Qian's voice trembled a little, she knelt near Ji Yueqin with her head lowered, and Ji Yueqin just looked at Qian with a faint look in her eyes and didn't make a sound.

Chu Huai, who was sitting on the upper seat, looked directly at Ji Yueqin, who had a cold temperament, and also knew that this seemingly young county lord of An Ning was not a lord to be messed with, but it was not possible for him to come up with bread to protect the Qian clan now.

If Ji Yueqin came to the Chu Mansion alone, maybe he could still prevaricate a few words, but now that even the prince came over, how could he help the Qian family say more.

As long as he defends the Qian family, this Anning county lord is afraid that he will spread the bad things about his concubine and his daughter-in-law, which will only make him lose face.

He doesn't like Chu Qingtang's daughter-in-law, he only thinks that Chu Qingtang's etiquette is always a little worse than Chu Xiangyue's etiquette on weekdays.

This naturally favors the scale in his heart towards the Qian family and daughter, and Chu Qingtang has been even more estranged from himself since his mother died, and how much affection he has for this daughter, I am afraid that a discerning person will know it at a glance.

If Chu Qingtang usually came to tell him about the Qian family, he was afraid that he would just scold her and lock her up in the house, and now this daughter of his, who dared to unite with outsiders to deal with his aunt, Chu Huaizhi secretly hated this daughter who ate inside and out.

"Chu Xiangyue has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Anning." Under this embarrassing atmosphere, a crisp voice sounded, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Ji Yueqin saw a woman with a temperament like a lotus standing outside the door, and the sun poured on her body, exuding a dazzling light.

Chu Huaizhi is very satisfied with Chu Xiangyue's daughter, compared to Chu Qingtang, Chu Xiangyue is even more like her daughter-in-law.

When the Qian family saw Chu Xiangyue coming to help him out of the siege, his eyes also revealed a trace of joy and pride, Chu Qingtang Now I don't believe that this so-called Anning County Lord, what else can I help you.

Nan Xuanyu exempted Chu Xiangyue's salute, and Chu Xiangyue also smiled at him, and then saluted his father and mother: "Xiangyue has seen her father and aunt." ”

Ji Yueqin looked at Chu Xiangyue's polite appearance in front of her, and she really couldn't tell that she was a mother and daughter.

She glanced at Chu Huaizhi's eyes towards Chu Xiangyue, and she also knew that Chu Huaizhi was more pampered and satisfied with Chu Xiangyue's daughter than Chu Qingtang in his heart.

"Why is my aunt kneeling on the ground?" Chu Xiangyue was a little surprised.

Chu Huaizhi didn't make a sound, just looked at Ji Yueqin.

"The concubine is making amends to the eldest lady, but the concubine is only blamed for breaking the matter between the eldest lady and the prince, and the county lord said that the concubine is not abiding by the woman's way ......"

Qian's words were completely to tell Chu Xiangyue that Ji Yueqin was a bully and helped Chu Qingtang to teach and receive privately with the man.

"What you mean is that the county lord of Anning is unethical?" After listening to this, Nan Xuanyu also understood the meaning of Qian's words, and stared coldly at Qian on the ground.

Seeing that the prince had stood up, the Qian family also knew that she had said the wrong thing, but her words brought Ji Yueqin in, but she was afraid that she would offend this Anning county lord even more.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry! Weichen's cheap concubine has not seen the prince and the county lord Tianyan, offended the county lord, and asked the prince and the county lord for forgiveness! Seeing this, Chu Huaizhi got up and pleaded guilty to Nan Xuanyu and Ji Yueqin.

Chu Xiangyue looked at the Qian family who was kneeling on the ground, and sighed in her heart, her mother and her sister were generally stupid, and they were even more helpless.

"The mother of the courtier just wants to say the eldest lady, not the county lord, His Royal Highness the prince and the county lord will forgive the courtier's mother for the sake of the father." Chu Xiangyue's words were not leaky, and it reflected her own good demeanor, which couldn't help but make Ji Yueqin a little impressed.

"How can the lord of this county blame an aunt, but a woman who is always in the boudoir. It was Aunt Qian's words, and the county lord wanted to hear it. Ji Yueqin said lightly.

Seeing Ji Yueqin say this, Nan Xuanyu followed Ji Yueqin's words and said: "Since Sister Yue said so, how can this palace blame it, Lord Chu doesn't need to worry too much, sit down." ”

Chu Huai saw that Ji Yueqin and Nan Xuanyu did not blame the Qian family, so he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Weichen, thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the county lord of Anning. ”

Nan Xuanyu nodded but didn't say anything more.

Ji Yueqin's words just now emphasized the word aunt, which made the Qian family even more dissatisfied with Ji Yueqin, but he could only thank Ji Yueqin in his mouth: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince, thank you Lord Anning." ”

Ji Yueqin didn't answer Qian's words, but just looked at Qian lightly and said, "Aunt Qian said that Qingtang and Wang Gongzi had a private meeting before, what should I say?" This matter is related to Qingtang's reputation, and as Qingtang's best friend, it is impossible for the county lord to ignore it. ”

Chu Qingtang looked at Ji Yueqin gratefully, not only grateful but also a trace of respect for Ji Yueqin in his heart, with some tears in his eyes.

Ji Yueqin gently patted Chu Qingtang's hand, signaling Chu Qingtang to feel at ease, and then watched Qian continue to talk like this.

"Lord Mingjian! What the concubine said was true, and the maid of the concubine saw it with her own eyes, and the concubine punished the eldest lady. Qian was furious by Ji Yueqin's heart, and said stubbornly.

