northernbook Chapter 329: Confrontation in front of the hall, Shu He hits the nail on the head
Chapter 329: Confrontation in front of the hall, Shu He hits the nail on the head
"Little Brother, please bring the person in!"
She shouted outside and saw two men coming in with a maid.
Yan Yucheng knew those two men. He bought a house for Su Qianlan in Yongchangfang. These two men were the owners of the houses next door.
I think they went to help when something happened.
"Yan Lang, when this servant brought the assassin to the Su residence today to commit murder, it was thanks to the help of Brother Xiao Er and Brother Ping Gui that we were able to catch her on the spot!"
When Yan Yucheng saw Chuntao, he was completely furious. He rushed forward and grabbed the collar of Shu Yue's wedding gown.
He asked fiercely with disgust on his face, "Shu Yue, do you have any explanation? This Chun Tao is your personal maid!"
Shu Yue's face flashed with panic, but she quickly calmed down. "Husband, Chuntao stole money from home a few days ago and was sent away by my mother. I didn't know about this!"
Chuntao was being held tightly, and when she heard this, a look of disbelief appeared on her face.
Did the lady just give up on her?
What else could she do if she didn't give up? She had been caught red-handed, and there was no way she could clear herself of the blame.
"Shu Yue, who would believe you if you said that?" Su Qianlan pointed at her angrily. "How could a maid do such a heartless thing without the master's orders? When something goes wrong, you push all the blame onto the maid. As a lady of a wealthy family, are you really that shameless?"
"Shut up, you bitch!" Guan Huizhi was furious. If Yan Yucheng hadn't protected her, Guan Huizhi really wanted to slap her!
"You are a geisha of low birth. I, Yue'er, have shown great generosity by agreeing to let you in as a concubine! Yet you are still not satisfied. Do you, a lowly person, think you can become the mistress of the second house of the Yan family?"
"A few days ago, Chuntao stole something from the mansion. Thinking of how she had served Yue'er for so many years, I simply kicked her out and didn't sell her off. I've always been kind and generous to the Shu family, and everything we do is done with a clear conscience!"
"Everyone in the mansion knows about this! If you don't believe me, feel free to call the servants to confront me!"
She looked determined, confident, and righteous, which made the people present believe her a little.
"Could it be that the cunning slave framed the master?"
"It's not impossible. After all, there are too many slaves nowadays, and they will always be dissatisfied."
After hearing these words, Guan Huizhi curled up the corners of her mouth into a barely perceptible smile.
Then she asked Xiang Chuntao, "Chuntao, you have been a slave in the Shu family for so many years. Has our Shu family ever made things difficult for you or your parents?"
Chuntao's originally calm face suddenly turned pale, and in the end she could only shake her head in the contemptuous eyes of everyone.
She knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this servant girl acknowledged what Guan Huizhi said.
"A forsaken slave and a pariah, actually teamed up to frame and slander my daughter for the position of mistress! If you really succeed, how will I, Yue'er, survive in Kyoto from today onwards?"
"Yan Yucheng, if you don't give me an explanation for what happened today, my Shu family will never let you go!"
The angry accusations not only promoted the Shu family's generosity and kindness, but also pointed out that this so-called "assassination" was simply Su Qianlan's self-directed and self-acted act, and her purpose was to obtain the position of the second mistress of the Yan family.
Her words were so reasonable and well-founded that it was hard to tell whether they were true or false.
Even Shu He couldn't help but applaud her from behind the crowd.
This woman is really smart. She can come up with such a way to deal with the situation. No wonder she can manipulate the Shu family at will.
"Madam, it was my fault. I shouldn't have harbored resentment after making a mistake and teamed up with Su Qianlan to sabotage your wedding. It's all my fault. Please punish me severely, Madam!"
As soon as Chuntao confessed her guilt, there was an uproar at the scene.
"It turned out to be Diao Nu who teamed up with outsiders to sabotage Miss Shu's wedding!"
