The maid didn't understand why no one spoke for so long.
She was the one who followed Miss Shen to take care of her, so shouldn’t she let the Third Miss get up after letting her in to question her?
Qi Wenzhen's face darkened, and he ordered, "Drag her away and give her fifteen strokes of the cane."
The little maid was dragged out with a puzzled look on her face. When she was dragged to the door, she panicked and shouted to Qi Yiran: "Miss, save me, Miss, Miss..."
Qi Yiran was pressed to the ground and couldn't look back, otherwise she would have killed the maid with her eyes.
What an idiot who is always causing trouble but can't do anything good!
The voice gradually disappeared, and Qi Wenzhen said silently to the two people: "Take the third young lady to the ancestral hall to reflect on her mistakes. Do not send her any food. She is not allowed to come out without my permission, and no one is allowed to visit her."
After the maid said this, Qi Yiran knew that she could not escape the punishment, so she did not resist when she was pulled out by two maids.
But the look he gave Chen Yu'an before leaving was as vicious as if it was poisoned.
Xie also calmed down, and she only dared to yell a few words. Qi Wenzhen's punishment really fell upon her, and she dared not say anything.
After Qi Yiran was taken away, Xie could no longer sit still. She glared at Xin Rui and Shen Yu'an and left angrily.
The others did not leave, but their spirits were not very high either.
A woman in an emerald green dress in the field looked at Qi Yiran being taken away, hummed softly in her throat, and then looked in the direction of Shen Yu'an with admiration.
Her third sister is always good at pretending. She had cheated her many times in the past and she couldn't say anything about her suffering. Now it's her turn to be speechless.
The Third Young Master, who had just used this dress to attack Chen Yu'an when she arrived, ate his meal in silence, and occasionally looked at Chen Yu'an with some unfriendly eyes.
The food was delivered one after another. After waiting for such a long time, the food had already gone cold. Everyone ate absent-mindedly and the meal just passed by like that.
After the meal, everyone left one after another. Qi Wenzhen looked at his eldest daughter, who seemed to have something to say.
Asked: "Wan'er, what do you want to say?"
Qi Yiwan, the eldest daughter of General Xiangnan and Wen, slowly recounted what she had seen when she first arrived.
The more Wen listened, the more shocked he was. He had never expected the truth to be like this.
Mrs. Xie had always been at odds with her and Xin Rui. She could always guess what was meant by whatever they said, so she was not very close to Mrs. Xie.
But Qi Yiran was the daughter of their general's mansion after all, and her good reputation was also good for the general's mansion, so they never treated her harshly.
She had always taken the rumors about Qi Yiran seriously, but she didn't expect that he was actually two-faced.
Qi Wenzhen nodded slowly. He believed in his decision, and what Qi Yiwan said also confirmed his decision.
Although Shen Yu'an's identity is ordinary, he saved Baozhu twice and is the benefactor of the General's Mansion.
Qi Yiwan continued slowly, "In the past, when she was outside, Third Sister's temperament was not as gentle as the rumors said. It was just that she was willing to listen to such words, and outsiders were afraid of the General's Mansion, so she got such a reputation."
"My second sister once complained to mother that my third sister always took her things. Does mother still remember?"
Wen nodded.
She did remember this incident, but she just thought that Tong'er (the second young lady) was too competitive and was scolding her.
Qi Wenzhen said: "Then let her stay in the ancestral hall for a few more days to improve her memory."
…
Because she still had to interrogate Shen Yu'an about the case of beating Huazi last night, she couldn't go back to the inn to find Ji Xun.
I don’t know if that fool noticed that she was missing.
Upon learning that Ji Xun was also with Shen Yu'an, Qi Wenqin offered to send someone to inform Ji Xun of Shen Yu'an's whereabouts and invite him over as well.
In the government office, Qi Wenzhen said to Shen Yu'an who was standing below him: "Miss Shen, I asked the girls and children who were captured, but they could not describe them in detail. Can you tell me more about what happened last night?"
"Yesterday evening, I knocked down a woman on the street, the Yunniang you arrested, and sent her home. When I walked to Hutong, I saw soldiers investigating a case on the street. It was then that I felt something was wrong with them, so I followed them to the courtyard..."
Shen Yu'an explained the incident in detail. Qi Wenzhen praised her and said, "Miss Shen knew it was wrong but still took the risk and went deep into the enemy's territory. She is quite courageous."
"General, you are too kind. Compared with your bravery, my little cleverness is nothing compared to yours."
"My father taught us that generals are role models for the country and the people..."
The more they talked, the more they got along, and Shen Yu'an gained a lot of favor for himself.
On the other side, Ji Xun, after discovering that Shen Yu'an was missing in the morning, asked the waiter of the inn and learned that Shen Yu'an had not returned last night and was looking for him all over the street.
After searching in vain again and wanting to return to the inn to see if he could run into Shen Yu'an, he happened to run into a servant from the general's mansion who was asking him where he lived.
When the innkeeper saw Ji Xun coming in, his eyes lit up and he said, "Hey, the person you're looking for is back."
Ji Xun looked at the person who came to find him in confusion. Could it be that Shen Yu'an had someone come to find him?
Before he could even ask his question, the man said, "Master Ji, right? My master would like to invite you to his house. Please~"
master?
Ji Xun dodged and said, "I still need to find someone. We can talk later if there's anything."
The man smiled and said, "Master Ji, you are looking for Miss Shen, right? It was Miss Shen who asked me to find someone to tell you. Miss Shen should have returned to the General's Mansion from the government office now."
Ji Xun followed the servant who came to invite people to the general's mansion.
On the way, he kept asking what had happened, why Shen Yu'an went to the government office, and why he went to the general's mansion.
When the carriage arrived outside the general's mansion, Ji Xun learned the general course of events from the servant.
It turned out that Chen Yu'an did not return home all night because he went out to do good deeds.
Tsk~ How disloyal of you to not even call him for help when this happened.
A back door was repaired in the ancestral hall of the general's mansion. Qi Yiran was imprisoned in the ancestral hall and was guarded by Qi Wenzhen's subordinates, but the back door was unattended.
At night, a figure avoided people and walked carefully to the back door, then opened the lock and walked in.
Qi Yiran, who was kneeling on the futon and swaying, saw the person who suddenly appeared and shouted in a low voice: "Third brother!"
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