Suddenly, Xue Zhiyi looked at Fu Rongxin intently: "Rongxin, what do you mean?"
Fu Rongxin's smile deepened: "I just think that Su Yue looks well-behaved and hardworking on weekdays, and doesn't seem like someone who would do such a thing."
As if he had seen through her intentions, the hatred in Xue Zhiyi's eyes grew even stronger. "Su Yue is someone close to me. I'm naturally more familiar with her character than Rong Xin. She's been doing this for a long time. In the past, I turned a blind eye to her out of consideration for our friendship. But today, I've finally realized that the saying goes, 'A storm starts from the tip of a green duckweed, and a wave is born from the ripples.' It was my carelessness in the past, which I thought was harmless, that led to today's misunderstanding. How can I hide this for her anymore?"
After saying this, she bowed to Xue Zhentong and said, "If father doesn't believe me, you can search Su Yue's house. There must be stolen money and stolen goods left behind."
Upon hearing this, Su Yue was even more frightened: "No, Miss! Su Yue doesn't dare anymore! I have served you for more than ten years... Please, Miss, have mercy on me!"
But Xue Zhiyi just let her grab the hem of her skirt and shake it without even looking at her again.
Fu Rongxin was also confused when he heard this... What was Xue Zhiyi doing? Could it be that today's misunderstanding was really caused by Su Yue's theft?
How could this be possible?! This group of jackals, tigers, and leopards, thousand-year-old foxes, ten-thousand-year-old tortoises, are all experts at stirring up trouble. How could there be any misunderstanding?!
Seeing her firm stance, Xue Zhen said, "Hubai, send someone to search."
Seeing that her prayers were in vain, Su Yue could only curl up her body, bury her head and cry miserably.
The more Fu Rong thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, but Xue Zhiyi just lowered his eyes and said nothing, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
She was not the only one who felt something was wrong. Fu Ling and Xue Tingliu also found it extremely strange.
Could it be that there is something else in Jiangxuexuan that Xue Zhiyi hopes Xue Zhentong will find out?
After a while, Hu Bai returned with his men. He said, "Master, I did find some jewelry in Su Yue's room. I just don't know if these were gifts from the Third Miss or if Su Yue took them for herself."
Xue Zhiyi looked at the things Hu Bai was holding and sneered, "Su Yue, you're such a loser! You stole some worthless chalcedony and glass just to get a dozen taels of silver... Have I ever cheated you?"
Su Yue was so frightened that she dared not raise her head. She only lowered her head and cried, "It was because I was greedy and timid that I only dared to take these cheap jewelry... Please, young lady, spare me because the stolen silver was not much!"
"You..." Xue Zhiyi was so disappointed that he said angrily, "You are a thief by nature. How can I let you go so easily?"
"Miss, do you really not want to stay here for the whole month?" she pleaded.
Xue Zhiyi just turned his face away and ignored her.
Seeing Su Yue's persistent insistence, Qiu Yun said, "You've disregarded the young lady's affection and acted improperly. How dare you now embarrass her? Do you know how the young lady nearly suffered injustice today because of you?"
But seeing that Su Yue had lost hope, she immediately became furious. She glared at Qiu Yun: "Qiu Yun, how good are you? How dare you say that to me!"
Unwilling to accept this, she kowtowed to Xue Zhiyi, "Miss, if you leave me, who else will you have by your side? What I did, has Qiuyun never done before?"
Upon hearing this, Qiuyun quickly knelt down and said, "Miss, please be discerning. This is slander!"
But Xue Zhiyi looked at them in disbelief: "Tell me clearly, what does this mean?"
Su Yue looked at Qiu Yun and sneered, "This servant has long discovered that Qiu Yun is also secretly selling off the young lady's things!"
Qiu Yun refuted her, "You and I live in the same room. If I had any stolen goods during the search just now, I would have been discovered long ago!"
Su Yue glared at her fiercely, "You hid it well! I saw with my own eyes that you buried the young lady's tiger-eye stone filigree ring in the northwest corner of Jiangxuexuan, just waiting for the opportunity to leave so you could secretly sell it!"
Qiuyun was immediately panicked: "Miss...I don't have it!"
Seeing this, Xue Zhiyi looked at Qiuyun in disbelief and grief: "Is it my ring that I can never find?"
Su Yue replied: "Exactly!"
Xue Zhiyi suppressed his heartache and ordered, "Hubai, since father has asked you to search, then please also go and see if there is really such a thing in the northwest corner of Jiangxuexuan."
Hu Baizun said yes and left.
Several people in the room looked at the master and his servants and were stunned.
This matter is full of abnormalities, but it is really hard to guess what Xue Zhiyi's purpose is this time...
If Xue Zhiyi wasn't crazy and was frantically taking the blame on his own people, then it was that Xue Zhiyi really had a fire in his backyard and his trusted subordinates had done something wrong.
If this is true...it's really indescribable and weird.
Fu Rongxin came back to her senses: No matter what, we should get rid of Xue Zhiyi's confidants first. Isn't this a heavy blow to her?
Thinking of this, she said, "Aunt, if this is the case, the Xue family should clean up their mess. It would not be too much to kill such petty thieves."
"Fu Rongxin!" Xue Zhiyi choked up, "It's not your turn to make the decision at Jiangxuexuan yet."
Seeing this, Fu Rongxin looked proud: "This is also for my cousin's own good. Otherwise, how can I sleep peacefully with such a person around?"
At this moment, Hu Bai returned: "Master, I indeed found some valuables under that corner of the wall, and the soil did show signs of being disturbed recently."
Hearing this, Fu Rongxin smiled: "Look, cousin, the evidence is irrefutable. Even if you want to keep them, they are working for the Xue family. You can be at ease with them, but the other members of the Xue family are worried. Who knows if they will lose something important one day? And then your reputation will be ruined."
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