Seeing this situation, the old lady winked at Mama Li next to her, and Mama Li stepped forward with a box of incense and said slowly:

"This is the incense of the East Pavilion, a piece of paste, these things have not been burned in the side hall, so as to leave evidence, after examination, it is that the soothing weight in it is too heavy, causing people to fall into a coma."

When Mama Li said this, she glanced at the people in the hall, and finally her eyes fell on the slaves and maids kneeling in the hall, and said coldly: "But if you want to make incense into powder and then dry it into a powder paste shape, you slaves and maids who make incense say by yourself, how long will it take." ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed drastically, and one of the slaves and maidservants timidly replied, "Three...... Three days, three days at the earliest. ”

The old lady glared at the slave and maid angrily, and asked in a cold voice, "When was the incense delivered to the East Pavilion?" ”

The slave didn't dare to look at the old lady, so she could only bow her head and reply weakly, "...... at noon today."

This is very clear. The incense was only sent to Jiang Wanxiu at noon, and the soothing amount in these paste-like incense was added three days ago, and at that time, this incense was not in Jiang Wanxiu's hands.

Jiang Wanxiu's face remained unchanged, and she smiled faintly in her heart, otherwise why would she start using incense when she got it.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang put the teacup in her hand on the table and said sharply: "So if it's not that the maids of Wanzhao Pavilion are not careful in making incense, or they have been bought by some people and give this kind of incense to Wanxiu, wanting to harm Wanxiu." ”

Hearing this, the old lady frowned, looked at everyone with cold eyes, and scolded coldly, "You still haven't explained, who instructed you?" ”

Several slaves and maids hurriedly shook their heads and cried, indicating that no one instructed them.

Seeing this, Su Lan immediately stood up and looked at the old lady, glanced at Jiang Wanxiu, who was standing silent, and said slowly: "Old lady, although this is the case, it is the maid in the eldest lady's courtyard who set the fire, this is a well-known thing......"

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and then there was a cry of a little girl outside the door: "Old lady, the magpie is hidden in the firewood room in the backyard, and we have found it."

Everyone was shocked that the magpie had been caught, and it would be known who had instructed it now.

The magpie was escorted up by several mothers-in-law after a while, and his body was also embarrassed and disgraced, and as soon as he came in, he prostrated on the ground, crying and begging: "Old lady, lord, lady, slave and maid are guilty, slave and maid are guilty!" ”

The old lady didn't look at the magpie, and shouted in a cold voice: "You slave, dare to set fire to our Jiang family's young lady, tell me, who instructed you?" ”

The magpie glanced at the old lady in horror, and then looked at Jiang Wanxiu, only to see that Jiang Wanxiu's eyes did not change in the slightest, just stared at her coldly.

Thinking that the lives of his whole family were in Miss Table's hands, and Miss Cousin was disfigured, the cold sweat on his forehead suddenly rolled down, and he could only grit his teeth and say: "It's all the slave maid's fault, the slave maid was not instructed by others, she lost her mind, please old lady, lord forgive me!" ”

The old lady slapped the table again, stood up and shouted angrily: "Okay, you bold slave, the Jiang family supports you, how can you hold a grudge?" How to deliberately set fires? ”

The magpie shrank back, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, she knew the old lady's temper, but when she thought of Bai Qingqing's means, her heart was full of mixed feelings for a while, and the cold sweat on her forehead dripped down.

"Slave maid...... Slave ......"

Seeing this, Jiang Wanwen was a little anxious, stared at the magpie with a pair of black eyes, and asked coldly: "Magpie, the old lady asked you, how to swallow and vomit, did someone instruct you to set fire?" ”

When the words fell, her eyes drifted slightly to Jiang Wanxiu, who was bowing her head and silent.

The magpie knew in his heart that as long as he splashed the dirty water on Jiang Wanxiu now, Bai Qingqing might let go of his family, or he would spare his life.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly kowtowed, deliberately glanced at Jiang Wanxiu with her eyes, and then quickly retracted it, and said in a suffrage: "The slave doesn't dare to say it...... Slaves...... Ask the old lady to punish! ”

The old lady frowned suspiciously, and everyone was a little surprised, could it really be that someone instructed the magpie? Who is so bold?

Seeing that the two young ladies in the mansion were injured and Bai Qingqing was disfigured, the Bai family would not give up easily, and he was angry, and threatened: "If you tell who is behind the scenes, I can open the net and fall lightly, if you don't say it, then immediately drag it out and beat it to death." ”

When the magpie heard this, his face was pale and he collapsed on the ground, trembling like a fallen leaf in the cold wind, crying, crawling to Jiang Wanxiu, and begging: "Miss, slave maid...... The slave and maid can no longer hide it for you, you forgive the slave and the maid, the slave and maid still have old fathers and mothers to take care of in the family, and they can't die! ”

Xia Zhu was startled at first, and then he was furious and stood up and scolded the magpie angrily regardless of the occasion, "You...... You are talking nonsense...... Magpie, you, you dare to spew blood and frame the eldest lady, when did the eldest lady order you to set fire? ”

It's just that this behavior has become a weakness of heart in the eyes of the old lady and everyone, and they haven't digested this sudden change, but after Xia Zhu stood up, they all stared at Jiang Wanxiu with suspicion.

