Chapter 27 She just won't listen
The lights in Rongshou Hall were bright.
In the middle of the main hall, there were three maids kneeling. Yuan Wanru had seen two of them before. They were Cao Lanxin's personal maids, Fangfei and Fangqin.
She didn't recognize the other one who was wearing pink clothes.
Old Madam Lu stared at them gloomily. The Cao sisters sat below her with grim expressions on their faces.
Liang Yusong was there too.
It seemed that the old woman really liked her and didn't treat her as an outsider.
But Wang Min, the mistress of the house, was not among them.
The old lady said coldly: "I am here."
"Meet the old lady."
Yuan Wanru knelt down to greet him, and after she sat down, Cao Lanxin stood up.
She changed her previous friendly attitude and asked coldly, "Cousin, you were changing clothes in my room today. Did you take anything?"
Yuan Wanru frowned and asked seriously, "What do you mean, cousin? I don't understand."
Cao Lanzhi looked embarrassed. She looked at Cao Lanxin, then at Yuan Wanru, and said softly, "Cousin, just be honest. Although my sister gave the wrong gift that day, you know the origin of that red gold hairpin."
"That headgear is filled with my uncle's deep love for my third sister. How could you take it away secretly?"
"If you really like it, we sisters will find a better one someday and give it to the eldest cousin's wife."
Yuan Wanru sneered in her heart. Based on the original owner's simple personality, she would probably shout out at this moment that the red gold hairpin was given to her by Cao Lanxin.
However, that day Cao Lanxin said in public that she had given the wrong gift. The buyao has a special meaning, so how could he turn around and secretly give it to her?
As long as Cao Lanxin insisted that she had never given the red gold hairpin, she would have no way to defend herself.
As for why the buyao was in her hands, there was only one possibility: she stole it today.
What a good plan.
If she had not seen through their plan long ago, she would have been charged with theft without knowing it.
"Why did cousin Lanzhi bring up the red gold hairpin?"
"Everyone saw me return the hairpin to cousin Lan Xin at Tinglan Waterside Pavilion. Why are you asking me now?"
"Cousin Lanzhi, you can eat more, but you can't say anything nonsense, don't you understand?"
Her tone changed and she became more imposing. Cao Lanzhi felt guilty and suddenly didn't dare to look at her.
Cao Lanxin looked at Yuan Wanru in surprise. She never expected that she would say such a thing.
Obviously, she had sent Fangfei to deliver the buyao to Yuan Wanru, so how could Yuan Wanru deny it?
Liang Yusong, who was standing by, felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw Yuan Wanru handling the situation with ease.
Why is she so calm?
Cao Lanxin said angrily: "My cousin's wife is really amazing. She stole other people's things and still remained calm."
"If you don't want others to know, then you better not do it yourself. Today, you thought that no one was in the room, so you stole the red gold hairpin while changing clothes, but Qiao'er saw it all."
"Qiao'er, isn't it?"
The kneeling maid in pink quickly replied, "The eldest young lady's wife was delayed in the room for a while. Sister Fangfei asked me to see if she needed help. I walked to the door and saw..."
She seemed a little scared and hesitated slightly, but finally made up her mind and said it.
"I saw the eldest young lady looking for something on the girl's dressing table."
"I didn't take it seriously at the time. It wasn't until the lights were turned on that something was missing from the room and the girl asked about it that I remembered it."
Cao Lanxin straightened her back and raised her chin: "What else do you have to say, cousin?"
"I didn't expect you to be such a person!"
Madam Lu put the teacup down heavily and stared at Yuan Wanru with dignity: "Did you take it?"
Yuan Wanru smiled faintly: "Old Madam, do you think I took it?"
She raised her hand, picked up the cup on the tea table, opened the lid and smelled it, then put it to her mouth and wanted to take a sip, but suddenly frowned and gently put down the cup.
"It's a little hot."
The voice was delicate and arrogant, and her face was full of disgust.
When Mrs. Lu saw her acting like this, she felt that what she had eaten at night was not food, but stones, which hurt her stomach.
But Liu Yan was very obedient. She immediately bent down and picked up the teacup, gently stirred the tea with the tea lid, then reached out to touch the wall of the cup. After a moment, she respectfully held the tea and handed it to Yuan Wanru.
"Ma'am, it's not hot anymore. Have some tea to quench your thirst."
The master and his servant are going to piss off everyone present to death!
Madam Lu slammed the table in anger and shouted, "Well, I asked you to come here, not to invite you for tea. I want to ask you, did you steal Lan Xin's hairpin?"
Yuan Wanru seemed to be startled. She patted her chest and chuckled, "Don't be angry, old lady. I didn't take it."
"This person is from my cousin's room. Maybe she stole the hairpin and framed me."
"You can't just believe one side of the story and put the blame on me."
Fang Fei immediately protested: "Old Madam, please understand, young lady, please understand, we servants would never dare to steal the hairpin."
She glared at Yuan Wanru with anger in her eyes and said, "Madam, this hairpin is kept by me and Fangqin. It was still in the young lady's room this morning. No one else has entered except you."
"Madam, please have mercy on us. The hairpins are so valuable. If we are accused of stealing them, we will probably be beaten to death."
As he spoke, his voice became choked with sobs and his face was filled with fear and pleading.
Fang Qin kowtowed several times, biting her lip and begging, "Madam, please have mercy on me and tell me the truth."
Haha, a combination of soft and hard tactics.
Unfortunately, she is a person who often refuses to be persuaded.
Yuan Wanru slowly curved her lips and looked at Fang Fei: "If it was really you who did it, you deserve to be punished."
"If it wasn't you who did it, and your master wronged you, you should go find her. Why are you telling me all this?"
She stood up and yawned, "It's late. I have to go to Xiangyuan Temple with my husband tomorrow. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first. The old lady and my cousins can take their time to investigate."
"presumptuous!"
This look made people so angry that their teeth itched. Madam Lu's anger was rising so high that it seemed to burst through her head and reach the sky.
"I asked you to come here to question me, but you're leaving before I've even finished my sentence!"
"Are you looking at me? I can't do anything to you."
Wang Min and Lu Jiangnian are not here today. Can't she cure Yuan Shi?
"Did you take it or not? If you don't tell the truth, I will punish you according to the family rules!"
Yuan Wanru opened her mouth slightly, and suddenly thought of something. She raised her hand and showed the mutton-fat jade bracelet: "This is the jade bracelet given by the old lady. I am really satisfied with it."
"Could it be that the old lady wants to give me a gift today?"
When Mrs. Lu saw the exquisite jade bracelet, her heart was bleeding, dripping like rain.
This is her jade bracelet, how could she let this bitch take it away? !
However, when she saw this thing, she remembered what happened that day and finally calmed down a little.
She raised her voice abruptly: "Yuanshi!"
"I asked you about your hairpins, why are you showing off your jade bracelets?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Do you admit it or not?"
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