Chapter 16: Slander
Bihuan's back trembled for a moment, she took a step back, her dark eyes staring at Pei Yungui with silent resistance in her eyes.
"You get me out." Pei Yungui said coldly.
She almost already knew what was going on.
Bihuan hid this box in her room, and was bound to trap her.
As for whose will it is, Pei Yungui doesn't need to think about it carefully.
Ji Yanqian, or Mrs. Ji.
Bihuan didn't move.
Her master is not Pei Yungui, so naturally she doesn't have to listen to Pei Yungui's orders.
Pei Yungui clenched his sleeves and sighed.
It is only at this point that I know that power is too important.
Today, she is small and weak, she doesn't count anything, and her actions are restricted everywhere.
This feeling is really uncomfortable.
At this time, a maid was rushing in from outside the courtyard, and suddenly saw the scene of Pei Yungui and Bihuan confronting each other in the house.
Pei Yungui moved his gaze to the maid who had just entered the house.
Intuition told her that this maid hurriedly came over for the sake of the white jade box.
Sure enough, Pei Yungui's idea was immediately confirmed.
The maid saluted casually, and said: "Yesterday, the eldest lady lost a pair of flowing cloud and blue hairpins in the house, and the maid who accompanied her insisted that the hairpin was stolen by Miss Pei, and the lady was already angry, and asked the young lady to go with the slave maid." ”
Pei Yungui said coldly: "I never knew what clouds and hairpins were in Sister Ji's house. ”
"Oops." The maid was already a little impatient, and her two eyebrows were furrowed, "I don't know if Miss Pei has the final say, I have to find out, Miss Pei doesn't want to kill time, go with the slave, if you go late, Mrs. should be angry." ”
Pei Yungui smiled lightly, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.
She just watched the maid finish this scene lightly, and she could tell why.
Jifu is all outstanding drama elites, and if he doesn't form a drama troupe, set up a few stages, and sing a few plays, he is really condescending.
Pei Yungui didn't want to talk any more, and walked straight out of the back room.
At this moment, it is the middle of the moon, but the main courtyard is still brightly lit.
Obviously, someone had something ready to come.
Fang entered the middle hall, and Pei Yungui saw the gloomy face of Mrs. Ji on the main seat.
There was also a maid kneeling below.
When the maid saw her come in, she raised her head proudly, and looked arrogant and did not take her seriously.
Pei Yungui frowned.
This maid looked familiar, as if she had come to her courtyard a few days ago to deliver food.
However, she was too busy exercising to pay attention to it.
"Get on your knees!"
Pei Yungui stepped into the door with his front foot, and Mrs. Ji spoke forcefully with his back foot.
The dim candlelight reflected her flabby face like a ghost.
Pei Yungui didn't move, he still stood straight, and his eyes calmly met Mrs. Ji's eyes.
"Yungui didn't do anything wrong, why do you kneel?"
"You dare to quibble!" Mrs. Ji looked angry, her face was quite ugly, and she said to the maid who was kneeling on the ground: "Ah Xiang, you will help Miss Pei recall the ins and outs of the matter." ”
Ah Xiang lowered her eyebrows and said yes, then raised her eyes again and looked at Pei Yungui, with the words "righteous words" written all over her face.
"Last night, the slave maid helped the eldest lady smoke incense, and when she came out of the room, she saw a sneaky figure hurriedly running out of the main gate of the incense pavilion."
"This morning, the eldest lady lacked a pair of flowing cloud hairpins in her dressing box. The eldest lady thought that the maid who served her personally took it, and turned the maid's house in the courtyard inside and out, but she never saw the convective cloud and blue hairpin. ”
The young lady was busy going to Fanyin Temple to pray for blessings, so she asked the slave to look for it carefully. The slave maid immediately entrusted Aunt Cui Niang to send a message to the servants in the house, telling them to pay attention. ”
"This evening, Sister Bihuan found me and said that it was the dresser at Miss Pei's bedside, which was locked from time to time, as if it was for some precious things."
