When Fu Ling came back with the birdcage in tears, Qin Wan was talking to Qin Shuang.
Fuling strode into the door, walked to the door of Nuan Pavilion and knelt down, "Miss! The servant is guilty! The servant is guilty, miss... Que'er is dead, the servant is guilty..."
Fu Ling's tears kept falling, and Qin Wan and Qin Shuang's words shocked Qin Wan and Qin Shuang.
Qin Wan stood up abruptly, walked up to Fu Ling and took a look, only to see Jinqueer's dead body in the cage, and she was already dead. Qin Wan picked up the cage, looked at it and asked, "What's going on here?"
Fuling cried and said, "Miss said yesterday that it would be better to hang the bird cage in the garden. This morning, the servant girl saw that the weather was fine, so she took the cage and hung it up. There was no one in the garden, and the servant girl still had something to do. I watched it for a while. Just came back, just now the servant girl saw that the sun was a little bright, and wanted to go over to see if there was enough food and water, but when she passed by, she saw the bird lying motionless in the cage..."
Fuling whimpered and cried, not to mention that this bird belonged to His Royal Highness in the palace, she also took good care of it for so many days.
Although this little thing can't speak, the daily twittering is not devoid of spirituality. Now that he died suddenly, Fu Ling felt sad and afraid that his breath was held in his chest.
"It's all the fault of the servant girl. The servant girl should find a little girl to watch the cage, but the servant girl saw the craftsman in the mansion earlier, and also hung the cage under the shade of a tree. This bird is very good, and somehow..."
The more Fuling talked, the more she cried, "Miss, it's all the fault of the slave, you should punish the slave."
Qin Wan didn't care about Fuling's words, opened the bird cage and took out the body of the golden bird. The little bird was already stiff and lay silently in Qin Wan's palm. Qin Wan frowned more and more tightly, and put down The cage began to check Que'er, and after a short look, among other things, Que'er's eye sockets had obvious bleeding marks. She brushed the feathers on Que'er's body again, her face became more and more cold, "Who is there today? Been to the garden?"
Fu Ling didn't react, and Bai Ying at the side hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss, I'm going to inquire now."
Qin Wan nodded, Bai Ying turned around and left, but Fu Ling was stunned, "Miss, what's wrong?"
Qin Shuang walked up to Qin Wan, "What's going on? This bird is..."
"It was crushed to death." Qin Wan's voice became completely cold as soon as he opened his mouth.
Fu Ling was taken aback, "He was crushed to death?! How could this happen? Who doesn't know that this is from Miss's yard?"
Qin Shuang's eyes rolled, "Not everyone in this mansion respects your young lady, not to mention they can always deny it if they don't catch her. Alas, it's a pity that this little thing suddenly disappeared. I'm not used to it."
Naturally, a bird's life is no better than a human's life, but knowing that it's her little pet, but still wanting to crush it to death, Qin Wan's heart is full of anger, and it's about to burst out.
And this little Que'er belongs to the Ninth Highness, if he were told that Que'er was dead, how sad he would be.
After a while, Bai Ying returned to the house from the outside, "Miss, the servant has asked, except for some servants who must pass through the garden, only Miss Ba has been to the garden..."
When Qin Wan heard this, she frowned immediately, that's right, in the whole house, who is more courageous than Qin Chaoyu? !
Qin Chaoyu is the future princess, she can do whatever she wants, she is just a bird, so what if she is crushed to death? !
Qin Shuang's complexion changed slightly, "Could it be Bamei? If so, it's really hard to pursue."
Qin Wan narrowed her eyes, "Yeah, it's not easy to pursue, what is a sparrow in her eyes?"
Qin Shuang pursed her lips, "We can only swallow this loss, but it's just a bird and nothing else..."
"Swallow it?" Qin Wan smiled coldly, and looked at Bai Ying, "Bai Ying, go to Yu Yumao and say that the golden bird sent by His Highness Ninth Prince was pinched to death. , have to call out and ask again.”
Qin Shuang was slightly surprised, "What are you going to do? They won't confess."
Qin Wan's face was cold, "Then I will never let this matter go like this. I crushed my sparrow today, and what will I do tomorrow?!" Qin Wan lowered his jaw slightly and said, " I remember that the maid on Miss Ba's side is just like a young lady..."
Qin Shuang didn't understand for a while when he heard this, Bai Ying had already gone out to look for Yuma Yu, Qin Wan put the bird in the cage, looked at Fu Ling who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up, wipe away your tears, let's go to the main courtyard .”
