Di went to her family temple to find Shui Ruolan the next day.
Since what happened that time, Di and Shui Ruolan have never met again. Originally, she could not come here and let Shui Ruolan hang out so that she could humiliate her at the right opportunity, but now she has to come.
"How are you doing here these days, cousin?" When Di came in, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled slightly. After covering her face with ice last night, the redness and swelling on her face had basically disappeared. It was almost done, and when I covered it with rouge and gouache, it was impossible to tell that she had been slapped yesterday.
"It's okay!" Shui Ruolan was prepared and said calmly, looking at Di with her dark eyes as calm as water.
Di looked at Shui Ruolan's fair and tender face with a bit of jealousy. Shui Ruolan, who was dressed in jade-white clothes, looked very young. Although her eyes were light, there was a sense of elegance that she didn't like in the past. Shui Ruolan's seemingly elegant calmness seemed to be heartless for a widow to be so peaceful.
At this time, I thought of Qin Huaiyong's actions in the study that day, and immediately felt a heart-wrenching anger.
That incident was obviously planned by her, but she felt that Shui Ruolan deliberately made her feel that she was not interested in Qin Huaiyong.
"My cousin has lost a lot of money in the past few days. What happened that day was all the fault of the general. I have to explain to my cousin what the general means. There is always a place for my cousin in this mansion." Di Shi secretly clenched her fists. Then he put it down again, sat down on the chair, covered his nose with a handkerchief, and said hypocritically.
The so-called "a place to live in the backyard" certainly means taking Shui Ruolan as my concubine, and it's said very reluctantly.
Di thought viciously in her heart, what if the general took her to heart again? She was just a concubine, she could bear it. As a mistress, she had many ways to manage a house of concubines. The old woman couldn't protect herself now. She wanted to torture one to death. Concubine, it’s not a matter of just one word.
"Madam, I am not a concubine!" Shui Ruolan put down the incense in her hand, raised her eyes, and looked at Di Shi and said calmly.
As soon as these words came out, not only Di but also Nanny Zhou behind her could not help but be stunned.
Di was shocked and her face suddenly darkened: "Cousin, what do you mean by this? Do you want me to give up my seat to you?"
"Do you have to give me an explanation for this? I was well in my own yard, but something like this happened. Could it be that I designed this?" Shui Ruolan raised her head, her voice was as cold as ice, "Take all the Bring all the servants over and find out what's going on here. It shouldn't be difficult at all! You can ask the wife of the prefect Qi to help with the investigation, so that everyone can avoid suspicion."
Let Mr. Li help with the investigation
Di's face turned green with anger. She never expected that Shui Ruolan, who had always looked fragile, could be so sharp. Her brows were furrowed tightly, and her eyes were almost hooked.
"Shui Ruolan, you are so thoughtful!" Di said through gritted teeth, "You are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue."
"I'm not afraid of the strong wind. I'm afraid that someone will plot against me. Originally, I was just spending time with my aunt. I didn't want to get involved, but now that I'm involved, I don't plan to run away anymore!" Shui Ruo! Lan glanced at Di and casually patted the ashes on her sleeve.
Di's teeth were clenched. She came today to give Shui Ruolan a show of strength. She didn't expect Shui Ruolan to be so stubborn. She pressed her hand on the table beside her and was about to start shooting. She still didn't believe in dealing with it. There is no more Shui Ruolan who has no status.
His eyes suddenly fell on Shui Ruolan's sleeves, where there was a familiar corner of an envelope, and his heart skipped a beat. Such a familiar envelope was Qin Yuru's letter.
The reason why this envelope is so familiar is because she was the one who inserted it into it.
Suppressing the anger in her heart, Di Shi sneered and softened her voice: "Shui Ruolan, you are a widow. How could a widowed person still want to climb on someone else's head?"
"What Mrs. Di means, is it possible that the person behind the conspiracy can still sit in his position? If I tell my cousin everything, it's not hard to imagine what my cousin will do!" Shui Ruolan stepped forward. He said reluctantly, and then slowly flicked his cuffs.
The letter hidden in the cuff also made a sound.
She used to call Mrs. Di her cousin-in-law, but now she only calls her "Madam"!
"Shui Ruolan, you don't think that a letter can explain anything, do you?" Di sneered, his sharp eyes fell on her sleeves, secretly clenched his fists, and then slowly released them, "Shui Ruolan , let’s make a deal!”
If possible, she never wanted Qin Huaiyong to see this letter.
"Let's forget about making a deal. I still want to be honest with my cousin. I don't want anything to be hidden from him!" Shui Ruolan said.
"Shui Ruolan, don't go too far!" Di stood up suddenly and said sternly with a cold eyebrow.
"I'm not the one who went too far. I just want to get back what's rightfully mine. I've been plotted against and trampled under my feet. So even if I risk my life, I still have to seek justice for myself. "Shui Ruolan said coldly, having no desires and demands in the past does not mean that she is easy to bully.
