Chapter 44: All doubts, gathered in one place
"Pearl, I advise you to stop trying so hard. Even if you try a few more embroidery techniques, I can still find clues. I think the ladies present here can see it too."
The Chu family has the largest embroidery business in the Great Dynasty. From the royal palaces of various countries to the common people, every stitch and thread is a secret. Chu Jiuning not only knows all kinds of embroidery techniques, but is also very familiar with the dense embroidery in the palace.
Pearl was pierced and her face turned pale. The needle pierced into her fingertip and blood oozed out. She didn't dare to delay any longer and returned to her original acupuncture method tremblingly.
Madam Qian rushed forward, grabbed the things in the basket, and threw them in Song Ruier's face. Song Ruier was so scared that she screamed and hid in the arms of the Duke's wife. The Duke's wife hugged her and said anxiously.
"Mrs. Qian, what are you doing? The matter has not been thoroughly investigated yet, please don't be anxious."
Madam Qian snatched the embroidery from Zhenzhu's hand and threw it in front of the Duke's wife and Song Ruier.
"So the embroidery given to our Shiyu was all made by a maid? In vain, Shiyu always chooses the best and most precious gifts in return, for fear of neglecting her."
"Mrs. Qian."
Song Jinhuai stepped forward to stop her and explained with confidence.
"Rui'er also had good intentions. After all, her embroidery skills were not good, and she was afraid that her sisters would be disappointed and laughed at by outsiders. That's why she came up with this idea. It's a little stupid, but she didn't mean any harm."
These bizarre words stunned the ladies. For a moment, they didn't know whether they were angry or something else. They always felt that they were blind to make friends with such a family.
Seeing that they didn't say anything, Song Jinhuai thought they agreed with him, and then he scolded Chu Jiuning again.
"You're singling this out just to belittle Rui'er, but it doesn't help the case at all. Instead, it's Amber, who's by your side, who's capable of things that ordinary people can't. She's the biggest suspect."
Someone nodded.
Just saying.
At the entrance, the yamen runners led four handsome figures walking quickly towards this side. They were the four cousins that Chu Jiuning had met before.
The four cousins bowed politely and stood behind Chu Jiuning, while the yamen runner came forward to report.
"Sir Li, I have already asked, and they did meet with Miss Chu during that time period, and Miss Chu's maids and servants were indeed there."
"What's the proof?"
As soon as Lord Li finished speaking, Chu Boyue looked at Chu Jiuning solemnly. Chu Jiuning nodded and handed the contract he had signed earlier to Lord Li.
"We signed something with the time, place and fingerprints on it, which should be able to prove it."
Lord Li took it and looked at it, then he was shocked.
Chu Jiuning actually gave a mine to his cousin casually. He knew that the Chu family was the richest family in the world, but he never thought they were so rich.
"Judging from the dried ink, it was indeed signed about two quarters of an hour before the fire."
"Master Li, I've inquired and someone saw two young masters leave first, and then two more come out. The time matches."
That being said.
Does Chu Jiuning and her group have proof of being present?
Who set the fire?
Song Jinhuai and the Duke's wife were both nervous, with a hint of anxiety in their eyes. If they couldn't kill her in one blow, things would become difficult. The longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for them.
And this bitch, how could she just give the mine away? Those are all the Song Mansion's things!
Grab the pen.
Song Jinhuai slowly drew a timeline with a cold face, then pointed to the blank quarter of an hour after the signing of the document, and said anxiously as if he had discovered something.
"No, there is still a chance. There is a blank period of time here, enough for them to commit the crime. Since the banquet was proposed by Chu Jiuning, she has enough time to prepare. Two quarters of an hour is actually enough to set a fire."
That's right.
Lord Li and several other lords nodded, and she was probably meeting with several cousins on purpose, otherwise why would she suddenly be so generous to give away the mine.
The courtyard was renovated by Chu Jiuning. The Song family all said that it was Chu Jiuning who took the initiative to lend it to Song Ruier, and took the initiative to ask her to entertain the young ladies of various families. Miss Chu could not prove that she did not do this, and the time and motive for the crime were also known.
"Chu Jiuning."
Lord Li, the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, had sorrow in his eyes and asked her sternly.
