Chapter Seventy-Three: The Tea Ceremony

The front hall was gloomy, Ye Hao and Shen Chongyuan both looked like they were going to eat people, and all the ladies and officials gathered here.

Many people began to be impatient, and even shouted that Shen Chongyuan was unreasonable.

Ye Hao didn't want to say anything as the master, Ye Min didn't have such a good temper, and said directly: "This mansion is not sealed by us, we have the ability to find someone to go by ourselves, we just want to find a reason for our own girl to come back!" ā€

Everyone knows that it is the Zhijin Guard who is guarding the door now, so whose army is it, don't say much, right?

Under the eyes of each other, no one dared to say such a thing again.

After a while, the next person said that Cheng Siqiao woke up.

Ye Hao: "Then invite Miss Cheng up." ā€

Zhao Baolin went to see Xiao Hui with a little weakness, but saw that she was sitting in the seat drinking tea and eating snacks like no one else.

Hui'er is so calm, if she thinks there is a way, then she is not afraid.

Cheng Siqiao was wrapped like a zongzi when she came, her body couldn't help shaking, and her father and mother were distressed on the left and right.

Shi Ying couldn't help laughing when she saw it, and secretly said that she deserved it.

Before Ye Hao could speak, Mrs. Cheng took the lead in exculpating her daughter: "Grandpa, look at my family's Qiao'er is like this, how can you harm Miss Shen?" How can anyone harm others and put themselves on him? ā€

Ye Hao frowned: "Who said that your daughter harmed people?" It's just that I'm just inviting to ask for questions, Mrs. Cheng doesn't have to speak in a hurry. ā€

Ye Min echoed: "Isn't this a place where there are three hundred taels of silver?" ā€

Mrs. Cheng bowed her head in deflatedness.

I saw Ye Hao looking up at Cheng Siqiao, her eyes were a little sharp.

"Miss Cheng, maybe you spoke? What happened just now, don't be afraid, since you are in my house, we will naturally investigate to the end and will not tolerate it. ā€

Cheng Siqiao recalled the feeling of falling into the lake and couldn't help but shiver.

He opened his mouth.

"Yes, Miss Cheng, you have to say it well, don't be afraid, I was there at the time, and I won't let people wronged you."

Xiao Hui looked at her gently with a smile, but Cheng Siqiao was afraid to look away.

Everyone was waiting for her to speak.

Her voice was slightly crying, and she trembled: "I—I don't know, I was standing far away at the time, it was... It was Miss Shen who suddenly rushed towards me, and... I caught her out of fear..."

Xiao Hui hooked her lips with satisfaction and glanced at Zhao Baolin.

"I see, I'm looking for the murderer, it turns out that the murderer is my own daughter."

"If you know the reason, why don't you let us go? Don't attend this engagement feast! ā€

Ye Hao's face was pale, and Shen Chongyuan's temper couldn't help but slap the table: "Nonsense!" Do you have proof? ā€

Mrs. Cheng cried and said, "Grandpa feels sorry for his daughter, aren't we distressed?" It's your daughter who did something wrong and wants to make my family Qiao'er change her words! ā€

Mrs. Cheng's mother's family is related to the queen, even if she is the grandfather of the country, she is not afraid.

Shen Xian, who listened to it not far away, frowned.

He pursed his lips and suddenly took off his outer robe.

"Miss, what are you doing here? Put it on, don't catch a cold. ā€

"That's what you want, don't you just want to be miserable? Miss Cha Yiben was never afraid. ā€

After speaking, he reached out and grabbed a few strands of broken hair, not looking embarrassed but weak and pitiful, and pinched his arm again, immediately burst into tears, and then tilted his head and fell into Xiangnong's arms.

"Help me through."

Xiangnong suddenly understood, threw her robe on the ground, and approached the crowd with Shen Xian on her face full of distress.

Shen Chongyuan looked up and saw it, and immediately got up and said distressedly: "Why did you come out here?" ā€

Shen Xian laboriously half-opened her eyes, glanced at Cheng Siqiao weakly, and then coughed and got up and stood up and staggered with a salute: "Ruan Ruan has seen all the adults and ladies, cough cough cough..."

As soon as he finished speaking, his legs were weak and fell into Xiangnong's arms.

"Ouch! Go back and lie down! Ye Hao also came forward and grabbed Shen Xian's hand in surprise: "Why is it so cold?" ā€

Shen Xian's eyes were red: "Ruan Ruan's life is not good, family affairs are always twists and turns... Today's wedding banquet still worries my father and mother, which is really unfilial. ā€

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and their faces are a little unnatural.

Today is someone's own engagement banquet, no matter how bad a woman is, she will not joke about her marriage, let alone toss herself like this?

Even Cheng Hou is a little confused, this looks much more serious than his own daughter.

Shen Xian turned her head weakly, showing her pale face in front of everyone, she frowned slightly as if she was very uncomfortable, and people couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Sister Siqiao said, I threw you into the water, but you were standing next to the third princess at the time, and I... If I were to pull you into the water, wouldn't you not notice it? ā€

The crowd listened to another version, and their minds were confused.

"I..."

Cheng Siqiao's brain froze, he didn't know what to say for a while, he turned his head to look at his mother, who immediately stiffened his neck and said, "Since the third princess is on the spot, why don't you ask the princess to talk about it?" ā€

Everyone focused their eyes on Xiao Hui.

Xiao Hui faintly retracted her gaze: "I am indeed present." ā€

She looked up at Shen Xian again, her eyes made it impossible to guess what she was thinking, but Shen Xian felt deep malice.

She was staring at her as if she were being watched by a poisonous snake.

"As Miss Shen said, she was standing by the water's edge at the time, but when was Miss Cheng by my side? I'm next to Pauline, why don't you think about it again? ā€

Think again?

Does that mean that what Shen Xian said was all her imagination?

Shen Xian lowered her head and smiled.

Is this being debunked, and laughing angrily?

"Everyone knows that I and the Third Princess, and it is understandable that the Third Princesses are unwilling to make this witness for Ruan Ruan and Miss Cheng."

Xiao Hui narrowed her eyes.

Everyone suddenly realized that Xiao Hui's eyes were wrong.

Xiao Hui covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Could it be that Miss Shen thinks that the person who did it is Pauline?" ā€

Zhao Baolin's eyes widened and she panicked: "I didn't!" In order to exonerate herself, why does Miss Shen climb people indiscriminately? ā€

After Zhao Baolin finished speaking, she hid behind her father.

Father Zhao didn't want to offend Shen Chongyuan, so he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Several people were at a stalemate, and no one had any evidence to explain what was going on, Cheng Siqiao glanced at her mother and shook her head in embarrassment.

The latter just glanced at her eyes, and knew that this matter might not be simple, so he turned his eyes and patted the back of his daughter's hand and said: "That seems to be a misunderstanding, fortunately, my family Qiao'er is fine, and I won't pursue it, so don't delay the happy event in the grandfather's house." ā€

Everyone thinks that's it, it's just some disputes in the daughter's family.

"Why?" Shi Ying suddenly ran out and pointed at Chen Siqiao: "It's because the person who was killed is not your daughter, right?" ā€

Chen Siqiao's face turned pale and hid in Mrs. Cheng's arms.

Mrs. Cheng: "What do you mean by the fifth princess?" My family Qiao'er also fell into the water, didn't she? ā€

"Then why did she slander me?"