Ah Xiang swept Pei Yungui from head to toe, and there was a trace of disdain in her eyes.
The implication of this is obvious.
Pei Yungui has no hair ornaments on his head, his dress is white, and he is more cold than a maid, what precious objects can he lock up from time to time?
She saw it yesterday, and there was nothing but a string of outdated Yingluo in the drawer, a begonia box given by the young lady a few days ago, and nothing else.
It's just that although the Yingluo style is older, it looks expensive.
She didn't dare to move those things for the time being, and when the matter was completed, she stole them and sold them again, just buying her own deed of sale.
Anyway, Pei Yungui is a stuffy gourd who can't beat a word with three sticks, even if she steals it, she doesn't dare to make a big deal out of it.
Ah Xiang's face was not obvious, but the abacus inside was indeed crackling.
"So going around and around, you all suspect that I stole something?"
Pei Yungui looked at Ah Xiang, and her beautiful face had lost its temperature.
A cauldron just fell from the sky and buckled on his head with unmistakable accuracy.
Pei Yungui didn't know why Mrs. Ji wanted to add such a trumped-up charge to herself, but if she retreated this time, she would only be afraid to walk on thin ice in the following days.
She can't be the soft persimmon she used to be crazy and stupid all day long.
"Since Uncle Ji grounded me in the courtyard, I haven't left the backyard every day, and the figure you saw that day could never be me. What's more, that figure is only seen by you, and you can make it up wantonly to hide people's eyes. ”
Ah Xiang pursed her lips and said, "You can make a hole and sneak out of the street, wouldn't it be easy to get out of the backyard?" ”
Pei Yungui narrowed her eyes, her clear and cool apricot eyes were rarely cold, her jaw was tight, and the orange candlelight outlined a sharp line.
"Why did you make up your mind that I was the one who stole it? You can't wait to accuse me so eagerly, could it be that you stole Sister Song's headdress and blamed me instead? ”
didn't expect Pei Yungui to refute for a while, Ah Xiang's lips opened, and he didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Ji secretly glared at Ah Xiang.
Useless things, Pei Yungui can block her with a casual word, and there is more than enough success and more failure.
Ah Xiang was speechless for a while, and the middle hall fell silent again.
Mrs. Ji had to come to the rescue.
She showed the full majesty of being a housewife.
"If you steal it, you steal it, if you don't steal it, if you don't steal it, whether Yun'er is innocent, wait for me to turn over your house, if you can find the graceful flowing clouds and blue hairpins, your aunt will teach you well no matter what, if you don't find it, it will be your aunt who blames you, and your aunt will not wronged innocent people."
Mrs. Ji's words sounded beautiful.
All in all, no matter whether Pei Yungui steals it or not, as long as the hairpin is turned out in her room, she will have to replace this wronged leader.
Pei Yungui naturally couldn't let Mrs. Ji take advantage.
"Auntie, wait a moment." Pei Yungui hurriedly interrupted.
Mrs. Ji gave Pei Yungui a look rather impatiently.
Pei Yungui made a rather sad expression and said, "Sister Ji's theft of the Liuyun Hairpin reminded Yungui. ”
"A few days before Yungui returned, I also lost a Yingluo, which was a relic left by my mother to Yungui, I don't know what is not long-sighted, even the things of the deceased dare to steal."
"That Yingluo has been put under the pillow by Yungui, just to stick to my mother's relics, so that she can give me a dream."
Mrs. Ji frowned, not understanding why Pei Yungui suddenly mentioned Yingluo's matter again.
"But a few days ago, the Yingluo was gone, and Yungui couldn't be discharged from the hospital, so he couldn't find it for a long time, but in my hospital, few others entered and exited. In addition to Bihuan, it is Ah Xiang who delivered food to Yungui some time ago. ”
Pei Yungui slowly walked in front of Ah Xiang, leaned over his waist, and his upturned nose was almost against Ah Xiang's face.
