Chapter 126 First Trial
"Master, the side concubine has surrounded the yard!" The little servant girl panicked, her face pale as paper.
"Impossible, the news over there has been cut off. The mansion has been cleaned from beginning to end, how could she still have clues?" The woman's eyes were full of hesitation, and her initial affirmation became a little shaken.
The master and the servant were suspicious, and the steward came in to spread the word that the side concubine would interrogate the people in the yard one by one tomorrow afternoon.
When the steward left, the little servant girl was trembling, and her speech was a little unsteady. "Master, this will be interrogated tomorrow, does the side concubine really have some evidence?"
"What are you panicking about! I just brought someone over to ask, can she still torture her to extract a confession?"
As long as you stay calm, if you don't have evidence, you're dead set. What can she do? I have been lurking in the mansion for so many years, and the few things I have done are very secretive and have never been noticed by anyone. This time, we will surely be able to turn bad luck into good luck and get through it safely.
"If you dare to make a mistake in the review tomorrow, do you know the consequences? Your old lady and the lives of a whole family are in the hands of the master. Even if the matter is revealed, you have to stand up and find someone to back it up." !"
The little maid fell to the ground with a plop, her lips trembling.
The master is a dark game carefully cultivated by the rebel party, and I didn't know this until I followed the master for a year. It's all because I was greedy back then, I took a lot of bribes from my master, and often did things for her in private. Later, I inadvertently learned that the master used his own hand to deliver the news to the outside of the mansion, and the other party was not a good person. Although he was afraid of regretting, he was already mired in the quagmire and could not get out.
When the master came to her for a showdown and threatened her with the lives of her family, she realized that she had no choice but to go all the way to the dark. Since then, it has become a pawn in the master's hand, and now I am afraid that retribution is coming.
"Master, if things are at their worst, this servant is willing to accept this crime. I just ask the master to intercede with the master on behalf of this servant, so that the family can save their lives." On the ground, the woman with the upper head kowtowed bang bang.
"That's all. If it weren't for Namu's pressing too hard, how could I have the heart to let you go to death. If you want to knock down so hard, if the skin on your forehead is broken, wouldn't you be more suspicious? What you asked for just now Son, I will definitely do it for you, but you have to be very careful when you ask questions tomorrow. That woman is too shrewd to be careful of her tricks. "
The next day, in the main hall of Danruoyuan, Mu Xiyao was followed by a capable maidservant, and the chief steward was waiting for her orders.
"Slaves pay respects to the side concubine." The four concubines from Lantai and Zhuyin No. 2 Courtyard all stood respectfully below, each leading two personal maidservants behind them.
Mu Xiyao swept her eyebrows, intentionally or unintentionally staying on several people for a longer time. There was a smile on the corner of his lips, and he raised his right hand lightly and screamed.
"I called you here today, and I didn't intend to shy away from it. You should sit down and listen to some things."
Wu's and Kong's in the Lantai courtyard are old people, and they have always been used to being suppressed by Mu Xiyao's arrogance. Hearing her words, he sat down obediently. The remaining Qi family entered the mansion a little later than the first two, with a lot of eyes, and on the surface he is a man who sees the wind and turns the rudder. As for An's, since entering the Prince's Mansion, except for having breakfast in the Chanruo Garden to set the rules, she rarely shows up. She has always closed the door to live, and almost never walks around with each other. She is still respectful to Mu Xiyao.
"On the first day of this month, on the night when His Highness opened his teeth and built the mansion, the rebels in Sichuan sneaked into the Prince's Mansion, intending to assassinate His Highness. But they failed and died on the spot." Mu Xiyao spoke slowly, looking at the people sitting below one by one. In the past, seeing that everyone looked overly frightened, there was nothing unusual about it.
"The concubine and the fifth highness and concubine were also in danger in the water pavilion, and were almost murdered and lost their lives."
This is Mu Xiyao deliberately distorting the facts. The matter of her being kidnapped from the Prince's Mansion was completely wiped out.
She wasn't afraid that the insider would expose her for lying in public, but now she was worried that she couldn't find a clue. If someone stupidly jumped out to clarify the facts and testify that he led the way for the rebel party and kidnapped Mu Xiyao out of the house, wouldn't it be a good shot at her? ?
"My concubine's eldest maid once said that she happened to bump into the back of a sneaky girl at that time, suspected of leading the way for traitors, and led the two thieves into the water pavilion, intending to do something wrong." Mu Xiyao lightly placed her left hand on the table. Caressed, eyes dark.
The person who saw the back of the leading girl was not the girl she mentioned, but herself.
That day, he was forced to leave with the rebel party, and when he passed a corner on the road, a disfigured maid suddenly appeared, leading the way for the thieves nervously. He was very familiar with the sparsely populated trails in the mansion, and he never spoke a word from the beginning to the end, and he was only guided by gestures.
Now she is in the light, and the inside should be in the dark. No matter how courageous the dark man is, he will not dare to refute her words in front of others. Naturally, whatever she says, the matter will count.
"That night, I was able to go to the front to lead the way for the bandits, and she was about the same age as that girl. The only thing left in the whole mansion was the second courtyard of Zhuyin Lantai, which has not been investigated. Everyone in the courtyards before has produced evidence , to show your innocence. Now it's your four's turn, if there is anyone making trouble here, you will know later."
Just as Mu Xiyao finished speaking, she clapped her left hand hard, and it landed on the table with a bang.
