Soon, the servant girls who followed Liu Ruoqiu and Liu Ruxia out today, and the servants in charge who came back to help Liu Ruoqiu, were all brought to the lobby.
The originally spacious lobby suddenly seemed very crowded when another group of people squeezed in.
Seeing the people sitting in the lobby, these people were even more frightened and could only kneel on the ground without saying a word.
Luo Junyao sat in the seat given by Mr. Liu. She did not sit on the head seat of the Liu family.
Sitting next to her were Qin Ning and Xu Xinyu, and opposite her sat Madam Luo and the Zheng brothers and sisters. Xu Hui did not sit down, but hid beside Qin Yao'er, looking at the situation in front of her curiously.
"Why don't you help the second girl up?" Luo Junyao glanced at the Liu family in the lobby and said calmly.
Only then did everyone come to their senses, and someone quickly stepped forward to help Liu Ruoqiu.
Liu Ruoqiu struggled to stand up and was helped to sit next to Xu Xinyu.
Luo Junyao looked at the servants of the Liu family who were kneeling on the ground and said, "Now, each of you should tell us what happened today."
Everyone looked at each other, but no one dared to speak first.
Qin Ning's face darkened and she said coldly: "What? The Princess Regent can't control you anymore?"
Everyone was startled, and one of them spoke tremblingly: "Slave...Slave, today I went to the pharmacy with the second lady...On the way back, the second lady said that she had something to do, so she went to that teahouse."
Liu Ruoqiu looked at the little girl with an indifferent expression, without any emotion on her face.
The other two girls also said quickly: "Slaves... The slaves accompanied the eldest lady out and went to the teahouse... As soon as we opened the door, we saw a person jumping from the window. Then, we saw the second lady lying down.
On the soft couch."
The girl who spoke blushed, lowered her head and said, "Second Miss... lying on the bed disheveled."
There were also a few women who looked like they were in charge, and they also said hurriedly: "These old slaves, under the orders of the eldest young master, took the second girl to recover."
Everyone looked at Young Master Liu, who nodded and said, "Yes, I received the news that Ru Xia sent people back to the mansion, and I immediately sent people to the teahouse and asked them to bring Ruo Qiu back quietly."
There was some silence in the hall. Luo Junyao smiled and asked the girls sitting aside, "You heard it, is there something wrong?"
Qin Ning blinked and asked, "What's the problem?"
Xu Xinyu hesitated and said: "Shang Shufu... seems to be quite far away from the teahouse."
Xu Hui couldn't help but raise her little hands. Seeing everyone looking at her, she shyly hid behind Qin Yao'er. However, she still couldn't help showing her little head and said: "They said they saw brother Zheng Qi jump out of the window and escape, but
Brother Zheng Qi said that he went home without much delay after running out. The Chengguo Palace is not far from the teahouse, and it is also very close to where we went to find the princess. But according to the Liu family, it seems a bit far away. Why can Miss Liu send someone
Go back and inform, Mr. Liu sent someone to arrest the second girl, and then he went back home to interrogate the second girl, but we can only run quickly to find the princess and brother Zheng Qi, and then come to the Liu family?"
"What do you mean?" Zheng Jingchuan couldn't help but ask.
Zheng Jingxi said lightly: "You mean you are stupid."
Xu Hui's eyes brightened, "I calculated that the three journeys from the Liu family to the teahouse are about sixteen miles. The distance between us to find the princess and then to the Liu family is nine miles. And we walked very fast along the way, so it stands to reason...
Even if we can't return to the Liu family at the same time as Miss Liu'er, it won't be much later. But people from the Liu family seemed to have said just now that Miss Liu Er has been here for more than a quarter of an hour."
Zheng Jingxi said: "When Miss Linglan, who is beside the princess, came to Zheng's house, she had just arrived at Weishizheng. We rushed over immediately without stopping for a moment."
Qin Ning raised her eyebrows and said, "It was just after three-quarter noon when we left the teahouse. I wonder when Miss Liu Er was brought back?"
Everyone was silent and looked at Liu Ruoxia who was standing aside.
Liu Ruxia bit her lips lightly and lowered her eyes without saying a word.
Mrs. Liu looked at Liu Ruxia anxiously, "Ruxia, what on earth is going on?"
Liu Ruxia's eyes were red, and she knelt down on the ground and said, "Please forgive me, father and mother. It was Ruxia who did something wrong."
Mrs. Liu was startled, "What the hell is going on? What did you do? Could it be that you..."
Liu Ruxia quickly shook her head and said: "I... what happened today is indeed not an accident. I received an anonymous message from an unknown person a few days ago, saying... that my sister... I went specifically to catch the rapist today.
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Liu Ruxia seemed to be unable to speak, and hesitated for a long time before whispering: "I'm a little scared to be alone, so I informed my elder brother in advance."
Luo Junyao said with great interest: "Someone anonymously sent you news? Where is the letter?"
