Chapter 28 Dare to Search
Yuan Wanru's face suddenly darkened: "You don't know, that day cousin Lan Xin asked Fang Fei to go to Lingshuiju to deliver a flower hairpin, and a pair of pearl earrings happened to be missing from my room."
"No one outsider came to my room that day, but I never doubted Fang Fei at all."
"After all, doubting Fangfei is doubting my cousin. How could I do such a tasteless thing?"
"I never thought that my cousin would suspect me based on a few evasive words from a maid!"
"Catch the thief and seize the stolen goods, do you have any? What, do you think I'm easy to bully?"
Her eyes were frosty, cold and sharp, and they passed across everyone's faces. For a moment, no one dared to look her in the eye.
Liang Yusong crumpled the handkerchief in her hand into a ball. She suddenly spoke in a gentle voice, "Don't be angry, Miss Yuan. Just make it clear. Lan Xin also lost something important and was just anxious for a moment."
"We are all good sisters, don't hurt the harmony."
Yuan Wanru snorted coldly: "Peaceful? I can't be peaceful with the person who framed me."
"Miss Liang may not remember. I told you last time that I am not a generous person and I hold grudges."
"Cao's cousin insulted my personality like this. Don't associate with me in the future. I can't stand it."
Old Madam Lu was so angry that she stamped her feet. This Yuanshi was simply unreasonable.
"What are you talking about? It's just a small matter, but you're holding a grudge against it? Do you still have any dignity?"
Yuan Wanru said coldly: "The saints said, repay evil with kindness, how to repay kindness? Repay evil with justice, repay kindness with kindness."
"I've said it before, I'm a reasonable person."
"How can you blame me for treating my cousin like this when she treated me like this?"
Show off your knowledge again.
Old Madam Lu wished she could slap Yuan Wanru twice and tell her to stop talking about "saints" and "anecdotes" to her all the time.
Cao Lanxin was so angry that she almost exploded!
It was Yuan Wanru who clearly took her hairpin, but now she turns the tables and says Fangfei stole her earrings!
"You are talking nonsense!"
"Who cares about those lousy earrings of yours?"
"Do you dare to have someone search Lingshuiju? If they find it, what will you do?"
Yuan Wanru sneered, "You said you wanted to search, so search it. Who do you think you are? You are just a cousin who is staying here as a guest, but you are here to search the room of the wife of the Crown Prince. There is no such thing in the world."
However, Cao Lanxin thought that Yuan Wanru had no time to hide the hairpin, so she said that. She became more determined to search.
"Didn't you say you were reasonable?"
"Why don't you dare let me search?"
Yuan Wanru sighed: "I don't allow you to search because you are not qualified. What does this have to do with being reasonable?"
"You can read more books and use your brain. It's okay to embarrass yourself in front of me, but if you go out, you will be embarrassed."
I had heard that Yuan Wanru was good at talking, but I didn't expect her to be so sharp. Every word she said was so heartbreaking that Cao Lanxin was hurt so much that her internal organs were bleeding.
"you!"
She was so angry that her eyes turned red, and she shouted excitedly: "Grandma, the hairpin must be in her room. Send someone to search, and you will definitely find it."
"Yuan Wanru, if you find it, you must kneel down and apologize to me, and return my great-aunt's mutton-fat jade bracelet to her."
"Don't you dare!"
Yuan Wanru raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that even though she was so angry, Cao Lanxin could still find the old lady's weakness and lure her into supporting her. She really had some brains.
She touched her wrist, the mutton-fat jade bracelet, of course the old lady wanted to take it back.
Although Lu Jiangnian asked her to be gentler, they insisted on giving her gifts, so she had no choice but to accept them.
After all, she has always been considerate.
Her mood changed, her face slightly changed, she looked at the old lady, her voice was obviously panicked: "Old lady, don't listen to her, I am the wife of the prince, if I let someone search my house for no reason, how can I face people in the future."
"Besides, this is simply a slap in the face of your husband, and even more so a slap in the face of the Lu family. You must not agree to it."
Madam Lu was still a little hesitant at first, but Yuan Wanru's reaction gave her confidence.
Lan Xin is not stupid. If she wanted to set a trap, could Yuanshi avoid it?
Thinking of the situation in which the culprit would be caught red-handed and Yuan would be speechless, her blood began to boil.
"No matter how much we argue, we won't find the truth."
"Don't worry, I'll only let Madam Cao and Qingju go there quietly. No one else will know about it. After we check, Lan Xin will be able to give up."
"The Cao family and the Lu family are connected by blood. It's not right for them to quarrel over such a small matter."
Yuan Wanru lowered her head, bit her lip, and said nothing.
Madam Lu said sternly, "If you don't dare to let someone search, then you must be guilty. Tell me, did you steal it?"
Liu Yan cried out, "Madam."
Her face was pale, as if she had encountered some catastrophic disaster and was frightened out of her wits.
Yuan Wanru suddenly looked up at Cao Lanxin and said, "If you can't find it, you must not only kneel down and kowtow to apologize, but also compensate me with the entire set of red gold headgear. Do you dare?"
Cao Lanxin did not lose her mind. At this moment, she did not dare to gamble.
After all, the whole set of red gold headdresses consists of nine pieces, and the most valuable one is the red gold hairpin. In addition, there is a pair of hairpins, a pair of earrings, a pair of bracelets, and one each of a peach heart and a distraction heart.
Her father had spent nearly ten thousand taels of silver to buy it. If...
She hesitated, and Yuan Wanru breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Since my cousin doesn't dare, let's just leave it at that."
Madam Lu watched as the chance to get the mutton-fat jade bracelet back flew away right before her eyes, and she couldn't help but get anxious: "Lan Xin, what do you mean?"
Seeing Yuan Wanru's relieved look, Cao Lanxin finally hardened her heart and said, "I dare."
Yuan Wanru put her hand over her mouth and suddenly leaned towards Liu Yan. Liu Yan reacted very quickly and immediately supported her: "Madam, are you okay?"
She said weakly, "It's okay."
She looked at Cao Lanxin steadily: "Words are not enough. What if you cheat and refuse to compensate me for the headgear? I will be at a loss, right?"
"No, no, this room cannot be searched. I don't trust your character."
"Cousin, let's just forget about it and save each other's face."
The more she shirks responsibility, the more it proves that she is guilty.
Madam Lu hurriedly asked someone to bring paper and pen: "It's not difficult. Let's write it down as evidence. None of you can deny it."
Why didn't she think of this? If Yuan refused to admit it at that time, she might not be able to get the jade bracelet back.
After all, Yuanshi can talk a lot of nonsense, and if she gets fooled by her, she will get nothing.
It was written on paper, in black and white, she couldn't deny it.
Seeing her holding the pen and refusing to write a single word for a long time, Cao Lanxin felt relieved.
It must be just as she thought, Yuan Wanru didn't hide the hairpin at all.
After all, for Yuan Wanru, it was a gift given to her by others, and there was no need for her to hide it secretly.
Cao Lanxin wrote quickly and soon finished the document.
"It's your turn."
Yuan Wanru was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Liang Yusong: "Miss Liang, are you willing to sign as a witness? Otherwise, I won't feel at ease."
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