Chapter 21 Example
"Mother, we can call the housekeeper to check on the matter of Yueyue Silver. There must be some misunderstanding. Maybe something went wrong with the person who sent you the silver?" At this time, the wife of the Duke stood up to speak for Xu Qingyan.
Xu Qingyan was very touched when she saw the Duke's wife speaking for her and murmured, "Mother is so kind! Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been the most difficult to get along with, but I am so lucky to have met such a good mother-in-law! But..."
Xu Qingyan looked at the Duke's wife, shook her head and thought to herself: [However, it's a pity that I am such a good mother-in-law, but she will die miserably in the future! ]
The Duke's wife, who was standing nearby, was stunned when she heard Xu Qingyan's words. She was a little surprised and thought: I'm dead? Died miserably?
So, the Duke's wife looked up at Xu Qingyan in confusion. Xu Qingyan thought that the Duke's wife was feeling sorry for her, and couldn't help but sigh again in her heart: [My mother was virtuous and kind all her life, and she loved my father very much. There were only two concubines in the whole backyard, and she was very generous to the concubines, but in the end she ended up with the same fate as the old lady! ]
Xu Qingyan looked at the Duke's wife and then the Duke with great sympathy, and continued in her heart: [Should I say that my father is blind? Or is he blind! He can't even distinguish the person next to him. Alas! My poor mother was skinned and pulled out by the concubine, and her body was thrown into a mass grave and eaten by wild dogs. This concubine was still wearing her human skin mask and loving my father, but my father didn't even notice anything wrong! ]
When the Duke's wife heard Xu Qingyan's words, she couldn't help but shudder, vaguely feeling a little pain in her flesh. Then, she glared at the Duke standing beside her.
The Duke was equally surprised when he heard this. He looked at the Duke's wife with guilt and thought to himself: I must not let this happen! Besides, I am not that kind of person.
After hearing this, Pei Jingchuan became even colder. How dare someone hurt his mother? He would never let this tragedy happen.
"What misunderstanding is there? Without the order from her, the one in power, who would dare to act recklessly?" When the fake old lady heard what the Duke's wife said, she immediately yelled at her in displeasure.
"Grandma, we need evidence. This matter is really too strange. Please allow me to call the housekeeper for a confrontation. If it is really Qingyan who did it, then you will punish her." Pei Jingchuan couldn't help but stepped forward and said.
When the fake old lady heard what Pei Jingchuan said, a sly look flashed in her eyes, and she asked Pei Jingchuan: "If it's true, will you really let me punish you? If I let you divorce this woman and arrange a new one for you, would you agree?"
The fake old lady was thinking: I have a niece in my hometown, who is of humble status. I have always wanted to get her into the Duke's Mansion, but I have no chance. At this time, when she heard Pei Jingchuan say this, she began to think that if she married her niece to Pei Jingchuan, then after Pei Jingchuan died, wouldn't the Duke's Mansion belong to her mother's family?
Pei Jingchuan frowned upon hearing this, but he believed Xu Qingyan and said, "Grandma, if this is true, then I will do whatever you say. But if not, please apologize to Qingyan."
The fake old lady was furious when she heard this: "How can I, an elder, apologize to a younger person?"
"Grandma, do you feel that you have wronged Qingyan? If so, then we won't investigate further. I will take Qingyan downstairs to rest now." Pei Jingchuan spoke immediately after hearing the fake old lady's words.
The fake old lady was provoked by him and immediately denied it: "Of course not, let's check it." She really did not receive the money, and this was not an injustice to her.
Soon, the new housekeeper was called up. Pei Jingchuan checked with him carefully and went to find the person who sent the silver. In the end, he found that the person who sent the silver was killed by bandits, which led to the old lady not receiving the monthly silver. As for the letter sent back by the old lady, the mansion really did not receive it.
Xu Qingyan heard this and couldn't help but say, "I told you, I was wronged."
At this time, Xu Qingyan, who had just cleared her name, bit her lip and thought: [However, I never expected that this fake old lady really came to ask for money to help her lover. She is so unlucky that her monthly salary was robbed by the bandits. Today, she doesn't like me very much. I am afraid that she will make things difficult for me in the future. I have to find a way to tell my father and mother that this old lady is a fake. Let me think about it, where is the real old lady's body buried, and is there any evidence to prove it? ]
When the Duke and others standing nearby heard this, their hearts instantly rose to their throats.
"Now that everything is clear, you should quickly give me this month's money, and then we can all go our separate ways!" The fake old lady said guiltily after learning that she had really wronged someone. She didn't want to apologize to a junior.
Xu Qingyan looked at the fake old lady's hypocritical appearance, and thought angrily: [You haven't apologized to me yet! No, with your arrogant look, I must find a way to let the Duke and the others know that you are a fake! What's more, you are the murderer of the old lady. If you didn't know a quack who could make human skin masks, you would have killed the old lady in the temple while she was out worshiping Buddha, and had her skinned and thrown into a mass grave! How could there be so many things! Speaking of it, the old lady is really miserable! She was wholeheartedly doing good and worshiping Buddha, but ended up like this. ]
When the Duke next to him heard Xu Qingyan's words, his palms clenched tightly and his eyes were slightly red. When he heard this, he thought of his mother being skinned and thrown into a mass grave. If this was true, then his mother would not be... Suddenly, the Duke's heart was broken.
On the contrary, Pei Jingchuan, who was standing aside, grasped the key information, the temple and the quack. If he could find the quack who could change his face, and the temple that his grandmother often visited, he would be able to investigate the truth.
"Madam, you haven't apologized to me yet?" Xu Qingyan was not going to tolerate this fake, and seeing that she wanted to escape at this moment, she immediately spoke out in grievance.
The old woman's face froze when she heard this. She was a little annoyed, but she still smiled and said, "It's just a misunderstanding. Why should granddaughter-in-law take it to heart?"
When Xu Qingyan heard the fake old lady say this, she whispered, "Oh! Now I am the granddaughter-in-law? You fake thing changes your face very quickly. No wonder you go to the temple to raise lovers at such an old age, and there is more than one."
Xu Qingyan curled her lips and said to the fake old lady aggrievedly: "But grandma, you are the elder, you have to keep your word! You have to set an example for us younger generations, right?"
"Grandma, Qingyan was indeed wronged today, and you just promised your grandson." At this time, Pei Jingchuan saw Xu Qingyan's aggrieved look, stepped forward and said.
After the fake old lady was exposed by the two of them in public, she was so angry that her face turned red. If she didn't apologize, it would be like she was disrespectful to her elders and didn't keep her word.
Just as she was about to apologize perfunctorily, a strange but pleasant voice suddenly sounded beside her.
"Brother and sister-in-law, grandma is the elder after all. As a younger generation, we shouldn't embarrass the elders like this, right? This is just a small matter, why do you have to hold on to it?"
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