Liu Ruxia said: "It's in my room, I'll ask someone to get it right now."
Liu Ruxia told the steward in the lobby where she kept the letter. The steward got Liu Shangshu's permission and turned around to pick up the letter.
Looking at Liu Ruxia's calm expression, Luo Junyao looked indifferent.
Liu Ruxia was able to make such thorough preparations, which must have put some thought into it.
"Let's talk about something else during this time." Luo Junyao's eyes fell on Liu Ruoqiu's maid, "You said it was Ruoqiu who wanted to go to the teahouse?"
The little girl seemed a little scared, and nodded nervously: "Back...back to the princess, yes."
Luo Junyao chuckled and said, "But others don't seem to say that."
"No...others?" The little girl looked at Luo Junyao blankly, as if she didn't understand what she meant.
Luo Junyao said: "You said she went there on her own, but she said she was knocked unconscious suddenly. But the teahouse is there, and people can't appear there out of thin air. The shopkeeper and waiters of the teahouse said that Miss Liu Er was not there today.
Went in through the front door. There are only two doors in the teahouse, front and back. If it’s not the front door, it’s the back door. When you send people in through the back door, don’t you pay attention to see if there’s anyone on the other side?”
The little girl was stunned and speechless for a long time.
Not only her, but the expressions of the other girl and the coachman beside her also began to change.
They indeed forgot to pay attention to whether there was anyone on the other side of the back door. For a while, they even couldn't remember whether the back door of the tea house was an alleyway, courtyard wall or a house and pavilion.
Luo Junyao continued: "In addition, even if it is the back door of the tea house, it is impossible for no one to guard it, right? Do you think... he will hide it for you in front of the Regent's Palace?"
The expressions of the three people suddenly changed, and they couldn't help but tremble.
"I...we..."
Looking at them like this, how could everyone not know that there is something fishy about them?
The two young masters of the Liu family couldn't help but look at Liu Ruoqiu, who was sitting silently, with complicated expressions in their eyes.
Mrs. Liu looked at the three of them in shock, pointed at them and trembled: "You...you are so brave!"
"You still haven't told the truth!" Luo Junyao said coldly with a deep voice.
"Princess, spare your life!" How can an ordinary little girl have such a powerful psychological quality? Facing the high mountain of the Regent's Palace, she was so frightened that she couldn't even turn her head.
"Princess, please forgive me! I know I was wrong! I was distracted for a moment, please forgive me, Princess!"
If one person collapses, it is naturally impossible for the other two to be stable.
At that moment, the three of them were exhausted on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Liu Ruxia quietly clenched the handkerchief tightly, her face pale.
"Come on, what's going on?" Qin Ning sneered and said.
The girl couldn't help but look up and glanced at Liu Ruxia who was standing aside. Liu Ruxia raised her eyes and glanced at her calmly.
The girl couldn't help but flinch and quickly lowered her head.
"Slave...Slave is fascinated for a moment..."
Qin Ning turned to Luo Junyao and said: "Shaoyao, this girl is dishonest. This kind of girl who betrays her master should be beaten to death. The family members... also have to be sent to the army, right?"
Luo Jun shook his head and said, "It's true that he is dishonest. Why would he be a soldier? Such people would be a disaster even if they go to the border."
"That's right." Qin Ning said with a serious face: "It should be sold to a lowly status, and the male members of the family should be sent to the palace. It can be regarded as a way out."
The three of them were shaking even more violently, and the girl who spoke was so frightened that tears and runny noses came out.
"Princess, have mercy on me! This slave... wuwu, this slave is really..."
Qin Ning said: "You can send your young lady away in a moment of obsession... Then if you are not obsessed with it, why don't you just pick up the knife and slaughter the Liu family? Are you two planning to argue with her?"
The other two people also did it badly. They looked at each other, and the coachman gritted his teeth and said: "I beg the princess and princess to spare my life. The younger one was ordered by someone else!"
Luo Junyao asked: "Who is it?"
The coachman said: "Yes...he is the steward of the Qiyang Marquis Mansion."
"Where's the evidence?"
The driver swallowed his saliva and said, "Young man, you can correct that person in person. You can remember what that person looks like!"
Xu Xinyu looked at Zheng Jingxi opposite with curiosity. Is Liu Ruxia really related to Qiyang Hou?
Zheng Jingxi sneered and looked at his brother sitting next to him with disgusted eyes.
Zheng Jingchuan is just a little simpler-minded, but he is still essentially a normal person.
If he still doesn't understand what's going on, it's possible that he's just playing dumb.
But Zheng Jingchuan's relationship with Liu Ruxia obviously hasn't reached this point yet.
He was willing to fight against his grandparents and parents in order to marry her, but that didn't mean he could tolerate being cuckolded and having someone bite him back.
