Chapter 53 She wants to play the innocent victim
"Miss, Miss, it's bad, it's bad! Something happened!"
Li Qingru had just taken a nap on the imperial concubine couch. She hadn't fully woken up yet and her head was still a little groggy. The maid rushed in rashly, yelling loudly, which made her head bloated and her heart beat faster.
"What are you yelling about? Miss just woke up! You're so flustered, what's wrong with you!"
Li Qingru's wet nurse scolded.
The maid cried, "Mammy, something really happened! Outside, outside our house, at the gate... a few people came, shouting loudly... saying that the young lady hired the three brothers to harm people, but they don't want to do it anymore, and they are here to return the money!"
"What?"
Li Qingru inside was completely sober now, and ran out without even putting on her shoes, her eyes wide open, "What did you just say?"
The maid was frightened by her fierce eyes, and she repeated her words tremblingly, "Young lady, go and have a look, there are so many people gathered outside the gate now, everyone... everyone heard it!"
It seemed that those people did it on purpose, and they shouted so loudly!
Li Qingru's face was so gloomy that water could drip out, and she was about to rush out subconsciously, but was stopped by her wet nurse in time.
"Hey, my lady, please put on your shoes and clothes!"
When Li Qingru came out after packing up, she felt so dizzy that she wanted to faint on the spot!
It was crowded with people!
"What are you doing? Get rid of all these people!"
Li Qingru gritted her teeth and squeezed out a word.
The gatekeeper was in a dilemma, "Miss, it's not that I didn't get rid of them, but they gathered again just after I got rid of them..."
He didn't dare to take action. If he did, these people would start to shout and say that the servants of the Minister of War openly beat innocent people, and he would be punished!
"How dare you! Who are you to cause trouble in front of the Minister of War's residence? Aren't you afraid that we will arrest you all and put you in jail?"
The Minister of War's wife finally came over.
But she didn't know what her daughter had done, and she really thought that someone was deliberately causing trouble.
"We are not here to cause trouble, we are here to return the money! A few days ago, the eldest lady of your family contacted us privately and offered us one hundred taels of silver, asking us brothers to help her kill someone."
"We brothers accepted the offer, but later found out that the person the eldest lady of your family asked us brothers to kill was also a young girl who had not yet reached the age of marriage! We couldn't bear it and couldn't do it, so we came back to return the money. We are not doing this business anymore!"
"Nonsense! I don't know you at all, and I have never done the things you said! Who on earth asked you to deliberately slander me and throw dirty water into the residence of our Minister of War?"
Li Qingru shouted.
"Miss Li, are you turning your back on us? Although we three brothers don't know why you asked us to kill the eldest daughter of the Chengguo Mansion, we also have a conscience! She is just a little girl, innocent, and we don't know how she offended you, but you want to kill her. And we can't afford to offend the Chengguo Mansion!"
"So now we return the silver to you, and this deal is void!"
The eldest threw a money bag to the stairs at the door, and a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes, but was immediately suppressed.
The young lady said that if this matter was not handled well, she would go to the yamen and tell the officials in detail what "good things" they brothers had done over the years and where the evidence was.
"Oh, and this jade pendant..."
The boss took out a jade pendant, "You can't deny that this jade pendant is yours, right? This is your personal jade pendant. You gave it to us three brothers to appease us, and said that we would return it to you after the deal was done. Now that the deal is not done, I will return this jade pendant to you!"
When the boss took out the jade pendant, Li Qingru's pupils suddenly shrank, and one hand subconsciously touched her waist.
The onlookers naturally saw her subconscious action clearly.
"Wow! Could it be that Miss Li really hired a killer, and the target was the eldest daughter of the Chengguo Mansion?"
"Why did she want to kill the eldest daughter of the Chengguo Mansion? Do they
have a grudge?" "What kind of grudge could there be? The eldest daughter of the Chengguo Mansion has rarely come out. Besides, what kind of grudge or grievance does she have to kill someone? Miss Li is too cruel and evil! She is so vicious at such a young age, what will happen in the future!"
"Hey, could it be that the eldest daughter of the Chengguo Mansion knows some secrets of Miss Li, so she didn't keep it to herself?"
The three brothers looked at each other secretly after hearing this discussion, then dived into the crowd and quickly disappeared.
Li Qingru came to his senses and fainted without catching his breath.
What's worse is that the maid beside her was also stunned. She didn't react in time, so she didn't catch her in time, and she fell to the ground.
"Ah! There's blood! She's bleeding!"
"This... Oh my God, is Miss Li pregnant? Isn't she not married yet?"
Mrs. Li's eyes went dark when she saw this, and there were only two words in her mind: It's over!
Sure enough, the news that the eldest daughter of the Minister of War got pregnant before marriage, hired a murderer but failed, and was stimulated to have a miscarriage in public spread quickly at the speed of a prairie fire!
"Hahahaha..."
Xu Muhua held her belly and laughed uncontrollably.
She didn't think about exposing Li Qingru's pregnancy before marriage in public. If so, she would really offend the Minister of War. She wanted to play an innocent victim!
As for this matter, there will always be people who are curious and look for clues, and they will always be discovered.
Now, Li Qingru actually had a miscarriage in public!
She is also a brainless person. Since the abortion medicine has been obtained long ago, she should have someone boil it and drink it as soon as possible to put an end to it. After drinking the medicine, even if she still bleeds today, as long as she insists that it is her period, no one can do anything.
But now, the three brothers just exposed the murder in public, and then Li Qingru did this. It is hard not to be suspicious!
Could it be that because the eldest daughter of the Chengguo Mansion knew the secret of Miss Li's pregnancy before marriage, she wanted to kill people to silence her? This reason is very sufficient and convincing!
Moreover, after such a thing happened, there must be many people watching the Minister of War's Mansion. It would be difficult to fake it and say that Li Qingru had her period, and no one would believe it.
"Oh, come on, come on, who can help me keep an eye on Li Qingru? I want to see how the story develops!"