"Slave ...... Slave ......"

The girl was spitting, Guo Qing frowned, "If you have anything to say, you just say it truthfully."

"Yes......"

The girl glanced at Qin Zeng, then immediately lowered her head and didn't dare to look at it again, and said tremblingly: "The slave maid has a family, and she has to go home to visit every regular holiday, but it's only one day, and the slave and maid don't give up their family, so they often miss it. When Sister Xiangrui found out, she gave me her own regular leave, so I have two regular days off each time."

The little girl's face was full of fear, and her voice was like a mosquito and a fly, but fortunately, everyone could still hear her clearly.

"But, but...... Since last month, Sister Xiangrui has often gone out on regular holidays...... So the slave and maid remember it very clearly, but the slave and maid don't know where Sister Xiangrui went......

Chen Yan said, "Liu Sheng, what do you have to say?"

Liu Sheng glanced at Pang Zi, and a trace of guilt appeared on his face: "This matter is a long story, our family can't stand Xiaoxiang......

The rays of the sun fell everywhere and turned into the room, illuminating the expressions of the people.

Liu Sheng didn't know that her daughter had died tragically at this time, and there was still a trace of hope in her eyes, and she said: "Ten years ago, there was a famine in Yuzhou, there was not enough food and clothing, many people starved to death, and when spring came, those who froze to death in the cold winter, those who were lucky not to be eaten, began to rot, I heard that after the famine, the whole village may be infected by the epidemic and finally die, and my heart is very uneasy. Just before the little food left in the family was exhausted, he escaped from Yuzhou with his mother-in-law and children."

Liu Sheng touched Liu Xiaobao's little head and said, "At that time, Xiaobao was only two years old, and Xiaoxiang was already six years old. My wife died of illness on the way, leaving us with a family of four, Xiaobao was so hungry that she just cried every day, but we had nothing to eat. I can only go all the way to the capital, hoping to meet a noble person on the way to enjoy a bite to eat. But that's not a long-term solution after all, so ...... So I sold my daughter, Xiaoxiang......

"Hmph, after ten years, what evidence do you have to prove that Xiaoxiang is your daughter?" Guo Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Liu Sheng who was kneeling on the ground majestically.

Liu Sheng's eyes were sad and full of guilt, "The children of poor families have been sensible for a long time, Xiaoxiang has already remembered things at that time, and she is very obedient. Knowing that I was going to sell her to her mother-in-law, she also said that if she sold her to the whole family so that she would not go hungry, she would be willing to be sold. I listened to her milky words, and I felt more and more guilty, so I wanted to ask Ya Po where she wanted to take Xiao Xiang, and I thought to myself, it would be good to be in the same place with Xiao Xiang, and when I have money in the future, I will redeem Xiao Xiang back...... But the tooth woman said that these good-looking little girls are all going to be sent to the nobles to serve, and it is best not to have any more contact in the future......

Two lines of tears flowed from Liu Sheng's slightly cloudy eyes, "So, I had to secretly follow Xiaoxiang's tracks all the way, but after all, my feet were not as strong as the carriage and horses, and I finally lost them. I only vaguely felt that Xiaoxiang might have been taken to Shangjing. So I started a small business with this money in a small town near Shangjing, and we were very lucky, at first we just bought some small things on the street, because of the good reputation, and then we met nobles, and the days gradually improved, and the business continued until the year before last, and the conditions of the family were already relatively rich, and my mother-in-law mentioned Xiaoxiang, so the family came to Shangjing and asked around."

"Because I was in the fur and cloth business, I gradually had contacts with the subordinates in various prefectures, so I asked someone to inquire in each prefecture if there was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl named Xiaoxiang, but there was no news, and I was almost about to give up, but at this time, I ......

There was a hint of excitement in Liu Sheng's voice, "Probably last summer, once on the way home, suddenly a girl stopped me, I saw her, and I recognized her at a glance as my daughter Xiaoxiang, although she has grown into a big girl, but the eyebrows and eyes are almost exactly the same as when I was a child, I was very happy, so I told her that I wanted to redeem her and take her home, but I didn't expect her to refuse......

Of course, Qin Zeng knew why Xiao Xiang refused, because Xiao Xiang was the eyeliner that Guo Qian planted beside Second Mrs. Guo, she knew too much, and it was impossible for her to leave.

Although Xiaoxiang found her family, she didn't want Guo Qian to know, lest Guo Qian use her family as a threat, otherwise, not only would she not be able to withdraw, but even her family would be killed.

Who knew that things were so coincidental, Second Mrs. Guo actually sent her to Guo Qian's side to have a room, Guo Qian didn't know if Second Mrs. Guo was suspicious, for the sake of safety, he would definitely find an opportunity to dispose of Xiaoxiang.

Xiaoxiang, that is, Xiangrui, she had a hunch, so she secretly went out of the house to see her family in the past month, and left them money.

But the others in the room who listened to Liu Sheng's story didn't know what was going on, and Chen Yan asked Liu Sheng, "Why doesn't she leave with you?"

"yes, that's what I asked her."

Liu Sheng's eyes were full of anticipation, "I told her, now that my father is rich and can fully support the family, isn't it good to reunite with my father's mother and brother's family? But Xiaoxiang said...... She has found a home, that person is very good to her, and she wants to be by his side to take care of him......

This is a lie.

Except for Liu Sheng's family, everyone present could tell the difference.

Xiangrui is a third-class girl in Guo Mansion, and the rules in the house are strict, and the girl is never allowed to have a private affair in private. And at that time, Xiangrui was not Guo Qian's roommate, and was still working as an errand in the courtyard of Second Mrs. Guo, and the so-called "taking care of him by his side" was absolutely untenable.

While everyone was thinking about it, Liu Sheng continued, "I thought to myself, she can only be a concubine in such a family, so I persuaded her to give up. But she said that she had been with Second Young Master Guo for several years......

Second Mrs. Guo's face turned angry when she heard this, "At that time, Xiangrui was still working in my yard, how could she be with Qian'er for several years!"

But the rest of the room was silent.

Even Guo Qing frowned deeply.

He has been in and out of officialdom for many years, and he will never fail to see that Liu Sheng is an honest Shengdou minmin, and what the other party said should not be a lie, so the meaning of Xiangrui's words is very intriguing.

Second Lady Guo looked at everyone's faces and gradually reacted, "This ...... What do you mean??"

Chen Yan said, "I'm afraid that Xiangrui is in Cao Ying's heart and in Han, although she is on an errand in the courtyard of the second lady, she actually obeys the assignment of the second young master Guo."

Second Mrs. Guo's face was a little ugly when she heard this.

Of course, all the masters in the house have their own connections, and the people seem to be working with money, but the complexity in private is far beyond imagination, especially the children of the family, over time, there are good or hostile people in each courtyard, and they will be divided into different factions.

Chen Yan meant that Xiangrui was Guo Qian's eyeliner next to Mrs. Guo.

Second Mrs. Guo frowned, they are mother and son, what is the conflict of interests? Why is it necessary for Guo Qian to put eyeliner around her?