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After sunset, the sky was filled with dusk mist.
Li Shu returned to the backyard in the twilight. Hong Jian was controlled by several strong old maids. A piece of rag was stuffed in her mouth. She was shaking her head but no sound was made. There were many maids and old maids surrounding her.
The red paper incident caused a sensation in the entire backyard. When people heard that the Fifth Miss had someone tie up the red paper, they all gathered around curiously. The Second Miss, the Third Miss, the Sixth Miss, and other young ladies of the Marquis' Mansion also arrived at the scene, surrounded by their maids and nannies.
Seeing Li Shu coming, the maids and servants surrounding her quickly greeted her and made way for Li Shu to pass.
A faint smile blossomed on Li Shu's pretty face. She slowly approached the sobbing and struggling Hong Jian. A chill came over her. The sobbing and struggling Hong Jian felt as if she had returned to the cold winter. Looking at the Fifth Miss's ink-black eyes filled with a sneer, she couldn't help but shiver.
"Hey, Fifth Sister, what happened? Why did you tie up my girl?" The Sixth Miss of the Marquis's Mansion tilted her round and cute face, holding an embroidered handkerchief between her scallion-white fingers and slightly covering her mouth, and asked innocently.
"But did this girl offend my sister?"
The Sixth Miss of the Marquis' Mansion blinked her eyes, and then asked again, with an innocent look on her face, but her eyes were full of gloating and laughing at the joke. Even a maid climbed on the bed ahead of you, and you couldn't even keep your husband in check, let's see how you can be so proud!
The other young ladies in the Marquis' Mansion also looked at Li Shu curiously, their eyes full of gossip.
"Why, sister can't tie up your girl?"
Hearing this, Li Shu turned slightly and looked at the Sixth Miss, with a charming smile on her lips.
"Hehe, yes, if I wanted to, I would tie her up. But I tied up my little maid for no reason. I'm afraid the little maids below will be heartbroken."
The Sixth Miss of the Marquisate looked at Li Shu with burning eyes, holding an embroidered handkerchief between her white fingers and covering her mouth with laughter. She wanted to force Li Shu to tell her about Hong Jian's climbing into the bed. She wanted to make a big fuss about this matter and make her lose face in front of everyone. She had to make things difficult for Li Shu, and she couldn't let all the good things happen to her.
"oh"
Li Shu nodded when she heard that. She parted her red lips and uttered "oh", then turned her head without warning and slapped Hong Jian in the face.
Crisp and loud.
"Comfortable"
After Li Shu finished beating him, she shook her hands and raised her lips slightly. The chubby little maid next to her handed her a snow-white handkerchief. Li Shu took the handkerchief, wiped her hands, and then threw it on the ground casually.
The Sixth Miss of the Marquis's Mansion felt that this loud slap was like a slap on her own face. Following the crisp sound, she heard Li Shu say "oh" and the smile that was just brewing on her face withered away, and her round and cute little face suddenly turned blue.
"Sister, what are you doing?" The Sixth Miss of the Marquis' Mansion looked at Li Shu with burning eyes and asked while biting her lip.
"What's wrong with me? Why are you looking at me like that, sister? I'm just helping you educate the girl. Didn't you mean just now that as long as it's not for no reason, it's fine?" Li Shu looked at the Sixth Miss of the Marquis's Mansion innocently. Her expression was exactly the same as the Sixth Miss's at the beginning.
The second young lady of the Marquis's Mansion and the others found it more and more interesting. They really wanted to eat melon seeds and drink a cup of tea.
"Sister, tell me what happened to my girl?" The Sixth Miss of the Marquis's Mansion asked, with a faint expectation in her heart. Tell me, my fifth sister, let everyone know that you didn't control your husband and let a maid sneak into your bed.
"This girl of mine is so dishonest that she had the guts to steal my peacock hairpin." Li Shu pursed her lips and smiled slightly. She stretched out her slender hand and fiddled with the string of black pearls in the peacock's mouth on the gold-thread hollow peacock hairpin inserted on the red paper.
The black pearl swayed as Li Shu stroked it, its natural black base color showing rainbow colors. The luster changed color as the pearl turned.
Just this string of black pearls would cost at least several hundred taels of silver, and it might not even be possible to buy it.
In ancient times, black pearls could not be cultivated artificially like they are today. The pearl oyster that produces black pearls is a black lip oyster that secretes black nacre. It is extremely precious and can only grow in specific sea areas.
Therefore, this gold-threaded hollow peacock hairpin was definitely not something a maid like Hong Jian could own, so it could only be stolen. Most importantly, the one on Hong Jian's head was almost identical to the other gold-threaded hollow peacock hairpin on Li Shu's temples, and they were originally a pair. So, theoretically speaking, the hairpin on Hong Jian's head was stolen from Li Shu.
Of course, this is only in theory, but how is it in practice
"Sister, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding. I used to..."
The sixth young lady of the Marquis's Mansion covered her mouth with a handkerchief and asked with blinking eyes. She didn't expect things to turn out like this. How did it go from climbing into bed and having sex to stealing? Moreover, she saw with her own eyes that this girl took the hangover soup to the front yard to seduce Zhu Ping'an. It was impossible for her to turn to Li Shu's yard to steal a hairpin. Besides, it was obvious that Li Shu's hairpins were a pair. If one of them was stolen before, Li Shu would not have come out with one; if it was not stolen before, how could Hong Jian steal the hairpin from Li Shu's head, and put it in her bun for fear that others would not know. She was not stupid.
"How come the younger sister is suspecting her elder sister now that the criminal has been caught red-handed?" Li Shu asked with a sarcastic smile on her lips.
"No, sister, you misunderstood. How could I doubt you?" Under Li Shu's gaze, the Sixth Miss of the Marquis's Mansion shook her head and explained.
"Oh, then I misunderstood you, sister. To make amends to you, I will discipline this girl on your behalf."
When Li Shu spoke, the gold-thread hollow peacock hairpin on her temples and the string of black pearls in the peacock's mouth swayed, making her fair face look even more pure and innocent.
"What, you want to turn your life around?"
After saying that, Li Shu no longer cared about the Sixth Miss of the Marquis' Mansion and the others. Instead, she turned around and looked at Hong Jian. She stretched out her slender hand and gently patted Hong Jian's face, and a sneer bloomed on her pretty face.
Hong Jian's mouth was stuffed with a rag. She sobbed and shook her head, her face pale.
"Let me tell you, the salted fish has turned over a new leaf."
“It’s still salty fish!”
Li Shu's ink-black eyes were filled with ripples, the corners of her mouth curved slightly upwards, and she said with a sarcastic smile.
"Don't touch my things! Don't even look at them for a second! Do you understand?"
At this point, Li Shu turned her head and glanced at everyone, intentionally or unintentionally looking at the Sixth Miss of the Marquis' Mansion for a moment, then turned back and looked at Hong Jian intently, stretched out her delicate hand, hooked Hong Jian's chin with her fingernails, and said with a curled lip corner, her voice was heard by everyone. (To be continued.)
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