Chapter 4 Unspeakable Regret

[If she hadn't added the drug to the bird's nest that my mother drank, my mother wouldn't have fainted. If she hadn't colluded with Bai Lianhua, my mother and I wouldn't have been framed and almost died. It was such a close call. Damn bad woman, wow wow! ]

What?

It would have been fine if he had just stolen her jewelry, but he actually teamed up with that bitch Yuelian to harm them and their daughter!

Fortunately, she still treated Qiuju as her own family and wanted to find a good marriage for her in the future so that she could live a smooth and worry-free life.

Qin Yunshuang's expression suddenly turned cold.

[I remember that this bad woman Qiu Ju sold a bunch of my mother's jewelry to Hongyun Pawnshop this morning, intending to pack up and run away. She certainly didn't expect that my mother could clear her name and stand here in peace! ]

"Madam..." It was the first time that Qiu Ju saw the madam, who had always been kind to her, show such an expression. She spoke nervously.

The next second, "Pah——"

Qin Yunshuang raised her hand and slapped Qiuju hard on the face.

Qiu Ju's face was instantly slapped with five clear slap marks, which were swollen. She covered her face in shock and looked at her with grievance, "Madam, what did I do wrong? Why do you want to hit me like this?"

In the past, Qin Yunshuang had a gentle temperament and seldom beat or scolded her servants.

Qiuju's voice was a little high, and for a moment, many servants stretched their necks to look inside.

"How dare you say that," Qin Yunshuang sneered, "Do you think I don't know what you did behind my back?"

"What did I do?" Qiu Ju felt guilty for a moment. She forced herself to calm down. "I just reminded Madam that she was still in confinement and should not overwork. I don't know what I said to upset Madam, and she got slapped..."

[Damn it! Bad woman talking over tea! The tea is too strong! ]

[It's as if my beautiful mother is bullying her! ]

After these words were spoken, the maids and servants who were watching the excitement outside the door began to discuss in a low voice.

"Madam, you are going too far! You treat your personal maid like this..."

"Yeah... Let's be more careful in what we do next time."

Everyone was whispering.

"What did you do?" Qin Yunshuang's eyes were cold and she smiled faintly, "This morning, you sold my jewelry to Hongyun Pawnshop and planned to run away with the money. Do you admit it?"

Qiu Ju's face suddenly turned pale, and she fell to her knees. "Madam, you are wronged. I have never done this. How can you slander me without any evidence?"

[Humph! This bad woman has done a lot of things. She has pawned all the jewelry that she secretly took from her mother over the years at the Hongyun Pawn Shop! But she has made a lot of money, which is hidden in the embroidered pillow compartment in her room.]

Qin Yunshuang said coldly, "Butler, come here."

The housekeeper hurried over here and stood respectfully in front of Qin Yunshuang, "Madam, please give me your orders."

"Take your men to search Qiuju's room. Search the bed, quilts, and pillows carefully!" Qin Yunshuang said coldly.

"yes."

Soon, the butler left quickly with a group of servants.

Qiuju felt increasingly guilty.

Don't really find anything...

About half an incense stick of time later, the butler came over with a handful of banknotes in his hands and a group of servants.

"Madam, these were found in her room." The butler handed over the banknotes respectfully.

Seeing this, Qiu Ju's face turned pale as paper.

She never thought that the lady knew about this.

The lady doesn't like these luxuries and has never taken care of her own things over the years.

At first, Qiu Ju just took one thing tentatively, and waited anxiously for a while until she found that the lady didn't notice.

The lady was born into a noble family and had seen all kinds of jewelry since she was a child. She had too many things, piled up like a small mountain, and it would be difficult to notice if one or two pieces were lost. What's more, the lady was fully focused on raising her children and never paid attention to these things.

As a result, she became bolder and bolder. One, two, three things... gradually, she took away more and more things.

This time, she originally thought that the lady was accused of adultery and was executed by the master, and she would take the indenture and the money and leave. However, she did not expect that the lady was not only standing here, but also knew what she had done!

There was a lot of whispering all around.

"So many banknotes, there must be tens of thousands of taels... Where did all this money come from?"

"It seems that Qiu Ju really stole the lady's jewelry and sold it."

"She is so bold that she dares to sell her master's things! It seems that the slap the mistress gave her was too light. Such a mean servant should be beaten to death with a stick!"

Qin Yunshuang looked down at Qiuju's pale face and asked, "You still refuse to confess now?"

"I was wrong..." Qiu Ju knelt in front of Qin Yunshuang, tears streaming down her pale face. "My father is a drunkard. He always beats and scolds me and asks me to give him money. The little money I have every month is not enough for him to spend. But if I do so, he will whip me severely. He even threatens to beat me to death. That's why I became obsessed..."

"You stole my things and sold them because you were possessed by a demon, but what about the fact that you tampered with my swallow's nest and teamed up with the groom to frame me?" Qin Yunshuang raised her legs, and her embroidered shoes with gold thread and pearls lifted Qiuju's chin, forcing her to look at him.

[Wow, my mother is indeed the daughter of a general. This move is so cool! ]

【Mother is on fire! 】

For a moment, Qiu Ju was extremely flustered, looking around. Framing her mistress was a capital crime, and she certainly couldn't admit it. She cried with tears streaming down her face, "It's unfair!"

"Madam, I admit to stealing things, but I have never framed the mistress. I am being wronged!"

"Unjust? That bitch Yuelian has been dragged away by the old man. She has confessed everything, and you still don't admit it?" Qin Yunshuang's lips curved in a mocking arc.

Qiu Ju's face was deathly gray and her eyes were dead.

It's over. It's all over.

"I didn't expect Qiu Ju to be so bold. Madam treats her well on weekdays, but she actually did such a thing!"

"Madam has always been kind and gentle to the servants, often giving us gifts, and she has been even more kind to Qiu Ju. But Qiu Ju did such a heinous thing. Her conscience has been eaten by dogs!"

"Qiuju, I originally wanted you to serve me, and for the sake of our master-servant relationship, I wanted to find a good marriage for you." As she spoke, Qin Yunshuang opened a pearwood box, which contained a red booklet.

Qin Yunshuang held up the booklet and said, "Look, I even picked out a list of husbands for you, thinking that I would let you live with them in the future, but you treat me like this."

As she spoke, Qin Yunshuang threw the booklet at Qiuju.

Snap——

Qiu Ju saw the list of names scattered on the ground: a seventh-rank official of the imperial court, the newly appointed magistrate of Litang County…

She was just a maid, but the lady found such a good marriage for her!

If she hadn't been so obsessed with that little bit of money, if she hadn't framed the lady, wouldn't she have stopped being a slave and turned her life around long ago? !

Unspeakable remorse overwhelmed her. Qiu Ju fell to her knees, kowtowed heavily, and cried, "Madam, Qiu Ju is so sorry! It's all Qiu Ju's fault!"

Only then did she realize what she had lost due to her short-sightedness!