The tourmaline bracelet hidden in her sleeve seemed to be hot, making Yunying uneasy.
When she came back to her senses, she felt that she had just been fascinated. How can I take my sister's bracelet?
Yunying wanted to put the bracelet back into the box, but stretched out her hand and hesitated.
Tourmaline bracelets of such fine quality... My sister has many of them, so I'm afraid she might not be able to rank them, but she doesn't have one yet.
The words of her sister's maid echoed in Yun Ying's ears again. Recently, her sister has brought in so many things that she can't even count them and can't sort them out... A small tourmaline bracelet, among the piles of gold and jade jewelry It's not conspicuous at all. Maybe no one will notice it if it's lost?
Even if someone discovered it, there would be no suspicion on her.
Yunying quickly looked around again, but there was no one around. Today she paid her respects to her mother, but she happened to not have a maid with her.
What she did is only known to God and earth.
What if I find that I have lost my tourmaline bracelet? So what if someone doubts her?
No one saw it and there was no evidence. How could her yard be searched based on groundless suspicion?
The Prime Minister's Mansion cannot do such a thing, and neither his father nor his aunt would agree.
If the eldest sister refuses to give up, her father and aunt will just give her another one. Such a tourmaline bracelet is something they can easily get, but it is of good quality that they cannot get...
Yunying stretched out her hand and quickly retracted it.
She couldn't bear to put back the tourmaline bracelet hidden in her sleeve.
It was the first time she had done such a thing. Yunying was naturally nervous, but she was not afraid. She was sure that no one would see her and there would be no consequences!
Yunying hurriedly walked towards her yard and reached a fork in the road. Suddenly a maid jumped out of the fork like a rabbit chased by a dog and bumped into Yunying hard.
"Ah!" Yunying screamed and fell to the ground.
"Dang--" The bracelet hidden in his sleeve was thrown out when he fell, making a crisp sound on the bluestone.
"Ah!" Yunying ignored the pain on her body and quickly picked up the bracelet on the ground.
"Second Miss, Second Miss, are you okay? It's all your fault!" The maid apologized repeatedly. Seeing Yun Ying go to pick up the bracelet, the maid moved faster and helped Yun Ying pick it up.
Yunying's heart tightened!
An ominous premonition swept through her body, and the hairs on her body stood on end, and she panicked and tried to snatch the bracelet back.
But it's too late...
She heard the maid say: "Second girl, did your bracelet break... Huh? Isn't this our girl's bracelet?"
Yunying raised her head with a pale face, and then realized that the maid who knocked her down was not from elsewhere, but Jin Ming, Yun Si's personal maid in Liuyun Garden!
"No...it's not..." Yunying reached out to grab the bracelet, but Jin Ming held it tightly and wouldn't let go.
"Second girl, what's going on?"
"It's better to go to the Prime Minister and Madam to explain things clearly."
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Next, the second girl's mind went blank, and she had no idea how she got to the main courtyard.
I don’t know when my father and my aunt... came.
"Mother, why are you calling me here?" Yun Si came over and was surprised to see Yun Ying's expressionless face.
"What's going on here?"
Yun Si's surprise was not fake, she was really surprised. She didn't expect Yun Ying to take the bait so quickly.
This was Yun Si's first attack. She didn't even expect that she would succeed the first time. She also prepared many moves later... She didn't expect Yun Ying to be stupider than she thought.
Everything that happened next was what Yun Si expected.
Mother and father asked Yunying why the bracelet in Yun Si's betrothal gift fell out of Yunying's sleeve.
Yunying cried so hard that she couldn't breathe, and refused to admit that she had stolen it, rather than saying that she had picked it up on the roadside.
However, Jin Ming and Zhong Xia, the maid in the main courtyard, witnessed each other.
Jin Ming said: "I was carrying the box to the main courtyard when I suddenly felt abdominal pain, so I gave the box to Zhongxia and asked her to look at it for me for a while. I remember clearly that the tourmaline bracelet was placed on the top of the box at that time."
Zhongxia admitted that this was indeed the case: "I looked at the box for Sister Jin Ming for a while, and saw a colorful butterfly flying by, so I went to catch the butterfly. Prime Minister and madam, please forgive me, I only left two sticks of incense. time."
Mrs. Zheng Guo asked: "When you left, was this tourmaline bracelet in the box?"
Zhong Xia nodded: "It's still in the box, right at the top of the box."
Mrs. Zheng Guo: "When you come back after two sticks of incense, the tourmaline bracelet is gone?"
Zhong Xia nodded: "Yes."
