"Sister Ruoyan, what are you talking about!"
Facing Yun Ruoyan's testimony, Yi Qianying sat up from her seat at once, with an innocent look on her face, "What happened, sister Ruoyan, there must be some misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?" Yun Ruoyan sneered, "Do you dare to say that you didn't harm me?"
"I don't!"
Yi Qianying came to Liu's side in two steps, and also knelt down, tears crackling more smoothly than Yun Ruoyan's, "I have always been by my grandmother's side and never been anywhere, and my aunt can also testify."
She turned her head to look at Yun Ruoyan, her face full of sorrow and grievance, "Sister Ruoyan, I always love and respect my sister, why did my sister slander me?"
"Did I slander you, we can confront each other!"
Yun Ruoyan looked at her, "I'm fine in the forest, He Xiang suddenly came to me and said that Xi Lan had strayed into the forbidden hunting ground and hadn't come out for a long time, so let me go and see her quickly, dare you say no You let He Xiang do this?"
"You entered the forbidden area of the hunting ground?!" At this moment, grandmother Liu looked at Yun Ruoyan and exclaimed.
"No." Yun Ruoyan shook her head hastily, "I just searched around the outermost corner. Because I was too worried about Xilan, I really wanted to go inside to look for it, but when I heard the guards calling for an assassin, I came back in shock. gone."
"It's a good thing you didn't go in!"
Liu breathed a sigh of relief, "This royal hunting ground is a forbidden area on Hades Mountain. Anyone who trespasses without the emperor's permission will be killed on the spot as an assassin."
Last year, because of curiosity, a young lady of the Wang family sneaked around for a walk, but was shot dead as an assassin.
Although the Wang family felt sorry for their daughter, they could only swallow tears and thank the emperor for not treating the Wang family as assassins. Then hastily buried her daughter's body, and didn't even dare to do the funeral.
This matter has been spread all over the streets and alleys of the imperial city behind the scenes, so Liu and An thought that everyone would not approach the hunting grounds because they knew how powerful it was, so they didn't bring it up to emphasize, but they almost had an accident.
Liu glanced at Yun Ruoyao and Yun Ruoyu at the side, and continued, "Those who sneak in will be severely punished once they are found out!"
"Grandmother, Sister Ruoyao and I didn't run around, we just walked around, and we came back after a cup of tea." Yun Ruoyu said.
Liu's serious tone frightened Xi Lan who was on the side, and she quickly knelt down beside her young lady.
She said: "Old lady, Xilan has been collecting fresh phoenix flowers around here, and has never been to that forbidden hunting ground. Sister Xiaolan can testify!"
"Yes, I collected stamens with Xilan, and we are going to make Xia's pillow together." Xiaolan beside Liu said.
"Old grandmother!" Yun Ruoyan then cried again, "Sister Qianying, she must have deliberately asked He Xiang to lure me to the forbidden area, they are trying to kill me!"
At this time, Liu's face had completely darkened, and it was fine to frame some small things in daily life, even small punishments and small punishments. This is to kill people today, it's okay!
The first rule of the Yun family's family rules is not to give up and hurt siblings. It seems that I am still too indulgent on weekdays! From childhood to adulthood, it seems that no matter how unscrupulous the management is, there will be big troubles!
"He Xiang!" Liu Shi's half-closed eyes suddenly widened and looked towards He Xiang. At this time, He Xiang's face was as white as paper.
How could it be like this? Didn't the lady say that as long as you enter the forbidden area of the hunting ground, no one can come out alive!
Once the second miss was shot and killed for trespassing on the hunting ground, the Yun family would not pursue it in order to get rid of the relationship. This matter would pass without anyone noticing.
Then the young lady married into the Pei family, and she followed the chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven. She also thought that she could be a housekeeper for Pei Ziao in the future, and it would not be impossible to work hard to become a concubine!
However, beautiful dreams are often short-lived, and when they are broken, they are especially sad!
"He Xiang!" Seeing that He Xiang was out of her mind, Yi Qianying didn't seem to listen to Liu's calling her, so she stretched out her hand to pull her trouser leg, and then pinched her sharp nails on He Xiang's calf.
"ah!"
He Xiang was awakened by the sharp pain, and couldn't help screaming. She looked up and saw that everyone was looking at her, and she was so frightened that her legs went limp and she knelt down with a plop, half of her body prostrated on the ground, trembling.
Mrs. Liu looked at He Xiang's trembling back angrily, "Looking at you, I don't need to ask any more questions, what's going on, you can do it yourself!"
"Old lady." He Xiang finally made a trembling voice and said, "Yes, it's Miss..."
"He Xiang, don't talk nonsense!"
Yi Qianying hurriedly interrupted He Xiang, "I've always been kind to you. I hired a doctor for your mother's illness, and I paid for your brother's education. Don't talk nonsense. framed me!"
He Xiang's words got stuck in his throat. Her father died early, her mother was in poor health, her brother was weak, and the whole family depended on her monthly routine as a maid in the Yun family.
It's over for her now, but what about her family
He Xiang turned her head slightly, and looked at Yi Qianying with tears in her eyes. Yi Qianying also had tears in her eyes, she frowned imperceptibly towards He Xiang, and pursed the corners of her mouth.
