After Hua Rujin and Cuicui finished their meal, they kept burping in the room, but He Shiyin's room was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
"Miss, Mr. Ye actually asked Ting'an to deliver the food you cooked to Miss Hua's room."
The female envoy walked up to He Shiyin with a bitter look on her face and confided her dissatisfaction.
He Shiyin secretly clenched her fists, but returned to normal in an instant, pretending to be relaxed and smiling: "It's just a few dishes, no big deal."
"Miss."
The female servant twisted her waist in disobedience. Before she could say the rest of her words, He Shiyin hurriedly raised her hand to stop her:
"My brother is Mr. Wei's favorite disciple, and he is the number one scholar appointed by His Majesty. Sooner or later he will leave this small Jiangling City, and he will be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister just around the corner. Thanks to my aunt's love over the years, my brother and I will become husband and wife sooner or later. This
You still have to have some structure, how can you be outdone by a country girl?"
After hearing this, the maid felt much better: "What the young lady said makes sense. I think Mr. Ye just took pity on Miss Hua because she was a widow who had just escaped from the sea of misery, so he took extra care of her."
"As long as you understand."
He Shiyin said this, but the guard in her heart became more and more serious.
In total, I have known my brother for many years. Although he has always been respectful and polite to me, I have never seen him care so much about anyone.
It was enough to make a special trip to pick her up from Li's house in the middle of the night, and even asked someone to prepare meals for her.
This is probably beyond the scope of sympathy.
What she just couldn't figure out was that she was no better than that girl from the Hua family. Why did her brother look at her differently?
After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't think of a reason.
In the end she could only think of the aunt from the Ye family.
The elder brother has always been filial, and the children always have to listen to the aunt's arrangements for all important matters.
Thinking like this, she immediately felt at ease and stopped worrying about it.
After resting for a night, Hua Rujin accompanied Cuicui to the prison in Jiang'an County early the next morning.
The little girl took some loose silver prepared by Mrs. Liu and gave it to the jailer. She soon met Mr. Li in prison.
In the dark prison, I saw my torturer and looked at his handsome face. Except for his messy and fluffy hair, he didn't seem to have been tortured in any way.
He was listless, as if he had regarded himself as a corpse.
"Sir, you have suffered a lot. The eldest lady asked your servant to come and see you."
Cuicui burst into tears and kept wiping her tears.
"Why are you crying? I'm not doing well."
Mr. Li glanced at Hua Rujin and didn't know who this person was, but thinking that she came in with his servants, he must be the lawyer invited by his mother. He scolded dissatisfiedly: "Go back quickly, so that mother doesn't have to worry about it."
I am an unfilial son who has disgraced my family and worked hard."
"Son."
Listening to his dissatisfied tone, Cuicui felt a little disappointed.
Hua Rujin saw that he was determined to protect Miss Zhang's reputation, so she could only wink at Cuicui secretly.
Cuicui then took out the half of the jade pendant and handed it to her young master: "Sir, this is what Miss Zhang sent her slave to give to you."
After that, she repeated her instructions word for word.
Young Master Li held the jade pendant tightly and pondered for a long time, and then he said: "Now Madam Zhang has insisted that it was me who defiled Miss Zhang. I'm afraid that if I forcefully retract my confession, not only will I not be able to alleviate my guilt, but I will also implicate Sister Lian."
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The tone of his speech was obviously much softer than before.
"Miss Zhang is now desperate to save Mr. Li's life. Is it possible that Mr. Li is so depressed and helpless to watch her being sent to another family as a concubine?"
Hua Rujin scolded in a sonorous tone: "A man of seven feet, who can't be filial to his parents, has to make his parents humiliate him, and can't protect the people he loves, and who endures humiliation and humiliates himself to die, is not an upright man.
It’s the responsibility you should have.”
"Although this young lady said so, what else can I do at this point."
Young Master Li replied with a sad expression.
Hua Rujin looked at him firmly: "There is no perfect path for anyone. As long as Mr. Li has his heart set on what he wants, I believe that with sincerity, you will be able to reverse the situation."
Thinking about the meeting with the Miss Zhang family last night, she couldn't help but give some more advice: "Young Master Li has to meet his lover in this life. Now you should not be thinking about how to protect Miss Zhang family's reputation, but should be thinking about how to protect Miss Zhang family's reputation.
Think about how to live up to her."
"Yes, Young Master, Madam has already said that as long as Young Master can go out, she will never stand in the way of your marriage to Miss Zhang."
Cuicui quickly took over the words: "Furthermore, the wealthy businessman from Jiangsu and Zhejiang has deliberately plotted against Miss Zhang. Master, are you sure that he will be able to treat Miss Zhang well in the future?"
Young Master Li thought for a while and began to feel shaken.
After a long silence, he nodded heavily towards Hua Rujin: "I am willing to retract my confession, but I just don't know how Miss Hua can help me get out of trouble?"
"This is easy to handle."
Hua Rujin looked around and saw that no jailer was paying attention, so she whispered something into his ear. Young Master Li looked up at her doubtfully: "Is this really possible?"
Hua Rujin nodded and said with a smile: "Even if we cannot completely clear the young master of his grievances, we can still strive for leniency."
"Okay, then I will follow what Miss Hua said and I will definitely kill this argument."
Young Master Li finally agreed and no longer wanted to die.
Hua Rujin and Cuicui looked at each other, smiled happily, and then prepared to leave.
Before leaving, Cuicui followed her instructions and gave some money to the jailer to immediately deliver the case statement that Mr. Li wanted to retract his confession to the county government office.
After leaving the prison, Hua Rujin sent Cuicui away and went straight back to the post house.
When they arrived at the door of the post house, they saw the two brothers from the Jiang family waiting at the door.
Seeing the benefactor who brought their brothers back together again, the two brothers came forward with joy on their faces.
"Could it be that the two young masters are going to the court to defend themselves again?"
Hua Rujin recognized the two of them and didn't know what they were doing here, so she asked with a confused look on her face.
"Ahem, Miss Hua is joking."
The thinner brother quickly took out a package and handed it to her. He smiled naively and said, "Yesterday, Miss Huahua made us two brothers shake hands and make peace. My younger brother and I prepared some small gifts to thank Miss Hua. This
I ask Miss Hua to accept the hundred taels of silver."
"I haven't done anything for you, you two gentlemen, there is no need to be so polite."
Hua Rujin dismissed the package he handed her.
"Miss Hua, please don't refuse."
The chubby younger brother of the Jiang family also tried to persuade him: "Over the years, my brother and I have spent a lot of money on trivial matters at home. If it hadn't been for Miss Hua's guidance, we two brothers would never have known how long it would have taken for us to repent.
So Miss Hua has to accept this little favor no matter what, so that we can feel at ease."
Seeing the sincerity on the faces of the two brothers, Hua Rujin had no choice but to take the package and said, "Thank you both very much."
The two brothers nodded with satisfaction,
Seeing a smoky green carriage driving towards them, the Jiang brothers knew that she was recently helping the county government officials to deal with disputes. They were afraid that she would be too busy to bother them, so they did not dare to disturb her anymore, so they said goodbye knowingly.
: "In this case, we won't disturb Miss Hua. If Miss Hua encounters any trouble in the county, she can go to Jiang's house in the west of the city to look for our brothers."
"must."
Hua Rujin watched the two brothers go away, but when she looked back, she saw that her elegant cousin had arrived beside her at some point.