Lin Yuru took Wan Su to a small guest room, and saw that Qi Hui was about to change clothes, but the cumbersome gauze dress was hung on the gold hairpin on her head and she couldn't get it off. She looked very embarrassed.
"Hui'er's dance costume is complicated and difficult to wear all the time. She wanted to change into another one. The servants didn't know where they were at the moment, so I had to help her, but I was so stupid that I hung up her dress.
It got on her golden hairpin, and now her hair is messed up and the hairpin can't be removed. So I asked my second cousin for help." Lin Yuru said very pitifully.
Wan Su thought of the group of girls who spoke ill of her with her just now. Don't they all have time? How could Lin Yuru think of asking her for help?
"Miss Liang Er, thank you for your work." Qi Hui said with gratitude.
Wan Su asked her to lower her head. Sure enough, her hair was messed up. The bright red gauze dress was mixed with the hairpin and her hair. It was really messy.
Wan Su patiently helped her, and it only took a cup of tea to separate the hairpin from her clothes.
Qi Hui thanked her profusely, "Thank you, Miss Second!"
"It's nothing but a little effort!"
Wan Su looked at her and found that there was an inexplicable emotion deep in her eyes. What was that?
When Wan Su was curious, Lin Yuru noticed her vigilance and hurriedly pulled her out as if she was afraid that she would find something.
I saw her holding Wan Su's arm with both hands, smiling like a flower, and it was an intimacy that she had never experienced before.
Back at the banquet, everyone was already half drunk and the banquet was coming to an end. Caixiang helped Wan Su check the surroundings to prevent anything from falling.
At this moment, Qi Hui suddenly ran over in a panic and knelt down in front of Mrs. Qi with a "pop" sound.
"Grandma punishes the sin!"
Everyone who was still chatting was attracted by this side and cast their eyes over.
Mrs. Qi asked with a confused look: "Hui'er, what's wrong with you!"
"I~I~" Qi Hui hesitated as if she was extremely scared, and after a long time she said, "I lost the eight-treasure gold hairpin!"
What eight-treasure gold hairpin? Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
Only the Qi family members had changed their expressions at this moment. Mrs. Li took a step forward and said anxiously: "What did you say? The eight-treasure gold hairpin was lost? Have you searched carefully to see if it was lost somewhere?"
Qi Hui shed tears, shook her head and said: "No, I have looked for it, and there is no trace of the gold hairpin."
At this time, a lady from the crowd came out and asked: "Madam, I wonder where this golden hairpin comes from! Why are you all so nervous!"
Mrs. Li was still confused and didn't know what to say, so Mrs. Qi said for her: "That golden hairpin was a gift sent by the Queen to my son and daughter-in-law when they got married. My daughter-in-law has always kept it carefully. However, when Hui'er grew older, this
Just gave it to her."
"Is it the one Miss Qi had on her head when she performed just now?" asked a daughter in the crowd.
Speaking of this, the ladies who were close to Wan Su and Lin Yuru just now looked at them, because they clearly remembered that the two sisters had discussed the golden hairpin during Qi Hui's performance just now.
"Yes, it's that one. That golden hairpin is in the shape of a jasmine flower. It's so named because the top eight petals are inlaid with eight kinds of precious gems. That golden hairpin is not only extremely valuable, but also a gift from the emperor.
You must not throw it away. If you throw it away, you can’t afford the compensation even if you kill me!” Qi Hui was already in tears as she spoke, looking so pitiful.
"Miss Qi, don't be anxious. Think carefully, did you come into contact with anyone just now? Could it be that someone stole the money out of hand?" County Chief Mingyi said, her eyes couldn't help but look towards him as she spoke.
Wan Su here.
She finally knew Qi Hui's plan. Stealing something given by the emperor was a capital crime. If you dare to steal it from me, Liang Wansu will make you never come back today.
Qi Hui looked like she was thinking, then shook her head after a moment and said: "No, I still had the gold hairpin at the banquet just now, and I didn't take it off until I went to change clothes. The second Miss of the Liang family and Miss Lin can do it for me."