Her eyes are transparent, as if she can see through the secrets of people's hearts at a glance.
"Did you steal that Yingluo?"
Ah Xiang's expression froze.
"I really put it under my headrest, but I couldn't find it. Did you steal my Yingluo when you brought me food? ”
Bihuan's eyes dilated suddenly, her face was full of anxiety, but she had to let out a few hoarse screams in her mouth.
Pei Yungui glanced at Bihuan with his spare eyes, and secretly rejoiced in his heart that Bihuan was a person who couldn't speak.
Unexpectedly, Ji Yanqian did her a favor by mistake.
Ah Xiang's face turned pale suddenly.
"You're talking nonsense, I didn't steal!"
Pei Yungui frowned, his eyes flashing with doubt.
"Bihuan is a person with a calm personality, I have served in my courtyard for so long, and I have not seen a single item lost in my courtyard, but since you came to my courtyard to deliver food, my Yingluo is gone, it was not stolen by you, is it still stolen by ghosts?"
Ah Xiang's lips trembled, and she subconsciously turned her eyes for help to Mrs. Ji.
Mrs. Ji frowned in disgust and turned her face away.
The emotions have been rendered to this point, and Pei Yungui doesn't mind adding firewood to the fire.
"You have to think about it, according to the law of the dynasty, a slave steals from his master's house, but he is beaten to death with a stick. If I can't find it, I'll go to the yamen and denounce you at once. ”
Ah Xiang raised her eyes suddenly, and her eyes gradually became afraid.
She is a maid in the end, and the master she serves is a dignified character, who has never deceived me or seen the world.
She couldn't hear the deep meaning of this, she just thought that Pei Yungui was a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry and wanted to frame her.
So casually flickering a few sentences, he was provoked to be emotional.
Ah Xiang was only carried away by fear, and couldn't help but shout to excuse herself.
"It's clear that you slandered me, that Yingluo is not under your headrest at all, but in the drawer of the dressing table!"
Pei Yungui paused slightly, then straightened up, his eyes revealing a little surprise.
"How do you know my Yingluo is in the drawer of the dressing table?"
Ah Xiang reacted suddenly.
Pei Yungui was probing her words.
Outrageous!
Ah Xiang screamed suddenly, forgetting the gift of the master and servant, holding two hands like chicken feet, and was about to scratch Pei Yungui's face.
Pei Yungui was able to avoid it, and restrained the maid with both hands.
I have to say that the supervision of 4322 in the past few days has been of great benefit to her.
The bones of the body are not as weak as before, and the limbs have a lot of strength, and they are no longer soft.
In addition, Ah Xiang was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and Pei Yungui was able to restrain her.
Mrs. Ji's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and her whole body froze on the main seat.
Pei Yungui immediately said to Mrs. Ji: "Aunt should already know, Ah Xiang even knows exactly what is in my drawer, and must have secretly opened my drawer not long ago." Sister Ji lost something, she was so sure that it was in the drawer in my room, it was obvious that she had put Sister Ji's hairpin in it in advance, so as to slander me. ”
"Aunt doesn't believe it, you can go and search my room now to see if the hosta is inside."
Coincidentally, between the back and forth, the maid who had secretly accepted Mrs. Ji's order to search the house had already entered the middle hall with a hairpin in her hand.
She obviously didn't know anything about the episode of Fang Cai, so she knelt down in a hurry, holding the white jade carved box with a hairpin in both hands, and said as if she was appreciating: "Mrs. Qiyu, the eldest lady's hosta is really in the drawer of the dressing table in Miss Pei's room." ”
Pei Yungui raised his eyebrows, only to feel refreshed.
"As I expected. Auntie, if you steal, you steal, if you don't steal, you don't steal, Yun Guixin believes that you are a just person, and you will never do that selfish thing. ”