"Help... Help! My second sister is trying to kill me!"
Xue Zhentong's face froze for a moment, but when he saw that the person coming was his fourth daughter, who had always been inconspicuous, his face quickly turned from red to blue.
"This...this girl?"
Almost subconsciously, Zhao Shen tried to reach out and help the person who fell at his feet.
But the moment Xue Hanshu raised her eyebrows to look at him, she quickly withdrew her gaze, shrank her body nervously and knelt down, her thin back shivering, like a lilac bud about to bloom.
"Father... Hanshu didn't know there were outsiders in the house, but she was really scared. She was afraid that she would die at the hands of her second sister just like Mother Qiao!"
Xue Zhentong almost couldn't catch his breath. He and Yongping Hou exchanged a look for a moment. He laughed dryly twice and said nothing. He could only suppress his voice and shout angrily: "Get out of here!"
Xue Hanshu fell silent immediately and said, "Yes..."
Although she didn't dare to speak anymore, she seemed to have suffered some great injustice. Her voice was filled with tears and she couldn't stop crying.
Seeing this, Xue Zhentong was about to explode again, but then he heard a fierce roar: "Xue Hanshu! Even if you make trouble to your father, I will not let you go..."
Before he finished speaking, Xue Panrou was seen holding a pair of scissors with a ferocious face. The moment she saw Xue Zhentong, the fierce look on her face froze, and behind her, the maids who had arrived late knelt on the ground.
The scissors fell to the ground with a clatter, stuck straight in the cracks between the bricks. "Father... I..."
Xue Zhentong nearly fainted: "What are you doing?"
She knelt down in a panic: "No, Father! Father, please listen to my explanation. It was Xue Hanshu! She said I..."
"Shut up!"
Xue Panrou was startled by what she heard.
Xue Zhentong's face was as stiff as a clay sculpture that would break if touched, but he still managed to force a smile: "Brother Zhao... I have some family matters today, so I'm sorry I can't see you off."
The Zhao family father and son had lost all their earlier warmth. Marquis Yongping said indifferently, "Brother Xue is very busy. I think the meeting between our two families should be put on hold for now."
After saying this, he took Zhao Shen away.
Before leaving, Zhao Shen looked back at the two sisters.
The one holding the scissors must be the second wife of the Xue family. Now it seems that she is arrogant and domineering. From the conversation just now, we even know... She even beat a maid to death. She is really not a person worth marrying.
The kneeling girl was crying with tears in her eyes, and there were some red marks on her face. She looked really pitiful and had injuries on her body. I guess she must have had a hard time at home.
Her name seems to be...Xue Hanshu?
He lowered his head and looked at the palm of his hand that had been accidentally rubbed by Xue Hanshu, wondering what he was thinking.
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Jiangxuexuan.
"The master and the mistress are interrogating the second and fourth young ladies in Qingyunzhai. They are very angry. Don't you want to go and take a look, young lady?" Qiuyun suggested.
Xue Zhiyi just sat in the corridor, sipping his tea leisurely. "I won't go. Mother will make the decision on this matter."
She just threw a piece of meat down and let the mad dogs fight over it. No matter which one was bitten to death, she could just sit back and watch the show. Why bother making this trip?
Don't get yourself into trouble.
What's more, Fu Ling hates Aunt Rong, and Xue Hanshu wishes Xue Panrou would die. These two people will seize the opportunity to crush Fei Luxuan to death, so there is no need to worry at all.
And this matter is no trivial matter.
Yesterday, Xue Panrou pushed someone into the water and beat a servant to death, but these two things did not make Xue Zhentong angry. It was not because he really condoned them, but because the marriage with the Zhao family was very important. In order to form this marriage, he could put it aside for the time being.
But since the marriage was messed up, Xue Panrou naturally had no reason to escape severe punishment.
I guess she will be skinned alive if she doesn't die.
At this moment.
"Miss! Miss!"
Su Yue ran in excitedly, her round little face flushed red.
"What's wrong?" Xue Zhiyi asked with a hint of teasing.
"It's so lively outside!" She suppressed her excitement. "The fourth young lady received ten lashes, but the second young lady was in a terrible state. The master and mistress gave her twenty lashes. They're punishing her for multiple crimes and sending her to a farm in the countryside for six months to let her reflect on her mistakes. They also said that if she doesn't mend her ways, she'll never be allowed back!"
Xue Zhiyi smiled: She was right. Fu Ling performed very stably. This time, Aunt Rong's family was really in trouble.
She put down her teacup and stood up: "Let's go watch a show."
In the corridor, Xue Zhiyi looked at the back door of the Xue Mansion from afar.
The door was open, a carriage was parked outside, and several tall women were holding Xue Panrou.
He had clearly just been beaten, but he was still very stubborn, struggling like a twisting fish and crying non-stop.
"Daddy! Rou'er is innocent!"
"That bitch Xue Hanshu framed me! She was jealous of me and wanted to harm me!"
"Daddy, I'm not going! I'm not going!"
Mother Xing, who was beside Fu Ling, ordered, "What are you standing there for? Are you going to let the whole of Huajing know about this?"
After receiving the order, several maids hurriedly covered Xue Panrou's mouth and dragged her into the carriage.
Aunt Rong had narrow shoulders and a slender waist, and was as delicate as a willow, but she was also anxious and scolded: "Be careful! If you hurt the Second Young Lady, watch yourselves!"
Xue Panrou, whose mouth was blocked, could not scream, so it was much easier to deal with her. She was tied up and put into the car in a few seconds, and the back door of the Xue Mansion was slammed shut, leaving only the lonely figure of Aunt Rong.
Suddenly, she turned around and saw Xue Zhiyi standing in the corridor. Her face darkened and she walked forward.
Aunt Rong was born with a gorgeous appearance. Even though she was nearly forty years old, she was still undoubtedly a beauty. No wonder she was still favored by the emperor.
She bowed slightly and said, "Third Miss."
The two little maids, Qiuyun and Suyue, lowered their brows, but Xue Zhiyi still smiled and said, "Madam Rong, you are so polite."
With a gloomy face, Aunt Rong groaned, "When the Third Miss fell into the water yesterday, it was Rou'er's unintentional mistake. She deserves to be punished, but why did the Third Miss harm her to such an extent?"
Xue Zhiyi couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this: "What are you talking about, Aunt Rong?"
"Let's be frank. Wasn't it the Madam and the Third and Fourth Miss's idea today?" Aunt Rong was very indignant.
This means that Xue Zhiyi, Fu Ling and Xue Hanshu are in the same group.
Xue Zhiyi remained silent, and Aunt Rong took it as her tacit agreement. She looked at Xue Zhiyi coldly, "Rou'er is straightforward, and can't compare to the Third Miss's cunning heart. But those who do evil will eventually perish. We are sisters living under the same roof, so why does the Third Miss have to be so ruthless?"
Xue Zhiyi also didn't know how the words "Those who do evil will eventually perish" could come out of the mouth of such a person.
She scoffed lightly, a bit sarcastic: "But as long as my mother is the mistress of the Xue family, I will always be superior to my second sister. What do I have to fear?"
What it means is that to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. If you are not happy about it, then go and plot to kill Fu Ling.
The Third Miss, who had always been kind, gentle and docile, suddenly said this, and Aunt Rong was stunned and could not respond for a while.
Xue Zhiyi just looked at her meaningfully and turned away.
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