Song Wanning had been the mistress for three years. In her previous life, she had worked hard for the Marquis' Mansion for half her life and had tried all the big and small injustices in the Marquis' Mansion. Now, this matter was just a small test for her.
The mothers at the door looked at each other, unsure of Song Wanning's intentions. The leading mother looked at Song Wanning with a bitter face and advised, "Grandma, now that we have the witnesses and evidence, why do we need another trial?"
Song Wanning looked at the leader, Madam Liu, and sneered, "Why? I'm still the mistress of Lan Courtyard. You guys came to my yard to take someone away, and I can't even ask about it?"
"That's definitely not the case." Mother Liu sighed twice. She naturally didn't dare to offend Song Wanning, so she said sadly, "Then I'll tell Grandma the whole story..."
"Let me speak first, let me speak first..." Cui Xiaoxiao was afraid that Mother Liu and others would wrongly accuse her, and she couldn't wait to tell her grievances.
"Okay, tell me everything. Explain everything clearly." Song Wanning was here today specifically to clear Cui Xiaoxiao's name. It wasn't that she was kindhearted. But how could she watch Wen Tingbo and his family succeed in their scheme?
Now that Cui Xiaoxiao cannot leave the Marquis' Mansion, this will be a useful handle for her to divorce in the future.
"Early this morning, the maid from the Madam's courtyard called me, saying she had something to tell me." Cui Xiaoxiao's face was still covered with tears, but she didn't dare hesitate and spoke word by word. "Since Madam said so, I didn't dare delay and quickly followed the maid to Madam's courtyard. Unfortunately, Madam was taking a nap when I arrived, so the maid told me to sit in the courtyard for a while and wait for Madam. Who would have thought that after a while, the maids and servants in Madam's courtyard would disappear. I felt strange, and seeing that the door to Madam's room was open, I wanted to go in to see if Madam was awake. But before I could go in, the maid called me back..."
As Cui Xiaoxiao spoke, she felt more and more wronged. She cried and complained, "Grandma, please make a decision for me. I just came back and these women came to my house and said I stole something. I really don't know where that bracelet came from."
When Madam Liu heard Cui Xiaoxiao say this, she hurriedly tried to excuse herself, "The maids in the Madam's room all have their own work to do, so why would there be so many people watching you? As a concubine in the Marquis's mansion, you're not even keeping your place. You took advantage of the Madam's room being unguarded to break into it and steal. This is truly a heinous crime."
"Mom, please don't interrupt me when I'm talking." Song Wanning glanced at her mother who was speaking and said coldly, "Whoever I tell to speak should speak. Since it's not your turn to speak yet, you'd better speak quietly, otherwise people will think you have something to hide."
After hearing this, Madam Liu finally fell silent and apologized repeatedly, "Grandma, you are right. It was I who overstepped my bounds."
Song Wanning picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. She asked solemnly, "Let me ask you, normally there are more than 20 maids and servants serving in the Madam's courtyard. Why is there no one here when the concubine is here?"
Madam Liu's face darkened as she said stubbornly, "This... the maids in the Madam's room all have their work to do, so it's possible they were careless for a moment."
"Do you think I'm blind or deaf?" Song Wanning's face darkened, and she threw the teacup in her hand to the ground, splashing the scalding tea on the flowers and plants. "Which courtyard in this mansion dares to let the ladies take a nap alone without anyone to wait on them? Who is in charge? How could they be so careless? Today it's just a bracelet that was lost, but if a bad guy breaks in someday, wouldn't that put the master in danger?"
After hearing what Song Wanning said, Madam Liu immediately knelt down with a sad face, "Grandma, I'm the one in charge, but... I was busy, and it was my fault for neglecting it."
Mother Liu could only swallow her anger now. After all, she would never say that this was ordered by the Madam, and that she had set up this trap just to get the Madam to kick Cui Xiaoxiao out.
Song Wanning's voice was cold, and her angry words made people dare not refute at all, "In my opinion, it was because of your negligence that the wife lost the dowry bracelet. Mother should bear half the responsibility for this matter."
Madam Liu had a sad face and had to admit her mistake, saying, "Grandma, you are right. It is mostly my fault. Please punish me."
"In my opinion, there are many suspicious points in this matter." Song Wanning glanced at Cui Xiaoxiao, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said slowly, "Madam Cui is usually a bit domineering. She must have offended many people in this mansion. I'm afraid that one of the little maids is plotting revenge on her."
After hearing this, Cui Xiaoxiao felt that she had hope of redressing her grievances. She quickly raised her head and said with tears in her eyes, "Yes, yes, grandma, you're right. I've been a bit immoral and have done many wrong things. I'm afraid someone is trying to get revenge on me, so I did something so hurtful and immoral to frame someone else."
Song Wanning's gaze shifted once again to the maids and servants in the entire courtyard. She was so imposing that she made everyone fear her. "Who was the maid who found the gold bracelet?"
There was a commotion in the crowd, and soon a maidservant, about seventeen or eighteen years old, stood up and said weakly, "It's me...it's your servant..."
Song Wanning remembered her. She was originally Yuchan, a maid in the lady's room.
Yuchan had just heard Song Wanning's story about the maid's revenge, and now she was even more frightened, with a guilty conscience written all over her face. Seeing Song Wanning about to question her, she suddenly knelt on the ground, lowering her head and saying, "Madam, I really don't dare to wrongly accuse you. The bracelet was found in the bedding. I have no connection with you and we have never had any bad blood. I really have no reason to retaliate against you. Please understand."
Song Wanning looked up at the maid beside her, Zhuque. Zhuque understood what she meant and looked at Yuchan, who was kneeling on the ground. She said slowly, "Yuchan, how dare you lie? You sneaked into my aunt's yard alone before and hid the bracelet in my aunt's quilt, but someone saw you. Now you deny it?"
"I never mentioned it, I didn't." Yu Chan's face turned pale as she spoke, her lips trembling as she continued, "I only got the bracelet later..."
Yuchan said this and immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing. She immediately lowered her head and dared not say another word.
"The maid Yuchan, out of jealousy of my aunt, stole the madam's dowry bracelet and framed my aunt." Song Wanning stood up, walked in front of Yuchan, and said, "Yuchan, am I right?"
Yu Chan was stunned. She had no choice but to take the blame. She nodded and cried, "It was all because of my jealousy that Auntie, a parentless woman, could be favored by the Second Master. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me, Grandma."
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