Chapter 22: Witnessing
Time is limited, and Xinyu is not ready to sell Guanzi.
The strings of flowers swayed in the wind, and her voice was soft: "I remember how I fell off the cliff." β
Duan Yunling was stunned for a moment, panic appeared on his face, and he subconsciously turned around and ran.
A hand grasped her wrist, slender but powerful.
"Cousin Ling, don't make a fuss, you see who's coming."
Following Xin Yu's line of sight, Duan Yunling saw a familiar figure walking towards the pool.
"Big sister!" She blurted out and looked at Xin Yu in surprise, "You know the eldest sister will come here?" β
"Not really, I don't think there's anyone in the garden in the afternoon, so it's safer to be here."
Xin Yu's calm answer made Duan Yunling let go of the doubts in his heart.
It seems to be a coincidence that they came first, and the eldest sister came later.
But in this way, it is not good for her to turn around and leave, otherwise if she is shouted by Cousin Qing, the eldest sister will find that she is with her cousin.
She didn't dare!
She was afraid of arousing the suspicion of her eldest sister and causing ...... Mother's suspicions.
Duan Yunling's face turned pale, and he looked at Xin Yu's eyes with some complaints, and some unbearable.
There were many moments when she wanted to tell Cousin Qing the truth and ask Cousin Qing to be more careful, but she was afraid that Cousin Qing would not be able to hold her breath and then expose her.
She admits that she is just cowardly and selfish.
"Cousin Ling also knows, it was Cousin Wan who pushed me down."
Duan Yunling took a step back and looked at the calm face, perhaps it was the heaviness that had been pressing on her heart for many days, and when she reacted, the words had already been spoken: "I know what? Help you testify in front of your grandmother? β
Those black eyes as clear as water made her heart feel like a pinprick, but she could only shake her head: "I'm sorry, I can't." β
"Are you afraid of the eldest lady?" Xinyu asked softly.
Duan Yunling was excited, and his pupils shrank suddenly: "You know? β
Her voice rose unconsciously, because she was so shocked.
Xinyu put her finger to her lips and motioned for her to lower her voice.
Duan Yunling glanced at the figure by the pool in a panic, and then crashed into the dark eyes of the girl in front of her, and suddenly reacted to the other party's purpose of asking her: "You want me to expose my mother?" β
Xin Yu nodded.
"No way!" Duan Yunling shook his head violently, "Absolutely not!" β
"Why not?"
Xin Yu's question was a matter of course, which made Duan Yunling inexplicably have the idea that she refused so fiercely and had some ridiculous thoughts.
But of course not. She is a little concubine, and luck and misfortune are in the hands of her mother-in-law, how dare she.
Thinking about the eldest sister being forced to become a murderer by her mother-in-law, she felt suffocated.
Duan Yunling looked at Xin Yu speechless, his eyes overflowing with tears.
Let her go, why do you come to embarrass her, she just wants to grow up well and marry smoothly.
As if sensing Duan Yunling's thoughts, Xin Yu took her hand.
"Cousin Ling, this time you were lucky to stay out of the matter, what about next time?"
Duan Yunling's hand shook.
Xin Yu let go of her hand, and her voice was soft but with demagogic power: "Cousin Ling is a smart person, and he should understand that instead of expecting a person with a heart like a snake and scorpion to raise his noble hand, it is better to let that poisonous snake no longer harm people." This is the true way to protect yourself. β
"But even if you say it, will others believe it?" Duan Yunling muttered, his wavering heart quickly firmed, "No." β
She is just a soft-spoken concubine, but her mother is the housewife, not to mention that her grandmother and father will not believe it, even if she believes it in her heart, she will not believe it in her face.
If you really want to confirm that your mother murdered Cousin Qing, what should you do with the reputation of Shaoqing's Mansion? What about the future of the big brother?
Duan Yunling thought about this for a moment, and felt the pain of not being able to breathe at the top of the mountain, and then looked at the girl with anticipation in her eyes, and sympathy surged out.
She held Xin Yu's hand and said earnestly: "Cousin Qing, you shouldn't have remembered it, forget it." β
Xin Yu didn't reply to her words, and her eyes looked straight in the direction of the pool.
Duan Yunling followed and looked over, as if a basin of ice water was splashed on her head, freezing her.
The scorching sun was like fire, and under the bright sun, the mother-in-law stretched out her hands and pushed Duan Yunwan into the pool without hesitation.
From here, the people in the pool could be seen struggling, but the hands pressed her head into the water, again and again.
Duan Yunling was so frightened that he couldn't move, only his teeth gurgling.
"Stop!" Xinyu rushed over.
With her shouting, Xiaolian and Ning Cui also saw the scene of the mother-in-law's murder and ran over one after another.
"Someone, murder!" The little maid's screams soared into the sky.
The mother-in-law was stunned for a moment because she was discovered, and then ran away.
As she ran, she threw the bricks hidden in her sleeves.
The flying brick hit the mother-in-law's right leg, and the mother-in-law stumbled and fell to the ground.
Xin Yu's feet did not stop, and he went straight to the edge of the pool. Xiaolian and Ning Cui went to their mother-in-law.
Without those murderous hands, Duan Yunwan struggled to emerge from the water.
"Help, save meβ"
Then she saw Xin Yu who was outstretching her hand.
The instinct to survive made her think nothing and grabbed the hand.
That's a life-saving hand.
Duan Yunwan was pulled up, fell to the ground and breathed heavily.
Xiaolian and Ning Cui also held down their mother-in-law.
"Mother Zhao!" Ning Cui recognized it at a glance.
Although Mother Zhao is just a rough mother-in-law, she is in the eldest wife's courtyard, and Ning Cui goes with Duan Yunling every day to ask the eldest lady to say goodbye, so she naturally knows.
At this time, many people heard the movement and rushed over, looking at the wet girl, and then at the Zhao Pozi who was being held down, and couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.
"Go to Ruyi Hall." Xin Yu said in a deep voice.
Xiaolian did not hesitate to Xin Yu's instructions, Ning Cui's mind didn't turn when she encountered such a big thing, and she subconsciously followed what Xiaolian did.
"Let go of me, let go of me!" Mrs. Zhao struggled.
She is used to doing rough work, she is born and strong, and her strength is not small, and she is about to break free, Xiaolian picked up the brick in a hurry and gave it to Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao screamed and was honest.
Xiaolian realized what she had done, threw the brick, and hurriedly glanced at Xin Yu.
Xin Yu kicked his toes, kicked the brick into the flowers on the side, and said, "Good job." β
From beginning to end, she didn't pay attention to Duan Yunling anymore.
Duan Yunling moved out from behind the flower stand step by step, looked at the deserted garden and was stunned for a while, and staggered to catch up.
A group of people rushed to Ruyi Hall and woke up the old lady who had slept soundly in the afternoon.
"What's going on?" Looking at Duan Yunwan, who was soaking wet, the old lady asked sharply.
Duan Yunwan's eyes were blank, and she looked like she had lost her soul.
The old lady frowned, and her eyes swept over Mrs. Zhao, who had a big bag on her forehead.
Xin Yu opened her mouth: "Grandmother, I saw this mother-in-law in the garden pushing Cousin Hua into the pool. β
"What?" The old lady was shocked.
The word "pool" seemed to stimulate Duan Yunwan, she shivered as if she had just woken up from a dream, and cried and threw herself on the old lady's thigh: "Grandmother, please save your granddaughter!" β