"How is it? Is it the juice of the radish flower?" Rong Ziying asked anxiously.
But the doctor said, "No, it's just the ordinary fragrance of wintersweet."
Rong Ziying looked panicked: "How could it be? Doctor, did you make a mistake?"
The doctor wiped the sweat off his face and denied it, "The scent of radish flower juice and wintersweet is similar, but radish flower juice has a light sweetness, unlike the bitterness of wintersweet. If you smell it carefully, you can still detect the difference."
Rong Ziying's eyes flickered... Why? Such an opportunity to overthrow the principal wife, this opportunity that was bought with her unborn child...was ruined by Xue Zhiyi like this?
After the doctor was sent away, Fu Ling couldn't help but sneer: "My husband, how should we deal with someone who spreads rumors and slanders the mistress like this?"
At this moment, Rong Ziying felt her mind was in a tangle of confusion... Why did Xue Zhiyi come to instigate her? Could it be that he wanted to see her in such a state of embarrassment?
The people who harmed her child were Fu Ling and Fu Rongxin, and the person who used him was Xue Tingliu... Why at this moment, she became the one who spread rumors and slandered him?
She looked at everyone in the room in confusion... They all had evil intentions! They all wanted to plot against her!
Or rather, she was just the least important pawn in the game between these people...
Being teased and exploited once again, Rong Ziying felt a chill running down her body.
Xue Zhentong was still questioning her, who was now in a trance: "Ziying, please explain clearly, what is going on?"
How can I explain this? She herself doesn't even know what happened!
Thinking of this, Rong Ziying's breathing rose and fell. She clutched her belly and collapsed into Xue Zhentong's arms. "Master, I don't know... I was just thinking about my unborn child and felt sad, so I thought of taking a walk in the garden. Who knew I'd see Su Yue sneaking around? Even if Ziying misunderstood Sanniang today, it was Sanniang's maid's unusual whereabouts that aroused my suspicion!"
Xue Zhentong sympathized with her grief over the loss of her son and was still somewhat fond of her for the time being. Seeing this, he did not bother to ask further questions and only hurriedly comforted her: "Don't cry."
Rong Ziying seemed unable to stop crying: "Master, it's my fault. After losing my child, I have been restless and suspicious..."
Fu Ling looked at this, her face flushed with anger. She hated Xue Zhentong's favoritism without distinguishing right from wrong. Why could he be so condescending when a concubine had so blatantly plotted against and slandered her?
Fu Rongxin was also stunned.
No... Xue Zhiyi is fine? Why?
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became.
At this moment, her gaze was like that of a vulture... A vulture would not let go of the remaining rotten meat that was eaten by other beasts.
She gritted her teeth but smiled: "Su Yue went out because my cousin had an errand for her to do. Auntie is too suspicious."
As soon as these words came out, Rong Ziying seemed to have found another opportunity to bite Xue Zhiyi. She cried and said, "Master, don't you think it's unusual for Su Yue to go out with a piece of silk and satin so late at night? It seems like they planned it all along, ready for me to catch her so that they can accuse me of spreading rumors and slander!"
Xue Zhentong's heart softened at the sound of these cries, and he immediately felt that it made perfect sense. His eyes fell on Xue Zhiyi: "Zhiyi, now that the matter of the satin has been explained, you should also be able to explain why your maid took the satin out so late at night, right?"
Was it a deliberate trap to trap Rong Ziying? Or was there some other reason?
Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi's calm eyes suddenly trembled, and a flash of panic passed through his eyes.
Immediately, she said, "Father, Zhiyi said that I was in Cangyue Pavilion sorting out my fifth sister's belongings at the time and had no idea what had happened."
"Oh?" Fu Rongxin's face showed concern, but she couldn't hide her interest in watching the show. "So, it was my cousin's maid who did something behind my cousin's back?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Su Yue took a deep breath, huddled on the ground, and her back trembled slightly.
"Maybe..." Xue Zhiyi pretended to smile calmly, "I'm just throwing away some unused items when I'm cleaning the warehouse."
Seeing that she had finally caught Xue Zhiyi's loophole, Fu Rongxin was a little excited. "Cousin, forgive me for being blunt, but you should check the people around you. Could it be that Su Yue, seeing your kindness, decided to steal and resell the property? Otherwise, as you said, this is fashionable gauze, not some moldy old material. Why would she throw it away for no reason? And why did she do it so secretly in the middle of the night?"
"Nonsense!" Xue Zhiyi was anxious for a moment, staring at Fu Rongxin with his eyes: "The people around me would not do such a shameful thing!"
Fu Rongxin uttered a subtle "oh," "So that's what my cousin asked her to do? So, it seems like they really set this up specifically to take advantage of Auntie's grief over the loss of her son."
"You..." Xue Zhiyi was speechless.
But Fu Rongxin's eyes became more and more proud. Isn't Xue Zhiyi loyal and righteous to the people around her?
She now forced Xue Zhiyi to make a decision, either to admit that he had set up a trap to frame Rong Ziying, or to shift the blame to his maid.
No matter what choice Xue Zhiyi makes, she will have to pay the price today!
Lying in Xue Zhentong's arms, Rong Ziying quietly watched the two of them arguing with each other, and thought to herself: Now it is finally her turn to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers.
Although she couldn't pin the crime of murdering the Xue family's offspring on the main wife, if she could accuse Xue Zhiyi of plotting against his concubine mother, then her trip tonight wouldn't have been in vain.
As if fanning the flames, her voice softened again: "Master, you have to make the decision for me!"
But Xue Zhiyi's eyes were trembling, and sweat was beading on her forehead... She rubbed the corner of her clothes in confusion and remained silent.
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