"This slave and concubine are so vicious! Why did they have to choose today when there was no other time?"
"That's right! A wedding is the most important day in a woman's life. Instead of leaving behind beautiful memories, it ended up like this. It's truly disgusting!"
"If I were Miss Shu, if I didn't kill these two bitches, this anger would weigh on me for the rest of my life!"
When Shu Yue heard these words, tears of grievance and forbearance rolled down her beautiful face. She looked aggrieved and helpless, yet pretending to be strong, and everyone present couldn't help but feel sympathy for her.
For a moment, all the sympathetic and pitiful voices turned to Shu Yue's side, and even Yan Yucheng became a little suspicious when he heard it.
Seeing this, Su Qianlan was no longer as excited as she was at the beginning. She just leaned against Yan Yucheng, tears streaming down her face, and explained herself slowly and calmly.
"Yan Lang, I'm just an entertainer, helpless in Kyoto. How could I have the ability to devise such a scheme?"
"Besides, I've only met Chun Tao once, when she was Shu Yue's personal maid. I'm not stupid, so how could I possibly cooperate with her?"
"Yan Lang, I have always known that my status is not worthy of you. I am already content to be your concubine. I also know that even if the mistress of the Yan Mansion is not Miss Shu, she will be a girl from another aristocratic family."
"Who cares? Why would I bother doing something that would ruin my future?"
The people present listened to Su Qianlan's self-defense and some nodded in agreement.
"That makes sense. With her status, she can't be the mistress anyway, so why would she come and cause trouble?"
"Yes, if Miss Shu is really as kind and tolerant as Madam Shu said, then wouldn't this girl have an easier life under her? If it were someone else, she wouldn't necessarily be a kind master!"
Su Qianlan, upon hearing this, struck while the iron was hot, and cried, "Yan Lang, although I make a living by performing, I am also a girl from an honest family! How could they, how could they confuse right and wrong and frame me like this?"
Yan Yucheng looked at Su Qianlan's tearful face and felt distressed. "Don't worry, I know you wouldn't do such a thing!"
At this point, things are almost at a stalemate.
"Since the assassination had nothing to do with Miss Shu, and she wouldn't be so foolish as to ruin her own future, then who was responsible for the assassination?"
"It can't be that this is just a maid directing and acting all by herself, right?"
Shu Yue covered her face and wiped her tears, but the pair of sinister eyes under her sleeves seemed to be able to pierce through people's bodies, so cold and sharp.
Yan Yucheng asked sternly, "Chun Tao, tell me, who did this?!"
Chuntao lay on the ground, her terrified and desperate eyes swept over everyone, finally stopping on Shu Yue, who only had a pair of eyes exposed.
She was looking at her too.
"Yes, it was me..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed color, especially the women in the inner house. Their eyes fell on Shu Yue, and the light in their eyes changed again and again.
They all live together in the inner house, how can they not see this?
The maid first pointed the finger but then changed her mind. Isn't this a typical case of failing to frame someone and taking the blame on herself to exonerate her master?
It seems that the murder to silence the witness was undoubtedly done by Shu Yue.
"Chun Tao, since you said you did it all, can you tell me where you found the killer? How much did it cost? Who pulled the strings?"
"Also, you said you did this out of resentment. But if you were truly resentful, shouldn't you have targeted your young lady, or Madam Shu, who drove you away? But why did you target Second Master Yan's pregnant concubine?"
"Are you doing this to vent your lady's anger, or to help her and remove the stumbling block?"
A series of questions came from behind the crowd. Everyone couldn't help but show excitement on their faces and looked behind them curiously.
Who is this? His words are so sharp, and his questions are so incisive!
These words made many people who had not figured it out understand Chuntao's behavior instantly.
At the outermost edge of the crowd, everyone consciously made way for them. Then, two slender and stunningly beautiful women walked in, one after the other.
There were two people, one blue and one red. One was like a cool and elegant snow lotus blooming on a snowy mountain, and the other was like a fiery red lotus swaying in the lava.