Xia Mansion:
"Miss! Oh no! Something terrible has happened!"
The maid ran into the yard, shouting in panic.
Xia Yinfeng, who was having a meal, raised his eyes and glared at the maid: "What are you arguing about? Did your father die or did your mother get married? You are so anxious, are you going to the funeral?"
Xia Yinfeng's personal maid stepped forward and kicked the servant, scolding her, "How unruly! You're so reckless and disturbed the young lady while she was having her meal!"
The maid pursed her lips, not daring to speak, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "This servant is rude, just, just..."
"Shut up! Nothing is more important than you, young lady!"
Before the maid could finish her words, she was glared at by Xia Yinfeng's maid again.
So she could only shut up weakly.
Xia Yinfeng drank the bird's nest soup in the bowl slowly and leisurely, then picked up the handkerchief and wiped his mouth gracefully.
After a long while, she spoke compassionately: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"The guards arrested the storytellers and vendors selling storybooks from the tavern and interrogated them. They said they were fabricating rumors and slandering officials of the imperial court, and they deserved death..."
The more she spoke, the quieter the maid's voice became.
She knelt on the ground, wanting to curl up into a ball.
"How can this be possible!"
Xia Yinfeng was furious. He picked up the empty bowl on the table and threw it at the maid: "Why didn't you say it earlier? You are so hesitant, useless thing!"
The maid didn't dare to refute and could only kneel there, silently enduring Xia Yinfeng's anger.
The maid advised, "Young lady, please don't be anxious. Don't lose your composure. Even if this plan fails, we can still think of other ways."
"What can I do? Shen Jiarui clearly doesn't want to marry me! Now I've used all sorts of tactics, but he still won't give in! He just wants to humiliate me by stepping on my dignity!"
Xia Yinfeng was so angry that he stood up and picked up the things on the table and smashed them.
The maid was so frightened that she hid aside and dared not make a sound.
Qian rushed in and slapped Xia Yinfeng in the face: "You bastard, are you really going to piss me off to death?"
"Mother! Why did you hit me?!" Xia Yinfeng was angry and aggrieved, covering her face with her hands and crying.
Qian cursed angrily, "The court has sent people to our house to arrest people! It's all because of your stupid idea! Lai Mama and Zhang Mazi have been arrested for questioning, and the Xia Mansion has been surrounded. Slandering an official appointed by the court is a serious crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the family!"
Xia Yinfeng yelled, "Didn't you insist on me marrying Shen Jiarui? He didn't want to marry me, so I had to find another way! Who knew it would get to this point?"
Qian pointed at Xia Yinfeng's nose and said, "Who made you ruin your reputation so early? If you had been more careful, how could Shen Jiarui be like this? Why did I give birth to such a useless thing like you!"
Xia Yinfeng's eyes were blurred with tears as she looked at Qian in disbelief. "Mother, are you disliking me again now? Didn't you all think that the young marquis had a distinguished family background and a promising future? Didn't you also hope that I would marry into the marquisate and help support my family?"
Qian took a deep breath and said coldly, "I overestimated you. I provided you with delicious food and drink, and selected the best maids to teach you the rules and skills, but you just can't learn. You don't have the ability to win the heart of the young marquis."
Xia Yinfeng couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, no matter what I do, I can't compare to my brother. Anyway, from the beginning to the end, you never considered me. You just hoped that I would marry into a wealthy family and help my father and brother."
"Xia Yinfeng! You have to solve the problems you caused yourself. You were the one who spread those rumors and stories. Don't let your brother get involved."
Qian said this expressionlessly and then turned and left.
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"Yes, it was Mrs. Lai from the Xia Mansion. She gave me thirty taels of silver and asked me to compile this storybook. I, I didn't know they would use this storybook to slander the court officials! My lord, my mother is seriously ill, and I was in urgent need of money, so I didn't think too much about it."
"Yes, yes, yes! Mrs. Lai from the Xia Mansion also gave me ten taels of silver. She also gave me a bunch of storybooks to sell at a low price. I just thought, if you can get a good deal, you're a bastard who doesn't take advantage of it. I, I don't deserve to die!"
"Sir, it was a woman in a veiled hat who gave me a handful of silver and asked me to spread the story of the love-hate relationship between the Cavalry General and the Xia family girl. I don't know whether the story is true or not. I was simply bewitched and blinded by the silver..."
"Sir, I was also ordered to do so. I feel wronged..."
"Sir, I know I was wrong..."
A bunch of people cried and confessed everything they knew before they were tortured.
After all, the execution ground is right next to it, and the executioner is waiting there...
"Sir, Mrs. Lai and Wang Mazi are here."
The guard stepped forward and reported.
Immediately afterwards, Lai Mama and Wang Mazi were brought over.
Wang Mazi immediately backed down: "I plead guilty. It was Miss Xia who asked me to do this, and I had no choice. Sir, please forgive me and spare my life!"
Mother Lai was very tough and didn't even kneel down.
She raised her head and said angrily, "I, I didn't do anything wrong! I'm telling the truth! The Cavalry General and my young lady had secretly pledged their lives together, and now that he's been rewarded and given an official position, he wants to abandon her. Naturally, I can't let him have his way!"
"truth?"
Qi Heng sneered, "Then tell me when the Cavalry General and the young lady from the Xia family secretly pledged their love for each other? Who witnessed it? What token did they leave behind?"
"I, this..."
Mother Lai was startled.
She gritted her teeth and said, "How could I let others know about my secret lifelong commitment? As for the token... the Cavalry General is a dull person who doesn't know etiquette, so he naturally didn't leave any token!"
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