Chapter 23 Scapegoat
Still stunned, the cook had been taken to the hall and had his hands tied by two large men. When he saw Zhuang Shiyang, he shouted loudly: "Master, it's unfair. The young man didn't poison the food, the young man knew nothing!"
Zhuang Shiyang just looked at him viciously and ordered the servant: "Drag it out and beat it until you say it!"
The cook was a fat middle-aged man. When he heard this, his face turned pale. He immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy. He didn't want to bury his head but a golden thing fell out of his chest. Madam Li, who was begging for the rest of the family, quickly picked it up and looked at it: "It's a golden hairpin used by a woman." After that, he ran to Zhou: "Master, this hairpin is not as affordable as an ordinary girl..."
Han Yan suddenly realized that the feelings were all played today. Aunt Mei might be in trouble this time. When she turned her head, she saw Aunt Wan staring at the hairpin in Madam Li's hand, her face pale as paper.
The doctor rushed over quickly, and Zhou quickly placed Zhuang Yushan flat on the soft couch in the house. The doctor helped him support his veins. Zhuang Shiyang hurriedly asked, "How is Yu'er?"
The doctor was a middle-aged man. Han Yan looked at him with a smart look and bowed to Zhuang Shiyang, "Don't be surprised. Miss is poisoned. This poison will cause constant abdominal pain. Fortunately, the lady takes a small amount. I prescribe a prescription and grab two medicines to let the lady take it. After resting for two days, you can recover."
Zhuang Shiyang was busy trying to get medicine, and asked the doctor to look at the plate of white rabbit pastry on the table. In the mansion, ordinary doctors could understand some of these things. He hesitated for a moment, then broke the pastry apart, put it under his nose and smelled it, frowned and said, "I'm afraid there are a lot of poisons in this pastry."
Zhuang Shiyang knew it and sent him out after paying the doctor's money. Han Yan noticed that the doctor looked at Zhou before leaving, and his eyes seemed to have a deep meaning.
After seeing the doctor away, Zhuang Shiyang returned to the hall and dragged the chef who had just been hit by twenty boards, and said calmly: "Tell me now, who told you to poison the pastry?"
Although the chef was a servant, he always offered food and drinks. He had never suffered such great pain. After a twenty-two board, the man was already dying, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding and said, "Master, the villain is wronged, the villain has not poisoned him."
Zhou quickly stepped forward and said with a heartache: "You haven't poisoned it? Why did the doctor say there was something wrong with the pastry, let alone the golden hairpin in your arms? Could it be that someone bought it? How can you get it as a servant?"
Zhuang Shiyang stared at the person below with gloomy eyes: "Tell me, who gave it to you?"
The cook shouted unjustly: "Master, the villain really doesn't know that it was Xing'er, the girl next to Aunt Wan, who gave her a gift, saying that she was looking at the villain's hard work."
Madam Li narrowed her eyes: "That hairpin is worth dozens of taels of silver. If you are a servant, the reward will be too high. Don't pour this dirty water on Aunt Wan!"
Han Yan stood aside and watched the situation develop, but saw Zhuang Qin biting her lips tightly. Aunt Wan's face turned pale and almost fainted.
Zhuang Shiyang turned to Aunt Wan and said coldly: "Is this hairpin yours?"
"Go back to the master, it's my own." Aunt Wan replied with difficulty.
But Zhou said that here, she already felt something was wrong. She had already bribed the people in Furong Garden and knew what Aunt Mei had made. She simply used the trick and asked her to shoot herself in the foot. But how could this hairpin become Aunt Wan?
She was a little anxious for a moment. Aunt Wan was weak and it was not too late to clean up later. She immediately defeated Aunt Mei, so she advised: "Master, I think Sister Wan is kind and treats Yu'er. I'm afraid there is any misunderstanding in it, so don't be used by others."
Han Yan narrowed her eyes and her eyes fell on Aunt Mei. She saw that her eyebrows and eyes were relaxed at this moment, and she clearly knew it early in the morning.
"How did your hairpin appear on the servant?" Zhuang Shiyang looked at the dull woman, and was furious.
"I lost my hairpin a few days ago." Aunt Wan's eyes were filled with tears, and her expression was not as fake.
"Bring Xing'er up!" Zhuang Shiyang said to the servants with a cold face.
Xing'er was Aunt Wan's personal maid. When she was brought up, she was scared to death. At this moment, the chef who had been gritting his teeth and insisting on being wronged suddenly shouted: "It's her! That day she said that the lady cared about the villain and gave her food with sincerity. The villain was happy when she saw the hairpin, so she couldn't wait to ask the price. At that time, the villain left the kitchen, and the only girl! It must be her poisoning in the pastry!"
A hint of ridicule flashed in Han Yan's eyes. He was so pitiful that he could not speak, but suddenly changed his confession. The dirty water was really blatant!
Zhuang Shiyang was furious: "What you said is true?"
The chef spitted blood and said, "Don't dare to deceive the master."
With a "bang", Zhuang Shiyang broke the teacup in his hand in anger, looked at Aunt Wan viciously and said, "What do you have to say now?"
A trace of despair flashed in Aunt Wan's eyes. She looked at the chef lying on the ground in disbelief, then looked at Zhuang Shiyang, and suddenly closed her eyes.
But when he heard a "thump" sound, Zhuang Qin knelt down on the ground: "Father, it must not be my aunt! If my aunt is really interested in poisoning, why leave a golden hairpin to make people verbal? Besides, my aunt never fights for anything... Dad!" A small face was covered with tears, but if you look at it carefully, you can find the resentment in her eyes.
Han Yan sighed in her heart. Aunt Wan was taken to make a raft. Zhou wanted to defeat Aunt Mei, but Aunt Mei left a hand and led the disaster to Aunt Wan. As a result, after fighting, the most innocent person was punished.
Zhuang Shiyang knew that what Zhuang Qin said was reasonable, and the people in his house were still clear about their virtues. Although Aunt Wan was not favored, she has been obedient for so many years and has never made any mistakes. Now she wants to harm her daughter, but he never believes that he said it. However, Zhuang Qin's words have already questioned his sovereignty, so she is very disliked: "Don't talk for her! She is just a lowly concubine, treating her as something!"
Zhuang Qin's body shook, and she bit her lips tightly, kneeling straight, looking like she was not afraid of losing.
Han Yan felt uncomfortable, and a feeling of being sympathetic to each other arises. Zhuang Hanming had already left on the grounds of Imperial College, and Han Yan didn't want him to see these smoky things.
Chapter completed!