Ruan Yuyi suddenly smiled, breaking the weird atmosphere in the inner room.
Both Mu Xiang and Mu Xiang were stunned.
"You think I don't know?" The smile on her face was shallow, not reaching her eyes, as if appearing from a far away place, with only a hint of bitterness visible, "I know you are hiding it from me because you are afraid that I will be too worried.
In fact, I saw her throw it with my own eyes.
"Since she doesn't like it, she just thinks I'm troublesome, but there won't be a next time."
Muxiang knew that what she meant was that next time something like this happened, Qingdai would not be the one to do it. She wanted to comfort her, but she saw Ruan Yuyi's expression was distant and she was suddenly speechless.
Her young lady has always been like this. Every time someone treats her well, she will give back ten points, so that the young lady can feel at ease when she accepts the other person's kindness next time. Therefore, she is always worried that the young lady will suffer a loss.
Qingdai's move was indeed over the top. If there was really a reason why she couldn't eat lychees, she could have informed the lady. If nothing else happened, she should have dealt with it somewhere where the lady could not see her.
Ruan Yuyi raised her eyes, wandered between the two servant girls, and asked, "Is it because of this that you are sure that the perpetrator is Qingdai?"
The two of them knew that they had such thoughts, but now they felt that it was too reckless to act like this. After all, no one had ever seen Qingdai enter the side room and take away the silver hairpin. They remained silent and lowered their heads.
Seeing them like this, Ruan Yuyi chuckled and shook her head slightly. After a while, she said, "Mu Ling, go and spread the news. Just say that Qingdai is stealing and has bad conduct. She can't be kept in our courtyard."
She will leave the house immediately tomorrow morning."
The wood spirit bowed in response.
After returning from the Shenghe Temple, Mu Xiang brought some newly made pastries. Ruan Yuyi picked one up. Before eating it, she praised, "Our girl Mu Xiang is really ingenious. This skill is to go to the Panjian Shop."
Come down and you won’t be hungry anymore.”
As she said this, she really thought about setting up a shop for Mu Xiang - it would be more comfortable than following her.
Seeing the serious look on the young lady's face, Mu Xiang replied, "What do you want the shop to do? What I want to consider is the young lady's taste, not the taste of others."
While they were chatting back and forth, Mu Ling opened the door and came in. After making sure that the door was closed, he lowered his voice and said, "When I came over just now, I saw Qingdai hiding in the room and crying. Her eyes were red.
It looks extremely pitiful."
"It's just that slave, why do you think that," she curled her lips, "she looks like a cat crying over a mouse - hypocritical. As if she wants to show off to others."
Ruan Yuyi paused while holding the pastries, and temporarily placed the things on the edge of the porcelain plate, "How does she know when you will pass by? If she really wants to pretend, she will have to cry all the time, and she will cry her heart out."
She was silent for a while and then said, "Maybe we really made a mistake."
Mu Ling didn't believe Qingdai's story. Just as she was about to argue, she heard a knock on the door from behind, so she said, "I'll open it."
The door was opened halfway, and outside she saw Ari, the maid in charge of sweeping. When she saw Mu Ling, her eyes were wandering, she pursed her lips for a long time, and finally said, "Sister Mu Ling, I want to see the lady."
"What are you doing with Miss?" she asked, but she let him in without doubting his presence.
Ruan Yuyi was a little surprised that this little maid would take the initiative to look for her. In her impression, Ari rarely talked to her. Even if she smiled at her, the little maid would blush with embarrassment.
Extremely timid.
She was about to ask Ari to try Mu Xiang's craftsmanship, and she stretched out her hand halfway, but she saw Ari walking in front of her with her head lowered, and then knelt down with a plop.
"Miss, Ari knew she was wrong, Ari was confused." She almost leaned her whole body on the ground and said in a trembling voice.
Everyone present was stunned.
Mu Ling usually has a good relationship with Ah Rui, so when he saw her like this, he wanted to help her. But Ah Rui pressed down hard, and despite the resistance, she fell down so low. With no other choice, Mu Ling raised her eyes and asked Ruan Yuyi for help, "Miss—
—”
In fact, when Ah Rui came in like this, Ruan Yuyi understood something in her heart and said slowly, "Mu Ling, let her say so."
Mu Ling glanced at A Rui worriedly and stepped aside.
"Miss," Ah Rui seemed to be calling her repeatedly before she had the strength to continue speaking, "You must not drive Qingdai out of the house. If you want to leave, it is your slave who has to leave. It was the slave who took the lady's hairpin.
There is nothing wrong with Qingdai...they were all released by the slaves..."
What she said was confusing, but Ruan Yuyi's master and servants understood it clearly.
Ah Rui was the youngest girl in the courtyard, and she took the initiative to take over the job of sweeping the courtyard from Mu Xiang. When asked why she didn't choose something easier, she glanced at Ruan Yuyi but remained silent.
Mu Xiang followed her gaze and looked over.
Ruan Yuyi was picking pear flowers at the time. When she saw a very beautiful one, she stood up on tiptoes to pick it. This action made her tall and slender. She raised her head slightly, had a bun in a bun, and wore a plain skirt. With such an appearance,
He really doesn't look like an ordinary person.
Yes, the young lady is always very happy about the pear tree. Although it is not a fruit-bearing species, the flowers bloom beautifully. Unfortunately, it has been moved out of the west wing now, and the eldest princess may not be able to keep it well.
Ruan Yuyi also knew that she had always been obedient and did not want to speak too harshly, "It's okay to speak slowly, don't be anxious."
Seeing that Ah Rui took a deep breath, she continued, "The slave didn't like Qingdai, so he took the lady's hairpin with the intention of framing her. Ah Rui left the Cheng Mansion voluntarily, but begged the lady not to blame anyone wrongly. The slave could not
Ask the lady to become Ari's accomplice..."
After all, she was naive enough to do this, but she couldn't bear the questioning in her heart. As soon as the news about Qingdai was released, she felt that the punishment was too severe. Therefore, she was not as good as Ruan Yuyi and the others to do something.
Then he spoke out.
But Ruan Yuyi really didn't expect that the culprit would be Ari. She sighed and asked, "Why don't you like Qingdai? I remember Qingdai didn't come to the hospital for a few days."
Others didn't know it, but Mu Ling understood it. After all, Ari was there when she found the lychees under the tree. She wanted to explain to Ari, but she was asked to speak first.
"Qingdai is lazy and should be punished." She spoke more forcefully than Mu Ling. At this moment, she still remembered not to tell the story about lychee in front of the young lady.
"Even so, you shouldn't be the one to do the punishment. Why don't you tell Mu Xiang?"
Ruan Yuyi wanted to be cold-faced, but when she saw Ari crouching in a small ball in front of her, she finally softened her voice and said, "I won't let you go casually. Go to the house and reflect. When did you figure it out? Why?"
It’s time to come out.”
In fact, this statement does not define the period of confinement for her, which means that she is allowed to come out on ten days or half a day. It is really very loose.
But Ari choked up and said, "I have thought about it. Miss, you don't need to keep me anymore."
"Don't you have a younger brother at home? You should always make plans for him."