Under the maid's sorting, almost all of Mrs. Luo's jewelry was counted.
After the eldest maid ordered the jewelry, she only said to Mrs. Luo, "Madam, except for the pearl bracelet, nothing else is missing. Could it be that you brought this pearl bracelet and lost it somewhere?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Luo Er, who was already furious, slapped the maid in the face.
"What nonsense are you talking about! I haven't worn this bracelet for the past six months. I saw that bracelet yesterday. Why did I lose it?"
After hearing Mrs. Luo's words and being slapped again, the maid could only cover her cheek in pain and did not dare to speak any more.
The maid who had not found the pearl bracelet just now became even more frightened when she came back and saw that all the maids next to the madam had been slapped.
She whispered to the woman, "Madam? The jewelry was not found." Upon hearing this, the woman suddenly became angry and said, "Useless things, isn't it because you stole my things and don't dare to admit it?"
When the maid heard this, she immediately knelt down in front of the woman and said, "Madam, I definitely did not steal your pearl bracelet. Please investigate clearly."
However, the woman became even more angry when she heard this, "If you didn't steal it, who else could steal it?"
Then Mrs. Luo Er said with obvious anger: Someone, drag this girl down for me and beat her to death with sticks!
Upon hearing this, the maid immediately turned towards the woman in fear and begged for mercy, "Madam, I really didn't steal the bracelet. I beg you, please forgive me!"
"If you want me to spare you, please return my jewelry to me! Otherwise, I will beat you to death!"
Upon hearing the woman's words, the maid immediately cried even harder.
"Madam, I really didn't steal the jewelry, please forgive me! I beg you."
However, Mrs. Luo Er didn't pay any attention to the maid. She just wanted to scare the monkeys.
When the other maids saw that she was going to kill the maid with a stick, their faces turned pale with fear.
But even though the maid was slapped, she still said to the woman, "Madam, please let her go. If she didn't steal, wouldn't it be an injustice?"
However, Mrs. Luo was so angry that she obviously didn't even want to listen to what the maid said.
She just said angrily, "What? The slap just now was not enough to clear your mind? Do you want to suffer again?"
"Madam, you know that's not what I mean. I just hope that you won't get angry so easily. After all, you are pregnant with a child. Isn't it the time for the child to make merit for you? Abbot Hongxin allowed you to spend this time Don't kill, the child will be a blessed person." If you commit the sin of killing, your blessings will definitely be reduced. "
Although the woman was still very angry after hearing this, she finally suppressed her anger when she thought of her child.
She said coldly to the maid who was about to be dragged down, "It's your fate. If I hadn't wanted to accumulate good fortune, you would have been beaten to death by me today."
Then the woman said again, "However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped. You still have to be punished with a rod. You can go and receive it yourself."
When the maid heard this, she was still very scared, but she knew in her heart that this was the best arrangement. Therefore, she stopped shouting, and the maid just watched silently as the child was dragged down.
However, in order for the woman not to anger others, the eldest maid only added, "Madam, let's just have people search everyone's house, or find a group of people to search everywhere. Maybe there will be some unexpected discoveries. "
After listening to what the eldest maid said, the woman felt that what she said was actually reasonable, so she agreed to the maid's proposal without much hesitation.
Soon Mrs. Luo Er only said, "In that case, then you can search for me."
After receiving the order, the eldest maid immediately said hello. Then he ordered several women to go with him to search the rooms of these maids. The maids also knew in their hearts that this was an opportunity to prove their innocence, so no one of them said anything to refute at the moment.
As the eldest maid searched, they soon discovered that there were no pearl bracelets in these maids' rooms.
After the search, the eldest maid immediately told Mrs. Luo Er the news.
When Mrs. Luo Er heard this, her face immediately darkened. However, this maid still had some unusual significance to Mrs. Luo. Therefore, although Mrs. Luo was angry, she did not vent her anger to a big extent. The plans for the maid.
However, although she did not intend to express her anger at the moment, she still asked the maid, "Since it is not on them, where did my things go?"
Faced with the woman's question, everyone just remained silent.
The eldest maid whispered, "Could someone else have taken it?"
These words gave the woman a wake-up call. She then just high-fived and said, "Yes! Didn't Miss Luo San come to my house today? I seemed to have let her into the house at that time. Could it be that she secretly stole my pearl bracelet at that time?" Bar."
It seems that the more I think about it, the more likely this is. "She even praised my necklace for being beautiful. She had every motive to steal my necklace."