Mrs. Zheng Guo looked at Yunying again: "Then this bracelet fell out of your sleeve?"
Yunying's lips trembled and she was speechless.
What the facts were, everyone in the room had a conclusion in their minds.
Mrs. Zheng Guo looked at Yunying with heartbroken eyes: "Ying'er, you were born in the prime minister's house, and you didn't have to worry about livelihood like a poor person. You have never been short of food and drink, and your clothes and jewelry are enough to maintain your dignity. Why did you do this? Waiting for something?"
"Where have all your books gone?"
"As well as your parents' teachings and your aunt's teachings, you haven't learned a single word in your heart?"
Yun Si reached out and held her mother's hand. Her mother's fingers were cold and her fingertips could not stop trembling.
Yun Si thought that Yun Ying would quibble and beg for mercy, but she never expected that Yun Ying didn't.
Yunying actually admitted it!
"Yes, my daughter was obsessed for a moment and took a bracelet from her sister. But why did her daughter do this?"
"Father and mother will understand when they see how many good things are in their sister's makeup box and what their daughter's makeup box looks like!"
Mrs. Zheng Guo couldn't believe what she heard: "What did you say?"
"You...you think we've treated you badly?"
Mrs. Zheng Guo was so angry that she was so dizzy that she didn't know what to say at all for a moment. She could only say whatever came to her mind and said it out in one breath.
"As a concubine, your share in the mansion is only 20% less than that of my sister-in-law. Clothes from all seasons and fresh fruits and vegetables are never missing from you."
"If you look at the whole capital, how many families have a concubine whose share is only 20% less than that of a legitimate daughter?"
"You are jealous that Si Si has so many good things. But Si Si got most of the good things this year."
"At the beginning of the year, Si Si and hairpin, relatives and friends all received gifts."
"Not long ago, Prince Rui's Mansion brought in another eighteen dan betrothal gifts."
"You are two years younger than Si Si. When you grow up in two years, you will naturally be given gifts. When you get engaged, you will naturally be given betrothal gifts!"
When Yunying heard what her aunt said, she was still unconvinced: "Except for the hairpin gift and betrothal gift, my sister still has many more good things than I do!"
"My mother always brings things to my sister and never remembers me!"
Mrs. Zheng Guo laughed angrily: "I used my own private money to buy them for Sisi, and I didn't spend a penny from the father-in-law."
"If you want it, let Aunt Qiao spend her own money to buy it for you!"
Mrs. Zheng Guo didn't even bother to say that she used her own private money to buy a few pieces of jewelry for Yun Ying, but of course they weren't as many as the ones she bought for Yun Si, but Yun Ying didn't remember them at all!
Mrs. Zheng Guo was completely heartbroken. Yunying was a concubine, so she naturally treated Yunying differently from Yun Si. But she is also a fair and generous aunt, and she is worthy of what she has done over the past ten years.
Unexpectedly, Yunying was broken from the very foundation.
Ungrateful, stupid and greedy!
From then on, she would only fulfill her duties as a legitimate mother to Yunying, and would never show any emotion to her again.
Mrs. Zheng Guo turned to look at her husband: "How should Yunying be punished?"
Prime Minister Yun was also completely disappointed with this daughter: "I have been confined for half a year and copied a book of scriptures every day."
Yun Si said at this time: "Shouldn't you report something to the official if you steal something?"
Prime Minister Yun looked at his daughter in surprise.
Mrs. Zheng Guo said: "Sisi, don't be ridiculous."
Yun Si looked aggrieved and said, "Thieves who steal things are not punished so lightly in the Yamen."
Of course, reporting to the official was impossible.
Yun Si said this not to send Yun Ying to the Yamen.
She just wanted her father and mother to see her grievances.
Prime Minister Yun saw Yun Si's eyes were red and she turned her head away, refusing to talk to him, even her mother ignored him, so he knew that she was angry.
"Daddy will compensate you...what compensation do you want?"
"Daddy buy you jewelry?"
Yun Si turned her head: "I don't lack jewelry!"
Prime Minister Yun promised this, promised that, and promised a lot, but Yun Si said no.
Finally, Prime Minister Yun said: "Then daddy will take you out to play?"
Yun Si did not refute immediately, showing a little hesitation.
Prime Minister Yun immediately realized that something was going on and said in succession: "Where do you want to go? Go hiking? Or go see the water?"
Yun Si said logically: "Dad will go hunting in autumn with the emperor soon. Can you take me with you?"
"I will disguise myself as a man and go hunting in autumn with my father."
