Chapter 58 Framed

"Miss, Bihui... she doesn't..."

Xiao Yuxuan felt a dull ache in her heart. She had seen Bihui's loyalty and could not let it go unchecked.

Showing weakness now would be a disadvantage. Standing alone in the courtyard, looking at the few so-called family members sitting in the hall, she said in a cold voice:

"Father, Mother, even if Bihui had the evidence, let alone the fact that she would never have stolen anything, we should have waited until I returned before making a decision. Using torture like this is just forcing a confession out of me."

Madam Xiao held her forehead, remaining silent.

For some reason, my two daughters have had one accident after another lately. Mingming just went to the temple fair to offer incense.

Yu Xuan was the same. She thought Yu Yao had become sensible, but she never expected that Yu Yao would instigate the people around the Princess to humiliate her like that. This morning, when she saw Yu Yao being sent back, crying uncontrollably, she was both shocked and angry. She didn't listen to a word that the maid from the Princess's residence was saying.

Xiao Yuyao, her face streaked with tears, wept bitterly in Madam Xiao's arms.

"Mother, it's all my fault. I wanted to help my fifth sister so she wouldn't accidentally offend the Princess, but she thought I was trying to steal her opportunity. I'm so useless, sob sob..."

Madam Xiao was heartbroken. She had promised Yu Yao and Yu Xuan to go together, and now that they were being sent back, wasn't that a slap in the face?

"I thought that girl had become more sensible, but I didn't expect her to still be so petty. She's been raised outside for too long, and her personality is not presentable."

Xiao Yuyao lowered her head and wiped away her tears, the humiliation and resentment in her heart reaching an extreme:

“Mother, this is actually for the best. Since Fifth Sister is so eager to curry favor with the Eldest Princess and looks down on our family, perhaps she will have a better future. As for me, I am not wronged…”

"She dares!"

Madam Xiao's eyebrows shot up:

"She came from my womb. If she doesn't serve me, why should she serve that princess? The princess is only interested in her because she used to be a commoner. After that, she'll just throw her aside like a toy."

Seeing that things were getting increasingly absurd, Li's mother frowned and changed the subject:

"Madam, if Fourth Miss is going to the girls' school, we need to prepare to leave now."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuyao immediately shrank into Madam Xiao's arms, her frail body curling up innocently and pitifully.

"Mother, I... I'm so scared... What if my fifth sister kicks me out of the girls' school again? I'm too scared to go to the girls' school today, sob sob sob..."

Madam Xiao quickly coaxed her, "We're not going, we're not going."

After Madam Xiao left, Xiao Yuyao freshened up and dressed herself up again, and Caihe also returned.

She looked at her delicate, fair face in the mirror and asked softly, "Is everything ready?"

Caihe nodded, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes:

"Don't worry, young lady!"

This move is both offensive and defensive; their young lady is truly talented! Finally, we can teach Fifth Miss a lesson again! Let her know who in the Xiao family truly values ​​most!

At Lanting Pavilion, when Xiao Yuxuan went to the girls' school, Chunwen and Bihui took turns on duty, leading the maids to tidy up their mistress's clothes, hairpins, and other utensils, as well as to clean and tidy up the flowers and ornaments, all of which had to be done in an orderly manner.

Chunwen was a lazy person. She was supposed to be on duty today, but she had disappeared. Bihui asked around but couldn't find out where she went. She could only supervise the maid herself to fumigate the clothes with spices.

These spices can keep clothes from getting damp and rotting for a long time, and they also have a faint fragrance. They are commonly used by noble ladies in the capital. However, these little maids are clumsy. After working hard for most of the day, Bi Sui finally returned to her room to have a cup of tea.

She and Chunwen lived in the same room, which was divided in half. There was a shared table and chairs in the middle, beds on both sides against the walls, and wardrobes and trunks under the window.

As she was drinking tea, Bihui's gaze fell on her bed, and she suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The bed she made that morning had been moved!

Normally, when making the bed, she would fold the quilt according to the unique method taught to her by her mother, so she could tell that this quilt was not folded in the same way as she had done.

However, after searching inside and out from beginning to end, I couldn't find anything wrong.

When someone outside suddenly called her to come out, Bi Sui realized that Xiao Yuyao had lost several valuable hairpins and rings.

When Bihui thought about her bed that had been touched, her first reaction was to suspect that it might be a frame-up.

After the search, Bihui went back to check again, but at that moment, Caihe led a group of people to the door, saying that Bihui's behavior was suspicious and that she was hiding stolen goods...

The matter is not complicated. If it were a lenient master, without anyone catching them red-handed, they would not have made such an arbitrary judgment. But this is the Xiao family.

Xiao Su, having long held a high position and wielding considerable official authority, now spoke in a deep voice, exuding a powerful aura:

"She's just a girl who committed a crime. Even if the master beats her to death, it wouldn't be too much for him. And now you're going to defy your father for her sake?!"

"Father, Yu Xuan only wants justice. The truth of the matter is still unknown. Please give Yu Xuan some time to find out the truth and let Bi Sui go to heal and rest first."

Xiao Su snorted coldly:

"What else is there to investigate? Yuyao just begged us to save you some face. We thought that if we killed this girl today, your mother and I would not pursue the matter any further. But since you are still so stubborn and obstinate, have you thought this through?"

Xiao Yuxuan felt a chill run through her body, as if she understood something. She asked:

"You believe I instructed Bihui to steal it?"

"Just for some jewelry?"

At this perfect moment, Xiao Yuyao shed two tears, her voice filled with a plaintive lament:

“Those weren’t ordinary pieces of jewelry; they were gifts from my eldest and second eldest brothers…”

Xiao Yuxuan: "Fourth sister, what you're saying is strange. It's not like I don't have those things, so why would I steal yours?"

Xiao Yuyao continued to cry: "Fifth sister, I know you've never liked me. I only beg you to have mercy and return those things to me. Even if, even if my brothers won't give them to me anymore, I can at least keep something to remember them by, sob sob..."

"What? I won't be giving it to you anymore?"

Xiao Jue walked in, travel-worn, and heard Yu Yao's heart-wrenching words.

He had just gone to the city gate to greet the Crown Prince, which is why he was a little late. He didn't expect that something else would happen at home. It seems that Xiao Yuxuan has caused trouble again! Look at Yuyao's appearance!

Seeing that Xiao Jue looked unwell, Li's mother was afraid that he would have preconceived notions and make his own assumptions, so she quickly recounted the events of the day before Caihe could hear her.

"impossible!"

"Yuyao is pure and kind by nature, how could she say such a thing?! Someone must be trying to sow discord among our Xiao family. I never thought that the dignified Princess's mansion would have such a wicked servant with malicious intentions!"

Li's mother was just a servant; she said what was within her duty and then quietly stepped back.

Xiao Jue's appearance was exactly the same as Xiao Su's when he first heard it; no wonder they were father and son.