When Qin Wan and Qin Shuang arrived at the main courtyard, Mrs. Hu was also standing with Nanny Yu. Seeing Fu Ling following behind with a cage in her eyes, Mrs. Hu frowned and said, "Guan'er, how about you?" died?"
Qin Wan's face was cold and anxious, "Auntie, this sparrow is His Royal Highness's favorite thing. He said that the palace is very cramped, so he asked me to bring it out to help raise it. It is doing well now. Dead, I really have to pursue it."
Hu hurriedly said, "It's natural—"
Although His Royal Highness is young, he is the empress dowager's heart, not to mention His Royal Highness is very pitiful without his mother, and it is not easy to have a favorite pet. If the palace finds out about the death of this bird, what will happen? Come.
Hu said again, "I have sent someone to call over the servants who passed by the garden today, and interrogate them properly."
There was a hint of coldness on Qin Wan's lips, "There's no need to interrogate, just find someone who has the scent of roses."
Mrs. Hu and Madam Yu were taken aback for a moment, Qin Wan took the cage and took out the bird's body and stretched it forward, "Auntie, you will know when you smell it..."
Mrs. Hu originally hated the bird's corpse, but when Qin Wan said this, she didn't cooperate with him. She sniffed lightly with her nose, and sure enough, there was a faint fragrance on the bird.
Seeing Hu's expression, Qin Wan said, "I never use rose petals or rose balm, and neither do the people in my yard. This sparrow has been served by people in my yard, and now it is scented with roses for nothing. , it naturally shows that other people have touched Que'er, and whoever has touched Que'er is the murderer who crushed Que'er to death."
Hu's heart trembled, rose balm, she naturally knew that Qin Chaoyu liked rose balm the most!
Feeling inappropriate, Hu subconsciously glanced at Que'er's corpse and said, "This... how does this prove that someone crushed him to death?"
Qin Wan immediately pushed Que'er's feathers away, "There are a few purple marks on Que'er's body, and there are bloodstains in the eye sockets. If my aunt doesn't believe me, I can open Que'er's mouth, or I can cut Que'er's mouth open." Let's cut it open and see, its internal organs must have been crushed."
Hu's hair stood on end when she heard that, she even forgot what Qin Wan was good at...
At this moment, Mrs. Hu stopped talking. At this moment, the mother in charge of Mrs. Hu came in with more than a dozen servants. These servants were either sweeping the garden or taking care of the flowers and plants, and they all passed by in the first half of the day. garden.
When everyone stood still, Qin Wan took a look at Bai Ying, and Bai Ying immediately stepped forward to check on the few people. At the end, Bai Ying said with some disappointment, "Miss, no one has the scent of roses on them..."
Qin Wan turned his gaze, "It means that there are still people who have gone to the garden, and we don't know yet. These people don't know that I discovered the scent of roses, and they won't wipe the scent off on purpose. Bai Ying, who else has been there? Yard? Keep asking."
Bai Ying hesitated, "Miss, Miss Ba took someone to the garden this morning."
Hu's complexion was a bit ugly, but he could only smile dryly, "Guan'er, Chao Yu would definitely not do such a thing. An ant wouldn't have the heart to trample her to death with her temper..."
Qin Wan only sneered in his heart when he heard this, but said on the face, "Auntie, Eighth Sister is naturally good, but the girls in her yard are not necessarily so, this matter is very important, let Eighth Sister come over and ask Well, that's it, when His Royal Highness or the Queen Mother asks, I will have an explanation... "
Hu's eyes rolled a few times. If the Queen Mother asked, Qin Wan said that the bird of His Highness Ninth Prince was crushed to death by someone in the mansion, then the Queen Mother must blame the whole Hou Mansion, and if the perpetrator was found, there would be another High-sounding excuses, or simply coaxing Qin Wan not to tell the matter, so that this matter can be turned into a trivial matter.
Hu sighed, "That's fine, Yu—"
"Bai Ying, go and ask Miss Ba to come over."
Mrs. Hu originally wanted to tell Nanny Yu, but Qin Wan interrupted her and asked Bai Ying to invite her. Naturally, she didn't want Nanny Yu to inform Qin Chaoyu first.
Hu's heart was a little dissatisfied, but now that Qin Wan's status was already unusual, even she couldn't understand how to oppress others, not to mention that Qin Wan was the victim, so it was reasonable for her to be anxious.
Mrs. Hu stayed in the main courtyard a little nervously, and since the others were not suspicious, she asked everyone to disperse.
