Chapter 16: Drive Away
Xie Lingxi saw this scene and knew clearly the mastermind behind today's game. He glanced at Chen Caiwei coldly:
"Since your maid has committed a crime, I will send you both to the government."
According to Daxia law, if a slave committed a crime, his master would be interrogated.
Because ordinary slaves all obey the orders of their masters.
If a servant does evil, the master is the first person to suspect.
Chen Caiwei's body swayed and she almost fell to the ground. She didn't expect Xie Lingxi to be so cruel to her...
She had obviously left it all behind.
Xie Lingxi wanted to send her to the authorities! How could this be justified!
Concubine Zhao tried to stop him, saying, "No! That would ruin the reputation of our Northern Prince's Mansion. We can't even hide this kind of thing."
She didn't want the matter of her daughter-in-law being poisoned to be brought to court and known to the world.
Does she still have any shame?
"It's not appropriate to send him to the government." Old Concubine Xie shook her head and looked at Chen Caiwei.
"There is no need to investigate today's matter. Miss Chen, you have been fostered in the palace since you were young, and now you have reached the age to get married, but the palace cannot keep you forever and delay your good fortune. From now on, you will return to the Chen family to wait for your marriage."
Chen Caiwei's face turned pale, "Grandma..."
"Come to think of it, I'm not your grandmother." Old Concubine Xie said with a cold expression.
She likes Chen Caiwei very much, but Xie Lingxi is the most important person to her, and no one can compare to Xie Lingxi.
“From now on, there is no need to invite those daughters who once had a relationship with the prince to the banquets in the palace.” Old Concubine Xie said again.
Old Concubine Xie couldn't be sure who did it, but she could eliminate all the risks.
Those outside are no longer invited, and those inside are driven away.
Chen Caiwei's face turned pale.
No matter how she planned, she forgot that the Northern Palace was not a government office. They didn't need evidence, just suspicion...
There is no way the old concubine would keep you.
Xiaotao might have been bribed, but it is also possible that the person who bribed her was Chen Caiwei.
The old concubine doesn't need evidence, and doesn't need to know the truth.
For those in power, it is better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go.
"Grandma, what happened?" Xie Ruojiao, who had just changed her clothes and finally calmed down, rushed over.
Chen Caiwei smiled bitterly, "It was my fault for not supervising the banquet and causing harm to my cousin's wife. I am too embarrassed to stay in the palace, so I am going home..."
"You and I hosted this banquet together, how can you be blamed alone?" Xie Ruojiao was anxious and looked at the old concubine Xie:
"Grandma, please don't chase my cousin away. If my cousin leaves, I'll leave too!"
Old Concubine Xie frowned.
Chen Caiwei grabbed her hand, tears in her eyes, "Cousin, I hope you can come to the Chen family to see me more often..."
"Grandma, my cousin's father died in the war, and her mother is also gone. If she returns to the Chen family, she will have no relatives. We are her only relatives!" Xie Ruojiao knelt down and begged.
This is exactly why Chen Caiwei was raised in the palace since childhood.
Her father followed the Northern King to war and died in battle, and her mother died during childbirth, so she was entrusted to her aunt, Princess Chen, early on.
The old concubine was grateful for the hard work and contributions of the Chen brothers and sisters to the Xie family, and treated the only remaining daughter, Chen Caiwei, like her granddaughter.
Bring up these old things.
Old Concubine Xie also looked a little disappointed. When people get old, they tend to miss the past. The Chen family has been the family of the Xie family for generations, and the friendship between the two families is deep.
"My cousin saved my life, I won't let her go!" Xie Ruojiao hugged Chen Caiwei tightly.
When she was a child, Xie Ruojiao fell into a pond and it was Chen Caiwei who saved her.
But Xie Ruojiao didn't know...
The slippery stones beside the pond were also placed there specially by Chen Caiwei.
Old Concubine Xie couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
Chen Caiwei did save Ruojiao, but there was no evidence that she had directly harmed anyone, and the old concubine privately did not want to suspect Chen Caiwei.
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