Chapter 53 What thing? (1)
Chen Hui was looking at Jiang Bihan and didn’t notice Li Youde’s gaze on the side.
Li Youde’s expression changed several times and he finally withdrew his gaze. He still asked Jiang Bihan what he originally wanted to ask, “Lady Jiang, where is the cat?”
Jiang Bihan had calmed down and said in a low voice, “Bihan has already said it before. It hasn’t come back after it went out.”
“Then, why did the thing that it stole get here?” Li Youde asked.
Jiang Bihan lowered her gaze and faintly said, “Bihan doesn’t know either.”
Li Youde knew that he wouldn’t be able to get anything out more by asking questions and he couldn’t beat Lady Jiang for this matter. He turned his gaze to Qingshu who was standing at a side with a gloomy expression. Lady Jiang might not know what had happened in Rely Bamboo Pavilion, but it was impossible for Qingshu not to know.
“Then, Lady Jiang, have a good rest,” Li Youde said, “Bring Qingshu!”
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Bihan and Qingshu were a bit panicked. Jiang Bihan hurriedly said, “Lord, what are you going to do by bringing Qingshu with you?”
Li Youde said, “Lady Jiang, Qingshu must know about this matter. You don’t have to worry about it.”
Seeing that the servants were about to come up and take Qingshu away, Jiang Bihan quickly stood in front of her. She doesn’t know how the brocade pouch came back, she only knows that if Qingshu went to explain everything, the consequences won’t be good. Moreover, with the affection of being master and servant for two years, she was also unwilling to see Qingshu suffer. She had also heard of Lord Li’s methods and was naturally unwilling to hand Qingshu over.
“Lord, forgive me for not being able to hand over Qingshu. She is like a sister to me. If lord has anything to ask her, ask her in front of Bihan,” Jiang Bihan said.
Chen Hui looked at Jiang Bihan who had a firm expression and Qingshu who had a frightened expression. She also didn’t want Li Youde to take away Qingshu for torture. Although, she has no accurate deduction yet about who had framed her, if it was Qingshu and Qingshu admitted it through Li Youde’s torture, then, wouldn’t she also be offering her up? Although, she could also say that she didn’t know anything about the brocade pouch. There were so many of them. Perhaps, Li Youde would believe it. Just the thought of his expression when he knew that she had ‘perhaps’ seen the contents of the pouch, she felt that the sky was falling.
Li Youde looked at Qingshu and Jiang Bihan with a cold face. If it was another matter, he wouldn’t have to do a questioning, but this matter…
“Qingshu, do you really not know that the cat has come back?” Li Youde asked.
Qingshu hurriedly said, “Lord, this slave swears that this slave hasn’t seen the cat!”
Li Youde stood there and thought for a while. It was related to the thing in his hand after all. He said to Qingshu, “Alright, I will believe you for the time being.”
In fact, everyone could hear his unfinished words from what he said. If she had lied, she wouldn’t get anything good from it.
After Li Youde finished speaking, he stepped out of Rely Bamboo Pavilion. The group of people left hurriedly.
However, Chen Hui stayed quietly behind and walked quickly to Jiang Bihan.
Jiang Bihan and Qingshu looked at her warily.
Chen Hui smiled, “That, I brought it here.”
“You!” Jiang Bihan was a bit surprised and then frowned slightly. “Lady Chen, why are you harming me? Didn’t you say before that you don’t want to make an enemy out of me?”
Chen Hui was also a bit surprised, “Lady Jiang, do you want to be so shameless? If it weren’t for you harming me, how could I still do what I did?”
Qingshu said, “Lady Chen, don’t venomously slander people!”
“Haha, then tell me, didn’t that cat bring the thing to you?” Chen Hui said, “When you got this thing, you think it was a hot potato and let Ziyu throw it in my room, didn’t you?”
Hearing Chen Hui’s words, Jiang Bihan and Qingshu looked at each other. Both of them were surprised.
Qingshu suddenly saw the light and said, “Sure enough it is that cheap wench who ruined things!”
Now that Chen Hui also knew about it, Qingshu no longer concealed it and hurriedly said, “Lady Chen, this is a misunderstanding. It was Ziyu who found the cat and used the thing to claim credit. Lady Jiang asked Ziyu to put the thing back in the main room of Chrysanthemum Yard. It was her who wanted to harm you without authority!”
Jiang Bihan pursed her lips and said, “Lady Chen, forget it if you don’t believe it. Bihan isn’t so stupid as to be unable to harm people and harmed myself instead.”
Chen Hui naturally believed this because Jiang Bihan and Qingshu’s statement just solved her confusion. Just as she thought, this approach of Jiang Bihan wouldn’t do her (JB) any good at all. Instead, it would cause her harm. Only if she threw the thing back into the main room and let Li Youde find it by himself would he perhaps settle the matter. It turned that Ziyu did it on her own account to harm her. It’s a pity that Ziyu’s brain was not good enough.
“Lady Jiang, I believe you,” Chen Hui said, “But I really didn’t expect you to get involved with Ziyu. I advise you to keep her far away to keep yourself safe.”
Jiang Bihan was a bit ashamed, nodded and said, “Lady Chen, don’t worry.”
The matter that could be passed safely originally had been stirred up by Ziyu, to whom could she go find justice? Although, Ziyu knew a lot, but on the other hand, they also knew that Ziyu is involved in this matter. If they reported ig to Lord Li, she and Qingshu might still survive, but Ziyu, a maid, would probably lose her life. With such an identity, it would only be compensating her family with some money. Therefore, she would not let Ziyu come to Rely Bamboo Pavilion and she would give Ziyu a good warning.
Chen Hui didn’t have much time and it was inconvenient to delay. Before leaving, she suddenly remembered something and asked, “Where is that useless cat?”
Jiang Bihan’s expression was a bit sad and Qingshu said, “I let Ziyu take care of it.”
Chen Hui was dumbstruck. She didn’t ask further and only said, “Then, I will leave. I hope that this matter would rot among us.”
She left quickly, but it took some time after all. Li Youde and the others had already returned to Chrysanthemum Yard. When she walked into Chrysanthemum Yard, Xiao Liu walked over and whispered, “Lady Chen, lord let you go inside.”
Chen Hui’s expression changed slightly and asked hesitantly, “Is lord…very angry?”
Xiao Liu looked around and said in a low voice, “I can’t see that, but it didn’t look good.”
Chen Hui sighed in her heart and could only walk to the main room. Why did Li Youde look for her privately? He wouldn’t have gotten heavenly eyes and knew the truth of this matter, right? Even she, one of the involved parties, didn’t understand some things if it weren’t for Jiang Bihan telling her.
Chen Hui knocked on the door nervously and entered the main room. Li Youde was sitting there. Seeing her come in, he said, “Close the door.”
Chen Hui’s heart sank even more. After closing the door, she walked slowly to Li Youde and said in a low voice, “This Lady Chen wonders why lord is looking for this Lady Chen.”
“Why are you standing so far away? Come closer,” Li Youde said.
Chen Hui swallowed quietly and took another step forward, which was only a step away from him.
Li Youde stood up suddenly. He came to Chen Hui in just one step. He lowered his head and sniffed next to her ear.
Chen Hui didn’t understand what was going on. So, she froze there and didn’t dare to move.
Li Youde grabbed Chen Hui’s hand and sniffed from her shoulder until her fingertips. The same went for the other hand.
After that, he let go of her and sat on the chair again. His expressionless face seemed to be calm before the storm.
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