Chapter 421 What is Real
Gu Han frowned and said, "But you are not doing this for me! To you, I am your last resort."
Li Jiaojiao was startled, then her face darkened: "What do you mean? Do I have to stay and live and die with the Duke of Ping's Mansion in order to prove something?"
"I was planning to go with you, and it just so happened that this happened to the Duke's Mansion. Just because of this, you doubt my feelings for you?"
"You were seriously injured when you were a beggar. Is it false that I took you home to seek medical treatment?"
"You were penniless and lame, and I took you in and raised you for half a year. Is this also false?"
"The feelings between us...are all fake?"
"If this is all fake, then what is real? What is true?"
As she spoke, Li Jiaojiao was already sobbing and screaming:
"Before you were a lame beggar, I never despised you. Now I despise you? Touch your conscience, doesn't it hurt?"
Gu Han was stunned. Yes, no matter what happened in the Duke Ping’s Mansion, how could he doubt Jiaojiao’s feelings for him! Is he still human? he--
"Oh, Miss Li is so affectionate and loyal?" Qian San's eyes widened. "But when she first became the adopted daughter of the Duke's Mansion, why did she go to see other families?"
"At that time, Dahan was sent to the manor. Madam took her to the street to buy jewelry, saying that she had to dress up beautifully to attend Old Madam Shen's birthday banquet so that Old Madam Shen would like her and marry her to Master Shen. At that time, I was the one who followed behind carrying things. Miss Li was so happy!"
Gu Han: “…”
Madam Gu: “…”
Li Jiaojiao was so frightened that her soul almost flew away, and she shouted anxiously: "I didn't! Don't talk nonsense."
Qian San: "If you have the guts, call Xiaolu and Nanny Yu over to see if you were planning to take advantage of Master Shen at that time."
Li Jiaojiao choked, her face turned pale, and she could only shake her head: "No..."
Gu Han looked at her in disbelief: "You actually thought about marrying someone else?"
"No! You would rather trust a servant than me?" Li Jiaojiao was scared and angry.
Gu Han shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know who to trust now. You saved me back then..."
Qian San: "Is it because her family is well-known in the local area, and she wants to show her uniqueness and kindness, or is it because you are good-looking?"
Gu Han: "I am penniless, and you have been taking me in..."
Qian San: "Is your family short of servants? I've seen many masters like her who don't want to pay us wages and just want to work for free."
Gu Han was stunned, remembering that when he was in Li's family, he was indeed busy all day long, doing the work of a servant.
Gu Han just felt dizzy, the world was spinning, and the whole world seemed unreal.
Was her saving him just a momentary act of vanity?
Did she take him in because her family was short of servants?
Now that she chose him, it was just because she had no other choice?
Also, she had thought about marrying someone else!
Li Jiaojiao was furious: "Qian San, this is the Ningguo Marquis's Mansion, you are not a servant and you are talking nonsense, get out."
Qian San gritted his teeth and said, "The Duke asked you to go back and cooperate with the investigation."
"Who does he think he is? I am the eldest lady of the Ningguo Marquis's Mansion. Can he ask me to go back just because he wants me to? Is he the prefect? What right does he have to do this?"
Qian San looked at Madam Gu: "Madam, what do you say?"
Madam Gu frowned and said, "Reply to your master. Our family is also in a mess. If there is anything, let the prefect speak."
Qian San bowed and said, "Okay, I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Li Jiaojiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped the tears from her face and walked to Gu Han with a pale face: "Gu Han..."
"Don't touch me. I want to calm down."
After saying that, Gu Han limped out of the house.
Madam Gu stared at Li Jiaojiao with a cold expression, but finally smiled bitterly as if to mock herself: "Sure enough, none of the women who can marry into our family are simple."
After saying this, she shook her head, held the servant's hand, and left in despair.
This house is rotten!
It's completely rotten!
Forget it, let everything be destroyed!
......
After Qian San returned home and gave his reply, Duke Pingguo became furious again, but he could do nothing about the Ningguo Marquisate.
The next day, the trial of the case at Duke Ping's Mansion began.
The bailiff came to the Ningguo Marquis's mansion and summoned Li Jiaojiao to the court.
Li Jiaojiao's face turned pale and she didn't want to go.
Madam Gu's maid brought her a message, saying that the government had a communication and she must be present.
Only then did Li Jiaojiao go to the yamen with a dark face.
When they entered the court, they saw that all the masters of the Duke Ping's mansion were present, but because of their status, the Duke Ping, the Duke's wife, and Liu Shangwei were all given seats.
Liu Xiawei, Nanny Yu and Xiaolu were kneeling on the ground, as was Manager Xie from Deli Money House.
When they saw Li Jiaojiao, Duke Ping and his sons all had red eyes.
Lady Pingguogong saw that Li Jiaojiao looked pale, as if she had lost a lot of weight, and looked at her worriedly.
After going through the court procedures, Liu Xiawei recounted the entire story, and Xie the shopkeeper said:
"The lawsuit filed by the Duke of Ping against our bank is simply slander. You are just trying to evade your debt. You sold the goods to us because you were in urgent need of money, but now you are suddenly going back on your word."
"Haha, I understand. You, the Duke of Ping, are playing a double game. First you let Liu Xiawei sell the things to us, then you turn around and say he stole them, setting up a trap, and then you ask us to return the things to you. You are cheating us out of our bank."
Duke Ping was so angry that he jumped up: "You——"
Prefect Song slammed the gavel hard and said, "Silence. Duke Ping, you said that Deli Bank was behind this, where is the evidence?"
"Where is the key you mentioned? Where is the purse? Where is the note?"
Duke Ping: "......"
There was a flash of sarcasm in Deli Money House's eyes. These things were taken away by the big man when Liu Xiawei came to sell things.
The key had been melted into molten iron, and the purse and the note had long been burned.
Prefect Song looked at Li Jiaojiao again: "Madam Gu, they said you threw the key to Liu Xiawei. And you touched the key before the incident."
Li Jiaojiao's face changed. "Is there any evidence that I threw the key to Liu Xiawei? Yes... I touched the key, but Nanny Yu and Lady Pingguo also touched it. Why can't it be Nanny Yu who stole the key?"
Prefect Song rubbed his temples, thinking that what Li Jiaojiao said made sense.
The problem now is that there is no evidence. The key, purse and note that were promised were nowhere to be found.
Song Fuyin said, "I have found out that you have been in and out of Deli Money House several times before this."
The wife of Duke Ping was startled and her heart began to beat wildly.
Thinking of Li Jiaojiao's departure that day, thinking of Li Jiaojiao's insistence on touching the key, and now, she has been in and out of Deli Bank many times...
Li Jiaojiao said, "Money shop? Of course I save money there! I have 10,000 taels of dowry, and I deposited it all there and exchanged it for silver bills."
She was also smart, so whenever she went out, she would take some money with her to deposit it.
She also took out a few silver bills.
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