Chapter 50: Counterattack 2
Neither Jiang Xueqing nor Chen Ruqi dared to move.
Mr. Chen San said:
"Yu'er, I told you to go in, why don't you go and find it quickly."
Jiang Xueqing gritted her teeth, ran into the house quickly, went straight to the shelf, and pushed away the books on the grid with malicious eyes.
Her smile froze on her face.
No?
Did those people put it in the wrong place?
Idiot! She didn't believe it and searched the entire shelf again.
Half a quarter of an hour passed in a blink of an eye. Seeing Liu Yu's smile becoming more and more intense at the door, Jiang Xueqing sweated more and more, wetting his back.
Chen Ruqi also realized that something was wrong. She burst into tears and pointed at Jiang Xueqing and accused her:
"It was her. It was all Aunt Jiang. She said that my jade pendant was taken by Aunt Liu, my third uncle."
"Chen Ruqi."
An angry shout came from the gate of Qinyuanju.
Mr. Chen rushed into the room angrily, and without saying a word, he slapped his daughter in the face.
Chen Ruqi looked at her father with a distorted face in disbelief: "You hit me? You hit me for this vixen."
She was her father's favorite daughter. Her father had never beaten her since she was a child. Even his eldest daughter, Chen Ruhan, had to give her some respect.
"Even if you hit me, I will still tell you that it was her who said that my jade pendant was stolen by my third uncle's aunt. If you don't believe me, you can ask my aunt."
Liu Yu believed in Chen Ruqi for the simple reason that she had no grudge against Chen Ruqi, and Chen Ruqi was a person without brains or courage, so she was more easily bewitched.
Couldn't think of such a careful plan.
Mr. Chen looked at Chen Xiyao, who nodded.
"Second Master" Jiang Xueqing threw herself into Chen Er's arms and said, "You have to believe me!" She cried bitterly, and her heart was broken when she saw Master Chen Er.
"Aunt Liu, what do you think..." The question was directed at Liu Yu, but Master Chen was looking at his younger brother, wanting him to keep quiet.
Uncle Chen San stopped playing with the Buddhist beads in his hand and looked at his second brother with undisguised disappointment in his eyes.
"Second brother, is this what you told me?"
Facing this younger brother, Master Chen was always afraid. He lowered his head and glanced at the pitiful woman. He couldn't bear to let her go, so he said with a stiff upper lip:
"It's not a big loss!"
Liu Yu looked at Mr. Chen's lustful expression and asked her if Jiang Xueqing could be so bold without Mr. Chen's unbridled pampering!
"No loss?" Master Chen sneered: "Second brother, I don't care about what happens in your room, but you let your people come to my room and wrongly accuse my people. You tell me there is no loss?"
He walked towards Master Chen Er and said, "I think you'd better not be an official. You can't tell right from wrong and you don't care about anything for your own selfish desires. If you continue like this, you will only harm our Chen family."
Being scolded by his younger brother in front of the servants, Mr. Chen Er, who always cared about his reputation, also became angry with Mr. Chen San.
"Third brother, why do you say that to me? I am not as high-ranking as you, nor do I bring as much benefit to the Chen family as you do.
But I have never done anything to let the Chen family down in my life." The second master Chen spoke louder and louder, and he was very confident.
"Besides, when investigating a case, the government office will always return empty-handed. Evidence may be hidden away in advance. Why did Xueqing come to the East Courtyard instead of the North Courtyard or the West Courtyard? She must have heard something."
This means that Liu Yu is more suspicious.
Uncle Chen San looked at him, and his eyes no longer had the respect he had for his brother.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Mr. Chen had never seen such a look before, and he couldn't help feeling guilty.
Mr. Chen Er originally didn't want to say this, but when he heard Mr. Chen San look down on him, he realized that he was his brother, so rather than helping Jiang Xueqing, he was venting his dissatisfaction over the years.
"Heh." Master Chen sneered and asked instead, "Brother, are you saying this? If we don't find the jade pendant today, Liu Yu will not be able to clear his suspicion?"
This is what Mr. Chen Er thought, but looking at the look in Mr. Chen San's eyes, he didn't dare to say it!
Mr. Chen San was becoming more and more disheartened. From childhood to adulthood, he had always thought that Mr. Chen Er was sometimes confused, but he never thought that he would confuse right and wrong in this way.
The two brothers were on the verge of a fight, making everyone present dare not breathe, with the exception of Jiang Xueqing in Mr. Chen's arms. The corners of her mouth curled up, she didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain that could cause a rift between them.
Why can Mr. Chen be so arrogant in this family and make others listen to him?
If she were to say, Mr. Chen Er is her elder brother, and the status of elder should also be his.
"Give the jade pendant to Sister Qi!"
Liu Yu stepped forward and tugged at Mr. Chen's arm, whispering in his ear,
The relationship between the two brothers cannot be destroyed because of her.
Mr. Chen San just patted her hands and did not do what Liu Yu said.
"Okay, since Second Brother thinks so, I have to check today even if I don't want to."
Master Chen San called Feng Xiao over and said, "Send someone to search Zhanghe Courtyard, Linxi Pavilion, Wutong Courtyard, and our East Courtyard."
Zhangheyuan is the courtyard where Jiang Xueqing lives, and Linxi Pavilion is where Chen Ruqi lives.
He looked at Master Chen Er: "Are you satisfied, Brother?"
Master Chen was stunned.
He wanted to pick it out for Jiang Xueqing, but he didn't want to make such a big fuss, as his mother would definitely find out.
"Third brother, this is just a small jade pendant..."
"Second brother, you are right. Liu cannot be free from responsibility. However, the people who came to Qinyuanju this time are suspected of being the thief crying "stop thief". To be fair, all their residences must be searched." Master Chen interrupted him directly.
"Okay, search it, and don't let go of anything on her body either."
Before Mr. Chen could answer, Jiang Xueqing in Mr. Chen's arms suddenly looked up and interrupted him. She was having trouble finding a chance to search Liu Yu.
The people below were not bold enough to lie to her, so Liu Yu must have discovered the jade pendant first and hid it.
Mr. Chen disagreed and wanted to refute, but when he saw the beauty's coquettish look, he remained silent.
As expected, the commotion was so loud that Shou'an Hall heard the news soon and everyone present was invited to Shou'an Hall.
Mr. Chen San's brief explanation should also explain the cause of the matter.
After hearing this, the old lady asked the servant to call Chang.
"If the Third Master said we need to search everyone, he can't just search Aunt Liu. Everyone present must be searched," the old lady said without letting anyone else know.
Soon, Nanny Feng personally searched everyone.
Liu Yu doesn’t have a jade pendant on him?
Jiang Xueqing was confused.
"How do you know the jade pendant is in the East Courtyard?" The old lady looked at Jiang Xueqing vaguely.
Seeing the old lady's eyes, Jiang Xueqing trembled instinctively and stammered:
"Someone, someone saw it."
"Who." The old lady glanced at them sharply.
"It's just..."
How could it not be?
Jiang Xueqing's head seemed to be filled with paste and she couldn't think straight.
Why was it different from what she imagined? The scene at this moment should be when she found the jade pendant in the East Courtyard and interrogated Liu Yu.
When they arrived at Shou'an Hall, Nanny Feng separated Jiang Xueqing and Master Chen Er. Standing next to Jiang Xueqing was Liu Yu.
At this time, Liu Yu looked at her and smiled mockingly.
"Jiang Xueqing wanted to frame me, but you never thought that the person being tortured would be you! Even if you can gain the favor of Master Chen, you are still not as good as me, and no one will believe you. You are just a clown from beginning to end."