After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 4 You Say Yours, I Say Mine

"My aunt is either an accomplice or a shielder!"

"accomplice!"

"cover!"

Song Lan's faint voice, like the sound from hell, slowly flowed into Lu's limbs and bones, wrapped in fear.

Ah!
Lu screamed in fear, her legs went weak and she fell to the ground, her face pale as if she had seen a ghost.

Song Lan echoed the resentment that blew into Lu's ears, feeling disdainful.

It turns out that people who have done a lot of bad things are really afraid of seeing ghosts.

No one knew what Song Lan had done, let alone her resentment.

All we know is that after listening to Song Lan's gentle explanation, Mrs. Lu was so frightened that her legs went weak and she fell to the ground, as if something had hit her to the core.

"Look at her guilty look. Could it be that what the Song girl said was true?"

"This is too vicious!"

"The mother of the Song family girl is a legitimate daughter of the Xie family, so she is a real relative."

"After all, there is a layer of blood between us. The human heart is hard to predict!"

No, that's not the case.

Mrs. Lu listened to everyone's discussion and wanted to explain.

She raised her eyes and met Song Lan's smiling eyes, looking at her with mockery.

Lu's heart was bleeding with hatred, and she wished she could go up and tear Song Lan's mouth apart.

Whether she was a shielder or an accomplice, she would not end up well.

The damn girl said that because she wanted to kill her!
"Lu, what explanation do you have for me?"

The eldest princess's majestic and angry voice came from above the head.

Lu's lips trembled, and her voice trembled: "Your Highness, Your Highness, please be careful!"

She looked at Xie Yuyao with some heartache, then closed her eyes and became ruthless.

"I just loved my daughter so much that I lost my mind and acted foolishly, almost making a big mistake."

At this point, the only way is to abandon Xie Yuyao, his daughter, and save himself.

Otherwise, the entire Xie family might be dragged into this situation.

That's not worth the loss.

It doesn't matter if my daughter is disabled. As long as she is still the lady of the Xie family, she can always be arranged to marry into a good family far away.

By then, the dowry will be more generous, and the rest of your life will be stable and smooth.

But if she was also implicated, Xie Shangqi would definitely sacrifice his wife without hesitation to save his own safety.

By then, her daughter would suffer untold hardships without her protection.

She can't always expect a man to be reliable.

Especially a man who will soon marry a new lover to replace her as Mrs. Xie.

Most men in the world are fickle.

Mrs. Lu thought about it and took a deep breath, her tone becoming much calmer.

"Your Highness is so magnanimous! It's my fault that I didn't teach my daughter well. I thought about how they used to be close cousins, and I didn't realize that she was jealous of Lan Jie'er. It's also my fault that I only cared about being nice to Lan Jie'er. I thought that she came from afar, was a guest, and had lost her parents, so I should have been more attentive."

Mrs. Lu said in a hoarse voice, "But she ignored her daughter's feelings and caused her to believe in someone's instigation. That's why she acted foolishly today and almost made a big mistake."

She looked at Zhang Chi, bit her tongue lightly, and suppressed the urge to get angry with him.

Zhang Chi is nothing to be afraid of.

But the old patriarch of the Zhang family behind Zhang Chi is Xie Shangqi's immediate superior.

Lu turned her attention to Song Lan.

It would be great if someone could come out at this moment and testify that the person who instigated the incident was Song Lan.

It's a pity that none of the servants are around this girl.

It's really useless!
Song Lan understood.

Lu's few words seemed to be an apology for Xie Yuyao, but in fact, she was slandering her for being ungrateful and taking advantage of the Xie family's benefits while staying there, but still not being satisfied.

He also hinted that she had bullied Xie Yuyao a lot on a daily basis, causing her to suffer a lot of injustices and feel unhappy, which led to her malicious intent.

If she explained or refuted at this time, Mrs. Lu only needed to pretend to be pitiful and show some tolerance and helplessness to throw dirty water on her, making other people who didn't know the truth think that she was really domineering and arrogant.

Song Lan sneered silently.

She had experienced this trick countless times in her previous life.

