Chapter 52 Antecedents
Qiuju was so nervous that she forgot to greet him. She just sat on the ground without moving for a long time.
Song Qingci looked at her and didn't say much. He just ordered Yinxing to bring a chair over for her.
The woodshed was dark and damp, and there was a faint smell of mold, which made Song Qingci very uncomfortable. She stretched out her hand to fan her nose and said, "Yinxing, open the windows and other things to get some fresh air."
Upon receiving the order, Yinxing immediately opened the window to ventilate the room, and the light in the woodshed became brighter.
Qiu Ju was still staring blankly at the master and servant, not knowing what to say for a moment.
But she found that the two servants who had been guarding her at the door of the woodshed were missing.
Song Qingci adjusted his sitting posture so that she could sit more comfortably on the hard chair.
Then he looked at Qiu Ju and asked, "Seeing me coming, do you have anything to say to me?"
Qiuju didn't dare to look Song Qingci in the eye. She lowered her head and said nothing.
After a long while, she looked up at her and said, "If I tell you everything, will the young lady let me go?"
"No!" Song Qingci replied directly without any hesitation.
"... "Qiu Ju was stuck. Yes, she was the wife of a high-ranking general, and she was just a servant in the outer courtyard. Usually, she didn't even have the opportunity to serve him closely.
In this mansion, she is only slightly better than a maidservant doing menial tasks.
How dare she make demands to the young lady? She must be crazy.
"But I can not vent my anger on you." Before coming, Yinping told him what she had found out. Song Qingci felt that this maid named Qiuju was really stupid.
"What do you mean?" Qiu Ju was puzzled.
"What I mean is, if you tell me everything you know and are willing to testify, I can guarantee that you will be held solely responsible, and that you can give birth to the child safely."
Hearing this, Qiu Ju's eyes widened, as if she was frightened. It had only been a few days since she found out she was pregnant, how come the young lady already knew about it?
"Don't make that expression. I'm not going to eat anyone." She just made a reasonable guess based on what she found on Yinping, and tried to trick her at the same time. In the end, she actually guessed it right.
"You...you...know everything?!" Qiuju once again felt that she had made a very stupid decision.
Song Qingci nodded, "I already know everything I need to know. Now I just want to hear you say it again."
The time was too short, and what Yinping could find in the mansion was limited, and some things had not been verified.
But what does it matter? It doesn't prevent her from speaking. Besides, she has already asked Feng Yi to collect the evidence outside the mansion.
With his ability, he should be back soon.
Qiuju suddenly collapsed.
She suddenly knelt in front of Song Qingci, tears and snot streaming down her face.
"Madam, I was wrong. Please forgive me." She kowtowed vigorously.
"I told you that it's impossible to forgive you, but if you listen to me, I can promise not to vent my anger on you." "If you do something wrong, you must accept the punishment. This is Song Qingci's code of conduct. She will not break it for Qiuju.
I promised her that she could give birth to the baby safely, and that was all. She didn't agree to anything else.
After Qiuju had cried enough, Song Qingci spoke up, "Tell me about it, tell me the whole story." Although she basically knew the general idea, she still needed a witness.
"It was Hongxia who came to see me, the second young lady." Qiuju finally stopped struggling. Now that she had spoken out, there was no need to hide it any longer.
"Three days ago, Hongxia found me. She said she saw me go to the pharmacy to see a doctor to check my pulse and knew that I was pregnant." As she spoke, she put her hand on her belly again, as if she wanted to draw some strength from it.
"She said that she could ask the second young lady to help me redeem myself and get back the contract of sale. She would also send me out of the house so that my children would no longer be slaves. She would also give me a sum of money to live on. However, before that, she wanted me to help her do something." Qiuju took off a silver bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Song Qingci, "This silver bracelet was also given to me by Hongxia."
Yinxing stepped forward and took the silver bracelet away directly. It was physical evidence.
"Hongxia told me that someone would come to look for the young general in a few days, and I only needed to report this matter to the old lady. At that time, you and the young general had not returned to the mansion. I thought you were going to Jing'an Hall to report, and I wanted to refuse. I am a maid in the outer courtyard, how could I enter Jing'an Hall. "
"But Hongxia said that we don't need to go to Jing'an Hall, the old lady will come to Chixiao Courtyard. I don't know why she said that, but I thought it was just a report, not a bad thing. I could redeem myself and get out of prison, so I agreed."
Qiu Ju sincerely felt this way. She was just reporting something, and in her opinion, this was not considered betrayal. Moreover, this matter might not be kept secret. She just informed in advance, and it was not a wrong thing.
"The day after Hongxia came, you and the young general returned to the mansion, and the whole mansion became busy because of this matter. And I heard that the eldest lady was injured, and it was quite serious. I think under this situation, the old lady probably won't come to Chixiao Courtyard. Then the matter may not be done. But I didn't expect Hongxia to find me again today. She told me to go to the back door quickly and take the token of the mother and son who came to look for someone. The old lady will come to Chixiao Courtyard soon, and asked me to find a time to report. The rest of the matter is not my responsibility."
"When I walked to the back door, I really saw a mother and son holding a token looking for the young general, so I did as Hongxia told me. I really don't know anything else. I just did what Hongxia told me to do."
"You think you are innocent?!" Song Qingci looked at Qiuju's face.
She had an expression on her face that said it was none of my business.
Qiuju didn't say anything, but her expression said it all.
"As you said, Hongxia asked you to do all this. Then when you reported to your grandmother, she also taught you word for word, didn't she?"
Song Qingci had not forgotten what Qiu Ju said in front of her grandmother. That kind of sarcastic and selective description could lead people into trouble in a minute. She didn't believe that these words were taught to her word by word by others.