northernbook Chapter 188 Ruthlessly Exposing the Truth
Chapter 188 Ruthlessly Exposing the Truth
Lu'er swayed precariously, looking even more pitifully at Second Brother Xia: "Young Master..."
If Brother Xia doesn't support his own little sister, why would he support an outsider?
joke.
Xia Erge stepped back to Xia Mo's side, indicating that he had already taken sides and that she should not look at him or call him, as she would not respond.
Lu'er gritted her teeth, staring intently at Xia Mo, her voice trembling as she said in a wronged tone, as if the villain had accused her first: "I just... wanted to change my fate, what did I do wrong!"
Xia Mo took out two sheets of paper from the bamboo tube. She unfolded one of them, quickly glanced at it, and then handed it to her eldest brother Xia and second brother Xia to take turns reading.
After the two older brothers finished reading, they handed the paper to their father for him to read.
Xia's father couldn't read all the characters, but he could recognize most of them. When he saw the small characters on the note, he looked at Lu'er in surprise, his face full of disbelief.
A mere maidservant dared to betray her master! How could a maidservant dare to do that?!
Furthermore, Miao'er, as the master, was actually successfully sold out by Lu'er! This is even more unbelievable.
Lu'er realized that her identity had been exposed. She knelt down in front of Xia Mo with a thud, choking back tears as she said, "Miss Xia, I just wanted to change my own fate. Miss Xia, why are you doing this to me?!"
Lu'er said that Xia Mo, who exposed her, was the bad guy.
Xia Mo unfolded the second note, read its contents, and handed it to Brother Xia and the others.
When Brother Xia saw the note that Miss Miao'er's purpose in coming here was to seduce him, his pupils trembled and his eyes widened in astonishment.
Xia's father and second brother frowned as they looked at Lu'er.
"Tell me quickly, what does the note say?" Xia's mother asked anxiously.
Her family looked shocked and incredulous, but she was still completely confused, which was really... upsetting for her.
Xia's father bent down and whispered in Xia's mother's ear, telling her the gist of the note.
Xia's mother suddenly turned her head and glared at Lu'er, who was kneeling in front of Xia Mo and still had the nerve to cry.
"You shameless slut!"
When Xia's mother learned of the situation, she immediately lost her composure.
Brother Xia hesitated for a moment, then handed the two slips of paper back to Yin Rou, so that she could take a look as well.
Yin Rou had been taught to read and write since she was a child. When she saw the contents of the note, she stared wide-eyed in astonishment and said, "This..." She didn't know what to say next.
"Just hand her over to the prefect," Xia Erge thought. Now that he was a scholar, he couldn't interfere completely, but he still had to get involved.
“Yes,” Xia’s father nodded.
"No, no, I don't want to! I just want to change my fate! What did I do wrong?! I did nothing wrong! I did nothing wrong! You can't hand me over to the prefect! You can't!"
Yin Rou glanced at the Xia family members, stepped forward, and suddenly pressed Lu'er's hands behind her back to the ground, not giving Lu'er a chance to break free.
Lu'er screamed and yelled, "I just want to change my fate! I did nothing wrong! You can't treat me like this! Let me go! You have no right to interfere with me..."
Lu'er's voice was so loud that even the neighbors next door heard it and looked curiously in the direction of this house. Some nosy people even shouted questions at the house.
"What happened?"
The house is still a bit small, and the noise is disturbing the neighbors.
"We've caught a suspicious person and are planning to send them to prison," Xia's father shouted at the top of his lungs.
Upon hearing this, the people in the neighboring house realized that this was the case, so they sent their gatekeeper to secretly observe the situation.
Sure enough, a short while later, Xia's mother took Lu'er and sent him to the yamen.
As for the identification slips obtained during the investigation, they had no intention of taking them out.
After all, if you ask too many questions, it will bring up a lot of other things.
Those who heard the commotion saw that the Xia family had indeed taken the person to the authorities, and they simply ordered their men to continue to investigate secretly.
Anning Prefecture, Prefectural Government Office
Lu Zhidao, sitting in the high hall, never expected that he would meet one of the scholars before the examination papers for the first time had even been distributed and the banquet for the scholars had even been held.
They still noticed something was wrong and brought over a maid who had sold her master.
When Lu'er saw Prefect Lü, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, shivering and sobbing.
"Who is kneeling below? Tell me the truth!" Prefect Lü shouted.
Lu'er knew she couldn't hide it, but she was truly unwilling to accept it. She choked back tears and said, "This servant... only wants to change my fate... This servant... only wants to change my fate..."
When Prefect Lü saw Lu'er's expression, he knew he had made the right choice.
Prefect Lü then sent someone to the brothel to bring Miao'er back.
When Miao'er arrived at the prefectural government office and saw the Xia family there, she knew that Lu'er's plan had succeeded and the Xia family had come to rescue her. She looked at the Xia family with joy.
"Are you a young lady?" Magistrate Lü asked.
Miao'er was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu'er, who was kneeling on the ground, still in a daze.
"She confessed. She sold you. She never intended to save you. She wanted to completely take your identity," Xia's mother shouted at the stunned Miao'er from outside the courtroom.
Silly girl, you still haven't noticed something's wrong!
Miao'er stared wide-eyed in shock at Lu'er and asked, "Lu'er... is what they said true?"
Lu'er not only didn't think she was wrong, but also felt that it was Miao'er's fault for pointing out her identity: "I am also the master's daughter, why should I only be your maid?!"
Miao'er stared wide-eyed in astonishment, then realized it was true.
"Master Xia, Madam Xia, Young Master Xia... save me," Miao'er pleaded, looking at the Xia family.
She was terrified, feeling a chill creeping into her heart. But knowing that the Xia family wouldn't abandon her, she trembled with fear and looked pleadingly at Xia's father and the others.
Brother Xia looked at his parents and said, "Father, Mother, we can't interfere in her affairs anymore."
Mr. Xia realized that Miao'er's approach to them was also for a purpose, and he couldn't let Miao'er rely on his family, so he nodded.
Miao'er's terrified eyes trembled as she said, "Master Xia, Madam Xia, you are kind-hearted, please help me... I don't want to stay in the brothel, I don't want to..."
“You signed the contract of servitude, Lu’er tricked you into signing it, but you signed it anyway. You essentially sold yourself out,” Xia Mo ruthlessly exposed the truth.
Miao'er looked at the Xia family and realized that none of them intended to redeem her. Now, she was truly terrified. She felt as if she were standing in the freezing cold wearing only a thin layer of clothing, shivering violently.
"Prefect Lü, I was tricked by the maid. Please help me. I will return the money to you when I get home," Miao'er pleaded, looking at Prefect Lü sitting in the high hall. At this moment, she could only ask Prefect Lü for help.
Prefect Lü looked at the people in the brothel who had come with Miao'er.
"The ransom for Miss Miao'er is three thousand taels," the pimp who followed along said, bowing deeply.
Three thousand taels is no small sum.
“Lu’er only charged you one hundred taels, how can you raise the price?!” Miao’er realized that if it were one hundred taels, Prefect Lu would still pay, but if he took out three thousand taels, he would be suspected of embezzlement, and it would be hard to explain.
No one will help her anymore!