The eldest daughter, she is proud and sassy

Chapter 310
After Cui Hengyue was taken away by Bai Qi, Cui Erniang was bored and left Jinglan Garden.

Today the officials rested, and so did the wives in the mansion. Cui Erniang didn't have to go to school, and Cui Hengyue couldn't be seen, so she didn't know what to do for a while.

"Ugh--"

Cui Erniang lay on the desk, staring at the branches outside the window in a daze.

"Second Niang—"

Sang Hua hurried in, approached Erniang Cui, and whispered, "Erniang, just after you left Jinglan Garden, Deputy Commander Liu surrounded Jinglan Garden with people, and the people in Jinglan Garden were not allowed to leave."

"what?"

Cui Erniang turned pale with shock: "What happened? Why did you surround Eldest Sister's Jinglan Garden?"

Sang Hua thought for a while: "As soon as Commander Bai took Yuanniang away, Deputy Commander Liu surrounded Jinglan Garden. It must be Yuanniang who caused the trouble, and the Duke ordered it to do so."

Even if it caused trouble, it wouldn't be enough for Liu Yang to bring people into the backyard to surround Jinglan Garden.

Cui Erniang didn't quite believe it, she stood up: "You and Bai Shao go to see again, how is Elder Sister and Jinglanyuan?"

"Yes." Sanghua took the order and left.

After a while, Sang Hua and Bai Shao came to Cui Erniang.

Sang Hua took the lead in reporting: "Bai Tong led Yuan Niang to the study of the Duke of the front yard, and she hasn't come out until now. There are guards outside the study, so I can't get close to it. I came back when I couldn't find any news."

Bai Shao followed closely and reported: "The gate of Jinglan Garden has been closed, there are still two guards at the door, I heard that Vice Commander Liu has been staying in Jinglan Garden and never came out.

"Also, I heard from people around me that there were screams from Jinglan Court, and it seemed that Deputy Commander Liu was interrogating people from Jinglan Court."

Cui Erniang stood up with a "chuckle" and rushed out.

She ran to the main courtyard and rushed to Mrs. Cui, "Aniang, it's not good."

Seeing four or five stewards standing beside her, Cui Erniang waved to them impatiently: "You all go down."

The stewards were very considerate and left the flower hall immediately.

Mrs. Cui lowered her face and reprimanded her daughter: "How did you learn the rules?"

"Mother, something happened to the elder sister."

Hearing this, the scolding stopped abruptly.

After the initial daze, Mrs. Cui grabbed her daughter's arm: "What happened to Ah Heng?"

Cui Erniang looked flustered, and told her mother about the matter.

After Madam Cui finished listening, she immediately walked out and shouted loudly: "Indus, Xiuyun."

The two walked quickly to Mrs. Cui: "What orders does Mrs. Cui have?"

Mrs. Cui ordered as she walked out: "Wu Tong, you go to Jinglan Garden, find out the situation and find me in the study of Duke Guo in the front yard.

"Xiuyun, follow me to the front yard."

Seeing her daughter following her, Mrs. Cui stopped and ordered her solemnly: "You stay in the big room and you are not allowed to go anywhere until I come back."

Cui Erniang really wanted to follow, but she knew in her heart that something serious must have happened, so she stayed in the big room honestly.

forecourt.

As soon as Cui Hengyue entered the study, Cui Quan shouted sharply: "Kneel down!"

She didn't kneel, but looked back, and there were a lot more guards outside the door, and Bai Qi was standing beside Cui Quan, holding the hilt of his sword, staring at her covetously.

Something happened.

Cui Hengyue had a premonition that the matter was serious, and she was a little flustered, but she pretended to be calm on the face: "I have already admitted my mistake to you for sneaking out of the house in the morning, and you have punished me.

"Even though my injuries were not healed, I didn't slack off, and I started copying the government regulations after I returned to Jinglanyuan.

"Grandfather is so angry now, is it because he wants to go back on his word?"

Before he started questioning, she actually started questioning first?
Cui Quan was furious, and slapped his palm on the armrest: "You know what you did outside the mansion."