Seeing Shui Ruolan speaking so sharply, Di couldn't help but feel guilty, but she still said with a stern expression: "Shui Ruolan, I don't know if you were plotted against someone, but it is definitely a fact that the general was plotted against. In the past, the general only treated you as a relative at home, and he had good intentions in raising you, but who would have thought that he would actually become a enemy of you!"
"Let's go talk to my cousin!" Shui Ruolan was very calm. After Di Shi finished speaking, she turned around and walked out.
"Shui Ruolan, don't force me!" Di said sternly, and with a wave of her hand, the women she brought with her blocked the door of the family temple.
Shui Ruolan turned around, looked at Di's lips, and showed a contemptuous smile, and said calmly, "Mrs. Di, are you going to use force? You don't think I'm really that stupid, to use a Is there a genuine letter hidden by your side?"
"You... this is a lie?" Di said this almost through gritted teeth.
"You don't really think I'm so stupid, do you? I've been tricked once, will I be tricked a second time?" Shui Ruolan smiled slightly and said calmly.
Seeing her calm expression, Di Shi felt unsure. She looked at Shui Ruolan suspiciously, and then slowly landed on her sleeves.
"You can take this letter. After you leave, I will go to my cousin and ask him to comment on it. You are so aggressive and led someone to snatch this letter from me. You are obviously guilty. When brother sees my true letter, he will definitely believe what I say!"
Shui Ruolan said calmly.
Di Shi was so angry at these words that she almost fell over. Is this trying to save herself from the consequences
"What... do you want?" Shui Ruolan asked irritably, almost vomiting out through clenched teeth. With so many people taking action, the general would definitely be able to find out if he wanted to.
"I'm not a concubine!" Shui Ruolan looked at Di with cold eyes and repeated, "Mrs. Di, please come back before the solution is resolved. I will be leaving the temple in two days and I have to take care of her." Auntie, you can’t really live in the family temple and not be able to get out for the rest of your life!”
"You..." Those few words were so clear and simple, but they irritated Di Shi. She pinched the handkerchief fiercely, wishing to tear Shui Ruolan's beautiful face off. How could she have the nerve to say such words? He was using Qin Huaiyong to pressure him, but he was actually talking about that old woman.
Mrs. Di has been married to Qin Huaiyong for so many years and has always been domineering. When has she ever felt so aggrieved
"Mrs. Di, please come back!" Shui Ruolan took two steps forward, picked up a few incense sticks placed beside the incense burner, lit them, and slowly inserted them on the incense burner, as if Mrs. Di loved it and couldn't leave!
"Let's go!" Knowing that she couldn't do anything to Shui Ruolan now, Di gritted her teeth, said bitterly, turned around and walked out.
"Madam, what should I do?" Nanny Zhou took two steps and asked urgently.
"I will never agree!" Di said through gritted teeth.
"But... but that letter..." Nanny Zhou reminded her. The letter in Shui Ruolan's hand was not so easy to explain, even though the handwriting on it didn't look like Di's usual handwriting. "If... The general suspects this, and everything you said before, madam, will be revealed."
One fake thing after another, Di Shi kept doing things without telling Qin Huaiyong.
"No matter what, we can't make the general believe this letter or Shui Ruolan." Di said through clenched teeth.
"Madam, it's better to find someone to take the blame. Even if my cousin takes this matter to the general and someone takes the blame, the general won't suspect us." Grandma Zhou suggested.
Di's heart was shaken by these words, and her eyes immediately lit up. This was a good idea, "Who can I find to take the blame for this?"
"Second Miss!" said Nanny Zhou, pointing in the direction of Qin Wanru's yard, "Only by bringing this matter to the Second Miss can we get rid of the whole thing. Just say that the Second Miss framed the Eldest Miss. I deliberately wrote such a disgusting letter, and then deliberately threw it on the road for people to pick it up."
Habitually letting Qin Wanru take the blame, Grandma Zhou subconsciously pointed the matter towards Qin Wanru.
"This... will the general be suspicious?" Di's heart was also moved as usual.
Seeing that Mrs. Di was interested, Grandma Zhou hurriedly added: "Of course the general will believe it. You think the relationship between the eldest lady and the second lady is not good now. The second lady also knows that her biological mother is not you, and she resents you." He concealed this matter and deliberately thought of ways to harm the eldest lady."
In the past, this kind of remarks was what Di liked to hear most. Aunt Zhou was Di's confidant, so of course she knew what Di would agree with most at this time.
Sure enough, after thinking about it, Di nodded, with a cold and proud look in her eyes, "Okay, but we can't lead this matter away, we have to let others lead it away."
"Madam, what do you mean?" Nanny Zhou waved her hand, and the other women stepped back. Then she approached Di and asked in a low voice.
"Write another letter!" Di sneered.
"Miss, miss, this servant picked up a letter. It's strange. Whose letter will fall at the door of our courtyard? Is it the letter you lost?" When Qingcui went to the kitchen to get snacks, there was an extra letter in her hand. As he walked, he started shouting loudly, which made all the maids and women in the yard look excited.