Chapter 558: The Topic of Being Led Astray by the Maid

"My lord, my lord, there are many such ants on this mountain. They must have come here after smelling the sweetness on the cakes!" A member of the Ministry of Punishment ran over and reported to Qiu Yu.

Qiu Yu coughed, and it was inconvenient to come over to meet the Shao sisters at this time.

"There were pastries before, but why weren't there so many ants? And the ants were so big, much bigger than the ants down the mountain!"

he asked, frowning.

"This... may be because it was not stored for a long time before, or it may be because the sweetness of the pastries was not that strong before. As for such large ants, they are unique to this mountain, and are much larger than those at the bottom of the mountain!"

The person from the Ministry of Punishment who came to report said.

Hearing what they said, people who knew what happened before couldn't help but start talking. They didn't guess this aspect at first, and of course they wouldn't guess the reason behind it. Now that the same thing has come out, of course everyone is following this line of thinking. Yes, especially when the person who said this was a member of the Ministry of Punishment.

Shao Wanru glanced at Qing'er. Qing'er understood. He took a few steps forward and squeezed to Qiu Yu's side. He said angrily: "Sir, can you help our lady check why there are so many candies on our lady's silver bracelet?" It attracted many ants here, but there are no silver bracelets from other ladies and gentlemen. Could it be that someone wants to harm our lady?"

Qing'er still looks like a little maid, she is not tall, she looks a bit innocent, and her voice is quite loud. When she said this, many people who were originally talking about her stopped talking and looked at Qing'er.

"Who is your lady?" Qiu Yu coughed and had to ask.

"Our lady is the fifth lady of Duke Xingguo's mansion. The one whose silver bracelet was dug out and covered with ants is our lady. Sir, you are from the Ministry of Punishment, so you must know a lot. Can you help our lady find out who it is?" You want to harm our lady, and you actually put molasses on our lady’s bracelet?”

Qing'er looked at Qiu Yu expectantly with a bit of innocent persistence, as if he could definitely tell the truth.

Qiu Yu tilted her head uncomfortably and smiled awkwardly in the direction where the Shao sisters were standing. He felt that he still couldn't recognize which one was Miss Shao.

"Sir..." Seeing that he was distracted and tilted his head, Qing'er called him again. After hearing her repeated questions, everyone's attention fell on Qiu Yu, hoping that he could tell a reason.

Being watched by so many people, Qiu Yu became more and more uncomfortable and could only say, "This... I might have to go to your mansion to check. Since this kind of thing happened after being buried inside, it should be in the mansion." It was painted on when I was inside!”

With so many people watching on one side, and his favorite beauty waiting for the answer on the other, Qiu Yu certainly couldn't say he didn't know at this time, and could only say vaguely.

Little did he know that Qing'er had taken him off topic, and he had already concluded that there must be honey on the silver bracelet.

So this is still true?

Many people had secretly said before that the fifth lady of Duke Xingguo's mansion was very evil. Could it be that she was really some kind of evil star? They all felt that they should stay away from her, otherwise they might be unlucky as well.

At this moment, the officials of the Ministry of Punishments said that the fifth lady's silver bracelet was secretly taken by someone in the house. They all immediately understood that someone really wanted to harm the fifth lady's reputation, and Hearing this, he was actually from Duke Xingguo's mansion.

Who is so vicious as to do such a thing to a filial daughter who has lived in the mountains for so long and has been a filial piety to her parents!

Qiu Yu's words can be regarded as rectifying Shao Wanru's name in front of everyone.

Shao Yanru was shaking with anger and stared at Qiu Yu fiercely. She felt that the person in front of her was really hopelessly stupid and actually helped Shao Wanru to clarify this matter.

There are many nuns and nuns on the mountain, but there are also many pilgrims. Although there are not many pilgrims going up the mountain after what happened before, and pilgrims are tabooed, but because of the reputation of Yuhui Temple, some pilgrims still go up the mountain. After hearing this, , everyone started talking, guessing who was targeting the fifth lady of Duke Xingguo's mansion.

The wife of Duke Xingguo? It doesn't quite seem like it, a tiger can't eat its seeds. Even though the fifth lady is not her son, she is her granddaughter, so she shouldn't be so vicious, right?

That was Mrs. Xingguo. I heard that Mrs. Xingguo was originally at odds with Miss Shao Wu, but her heart was too vicious. An orphan without a father and mother was forced out of the Xingguo Palace. She had to Living in a nunnery to keep filial piety to your parents, what else can you do? Is such a person really worthy of being a princess?

After many rumors came out, they came into conflict with the previous rumors, and the more I thought about it, the more they were right, and I felt that this was the truth.

Shao Yanru's face changed color with anger, and the handkerchief in her hand was crumpled into a ball, almost to pieces. She didn't expect that Shao Wanru, the usually silly and rough girl, would ask such a tricky question, but this one Qiu Yu stupidly stepped in.

Needless to say, Shao Wanru must have taught him this early!

"Fifth sister, what do you mean?" Shao Yanru lowered his voice and said coldly.

"Sister, what do you mean?" Shao Wanru said softly, watching Qing'er continue to ask Qiu Yu in a confused manner.

