Chapter 71 Offended
Xia Zihan sat next to Mrs. Zeng, Fu Er whispered to her about the matter, and then acted like a normal person, accompanying Mrs. Zeng to entertain the other guests.
After all the guests were sent away, Mrs. Zeng and Xia Zihan returned to the house, leaving only a few confidants in the house. Then they called Mrs. He, who had rescued Miss Ma ashore, to question them.
"The old slave is a woman who cleans the yard in the Champs Elysees. Before Miss Ma fell into the water, the old slave saw a little girl wearing a light yellow dress from a distance. She seemed to have said something to Miss Ma, and Miss Ma was very excited. ”
The girl in the yellow dress?
Xia Zihan's eyes darkened. There was only one person wearing a yellow dress today, Dai Yumin.
"Then did you hear what they said?" she asked.
Mrs. He shook her head, "The old slave was far away and didn't hear me."
After a pause, she continued, "At first, the old slave thought the two girls were quarreling. Since the old slave has a low status, this kind of thing is not something that the old slave can see, so the old slave stayed further away from them."
"Until the girl in the yellow dress left, when the old slave looked at Miss Ma again, he saw her looking lost. Not long after, the old slave saw her climb over the fence and jump into the lake. The old slave was shocked. Seeing that someone was about to die, I became alert that something serious had happened. I didn’t care anymore and ran over, jumped down and fished her out.”
Then he said rejoicing, "Fortunately, I know how to boil water, otherwise by the time someone is called, Miss Ma's life would have been lost here."
At that time, whether Miss Ma committed suicide by jumping into the lake or not, the Chu family will inevitably have to bear the responsibility.
This move of using a knife to kill someone is really cruel.
Xia Zihan lowered his eyes, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then heard Mrs. Zeng ordering the maid to give Mrs. He a big red seal as a reward.
Mrs. He put it in her arms and happily kowtowed in thanks. After Mrs. He went out, Xia Zihan put down the tea cup and asked Mrs. Zeng with a serious face, "Grandma, is this matter someone deliberately trying to use Mrs. Ma's hand to embarrass our Chu family?"
"Yes." Mrs. Zeng looked solemn and raised her hand to stroke her hair, "You can see the secret here at a young age. Grandma is very pleased. My beautiful lady has finally grown up."< br>
"Grandma." Xia Zihan looked shy, but her heart was full of melancholy.
Grandma, do you know that Yu Niang paid a heavy price and lessons for this part of growing up.
Mrs. Zeng sent all the servants out of the room, then hugged her into her arms, patted her back gently, and told her, "When your grandfather was alive, he once offended Mr. Dai."
Mrs. Zeng also remembered the girls who came today. The one wearing a yellow dress was a girl from the Dai family.
Only the Dai family didn't deal with her Chu family.
"Master Dai once served as Minister of the Ministry of Industry. However, less than three months after taking office, your grandfather accidentally learned that he took advantage of his position to embezzle a large sum of money."
"At that time, Dasheng had just experienced a drought. The imperial court allocated a large sum of money for disaster relief and the treasury was empty. Your grandfather checked the whereabouts of every money that was used out. After finding out that Mr. Dai was greedy for money, he After the evidence, your grandfather was very angry.”
"The national treasury is already empty, and the people of Dasheng have just resumed farming after the drought. However, Mr. Dai ignored the life and death of the country's people and stole a sum of money that the court had just allocated to the people to repair farmland and ditches. Your grandfather is so angry. The evidence was immediately presented to the emperor.”
(End of chapter)