Soon, Qin Chaoyu brought four maids to the main courtyard, "Mother, what did you ask me to come here for?"
Qin Chaoyu didn't know what to call her for, but as soon as he finished speaking, she saw the bird cage and the golden bird lying in it. The bird was obviously dead...
Mrs. Hu smiled wryly, "Your sister helped His Highness the Ninth Prince to raise the sparrow, but today, the sparrow was crushed to death. The cage was hung in the garden early in the morning. I just called to ask, have you been there today? The people in the garden have asked, but they are not, and then Baiying said that you have been to the garden in the morning, so I let you take a look."
Qin Chaoyu immediately understood, and his expression changed, "Mother! Do you think I crushed this little thing to death?"
Hu naturally shook his head, Qin Chaoyu looked at Qin Wan and said, "Does Ninth Sister doubt me?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips curved slightly, "I already have the evidence, I just need to follow the evidence to find someone, I doubt everyone who has been to the garden."
Qin Chaoyu frowned, "What are you talking about? What evidence do you have?"
Qin Wan glanced at the cage, "This sparrow has the scent of roses on it, you just need to look at the people who have been to the garden, and you will know who has the scent of roses..."
After Qin Wan finished speaking, she took a look at Bai Ying. Bai Ying approached Qin Chaoyu and the others, turned around and said, "Miss, Miss Ba and Miss Moyi have the fragrance of roses on their bodies."
Qin Wan narrowed his black eyes, "Oh? Then I'll ask Eighth Sister to explain."
Qin Wan was speaking, looking sharply at Mo Yi and the others. The other three maids felt dissatisfied when they heard this, and then looked at each other to complain, but only Mo Yi lowered his head and didn't look at anyone. Stacked in front of him, very nervous.
Qin Chaoyu is the jewel in the mansion, and the spending of the big girls is also very good. Rose balm is a very precious thing, but Qin Chaoyu thinks that the girls who serve him should be both talented and beautiful, so he often rewards these little things For them, the four big girls, each of them has a refreshing fragrance, which makes her national beauty even more beautiful.
Ordinary smearing of balm would naturally not leave a long-lasting fragrance, but Qin Wan wanted to use this to accuse Qin Chaoyu. Looking at it this way, Qin Wan already knew who the person who pinched Jinqueer to death today was.
Qin Chaoyu glanced at Mo Yi very quickly. She could see that Mo Yi was very nervous when she met her day and night. After going to the garden in the morning, Mo Yi was the last one to come back. What did she do when she stayed in the garden? It goes without saying, but how can Qin Wan deal with her girl? !
Qin Chaoyu raised his jaw, "So what if there is a scent of roses? There are roses in the house, and there are craftsmen who make rose balm by themselves. For one thing, to say that she is my girl is too preposterous!"
Qin Wan knew that Qin Chaoyu was going to defend herself, so she smiled coldly, "In that case, eighth sister should go and ask if anyone of them entered the garden today but didn't really recruit them, this huge Hou's mansion, if eighth sister said , even a random little girl dares to crush the beloved of His Highness the Ninth Prince?"
Qin Chaoyu frowned, "Who knew that this was His Royal Highness's beloved?"
Qin Chaoyu smiled very dignifiedly, "Even if you don't know that it belongs to His Highness Ninth Prince, the whole house should know that it is my bird. If His Highness Ninth Prince's things are not to be touched, can mine be crushed to death?"
"You..." Qin Chaoyu was at a loss for words for a moment. Although she didn't like Qin Wan in her heart, she must never say this clearly, not to mention that Qin Wan is now the Royal Princess Yongci...
Hu saw that the two were about to quarrel, but Qin Wan made up his mind not to give in, and hurried forward and said, "Okay, okay, this matter is really inappropriate, no matter who it is, it's not good to be crushed to death like this."
Hu looked at Mo Yi and the others, "Which one of you followed Miss to the garden this morning?"
Mo Yi tremblingly hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward, "Ma'am, it's a slave..."
Hu's eyes sharpened, "Then do you know what's going on?!"
Mo Yi looked up at Qin Chaoyu, and hurriedly said, "Miss saw this sparrow when she went to the garden in the morning. The sparrow was chattering and noisy. Miss lost the mood to visit the garden and left soon, servant girl, When the maidservant left, she saw Zhen'er in the yard staying at the end, if she said... Maybe it was her..."
Qin Chaoyu frowned slightly, Zhen'er followed her early in the morning, and it was Mo Yi who came back last.
