Chapter 389 390. Why are you here again?
How could Mrs. Ning not believe her and insisted that she had been poisoned? Lord Gao had no choice but to summon the doctor in court.
It was still the same diagnosis. Even though the old lady was blind and couldn't walk properly, there was nothing wrong with her health.
Xiao Wanyu looked at Old Lady Ning with a firm face, "I've already said that I'm innocent. If I were really as vicious as you say, I would have killed you a long time ago after you treated me so badly. I wouldn't have allowed you to roam around here."
Xiao Wanyu knew that no one from the Ning family had come to visit her these days. She knew that even if she was released from prison, she would not be able to return to the Ning family, so she started to speak bluntly.
Old Madam Ning was not to be outdone. "You, you finally can't hide your true colors. From your disrespect for elders, it's clear that you have evil intentions. My Ning family cannot tolerate people like you."
"you……"
"Silence," Gao Ning slammed the gavel hard and said to Old Lady Ning, "Since we've found that you're fine, you can leave now."
"Sir, you can't just let it go. This woman must have poisoned someone secretly. Other doctors can't figure it out. You should make her confess quickly."
Gao Ning didn't have the patience to argue with him here, and said to the yamen runner beside him, "Take the man away."
After the scene was cleared, Gao Ning questioned her carefully again. Under the threatening and intimidating interrogation, Xiao Wanyu still insisted that she was innocent. But when a confession was placed in front of her, her pupils shrank and her shoulders tensed unconsciously.
Gao Ning had been observing her reaction for a long time, and now he had a better idea of what was going on.
In fact, what the maid confessed were all some insignificant guesses. He and the master put a lot of thought into modifying a false confession based on these guesses. It seems that some of the doubts in it really did reveal the truth.
There was a gleam in his eyes and he nodded to the master beside him, and the two began the next step of the interrogation.
&
Xu Nuo looked at Lao Matchmaker with a headache on his face, "Why are you here again today?"
"What's the matter? Your mother is not here now, so you don't even welcome me?" The matchmaker glared at her.
Xu Nuo said, "How dare my niece? But you also know that I am in mourning period, and there is no way I can talk about marriage. There is no need for you to get involved."
The matchmaker sighed and said, "If you had listened to your mother at that time, you wouldn't be suffering so much now.
I am an old man, and I can only serve as your matchmaker for a few more years at most. But you still have a long life ahead of you, and you can't stay in the house forever.
Besides, it’s not the thieves who steal that you’re afraid of, but the thieves who want to steal. Sometimes, avoiding them won’t solve the problem at all.”
Ever since Xu Nuo began to observe mourning, her family has been asking her to act as a matchmaker.
She knew what these people were thinking. They just wanted to make a fortune because Xu Nuo was helpless now.
Even those who were on the sidelines before, now seeing all the tricks being used, have begun to get involved, hoping to get a "bargain".
Now the whole street is filled with smoke and chaos because of these people, just like a group of wolves staring at a piece of fat meat.
She had been a matchmaker in the neighborhood for so many years that she knew all of these people well. She was able to pick out the tallest ones from the short ones and actually chose two or three families that had one or two small advantages.
She wanted Xu Nuo to settle the status first to put an end to those people's schemes, but Xu Nuo denied it.
"Grandma knows you look down on these people, but being so stubborn is not a solution.
I'm afraid even old women will be questioned when they go out now, right?"
Xu Nuo pursed her lips. These people were not only trying to gather information, some of them even tried to bribe the old woman. What they asked for really made her feel sick, and the defense of the entire house became more cautious.
Seeing Xu Nuo remained silent, Lao Matchmaker shook her head and said, "Listen to my advice. Don't stick to your previous plan. Let these people give up first.
Grandma came here today to bring some news. Do you want to consider it first?"
Xu Nuo looked up at Lao Matchmaker and asked, "Has someone bothered you again?"
The matchmaker shook her head and said, "Speaking of which, you know the young man I want to marry today. His family conditions are not bad at the moment. If you really marry him, your future life should not be too bad."
"I know him? He's married?" Xu Nuo grasped these two key points, "Who is it?"
The matchmaker didn't keep the secret, "It's the kid from the Gu family that I talked to you about before, and you two were almost married. If your mother hadn't left in a hurry, maybe you two would have been a family now.
Later, you refused to get married in Xinxiao, so the matter came to nothing. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.
But who would have thought that fate would play such a trick on him, and when he turned over a new leaf, he would have an uncle who was an official.
He himself doesn't mind marrying into the family, but when he returns to the family, he has to abide by the family rules. They don't allow their children to marry into the family, otherwise they will be expelled from the family."
"It's just his excuse. We were almost married before, so why didn't he mention it?" Xu Nuo retorted directly, and his impression of Gu Lehuan dropped a little.
"Listen to what grandma has to say first. Even if they change now, it's only natural.
Otherwise, given his uncle's current status, it would be a joke if he married into the family again.
But one thing he said really touched me. The rule in his tribe is that a man can take a concubine only if he is childless after the age of 40, otherwise he will have to leave the tribe without a son.
This alone is enough to make me, a grandma, look at you with higher regard.
Given my relationship with your mother, there is no way I would help him deal with this matter without checking everything.
I went to ask around, this kid from the Gu family, his seventh aunt is a newly promoted imperial merchant, the soaps we can't live without now, all come from her hands, such a family will definitely not have any intentions against you."
For the old woman, the pawnshop and the promised wealth that everyone is vying for may be nothing in the eyes of others.
Xu Nuo knew Jin Qianqian, and when he thought of that kind young lady, the expression on his face eased a little.
Lao Matchmaker was very good at reading people's faces, so she immediately changed her approach and started to persuade him, "Besides, you are only looking for a son-in-law because you want to continue to be a matchmaker, not because you want to give birth to a child for your heartless father.
He has divorced your mother and already has a lovely wife and young children by his side, and has long forgotten about you.
Listen to grandma's advice. Now that he hasn't thought of you as his daughter and doesn't know that you are guarding this property, find someone to help you make the decision. Otherwise, there will be more trouble. "
"Why? This is the family business passed down from my maternal grandfather." Xu Nuo immediately clenched his fists as he thought of his father, "With me here, he won't even think about it."
The matchmaker said, "You silly girl, just because of the word filial piety, you can't turn things around. What if he doesn't want you directly, but arranges a marriage for you directly, can you resist?"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
