best." He turned his head to Lu Zhe and said, "Big brother, I think there must be something hidden in it, maybe someone who doesn't have long eyes messed it up." ”

Lu Zhe didn't know that his second brother would only recite poems on weekdays, and go in and out of the restaurant with a few friends of rich and idlers, and that kind of temperament can be said to listen to the wind and rain, so he didn't take Lu Ren's words to heart. just said lightly, "Second brother, don't rush to make a conclusion first, maybe this gardener shirked it so much in order to avoid punishment." ”

What this means is that I don't believe much in the gardener's words.

The gardener was shocked when he heard this, and knocked his head several times in succession, knocking the bluestone floor with a muffled sound.

"Ask the master to learn from it! Ask the lord to learn clearly! How can the little one dare to destroy the bear-hearted leopard! Small...... The little ......" he lay on the ground, looking up in great fear, a pair of eyes dripping and not knowing who he was looking at, "The little one can swear to the sky!" Today, when I sent flowers to my wife, the 'handsome flag' was still good! He took a few more kneeling steps, crying out for mercy in Xu's direction.

"Madame—Madame! You can testify to the little ones! I'm sending flowers to Lancui Temple today as you instructed......"

Xu suddenly became the focus of everyone.

Xu's nature is indifferent, and he doesn't like to cause trouble on weekdays, but at this moment, he is watched by everyone, and he is inevitably a little nervous. She twisted her handkerchief and carefully recalled what happened in the afternoon, and her words were hesitant, "This ......" she looked at Lu Zhe, and her tone was hesitant, "I did ask the flower room to send new flowers...... At that time, he should have been in Lancui Temple. ”

Xu's words were like heavenly sounds, making the florist who was still kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy breathe a sigh of relief - with the eldest lady testifying that he was not in the flower room, he could naturally clear his suspicion.

"Then who was the last person to see the 'Shuai Qi'?"

Xiao Meng had been silently listening to a few people's speeches, and he couldn't help but ask questions at this moment. She was born in the Meng family, which has been hairpins for generations, married to the third master Lu Ting and had two sons, the husband and wife are very affectionate, and they have a lot of weight in the house, even surpassing the second lady Qi.

When Lian Rong, who was standing behind Lu Yunlan and serving, heard this, her heart was already turbulent—afternoon, flower room, and gongju...... No matter how they look at it, they are the last people to see flowers!

But Lu Yunlan was very calm, and after she put down her chopsticks, she poured herself a cup of sweet and sour fruit brew, and she didn't mean to appear next at all.

Lian Rong was in a hurry, but she didn't dare to speak.

The gardener pondered for a moment after Xiao Meng's inquiry, and opened his mouth with great certainty.

"When the little one was leaving, he met Miss Five, and Miss Five said that she wanted to go and see the flower. But the little one was in a hurry to deliver something to the lady's yard at that time, because he didn't accompany the fifth lady, which ......"

The gardener didn't finish his words, but everyone here could hear the meaning of his words, it was the fifth lady Lu Yunlan who entered the flower room alone and accidentally broke Gong Ju.

"Impossible! It's impossible for the fifth sister to do such a thing! ”

Lu Yunmeng cried out in a lost voice, her charming big eyes were full of disbelief, her tone was as soft as water, but every word seemed to be cut in Lu Yunlan's heart.

"I met my fifth sister in the garden in the afternoon, and my sister only said that she was going to choose two pots of ordinary chrysanthemums, and she didn't mention 'handsome flag' at all."

When Lu Yunfei heard this, he lowered his head and muttered quietly.

"Who knows if she's telling the truth."

Aunt Du's face changed in the second room, and she hurriedly pulled Lu Yunfei's sleeve and signaled her not to intervene.

But the speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, everyone is wondering if Lu Yunlan is shallow and childish, looking at the two pots of precious chrysanthemums, he can't walk, and he destroys the flowers with his hot hands?

Xu Shi looked at Lu Yunlan, who had been silent, and moved his lips.

"Lan Niang is not that kind of child."

Everyone was already quite suspicious of Lu Yunlan, but no one could have imagined that the Xu family would actually intercede for this concubine.

Lu Yunmeng lowered his eyes, secretly twisted his handkerchief fiercely, and really bit a mouthful of silver teeth.

Seeing this, Aunt Yao said softly and weakly, "Maybe the fifth miss is young and stubborn, and she is afraid of being blamed...... There's nothing wrong with that. ”

Ruan Shi had the heart to distinguish, but when she bumped into Lu Yunlan's slight shaking of her head, she felt a lot more at ease, and only looked at Lu Zhe quietly, not noisy or noisy.