"I'm asking you, do you really intend to kill these young ladies?"
"No."
Chu Jiuning shook her head.
When the Duke's wife saw Lord Li start asking questions, she was overjoyed and hurried to press the advantage.
"Of course you won't say yes. Just because of An Yinyin and Jin Bao, you have harmed the Song family to this point. Chu Jiuning, I really can't believe that you are so narrow-minded and have such a strong desire for revenge. You are forcing our Song family to death."
Said.
She actually knelt down in front of Lord Li with a plop.
"This matter is the fault of my Song Mansion. I am willing to pay any price and ask Lord Li to investigate this case and let the four young ladies rest in peace."
As she spoke, she turned to look at Chu Jiuning with a look of heartache.
"You and Jin Huai are already married, so what if you tolerate Yin Yin and Jin Zhu? You are a merchant who married into the Duke's family. You should be content, Chu Jiuning. You shouldn't be so cruel."
"Four living lives! They usually play best with Rui'er and are often together. How will Rui'er live her life in the future? She will feel guilty for the rest of her life."
"Mother." Song Rui'er came forward and knelt down with her crying. "I've thought about it. I'm going to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures. I'm going to burn incense for them every day for six months. I'm going to wait until they rest in peace before coming back."
Anyway, someone died in the courtyard, and she was scared and didn't want to live here at all. So she went to live in the farm for a while and came back after things settled down.
The wife of the Duke listened to her daughter's words and praised her daughter for her quick reaction. While holding Song Ruier and crying, she quickly glanced at the other ladies and saw that the sharpness in their eyes had indeed subsided a lot.
Then he started crying loudly again.
Butler Song, who received the signal from a distance, immediately ran out with a servant and said anxiously.
"Madam, this servant has something to say."
The servant knelt hurriedly and spread out his palms.
"My lord, I did see a strange figure wandering around the new courtyard, but I don't know if she did anything, and this thing fell from her body."
An oriental pearl?
Amber frowned and hurriedly touched her sleeve. Oh, it was such a coincidence that one of the two Dongzhu pearls that were placed side by side had fallen off.
She didn't even know when it fell off.
This is trouble.
Chu Jiuning glanced at her, motioning her to be at ease, and took the Dongzhu pearl. He could tell at a glance that it was made of amber. Perhaps one of the pearls had been accidentally dropped when he was walking past, and it happened to be picked up by the servant.
"You picked it up a long time ago, why are you bringing it up now?"
Song Ruier questioned, and the servant said with a bitter face.
"To answer my lady, I saw that this pearl is of good quality and wanted to sell it for some money."
This is believable!
so.
All the doubts fell back on Chu Jiuning.
"grown ups."
Mrs. Chen's face turned pale, she clutched her handkerchief tightly, and turned to talk to Lord Li.
"Now that we have a clue about this matter, we should arrest those who need to be arrested. When my old Chen comes out of the palace, he will take care of it."
The methods used in the palace are far more powerful than those in Shuntian Prefecture, especially when it comes to torturing people. If one wants to get the truth out, Eunuch Chen may be better than any of them.
When they heard the three words "Eunuch Chen", the adults were slightly startled.
Chen Tianfu, the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department, has extraordinary methods, and the masters in the palace will not offend him easily.
Then.
Lord Li nodded.
"Okay, let's go down to the dungeon of Shuntian Mansion first. After we find a few young ladies, we'll make a decision."
The Duke's wife, Song Jinhuai, and Song Ruier glanced at each other quickly, with pride in their eyes. As long as Chu Jiuning entered the dungeon, she would never be able to come out again.
When the time comes.
They took Chu Jiuning's property, even if they had to present it to the emperor, they wanted to get back the imperial edict and the title of prince.
Lord Li, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, looked at his wife who looked haggard and sad, held her hand tightly, and gritted his teeth.
"Go down to the dungeon first. I won't rest until the truth of this matter is uncovered."
"Let's go, Miss Chu."
Everyone also knew that Chu Jiuning and Song Jinhuai had not officially married and were not included in the family tree. Moreover, the relationship between the two families was so tense that something big would happen sooner or later, so everyone basically didn't care about the titles of Miss Chu and Madam Song.
However.
Chu Jiuning just shook his head with a sullen face.
“No!”
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