I testify that it was the clothes they changed for me."
This time almost everyone turned their attention to Liang Wansu and Lin Yuru.
Lin Yuru didn't panic anymore and she said calmly: "When Miss Qi was changing clothes just now, I did see the golden hairpin, because the golden hairpin caught her clothes and entangled her hair.
I couldn’t come down. I was clumsy with my hands and feet, and I was afraid of hurting Miss Qi, so I called my second cousin to help. It was my second cousin who took off the gold hairpin. I have never seen that gold hairpin!"
In this way, Wan Su became the only suspect.
"Impossible, Miss Liang Er would not do such a thing! Sister, you must have made a mistake." Qi En stood in front of Wan Su and said, "Could it be that your maid took it. They saw it.
Gold hairpins are valuable, and it is possible to be motivated by wealth."
Qi Hui shook her head and said: "No, I haven't seen them since I changed my clothes. In the end, it was only the three of us who saw the golden hairpin."
Seeing Qi En talking to Wan Su, Mingyi County Chief felt sour in his heart: "Brother Qi En, we know that Miss Liang Er is engaged to you, but you can't be so partial to her. She was the one who touched the hairpin in the end.
One person, who else would he choose? If it were an ordinary thing, that would be fine, but this eight-treasure gold hairpin is a gift from the emperor, and if you lose it, you will be beheaded. Do you want to please Miss Liang Er, even your sister’s hairpin?
Don’t you care about life or death?”
When everyone heard this, they began to whisper. Several young ladies who were friends with Qi Hui and Lin Yuru even remembered Lin Yuru's evaluation of Wan Su just now, and started talking without hesitation.
"She is a person who works hard to climb up. There is nothing that such a miserable person can do."
"Yes, yes, she is someone who has never even spared her own sister. How could she care about other people's lives?"
"Yes, it's not unusual for someone like her to take away the gold hairpin after seeing wealth."
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The more people talked about it, the more reasonable it became. In the end, almost everyone believed that the late Su had done this.
Mrs. Liang finally couldn't sit still anymore. She asked Wan Su in a low and uneasy voice, "Wan Su, what on earth is going on?"
"Grandma, I didn't do this." Wan Su said calmly.
"Didn't you do it? What a joke! No thief has ever taken the initiative to say that he is a thief! In my opinion, he will be sent directly to Jingzhao Yin, and once he is tortured, he will be punished for everything." said the head of Mingyi County.
"County Master Mingyi, do you have any evidence that it's me who is responsible for this? Now that the three of us have become a tiger, everyone is talking so much about gold even though they don't have any evidence, and they want to send me to Jingzhao Yin. Why? Do you want to beat me to it?"
Wan Su's eyes were calm and his tone was calm. He was not at all flustered by the tense situation at this time.
Qi Hui, who was still kneeling on the ground, suddenly knelt in front of Wan Su and said with tears in her eyes: "Miss Liang Er, I beg you. Please return the gold hairpin to me. I am willing to use all my jewelry to share it with you."
But you can't take away the eight-treasure gold hairpin. Without that hairpin, I can't live!"
Qi Hui burst into tears and looked so miserable. Her crying confirmed that Wan Su was the thief who stole the eight-treasure gold hairpin.
Seeing this, everyone criticized Qi Wan Su Lai more and more.
Seeing this, Wan Su hurriedly went to help Qi Hui, who was kneeling on the ground. Qi Hui got up and didn't notice at all that Wan Su actually touched her waist.
At this moment, Lin Yuru seemed to be unable to bear it, and said angrily: "Second cousin, how could you do this? I know that you grew up in the countryside and have never seen any good things. But if you want jewelry, and
Miss Qi said, she has always been generous, how could she not give it to you. But you should never steal. I thought you were temporarily obsessed and would always think of something else. But I didn't expect you to be so stubborn.
It doesn’t work. Now that I see Miss Qi in such miserable condition, I really can’t bear it. In this case, second cousin, don’t blame me.”