Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 36: Xia He Steals?

Xia He's body began to tremble after the old lady told the general appearance of the hairpin just now, and as time passed bit by bit, the trembling became more frequent.

Jing Ning glanced at her, and suddenly said, "Xia He, what's wrong with you?"

Her voice attracted the attention of other people in the room. The old lady, Mrs. Yang, and even other servants in the room all looked at Xia He.

One of them looked at Xia He with surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.

Unexpectedly, Jing Ning would notice him, Xia He was startled, his eyes flustered.

"Ah, no, it's okay, servant girl, servant girl, it's just a little uncomfortable."

"Since you're not feeling well, you should go back and rest first." Jing Ning said with concern, Xia He immediately said happily, "Thank you, miss."

With that said, he was about to leave the room.

At this time, a woman among the row of servants kneeling on the ground suddenly climbed up to the old lady: "Old lady, old slave, I have something to say. I couldn't sleep last night, and I came out to walk around. After you Not far from the courtyard, I saw this servant girl sneaking around, maybe she stole your things, old lady."

It was Xia He she was pointing at.

Xia He was taken aback by this sudden situation, and hurriedly waved his hands: "No, it's not me."

However, her flustered reaction turned into a guilty conscience in the eyes of others, and the old lady's eyes sank. At this time, the servants who searched also came back, holding the old lady's stolen hairpin in her hand. .

"Old madam, your things have been found. They were found in the room of a maid named Xia He in the eldest lady's courtyard."

It was a very beautiful hairpin.

At the end is a phoenix spreading its wings, and a white dragon is wrapped around the body of the phoenix. The person who carved this hairpin was very careful, even the feathers of the phoenix and the scales of the white dragon.

The old lady took the things tremblingly, walked to the door trembling slightly, and looked through the sunlight.

"Yes, that's right, it's true! It was indeed carved by the old man."

The old lady wept with joy, then held the hairpin in her hand, her gaze was like a blade and she scraped at Xia He who was standing there blankly, her voice was icy cold.

"Come on, drag this maid down for me and sell her to the lowest brothel!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned for a moment.

Even Jing Ning was surprised for a moment, almost couldn't believe his ears.

Because in her past impressions, although the old lady was not a talkative person, she usually had a serious face and spoke very harshly, but her temperament was very tolerant.

I remember at the beginning, she pushed Princess Danyang down the stairs, resulting in the death of Princess Danyang. When Liuwang Mansion dispatched elite soldiers to surround the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, forcing the Prime Minister's Mansion to hand over herself, otherwise she would slaughter the entire Prime Minister's Mansion. He gave himself ten slaps, and was trapped on a stake for a day and a night.

But he never compromised and handed himself over.

After interrupting the memory, Jing Ning turned her attention back to the room.

The other people in the room were already stunned by the old lady's words.

The cheapest brothel, where can it be, is naturally the kind of lowly brothel that is so filthy that you can receive customers with a bench, and the women who enter there will never be able to escape for the rest of their lives, and can only receive customers day and night, Either they are the most tortured, or they can't stand the torture and commit suicide. This is infinitely crueler than the so-called beating to death with a stick.

Xia He was also frightened, and when she knew that the servants started to pull her, she knelt down in a panic, "No, old lady, this hairpin was not stolen by the servant, but picked up by the servant!"

That's right, this hairpin was picked up by her last night.

At that time, she had just come out of Aunt Yang's yard, and bumped into Bihua who was out for a walk, and a hairpin fell out from the other person, she picked it up and hid it secretly.

How did she know that this was the old lady's hairpin?
Xia He was terrified, by the way, it was Bihua, this hairpin belonged to Bihua, she stole it!

"Old lady, it wasn't my servant who stole it, it was Bihua, it was Bihua who stole the hairpin, and this servant just secretly picked up the hairpin that Bihua dropped, it really has nothing to do with my servant!"

The old lady's gaze sank, and she looked at Jingning.

After the previous assassination incident, of course she knew that Bihua was Jingning's maid.

Jing Ning opened her eyes wide, and said in disbelief: "Bihua? But isn't Bihua injured? She can't even go down to the ground, so how can she steal things? Xia He, it seems that you are the one given to me by my aunt. I just promoted you to be a first-class servant girl, even if you have any problems, you have been patient all the time, but how can you frame Bihua?"

Unexpectedly, she would be mentioned suddenly, and Yang finally got out of her thoughts.

She also persuaded: "Mother, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding about this matter. Look at Xia He's appearance, how does she look like someone who has the courage to do such a thing?"

After all, he was the spy who was buried next to Jing Ning, so it would be a pity if he died like this.

The old lady didn't speak, but the servant continued:

"Old lady, what this old slave said is true. This old slave really saw her sneaking around outside your yard."

"No, there is also Bihua, I knocked her down!"

"Nonsense, you were obviously the only one at that time, not to mention, if it wasn't for you, what were you doing wandering outside the old lady's yard in the middle of the night?"

"I'm--"

Speaking of hitting here, Xia He suddenly stopped speaking, and subconsciously glanced at Yang.

Yang's eyelids twitched slightly, and he lowered his eyes calmly.

Although he was very busy and didn't say anything, Jing Ning naturally knew everything. Xia He was not outside the old lady's yard to steal things, but because Yang's yard and his own yard were on the two sides of the old lady.

She didn't go to the old lady's yard on purpose, but she just came back from Mrs. Yang's and met that servant on the way.

There was a sneer on the corner of her lips, but her face was full of confusion and she didn't know what to do.

"What is it?"

The old lady's voice was cold.

Although she has a bad temper, the old lady has always been a kind person, even a little indifferent to world affairs, otherwise she would not have given the power of the prime minister's mansion to a concubine.

But people in Kuanhe also have their own prejudices. The old lady is very precious to the things the old man gave her, and almost all the people who are moved have only one word of death!
Xia He gritted her teeth, of course she couldn't tell that she actually went to report to Miss Yang that night.

If he said it, he would definitely not end well.

He could only kneel down with a plop, with uncontrollable panic and fear in his voice: "Old madam, you believe in this slave, this hairpin was really not stolen by the slave, but from Bihua, the maid next to the eldest lady. If you don't believe me, go and capture Bi Hua, and this servant can confront her!"

(End of this chapter)