Chapter 184 The doubt about one thousand taels of silver
  Shen Zhuoxi glanced at their siblings meaningfully and said, "Since you can say it out loud, I can guarantee it. But you two, why are you so full of warnings?"
  "Who warned you?" Shen Xinyu said impatiently: "I know you want to find out the truth of the matter, but what you said just now is really disgusting."
  Shen Zehuan quite agreed and said indignantly: "If the master of the house is like this, it's no wonder that the servants have gone astray."
  "Have you said enough?" Shen Zhuoxi looked at them coldly and asked.
  "Why, second sister has done something wrong, aren't we allowed to say anything?" Shen Zehuan glanced at Wan Zishang's black stone, and there was a trace of contempt on the corner of his mouth: "Otherwise, let father decide?"
  Shen Zhuoxi was quite disdainful: "I am Princess Xiaoqing, and I have the Queen Mother behind me in addition to the Grand Master's Palace. I can definitely do what I say. Besides, my mother's position was burned down in a fire today."
  "If the Grand Master's Mansion doesn't give an explanation, the Queen Mother will definitely pursue the case. Then it won't be as simple as me stepping forward." He said, turning to the servant.
  "Just tell me, I will help you protect your family. No one dares to touch them!"
  The young man coughed non-stop and vomited a mouthful of blood. After hearing her words, he also had some concerns in his heart, and his voice became weaker and weaker: "Miss Third, it was Miss Third who gave the villain a thousand taels of silver."
  "The money was hidden in the core of the villain's pillow. She ordered the villain to set a fire in front of Princess Xiaoqing's ranking. She also promised that the matter would never be implicated in the villain's head. When the villain saw the money, he was confused for a moment..."
  "I beg the second lady to save the lives of the villain's family for the sake of the villain's confession. The third lady once said that if the villain dares to confess, she will kill the villain's family!"
  "The emperor has a clear world at his feet. She only threatens you. How dare you take action." Shen Zhuoxi said to the housekeeper: "It is not as sinful as the family to take the person for treatment and then send him to the official."
  Shen Zehuan and Shen Xinyu looked at each other and said, "Since the second sister was interrogated in this way, we have nothing to say. Let's report back to my grandmother and father first."
  "Let's go together." Shen Zhuoxi glanced at Huizhi and smiled: "Lest you think I used any tricks."
  When the three people entered the door, the atmosphere in the room became more solemn.
  The old lady couldn't wait to ask: "How's it going?"
  "Got it." Shen Zhuoxi said truthfully: "The boy testified that the third lady bribed him, and also pointed out that the money was hidden in the pillow core. You only need to take a look inside his pillow core to know whether it is true or not."
  Shen Jingya's face turned pale the moment they entered.
  This meeting was as white as a dead person, with no color at all. He knelt down and said: "Grandma, I just came out of the ancestral hall. How can I bribe this young man? Please tell me clearly. I am wronged!"
  The old lady glanced at her and said, "Just because you just came out, the young man accused you of doing something wrong. There is no smoke without fire. Aunt Yuan, take someone to search under the young man's pillow."
  Aunt Yuan led the people away, and the room fell into silence for once.
  Shen Xinyu suddenly spoke, "Grandma, there's something I want to say up front to avoid any misunderstandings later."
  "Say." The old lady held the tea cup and looked very sad.
  Shen Xinyu paused and said, "Just now, the second sister threatened the boy's family, and then used coercion and inducement. Ze Huan and I are upright and couldn't bear to see this, so we had a few arguments."
  "We are not protecting the young man, we just think that the second sister's methods are disgusting."
  The old lady didn't take it seriously: "The young man keeps his mouth shut, so he will naturally use various methods to interrogate him. He has already been tortured, so why does he care about coercion and inducement?"
  "That's what grandma said." Shen Zehuan said quickly: "The eldest sister was worried that the second sister would say that our brother and sister were protecting the young man and there was some misunderstanding, so she took the initiative to mention it."
  "I didn't say a word, but you couldn't wait to clarify. It's more like a sign of guilty conscience." After Shen Zhuoxi finished speaking, she turned to the old lady and said: "Grandma, that boy refused to say anything at first because he was worried about the safety of his family."
  "I promised him that I would protect his family. I have sent people to his house to check the situation. They will probably be back soon."
  Only then did the old lady realize that Huizhi and Zhuye brought by Shen Zhuoxi were missing.
  Just as she was about to ask, Aunt Yuan hurried in, holding a tray in her hand, followed by Hui Zhi and Cuiping beside Shen Xinyu.
  The old lady asked Aunt Yuan in confusion: "Why are they following you?"
  "When the servant left, Huizhi and Cuiping had already arrived at the young man's residence first." Aunt Yuan explained: "The two of them were guarding the door."
  The old lady felt something was wrong and looked at the two of them: "What are you going to do?"
  "Go back to the old lady." Hui Zhi said calmly: "The young lady was worried about causing trouble, so she ordered the servant to go to the young man's residence to guard. She was worried that the person behind the scenes would do something to destroy the evidence."
  "What about you?" The old lady turned to Cuiping and asked.
  Cuiping was not as calm as Huizhi, and said with a little panic: "This slave, like Huizhi, is also ordered to keep an eye on it."
  Aunt Yuan took the words, handed over the tray and said: "This is the banknote found from the boy's pillow, no more, no less, exactly one thousand taels."
  The old lady took it and took a look at it, and snorted coldly: "Shen Jingya, the certification evidence is complete, what else do you have to say?"
  Shen Jingya said in a panic: "Grandma, it's really not me. How could I bribe the servant to burn down the ancestral hall?"
  "It's hard to guarantee that you don't want to continue thinking about your mistakes in the ancestral hall." The old lady said in a serious tone, "So I sent people to burn the ancestral hall so that I can continue to live in your yard!"
  Shen Jingya shook her head repeatedly: "I don't dare. Burning the ancestral hall will do no good to me. I will definitely not be so stupid!"
  "I saw you and Zhuo Xi arguing before." The old lady's hand suddenly fell on the table: "You kill two birds with one stone. This move of yours not only prevents you from continuing to live in the ancestral hall, but also implicates Zhuo Xi."
  "It seems that during these days in the ancestral hall, you did not reflect at all, but instead became more thoughtful."
  "I didn't." Shen Jingya said this sentence over and over again, but couldn't find a suitable way to say it, and said, "That boy must have been bribed by someone to bite me back and frame me!"
  "Grandma, please keep your eyes open and don't be deceived. It may be Shen Zhuoxi who has a grudge against me and wants to take this opportunity to drive me out of the Taishi Mansion."
  Shen Zhuoxi chuckled and asked, "Hate? How can I hate you?"
  "Yes, Zhuo Xi is so good. Why do I hate you?" The old lady frowned and said, "You have done wrong things many times. Your mother took the blame before, but no one can save you this time."
  "The ancestral hall has been burned down. You have no shame in staying here any longer. Someone comes and expels Shen Jingya from the Grand Master's Mansion and reports to the government. From now on, all ties will be cut off!"
  "Wait a minute." Shen Zhuoxi thought of something and advised: "Grandma, there are still doubts about the matter."
  "What other doubts can there be?" the old lady said seriously: "Don't be merciful, you will end up harming yourself."
  "It's not that I'm merciful, but there are a lot of doubts. Think about it." Shen Zhuoxi pointed to the thousand taels of silver notes in the tray and said, "Three sisters have been in the ancestral hall for a long time. Where did they get so much money to bribe them? people?"
  (End of this chapter)

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