The eldest daughter, she is proud and sassy

Chapter 311
There was a burning pain in the cheek.

Cui Hengyue raised her hand to caress her face, and looked at Cui Quan in disbelief: "You hit me for an unwarranted thing?"

Cui Quan put his numb hands behind his back, and said coldly: "As a descendant of the Cui family, you did such a thing that insulted the family tradition, not only did you not repent, but you also tried to hide it.

"If I kill you now, this matter will not be leaked, and Cui will not lose face."

After finishing speaking, Cui Quan told Bai Qi: "Take her down."

"Wait a minute—"

"Ma'am, you can't go in without the Duke's order."

Seeing that Mrs. Cui had already pushed open the door of the study, the guard hurriedly pleaded guilty to Cui Quan: "Please forgive me, Mrs. Madam."

At this moment, Cui Yongzong came over and scolded his wife: "What are you doing? This is the front yard, not where you should come. Go back."

He reached out to grab Mrs. Cui, but Mrs. Cui avoided him.

Mrs. Cui met Cui Yongzong's eyes fearlessly, and said sonorously and forcefully: "The matter of Yuan Niang is the matter of the backyard, so I will take care of it."

"You..." Cui Yongzong turned pale with anger.

Cui Quan saw it, and ordered: "You all go down."

The guards retreated silently.

Mrs. Cui took the opportunity to enter the study and walked to Cui Hengyue's side. Seeing that half of her face was red and swollen with bright finger marks, her heart ached immediately.

"Aheng, how are you doing?"

"It's okay." Cui Hengyue stood up straight, her voice showing a bit of coldness.

Cui Yongzong walked in, closed the door smoothly, and walked up to Cui Quan: "Mr. Xie is reckless. It's because of my ineffective discipline. Father, please punish me."

"It's not an example. If there is a next time, she won't have to take care of the backyard." Cui Quan said with a straight face.

"Thank you father for your kindness."

Mrs. Cui listened to their conversation, her expression remained unchanged.

Standing beside Cui Hengyue, she saluted Cui Quan: "It's an emergency, I have no other choice but to trespass on the study and ask father to forgive me.

"It's just that my mother ordered me to be in charge of Zhongfu, and all the people in the backyard are under my control. Father took Yuanniang away for no reason, and even ordered people to surround Jinglanyuan. Should I be informed?"

Cui Quan said with a cold face: "I'll tell you now, from today onwards, Yuanniang's affairs will not be under the control of the backyard, and I will handle them myself."

deal with?

Mrs. Cui's heart tightened, and she kept a calm face: "Dare to ask father, what did Yuanniang commit, and I want you to deal with it personally?"

Cui Quan didn't bother to tell her, so he told Bai Qi: "You tell them."

So, Bai Qi told the matter in detail.

After hearing this, Cui Yongzong and his wife suddenly changed their expressions, but Mrs. Cui didn't believe it.

"Impossible, Ah Heng will never do such a thing, there must be a misunderstanding."

Cui Quan's face was black as ink: "What misunderstanding? You ask her, what did she do this morning?"

Mrs. Cui turned to Cui Hengyue, and said gently: "Ah Heng, don't be afraid, I believe in you.

"Tell us, what did you do when you left the house today?"

Cui Hengyue looked at Cui Quan, who had already identified her as the murderer, then at Cui Yongzong, who was dubious, and finally set his eyes on Mrs. Cui, who completely trusted her.

She slightly parted her red lips, and said slowly: "I was just hungry, so I sneaked out of the mansion on a whim, went outside and bought two steamed cakes to eat, and then I went back to my mansion. I never saw the minister of the Ministry of Industry."

Mrs. Cui said to Cui Quan after listening, "Father, did you hear that Ah Heng didn't kill anyone."

Cui Quan's eyes became sharp, and he asked Cui Hengyue in an interrogating tone: "Just now you told me that you walked around the neighborhood after leaving the mansion, bought two steamed cakes and came back.

