Zi Mu couldn't help but raise her voice, exclaiming in shock, "What? So many pieces of jewelry are gone, and the most valuable ones at that!"
As she spoke, Zi Mu looked at Tao Xiang with a suspicious gaze, "Tao Xiang, quickly bring out my young lady's jewelry!"
Tao Xiang shook her head violently, "I, I didn't! I didn't steal anything!"
"Hmph, if you didn't steal it, then who did! Enough nonsense, hand it over right now!" Zisu glared at Taoxiang and said fiercely.
"Zisu, why are you wasting your breath on her? Quickly search her body." Zimu said, and began to search Taoxiang's body.
"I really didn't take it! When I came here, Miss Liu's room had already been ransacked, waaaaah~~" Tao Xiang cried.
After searching Tao Xiang's body, Zi Mu indeed found no trace of the missing jewelry. She shook her head at Su Wanwan and Zi Su, indicating that she hadn't found anything.
Su Wanwan sneered, "Heh, then tell me, what did your young lady send you here for?"
A look of fear flashed in Tao Xiang's eyes. She bit her lip and said, "Yes, it was this servant who came. It has nothing to do with my young lady."
Now, let's talk about Tao Xiang. She was originally Hu's maid, but later Hu sent her to serve Jiang Wan'er.
"Oh? You, a mere maid, are so audacious as to sneak into my place in the middle of the night to steal things. Who would believe that?" Su Wanwan sneered and stabbed the scissors into the bed board in front of Tao Xiang.
The scissors grazed Tao Xiang's fair cheek, leaving a bloody mark.
"Ah!" Momoka screamed in surprise, her expression showing some pain.
"Speak up, or next time these scissors won't just graz your face." Su Wanwan's voice was as cold as frost.
Tao Xiang stared at Su Wanwan with a face full of fear, her body trembling like a leaf, as if she were completely enveloped by terror. Her eyes were filled with unease and fear, and she said through trembling lips, "I, I'll talk. Yes, it was my young lady who sent me."
She knew that you, Sixth Miss, would be leaving the manor in the next couple of days, and that the General forbade you from taking anything with you. So, our young lady wanted me to steal—to steal a piece of jewelry you had swindled from the Madam. When the Madam checked the jewelry and found it missing, she would assume you, Sixth Miss, had hidden it.
"That will surely enrage the Madam. Then, my young mistress will volunteer to search you herself. During the search, she'll find the Madam's jewelry on you, making everyone in the manor believe you're trying to steal, thus utterly disgracing you."
Su Wanwan: ......
That's hard to judge!
Jiang Wan'er is actually the female protagonist of this book?
Who would believe that if I told them?
Such despicable methods—where is even a trace of kindness in the female protagonist?
But this is fine too. I originally wanted to create the illusion that a thief was stealing things, so as to dispel Hu's suspicion that she had hidden jewelry.
Su Wanwan was initially worried that the illusion she created would have loopholes, but now, Tao Xiang has just walked right into the line of fire.
In this way, Taoxiang could testify for her that a thief had already entered when she climbed in through the window. This way, Madam Hu would not suspect her.
Furthermore, since Tao Xiang has already confessed to implicating Jiang Wan'er, in order to protect her daughter Jiang Wan'er, Madam Hu has no choice but to swallow her anger and keep the missing jewelry to herself.
Thinking of this, Su Wanwan's smile deepened. "Hehehe, very good! Zisu, Zimu, take Taoxiang to Mother's courtyard!"
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