Although he knew that Mo Yi had lied, but Mo Yi was his big girl, so Qin Chaoyu didn't say anything.
"Come on, bring Zhen'er here—"
When the Hu family gave an order, Qin Chaoyu hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, mother, Zhen'er is my girl. Since this matter may be caused by Zhen'er, I will go back and interrogate myself. If it is her, I will ask someone to sell her." That's it."
Speaking of which, Qin Chaoyu looked at Qin Wan coldly, "Don't worry, I know the truth that if you do something wrong, you will be punished. Even if it's my people, I won't show favoritism. I will deal with my people myself. What does Jiumei think? "
Qin Wan sneered, and the smile became more gentle, "The eighth sister is going to be the princess, so I naturally believe in the fairness of the eighth sister, but it's just that Zhen'er did this for the sake of the eighth sister. As for the sale, it's just... a servant is a servant after all, even if she thinks this bird is not good, she should report to Eighth Sister before disposing of it. If she insists on going her own way, how can she take Eighth Sister seriously? The most trusted people around Eighth Sister Can it be like this, let alone other people? Eighth sister will be the princess in the East Palace in the future, if she really spoils her servants, she might have to do something without telling Eighth sister... "
Qin Guanyue said that Mo Yi's expression became more nervous, and Qin Chaoyu's face also showed a layer of anger.
She knew that Qin Wan had already seen it, and Qin Wan didn't want Zhen'er to suffer for others, so she said these words to beat her and Mo Yi, Qin Chaoyu took a deep breath, "I naturally believe in my people, you don't have to Worry about me."
Qin Wan pointed to the cage, Fu Ling immediately lifted the cage up, Qin Wan said, "Of course I'm not worried about Eighth Sister, this bird is dead, I still have to worry about what to say about it..."
Mrs. Hu hurriedly said, "Guan'er, this matter... it's better to make it smaller."
Qin Wan smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Auntie, I will press this matter first and find a suitable time to talk about it."
When Mrs. Hu heard Qin Wan's tone changed, she couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Qin Wan blessed her body, resigned Mrs. Hu, took her and Qin Shuang, and turned around to leave. As soon as she walked out of the main courtyard, Qin Shuang let out a long breath, "My God! , you are really too courageous to confront Bamei, Bamei looks like that, I am afraid..."
Qin Chaoyu was raised and raised since she was a child, so she must be a bit self-righteous and superior. Once the sword is on her body, it is indeed terrifying, but Qin Wan has never been afraid of her. , now that one of her girls dares to bully her, how can she continue to endure like this? !
"Some people, the more you are afraid, the more she feels that she is innocent."
Qin Wan's voice was faint, and Qin Shuang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looking at Qin Wan with even more admiration.
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As soon as Qin Chaoyu entered, he turned around and slapped Mo Yi.
Mo Yi covered her face, and quickly knelt down on the ground, "Miss, I know I was wrong, this servant thought that you were reprimanded by His Royal Highness the last time, so I was really angry, so I..."
Qin Chaoyu narrowed his eyes, and his eyes were full of anger, "Because you are angry? Because of me?! You are so courageous! Qin Wan is right, you dare not ask me a word to deal with it privately?! Today is so much It's time, did you tell me about this?! Don't you feel ashamed to see Qin Wan holding us back?!"
Mo Yi knelt down on the ground, "I didn't say it because I thought the sparrow was a trivial matter. It's fine for me to vent my anger on you secretly. I will never dare to deceive Miss on purpose! Miss, don't listen to Miss Nine's nonsense, slave Never…”
Qin Chaoyu sneered, "Absolutely not?! You committed a crime yourself, yet you still took Zhen'er to blame! You dare to let Zhen'er take the blame today! Tomorrow, do you want to betray your master?!"
Qin Chaoyu was really angry, she didn't expect Mo Yi to do such a stupid thing, she never cared about that bird's death, she crushed a bird to death, but was caught by the other party , and what substantial harm did it do to Qin Wan? !
"No, no, miss! The servant dare not! The servant never dares... The servant is just afraid... The servant has to accompany the young lady into the palace, and has to saddle up and back the young lady. In comparison, Zhen'er is not as important as a servant girl. so… "
"That's great! You are really amazing!" Qin Chaoyu's chest was blocked in anger by Mo Yi's words. Her words were not unreasonable, but she was too self-righteous as a slave when she said it like this...
"Does your master insist on you entering the palace with you? Can't I use other people? Just because of your private revenge, I will never take you into the palace, get out!"