"Then tell me, which places have you passed by, and where did you buy the steamed cakes?"

Cui Hengyue froze.

She just wanted to get rid of the fact that she had never been to Beicheng, so she made up a reason, but she didn't expect Cui Quan to ask such a detailed question.

There is indeed a steamed cake stand nearby, she can mention any one, but after she says it, Cui Quan will send someone to interrogate the steamed cake seller, and her lie will be exposed by then.

Seeing that Cui Hengyue did not answer for a long time, Cui Quan snorted coldly: "Can't you tell? You didn't hang around at all, you went to Beicheng, otherwise no one would see you near the Beicheng gate."

When it came to this point, Cui Hengyue couldn't argue, she held her head up and said: "Yes, I went to Beicheng, but I haven't seen any servant of the Ministry of Industry, and I didn't kill him.

"I sneaked out of the mansion. I was afraid that others would recognize my identity and it would be heard in your ears, so I hid from people all the way. So they saw that I was acting sneaky, but this does not mean that I killed someone."

Cui Yongzong interrupted suddenly: "Why did you lie just now?"

"I'm afraid of getting into trouble." Cui Hengyue showed a scared expression.

"Ah--"

Cui Quan sneered: "Your mouth is full of lies, I won't believe what you say now."

Then, he ordered Bai Qi: "Take her down and interrogate her carefully."

Mrs. Cui hurriedly opened her hands to protect Cui Hengyue behind her back: "Ah Heng has already said that she didn't kill anyone, why do you want to interrogate her?"

"I don't believe her." Cui Quan said word by word.

Mrs. Cui choked for a moment, then raised her head and said, "Ah Heng is the eldest daughter of the Cui family after all, how could he go to such a place?
"If you really want to interrogate, then let Ah Heng go to the eldest room, and I will interrogate her personally."

Looking at Mrs. Cui's slender back, Cui Hengyue's nose was sour. In this cold Cui mansion, only Mrs. Cui and Er Niang are sincere to her
"No, she can't go anywhere, she can only stay in this yard." Cui Quan firmly rejected Mrs. Cui's proposal.

Afterwards, Cui Quan ordered Bai Qi: "Take her down and interrogate her strictly."

"Yes."

Bai Qi walked towards Mrs. Cui: "Mrs., I offended you."

After finishing speaking, Bai Qi pushed Mrs. Cui away, grabbed Cui Hengyue and walked out.

Cui Hengyue didn't struggle, and looked back at Mrs. Cui.

"Aheng—"

Mrs. Cui's eyes were red, and she wanted to save Cui Hengyue, but Cui Yongzong held her tightly.

"Don't mess around." Cui Yongzong scolded in a low voice.

"Oh!"

The door is closed, isolating everything outside.

Cui Yongzong let go of his hand.

Mrs. Cui calmed down and said to Cui Quan: "Father, I believe in Ah Heng, she has a kind heart and will never kill anyone.

"Although she is now a suspect, I believe the real murderer will emerge soon."

Cui Quan was expressionless: "It's better to be like this, my Cui family can't tolerate murderers."

Hearing this, Mrs. Cui's heart trembled. Thinking of Cui Quan's usual style, she quickly said: "Father, Ah Heng is the eldest daughter of the Cui family after all, and she showed her face at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. watching her.

"If the truth comes out in the future, she is innocent but has many scars on her body, which may cause criticism.

"I also ask my father to give an order not to use punishment on Ah Heng."

Cui Quan was silent.

Mrs. Cui wanted to persuade her again, but Cui Yongzong suddenly stood in front of her and said to Cui Quan: "Father, Mrs. Xie is right, you can't punish Yuan Niang."

Cui Quan glanced at his son, and finally said, "Understood, you all step back."

After Cui Yongzong and his wife left, Cui Quan recruited guards: "How about Liu Yang?"

(End of this chapter)