Knowing that everything is developing in an unfavorable direction, but unable to stop it, we can only watch the situation develop step by step.
Li Zhong and his apprentice arrived very quickly. When he learned that the almond tea he brewed contained safflower, he was so frightened that his legs softened and he collapsed on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly and shouting the word "injustice" over and over again.
, his forehead was also bruised and swollen.
Yinzhen just stared at him without saying a word. After seeing that his expression was indeed not fake, he said coldly: "Who else has been to the kitchen or touched almond tea besides you?"
After Li Zhong thought about it carefully, he said hesitantly: "I don't know if this counts as a servant. I just met Ling Fujin when I prepared almond tea in the kitchen and brought out the big dragon and phoenix copper pot."
Ling Ruo? Yinzhen was suddenly startled and looked at Ling Ruo subconsciously. He never thought that this matter would be related to her. Could it be her? For some reason, Yinzhen felt depressed when he thought of this possibility.
What is coming will always come, there is no way to avoid it.
Ling Ruo sighed in her heart, met Yinzhen's suspicious eyes and stepped forward to say truthfully: "Yes, I have indeed been to the kitchen before and met Li Zhong."
"Why did you do this?" Yinzhen walked up to Ling Ruo amid the uproar. He took each step very heavily, his eyes always staying on Ling Ruo's calm face, with unspeakable regret in his eyes.
"I have only met Li Zhong, but I have never touched anything. If Master Beile doesn't believe it, you can ask Li Zhong whether what I said is true." She said, trying not to show panic with this statement.
It was also confirmed by Li Zhong, but Nian still scoffed at it, saying bluntly that if he really had no evil intentions, why would he go to the kitchen in the middle of the show?
"Yes, tell me quickly why and where my sister is going." Seeing Ling Ruo's delay in explaining, Nala couldn't help but feel anxious and urged her again and again, fearing that Yinzhen would convict her in anger.
Although Zhen didn't say anything, there was an inquiring look in his eyes.
Ling Ruo knew that this matter could not be dealt with, so she had to take Yilan out to relieve herself but she had not returned yet. She felt uneasy and went out to look for her. However, she did not mention anything about someone deliberately leading her to the kitchen. This matter was completely baseless and no one believed it.
, and even said that she was just fabricating it to avoid suspicion. She just made it up.
It was during the search that she discovered that the hairpin on her head was missing. She couldn't find it anywhere. When she asked Li Wei, she said that she hadn't seen the hairpin when she was watching the show. She just assumed that she didn't bring it out. She wondered if she was coming to Qingyin Pavilion.
It fell off on the road, so I went back along the road to look for it. I happened to meet Li Zhong when I passed by the kitchen.
"It's just a hairpin, do you need to be so nervous?" Nian sneered at her words.
Ling Ruo lowered his head and said nothing, but Yinzhen remembered something and blurted out: "But that seven-treasure exquisite hairpin?" He remembered that when he gave that hairpin to Ling Ruo, she couldn't put it down and liked it very much.
Ling Ruo raised his head unexpectedly, and joy appeared in his eyes, as if the clouds on the horizon were as gorgeous as brocade, "Belle, do you still remember?! That hairpin was given by Master Baylor, and my body is the most precious thing. Who would have thought that it would not be possible?"
I have lost it so much that I have no face to face Master Le."
"That's all, it's just an accident. There's no need to blame yourself. Besides, as Su Yan said, it's just a hairpin. If you really can't find it, I'll find someone to make an exact one for you."
Nian didn't believe it. How could there be so many coincidences in the world? Most of them were deliberately done by people. She immediately questioned: "You said that Yilan has not returned for a long time. Why?"
Ling Ruo was stunned for a moment and didn't reply in time. Upon seeing this, Nala hurriedly spoke out to help her out, "The mansion is so big and Yilan has only been here twice. Maybe she got lost."
Nian said coldly: "Just now, Ling Fujin personally said that Mo Yu was the one who went together. Is it possible that Mo Yu also got lost?"