Mo Yi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly grabbed Qin Chaoyu's skirt, "Miss! This servant has followed you for so many years and has never done anything wrong. This is just this one time, please, servant, please don't abandon this servant!"
Qin Chaoyu tugged at his skirt, pointed to a few girls beside him, "What are you doing in a daze! Don't drag her out. From today onwards, you stay in your room so that you don't get in my eyes." !"
Mo Yi burst into tears, "Miss, miss... I know I'm wrong, please miss..."
Qin Chaoyu turned around and entered the inner room, his face was as cold as ice, Mo Yi had indeed been with her for many years, if Mo Yi had told her about this earlier, she would not have been so angry, but because Qin Wan made trouble first, she learned that Mo Yi Yi did it in private, and a thorn arose in her heart. Qin Wan borrowed Mo Yi's hand to slap her in the face!
Qin Chaoyu sneered at Qin Wan's kindness, but at the same time hated Mo Yi's stupidity. Thinking of Qin Wan's dignified smirk, she felt more and more mocked. Qin Chaoyu kept taking deep breaths. Press down.
Her wedding date is coming soon, at this time, nothing can go wrong! Never!
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After burying the golden bird in the flower garden of Songfengyuan, Qin Shuang said, "What can I do, it's just a bird, and it's impossible to really catch a servant to forgive my sin..."
Qin Wan sighed, "His Highness Ninth Prince's temperament, it's better not to let him know about it, he also wants to keep Que'er outside, and he doesn't plan to go back, so let's keep it a secret."
Qin Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I thought I would go back in a few days."
Qin Wan's words are unknown, I'm afraid everyone thinks so, but if they don't say that, how can Hu and Qin Chaoyu be afraid
In this world, status, status, power and wealth really matter more than anything else.
Fu Ling cried beside him, "It's too much, it's too much, such a big man, he even vented his anger on a bird. When this little guy was brought back, the slaves kept thinking about it day and night, for fear of dying, and later lived. I originally thought that there would be a small thing making trouble in the yard, but I didn't expect... that they were all crushed to death!"
Seeing Fuling crying pitifully, Qin Wan also sighed in his heart, and couldn't help pulling Fuling's hand, "Okay, if you like it, go out and buy two and bring them back to raise. It's impossible for this matter to really go up in front of the Queen Mother. Even if the Empress Dowager feels sorry for us being bullied, she won't do anything because of a single sparrow, let alone if it gets big, it will hurt everyone."
Fu Ling knew these truths, but the more she knew, the more sad she felt.
Qin Shuang sighed, "Okay, Fuling, I see Bamei being so angry, Mo Yi will definitely be taught a lesson when she goes back. In the eyes of the powerful, a servant can be killed with a stick, let alone a sparrow. , now this bird belongs to His Highness Ninth Highness, and Ninth Younger Sister became the princess again, so Auntie dealt with this matter. If we had just entered Beijing, let alone birds, it would be you guys, Auntie would find someone If you make a mistake and sell it, who can stop it?"
Fu Ling began to feel sad for Que'er, and now she felt sad for herself. Thinking of the hard days in Jinzhou, Fu Ling felt even more uncomfortable. In the past, Qin Wan was also the daughter of the second wife of Jin Zhi Yu Ye, but what kind of life did she live? Almost lost his life, thinking of this, Fu Ling stopped crying, "Hey, this servant is also hypocritical. After a good life, I feel sad for Que'er. In the past, when the slave and the young lady had a hard time, there was only one Que'er is dead, I'm afraid I still want to roast it and eat it."
Qin Shuang felt guilty when Fuling talked about the past, but when she heard Fuling's last sentence, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, "You girl, you really dare to say..."
Fu Ling shrugged her nose, and muttered, "At that time, the oil stars will not be seen, so you can't roast meat if you have meat."
Qin Wan also laughed when he heard that, and nodded Fu Ling's forehead, "Want to eat meat? Then let the kitchen make something good tonight, and thank you for your hard work!"
Fu Ling said embarrassingly, "I'm still sad, why did I eat and drink so much?" Then she said, "But Miss really wants to reward the servants, so the servants will go and order..."
Qin Shuang laughed out loud when she heard that, "Ninth Sister, look at Poria, I've gained a lot of weight in the capital, and I still want to eat it!"
Bai Ying also laughed, Ban Xia and others were sad and a little scared when they saw Que'er's death, they all laughed when they saw this, seeing that everyone was happy, Qin Wan exhaled and the corners of his lips curved slightly.