Ah Hong lowered her eyes and folded her white hands in front of her.
She walked around Liang Xinmin, took small steps forward, said hello to Shen Yuexi, bent her knees slightly, and saluted lightly.
Shen Yuexi didn't say anything, so Ah Hong kept this posture, motionless.
Liang Yuyu blinked her big eyes and looked Ah Hong up and down.
[This Hong Jie is really pretty. ]
[It's a pity that she has a beautiful appearance but a vicious heart.]
How could such a beautiful girl like Sister Hong do such a horrible thing?
Shen Yuexi picked up the teacup and sipped the tea. There was no ripple in her calm eyes, as if nothing had happened at all.
Liang Xinmin and Liang Shuda lowered their heads and looked at each other carefully out of the corner of their eyes.
The two of them raised their chins in the direction of Shen Yuexi at the same time, signaling the other party to test what Shen Yuexi meant.
On the contrary, the person involved, Ah Hong, was very calm.
She always maintained the same posture without any change, her eyes looking at her nose, her nose looking at her heart, and even her back remained tense, without a trace of relaxation.
[Sister Hong is truly not an ordinary person.]
[Under such high pressure from my Mei Niang, she can still remain so calm. This alone makes her better than those two useless brothers.]
[Look at the way they both look, their faces are almost twisted into knots.]
Liang Xinmin raised his hand and rubbed his face, changing his expression to a relatively calm one. Then he mustered up the courage, looked at Shen Yuexi and said softly: "Mother, you..."
Before he could finish his words, Shen Yuexi glared at Liang Xinmin.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes dark, "Shut up! Did I ask you to speak?"
Liang Xinmin's throat rolled, and he immediately swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
He looked at Liang Shuda for help.
However, the latter pretended not to see it, turned his head away, looked in other directions, and ignored Liang Xinmin at all.
Liang Yuyu opened her eyes wide and stuck out her pink tongue at Liang Xinmin.
[Stupid girl, mother is trying to intimidate her.]
"You're rushing up so worriedly, could it be that you have some shady relationship with this Sister Hong?"
Shen Yuexi turned her head away suddenly, and her doubtful and vigilant eyes immediately fell on Liang Xinmin's face.
Liang Xinmin immediately shook his head: "Mom, I was wrong. If you have any questions, just ask Ah Hong."
After saying that, Liang Xinmin hurriedly took a few steps back and hid behind Liang Shuda without a trace.
He wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into immediately, so as to avoid being discovered by Shen Yuexi.
Shen Yuexi slowly withdrew her gaze and looked at Ah Hong.
Even though he had ignored her for such a long time, Ah Hong still maintained the same posture as before, neither humble nor arrogant, and was not affected at all.
Her determined look actually aroused some interest in Shen Yuexi.
Shen Yuexi stared at Ah Hong with interest for a moment, then raised her hand slightly: "Miss Ah Hong, please get up."
"Thank you, ma'am."
Ah Hong stood up straight, raised her charming eyes slightly, and her eyes were filled with a bit of indifference: "I wonder if Madam called Ah Hong here, but is there anything she wants to ask?"
Shen Yuexi stared at Ah Hong with a sharp gaze. "Yesterday, my daughter was nearly taken out of the city by human traffickers. This incident caused a sensation in the capital. I'm sure Miss Ah Hong has heard about it too, right?"
Ah Hong's face remained expressionless. "Yes, I heard about it this morning. I wonder if the young lady is injured?"
"Thank you for your concern, my daughter is fine." Shen Yuexi, holding Liang Yuyu, walked slowly forward, circled around Ah Hong, and finally stopped to her right. "Someone told me last night that Ah Hong had frequent private dealings with those human traffickers. Do you have any explanation?"
Shen Yuexi was so straightforward. Normally, if an ordinary person heard this, they would not be able to tell the truth on the spot, but would most likely show some fear.
But Liang Yuyu observed Ah Hong carefully, and she looked calm and extremely peaceful.
After a long pause, Ah Hong slowly replied, "Really? There's actually such a thing. Ah Hong is truly wronged. If someone else were to file a complaint first, could you please ask them to come out and accuse me in person? Otherwise, Ah Hong would be left speechless."
【Could it be that I really made a mistake? 】
Liang Yuyu blinked her eyes and looked at Ah Hong.
[She was so calm, it didn't look like she was being accused at all.]
[Either he has a very strong mental state, or he is very open and honest, that's why he is so calm.]
Liang Yuyu thought about it while her eyes wandered over Ah Hong's body.
Whether it was her calm expression or her motionless body movements, they all seemed to be telling Liang Yuyu that Ah Hong was indeed open and honest, with no fluctuations in her heart.
After a moment of silence, Shen Yuexi sneered, "Okay, since Miss Ah Hong said so, why not let the two people brought back yesterday confront Miss Ah Hong face to face. If there really is any misunderstanding, it will be easier to clear the girl's name."
Unexpectedly, Ah Hong raised her face, curled the corners of her lips, and gave Shen Yuexi a sweet smile: "Okay."
Shen Yuexi sat down and told Liu Qiu to call the coachman and the fat man who were brought back from the city gate yesterday.
Soon, the two of them walked into the courtyard under the escort of heavy guards.
The two men seemed to have been tortured, their faces swollen like two steamed buns made of leavened dough.
Especially the fat guy.
He was fat to begin with, and now his face looks like two different people.
That big head looks out of place with the neck.
Without even looking up, Shen Yuexi casually extended her hand and pointed at Ah Hong: "You two go and see if this Ah Hong is the so-called Sister Hong."
Before the two of them came forward, Liu Qiu leaned close to Shen Yuexi's ear and whispered something.
Shen Yuexi's pupils suddenly widened, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes: "What?"
Liu Qiu frowned, stepped aside, and nodded subtly to Shen Yuexi, her voice lowered even more: "When I went to take them away just now, the prison doctor was there, and he said that they might not be able to speak for a while."
Liang Yuyu's chubby eyebrows suddenly wrinkled together, and her chubby little face twitched a few times.
She blinked and turned her head to look at Ah Hong.
[No wonder she was so calm. It seemed she had known for a long time that these two people couldn't speak and couldn't identify her.]
[But since these two people can't talk, is there no other way? ]
Shen Yuexi's back tightened slightly. She took a deep breath and murmured to herself, "In order to avoid wrongful convictions, the laws of our dynasty require that any witness who accuses someone must speak out in person. Only with the help of three judges can it be counted. Now that the two of them can't speak, they can't testify."
Shen Yuexi looked at Ah Hong meaningfully: "In that case, Miss Ah Hong has to be cleared of all charges."
Ah Hong's lips curled up, and she maintained a calm smile: "I have to thank Madam for abiding by the law, which has restored Ah Hong's innocence."
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