Chapter 65 A Hard Blow
Suddenly, Xingyu’s painful or joyful moan came from the room, followed by a frightened scream.
After a while, the disheveled guard and Xingyu were escorted and taken out by Li Mama.
Xingyu’s face was still flushed with affection, but her body was trembling severely as she looked at An.
“Ma’am, Madam, please let me, explain …”
An squinted gloomily at her. “You are the eldest Madam’s maid, so it’s her instead of me to decide how to dispose of you. Since your parents are both long-term servants in our mansion, you’d better tell the truth.”
Li Mama held Xingyu, and gave her a secret pinch, making Xingyu almost burst into tears.
Xingyu was clear about An’s implication; she was threatening her with her parents!
“Madam, please forgive me! I have no idea how it happened. After the eldest Madam offered incense to Buddha, she came to the guest room for a rest and asked me to bring her a cup of tea. Suddenly, I felt dizzy and went fainted. After that, I was unconscious and knew nothing about what happened …” Xingyu cried while looking at Zhao.
“Madam, you asked me to meet you in your room. But how could you leave a maid there? !” The guard who was kneeling beside also felt something wrong and roared with indignation while staring at Zhao with red eyes.
His words contained so much information that everyone present was astonished.
“What? What are you talking about? I don’t even know you at all!” As soon as Zhao heard it, she became very angry despite her mild temper.
If her reputation was ruined, her children would be greatly influenced as well.
“Madam, don’t you remember sending me those things before? Are you lying to me about them at all? You’ve told me that My Lord didn’t treat you well, and that you were lonely; but after getting together with me, you felt much happier. Are these words made up to deceive me?” The guard burst into tears, vividly showing the despair and sadness of an abandoned man.
“Sister, what on earth is going on? It’s your room indeed. How could this guard go to your room for no reason, and even got entangled… with your maid…?” An questioned promptly.
Zhao was shaking anxiously but didn’t know how to explain it. “I don’t know him. He’s a liar! He’s talking nonsense!”
Compared to Zhao’s panic, Su Muge calmly observed everyone’s expression.
“You said my mother has connections with you. Do you have any evidence to prove that?”
“Yes, of course.” The guard took out a handkerchief and showed it to the crowd. It was a plain white handkerchief embroidered with the word “Xiu” at the bottom. “Xiu” was Zhao’s given name, which was known to all the Su Mansion.
“This was given to me by the eldest Madam, saying that it was her love keepsake to me.”
“It’s just a piece of handkerchief. There are lots of people coming in and out of my mother’s yard. If someone has the intention, it is not difficult to take away a handkerchief from her room. How can it be an evidence.”
Su Muge took up the handkerchief in his hand and walked to Xingyu, staring down at her.
“You have had a love affair with Xingyu, and she’s the maid of my mother. So she must have stolen the handkerchief.”
“No, no, I haven’t. Miss, I am wronged! You are doing this so that eldest Madam can get away with it!” Xingyu was still a little afraid of Su Muge. After spending so many days in the Peachblossom Courtyard, she was clear that Su Muge was most prestigious in the courtyard.
“The eldest Madam, have you forgotten the words that you told me before? How could you be so ruthless …” The guard glared at Zhao reprehensively.
They spoke one after another and completely took the initiative.
And the bystanders looked at Zhao more scornfully than before.
“Sure enough, she’s an ignoble countrywoman; otherwise, how could she make such a shameful scandal?”
“Sister, I’ve always been respecting you but I’ve never expected you to do such a thing. How can you cheat on My Lord?! Come on, take this unscrupulous woman back to the mansion and leave her to the punishments of My Lord!” An waited no more and sentenced Zhao’s conviction, leaving no room for Zhao to explain.
“No, I haven’t! I haven’t!” Zhao was in a total mess. If she was convicted like this, she and her children would be doomed in the future!
“Who dares to touch my mother? !” Su Muge stepped forward to guard Zhao and noticed a flickering smile on An’s face.
“Madam, we haven’t made it clear yet. Are you too overhasty?” Su Muge looked at An with a faint smile, making An suddenly stunned.
“Too overhasty? Do you want our Su Mansion to be laughed at?”
“If everything is not clarified, we’ll really be laughed at.” Su Muge turned to look at Xingyu with her calm eyes, which inexplicably accelerated Xingyu’s heartbeat.
“Repeat what you said just now.”
“What, what?”
“You said you went back with tea for my mother and suddenly passed out when you entered the room, right?”
Xingyu froze for a moment and nodded subconsciously. “Yes.”
