Chapter 1985 Slapped Again
Cheng Jiatong's eyes widened. "You, you're talking nonsense. Don't frame me."
"I didn't wrong you. I have a brother who is the cousin of the maidservant next to you. Everyone can testify to that."
At this point, Cheng Jiatong's rebuttal seems extremely weak.
Faced with Chengxian's cold expression, she panicked and immediately said, "I have no idea about this, Biyan. What exactly is going on? What have you been doing that you've been keeping from me?"
The maid whose name was called trembled with fear, feeling utterly hopeless. She knew she would be used as a shield by her mistress.
However, she had no choice but to take the blame herself.
Biyan stepped forward tremblingly, knelt on the ground and cried, "Miss, I'm sorry. It was Biyan who acted on her own. I couldn't bear to see you being beaten, so I secretly followed the county princess, found her place, and contacted my cousin. I wanted to teach the county princess a lesson. It was Biyan's fault."
Seeing that she was so sensible, Cheng Jiatong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was filled with anger. He kicked Biyan and said, "Who told you to do this? I was slapped, so naturally I asked my brother to stand up for me. Look at the mess you've made. It's just that you didn't succeed this time. If you had, you would have deserved to die."
As she spoke, she raised her foot to kick him again, but Ying Xi sneered, "Miss Cheng, is there any need to be so agitated? Did Bi Yan really do these things?"
"What, what do you mean?" Cheng Jiatong asked.
Ying Xi raised her eyes. "That scoundrel just said he'd give me another sixty taels of silver after the job was done. Adding that to the twenty taels he already has, that's a total of eighty taels. Eighty taels? How could a maid possibly have that much money?"
At this point, she suddenly shook her head. "No, I was too hasty. I do have that much money on me. I've saved quite a bit of the bonuses the county magistrate gives me from time to time."
Shu Yu, "..."
Biyan's eyes widened in surprise. How could a maid like her be so rich? Was the county princess really that generous?
Yingxi continued, "Even if she has money, would she be willing to use it to bribe thugs? Fourth Miss, don't treat us like fools, okay?"
Cheng Jiatong's face turned pale, but he still forced himself to say, "Biyan is rich. I've always been generous to her, and she probably has more than eighty taels on her. Moreover, she has always been loyal to me, so it's not impossible for her to give me all her money."
"Alright, since she has so much money, let's take it out and see. Where is the money? Let's go find it now."
Bi Yan couldn't speak, and her pleading eyes fell on Cheng Jiatong. The latter wanted to have someone hide silver in Bi Yan's room beforehand, but at this moment everyone was staring at her, and she couldn't do anything at all, not even give a glance.
Not only him, but Cheng Wenbao was also being watched by everyone.
Just as Cheng Jiatong was stubbornly refusing to admit it, a furious shout suddenly came from behind, "Enough! Isn't this embarrassing enough?"
Cheng Jiatong's body stiffened abruptly, and he turned around abruptly to see the Cheng family patriarch striding towards them with a livid face.
She spoke softly, her face pale, "Father."
Master Cheng walked up to her, looking at her coldly, and said, "Raise your head."
Cheng Jiatong looked up tremblingly. Old Master Cheng narrowed his eyes and slapped her hard across the face.
"Ah..." Cheng Jiatong screamed, feeling stars before her eyes, and collapsed to the ground.
(End of this chapter)
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