"Lord Chu, can you invite your little girl's maidservant to come over and confront Aunt Qian?" Ji Yueqin didn't pay attention to the Qian family, but just looked at Chu Huaizhi with burning eyes.

"County Lord, this is a matter within the minister's mansion, I am afraid it is inappropriate for you to do this like this......" Chu Huai saw that Ji Yueqin would not give up until he clarified this matter, so he had to say helplessly.

Ji Yueqin's tone had a hint of mockery in it, and she said straight to Chu Huai: "If the county lord wants to take care of the affairs of Lord Chu's mansion, he is just worried that Lord Chu will favor his concubine and his own concubine——"

Ji Yueqin didn't finish speaking, but Chu Huaizhi also understood that Ji Yueqin was talking about his favorite concubine, Chu Huaizhi's face sank, and he wanted to have a seizure, but because of Nan Xuanyu, he reluctantly called someone to call Cai Ju over.

After a while, Cai Ju was taken to the hall, only to see her kneeling on the ground and saluting everyone in the hall, after she finished saluting, Chu Huai asked majestically: "Cai Ju, what did you see after the eldest lady got off Taixue that day?" ”

Cai Ju didn't dare to hide it when she heard it, and immediately blurted out: "Back to the master's words, when the slave maid went to buy vegetables that day, she saw the young lady's carriage parked at the entrance of the alley." The slave maid wondered why the young lady had returned so late, so she watched from the sidelines. Unexpectedly, I saw the young lady and the prince of the Wang family hugging each other......"

Cai Ju said more and more quietly, Chu Huai's face became more and more gloomy when he heard it, stared at Chu Qingtang and said angrily: "Qingtang, what do you want to say!" ”

Chu Xiangyue was very surprised by what Cai Ju said, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Sister Qingtang, how could you do such a thing, even if you like the prince of the Wang family, you don't have to ...... in the sky."

Chu Xiangyue didn't finish her words, but everyone also heard the charming color, Chu Huaizhi's face was even darker, and he stared at Chu Qingtang directly.

Chu Qingtang's face was pale from the pain of the wound, and when she heard Cai Ju and Chu Xiangyue singing and harmonizing, her face was even more anxious.

"Picking chrysanthemums, you're talking nonsense! I got out of the carriage that day just to meet the prince, so how could I hug the prince? ”

Cai Ju heard what Chu Qingtang said, and said with a crying voice: "Miss, the slave did see you hugging and hugging Wang Gongzi, why don't you admit it!" Cai Ju didn't wronged the eldest lady, master! ”

After Cai Ju finished speaking, she quietly looked at Chu Xiangyue, and Chu Xiangyue also nodded lightly at Cai Ju with satisfaction.

This scene fell in Ji Yueqin's eyes, and she understood that Cai Ju's words were probably taught by this Chu Xiangyue.

Chu Qingtang still wanted to argue with Cai Ju about something, but was stopped by Ji Yueqin, only to hear Ji Yueqin say coldly: "In this case, Cai Ju saw a few people next to the carriage?" ”

"A few people...... Of course, there are only the eldest lady and the prince. Oh! By the way, there is also Cai Wei! Seeing Ji Yueqin asking, Cai Ju thought for a while, glanced at Chu Xiangyue, and spoke.

"Are you sure you saw Cai Wei?" Chu Qingtang stared at Cai Judao.

"Slave maid...... The slave did see Cai Wei and help the eldest lady look at the wind again! Cai Ju was a little hesitant, but when she saw Chu Xiangyue standing there upright, she plucked up her courage and said.

"Brother Yu, what if someone slanders and slanders the master? When I first came to Dayu, I didn't know much about the rules of Dayu. Ji Yueqin ignored Cai Ju, and instead asked Nan Xuanyu, who was sitting on the side.

"According to the law of the Great Confession, if a slave or maid commits a crime, he will be punished with 50 rods if he slanders and slanders his master." Nan Xuanyu said in a warm voice with a hint of pampering.

"Oh, I see. Lord Chu, you can let the family in your house pull this open-mouthed slave down and punish her with a cane. Ji Yueqin's tone was soft, as if she was talking about a light thing.

"The county lord spares his life! The slave just told the eldest lady about it, my lord Mingjian! Cai Ju heard what the county lord said, and immediately kowtowed hard.

"You mean this county lord is not telling the truth?" Ji Yueqin's voice was cold, staring at Cai Ju who was kneeling on the ground.

Cai Ju heard Ji Yueqin say this, and kowtowed even harder: "The county lord spares his life!" Slave doesn't mean that! ”

Chu Xiangyue saw that Ji Yueqin wanted to punish Cai Ju with a cane, so she hurriedly stood up and said: "County Lord Anning, the courtiers think that Cai Ju is just a maid, how dare they deceive the county lord?" ”

Ji Yueqin saw that Chu Huai didn't move or make a sound, so she shouted: "Someone! Drag me down this slave who doesn't know what to do! Fifty strokes of cane. ”

The guards who came with Ji Yueqin came in and wanted to drag Cai Ju out.

Chu Huai saw Ji Yueqin's move, and said dissatisfiedly: "Lord Anning, this is a family matter of the minister, so indiscriminately killing the slaves and maids in my house, can you give the minister an explanation?" ”

When Ji Yueqin heard Chu Huaizhi say this, her voice became even colder: "Aunt Xiuzhu, you tell Lord Chu, why do you want to punish this chrysanthemum picker?" ”