Chapter 20 Testing

"Little girl!" The parrot's voice sounded outside the door.

Mingxi slightly pushed Sheng Hong away and raised her face to answer, "What's the matter?"

The parrot whispered outside: "Little girl, the doctor is here to change the medicine for Zhuli."

Mingxi supported Sheng Hong's shoulders and stood up, and said to the parrot: "Come in! Go get it yourself, the silver is still there!" The parrot walked into the house with small steps and lowered its head, found the place where the silver was placed, took the silver, and slowly retreated.

Sheng Hong was puzzled, "Zhu Li is the maid who saved you, right? She is still recovering?"

"It's her. Zhu Li is more seriously injured than me. A pregnant woman about to give birth is very heavy, and all the weight falls on her. My ribs are broken, let alone her."

"She is a loyal servant. I will send someone to send silver to reward her later. You gave birth to Zhenzhen for me, so I deserve a reward too!" Sheng Hong made a little joke when he saw that Mingxi's mood had improved.

At last, Sheng Hong suddenly changed the subject, "I heard that the first snow of this winter fell in Yangzhou City on the day you gave birth. Why didn't you take care of yourself and go out when it was snowing?" Mingxi knew that the test was coming. She thought he trusted her so much because of his affectionate look just now. But if he didn't test her, how could Mingxi say the next words!

Mingxi's eyes were erratic. Facing Sheng Hong's question, she suddenly dared not look him in the eye. Sheng Hong held her hand tightly, "Yier, do you have any concerns? It's okay. I'm your husband. What can't you say to me?"

Mingxi mustered up the courage to look him in the eye. She was still a little hesitant. After hesitating for a while, she spoke, "The door of my yard is usually locked after the master and the lady left. But after lunch that day, Zhuli, the parrot and I were resting in the room. Minglan said that she was very tired after practicing calligraphy for the whole morning, and asked me to go back to the room to rest. Not long after she returned to the room, Zhulou and Luluo suddenly came in. She ran over and told me..."

Mingxi continued hesitantly, "She said that Minglan and the fourth girl had a fight outside the courtyard gate! I was surprised that the courtyard gate was locked when I just returned home, so how could a fight break out in such a short time? I was also worried that the two girls would hurt each other, so I hurried out to check the situation. Who would have thought that everything was fine for such a long distance from the house door to the courtyard gate. It was just that when we were almost at the courtyard gate, the parrot slipped and didn't hold me, and I also slipped. With my big belly, I couldn't keep my balance and fell down. Thanks to Zhuli... Wuwuwu" Mingxi narrated and sobbed.

Sheng Hong extracted key information from these sentences. First, Shuyi didn't want to cause trouble, so she stayed indoors after he left. Second, the gate was opened because of Molan's arrival, and because the two girls quarreled, Shuyi went out to check. Third, it snowed but the ground was not difficult to walk on. There was only ice next to the gate. Where did the ice come from? It must be related to the two dead maids.

Sheng Hong sighed deeply. This is a chain of schemes. They have slept in the same bed for many years and have two children with her. He didn't know that Lin Qinshuang's mind was so meticulous. At this point, even if Sheng Hong didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that it was Lin Qinshuang who did it.

Sheng Hong looked at Mingxi who was still sobbing with a dark look in his eyes, and tried again, "Yier, have you ever heard of a goblin who likes to eat the blood of young girls?"

Mingxi remained calm and looked up in surprise, "The mountain goblins and monsters in rural stories? I haven't heard of them. Dad always says that children should not talk about strange things, and he doesn't allow us to read any miscellaneous books."

Sheng Hong stared at Mingxi's expression carefully, not wanting to miss every subtle expression on her face. Not noticing anything wrong, Sheng Hong continued, "It's not from the story. Recently, people in Yangzhou City are saying that our Sheng There is a witch in the mansion who likes to eat the blood of young girls. Some people saw people being carried out of our mansion, saying that the witch sucked all the blood out of them and killed them."

Mingxi frowned, "What nonsense, there are no monsters in this world, it's just a story made up by the country people to scare children, why do you involve our Sheng mansion? What witch! The witch... the maid carried out?" Mingxi was angry at first and then stunned. She seemed to have thought of something, her shoulders slumped, and the spirit that had just been held up became loose again.

Sheng Hong saw that Mingxi's reaction did not seem to be fake, and suddenly heaved a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that every woman around him was scheming.

"Yier, it's all over, it's all over. I'll ask the matchmaker to come tomorrow and let her find a few good people for you to choose from. You can choose the maid you like yourself." Mingxi still looked absent-minded. Sheng Hong comforted her for a while and left in a hurry.