Although the eldest maid didn't like Mrs. Luo's suspicion of everyone she saw, there seemed to be no better explanation at the moment.
However, because she was familiar with Mrs. Luo's temperament, she only said one more sentence: "Madam, why don't we let the mother-in-law from the outer courtyard come in and tell us who has been here today. Maybe it's not necessarily the fault of the second miss?" "
After hearing this, Mrs. Luo couldn't help but sarcastically said to the eldest maid, "You like to act like a good person. If it weren't for her, who else could do such a thing?"
After hearing Mrs. Luo's words, the eldest maid could only smile and say, "Madam, this second young lady is not an ordinary maid after all. When I speak for her, isn't it because of her status? Doesn't the master just like to see you having trouble with the third young lady?" Discord?"
Besides, if the second lady didn't do this, how should we deal with it?
Mrs. Luo Er fell silent instantly after hearing this.
This was indeed a question she had not thought about.
Finally, under the maid's suggestion, Mrs. Luo Er agreed to the maid's suggestion. She only asked others to call the mother-in-law from the outer courtyard. @
The old woman was having a drink when she heard someone say that Mrs. Luo Er was coming to see her. She immediately got up and walked to Mrs. Luo Er's house to notify her maid.
While passing by the outer courtyard, the woman saw a maid being tortured. She became more and more uneasy at the moment, fearing that there was probably nothing good going on here.
But even though she had this awareness in her heart, the woman didn't dare not go.
"Madam, what do you want from me?" The woman took the initiative to ask as soon as she entered the inner room.
Mrs. Luo Er immediately asked, "Who has entered my yard today?"
After hearing this, the woman was more than half awake from her wine, and she whispered, "Today the master's maid came to you to increase their monthly salary. The servant remembered the lady's instructions, so she told her that the lady was not in the house. "
Hearing this, Mrs. Luo Er nodded, but then she quickly realized that this was not what she wanted to ask, so she only said, "Who asked you this?"
Hearing this, the woman couldn't help but cautiously asked, "What does that lady want to know?"
The woman only said with an unhappy expression, "I'm asking you those who have come in. Those who have never entered the house don't need to tell me."
The mother-in-law finally knew what Mrs. Luo Er wanted to ask, so she did not dare to hide it anymore. Instead, she directly told Mrs. Luo the list of people who came and went today.
"To answer my question, madam, the second young master came here once at noon today. Apart from that, only the third young lady stayed in your room all afternoon."
Hearing this, Mrs. Luo Er just waved her hand towards the old woman and said, "Okay, I understand, you can go down."
After the woman got the words, she naturally left immediately.
Then Mrs. Luo Er only said to her maid, "As you can see, no one except Miss Third has been to my house today."
However, after hearing Mrs. Luo Er's words, the eldest maid suddenly said, "But madam, didn't the young master come here before?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Luo Er only looked at the eldest maid with a look that was almost like looking at a fool.
"Can my son steal my things? Whenever he needs money, I don't always give it to him directly. Does he still need to do such a sneaky thing?"
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The eldest maid did not say anything to Mrs. Luo Er's words, but the other maids only followed Mrs. Luo's words and said, "Yes, although the second young master came here at noon today, the young master did not stay here at all, and The young master didn’t enter the house at all.”
After hearing this, the eldest maid finally stopped talking, and Mrs. Luo became more and more convinced that Luo Ruixue had stolen her pearl bracelet. After all, she was the only outsider who entered the inner room and was watched by everyone. Moreover, Mrs. Luo Er usually trusts her and has never doubted her.
Therefore, after she entered the inner room, Mrs. Luo Er did not ask anyone to follow her.
But now when Mrs. Luo Er began to doubt her, her suspicion level reached its highest point.
On the other hand, Luo Ruixue didn't know that she had been suspected by Mrs. Luo Er. She took the embroidery she got from Mrs. Luo and headed home. I just didn't want to meet my eldest brother on the way back: Luo Jingshan.
When Luo Jingshan saw Luo Ruixue, he couldn't help but said, "Where have you been today?"
When Luo Ruixue heard this, she whispered, "I didn't go anywhere, I just went to Erniang's place to do embroidery."
Hearing this, Luo Jingshan immediately warned Luo Ruixue in displeasure, "If you have nothing to do in the future, don't go to Erniang. Do you think she can really treat you as a daughter? You are running to her now, what's the point?" of."
After hearing what her elder brother said, Luo Ruixue was obviously a little unhappy. "Brother, Er Niang is not the kind of person you think. She is so kind to me! Besides, I just want to learn embroidery skills from Er Niang."