This question made Nala speechless for a while. It really didn't make sense. Although she intended to speak for Ling Ruo, she was helpless when she didn't know what happened. She looked at Ling Ruo one by one and said, "What was the situation at that time?"
, sister, you might as well say it directly."
"Yes." Ling Ruoqian leaned over and told the truth about what happened to Yilan and Mo Yu on the way. When they heard what ghosts and gods said, everyone couldn't help but talk about it. Most of them didn't believe her statement, even Yinzhen.
He also looked weird. After all, the theory of ghosts and gods was too absurd and unconvincing. This was also the reason why Ling Ruo had been reluctant to talk about it before.
By the time she finished speaking, Nian had a look of ridicule and disdain on her face, "Ling Fujin must have thought of us as three-year-old children and told such a clumsy lie. Do you think anyone would believe it?"
"Master did not lie." Mo Yu stepped forward and said: "When I came back with Miss Yilan, I was frightened and fainted because of seeing a ghost. When I woke up, I found myself in another place. I can swear to what I said.
Every sentence is true, if there is any falsehood, it will be struck by thunder from heaven!”
"You are her girl, so naturally you can help her speak. Apart from you and Ling Fujin's sister, is there anyone else who can prove this?" Nian sneered at her words and didn't believe her at all. As for Yinzhen, she was also half-convinced.
Ling Ruo thought for a moment and stared at Yinzhen and said: "Although there is no direct witness, when Yilan and the others came back to talk to me about this matter, Yun Fujin was beside me. She can prove that I did not lie." Yun Fujin immediately said.
Guarjia's family, because her maiden name was Yun Yue, so the family often called her Yun Fujin.
Seeing Yinzhen looking over, Guarjia quickly walked to Yinzhen and bowed to salute. Yinzhen waved his hand impatiently to signal her to get up, "You also heard what Ling Fujin said just now. Is what she said true or false?
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"Returning to Master Beile, I..." Guarjia looked at Ling Ruo, a faint cold light and a hidden smile flashed in her slender eyes, before Ling Ruo had time to think about the meaning of this smile.
At the time of the message, Gualga had already said
She said something that made her whole body go cold, "I have never heard Ling Fujin's sister mention anything about ghosts and gods. She did go out with Mo Yu, but she came back soon, and it was not as long as Ling Fujin said.
Return."
I thought it was a life-saving medicine, but it suddenly turned into a fatal poison. Ling Ruo's face lost all color and her body was crumbling. The Gualjia family was the person closest to her. Now that she said this, it was tantamount to being sentenced to death.
kill yourself
Because of her explanation, she couldn't explain it even if she jumped into the Yellow River. However, even after searching all her memories, she couldn't remember anything she had done to offend the Gualja family. Why did she want to slander her in public like this?
Put yourself to death?!
"You're lying!" After Mo Yu was stunned, he pointed at the Guarjia family and shouted excitedly, "We have obviously said this, and you heard it, and even asked us to go to the temple to ask for some talismans. Why are you now?
Want to confuse right and wrong and frame our master?!"
Guarjia put her hand on her chest and said with great sadness: "I also want to hope that Sister Ling is innocent, but if I go against my conscience and lie to cover up the suspicion for Sister Ling, I really can't do it."
I have to say that Guarjia's acting skills are very good. If Ling Ruo hadn't been the person involved, she would have been fooled by her. Looking back now, Guarjia was probably talking to her intentionally during the movie, just to be in the audience.
She was stabbed hard when she was unprepared.
Now that things have happened, Ling Ruo has calmed down, her mind is spinning, and her thoughts are gradually becoming clearer; from Yilan leaving, to being led to the kitchen, to Ye Xiu's incident and Guarjia's betrayal, all of this was clearly set up deliberately by someone.
It was a plan. But now she realized it was too late. The planner was so careful and careful that she couldn't find any loopholes.