The magpie seemed to be frightened, sobbed aggrievedly, and said, "Sister Xia Zhu, I know it's wrong, I shouldn't betray the eldest lady, but ...... But the life of the magpie is also the life, how can it be sacrificed casually? After all, the eldest lady is the daughter of her grandfather, even if she is at fault, she will not die, you can do it, let me go! ”

After speaking, he crawled to the old lady, prostrate at her feet, and cried: "Old lady, the magpie is wrong, I have harmed Miss Cousin, I am extremely evil, I beg the old lady to spare the slave and maid for the sake of the slave's father and mother's loyalty!" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang pushed down the magpie and scolded angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about, you slut, how could the eldest lady do such a thing, why are you talking nonsense?" ”

Su Lan, who was watching the show, covered her mouth and chuckled, and said coldly: "Madam, you can't scare the magpie, if the eldest lady didn't do anything, why should she say it's her?" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang glanced at Su Lan and said angrily: "You, you don't gloat there, Wan Xiu and Qingqing are both injured, maybe it was you who set the fire." ”

Hearing Mrs. Jiang say this, Su Lan immediately looked aggrieved, looked at Master Jiang and said softly: "Master, look at Madame, if you can't say it, you will wronged the concubine." ”

At this moment, Master Jiang glanced at Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Wanxiu coldly, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, if it weren't for her, how could the maid in his courtyard be so high-haired as her." ”

"Old man......"

At this moment, a hint of schadenfreude flashed in the corner of Jiang Wanwen's eyes, and she looked at Jiang Wanxiu and sneered: "Maybe my sister's injury was deliberately injured because she was afraid that her grandmother's father would blame her, right?" Otherwise, how can it be injured in a place that outsiders can't see. ”

The old lady frowned slightly, but did not speak, her eyes swept over them lightly, and she sat quietly.

Because now she can't figure out what's going on, and Jiang Wanxiu has been bowing her head and not saying a word, not justifying, and not admitting her mistakes, that attitude is really a little strange.

Seeing this, Xia Zhudi took Jiang Wanxiu's hand and cried eagerly: "Miss, speak quickly, it's not the magpie you instructed at all, you make it clear to the old lady." ”

Jiang Wanxiu was slightly moved, Xia Zhu's sadness was real, I thought that the reason why she died in her previous life was because she didn't take refuge in Bai Qingqing or Jiang Wanwen, right?

She patted Xia Zhu on the shoulder and showed a soothing smile to her, although it was very light, it made Xia Zhu feel indescribably relieved, and he forgot to cry in an instant.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Wanwen glanced at Jiang Wanxiu coldly, and hurriedly scolded Xia Zhu loudly:

"Xia Zhu, do you still want to quibble for your sister? The magpies all admitted, if it weren't for my sister's instructions, who would have the courage to burn down the Wanzhao Pavilion? She even burned Miss Cousin, how dare she, a minion, do this? ”

The old lady squinted her eyes and stared at Jiang Wanxiu, who had always been indifferent, at this moment, even she couldn't figure out Jiang Wanxiu's thoughts, even if she was so bold that she wanted to burn Bai Qingqing, a teenage girl, how could she be so calm and calm now?

Seeing this, Jiang Wanxiu pushed Xia Zhu aside, and while everyone was not paying attention, she whispered something in her ear, and then knelt on the ground.

She kowtowed heavily to the old lady, and then looked up at the old woman sitting high on the top, but she showed a bitter smile, which looked more and more distressing.

She tried her best to smile better, frowned slightly, and said to the old lady, "Grandmother, are you willing to believe Wanxiu?" ”

The old lady didn't know how to answer her, but intuitively thought that Jiang Wanxiu was innocent, but now someone pointed out to her, as the most respected old lady in the Jiang Mansion, she couldn't listen to and believe partially, let alone easily shield anyone, even if she was selfish, she wanted to protect this granddaughter who had been voting for her in recent days.

Looking at the old lady's face, Jiang Wanxiu already understood, but she didn't have any complaints, this world is like this, no one has the obligation to help you, and the only one who can be relied on has always been yourself.

She smiled, then suddenly stood up and walked towards the magpie, her eyes were like dark ink, looked at the magpie, showed a hint of a smile, and said, "You say...... Did I command you? ”

The magpie was slightly frightened by her cold eyes, but the desire to survive made her nod firmly and said:

"Miss...... I'm sorry, but the slave and maid also have to give you up in order to survive! ”

When Jiang Wanxiu heard this, she was unmoved, but looked at the magpie with the corners of her mouth raised, and said slowly, "Okay, since I said that I instructed you, do I have any tokens for you?" I'm afraid you can't be convincing just by your empty words, right? ”

Hearing this, the magpie's face changed, and she was a little troubled, because she lied, so where did the token come from, she was so anxious that she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:

"At that time, the eldest lady did not give me a token, and now I am afraid that the eldest lady was afraid that the slave would confess to you after the matter was revealed, so she did not leave a token!"

Jiang Wanxiu nodded in agreement, smiled silently, and continued: "It makes sense for you to say this, so since you are doing things for me, have I given you any benefits?" Otherwise, why would you be so bold? ”