Chapter 141: Pressing forward
Xie Yingmian's eyes turned red when faced with the aggressive questioning of Mrs. Xie Hou.
She shook her head.
He was speechless but still insisted on his point of view: "I didn't."
"Mother, what should I do to make you believe me?"
"Do you think you will believe me unless I crash headfirst into this hall and die?"
Madam Xie Hou said sternly, "You still want to threaten me with death?"
Xie Yingmian's eyes welled up with tears: "I'm not threatening you with death."
"You don't believe anything I say, and you keep pushing me."
"I'm not good at speaking. Apart from dying to prove my innocence, I really don't know how else to prove my innocence."
As soon as Xie Yingmian said this.
Everyone present also felt that Madam Xie was too aggressive.
Mrs. Xie Hou was startled.
She realized that her emotions were being led by Xie Yingmian.
She knew that Xie Yingmian was pretending, but others didn't know.
Everyone here is looking for fun and no one minds getting involved.
If not handled properly, it will ruin her reputation.
Madam Xie Hou suppressed her anger and said, "Okay, okay, okay."
"I'll give you a chance."
"But, Xie Yingmian, let me warn you, if you can't give everyone a convincing reason, I will not let you off lightly this time."
"You are Princess Ling. My punishment of you is against the rules. However, I will go to the palace to seek justice from the Queen Mother."
"I believe that the Queen Mother will handle this impartially."
Xie Yingmian bowed to Madam Xie Hou and said, "Thank you, mother."
"I will definitely give you a reasonable explanation."
Xie Yingmian said to the crowd, "Dear guests, it is truly Yingmian's fault that you were frightened."
"I was inconsiderate this time."
"I'm sorry." She bowed deeply to everyone.
"I've already explained why I chose the green snake. My grandmother's zodiac sign is the snake."
"Besides this, there is another more important point."
"In our village, snakes are the family spirits, protecting the peace and tranquility of our home."
"Whenever we see a snake, we burn paper, offer sacrifices, and kowtow sincerely to thank the snake fairy for its protection."
"Ever since I was a kid, whenever I see a snake, I kneel down and kowtow, respectfully praying to the snake fairy for protection and safety."
"In my heart, my grandmother and the snake fairy are both living fairies who bless the Xie family with smooth sailing."
"Plus my grandmother was born in the year of the snake, so I decided to make a cake with a snake in it."
Xie Yingmian felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke.
By the end of his speech, his voice was choked with sobs.
"For people like us in Zhuangzi, seeing a snake is like seeing a fairy. I thought you would like it."
"I never expected that the nobles in Shangjing would avoid snakes so much, and that this caused such a big misunderstanding."
After Xie Yingmian finished saying this.
Among the crowd of onlookers, a very thin lady spoke up, "Yes, there's a saying in the countryside that snakes are family spirits that protect the peace and tranquility of the home."
Someone continued, "Not only in the countryside, but even in the capital, there's this saying: if you see a snake, you can't hit it or kill it. You have to burn paper to send it away, otherwise you'll lose money."
"So, Princess Ling didn't do it on purpose?"
"I don't think so. Princess Ling deliberately made trouble here. What good would it do her?"
"Who says it's not true? Who wants to ruin their reputation for nothing?"
"The old lady was born in the Year of the Snake. Snakes are the family spirits that protect the house. From Princess Ling's perspective, Princess Ling did nothing wrong. The only problem is that this thing is too realistic."
"Maybe it's because this kid is so honest and wanted to do it for real, but he didn't expect to make things worse."
"That's true. Anyone who sees it will be shocked."
Mrs. Xie Hou listened to everyone's discussions with fire in her eyes.
Xie Yingmian, this bitch, has a really powerful mouth.
The conflict was diverted with just a few words.
She had finally caught Xie Yingmian's handle and couldn't just let it go.
Madam Xie Hou flicked her sleeves heavily and said, "You are always so sharp-tongued."
"If I didn't know you, I would have believed your lies."
"Let me ask you, you even found out that the old lady was a wood spirit, but why didn't you find out that she was afraid of snakes?"
"Your remarks are totally untenable."
Xie Yingmian raised her eyebrows slightly.
Mrs. Xie Hou has some tricks.
I got the point right away.
The onlookers present also reacted.
yes.
Since you can find out that the old lady is born in the Wood element, how can you not find out that the old lady is afraid of snakes?
The court doctor has been treating the old lady.
This shows that the old lady was really scared.
There is no way to wash this off.
Xie Yingmian admitted his mistake straightforwardly: "It's my fault."
"Snakes are immortals, and I subconsciously thought everyone would admire them. I never thought my grandmother would be afraid. I was inconsiderate."
"Besides, this snake isn't a real snake, it's a cake shaped like a lucky snake."
Xie Yingmian pointed at the rockery:
"I made this rockery with cake base, cream, and caramel. It symbolizes a life as long as the Southern Mountains. If you look closely, you can see the eight characters 'happiness as vast as the East Sea, longevity as great as the Southern Mountains' on the rockery."
"The trees and grass on this rockery are made of maltose and matcha powder. The snake eggs under the rockery are made of quail eggs, which symbolize fertility and good fortune."
"For this lucky snake, I used cake base and maltose as the skeleton, light cream as the filling, and matcha powder to carefully mix it into the shape of a green snake."
"Snake scales are made from cooked glutinous rice, ground into flakes and then carved piece by piece. Glutinous rice wards off evil spirits and symbolizes the elimination of all illnesses."
"The snake's eyes are red cherries, and its tongue is made of red jam, symbolizing prosperity."
"I just received the invitation yesterday. I started preparing from the moment I received it. I failed many times and worked until the dawn before I finally succeeded."
"I stayed up almost all night preparing a birthday gift for my grandmother."
"I came here with gifts full of joy, thinking that my grandmother and mother would like them, but who could have known that it would cause such a commotion."
Xie Yingmian took out a wooden knife, fork and plate from the wooden box.
She cut off a piece of the green snake cake.
"I don't know how to prove it to myself, or how to convince my mother and grandmother that I didn't mean it."
"I also know that my mother has always been prejudiced against me, and everything I say is meaningless."
"But I still want to defend myself."
"If I really was looking for trouble, I have countless ways to do it, and I wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to make this unique lucky snake cake for Grandma."
Xie Yingmian put the cut piece of cake on the plate.
"This lucky snake offering birthday cake, also known as lucky snake cake, is my master's way of celebrating his birthday."
"Originally, the birthday person should cut it up and distribute it to everyone, symbolizing the expansion of branches and leaves, and increasing blessings and longevity."
"Mother and grandmother don't like this lucky snake cake, so I have to make it for them."
"Who dares to try it?"
"If anyone could taste it, they would know that I am innocent."
Everyone looked at each other.
The green snake is scary enough.
Want more to eat?
Who can eat this?
They no longer knew whether to praise Xie Yingmian for her unique way of thinking or to complain about her weird taste.
"I'll do it, I'll do it." Just as Xie Yingmian finished speaking, a joyful voice sounded.
Just by listening to the voice, I knew it was a real woman.
But Xie Yingmian knew,
It's him!
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