Lu Zhe listened to the big call between his wife and daughter, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he only looked at his little daughter who had not spoken. He loves the Ruan family, and naturally prefers a young daughter who is as smart as the Ruan family, but this kind of thing is a lot of money, if Lu Yunlan can't exonerate himself, even if he puts the blame on the gardener, it will make the subordinates dissatisfied.

Lu Zhe said, "Lan Niang, do you have something to say?" ”

Lu Yunlan got up, walked up to Lu Zhe with a calm demeanor and saluted, and said softly, "Yes." ”

With just one word, Lu Zhe felt that a thousand pounds of boulder had fallen in his heart - his Lan Niang had never been a daring person who couldn't get on the stage.

"You say yes."

The thirteen-year-old girl was very thin, and her already fair skin was lined like jade in a long lake-green dress. The candles in the room were bright, shining under her dark eyes, and she couldn't see the end.

"If Lan Niang is rude in a while, please forgive me."

The girl in green walked up to the gardener and looked at him condescendingly, her voice clear.

"You say I've been in the flower room, I don't deny it, but am I the only one who has entered the flower room?"

The gardener was stunned for a moment, his eyes wandered on the female dependents behind Lu Yunlan, and after a while, he gritted his teeth again and forced himself to quibble.

"Fifth Miss doesn't care about him! This huge flower house, if it is not a small guide, how can ordinary people easily find the location of Gongju? As if to prove that what he said was true, he said loudly, "Fifth Miss forgot?" You want to see the 'handsome flag', and you refuse to let go of the small one to send flowers to Lancui Courtyard, and finally the maid next to you persuaded you, but you still let the small one show the way. ”

These words were seamless before and after, and Lu Yunlan was extremely arrogant.

Lu Yunlan was going to admire, how did she, a good second sister, connect everything so accurately? Could it be that Lu Yunmeng personally taught the gardener to say these words?

It's a pity that she let go of her vigilance against Lu Yunmeng from the beginning.

"Let me ask you one last sentence, besides me—has anyone else entered the flower room?"

The gardener insisted, "You're alone!" ”

Lu Yunlan was relieved, she shook her head and sighed.

"I don't know why you lied, but the truth of the matter is also that you ruined Gongju and wanted to blame me-" The girl's tone changed, and she suddenly became cold, "Do you know what a great crime it is to frame the master's family?" Have you weighed how much your life is worth?! ”

The gardener still stiffened his mouth, "Miss Fifth wants to push things onto the little one, how can there be such a good thing!" ”

Lu Yunlan sneered, put her hand into her sleeve and took out something, and held it in her hand.

"Which is right and which is wrong, I have my own physical evidence!"

Everyone followed her movements, and there was an extremely familiar eight-treasure golden hairpin on the ordinary brocade handkerchief, and if you looked closely, the top of the golden hairpin was rolled with mud, and there were one or two orange-red chrysanthemum petals sticking to it.

Lu Yunshao was silent, but his mind was sharp, and he immediately recognized whose thing it was. She snorted, and then looked at her along with Xu Shi and several other people at the same table, her face was slightly red, and she said, "This golden hairpin...... It's like a second sister's thing......"

Lu Yunfei was surprised--these eight-treasure golden hairpins have several of their sisters, but each person's gem is slightly different-she took a look at it several times at a young age, and then said in a determined tone.

"Our sisters all have this golden hairpin, but only the second sister's eight-treasure golden hairpin uses pink tourmaline!"

Lu Yunlan smiled slightly, did not answer, but presented the golden hairpin to Lu Zhe and bowed down.

"Father, please see, this is what I found near the two damaged 'handsome flags' in the flower room. I thought it was my sister's love, and I was going to ask my mother a question or two, but who knows-" She deliberately frowned, and looked at the kneeling gardener with great disgust, "But who knew that this gardener had framed me with empty white teeth, and as a last resort, my daughter had to take out this golden hairpin as evidence." ”

She paused again and continued.

"Okay now, this is the second sister's golden hairpin, it can be seen that the second sister has been to the flower room before me."

The girl in blue clothes smiled skillfully, and looked straight at Lu Yunmeng with a pair of dark eyes, as if she was sincerely asking her for verification, but Lu Yunmeng heard the chill in her words.

"Second sister, when you go to the flower room, are the flowers blooming well?"

She also said.

"Why was my sister so careless, and she left the close-fitting eight-treasure golden hairpin next to that 'handsome flag'?"

She pressed forward step by step.

"It doesn't matter if the golden hairpin falls, but the gardener and my sister keep saying that no one has ever entered the flower room except for me—hey, is it because this golden hairpin has long legs and can't run on its own?"