"Dare to collude with the traitors and assassinate His Highness, you have a lot of courage!"
"If you can find out the secret work buried in the prince's mansion today, you will be tied up and sent to Zen Ruoyuan immediately, and then handed over to the government for disposal!"
Before everyone recovered from what she said about the assassination, they saw that the woman sitting at the top lost her temper fiercely, and her face was completely different from the gentleness before. It was gloomy and fierce at the moment.
"This servant girl dares to lead the way for the thieves, and anyone who dares to cover up and excuse them will be severely punished. According to the family rules of the prince's residence, daring to collude with outsiders to murder the prince and side concubine is a crime of beheading."
Mu Xiyao spoke sternly, and she made it clear when she first came up, scaring a few women who hadn't seen the world much into silence.
His Highness was actually assassinated! Even the side concubine almost lost her life. This is simply appalling.
No wonder the entire backyard was grounded a few days ago. It turned out that such a big event happened. It's a pity... how could this Mu family be so fateful?
Now that she is looking for the girl who leads the way with such great fanfare, it is inevitable that she has no intention of revenge. This matter can't be sloppy at all, not only can't get involved, but also can't arouse her jealousy. Otherwise, if she failed to find out the real culprit in the end and planted a random one, wouldn't that be a great injustice?
"Returning to the side concubine, the servant girl did send the maid out that night, but it was not to collude with the rebels, but to see the steward of the mansion, to ask for...for the concubine's menstruation belt. Please also ask the concubine to learn, the steward should be I can prove my innocence for this concubine."
Qi's face was flushed, and she hurriedly dismissed it. This crime is too scary and absolutely unacceptable. Although it was the servant girl who committed the crime, who can guarantee that her master will not be suspected?
"Reporting to my side concubine, my concubine's servant girl also went to the front laundry room to wash my concubine's dress, and she only went out for a while, so she shouldn't have any involvement with that thief."
An shi was so frightened that she explained the maid's whereabouts, but she was afraid that she would not give full details, and she didn't even hide how long the maid had been there.
The other two maids replied that they never went out and stayed in the yard all the time, so they could find someone to testify.
"The four of you, don't be in a hurry to argue. No one can say for sure whether you made a detour after going out. Could it be that the one who stayed in the yard really stayed there honestly and didn't sneak away for a moment? Everyone said this Not sure, isn't it? Besides, it's not uncommon for people in the same yard to help each other talk." Mu Xiyao idly waved her round fan with an expression of disbelief.
"This... If you want to say this, you really can't explain your innocence? Concubine, isn't this too strict?" Kong's face was troubled, and he was still satisfied after explaining it like this? Could it be that Mrs. Mu is looking for trouble deliberately?
"It's easy to handle." Mu Xiyao solved Kong's doubts with one sentence.
"This concubine's greatest skill since she was a child is to listen to the footsteps to distinguish people. Since she followed the concubine, she has never made a mistake. Let each of you maids turn around and take a few steps, let her see the figure, listen Just listen to the footsteps."
Mu Xiyao raised her eyebrows and looked at the faces of the four women below, and called Mo Lan up, as if she was waiting to arrest her.
The four of them looked at each other in blank dismay, doubtful about the ability of the side concubine. If it's accurate, it's okay, and the innocence will be proved immediately. If it is not accurate, isn't this being wronged by others?
"As long as you don't do those shady things in secret, you don't have to join in the fun and worry about it. The concubine, a servant girl, looks at people. At most, she just catches suspicious people out, and they need to be carefully interrogated afterwards. The government doesn't recognize "identifying people by hearing their voices" That said, there must be real evidence, right?"
What Mu Xiyao said made most people breathe a sigh of relief. As long as it's not a family's opinion, but also pays attention to the real evidence, then this method will work.
Only one person was frightened in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it in the slightest. The side concubine also said that even if someone sees it, there is no evidence, and she can't be tortured into a trick. As long as she carefully followed her master's instructions, she would be able to escape this disaster.
"Mo Lan, this is the beginning." Mu Xiyao took the mint tea from Hui Lan and took a sip. Ask the following people to walk back and forth in the main hall two times in front of everyone.
Walking on weekdays, no one is deliberately watching, and no one feels awkward. Now being stared at by the big and small masters, the eight maids walked away with fear, for fear that if one of them was not good, they would be caught as suspects.
Everyone saw that all the maids were sweating on their foreheads, and they turned around twice with a stiff body. None of them walked steadily, and they were completely different from their usual walks. The timid one trembled and almost tripped himself.
The corners of Mu Xiyao's eyes twitched seeing the awkward expressions of these people. If the maids in the Prince's Mansion are of this level, they won't be laughed to death?
Not to mention the prince's mansion, it is a rich family, and the maids in any family have not been specially trained, and they will use them as best they can. Walking is a basic skill, how could she become stumbling like a marionette in Dan Ruoyuan?
Is she a witch or what? Is it that deterrent? For the first time, Mu Xiyao realized that she might not have a good reputation in the mansion...
Letting Mo Lan look at people this time is just a gimmick, to find a reason for her to act below. These little maids are so timid, and they haven't done anything wrong, they are all shivering like chickens. Does everyone have ghosts in their hearts, and everyone cannot stand scrutiny?
When Mu Xiyao thought about the privacy of the back house, her thoughts became more and more biased. Although she was sitting here, her mind was filled with all kinds of ideas. From now on, there will be less house fighting and palace fighting? Review it from time to time, and also prevent being duped by others.