Chapter 361 Nuobao is my great benefactor
When Mrs. Xu heard this, she immediately clutched her handkerchief and glared.
Idiot, why mention her at this time!
Feng glanced at the coughing woman behind her and couldn't help but sneer. It turned out that it was Xu Zan's adoptive mother who instigated it. No wonder. As a
mother, she knows best what kind of character her child has. Her daughter
is lively and kind. She even accepted a basket of precious jewelry sent by the national teacher. How could she be thinking about someone else's broken earrings.
But if she really should go down to search her body, she was afraid that the other party would say so, which was a frame-up in advance.
Feng had to be more cautious and was in a stalemate with a cold face.
But on the other side, little Nuobao had already peeked over and saw Yang Pingping making trouble.
Since the stage is set up, why don't you go and perform it yourself? Isn't it a waste?
So Xiao Nuobao made an excuse that she wanted to drink some water and asked Pingping to take her over.
"Mom, Nuobao is thirsty, do you have any red date tea?"
As soon as Xiao Pingping opened her mouth, Zhou pricked up her eyes, rushed over to grab Xiao Nuobao's clothes, and tried to search her pockets!
"You are not allowed to touch my daughter." Feng was anxious to protect her.
Madam Yang and the other ladies also frowned, and they couldn't bear to see Zhou touching a child.
Zhou pushed Feng away with a squint, "Huh, it's just right that your girl is here, and she has to ask her to hand over my daughter's earrings. Otherwise, if she doesn't learn well at such a young age, she will become a scumbag!"
She was full of confidence and searched Xiao Nuobao's two pockets, trying to "steal and get both".
However, the next moment, in full view of everyone, they saw that the two small pockets were empty, and there was no earring at all!
Zhou searched everywhere, but did not see the pearls. She was dumbfounded, "How could they be gone? What's going on, Pingping!"
Yang Pingping was so annoyed that she wanted to stamp her feet, "Where are my earrings? I clearly put them...it's impossible for them to disappear."
"Things can't just disappear out of thin air."
"The earrings were lost, it was human error!" At this moment, a voice came from the corridor, interrupting the chattering of the mother and daughter.
Everyone turned their heads to look.
They saw Xu Qingyan, dressed in a simple and elegant manner, walking towards them with steady steps.
Zhou's eyes lit up, and she went to greet her enthusiastically, "It turns out to be Miss Qingyan, you are finally here. Some country folks who don't know etiquette are stealing in your house. Please come and take charge."
Xu Qingyan didn't even look at her, but just walked straight over and touched Xiao Nuobao's head.
"Ah, it's Sister Qingyan!" Xiao Nuobao was very enthusiastic when he saw this beauty again, and smiled and greeted
her. Xu Qingyan covered her mouth and smiled lightly, feeling a little cute.
But then, her face turned cold and stared at Zhou and Yang Pingping.
Xiao Nuobao knew that someone came to support her, so she immediately clenched her fists, put her hands on her hips and stuck close to Xu Qingyan.
Xu Qingyan said disdainfully, "There are indeed some stealing people in your house today."
"Yes, yes." Zhou responded directly.
"But it was you and your daughter." Xu Qingyan spread her hands, revealing a pair of pearl earrings that imitated shell pearls. "I saw with my own eyes that the earrings were taken off the ears of this girl and secretly put into Nuobao's pocket, deliberately to frame her!"
What?
The ladies couldn't help but exclaim.
Yang Pingping panicked immediately, "I, I... I didn't, how could you, your elder sister, wrongly accuse me?"
"That's right, my Pingping is still a child, how could she have such a vicious mind, Miss Xu must have seen it wrong." Zhou said with a pale face.
Xu Qingyan raised her eyelids slightly, "She is a child, but Nuobao is not?"
"What's more, even if the child has no bad intentions, there will be adults who instigate." Xu Qingyan said with a straight face.
Madam Yang was embarrassed, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and spat at Zhou, "Shut up, everyone saw it, you still have the nerve to make excuses? How could the daughter of the prefect slander you, a fool?"
"You always instigate Pingping to lie in the mansion. For the sake of my eldest brother, I have been very tolerant of you and your mother. I didn't expect that you would embarrass my Yang family today!" Madam Yang cried and was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.
Zhou saw that the situation was not good, swallowed her saliva, and looked at Madam Xu.
Feng knew that she was a pawn, and before the matter was settled, she immediately caught the Xu family's tail.