"It is clear that Yao'er is the proper girl of the Xie family."

Lu's whisper seemed to be unconscious, and her voice was very weak, but it was still loud enough for people nearby to hear. Then, as if she realized that she had said something wrong, she panicked a little and quickly pursed her lips, which aroused endless reverie.

She pretended to be deeply saddened, and her eyes soon turned red. "My daughter is young and ignorant. I beg Your Highness to allow me to take her back to the ancestral hall and punish her according to the family rules for the sake of my loving mother's pity. This can be considered as giving her some face."

It is far better for her to handle it personally than to hand it over to the government and actually charge him with the crime of murdering a royal relative.

"I will definitely discipline her strictly and will not let her do anything that causes discord among siblings." Mrs. Lu spoke sincerely.

With just a few words, he turned such a serious crime as poisoning a member of the royal family into a minor offense of discord among brothers.

The eldest princess raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes swept playfully across someone at the back of the crowd, and finally landed on Song Lan: "What did Miss Song say?"

"The state has national laws, and families have family rules."

Song Lan looked calm: "My aunt is right. My cousin is indeed a 207-month-old child."

"Ancient sages have said that a person's life begins with childhood education, and education should start from childhood."

"Since he is a child, it is not too late to teach him now."

“Otherwise, if my cousin dares to poison Her Royal Highness the Princess at her Spring Banquet today, she will dare to enter the palace and assassinate the Emperor tomorrow.

"If you don't take the opportunity to be beaten now, you will get beaten more often in the future."

"Who knows, maybe the entire Xie family will be implicated by her."

"Click, click..."

Song Lan made a gesture of wiping his neck with a knife. It was obviously a very stiff onomatopoeia, but it made people feel a chill on the back of their neck for no reason, as if their heads were really chopped off.

"My aunt is truly a sensible and wise person."

"you're right!"

There was no trace of sarcasm in Song Lan's tone.

She bowed respectfully to the princess and said, "Your Highness, please follow my aunt's request and let the matter be handed over to Jingzhao Prefecture for investigation."

"After all, my aunt herself said that she couldn't teach her daughter well."

Song Lan tilted his head and looked at the person: "If your aunt can't teach you well, someone else will teach you for you."

“When a man teaches another, a hundred words are useless.”

"Things teach people, once and for all."

Lu: ...

!!!

That's not what she meant at all!

What on earth is Song Lan talking about!
The eldest princess chuckled, and her eyes looking at Song Lan became deeper and deeper.

This is also a great eloquent person.

She didn't mind being used as a knife, and spoke in a relaxed tone, like a cat playing with a mouse.

"In that case, Guizhi, send Miss Xie and Young Master Zhang, along with the cups and bowls that they used to poison..."

The princess paused for a moment, her eyes fell on an inconspicuous person behind the crowd, with a playful smile hidden in her eyes. The words on her lips became: "Send it to the palace, and ask the emperor to issue an order to have Jingzhao Prefecture conduct a thorough investigation. Someone poisoned and murdered the royal family at my Spring Banquet."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and even breathed more lightly.

The imperial decree for a thorough investigation has changed the nature of the matter.

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuyao, who was hiding beside Lu, rolled her eyes and fainted.

Zhang Chi wasn’t much better.

His face was as pale as paper, but he fainted a few breaths later than Xie Yuyao.

"Your Highness!"

Lu screamed in shock and wanted to argue.

"Why, Madam Xie, do you want to come along so that you can learn how to educate your children and avoid disasters?"

The eldest princess had a cold expression, with a hint of anger visible in her expression.

Mrs. Lu's face turned pale as paper. She was speechless under the questioning, but she dared not not answer: "I didn't, I dare not."

She had no imperial edict, so it was ok for others to flatter her, but she could never deserve the eldest princess's "Thank you, Madam."

"So you are questioning my excessive treatment of your daughter and shouldn't have sent her to Jingzhao Prefecture?"

of course!

Mrs. Lu almost blurted out the answer, but fortunately she still had some sense.

She dug her nails into the flesh of her palms and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Highness is wise and your decision is correct!"

"It's my daughter's fault."

(End of this chapter)