Chu Yimo carried the baby back into the house, and Yuan ordered people to bring Hong Xiaolian and Xiao Changying in and put them in the next room.
The people from the Marquis of Zhongyong’s mansion arrived very quickly. Not only the marquis came, but even the old lady came.
The uncle got off the carriage and was relieved to see that Xiao Changle was fine.
The old lady looked angry and asked Yuan Shi who was standing beside her: "What happened? Why did Changying scare the horse? How did you, the mistress of the house, take care of him?"
"Grandmother!" Xiao Changle couldn't bear to see her mother being blamed, so she defended herself, "It's not mother's fault. There are so many eyes watching in the village. What happened to my brother has nothing to do with anyone else."
The old lady glared at Xiao Changle: "The adults are talking, why are you, a child, interfering? Is this how your mother taught you to behave?"
The old lady in the loyal and brave man's mansion was not the man's biological mother, but his grandmother. The man had no biological mother, who died early. His father did not remarry, but led several children to live, and did not help concubines to ascend to the throne.
Zhang Ruyin was his aunt's daughter and the old lady's granddaughter. It was the old lady who facilitated his taking Hong Xiaolian, who pretended to be Zhang Ruyin, as his concubine.
Neither he nor Yuanshi dared to raise any objection. The uncle disliked Hong Xiaolian from the bottom of his heart. He always felt that she was too petty and he felt uncomfortable being with her.
Because of her grandmother's face, she had to do it perfunctorily. The household of the Loyal and Brave Marquis's house had always been in the hands of the old lady, and it was only handed over to her after Yuanshi entered the house.
He did not hand it over in full, but rather half and kept the other half. It was only in recent years that all the family assets were handed over to Yuanshi.
Yuanshi was a very capable person. She managed the house in an orderly manner, and the old lady was very satisfied with her. She blamed Xiao Changying today because she was worried about his injury.
Xiao Changying is the only son of her granddaughter and the only bloodline left by her daughter, so she naturally values him.
"Grandmother!" Yuan knelt down and apologized, "Changle was confused because of his concern. I beg you to forgive me. It is indeed strange that Changying got into trouble. What Zhang did was even stranger. I dare not speak nonsense. Everyone in the manor saw it with their own eyes."
"Why is it strange? Are you deliberately confusing people to cover up the evil deeds you have done?" The old lady was furious, "Changying is just a bastard, he won't hinder Changle at all.
Ruyin has been humble in front of you all these years and never dared to go beyond you, so why did you attack them and their son?"
Yuan was speechless and heartbroken. She even stopped calling her grandmother: "Grandma! If your granddaughter-in-law has the intention to harm others, she will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."
The old lady originally suspected that Yuanshi deliberately caused Xiao Changying to get into trouble, but when she saw that she was calm and composed, with purity in her eyes, and that she dared to swear a solemn oath, without any guilt or panic after hurting someone, she knew that Xiao Changying's accident had nothing to do with her granddaughter-in-law.
But Changying was injured so badly that her future would be ruined. How could her granddaughter accept it when she wakes up and finds out?
"Then tell me! What did Changying do when he came to the manor? Why did something go wrong?"
Seeing that grandma was making trouble, Uncle knelt down beside Yuanshi and said, "Grandma! We haven't figured out the matter yet, so we can't jump to conclusions. Yuanshi is not a cruel person and would never do anything that would harm the world or morality."
Yuanshi didn't want to explain herself. She lowered her head and cried silently.
Xiao Changle spoke up for his mother, but unfortunately he was too young to speak up.
The old lady saw her grandchildren and their wives kneeling in front of her, and then thought about Yuan's usual behavior. She felt that she was indeed not a vicious person, and that what happened today might have other reasons.
But what could it be?
She gave birth to a son and a daughter, but her daughter died early due to bad luck, leaving behind a granddaughter whom she found with great difficulty. She was reluctant to give her away, so she kept her at home.
She gave birth to a great-grandson, whose granddaughter was timid and cowardly and respected Yuan. The two great-grandsons were also brothers who were in harmony and very good friends.
Who could have thought that such a thing would happen when she came to the farm today? She was old and shrewd, and she thought about it all the way on the way, and she felt that it was Yuanshi's handiwork.
But Yuanshi has been strict with herself since she came into the house, combining kindness and severity, clearly distinguishing rewards and punishments, and treating others with leniency. None of the servants in the mansion have anything bad to say about her.
How could such a person harm others?
Besides, it was the granddaughter who came up with the idea of riding horses on the farm to celebrate the birthday. Could Yuanshi use this as an excuse to eliminate dissidents?
It was impossible to think about it. Yuanshi was kind-hearted and would never use such despicable means. Now seeing her acting like this, the old lady believed it halfway.
When the old lady saw the miserable appearance of Changying just now, she burst into tears.
My daughter only had this little bloodline left, but I didn't expect it would all be destroyed.
Why is this happening? Why?
"I will investigate today's incident thoroughly. No matter who did it, they will be severely punished." The old lady's majestic eyes swept across the faces of her grandson and granddaughter-in-law, and her tone was stern and cruel, "If it was done, it will leave traces."
These words were said to Yuanshi, to see if she would feel guilty.
Unexpectedly, Yuanshi continued her words and said, "Old lady, please understand! My granddaughter-in-law has called all the people in the farm together to make it easier for you to interrogate them.
What happened today is really strange, and my granddaughter-in-law also wants to know who is behind this and plotting against our family."
The old lady glanced at Yuanshi, snorted coldly, and asked someone to bring Hong Xiaolian, who had a strange expression, a ferocious look, looked much older, and had her mouth open as if she wanted to bite someone, to sit next to her.
"Why did it become like this? Who of you knows?"
Someone replied: "It was the Imperial Master who made her like this."
"National Master?" The old lady frowned, "Why did the National Master treat her like this?"
Yuanshi and Xiao Changle, mother and son, kept silent, waiting for the servants on the farm to explain the situation, in case the old lady didn't believe them.
Naituanzi pretended not to hear and sat next to Chu Yimo, swinging his short legs and eating snacks leisurely.
She was originally going to eat some melon seeds, but then she thought better of it because she was hungry and the seeds wouldn’t fill her up.
The old lady asked the maids around her to call on a few people to answer the questions and asked them to repeat what they heard and saw from beginning to end.
Basically everyone is saying the same thing.
Xiao Changying's horse suddenly went mad, raised its front hooves high, threw him off the horse and dragged him for a long distance. Then Zhang's face suddenly aged, she angrily cursed the imperial teacher, and pinched her neck with her hands, opening her mouth to bite.
The Imperial Master tapped her forehead and she became like this.
After listening to the four people's responses, the old lady turned her head and fixed her gaze on Chu Xiaoxiao, who was sitting quietly and eating snacks.
The child is young, but the news has spread everywhere. If she goes to someone's house, something bad must have happened in that family.
The Imperial Master came here specially today. Could it be that he knew something bad was going to happen in her family? Why didn't he tell them about it?
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