"I have no grudge against you, but you are biting me like a mad dog." Feng asked loudly, "Moreover, you just opened your mouth and asked for the manor for the Xu family. Could it be that some people regretted selling the manor and are holding a grudge against our family, so they ordered you to do this and take the child out on it!"
As soon as these words came out, all the women present could see the twists and turns in it.
So, for a moment, all their eyes fell on Mrs. Xu.
With a bit of contempt and disdain.
The Xu family brought it upon themselves, and they wanted to take back the manor after they took it out. How shameless.
Now they want to harm their reputation and disrupt the prefect's birthday banquet. They have no bottom line.
Mrs. Xu was so anxious that her face turned pale, and she didn't know how to respond. She simply covered her chest and pretended to faint to fool the matter.
Xu Qingyan watched her acting coldly, "People who faint from shock cannot be helped immediately, and no one should touch my aunt, lest she get hurt."
Just like that, Madam Xu lay on the cold ground, her teeth trembling from the cold, and no one dared to help her into the house.
Xiao Nuobao was drinking red date tea, and "accidentally" burned her face.
The women covered their mouths and laughed.
Xu Qingyan did not forget to punish Zhou, and said in a cold voice, "Today is my father's birthday, not just any cat or dog can come and make trouble. Some of my father's younger brother's wife's cousins-in-law, who didn't even receive an invitation, came here by force, please leave."
Zhou stared in disbelief.
In front of everyone, was she ordered to leave?
"How dare you challenge me? I am your elder! Your mother died early and there was no one to discipline you. Did that teach you to be so disrespectful to elders?" Zhou was furious.
Xu Qingyan's face darkened.
Seeing this, Feng rolled up her sleeves and slapped Zhou twice, "You are talking about someone's deceased mother. I think you are the one who has no one to take care of you. How can you be considered an elder? You went to the prefect's house to act like a big shot. I think you are crazy!"
Zhou turned around and fell to the ground howling.
Everyone felt very happy and hurriedly called the maids and servants, "Quick, drag this person out and stop making trouble here."
Xu Qingyan bowed to Feng gratefully, and then squatted down to comfort Xiao Nuobao, "You must have been wronged just now. Sister will take you to do your makeup again and give you some snacks, okay."
The women also felt distressed and hurried to hug Xiao Nuobao.
What a good girl, wearing gold and silver, would she steal a pair of earrings?
He must be extremely cruel to bully such a cute little guy.
"Is Nuobao okay?"
"The Zhou mother and daughter are really wicked. My family will never associate with them in the future!"
"Someone bring a pot of goat milk tea to calm the little guy down."
Xu Qingyan stood up straight at this time, looked at everyone and said, "By the way, let me introduce to you that little Nuobao and Mrs. Jiang are not only the family of Commander Jiang, but also my great benefactors."
That day in Zuixinglou, the Jiang family took action in time to prevent her reputation from being damaged, and she never came to the mansion to get close to him.
If this is not a great favor, then what is it?
When the women heard this, their surprised eyes became more attentive, and they couldn't help but have a better impression of the Jiang family.
Xiao Nuobao grinned and swung around Xu Qingyan's arm, "Hey, Sister Xu, I finally see you again, Nuobao likes you~"
Xu Qingyan held her hand, took her to her own room, combed her hair and fed her cakes.
In the evening, the dinner was finally served.
Xiao Nuobao, Feng, and Xiao Lanyi were all seated at the top.
Prefect Xu was an honest man, and there was no abalone, shark's fin, or bird's nest on the table.
Most of the dishes were made by Xu Qingyan. Although they were light, they were rare delicacies. Even the dried tofu tasted like braised pork.
Xiao Nuobao sat in Feng's arms, holding a small bowl, and ate happily.
Halfway through the banquet, some people were heard discussing Prefect Xu's previous illness.
"Looking at the prefect's face, he should have recovered well."
"By the way, how did the case go?"
"Alas, that damned human trafficker, he cut off the bodies of children in Yuncheng and forced them to beg. He was afraid of being accused by the children, so he drowned the kidnapped children."
"Ah? So there is no physical evidence, and no children to serve as witnesses. The prefect has been investigating for more than two months. Isn't it all in vain?"
Hearing this, Xiao Nuobao and Feng were stunned.
Cutting off the bodies of people?
Committing the crime in Yuncheng?
Why does this sound like the group that hurt Wencai?
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