"Unexpectedly, before I even mentioned wanting steamed egg custard, Pearl volunteered to go."
Speaking of this pearl, the old lady has no idea of my difficulties.
This Pearl has served both the former Madam Gu and Young Master A Shao. I am new here and have not done anything in this household that would make Pearl wary or admire me.
She often disobeys me.
Madam Gu was very respectable and always told me that if Pearl misbehaved, I should tell her and she would punish her.
My two younger siblings, please put yourselves in my shoes and think about it. I'm already too busy taking care of this pearl, how could I possibly blame or punish her?
She said she would go to the kitchen to get me some steamed egg custard, which was a kind gesture, so I couldn't scold her.
When she returned after being gone for quite some time, she had already caused such a huge incident.
Upon hearing Qiao Jingjing's words, Madam Wu's face turned red with anger.
"Da Qiao, is this all you're saying to absolve yourself?"
Qiao Jingjing nodded.
Wu Taifu pondered that there was no flaw in what Qiao Jingjing said.
If you want to hear the truth, you'll have to interrogate and torture her.
But Madam Wu is, after all, Madam Wu; she is a normal mother.
Even if she thought that way, she wouldn't beat or scold her daughter like Qiao Jingjing's mother did.
Madam Wu even had her servants bring over stools.
“You’ve been working hard on the farm for Bo Fu all day, so sit down and rest. Pearl claims today that you were the one who ordered it, but you deny it.”
Qiao Jingjing smiled: "Madam, this matter is not difficult. If you want to know the truth from Pearl's mouth, Madam, just use the family law. If I instructed her, if I intended to harm Madam Gu and A Shao, you will know with a little interrogation."
As soon as Qiao Jingjing said this, Pearl's face gradually became distorted.
"Mrs. Qiao, are you kicking me while I'm at it?"
Why did you do that?
"I was just following your orders! Even if you tortured me, I would still say the same thing."
Pearl spoke the truth; she was not afraid of being tortured.
But actually, ten strokes of the cane were delivered.
Pearl wailed loudly in the courtyard, initially stubbornly insisting that it was Qiao Jingjing.
In the end, they couldn't hold on any longer.
Pearl finally revealed that the man she was colluding with was named Sun Min.
There were troublemakers following outside Sun Ce's study.
"It's him! It's Sun Min! Sun Min... told me to go to the pond when I hear pigeons cooing."
He said that by then Madam Gu and her son had already drowned, leaving no way to verify the facts, so they pinned the whole thing on Madam Qiao.
"Who would have thought that the wet nurse was so loyal and devoted, and that Young Master Shao was not dead? You saw that he was still alive, and in front of everyone, you had no choice but to save him."
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