"yes."
Longyan was relieved to see her master calm down, and hurried out to gather the servants. Caisang came in to serve Xue Zhilan, but Xue Zhilan looked her up and down, and suddenly smiled and said, "It's true what people say. You want to look pretty in mourning clothes. You are a beauty, and now you are wearing this white dress, which makes you even more attractive."
Cai Sang whispered, "With grandma's stunning beauty, what does my little beauty mean? How can the light of a firefly compete with the bright moon?"
Xue Zhilan was even happier after hearing this. She shook her head and said, "No wonder my brother and I want you to be our mistress. You are indeed a wonderful person who can speak eloquently. I have thought about it. Although you accompanied me to marry into this mansion, you are now grown up and I should find a lifelong partner for you. Being my brother's concubine is better than marrying you to a random useless boy..."
Before she could finish, Cai Sang knelt down with a plop and said with tears in her eyes, "Grandma, I don't want to be someone's concubine. Even if I marry a useless boy, we will still be husband and wife for life. I want to be a decent person. I beg you to have mercy on me."
The smile on Xue Zhilan's face froze, and then gradually turned colder. After a long while, she said calmly, "You are such a fool. You gave up the chance to be a master with luxurious clothes and delicious food, and actually wanted to be a slave. Do you think slaves are all infatuated lovers? I just said you were smart, but you are so stupid. Okay, let me think about this matter again, you get up."
Even though his eyes were blurred by tears, Caisang could still see the expression on Xue Zhilan's face. It was a kind of contempt and indifference in his bones. Having served this master for nearly ten years, Caisang knew her nature of being sweet-mouthed but treacherous. Just by looking at her expression, he knew that she said she would think about it, but she had already made a decision in her heart. The faint smile at the corner of her mouth was a mockery and anger at himself for not knowing what was good for him and overestimating his own abilities.
"Thank you, grandma."
Caisang stood up slowly, her hands in her sleeves clenched into fists. She stood behind Xue Zhilan, lowered her eyes slightly, and thought to herself that this was forced upon me by you, grandma. Aunt Jiang was right, you masters all eat human flesh and drink human blood. How could you take us servants seriously? In this case, if you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. I had thought that as long as you could agree to me today, I would admit all my sins and would rather die than let you down, just for your mercy to me. Unfortunately... no. Not at all.
Her mind was in a mess, and when she came to her senses, she was already standing outside Xia Yuxuan's door. She raised her head and saw Xue Zhilan taking a deep breath and stepping into the courtyard with a solemn face.
Cai Sang knew: the final fight had begun. Her master must be full of fighting spirit at this moment, but unfortunately, she didn't know that she was destined to be the loser from the beginning. She originally had a chance of a draw. However, with her behavior just now, this possibility was gone. She looked down on her as a servant, so she would make her lose everything.
The master and servant, each with their own thoughts, came to the hall. Xue Zhilan bowed to Duan Tingxuan and Su Nuannuan, and then said calmly, "I wonder why Master and Madam have mobilized so many people and asked me to bring all the maids from Qiuyun Pavilion here?"
Su Nuannuan took a sip of tea, without even raising her eyelids, and said calmly, "It's nothing. Cuiping and Fengxian have confessed. They framed the Marquis' Mansion because they were bewitched by the two little girls from Qiuyun Pavilion. So please bring everyone here, sister. I want to investigate carefully. You don't need to say anything more, just sit there."
Xue Zhilan agreed, and went to sit down below Duan Tingxuan, looking up at her husband. Her eyes were full of life, but it was a pity that the young marquis had no time to look at her charming and charming appearance. All his thoughts were on this matter and on his wife, fearing that Su Nuannuan would be too exhausted and could not bear it anymore.
Fengxian Cuiping quickly identified the little girl who was talking to Feiyan as Lang'er. When the two confronted each other, Lang'er and Feiyan insisted that they were just chatting casually and did not know that Fengxian Cuiping was eavesdropping behind them, so they would never admit the charge of incitement.
Su Nuannuan said calmly: "You said you were just gossiping. Haha, slandering the Marquis' Mansion is punishable by death. Can you escape punishment for just gossiping? Someone..."
“Wait…”
Xue Zhilan knew that she couldn't deny it. Rather than waiting for the two little girls to confess like Fengxian Cuiping, it would be better to speak out now so that she could seize the initiative. So she put down the teacup in her hand, met Su Nuannuan's eyes, and said calmly, "Grandma, there's no need to scare them. I asked them to do it. Don't you want the answer?"
Su Nuannuan was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Xue Zhilan had a bit of a bachelor's temperament. The next moment, she heard Duan Tingxuan shouting in shock and anger: "It's really you? Lan'er, why did you do this?"
"Why should I do this? It's because in the Anping Marquis's mansion, the eldest grandmother, relying on the favor of the old lady and the master as well as the unborn baby, has the upper hand to cover up everything. She even dared to get rid of Sister Yun. Sister Yun is the master's concubine and the daughter of the Earl's mansion. The eldest grandmother has no scruples to this extent. If I don't stand up, am I going to regret it after I follow Sister Yun's footsteps?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who told you that it was Nuan Nuan who did it?"
The young marquis was furious, but he heard Su Nuannuan beside him calmly say: "Master, please calm down. Right and wrong are in the hearts of the people. Today we are here to find out the truth. No matter what Sister Lan finds, you can tell it in court. I have a clear conscience. Am I afraid of confronting her?"
Xue Zhilan sneered, "What the eldest lady said is really nice. If I were the wife or the master, I would probably believe your one-sided words."
Su Nuannuan said softly, "You suspect me, I can talk to you later. But there is one thing I don't understand. If you want to seek justice for Sister Yun, why don't you go directly to the Madam and the Master or even the Old Madam? Why do you want to instruct Fengxian Cuiping to frame the Marquis' Mansion in front of the people in the Earl's Mansion? Aren't you from the Marquis' Mansion? Is the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion not worth mentioning in your eyes?"
"I don't."
Xue Zhilan knew that she couldn't let Su Nuannuan prove the crime. Otherwise, even if she defeated the other party, she would become a worthless piece of rotten meat in the eyes of her parents-in-law and husband, and she would never have a future. Not to mention the nobles, even ordinary people would not tolerate a daughter-in-law who didn't care about the reputation of her family.
Therefore, she hurriedly explained, and then stiffened her neck and said loudly: "It is true that Sister Yun and I had some grudges in the past. But since the master ignored us and favored the eldest grandmother, we were bored all day long. What else could we do except walking around and talking with the sisters? So later, the two of us put aside our past grudges, and many people know about this. Now Sister Yun has suddenly died for no apparent reason. I am sad, and I am worried about the loss of the lips and the teeth. I know who is behind this. But this person has a single hand in the mansion. With her cooking skills, she deceived the old lady, the wife of the marquis, and the prince. How dare I cry to my elder husband? I am afraid that they will think that I am slandering her. But I can't let Sister Yun die like this. I had to think of a stupid way. I sent two maids to speak, and used Fengxian Cuiping to lift the lid and let the people of the Earl's Mansion intervene. In this way, even if the old lady and the prince are deceived by someone, the people of the Earl's Mansion will never let that person speak sweetly."
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