“What time was it when you went back?”
“It was …” Xingyu paused. “It was about 7:30 in the morning.” How could she remember the time? She just made it up.
“Then you tell me, when did you go in? Was Xingyu inside when you went in? Where was she at that time?” Su Muge suddenly turned to the guard and asked sharply.
The guard was surprised at her question. “At the appointed time, about 7:15 in the morning, I came into her room. After entering the room, I felt uncomfortable and I couldn’t remember what happened next …”
“Are you sure you didn’t lie? Can you swear what you said just now is true?”
“Yes, what I said is true, really.”
“Me too. It’s true.”
Both were resolute.
Su Muge suddenly looked up at An and smiled.
“Madam, unruly slaves! Such wicked slaves!”
An looked at her smile and felt a little nervous, but couldn’t tell why.
“It’s reasonable for the eldest Miss to vindicate the eldest Madam, but the eldest Madam did something wrong indeed, which can’t be concealed by a few random words.”
Su Muge nodded. “Of course. Little Master, please.”
Everyone was confused by Su Muge’s words, and a little monk walked out from the crowd.
“Amitabha.”
“Benefactors, I helped this benefactress out of the room with that benefactress at 7:45 in the morning, because this benefactress was fainted due to stupefacient drug, which was solved by Master Wuchen.”
“What?” Everyone looked at the little monk in wonder.
“If you don’t understand, I’ll say it again.”
The little monk repeated his words, making it clear that Su Muge found Zhao fainted, asked him to help her out of the room and also invited the abbot for diagnosis and treatment, who found her drugged by stupefacient incense.
“You mean Madam Su was helped out of the room by you?” Someone asked in confusion.
“Yes, Madam Su was unconscious at the time.”
“So, you were clearly lying!” Su Muge looked sharply at Xingyu and the guard.
“I didn’t …”
“You said my mother was inside when you entered the room. But at that time, I had already helped my mother out with the little master. There was nobody in the room at all!”
Hearing this, Xingyu panicked and subconsciously looked towards An.
“Madam, I, I am really wronged …”
With such a sudden twist, An was caught unprepared and helpless.
How could she expect Su Muge’s appearance and countermeasure?!
Even Master Wuchen could testify for Zhao, so they could say nothing now!
“Well, what shameless slaves! Having done such a shameful thing, they even wanted to stigmatize Madam! Come on, shut their mouths and take them back!” An was quick-minded. If they revealed something, she would get into trouble!
Hearing this, Xingyu opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but her mouth was immediately blocked with a handkerchief by Li Mama, who quickly dragged her out. Su Muge, who was supporting Zhao, couldn’t stop them in time.
“Sister, are you okay? Those unruly slaves are so abominable, who almost ruined your innocence. It’s getting late. Let’s go back.” An managed to raise the corners of her mouth and left the temple supported by her maid.
“These days, we don’t need to pay to watch a show, which, by the way, is indeed wonderful.” Fang laughed out loud watching the leaving figure of An and walked away.
None of the noble madams present was simple-minded. Even if they were a little confused at the beginning, everyone could see what the matter was now.
But who cared the truth? After all, it had nothing to do with them.
“Mumu…” Zhao clutched Su Muge’s hand tightly. And Su Muge could feel her trembling of anger or fear.
“Mother, let’s go home first, then we will talk.” Su Muge held Zhao’s hand tightly without saying a word.
Zhao nodded with red eyes and walked out of Luoyin Temple with Su Muge.
On the carriage returning to the mansion, An was extremely depressed.
She thought this time she could have destroyed the mother and the daughter and leave them no chance of coming back again. However, Su Muge unexpectedly appeared and ruined her perfect plan!
“This little bitch seems to have transformed into another person after a narrow escape from death!”
Li Mama also felt Su Muge totally different from the past. Her temperament which had been kept for more than ten years suddenly changed overnight.
“Could the eldest Miss be possessed by something ghostly…”
Hearing Li Mama’s words, An paused, showing a deep thought in her eyes.
After arriving in Su Mansion, Zhao locked herself in the room.
“Mumu, don’t look into this matter again.” Before entering the room, Zhao tightly clutched Su Muge’s hand and pleaded.
Zhao was afraid to escalate the matter, which would affect Su Muge’s reputation.
Su Muge slightly pressed her lips together; she was sure that this matter was related to An and it was impossible for her to let her go easily like this! But she had to ostensibly promise her mother for the moment so that Zhao would not be irritated and upset once again.
“Okay.”