The two masters and servants reached an agreement in this way.
"He Xiang, murdering Miss is a serious crime, you have to think about it before answering." Yun Ruoyan said.
He Xiang's face was almost stuck to the ground, tears trickled down and soaked into the stone slab.
She closed her eyes tightly, and finally said: "Miss doesn't know anything, He Xiang did it all by herself."
Liu's face was still scary, and An's on the side didn't dare to say much at this time.
"Then tell me why you want to kill Second Miss." Liu said.
"Because my young lady likes Mr. Pei, but Mr. Pei is close to the second young lady."
He Xiang replied: "My young lady doesn't know how to fight for herself, so she can only secretly feel sad. The servants can't see it, so she thought of this method to harm the second young lady."
"Is what you said true?" Liu Shi looked at He Xiang, but glanced at Yi Qianying from the corner of her eye, seeing her sobbing, and thinking of her daughter who died long ago, she sighed slightly in her heart.
"Every sentence of the servant girl is true, it's all done by the servant girl, my lady doesn't know anything!"
"What a bold girl!" Mrs. Liu slammed the stone table with a bang, which made Yi Qianying, who was kneeling on the ground, tremble in fright.
"You even dared to murder Miss, and you used such a vicious method. If you don't punish you severely, the family rules of my Yun family will really be a piece of paper." Liu slowly stood up from the stool, An and Xiaolan hurriedly supported her from left to right.
"Go back and get thirty sticks immediately, and then make a decision on whether to sell them or discard them!"
In the Shenyuan Continent, the master has the right to execute his slaves and maidservants. The Yun family has always preached lenient treatment, so the Liu family did not directly order He Xiang to be killed.
However, this kind of punishment is not much different from beating him to death directly. If you get 30 sticks, you will be half disabled if you don't die.
If you sell it, you will be the most lowly prostitute. It is even worse if you lose your hands, pick off your tendon and throw it directly on the street, lingering like a beast until you die!
At this time, Yun Ruoyan was supported by Mrs. Liu, "Silly boy, you should take care of yourself first if you feel sorry for your servants. Is that forbidden hunting ground a place you can go to casually?"
She scolded: "In the future, if you encounter something that you can't solve, you will come to the old grandmother. Don't make up your own mind and do stupid things."
"Well, Ruoyan will listen to her grandmother in everything from now on." Yun Ruoyan replied obediently.
"Grandmother." At this time, Yi Qianying, who was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowed to Liu Shi, "He Xiang committed such a serious crime, and there is also a reason why Qianying is not strict in discipline. Please punish her!"
"Mother." At this moment, An's on the side finally spoke, "Qianying is still young and has a pure heart. It is understandable for lax governance. I hope mother will be punished lightly."
"Yes, grandma." Yun Ruoyao and Yun Ruoyu also hurriedly pleaded, "Qianying definitely wouldn't want such a thing to happen, so grandma will spare my sister this time."
Yun Ruoyan sneered in her heart, what a sister and family!
However, Yun Ruoyan understood her grandmother Liu's feelings very well. Yi Qianying was the orphan of Liu's daughter. She lived in Yun's house since she was a child. She was watched by Liu when she grew up. How could she have the heart to punish her severely!
"Grandmother, since Sister Qianying was also kept in the dark, I don't blame her, and you don't want to punish her, okay?" Yun Ruoyan said coquettishly.
Yi Qianying didn't expect Yun Ruoyan to intercede for her, and looked at her with a pair of eyes in surprise.
Looking at Yun Ruoyan, Liu Shi really liked this granddaughter more and more in her heart.
She reached out and touched Yun Ruoyan's face. Although she still felt a little pity for her imperfect face, she gradually felt more pity in that pity.
She finally looked at Yi Qianying, with a little disappointment in her eyes, but she still said in a light tone: "You go to the ancestral hall to punish and kneel all night, and you must discipline the servants more in the future. Get up."
When the matter came to an end, Mrs. Liu was no longer interested in viewing flowers, so Mrs. An sent a few servants to look for Pei Ziao, and when he came back, she could go back home.
He Xiang was still lying on the ground. At this time, her legs were so weak that she couldn't even stand up. She was crawling like a poor dog.
Yun Ruoyan looked down at her, and the scene of her previous life couldn't help appearing in her mind.
She was locked in the firewood room by Pei Ziao, and every time He Xiang came to bring her food, she would grab a handful of sand and eat it in front of her.
"A fool deserves to eat sand!" Her sneer seemed to be still echoing in Yun Ruoyan's ears, "Second Miss, you are ugly and stupid, and you beat such a good fortune card to pieces. Even me, a maid, compares you to nothing!"
Slowly exhaling a foul breath, Yun Ruoyan turned her eyes away, picked up big plump almonds from the blue and white porcelain bowl on the table and handed them to Mrs. Liu.
With a cute smile on the corner of her mouth, she said softly: "Grandmother, eat an almond, and Ruoyan will make you a cup of tea."
She got up to pour tea, and felt several eyes shot at her, Yun Ruoyan glanced back without hesitation, An Shi and Yun Ruoyao were swept away by her eyes, couldn't help but feel chills in her heart, and turned her eyes away hastily .
snort! Yun Ruoyan sneered in her heart, this is just the beginning! .