Chapter 5 Uneducated
Tan Yong looked at Tan Xinting with a sense of guilt, and his tone slowed down slightly.

"Father admits that he has indeed slackened his discipline over the years, but you can't allow the maid to steal things."

Tan Xinting naturally didn't like this.

Although Tan Yong is the father, but after so many years of indifference, today's slack discipline and a hint of guilt want to make up for the 14-year vacancy.

It was whimsical.

What's more, without listening to his own explanation, he directly believed that the matter was what she did, without any trust.

And the original owner is already gone, his slack is a living life!

Looking directly at Tan Yong, Tan Xinting spoke righteously and said word by word: "I did not allow Ling'er to steal things from Eldest Sister, if my father doesn't believe me, he can investigate!"

Tan Xinting's eyes were very firm. Tan Yong saw that she didn't look like she was stealing something, so he looked at Tan Yueying with some doubts, and wanted to ask her if she made a mistake.

Tan Yueying looked at Tan Xinting calmly, then turned to Tan Yong and said.

"Daddy, the maid in my yard saw this with her own eyes. Could there be something wrong? Chun'er, tell me."

Not far behind Tan Yueying, her personal maid, Chun'er, walked to the middle of the front hall and spoke unhurriedly.

"Master, the servants and servants all saw Linger steal Miss's hairpin and other jewelry and hide them on her body. She hasn't been searched yet, so she should still be there."

Tan Yong glanced lightly at Ling'er who was kneeling on the ground, and said mercilessly: "Then search."

But Tan Xinting stopped her: "Father, before searching, should I let my eldest sister tell me what jewelry I lost and what it looked like?"

"If the jewelry on Linger's body is her own, wouldn't she wrong a good person for no reason?"

"Although it's just a maid, but if it spreads out, it will be bad for the Tan family's reputation."

Tan Yong agreed very much. After all, this affected the reputation of the Tan family, so he signaled Tan Yueying to make it clear.

Tan Yueying was also unambiguous, looked at Chun'er, gave her a wink, and asked her to talk.

Chun'er didn't refuse and said directly: "Miss lost a whole body green hairpin, the body of the hairpin is carved lifelike, and the head of the hairpin is in the shape of a blooming plum blossom."

"There are also sapphire blue dots and emerald bead hairpins, a row of coral beads, and an eggplant-shaped pendant inlaid with golden silk."

"All of them were gifts from Concubine Su back then, and they are all genuine items of great value."

After Chun'er finished speaking, Tan Yong immediately ordered her to search Ling'er.

After searching Ling'er's sleeves, arms, and everywhere, Chun'er brought the found things in front of Tan Yong.

Tan Yueying said confidently: "What else do you have to say now? As the daughter of the Tan family, it is really annoying to have such bad behavior."

Tan Yong casually glanced at the things he found, as if he recognized that they were indeed valuable items.

Then she looked at Tan Xinting and said directly, "What else do you have to say now?"

Aunt Liu even made it up: "Master, Xin...uh...Miss San... She is still young and naive, she lost her mother when she was born, and she is also a poor child."

"I haven't been disciplined. It's my dereliction of duty. Don't blame her."

Aunt Liu's words made Tan Yong feel less guilty.

No mother, neglect of discipline, is this a reason to steal?

It increased Tan Yong's anger, and at the same time, it also greatly improved Tan Yong's view of Aunt Liu, so tolerant and magnanimous.

Tan Yong didn't even want to look at Tan Xinting, he glanced at it lightly and said.

"Pull the servant girl out and beat her with twenty sticks, then drive her out of the house."

"From now on, the third lady is not allowed to go out of Youlanyuan (the courtyard where Tan Xinting lives), and needs to study every day. The deadline is three months, and she will be discharged from the hospital after three months."

As soon as Tan Yong's words fell, Tan Xinting's neither humble nor overbearing voice sounded.

"Is this how my father handles it? I don't know how many wrong suggestions my father made to the emperor in court, and I don't know how many innocent people have suffered because of my father!"

"Nie Yi, it really is a lack of education, how do you talk to the father, it is really disrespectful!"

Tan Yong was even more angry.

Tan Xinting ignored him and just spoke.

"Father, have you ever carefully looked at the jewelry found from Ling'er, and compared whether the jewelry is the same as what Chun'er just described!"

After hearing Tan Xinting's words, Tan Yong picked up the jewelry in front of him to examine carefully, and then said very angrily.

"No matter how I look at it, it's exactly the same as what Chun'er said. Don't talk too much and avoid the facts."

Tan Yueying also added to the fire: "Yes, sister, this is exactly the same, you can't talk nonsense if you want to clarify yourself."

Tan Xinting ignored them and continued speaking neither humble nor overbearing.

"Father, can you let me see that even if you die, you must die clearly and clearly."

Tan Yong shook his hand impatiently, and asked someone to bring the jewelry in front of Tan Xinting.

Tan Xinting picked up the jewelry and inspected it one by one. Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Miss San has checked it? This jewelry is really the same as what Chun'er said."

Indeed, the jewelry placed in front of Tan Xinting was exactly the same as what Chun'er had just mentioned.

Tan Yueying and Aunt Liu couldn't hold back their gloating smiles.

But Tan Yong was still very angry: "What else do you have to say!"

Tan Xinting raised the corners of her mouth and asked unhurriedly: "Sister, let me ask you, is this really a gift from Concubine Su?"

Tan Yueying replied arrogantly: "Of course, these are gifts from Concubine Su back then, and all of them are of great value."

Tan Xinting still asked: "Then eldest sister, do you know what will happen if you lose the gift from Concubine Su?"

"My lacquer carving country has laws and regulations. Once the things bestowed by the emperor and the empress in the palace are lost, they must be put in prison and await disposal."

Tan Yueying said, feeling a little panicked after speaking, and looked to Aunt Liu for help.

After receiving her daughter's gaze, Aunt Liu looked at Tan Xinting and spoke.

"However, the laws of our country of lacquer carving also say that those who receive gifts from themselves have the right to recover them when they are lost, and have the right to deal with those who steal them."

Tan Xinting smiled: "I didn't see anyone stealing, I only saw someone who lost the jewelry given by Concubine Su."

"Your servant girl is the one who stole, and you, as the envoy, must not be able to escape the responsibility!"

Tan Yueying seemed impatient to deal with Tan Xinting to vent her anger.

Tan Xinting smiled, and still said unhurriedly: "Couldn't Eldest Sister be too anxious?"

"Father, you have lived in the officialdom for a long time, so you naturally know that all the things given by the palace are stamped with official seals, and every item has the word 'official'."

"Because of this, it is rare to hear about theft, but today these jewelry do not have the word 'official'."

"Obviously it's just a fake. How can there be a theory of stealing?"

After hearing Tan Xinting's words, Tan Yong ordered someone to bring the jewelry in front of him again, examined it carefully, and found that it was exactly as Tan Xinting said.

Tan Yueying and Aunt Liu also saw it, and they felt incredible.

"Even if you don't have an official seal, that won't change your behavior of allowing the maid to steal!"

Tan Yueying didn't seem to understand the point, and she still pointed at Tan Xinting and splashed dirty water.

Tan Xinting looked at the brainless elder sister with a funny face, and said, "Eldest sister, although Linger and I have no money, we still have money to buy fake hairpins."

"Just now you also made it very clear that what was lost was indeed given by Concubine Su, so obviously Ling'er's name of stealing does not exist."

"But sister, you can't spout blood without evidence."

"Is this the discipline my eldest sister receives? If so, I would rather be uneducated."

(End of this chapter)

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