Chapter 18 The truth can't help but blurt out

Qiao Niannian smiled and helped Chunmei up.

"Don't be afraid, I just ask you a few questions, why do you want to harm my mother?"

Chunmei blurted out: "Because Aunt Xu gave me too much silver. I worked hard to serve the lady and you, and I only got one or two silver taels a month, but I just put something on the beam of the lady's house, and Aunt Xu gave me a hundred taels."

Qiao Chushan was shocked: "What did you say?"

Chunmei panicked: "No... Master... I don't know what's going on... I... I'm telling the truth. Aunt Xu said that as long as I get rid of the lady, she will give me another hundred taels of silver after the matter is completed."

"With this money, I can buy a nice yard for myself and spend the rest of my life well."

"It's just that I didn't expect that Madam would find the box on the beam. Otherwise, Madam would have died long ago, and the remaining one hundred taels would have been mine."

Chunmei's eyes widened, and all the secrets buried in her heart came out of her mouth, and she couldn't control it at all.

She realized that something was wrong and quickly covered her mouth.

"Second Miss, it's you who did it, you want to hurt me!"

Chunmei was anxious and angry.

Qiao Niannian chuckled: "It's me."

"Where is your money?"

Chunmei couldn't resist the power of the mantra talisman at all. She was unwilling in her heart, but the answer came out of her mouth.

"In the box under the floor under the bed."

Qiao Chushan's face sank.

The words he just heard were simply shocking to his three views.

When he married his wife, they loved each other very much. However, because his wife gave birth to their third son, Qiao Beichen, he was dragged by his colleagues to drink a few more glasses at a dinner party.

Later, he lost consciousness. When he woke up again, there was a maid beside him.

This maid was Aunt Xu.

He couldn't remember what happened that night at all. He then asked the nanny to examine Aunt Xu and confirmed that she had done something ridiculous the night before.

Because of this incident, his relationship with Mrs. Huo became worse and worse.

Fortunately, Aunt Xu was sensible, never asked for anything, and always spoke for Mrs. Huo. Except for that ridiculous night, he never touched Aunt Xu again.

Aunt Xu didn't mind, but she was lucky. Just that time, she had a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, Qiao Chaosheng and Qiao Yueying.

After Aunt Xu had children, she took care of them. Seeing how well-behaved she was, Qiao Chushan treated both children equally well.

Although they were not as good as the children born to Mrs. Huo, they were not bad either.

In Qiao Chushan's heart, Aunt Xu was considerate, gentle, and a good woman.

And he was the one who did something wrong.

So Qiao Chushan couldn't believe that Aunt Xu would do these things, so he had to make sure whether what the maid said was true.

He called the guards.

"Qiao Qi, take people to search Chunmei's room immediately and make sure to find the silver."

One of the two guards holding Chunmei bent over to receive the order, and then called a few people to search the room together.

Chunmei collapsed on the ground when she saw this.

Qiao Chushan waited there with a cold face.

Mrs. Huo had long known from her daughter that it was the second wife's doing, but had always been troubled by the lack of evidence.

Now that Chunmei had confessed herself, she wanted to see how Qiao Chushan would deal with Aunt Xu.

As for Aunt Xu, Mrs. Huo disliked her, and the whole mansion knew it.

But she had never made things difficult for Aunt Xu, nor had she deducted Aunt Xu's share of the yard. She didn't know why Aunt Xu hated her so much.

No matter what the few people thought.

After a while, the guard came over with a black wooden box.

There was a lock on the wooden box, which had been split open. When the box was opened, one hundred taels of silver were neatly placed inside.

In addition to the silver, there were also a lot of jewelry.

Qiao Niannian took a look.

"No wonder I always lose jewelry in my room. I didn't expect that they are all here with you."

Mrs. Huo doted on her daughter. Whether it was the change of seasons, birthdays, or the New Year, Qiao Niannian would always have jewelry.

As time went by, Qiao Niannian didn't even notice when one or two pieces were lost.

Until one time, she suddenly wanted to wear the birthday gift that Mrs. Huo gave her when she was eight years old, but she couldn't find it. Then she found the clue.

But she always thought that she lost it, but she didn't expect that they were all here with Chunmei!

Mrs. Huo also recognized that many of the things inside belonged to her daughter.

Her face turned black.

Qiao Chushan was even more furious and asked the guards to bring Aunt Xu over.

Aunt Xu was brought over soon.

Aunt Xu looked at the situation and spoke in confusion: "Master, Madam, what happened?"

Mrs. Huo snorted: "Pretending."

Qiao Chushan's eyes were gloomy: "This maid said that you gave her money to frame Madam, is this true?"

Aunt Xu was shocked, and then her eyes turned red and she began to cry.

"Master, I have been doing my duty for so many years and have never had any delusions. Even for my two children, I told them not to fight for anything. How could I possibly instruct a maid to do such a cruel thing?"

Aunt Xu finished crying.

She did not cry out for injustice, nor did she blame others, but established her own personality.

Aunt Xu knew very well that in this mansion, Qiao Chushan's favorite person was Mrs. Huo, and his favorite child was Mrs. Huo's child. She had no place in Qiao Chushan's heart at all. If she showed her strength, it would only cause Qiao Chushan's disgust.

However, she also knew Qiao Chushan's character. He

valued feelings and was soft-hearted.

As long as she cried, this man would definitely soften his heart.

Qiao Chushan was indeed a little soft-hearted, but he was not stupid.

He kicked the box of silver on the ground and questioned.

"What's the matter with this silver? Didn't you give it to me?"

Aunt Xu said aggrievedly: "My Lord, I am innocent. I have never seen this silver. I don't know why Chunmei said so."

This...

Qiao Chushan really has no evidence.

It is impossible to convict Aunt Xu based on this silver alone.

Qiao Niannian picked up a mantra talisman with her fingers. There happened to be one left, so she gave it to Aunt Xu.

The mantra talisman fell on Aunt Xu and disappeared.

Chunmei saw it all.

She rubbed her eyes hard, and the talisman really disappeared.

Qiao Chushan and Mrs. Huo were still amazed when they saw their daughter's hand again, but they were much calmer.

He spoke again.

"Did you give the money to Chunmei?"

Aunt Xu was about to deny it, but what she said was: "I gave it to her."

Aunt Xu: ...

Qiao Chushan's face completely sank. He didn't expect that Aunt Xu really did it.

Thinking that Mrs. Huo was almost killed by Aunt Xu, he couldn't stop the anger in his heart.

"Why do you want to frame the lady? The lady is so good to you and has never treated you harshly. You actually want to frame her!"

Aunt Xu sneered, her expression like crazy.

She looked at Qiao Chushan and couldn't help but shiver.

"Why? Shouldn't the Marquis ask himself? Why did I do this!"