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Chapter 24 Don't dare to speak
At this moment, the main hall is full of people from Ye Mansion, and even the courtyard is full of servants.

Mrs. Xue sat on the top, rubbing her forehead and feeling a little headache.

Ye Fugui stood at the door with a worried expression on his face, looking suspiciously at the monk from time to time.

Mrs. Qin and a few juniors sat next to the old lady, with anxious expressions on their faces.

When the rest of the people saw the monk escorting a disheveled man here, they all cast surprised glances.

Xue Zhiyan quietly hid in the crowd, looking at the situation in the hall, she was secretly surprised, she thought that she only needed to say those words in front of the old lady, but she didn't expect that there were so many people there.

"Old lady, this cloak belongs to Miss Ye, don't pretend to be blind!"

The man said confidently.

"you……"

Mrs. Xue had always been proud, but now she was publicly humiliated by the monks of the Yin Temple, she couldn't hold back her face at all, she wished she could ask her servants to go up and slap that monk a few times.

Everyone in the Biansheng Ye Mansion is outside the door, if she gets someone to beat this man, someone will definitely seize the opportunity and spread the word about it.

She had no choice but to suppress the anger in her heart, and sternly shouted at the monk: "Empty words have no proof, how can you allow yourself to be presumptuous here!"

"I saw the eldest lady and a man in the wing with my own eyes..."

Before the monk finished speaking, he was suddenly slapped.

His face instantly swelled up, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and five red finger marks appeared on his cheeks.

It was Xi Yunxia, ​​Ye Fugui's personal maid.

Ye Fugui stepped forward angrily, pointed at the monk's nose and said, "Bastard, I know what my daughter is like best!"

The monk covered his cheeks, looked at Ye Fugui in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice, "You, why did you hit me?"

"Shut up!" Ye Fugui shouted coldly, "If you continue to slander my daughter, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

Seeing this, old man Xue rubbed his brows and said, "Fugui, calm down first."

She turned her head to Mrs. Qin and said, "Su Xin, what's the matter with this cloak?"

Everyone's eyes instantly fell on the light red brocade cloak on the ground.

Mrs. Qin quickly knelt down on the ground and said in panic: "Old lady, I have been wronged!"

Mrs. Xue frowned and said, "I heard that you made this cloak for Zhaoyan?"

Mrs. Qin burst into tears, and she cried: "Old madam, how dare I offend the young lady! It's just that the concubine is worried about the young lady's health, so I ordered the servant girl to quickly bring the clothes for the young lady to change into. That person was falsely accused of being a young lady and someone..."

Mrs. Qin said, covering her face and crying.

"Grandmother, this cloak was obviously made for Zhaoyan a few months in advance, there must be some misunderstanding."

Ye Zhaochen hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him.

Mrs. Qin wiped her tears, gave Ye Zhaochen a wronged look, and then continued to say to the old lady: "Old lady, I really don't know about it, and I didn't expect such a thing to happen."

"Enough, stop talking!"

Ye Fugui was trembling with anger, "Zhaoyan has been well-behaved and polite since he was a child. No matter what happens, he is in charge. Why would he ever throw his personal belongings to someone who has a heart? This cloak is clearly framed by someone. You But it is ridiculous to say that this is the evidence left by Zhaoyan's affair with others!"

Mrs. Qin was left speechless by Ye Fugui's words, she didn't expect Ye Fugui to be so rude in order to defend Ye Zhaoyan, and felt even more embarrassed.

Her eyes searched around in the crowd, and when she saw Xue Zhiyan in the yard, her eyes lit up, as if she had caught a savior, she walked towards her quickly.

She wiped her tears at Xue Zhiyan and said, "Zhiyan, why didn't you come here sooner? If you came a step later, I'm afraid I will be slandered by these people."

Xue Zhiyan cursed inwardly, but pretended to be terrified on the face, quickly gave her a hand, and forced a smile: "Ma'am, be careful where you step."

Mrs. Qin quickly took Xue Zhiyan's arm, and while pulling her to the door, she said softly: "You child must have been frightened after witnessing what happened to Zhaoyan."

Mrs. Qin's acting skills are good, even Xue Zhiyan admires it.

When Xue Zhiyan slowly approached the door, she saw a familiar figure inside the room at a glance, it was the man tied up next to the monk.

Her complexion instantly turned pale.

Those humiliating scenes that made her dare not think of them immediately came to mind.

She only felt a churning in her chest, as if a hot air rushed into her throat, she swallowed quickly, forced herself to calm down, stabilized her mind, took a step, and walked in.

All eyes fell on her.

Xue Zhiyan only felt that the surrounding air seemed to freeze

She couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, her lips twitched as she wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to say it.

The man on the ground raised his head and looked at her as if he had sensed it.

When those dark eyes came into her field of vision, she trembled all over, a kind of unconcealable panic hit her heart, and her breathing became short of breath.

The four eyes met, and a look of surprise flashed in the man's eyes, but it disappeared quickly.

Xue Zhiyan hurriedly looked away, lowered her head, not daring to look at the man again.

Seeing her coming in, Xue Youling hurried over and asked with concern: "Zhiyan, I haven't seen you for a day, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Xue Zhiyan forced a smile and lowered her eyes.

"Why is your face so ugly? But what's wrong with you?" Ye Fugui couldn't help asking when he sensed something wrong with Xue Zhiyan.

Xue Zhiyan forced a smile, and said nervously: "I don't feel uncomfortable at all..."

Seeing her abnormal state, everyone had different speculations.

"Zhiyan, I heard that you have been by Zhaoyan's side today, why don't you come out and talk about this matter, so that Zhaoyan can be cleared of the crime."

Although Mrs. Xue's voice was not heavy, her tone was not slow, and she fell into everyone's ears word by word, making everyone stop talking and turn their attention to Xue Zhiyan.

Xue Zhiyan was slightly taken aback, she didn't expect the old lady to throw this hot potato into her hands, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Seeing the old lady speak, Mrs. Qin hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Yes, Zhiyan, this matter is not trivial, why don't you let me talk about it, and also remove the suspicion for Zhaoyan, so that everyone will not guess."

Xue Zhiyan secretly scolded Mrs. Qin for being cunning and shameless, but on the surface she still looked sincere and fearful.

Ye Fugui looked at Xue Zhiyan and said, "Zhiyan, I leave this matter to you, I hope you can give Zhaoyan justice!"

Her eyes were full of trust and tenderness.

Xue Zhiyan looked at the crowd, her eyes were full of guilt, she choked up and said, "I'm sorry about this matter."

She gritted her teeth and hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I really dare not speak nonsense."

Xue Zhiyan raised her head and looked at Mrs. Xue.

(End of this chapter)