After hearing Aunt Xu's name, the housekeeper carefully searched among all the maids and wives, but he really didn't see Aunt Xu.
He hurriedly asked the servant beside him, "Where is Aunt Xu?"
"Mama Xu was punished last time, and her legs and feet were weak. When we went to look for her, we saw that she was asleep, so we didn't call her."
"Nonsense! Get someone here right now."
"yes."
After the servants left, the housekeeper walked up to Luo Yao and reported the situation of Nanny Xu to Luo Yao truthfully.
Although Aunt Xu had been punished by the family, she was an old man who had served the Queen Mother after all. Xiao Yan was particularly gracious and allowed her to recover from her injuries and continue to stay in the house.
Aunt Xu!
After not seeing her for a while, Luo Yao almost forgot that there was such a person in the house.
The two servants quickly carried Nanny Xu to the front yard. Nanny Xu was pale and weak, lying on the stretcher. When she opened her eyes and saw Xiao Yan, she stood up tremblingly and saluted Xiao Yan.
"Old slave, please see... ahem - Your Majesty."
Before she could finish her sentence, Nanny Xu started coughing violently and her face turned red.
Xiao Yan glanced at Nanny Xu and said nothing more.
Liu Yinyin looked at Nanny Xu in surprise and asked, "What's wrong with Nanny Xu?"
"As Miss Hui Yinyin said, this old slave is old and his body is useless. It has been like this since the last time he was punished by the family. I...ahem——"
Liu Yinyin said to Xiao Yan with a look of sympathy: "Brother Li Wang, Mother Xu is so pitiful! If the Queen Mother knew that she was like this, she would be intolerable."
The Queen Mother is generous to others, especially those who have served her.
Remembering that Aunt Xu had served the Queen Mother, Xiao Yan did not want to trouble the seriously ill Aunt Xu too much, "That's it! You go back to recuperate first!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Seeing that the servant was about to carry Nanny Xu back, Luo Yao stepped forward to stop her.
"Wait!"
Nanny Xu weakly raised her eyes and looked at her, "What else does the princess have to say?"
"There are some small things that require Nanny Xu's cooperation."
"Princess, if you have anything to do, just give me your orders. I will definitely do... ahem... do it."
"Mama Xu is so ill. Princess, please don't bother me anymore." Liu Yinyin couldn't bear to plead for Mammy Xu.
Luo Yao turned back with a sneer on her face, "Miss Liu is so kind-hearted. Those who don't know better would think that it was Miss Liu who caused her to be so ill."
"You...don't talk nonsense."
Liu Yinyin looked away with a guilty conscience. Instead of helping Nanny Xu, she only made her feel embarrassed.
Luo Yao sneered coldly, beckoned the man over, and continued to focus on Nanny Xu, "Don't be afraid, Nanny Xu, just say a word to him."
"Yes, I will definitely do it."
Luo Yao nodded and signaled the man to start.
The man came closer to Nanny Xu and said, "Just tell me, 'I have a package of good things here, do you want it?'"
Aunt Xu's already pale face became even paler because of the man's words.
It took her a while to come back to her senses, and she whispered what the man had just said.
When the man heard this, his eyes immediately straightened. He excitedly pointed at Nanny Xu and said to Luo Yao, "That's the sound."
"Did you hear that correctly?"
The man's eyes were firm, "I will never hear you wrong."
Everyone at the scene was a little dumbfounded and didn't know what happened for a while.
Xiao Yan gave Wuhen a look, and Wuhen understood. He immediately came closer and said something to the housekeeper, who looked at the maid and mother-in-law in the yard.
"It's none of your business here, just go down and do your own business!"
"yes."
The maids and wives in the courtyard fled from the front yard as if they had been granted amnesty.
At this time, the only people left in the courtyard were Xiao Yan, Liu Yinyin, Luo Yao, the man, and Aunt Xu, as well as their respective servants, Liu Captou and others.
Luo Yao looked at Nanny Xu coldly, "Sure enough, it's you!"
Nanny Xu looked at her in confusion, then looked at Xiao Yan and Liu Yinyin, and asked with an innocent face: "What is the princess talking about? This old slave can't understand what the princess said at all."
"You sneaked into my yard, stole the things the Queen Mother gave me, and sold them to this man, right?" Luo Yao pointed at the man and asked.
Nanny Xu was stunned and shook her head, and hurriedly denied, "No, old slave. I have never sneaked into the princess's yard, let alone stolen anything from the princess. I don't recognize this person at all. Please be aware of it!"
After saying that, Nanny Xu shed a few tears of grievance, looking as pitiable as she could.
With the experience just now, Liu Yinyin did not dare to interrupt rashly, but just turned to look at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan had no reaction and stood there with his hands behind his back.
"You had a grudge against me because you were punished last time, so you stole the Queen Mother's reward and sold it, hoping to frame the crime of selling the reward on me. Am I right?" Luo Yao asked sharply.
"It's nothing. This old slave has never done what the princess said. I beg the prince to restore my innocence!"
Aunt Xu stumbled forward, kneeling at Xiao Yan's feet with tears streaming down her face, crying out her grievances with snot and tears.
Xiao Yan's ears were buzzing from the noise, his thick eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and he asked Luo Yao displeasedly, "Based on this person's one-sided words, do you think it was Nanny Xu who did it?"
"Mama Xu is a member of the family and has the opportunity to enter the abandoned hospital. She also has a grudge against me and has the motive to frame me." Luo Yao said.
The man's testimony and the fact that Nanny Xu had the motive to frame her were indeed a bit pale.
The final step was just around the corner. She had to dig out some more strong evidence.
She looked at the man again, "Think carefully about other evidence."
"I really can't think of anything, little man." The man was confused.
Hearing this, Nanny Xu cried even louder, "The princess found someone from somewhere and easily convicted the old slave with just a few words. The old slave is really unjust!"
"Luo Yao, do you have any other evidence?" Xiao Yan asked.
"I……"
The man suddenly spoke up, interrupting Luo Yao's words, "I remember something."
"Say it."
"The person who gave me something that night seemed to have an injury on his left shoulder. That person gave me something. After we settled the matter, I habitually raised my hand and patted her on the shoulder. She ducked away in pain," the man said truthfully.
Luo Yao cast her gaze on Nanny Xu, "Whether it's you or not, we'll know just by looking at your left shoulder."
"I……"
Nanny Xu forgot to continue crying and raised her head in panic.
Luo Yao walked up to her and looked at her coldly, "Don't want to?"
"me……"
Before she could finish her words, Luo Yao pressed her left shoulder. She immediately grinned and groaned in pain. The clothes on her shoulders were soon soaked with blood.
Luo Yao took it away and stared at her left shoulder, "It's you!"
Xiao Yan also saw the abnormality on her left shoulder, his deep eyes darkened, and he asked angrily: "What on earth is going on?"
"Old slave, no, it's all that person's nonsense." Nanny Xu hurriedly defended.
"Still quibbling!" Luo Yao snorted coldly: "If he is talking nonsense, how did he know that your left shoulder was injured?"
"me……"
Aunt Xu's eyes were wandering and she hesitated to answer.
Luo Yao asked sternly: "It's not easy for you to carry out the frame-up plan for a wounded person. You must have other accomplices. Who is helping you?"