Zheng Jingchuan looked at Liu Ruxia and said, "Ruxia, it was yesterday that we arranged to meet at the teahouse. Miss Liu Er was supposed to be studying at Anlan Academy yesterday. How did she know the news?"
Liu Ruxia's eyes were reddish, and she looked at Zheng Jingchuan in silence.
Zheng Jingchuan looked at her like this and felt a wave of depression in his heart.
Is this still his fault? She obviously plotted against him and Miss Liu'er, but what does it mean to act like this now?
Isn't he good enough for her?
"The letter has arrived." The steward came in holding a box.
Luo Junyao opened the box and found several unsigned letters inside.
It is indeed written that Liu Ruoqiu and Zheng Jingchuan have a relationship, and the content is quite convincing, but unfortunately none of it can withstand scrutiny.
Luo Junyao waved the letter and said with a smile: "Zheng Xiaoqi, do you want to explain?"
Zheng Jingchuan snatched the letter and looked at it for a few times, then angrily slapped it on the table and said, "Slander! I have never seen Miss Liu Er alone!"
"Zheng Jingchuan!" Zheng Jingxi said in a deep voice.
Zheng Jingchuan was quite apprehensive about this younger sister. He sat down angrily and said, "I have nothing to explain. Today is the first time I have seen Miss Liu Er in the past few months since I returned to Beijing."
Liu Ruoqiu said calmly: "I have indeed not seen Mr. Zheng Qi in the past few months. Every time Anlan Academy is on vacation, I will go to Ci'an Hall in the city to help. I go there every morning and return in the evening. The princess can send someone to check."
Luo Junyao glanced at Liu Ruxia with a half-smile and said, "It seems that the elder girl doesn't know much about her younger sister."
Not only Liu Ruxia didn't understand Liu Ruoqiu, but the rest of the Liu family didn't understand either.
When the two young masters of the Liu family heard that Liu Ruoqiu was helping out at Ci'an Hall during her vacation, they couldn't help showing surprise on their faces.
They had always heard that Liu Ruoqiu was away from home all day long, but they had never thought about where she went and what she did. Therefore, after something like this happened, they believed it immediately.
Liu Ruxia lowered her head and remained silent.
The atmosphere in the lobby was very awkward. In fact, by the time we got here, most of the people present knew what was going on.
Mrs. Liu stared blankly at the daughter she had raised for more than ten years, and then at her biological daughter who was sitting silently aside. She didn't know what to do for a while.
"master……"
Liu Shangshu looked very ugly. He pointed at the servants and said: "Pull out these people who are carrying the master, beat them with forty sticks, and send them to the Yamen for questioning!"
Several people on the ground quickly begged for mercy, "Master, I know I was wrong! Please spare my life, Master!" After forty sticks, the person would be disabled even if he was not dead. What's more, they have to be sent to the Yamen for questioning? If they go to the Yamen, they may not survive more than three years.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Shut up!" Liu Shangshu said coldly: "Drag him out."
Several servants were quickly dragged out, and silence gradually returned to the hall.
Liu Shangshu sighed, waved his hands towards Luo Jun and said, "I made the princess laugh today. This matter was caused by the failure of the subordinates to investigate clearly, and Ruo Qiu was wronged. I would also like to thank the princess for her eagerness for justice and justice, so that Ruo Qiu would not be wronged again."
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"..." Do you think this princess can't hear that you are mocking me for being nosy?
Luo Junyao said calmly: "Master Liu, you are too polite, why don't you talk about how to deal with the aftermath?"
Liu Shangshu frowned and said: "This is a family matter of the Liu family, and I will handle it myself. If Qiu is wronged, the Liu family will make up for her in the future."
Luo Jun shook his head and said: "I understand, someone is here!"
"Princess." Ling Lan came in from outside and said respectfully.
Luo Junyao said: "Take my concubine's token and go to the Yamen to beat the drum and report to the Marquis of Qiyang for murdering the students of Anlan Academy."
Zheng Jingxi said: "Counting us as Duke Chengguo's family, we will accuse him of adultery with his daughter-in-law who is not married to the Zheng family and slander the reputation of my seventh brother and Duke Chengguo's family!"
Liu Shangshu was startled, "Princess, is this...this matter related to Ruoqiu's reputation? Isn't it too, too..."
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Master Liu, if your Liu family is related to Ruoqiu's best friend, how could we know about this? The people sent by your master just now made quite a fuss."
Liu Shangshu frowned and said, "Ruoqiu is the daughter of the Liu family. This matter..."
Luo Junyao interrupted him, "This princess doesn't care about your Liu family's affairs. Liu Ruoqiu is a student of Anlan Academy, and I am the mountain chief of Anlan Academy. Master of Heaven and Earth... Liu Shangshu, I also have one, right?"
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"You!" Liu Shangshu was furious, looked at Liu Ruoqiu and said coldly: "Ruoqiu, you say."
Liu Ruoqiu looked at her father calmly and said, "I listen to the princess."
