"Ms. sir! Why did you call me here?" Qin Mei's delicate and clear voice came from outside. After a while, she walked to the hall with a smile on her face.
"So it's a family dinner? Why didn't you tell me in advance? I can let the kitchen add a few more dishes. I wonder what a good day is today? Is there a family dinner all of a sudden?" Qin Mei just glanced at it with the corner of her eye. He asked suspiciously after taking a look at the dishes on the table.
Obviously she didn't look carefully at the appearance of the dish, otherwise she wouldn't have said such a thing.
Qin Mei asked these few questions before greeting Luo Changqing and Xu Shichu.
"What kind of family dinner are you having? Take a good look at the food on the table with your eyes!" Luo Rui couldn't help but said angrily when he saw her still looking stupid.
When Qin Mei heard her husband's reproachful tone, she pouted unhappily and looked at the food seriously. As soon as she saw it, she screamed: "What's going on? How did the people in the kitchen make such a thing? Do pigs eat it?”
"So the young lady also knows that these things are for pigs?" Xu Shichu glanced at Qin Mei with a sneer, "Then why were they sent to my yard? Or does the young lady think that I am only worthy of eating pig food?"
Qin Mei's anger that was about to rise was extinguished immediately, and she denied with a panicked face: "No, I, I don't know who sent such a meal to your yard. It must be the servant's own initiative!"
Then she tugged on Luo Rui's sleeve and hurriedly explained: "Mr. sir, I really didn't do this. You must believe me..."
In fact, her reaction was self-inflicted. After all, if it was really not what she ordered, her first reaction should be to find out the cause of the matter and punish the culprit, instead of trying to clear herself from suspicion. .
"Ms. Qin! Do you think I'm a fool?" Luo Rui said through gritted teeth. He didn't expect that his wife was so stupid, and even looking for trouble was so simple and full of loopholes.
"Master, the people from the kitchen are here." Shu Qi called everyone in the kitchen.
When Qin Mei saw it, her face suddenly turned pale and sweat broke out on her forehead.
"Trial!" Luo Changqing said to Shu Qi expressionlessly, "If you refuse to tell the truth, you will be severely punished."
Luo Changqing's handsome face was like frost and snow, and his aura was intimidating. Not to mention his servants, even Qin Mei and Luo Rui were vaguely unable to resist his anger. They clenched their fists to hold back from trembling.
The only exception was Xu Shichu, who seemed to have not seen Luo Changqing's face at all. She sat aside, drank tea slowly, read a book and interrogated the people in the kitchen.
Luo Changqing lowered his eyes and glanced at her, who seemed to be in a different world from the others. He felt helpless, guilty, and a little unwilling that he didn't know he was.
In fact, he couldn't understand Xu Shichu. She was good at business, enjoyed herself, had a neat mind, was aware of current affairs, and had a cold temperament. She had long forgotten her natal family, and except for her little nephew, everyone else seemed to be... Not taken seriously by him.
Even his nominal husband is the same. She treats herself no differently than she treats other people. She is neither humble nor arrogant. Even if she wants to take advantage of his power, it is a fair transaction. Her interests are clearly divided. She does not take advantage of him, but she will never give in. He took advantage.
Do you really have no charm? Luo Changqing rarely began to doubt himself. He thought he was pretty good-looking and not very old. He was already in a high position in his prime.
So why doesn't his step-wife have the same admiration for him as other women? Although he even married his son, there are never fewer women who want to throw themselves into his arms... Why doesn't she like a man like him?
If Xu Shichu knew what Luo Changqing was thinking at this time, he would definitely laugh at him. Men are so mean. He had obviously warned others not to think anything wrong about him, but when people really had no thoughts about him, An Anfen When he was far away from him, he began to wonder why others didn't come over to cling to him. He really felt so good about himself and was so cheap.
Xu Shichu suddenly looked at Luo Changqing. Luo Changqing was stabbed by her sharp eyes and moved away pretending to be nonchalant. For some reason, he felt guilty when facing Xu Shichu.
Fortunately, Shu Qi saved him from the embarrassment: "Master, the interrogation is over."
"What did the trial reveal?" Luo Changqing regained his composure as the prime minister and asked.
"After interrogation, it was found that the chef Zhang received a sum of money from Hong Xiu, the maid next to the young madam, and said that the meals he would deliver to the madam would be downgraded, implying that the step madam should not be favored by the master, and the young madam is the rightful one in the prime minister's house. The mistress of the house, Mrs. Zhang, was so unscrupulous that she used the discarded ingredients from the kitchen every day to prepare meals for her step-wife..." Shu Qi said one by one.
"No! I'm not a slave. I have never done these things!" Upon hearing this, a maid next to Qin Mei immediately knelt down and defended in a panic.
"My slave and my step-wife have no enmity, how could they do such a thing? It must be Mrs. Zhang who wronged my slave. I had some disputes with her before, but now she comes to bite me! Please tell me, Master..."
I thought this was the Hongxiu one. Xu Shichu looked at her with interest. She was very articulate, and she was very eloquent in her defense.
Qin Mei over there had already begun to tremble, and was covered in cold sweat. She stared at Hong Xiu, hoping that Hong Xiu would be sensible enough to take the blame and not betray her.
"It's you! I haven't used up the money you gave me, so I put it in my room. By the way, the handkerchief wrapped with the money is also yours, with a sleeve word embroidered on it! Who else in the house can do this except you? The word embroidery?" Zhang, who was slapped, heard Hongxiu's words and immediately retorted fiercely.
She hates Hongxiu so much now. If Hongxiu hadn't bribed her with money, how could she have suffered such a crime? Now I can still be her chef.
Hongxiu became even more panicked after hearing her words. She didn't care about anything else and looked at her master Qin Mei pleadingly, hoping that Qin Mei could save her.
But how could Qin Mei dare to speak for her? She was too busy to take care of herself, so she bit her lip and stared at Hongxiu, shaking her head at her in a vague way.
Hongxiu's face suddenly turned pale, and her eyes suddenly became fixed, as if she had made some decision. Qin Mei was so anxious that she opened her mouth and said a few names to her silently.
When Hongxiu saw the shape of her lips, her heart suddenly became filled with despair. She lost all her vitality and lay on the ground, saying, "It was my slave who did it... I couldn't bear to see the step-wife embarrassing the young lady, so she took it upon herself to trip up the step-wife." .”
Xu Shichu said sarcastically: "You said that I am embarrassing the young madam, but it turns out that I am embarrassing her by not agreeing to give her free flowers? You are a very loyal girl..."
However, Qin Mei seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and scolded Hongxiu with an angry look: "How could you do such a thing? Is your step-wife something that a little girl like you can control? Do you still think of me as your master?" Already?"
Then she said angrily to Luo Rui: "Ms., you must punish these slaves and bullies!"
