Chapter 20 Liu was sent to prison
As she spoke, Liu took off the bracelet on her wrist and handed it to Shen Yan.
She spoke in a frank tone, as if she was really being wronged.
After all, Chen Yan usually treated her well and would never make things difficult for her for no reason. What's more, she really didn't take that royal gift.
At most, he just took some of the things in Jiang's dowry. As long as he insisted that they were gifts from Jiang, who could figure out this confusing account?
"This bracelet..."
Chen Yan took the jade bracelet handed to him by Liu, picked it up and looked at it carefully in the sunlight.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, he nodded calmly.
"It is indeed a token of love between this Marquis and my wife! Liu, you are so brave!"
As soon as these words were spoken.
Everyone was shocked!
"She really stole it."
"The Marquis will definitely not wrongly accuse her!"
"Yes, the Marquis has made great military achievements, and he has all the rewards he wants. There is no reason for him to fight for a woman's bracelet..."
"Humph, that thief was pretending quite well just now. She almost fooled me. She really thinks she's so noble!"
…
Unexpectedly, Shen Yan not only indulged Jiang, but also helped her to frame him.
Liu was completely dumbfounded!
"My Lord, this, this is clearly my sister framing me... It would be fine if you didn't clear my name, but why are you still speaking in her favor?!"
"What a joke! The Marquis is my husband. If he doesn't side with me, how could he side with you?"
Seeing Liu reaching out to pull Shen Yan's sleeve, Jiang Wanning immediately took half a step forward to block Shen Yan and pushed her away.
I couldn't help but sarcastically said.
"You've been in the Marquis' Mansion for two months, and you really think you're the Marquis's wife? If Murong Chao knew you were staying here to seduce the Marquis, he'd probably be so angry his face would turn green!"
"I don't……"
Liu hurriedly tried to explain herself, but she never expected Jiang Wanning to be so outspoken and say anything in public.
"snort!"
Jiang Wanning snorted coldly and gave the order directly.
"Come here, arrest Liu! Open the box and search for treasure!"
“Here!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Nanny Lin and Baojuan stepped forward and held Liu's shoulders on the left and right.
The servant guarding the door strode over, opened the boxes and bundles on the ground one by one, and spread out the contents except the clothes in front of everyone's eyes.
Liu screamed in panic.
"Stop it! Stop it right there... Don't touch my things!
Jiang, why are you so cruel?!
Even if you can't tolerate me, what has Yan'er done wrong? You let someone search through Yan'er's personal belongings in public, how can she live like a human being?!"
Murong Yan'er's face also turned pale.
He grabbed Shen Yutang's arm with one hand and covered his chest with the other, as if he was so anxious that he couldn't breathe and was about to faint.
"Brother Yutang... I, I am so ashamed! Aunt humiliates me and mother like this, she might as well let me die..."
Having said that, Murong Yan'er turned around and was about to hit the pillar.
"Yan'er! Calm down."
Shen Yutang quickly grabbed her, then strode forward, drew the sword from the waist of the guard of the marquis' mansion, and blocked the servants.
"Put everything down!"
“Bang!”
Jiang Wanning mercilessly slapped him across the face: "Rebellious son, are you trying to kill your mother?!"
Shen Yutang argued with a stern face that had turned pale.
"Mother, please forgive me when you can... Even if it was really my aunt who took the things, why are you so aggressive and making things so awkward?"
Jiang Wanning sneered.
"Oh, don't you think it's embarrassing for her to do those despicable things? And you think it's embarrassing for me to search her luggage? Shen Yutang, is your brain full of shit? You can't tell the difference between relatives and strangers, good and bad! Get out of my way!"
Seeing Jiang Wanning's tough attitude, Shen Yutang had to soften his tone and persuade him with kind words.
"Mother, your reputation in the Imperial Capital is already bad. If this matter gets out of hand, it won't be good for you either."
"If there's no benefit, then there's no benefit. Even if I become a wicked woman, so what?"
Anyway, the original owner was always worried about this and that and didn't gain a good reputation.
So she just became this "evil woman" and walked around the capital with all her might!
Shen Yutang was speechless because of her.
He paused before speaking.
"Mother, you're being unreasonable again..."
“That’s enough!”
Jiang Wanning felt like he was about to have a bout of stupidity.
