It rained all night last night, and the entire Ercheng Mansion was wet, so this morning, even the ground was still dark, but it was not very convenient to walk.

Ruan Yuyi went back to the courtyard, and after a short rest, Mu Xiang came forward to report that the matter of the hairpin had an eyebrow.

"Where did you find it?" She asked, looking away from the window, in the gray rain.

Mu Xiang presented a blue veil, which was folded into long strips, apparently enclosing something. Ruan Yuyi took it, unfolded the veil, and a butterfly-shaped silver hairpin was exposed.

She set her eyes on Mu Xiang, her eyes inquiring.

"Miss Hui," Mu Xiang hesitated for a long time and opened her mouth, "The thing was found under the pillow of Qing Dai." A few servants gathered and asked, but no matter who they were, they denied it and said that they had never seen it. Mu Xiang naturally could only call Mu Ling and the two of them to rummage together.

The last time she threw away the lychee, she knocked on the side, and finally found out that the person was Qingdai, and she didn't want to make a noise. It's just that this time, since I was a little more suspicious of Qingdai, I looked for her first.

I thought it would take a lot of effort, but I didn't want to really find something in Qingdai.

Mu Xiang's heart was a little angry, but more of a "sure enough" blandness.

She didn't want the yard to have unclean hands and feet, but she couldn't let it go. At the moment, if the thing is really taken by Qingdai without authorization, I only know that if it is placed in such a conspicuous position, it is not a habitual offender.

Ruan Yuyi put things aside and lowered her eyes, so that people could not see the emotions in their eyes clearly. She commanded lightly, "Go and call Qingdai." ”

Mu Xiang responded and withdrew.

After a while, Qingdai knelt down in front of her, "I've seen the young lady." She didn't seem to know why she had been brought here, and her voice was crisp. Her face is lightly powdered, which is not stunning, but has a clear beauty.

Ruan Yuyi looked at her twice, and said slowly, "Do you recognize this thing?" She held the silver hairpin, and the wood spirit on one side took the thing and handed it to Qing Dai.

When Qing Dai saw this hairpin, her heart jumped, and she quietly glanced at the few people in front of her, knowing that the situation was wrong. So he stabilized his mind and replied, "The slave doesn't know." ”

Ruan Yuyi happily played with the sleeves and stroked the embroidery on them. She didn't ask directly, but instead said, "I remember that your father died early, but what are the difficulties in the family?" ”

In fact, this hairpin is not worth a few taels of silver, and there are more valuable hairpin rings in her makeup box, and she can't figure out why she only took this if she was really just greedy.

However, if you urgently need something to take back to subsidize your family, you will have a crooked mind, which makes sense.

"Why did the young lady say that?" Qing Dai used to work in the big mansion, and there were many masters around her, so it was not uncommon to see these intrigues. When I heard it now, I vaguely understood why she was here.

Mu Xiang continued, "Last night, I found that Miss had a silver hairpin missing, and I couldn't find it everywhere. As a result, I found something under your pillow today. How are you going to explain it?"

Qing Dai opened her mouth slightly, her eyes full of confusion. "Miss, the slave doesn't. You have to believe in the slave! She stepped forward on her knees and grabbed the hem of Ruan Yuyi's clothes, her voice sad.

Seeing that she turned her face away, she ripped back her clothes. Qing Dai knew that although this young lady looked soft-hearted and never scolded the maids in the courtyard on weekdays, she had an idea and would not let anyone bully her.

Qingdai thought that this matter was more than a hairpin, and this one was more like cleaning up the disloyal. But she didn't think it was a good time to leave, so she did everything she could to pretend to be pitiful.

Even in an instant, tears brewed.

Ruan Yuyi's expression did not move, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this hairpin can't grow legs and run to you on his own." Don't be afraid, just be honest and explain the reason, and you will deal with it lightly. ”

Qing Dai shook her head desperately, as if she was about to shake her hair away. She thought she was smart, how could she believe Ruan Yuyi's words, she only thought that she had this statement in order to cover her words.

Ruan Yuyi glanced at her, only to see her tears rippling, looking pitiful and innocent.

She couldn't bear it, and sighed, "I will allow you to think about what to say one more day, if you still can't think clearly, just as if I didn't ask you to come over that day, where did you come from, where did you go back." ”

Hearing this, Qing Dai's mind jumped out of the days when she was in the tooth shop. These places of business are to be presented to the masters, and they are bright and clean, but the places where they are held behind them are dirty.

The principals there did not treat them as human beings, and they were beaten and scolded at the least, and they were whipped to death at the worst. Qing Dai was able to put down her body, and the person in charge pointed to her body and face to buy a good price, so she escaped some beatings more than others.

She had always believed that the rest of her life would be a rich life, how could she go back?

She can't go back!

What's more, she was kicked out of her last family. Yes, when she approached the young lady of the Cheng family, she was impure-minded, but she didn't do it, she didn't do it, and if she recognized it now, wouldn't she take the blame for others in vain, how can there be such a reason in the world.

She couldn't figure out who was going to frame her. She pondered, confused.

Ruan Yuyi saw that she didn't speak, so she waved her hand and said, "Stand down." Go back and weigh it. ”

Qing Dai was willing to go back like this, and was about to say something more, but saw Ruan Yuyi get up and go to the inner room. Mu Xiang said coldly, "Miss Qingdai, please." ”

Now that she really can't keep it, Qingdai unwillingly glanced at the inner room a few times, and then left.

After Mu Xiang closed the door, he also went to Ruan Yuyi's side.

She lowered her head and fiddled with her jade white fingertips, and she caught a glimpse of Mu Xiang coming in, and put it down in her hand, "You say, is Qingdai not a lie?" Although even if it was she who took the silver hairpin, it can be seen that her appearance does not seem to be a fake.

"Miss, just wait, when she can't resist the pressure in her heart, she will confess to Miss," Mu Xiang said in a deep voice, "If she still refuses to admit it, let her go." ”

Before Qing Dai came, there had never been such a thing in the courtyard. She didn't believe that it was such a coincidence, as soon as Qing Dai came, there was a maid next to her who moved her mind, did she want to steal it from her?

Mu Ling sneered, "Miss doesn't know, didn't you distribute lychees to the slaves and maids two days ago?" This Qingdai, I didn't move a mouthful, but I threw it-"

Suddenly, she was covered by someone, snorted twice, and was about to turn her head to be angry, but when she saw Mu Xiang's eyes, she realized that she had lost her words.

Seeing that she understood, Mu Xiang put down her hand and said, "Miss, what Mu Ling means is that it has not been moved, and it has been saved, and it has not broken until now." "I hope Miss didn't hear it.

She stared at Ruan Yuyi's face, hoping to see something from it.