Mei'er panicked and tried her best to dodge, but she didn't dare to insist anymore and kowtowed repeatedly to beg for mercy.

Aunt Mao sneered and said, "Why, you don't dare to eat? Are you not greedy now?" Her voice was stern, "Tell me, who gave you this bag of stuff?"

Mei'er's face was full of tears, and she was sobbing.

Jiao Niang's fingers tapped on the table, hitting Mei'er's heart rhythmically. She said softly: "Do you think the old lady really wants to drink almond milk when she wakes up?"

Mei'er paused for a moment, then raised her head and stared at her little girl, "Isn't the old lady awake?"

In the afternoon, Jiao Niang and Mao Mao discussed and planned to lure the snake out of the hole, claiming that the old lady had woken up, and in the middle of the night, she woke up Meier and asked her to boil almond milk, saying that the old lady wanted to drink it.

If Mei'er is bribed by someone, there will be no reward if she can't get the job done, and she will definitely continue to use the same method to harm others.

Jiao Niang guessed that she would dig out the buried bitter almonds, and it turned out to be so. People outside the courtyard arranged by Aunt Mao saw her digging under the locust tree with their own eyes.

Meier didn't know that everything she did was under surveillance, and when she went to secretly exchange almonds, she happened to be caught.

Jiao Niang smiled and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Meier is a smart maid, and she immediately understood that she had fallen into a trap.

Her face was pale, and her whole body was as stiff as a clay and wood sculpture.

"The old lady is a third-grade lady personally granted by the imperial court. The crime of harming Madam Gaoming is not a small one." Jiao Niang's voice was as soft as a cloud floating in the sky, but every word she said made people feel like a mountain rain.

The sense of coercion comes, "Can you afford it? Can your family afford it?"

As soon as Jiao Niang's words came out of her mouth, Meier trembled visibly. She crawled to Jiao Niang's feet, grabbed her skirt, and cried: "Fifth girl, please forgive me, I'm so obsessed and confused. I don't want to kill the old lady."

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Aunt Mao put aside her hand and said in a deep voice: "If you don't want to die, just tell me who instigated you! If there is even half a lie, I will send you to see the official immediately!"

At this time, Meier did not dare to hide anything anymore, "It was Tao's mother who was next to the eldest lady. She gave the slave a lot of gold and silver and asked the slave to exchange almonds every day. At first, the slave did not dare. She said no one could tell the difference.

If you can't tell the difference between the two kinds of almonds, even if something happens to the old lady, no one will find out about the slave."

Jiao Niang and Mao Mao looked at each other at the same time, and the deep meaning in their eyes was self-evident.

Jiao Niang's tone was cold and she said sarcastically: "You are really willing to do anything for money."

Meier lowered her head and bit her lip, "Mother Tao also said that if I succeed in this matter, she will arrange for me to be with the eldest son."

It turned out that he had this intention in working so hard.

The girl raised her lips.

Aunt Mao walked to Jiao Niang and lowered her voice: "Fifth girl, what should we do next? This Tao Jin family belongs to the eldest lady."

If we only rely on the testimony of a little maid, it will be difficult for the Tao Jin family to plead guilty, not to mention that Mrs. Ji must be protecting her.

Jiao Niang thought for a while and said, "Mei'er, do you know that what you are committing now is the crime of being executed by the whole family."

Mei'er was so frightened that she kowtowed with "bang bang" and the soles of her feet shook, "Fifth girl, please, please save this slave's family. It was only because the slave was blinded by lard that she did this."

It’s such a bastard thing, it’s not a pity for me to die, but this matter has nothing to do with my family.”

Mao Mao angrily rebuked: "You still have the nerve to beg. The old lady is still lying on the bed, her life or death is uncertain. Let me tell you, if something happens to the old lady, your whole family will be buried with her!"

"Mao Mao, please be patient. Speaking of which, she was also ordered by others." From Mei'er's eyes, Jiao Niang could see her desire for life. Who in this world doesn't want to live.

Jiao Niang's tone was soft, which made people feel comfortable and reliable, "Mei'er, if you don't want to die and don't want to involve your family, the only way for now is to atone for your sins."

Mei'er's eyes suddenly lit up with flames, "As long as it doesn't harm my family, I can do whatever the fifth girl asks me to do."

Jiao Niang had Mei'er's confession written down and signed by her, then she was tied up and locked up in the woodshed. She only said that she had stolen the old lady's supplements and was looking for two old ladies to watch.

By the time everything calmed down, it was already midnight.

Aunt Mao knew that everyone was tired that day, so she helped her to bed.

"Fifth girl, what did you say when you called Meier into the inner room just now? Do you have any ideas about this matter?"

When she was writing the confession just now, Jiao Niang called Meier to a place and whispered a few words.

Jiao Niang smiled slightly. When she saw her smile, Mao Mao knew that she had an idea. She was anxious and asked: "Fifth girl, please stop playing charades with me."

"To catch thieves and catch stolen goods, now we only have Mei'er's confession, which is far from enough. We have to get both the stolen goods and the stolen goods to make people speechless, so I plan to let Mei'er go out tomorrow to deliver a letter to the Tao Jin family."

Grandma Mao stared at her, and Jiao Niang said calmly: "Let her tell the old lady from the Tao Jin family that she has improved, and that she has no bitter almonds on hand, and ask the Tao Jin family to send some more."

"Oh, then we can capture her when the Tao Jin family comes to deliver bitter almonds." Mao Mao smiled relievedly, but then thought again, "But what if the Tao Jin family stopped?"

"Then we can only take Mei'er to confront him in court, but if it were me, I would not stop if it was just a last resort." Jiao Niang took off the hair accessories on her head, and Mao Mao helped her.

After taking off her clothes, she changed the subject and asked, "Will father arrive tomorrow?"

Aunt Mao said: "The letter said that the bus will arrive tomorrow night." She suddenly realized, "The girl wants to wait for the master to come back. That's right. Even if we catch the Tao Jin family, the eldest lady will try our best to excuse her.

.But I just can’t understand how much resentment the Tao Jin family and the old lady have, and they insist on putting the old lady to death.”

She had already suspected the Ji family, but now that she knew that it was the Tao Jin family who bribed Mei'er, she was naturally sure of the Ji family.

Some words came out uncontrollably, "Most of the servants have always done things for their masters. I don't know if the Tao Jin family's eldest lady knows about this."

The girl raised her eyelids slightly, "Just wait until tomorrow, everything will be revealed."

The Tao Jin family was really impatient. Not long after Mei'er was released, she came in person, bringing a box of ginseng, a box of deer antlers, and some other scattered supplements. She said they were sent on the order of the eldest lady.

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Several times I wanted to go in to see the old lady, but Grandma Mao cleverly blocked her. She couldn't see the old lady, so she asked other people.

Everyone in Bai Ling Tang had the same tongue. She tried several times and the answer she got was that the old lady had woken up. An old woman specifically told her that the old lady drank a bowl of almond milk when she woke up last night.
Chapter completed!