"If you think I'm causing you trouble and that I've embarrassed you, you can just sever the mother-son relationship with me! Anyway, I don't want a son who's so ungrateful!"
At this moment, she suddenly understood mothers who were driven mad by their children who refused to listen to their teachings.
Sometimes...
She really isn’t a good mother. She’s not patient enough and she’s not working hard enough.
There are indeed some people who, out of ten pounds of flesh and blood, ninety-nine pounds are rebellious.
My son’s rebelliousness really breaks my heart!
"Oh my, Lord... please help me up, I can't stand! You should handle this matter, I can't take care of it..."
Holding his chest tightly, Jiang Wanning fell into Chen Yan's arms, and his whole body instantly became much weaker.
Shen Yan reached out and hugged her, probably guessing her intention.
He couldn't help but give the order in a deep voice.
"Lu Yao, go search the remaining box!"
"Yes, my lord."
Lu Yao answered, then walked up to Shen Yutang and whispered to him, "My Lord, the Marquis has already given the order, so just get out of the way... You can't beat me anyway."
Shen Yutang: "..."
"Perhaps the treasure isn't in the box. Wouldn't that prove Madam Liu's innocence? Besides, you know Madam Liu's temper. If she gets angry and wants to report it to the police... I'm afraid the situation will get even more out of control."
The two men were deadlocked for a moment.
Seeing that more and more passers-by were gathering outside the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, Shen Yutang weighed the pros and cons again and again and finally stepped aside.
In an instant, before Liu could stop him, Lu Yao opened the last box with lightning speed.
"Found it! Madam, the Jade Buddha is really here!"
Liu: “…”
Murong Yan'er: "..."
Shen Yutang: "..."
Why does he feel like he's been taken for a ride?
Soon, Lu Yao took out a jade Buddha from the box and presented it to Jiang Wanning and Shen Yan with both hands.
Jiang Wanning held his forehead with one hand, still looking very weak.
Seeing this, he didn't say anything more and just waved his hand.
An understatement.
"In that case, report to the police!"
Liu was shocked when she heard this and wanted to argue for herself, but Nanny Lin stuffed a white cloth into her mouth, and she whimpered and could no longer speak.
Murong Yan'er's body softened and she collapsed to the ground.
"Aunt, please forgive Mother... There must be some misunderstanding. Mother would never steal..."
Jiang Wanning said lazily with an annoyed look on his face.
"Go and tell the prefect these things."
After saying that, he turned to Shen Yan, looking weak and exhausted, as if he was deeply hurt by Shen Yutang: "My Lord, I'm tired, please help me back to my room..."
"good."
Chen Yan nodded, gave Lu Yao some instructions, and then helped Jiang Wanning into the gate.
Seeing this, Murong Yan'er became more and more anxious and couldn't help but look to Murong Qing for help.
"Sister, mother has raised you for more than ten years, treating you like her own daughter, and has never treated you unfairly.
Could you bear to watch your mother being thrown into jail?
How could my mother go to such a filthy place...
Can you please go and ask your aunt?
If my aunt must punish me, then let her punish me!"
Faced with Murong Yan'er's earnest plea, Murong Qing thought of what her mother had told her on the way here.
He immediately covered his stomach and cried out in pain.
"Ouch, Xing'er...my stomach hurts so much..."
Xing'er quickly supported her body: "Miss, don't worry! The doctor said that your pregnancy is unstable, so don't disturb the fetus..."
Having said that, Xing'er turned anxiously to Shen Yutang and urged him.
"Master, hurry up, I'm afraid the young lady is dying! Please carry her back to her room!"
"Qingqing!"
Seeing Murong Qing fainted from the waist down, Shen Yutang cried out in panic, immediately stepped forward to pick her up, and hurried into the inner courtyard of the mansion.
Behind.
Almost at the same time, Cuidong exclaimed, "My Lord! Miss, Miss is coughing up blood again... Miss has fainted!"
However, this time, Shen Yutang glanced at the pale-faced Murong Qing in his arms, and just paused, but did not look back.
…
Orchid Garden.
Go back inside.
Jiang Wanning immediately asked someone to close the door, and then asked Lu Yao who was following behind Shen Yan.
"Did you find that half of the mandarin duck pendant in Liu's box?"
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