Ruyuan was a little confused when she heard this, and subconsciously recalled what had happened.
Indeed, Mrs. Lin had no involvement from the beginning to the end. She only gave the idea verbally, and on the day of the accident, people also stayed away. But the confidant girls in her house had no idea about this at all.
The more Ru Yuan thought about it, the more panic she felt. She suddenly looked at Li Qingyi, "Since Miss Li has found a slave, she must not be out of kindness to silence Mrs. Lin..."
Li Qingyi curled his lips and smiled: "She is a clever girl after all. She can reveal everything at once. In a moment, I will call you to Master Wei Er. If you kill her beloved concubine, he will probably cut you into pieces." "
Ruyuan shivered in shock, "Why did Ms. Li do this! I have no enmity or grudge against you!"
"No injustice or enmity? Ha..." Li Qingyi stood up and walked up to her, stretched out the toe of his shoe and put it on her chin, "The Zou family teamed up with the Lin family to deceive my second aunt. Didn't you, a girl, send a message and run errands? How dare you? Tell me no grievances and no grudges!"
With a strong force of her foot, she kicked Ru Yuan to the ground.
Ru Yuan was lying on the ground, trembling all over in shock at Li Qingyi's words.
"This slave is only following the instructions of the master. I beg Miss Li for forgiveness..."
"Forgive? Then give me a reason to forgive you."
Ruyuan swallowed her saliva and thought quickly, "Although I participated, I am not the mastermind. Our aunt is the one who really wants to do this! Although we don't know how much money she made after deceiving your second aunt, But it must be quite a lot! If she was really forced by our wife to do this, how could she ask for more money! She obviously wanted to do that in her own heart, but she was just using our wife's mouth! This slave is willing to testify against Mrs. Lin! Let’s make a clear explanation to Mrs. Wei and give justice to the Li family!”
Li Qingyi looked at her condescendingly and said nothing, as if he was thinking about it.
Ruyuan pleaded: "I am a servant, what is the use of cheating Mrs. Li's money? No matter how much money Mrs. Lin and our wife take, they will not be able to get it into my hands. I am really just following orders!"
Li Qingyi seemed to be convinced by her. He walked back to the chair and sat down. "What you said seems to make some sense."
Ruyuan's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Miss, please have mercy on me..."
"Then I will give you this opportunity. If you dare to testify against Mrs. Lin, I will plead for you and spare your life."
"Yes, this slave must know everything!"
He Yantang, Wei Mansion.
It was getting late, and Mrs. Wei's room had been fully lit with lights so that her eyes could see things a little more clearly.
She stood under the window holding a chair, with anger in her eyes, and had not moved for a long time.
Nong Shao reported to the side in a low voice: "I asked someone to inquire about it. That day, Master Li Er had a gathering with his friends. On the way back home, he was approached by a woman who said that Master Li Er was frivolous and rude to her. Dong Qian was passing by and asked him Master Li Er and the woman took them back to the Military and Horse Division for mediation. Deputy Commander Dong and Master Li Er were old acquaintances. They were just going through the motions. Unexpectedly, Commander He Yanhe encountered him and detained Master Li Er. Already."
"Has He Yan had any trouble with Li Yong?"
Nong Shao shook his head, "Time is short, I just asked someone to go to the Military and Horse Department to ask a few questions. That's what happened on the surface, but why Dong Qian went to Lin's house to smash it up is unknown, and the second lady I lied about this matter, I’m afraid it’s something else.”
She didn't say it explicitly, but the words "deliberately framed" were revealed in her words.
Mrs. Wei's eyebrows became even colder, "That night, what happened when Mrs. Lin and Li Qingyi went to the Li Mansion?"
"Dong Qian sent someone to the Li Mansion to send a message. Thinking that Miss Li was living in our house, he sent someone to tell the Second Madam. The Second Madam accompanied Miss Li back to the Li Mansion and made peace with Li Er. The lady promised to take the banknotes to settle the matter, but she didn't expect that the banknotes she took out were all fake. In anger, Dong Qian came to Mrs. Lin San's house and smashed her up. So this matter was probably caused by Dong Qian and Lin San. Third Madam, we are working together to set up a trap for Mr. Li, but I don’t know if there is anything related to Second Madam and whether there are any benefits.”
Nong Shao's words penetrated into Mrs. Wei's heart like disgusting flies.
Her ears made her nauseous and irritable, "Huh, Mrs. Zou came to see Mrs. Lin when she saw Tian'er. Mrs. Lin's dowry all filled the holes of her parents' family. If they need money, no one needs it more than Mrs. Lin. This matter Since I have her shadow, how can I not have her share?"
Nong Shao said quickly: "Old madam, please calm down."
Mrs. Wei is already extremely angry and cannot be easily dispelled.
At this moment, Yingchun came in and reported, "Old madam, the second madam has returned from the Lin Mansion and has come to say hello to you."
Madam Wei suddenly had an outlet to vent her emotions, "Let her in!"
In the corridor, Mrs. Lin stood there with her eyes lowered. The night wind blew, making her thin figure more and more obvious.
Along the way, she had imagined countless rhetoric.
If Mrs. Wei found out about her lies and deceptions, she would definitely have a bad end, but she couldn't admit it directly!
After admitting one thing, there were countless other things waiting for her. She simply refused to admit anything!
Anyway, at this juncture, Zou didn't dare to make a fuss about that matter.