Cui Hengyue's heart tightened, did he know about her seeing Wu Yu?
Thinking about it seriously, Cui Quan cares about reputation the most. If he knew that she sneaked out of the house to disrespect the foreigner, he would be very angry.

Cui Hengyue was about to beat him to death but refused to admit it: "I just went out to buy some food. If I had known that my grandfather would be so angry, I would definitely not have gone out."

"you"

Seeing that Cui Hengyue refused to admit it, Cui Quan directly exposed her: "You didn't leave the mansion to buy food, but to assassinate the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"You think you are perfect, but people see your appearance."

"and many more--"

Cui Hengyue interrupted Cui Quan's words, with a blank face: "What assassinated the Minister of the Ministry of Industry? The Minister of the Ministry of Industry is dead?"

"Yes, he is dead, and you are the murderer." Cui Quan looked at her coldly.

Cui Hengyue finally realized that someone framed her as the murderer of the Minister of Industry.

She carefully recalled what happened outside the mansion in the morning, and found that she didn't seem to show her face except in front of Wu Yu and Xie Yuan.

wrong
After she met Xie Yuan, she bumped into someone. Although there were not many people at that time, someone must have seen her face.

But why did this man frame her as a murderer?

Who is this person?

There were too few clues, Cui Hengyue couldn't figure it out, so he asked Cui Quan: "I didn't kill the minister of the Ministry of Industry, why did my grandfather say that I was a murderer?"

Still don't admit it?

Cui Quan sneered, picked up the portrait beside him and threw it at Cui Hengyue: "Look carefully, this is the portrait of the murderer."

The portrait fell lightly in front of Cui Hengyue, she bent down, picked up the portrait and looked at it, her expression changed slightly.

The person in the portrait is exactly what she looked like when she was wearing men's clothing this morning. It seems that the person who drew this portrait must have seen her outside the house this morning.

Cui Hengyue squeezed the portrait tightly, and met Cui Quan's gloomy eyes: "I didn't kill anyone."

At this time, Bai Qi persuaded earnestly: "Yuanniang, it's already this time, so don't lie."

"I didn't lie, I really didn't kill anyone."

Cui Hengyue spoke convincingly, but did not gain their trust, Bai Qi continued to persuade her:

"Yuanniang, someone has seen it. It's useless for you to lie any more. It's better to tell the truth. The Duke can help you deal with the aftermath."

aftermath?

Cui Hengyue didn't believe that Cui Quan would be so kind, even though she was his own granddaughter.

"Someone saw it? He saw me kill someone with his own eyes?" Cui Hengyue asked sharply.

Bai Qi's expression froze, and he was speechless immediately.

Cui Quan continued: "Although they didn't see you murder with their own eyes, you appeared near the Ye Mansion and acted furtively, so you are the biggest suspect.

"Tell me honestly, what did you do when you left the house this morning? Where did you go?"

It turned out that Ye Zhicheng from the Ministry of Industry had died.

Who the hell killed him?

Cui Hengyue clutched the portrait tightly, was silent for a moment, looked at Cui Quan and said, "After I left the mansion, I walked around the neighborhood, and then returned home after eating two steamed cakes.

"I didn't kill anyone."

Cui Quan's face darkened immediately: "It seems that you don't shed tears when you see the coffin. If you don't use some tricks, you won't be able to tell the truth."

He immediately ordered: "Bai Qi, take her down and make her tell the truth."

Seeing Bai Qi walking towards her, Cui Hengyue shouted at Cui Quan: "What I just said was the truth, why didn't grandfather believe me?
"Could it be that you insist that the Cui family bring out a murderer?"

"You..." Cui Quan was anxious, rushed in front of Cui Hengyue, raised his hand and waved it towards Cui Hengyue's face.

Cui Hengyue raised her hand and grabbed Cui Quan's wrist.

The next moment, Bai Qi made a move, grabbed Cui Hengyue's hand and twisted it forcefully.

Cui Hengyue felt the pain and let go of Cui Quan.

"Snapped!"

Cui Quan was free, and when Cui Hengyue was restrained by Bai Qi, he raised his hand and slapped her.

(End of this chapter)