Sheng Hong knew in his heart that it must be Lin Qinshuang who did it. He was angry. He didn't understand why he hurt his other women and children when he loved her so much. This was a lack of trust in their years of relationship. He was even more angry that she treated the maids at will. It was ruthless and cruel, but she left a handle. Now the whole city was in turmoil, and he had to take action, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public, but he still wanted to give her another chance and ask her why.

Sheng Hong went to find Lin Qinshuang angrily. Before he arrived, Lin Qinshuang had already received the news. Lin Qinshuang knew that Sheng Hong came from Wei Shuyi. The man reported that the master looked bad. Lin Qinshuang thought that Wei Shuyi had complained, and Sheng Hong believed Wei Shuyi's words and came to her to question him. She quickly wiped off the lip balm on her mouth and lay on the bed, crying out in pain.

Sheng Hong stopped Zhou Xueniang who was bowing at the door, and pushed the door open himself. He saw Lin Qinshuang lying on the bed in her middle clothes, crying out in pain. Sheng Hong looked at her coldly, without saying a word.

Seeing that the man came in without saying anything for a long time, Lin Qinshuang felt that it was not easy for her to continue this drama, so she slowly moved her body while calling out, facing the direction outside the bed until she could see Sheng Hong's face. She saw Sheng Hong looking at her indifferently, her heart pounding, and after trying hard to suppress the uneasiness, she smiled, "When did Honglang come? Why didn't you ask someone to let him know? Why didn't you say anything when you came?"

Sheng Hong still didn't say anything, just looked at her like that. Lin Qinshuang became more and more flustered, "Why is Honglang staring at me like that? It's not that I don't want to get up to greet Honglang, but I really hurt my waist."

Lin Qinshuang glanced at Sheng Hong's face while speaking, and seeing that he was looking at her straight and not responding, she had no choice but to continue, "This waist injury is related to the Sixth Miss. On the day when Sister Wei gave birth, I went to take care of her, but Sixth Miss was wary of me. I wanted to go in to see Sister Wei, but Sixth Miss pushed me down."

Lin Qinshuang saw Sheng Hong frowning, and thought her words had worked, so she continued to fan the flames, "I guess Sixth Miss didn't mean it. She was just too worried about Sister Wei, so she accidentally pushed me down. My injury will heal after some time. My lord, please don't blame Sixth Miss..."

"Why did Molan go to find Minglan that day, and why did the two of them have an argument?" Who knew that Sheng Hong not only ignored her words, but also threw out a question he didn't know the answer to. Lin Qinshuang didn't know how to answer it, and the atmosphere froze.

Sheng Hong suddenly became furious without any warning, "I can't answer, because Mo'er had no reason to go, you asked her to go, why did Minglan push you, because you had bad intentions, you wanted to harm her mother, she wanted to protect her own mother! You did such a bad thing, and even let Mo'er get involved, how can you be a mother? Since you married me, I have given you whatever you want, now I don't just visit Shuyi a few more times, you actually want to kill someone, Lin Qinshuang, Lin Qinshuang, how can you be so vicious?"

"Honglang, you heard this and made up a story about me. How could I harm Sister Wei? I have no grudge against her, so how could I harm her? Mo'er is my sweetheart, so how could I let Mo'er do something that she shouldn't do? You asked me why Mo'er went to find the Sixth Miss, but I didn't tell you. It's because the two sisters have some small quarrels on weekdays, and it's okay to talk about it. If they make it in front of Honglang, it will make the two girls look naughty. That's why I hesitated to answer. Honglang, you know me. Normally, I can't bear to step on ants under my feet, so how could I think of harming others? You shouldn't believe in slander, Honglang!"

Sheng Hong almost laughed out of anger. If he hadn't had evidence, he would really be fooled by her. "Did you order someone to kill the two maids in Wei's room?" Sheng Hong didn't want to talk to her about anything else and went straight to the point.

"Which two maids of Sister Wei are you talking about, Honglang?" Lin Qinshuang still wanted to argue.

"It's the two you sent!"

"Honglang was talking about Zhu Lou and Lu Luo. Their father and brother made a mistake, and I punished them lightly by beating them with a stick and then let them go. But maybe their family members didn't take good care of them, and their injuries became serious. I was afraid that they wouldn't be able to survive, so I asked the family members who were on duty to go back and check on them. Zhu Lou and Lu Luo must have been too worried, so they wore too thin clothes when they went home, and they were too sad, so they caught a cold, and they got a fever at night and died."

Sheng Hong looked at Lin Qinshuang with an expression as if to say, "Do you think I'm a fool?" "How could such a coincidence happen in the world? Their father and brother made a mistake together, and were beaten together, and then they both caught a cold and had a high fever when they went back? Do you think I'm a fool?"

"Honglang~As the saying goes, there is no coincidence in the world, this is fate!"