Hearing Mrs. Wei's call, Mrs. Lin's heart tightened, and she subconsciously wiped her hair on her temples and straightened her hair before walking in.
In the room, Mrs. Wei was still standing there without moving. Seeing her come in, she gave Mrs. Lin two loud slaps without even giving her a chance to speak.
"Do you only remember that your surname is Lin, but don't you know that you are still the daughter-in-law of the Wei family? You actually got into a fight with others like a shrew outside. The Lin family has no face at all, but that's fine, but the Wei family has a lot of face. There’s nowhere to put it! If you don’t want to be the daughter-in-law of the Wei family, you can just take the divorce letter and leave. Why pretend to have a stroke and hide in your parents’ house without coming back?”
Mrs. Lin's eyes were black from being slapped, her head was buzzing, and her ears were ringing for a long time. She threw herself on the tea table, knocking the cups and porcelain plates on it with a loud clang.
The servants couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they saw the slap marks on her face.
They had never seen Mrs. Lin in such a mess.
Even if there are all kinds of difficulties, she always welcomes people with her head held high and her smile on her face.
Besides, the old lady was indeed very angry. She had never punished someone with her own hands, but she still beat her own daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Lin regained her composure and knelt down at the feet of the old lady. "My daughter-in-law knows her fault. She really shouldn't have fought with Mrs. Zou in front of others. It was her who took advantage of her to do something unjust. My daughter-in-law was so angry that she fainted." , and then started fighting with her..."
Mrs. Wei's cold gaze swept across Mrs. Lin's face inch by inch, "Using you? Are you the only one who conspired with Dong Qian to scheme against Li Yong?"
"Yes, I don't dare to deceive the old lady. My third brother owes a large sum of money. Zou couldn't use it to plug the hole, so he wanted to ask for it from his daughter-in-law. But the daughter-in-law has paid for them a lot over the years and she doesn't want to be taken advantage of again. , so he didn’t agree. Mrs. Zou was not willing to accept it, and actually asked the girl beside her, Ru Yuan, to come to our house and harass me every day. Later, when she saw that I really ignored her, she left. "
Mrs. Wei knew about this before, but she was ill at that time, so she didn't take it to heart.
"What happens next? Did Zou pay attention to the Li family?"
"Ru Yuan stayed at the house for a few days, and probably saw Miss Li's wealth, so she went back and told the Zou family. Perhaps the Zou family felt that the Li family had just returned to the capital and had little foundation, so she found her brother-in-law Dong Qian and gave her to her. Li Yong made a plan. In order to coax the Ruan family to get money, Dong Qian told me the matter. I didn't know the truth, so I believed it to be true, so I accompanied Qingyi back to the Li Mansion, made peace, and thought about doing something for our Wei family. Favor, who would have known...who would have known that the banknotes Ruan took out were all fake!"
Mrs. Wei was suspicious, "Fake? How many banknotes did she take in total?"
"Thirty-two thousand taels."
Mrs. Wei was surprised when she heard this, "It's more than thirty thousand taels? Is it all a lie?"
Mrs. Lin was really angry when she talked about the fake banknotes and said, "I don't know where Ruan got so many fake banknotes. The only reason is that they already knew that someone was taking advantage of them and prepared them in advance. Fake banknote!"
Mrs. Wei looked at her with deep eyes and said nothing.
Lin said aggrievedly: "There is also Dong Qian, who is not
What a good thing, after he took the fake banknote, he actually thought that I had dropped the money in the bag. He didn't dare to come to the Wei Mansion to find someone, so he went to smash up the Lin family, and even the Zou family refused to let him go! I had good intentions, but I didn’t want to be deceived by my younger siblings first, and then played by the Ruan family. I was really angry, so I started fighting with the Zou family..."
Madam Wei looked at her doubtfully, "Then why did Dong Qian go to the Li Mansion to apologize again today?"
"Dong Qian detained Li Yong because of He Yan's name. He Yan was Dong Qian's cousin. After learning about this, he ordered him to apologize to Li Yong."
Having said that, it makes sense.
However, Mrs. Wei would not listen to her words and told Yingchun, "Go and ask Miss Li to come over."
In Zhuoxiang Courtyard, Li Qingyi finished his dinner leisurely, and then Heng Wu came over to report, "Ms. Lin has been in Heyan Hall for a long time. I'm afraid he has explained a lot by now."
"Explain? Huh, do you think she will confess honestly?"
The girls all frowned, and Heng Wu asked, "Now that things have come to this, how can she not tell the truth?"
"You are too underestimating Mrs. Lin. She is a difficult character. No matter what she does, she will leave a way out for herself. This matter is not something that cannot be shied away from."
She got up and changed her clothes again before going to He Yantang.
There was quite a fuss about this matter today, and every room had already heard the news.
Li Qingyi entered the courtyard of He Yantang and saw Princess Yuanheng, Wei Jin'er, Guo, Wei Lan'er, and the maids beside Mrs. Wei all standing under the verandah. They were all silent and coming from time to time. Peering through the closed door.
The hall where Mrs. Wei usually stayed was brightly lit and silent, and she didn't know how far the process was going.
Princess Yuanheng and Wei Jin'er saw her coming and both looked towards her.
They knew the inside story, so they naturally wanted to see Lin's fate.
But just now they vaguely heard Lin's words from outside, but the other party actually denied it completely and picked it off completely! ..
Wei Laner stepped forward before them and took Li Qingyi's hand, "Sister Li, you are finally here."