Qing'er who was cleaning the yard that day was a rough maid. Qiu Yu still doesn't know whose maid Qing'er is!

"Fifth sister, although my mother has never raised you, she is not kind to you. When you were in the Qin Mansion, your mother repeatedly showed her kindness to you, and then even gave you the best courtyard in the house to live in. , and now what your maid said, are you deliberately trying to frame my mother?"

Shao Yanru said coldly, almost unable to hold back his annoyance.

"What did the eldest sister say? I just asked Qing'er to ask the adult from the Ministry of Justice to see what the truth is! Why did it come to the eldest sister's mouth and what happened to the second aunt? Could it be that the eldest sister knows something? Or maybe Qing'er asked about something that cannot be said in the government?"

Shao Wanru said calmly, the corners of Qingsha's lower lips curled up silently. She would be stupid not to seize such a good opportunity to show off.

This Chengqing also became the official Chengqing because of Qiu Yu's identity, which was different from the rumors outside.

Officials from the Ministry of Punishment presented the matter in front of everyone. Even if the Xingguo government did not handle the matter formally, the truth of the matter would be revealed.

The wife is too sick to get up now, so she has put off the matter of the bracelet. Even if she gets up later, she will only find a scapegoat, and then explain and explain it to her, saying that they will handle it and give it to her. A fair one, but it actually has no substantive effect.

Even because of the low status of the stand-in, there will be rumors that someone from the Xingguo Duke's Palace deliberately let people hide it for them.

Originally, she thought about the last resort, but this time she decided not to use it.

"Sir, this bracelet was handled by the concubine and madam in our mansion. Who do you think would attack our lady?" Qing'er still stared at Qiu Yu with a blank look on her face and asked.

Qiu Yu also noticed that something was wrong at this moment. He took two steps back, his face slightly condensed, "You just go back to the house to investigate this matter. I still have to deal with the case here, so you should go back!"

Even though she was unhappy in her heart, Qiu Yu felt that she still had to give Miss Shao some face. Although this maid said she was asking for Miss Shao Wu, there was no guarantee that she was Miss Shao's person and was just here to help. Miss Shao Wu asked.

It's just that this question is a bit weird when you think about it.

"Sir, this..." Qing'er was still about to speak, but saw Qiu Yu wave his hand, and two people from the Criminal Department came over and pushed her away from Qiu Yu's side.

Now that it was found out that there was nothing unusual here, it was just ants crawling on the candy, and there was nothing wrong with the Punishment Department. Qiu Yu waved his hand and retreated with a group of people from the Punishment Department.

When passing by the Shao sisters, Qiu Yu paused for a moment, said goodbye again, and then gave Shao Wanru a deep bow before turning and leaving.

Shao Yanru's face turned pale, and then turned green. She would never forget the way Qiu Yu was attentive to her before, nor would she forget how Qiu Yu protected her.

Although she looks down on Qiu Yu, it doesn't mean that Qiu Yu can ignore her so much.

When the onlookers saw the people from the Ministry of Punishment leaving, they started talking in twos and threes and left one after another. It was already clear that someone wanted to harm Miss Shao Wu, and the person who harmed her was someone in power in the Xingguo Palace. They didn't listen. The maid asked, the person who handled the offerings was either the wife of Duke Xingguo or his wife.

But which one is it? Some people guess this, some people guess that.

Because they were excited about guessing, many people took this topic down the mountain and asked others to help them guess. As for whether anyone doubted the true nature of this matter, everyone onlookers thought this was ridiculous. Officials from the Ministry of Punishment said Someone framed this fifth lady, of course it was true!

Shao Yanru stared at Shao Wanru coldly, her eyes sharp: "This maid from Fifth Sister is so bold, she actually dares to frame my grandmother!"

"The eldest sister was joking. She just asked this rude maid to come forward and ask. How did it become a frame-up? If it was really a frame-up, why didn't the eldest sister just explain?" Shao Wanru smiled sweetly and asked softly.

There were so many people just now. If Shao Yanru could step forward to explain in person, with her cunning, she could certainly explain it to the Tai Furen and Mrs. Xingguo Gong.

But this may also make people suspicious of her, and her flawless reputation may be affected. How could the selfish Shao Yanru dare to gamble with such a good reputation.

Shao Wanru knew she wouldn't do this.

If I didn't say it before, what's the use of talking about Qing'er's corruption now? The corners of her lips curled up silently, and she asked meaningfully: "Sister, I have to leave beforehand, so I won't accompany you to enjoy the scenery here." !”

After saying that, he turned around and turned around the two maids to leave!

"Shao Wanru, stop!" Shao Yanru said bitterly, her voice not loud, but very sharp. Fortunately, there were only a few female nuns left here. They only looked at her in surprise, but no longer looked at her.

Shao Wanru stopped and turned around slightly: "Sister, is there anything else you can do?"

"Is this...is this what you mean?" Shao Yanru looked at Shao Wanru with sharp eyes, as if she was determined to force Shao Wanru to give an answer.

"Eldest sister is joking. My maid just wants to know the truth. Doesn't eldest sister want me to know the truth?" Shao Wanru said in a nonchalant manner.