Chapter 69 Dealing with Wen Qing

It was late at night, but the main hall of the Meng family was brightly lit.

The head of the Meng family and the doctor sat upright at the top, looking down at the two people kneeling below with indifferent eyes.

The Meng family's chief steward stood on the left. When he saw the look from the patriarch, he immediately understood.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and scanned Wenqing and Wenxiu with a scrutinizing look. She cleared her throat and asked in a cold tone:

"What happened on the pleasure boat today? Why did the young master go out with you two? You were fine, but the young master fell into the lake. Tell me the truth. If you lie, I will beat you with a stick immediately."

Wen Xiu was frightened and trembled. She glanced upwards timidly and said in a trembling voice:

"I, my servant Wenqing and I accompanied the young master to the outside of the pleasure boat to admire the lotus flowers. Unexpectedly, when we walked to the outside, I accidentally stepped on the beads and fell on the young master, knocking him into the lake."

After he finished speaking, he was already shaking with fear, tears streaming down his cheeks, and he looked upwards anxiously, sobbing:

"Master, my lord, I really didn't mean it, and I didn't mean to harm you. I, I, I beg you, my lord, to spare my life."

After Wenxiu finished speaking, she kowtowed several times on the ground, then prostrated herself tremblingly, waiting for her master's decision.

And Wenqing on the side.

After Wenxiu finished speaking, he looked at the person above him calmly, pursed his lips and said:

"Master, my Lord, what Wenxiu said is true. I can testify to this. I was standing at the back at the time and watched Wenxiu lose her balance and accidentally push the young master off the boat."

His face was filled with regret and grief, his voice was mixed with helplessness, and he blamed himself:

"This is also my fault. If I had reacted in time and grabbed Wenxiu, perhaps the young master could have avoided the disaster today."

Butler Meng raised his eyebrows, looked at Wen Qing meaningfully, and said vaguely:

"Oh, what are those beads that Wenxiu just mentioned? Where did the beads come from on the pleasure boat?"

Wen Qing shook his head in confusion, glanced at Butler Meng, and tentatively guessed:

"Perhaps the previous guest accidentally dropped it, and the bead was too small, so the cleaner didn't find it?"

Butler Meng nodded in agreement, stretched out his tone and said "hmm", frowned and said to the door:

"Since you can't get any information from the interrogation, why don't you hand over the things you found in Wenqing and Wenxiu's rooms?"

"It will also be good to have complete personal and material evidence, so that outsiders will not say that our Meng Mansion is unreasonable and arbitrarily treats servants."

The servant standing at the door said "yes" and handed a piece of letter to Butler Meng with both hands.

Butler Meng glanced at it briefly, took the envelope with one hand, and did not present the physical evidence to the head of the Meng family.

Instead, he opened the envelope, took out the letter from it and read it slowly.

After she finished reading the contents of the letter at a glance, Butler Meng was already filled with anger. He threw the paper heavily in front of Wenxiu and sneered:

"You are so good, Wenxiu. The Meng family has raised you for more than ten years, but they didn't realize that they raised an ungrateful person. Now the servants have found evidence in your room that you colluded with Miss Zhu to frame the young master. What else do you have to say?"

Wenxiu picked up the letter in front of her with shaking hands and looked at it. Then she looked around in panic, shook her head and waved her hands vigorously, and screamed:

"No, it's not me. I'm not the chief butler. Master, you have to believe me. How could I do such a thing? Someone must have framed me."

"Yes, yes, someone deliberately framed me. Master, please investigate. I have never even seen the face of Miss Zhu. How could I possibly team up with her to harm you? Wuwu, wuwuwu——"

However.

Butler Meng ignored Wenxiu's crying because her eyes were always on Wenqing.

Seeing Wenqing's expression change from nervous to forced calm, she then put the blame on Wenxiu, until she finished reading the letter and then blamed Wenxiu.

Wen Qing lowered his head, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and chuckled.

Watch here.

Butler Meng shook his head sarcastically and sneered calmly.

Then he turned his inquiring gaze to the head of the Meng family and waited for her to speak.

The top.

The head of the Meng family looked at the carefully arranged farce below with deep eyes, curled her lips, then she sighed, snorted and laughed:

"Humph, this play today is quite interesting, but it's a pity that it's getting late and it's time to end."

"Wenxiu, please leave first. From now on, you will be a second-class attendant serving the young master in the outer room. Alas! This scene tonight will be a lesson for you."

She raised her chin and shouted to the outside:

"Meng Zhong, bring the person up!"

After hearing these words, Wen Qing's eyes, which had been somewhat proud, quickly showed a trace of panic, and he suddenly looked up at the head of the Meng family.

I don't know why, but I feel extremely uneasy.

With his body trembling slightly, he turned his head to look towards the door. This sight frightened him so much that his face turned pale as paper, his whole body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

The other side.

As the head of the Meng family finished speaking, Meng Zhong, the second steward of the Meng residence, walked in.

Behind her, two servants escorted a woman who was tied up and covered in wounds into the room.

Meng Zhong walked quickly to the front of the master's house, glanced at Wen Qing on the ground with disdain, bowed, and bowed his head to report to the head of the Meng family:

"Master, Sun Yinan has confessed."

After that, she turned around, glared at the tied woman, and said sternly:

"Why don't you tell the master everything you know? Otherwise, I'm afraid you will have to go to the side yard again!"

Sun Yinan shuddered, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

She pointed at Wen Qing beside her and said to the Meng family master in fear:

"Master Meng, all of this was caused by Wenqing. He first stole the handkerchief and forced Master Meng to have a relationship with Miss Zhu. Then he informed Zhu Qiuchi. The two of them teamed up and planned to push Master Meng into the water on the day of the boat trip."

"Zhu Qiuchi went to save people, forcing the Meng family to marry their son to her. I, that's all I know. This matter has nothing to do with me. I beg the mansion to show mercy and let me go."

Patriarch Meng glanced at Wen Qing, whose eyes were lifeless, raised his eyebrows, and asked in a long tone:

"Oh, really? Wenqing, now that Sun Yinan has pointed out that you are the culprit, do you have anything to say?"

Wen Qing slowly raised his eyes to look at Sun Yinan, curved his lips to smile self-deprecatingly, shook his head at the leader, and said with a pale face:

"I have nothing to say. It is indeed the servant who betrayed the young master. I will leave it to the master to deal with."

He plotted to murder the prince for Sun Yinan.

I didn’t expect that!

His lover actually betrayed him and wanted him dead.

It really is true that evil will be punished.

Patriarch Meng nodded, waved to the side, and said calmly:

"Take Wenqing away and beat him to death."

"Yes." The two servants at the side took the order, stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, grabbed Wen Qing's arms and dragged him out.

Wen Qing was like a piece of merchandise. He didn't move or struggle, and just let himself be pulled down with a numb face.

After dealing with the treacherous servant, the head of the Meng family looked outside at the sky and waved to the servants in the house, signaling them to leave.

As for Sun Yinan, he was also released.

Only the chief steward and the head of the Meng family were left in the main hall.

Butler Meng stood by and frowned, asking in confusion:

"Master, are you just going to let Sun Yinan go like this? After all, Zhu Qiuchi used her shop to threaten Wenqing, which is why the young master is in this state now."

Patriarch Meng picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said casually:

"Since the shop is the source, let's stop her from running."

After saying this, Patriarch Meng shook his head, stood up from his chair, and walked out while saying:

"I'll leave this matter to you. Also, tell the servants in the mansion to be more attentive tomorrow and give a good reception to the Su family."

Butler Meng nodded: "Yes."