Volume 1 Chapter 142: Three Steps Forward, Three Steps Back (6)

  Chapter 142: Three Steps Forward, Three Steps Back (6)

  Xiao Wei had already heard from Lao Wangfei's maid Hongzhi about what happened in Qingyuan Garden on his way here, and he couldn't help but burst into anger.

  That Wei Liu Niang, really has no end. On the boat, she rushed into his cabin, hesitantly expressing her feelings, and he had already clearly rejected her. After reacting to the fact that they were alone together, he was filled with regret and only hoped that Wei Liu Niang wouldn't be foolish enough to abandon her own reputation. However, unexpectedly, she really could do something like this.

  Entering the garden, stepping on the stone steps, he heard a soft yet never weak voice that he was already familiar with. The little maid called Mozi should be the only one who saw Wei Liuniang run out of his cabin. He had warned her, but now she seemed to be helping Wei Liuniang?

  Because it was still far away, he couldn't hear clearly. Xiao Wei thought that Mo Zi must have broken his promise and spilled the beans, which made him even more furious.

  Mei Zi stood beside Mo Er and Wei Liu Niang, in front of the three strong women and Qiu San Niang, saying: "That day, Mei Zi indeed followed Third Madam's orders to go to the second floor to inquire about when the boat would set sail. Just as I walked to the door of Second Master's cabin, the door suddenly swung open towards me. I dodged in a hurry and bumped my head, and my vision went black. I leaned against the door and couldn't take half a step forward. It wasn't until Second Master came out to ask me that I could stand up straight again. As for Wei Liu Niang, I didn't see her."

  The decision she made between the spark and the stone was well-reasoned. Between Wei Liu Niang and Xiao Er Lang, if she had to choose one to offend, of course, she would choose Wei Liu Niang. Although a woman pursuing someone she likes is courageous and worthy of respect, Xiao Er Lang was holding onto Mo Ge's weakness. What if one day her identity was exposed by him, and old and new grievances were counted together? Her small head wouldn't be able to withstand it. Moreover, who made her promise Xiao Er Lang? If Wei Liu Niang had asked for herself first, perhaps she would have had no choice but to offend the more powerful and prestigious one.

  So no matter what, she had to lie and refuse to admit it until death.

  Mozi said that she hadn't seen Wei Liu's daughter, which was unexpected by everyone. Because Mo Yan had spoken clearly and unmistakably, everyone thought that Mozi must have seen her.

  "Have you seen anyone else?" The old queen's gaze was sharp, staring at Mozi.

  That one was the leading old旦 in the opera, and Mozi, this dragon suit, was also a real dragon hiding in the sea. Without any hesitation or shrinking back, he pretended to recall, tilted his head, and replied, "I didn't see anyone else, only Second Master. Second Master told me that the county government is opening the granary to provide relief to the refugees from Yuling, so the boat can't leave for now, we have to wait. I heard this and went back to report it to my grandmother."

  Xiao Wei arrived just in time to hear the maid kneeling beside Wei Liu Niang pointing at Mo Zi and loudly accusing her of lying. The fire in his heart subsided by half. Mo Zi was indeed a woman of her word, and it was himself who had almost wronged her.

  Seeing the little girl's forehead bleeding, her five fingers turned into claws, wanting to scratch Mozi's skirt. Xiao Wei coldly spoke out, "Ancestors, mother, Yu Niang, what is going on?"

  Mei Zi was about to dodge, but seeing Xiao Er coming, Mo Er also withdrew her hand that was going to attack her and stood still. Does the appearance of the little born mean that this extra's role is over?

  The princess looked at her mother-in-law, who nodded in acknowledgement that she was the one who had called for someone.

  "Wei'er, you've arrived just in time. Tell me yourself, on the day of the wedding procession, did you ever stay alone with Sixth Miss Wei in your cabin for half an hour?" The two maidservants each had their own words, and it was hard to tell who was lying. Now that her son had come, Princess Wang thought, asking him directly would be the most straightforward way.

  Xiao Weihan's eyes swept over Wei Liu'niang, who was kneeling on the ground.

  Wei Liu Niang originally heard that Xiao Wei had arrived, and was staring at his tall figure, but suddenly caught the cold light in his eyes, her heart skipped a beat, she lowered her head and began to sob again.

  Mozi saw Weiliu's cheeks flush, and the redness spread all the way to her neck. Perhaps she really fell in love with Xiao Erlang. Although at Wang Qiulou's place, due to uncertainty about Xiao Erlang's identity, she was reserved, but after discovering he was a high-ranking prince from the Wang family, there were no more obstacles on the Wei family's side, so she plunged in like a moth to flame. Otherwise, why would she not care about her own reputation?

  "I was not alone with Miss Wei Liu at the time, Shi Ke was also in the cabin." Xiao Wei's voice was extremely cold, like a December ice knife, piercing directly into Wei Liu's heart.

  Wei Liu's face suddenly lifted, her face full of disbelieving expressions, her complexion completely pale, like a white plum about to wither in the snowy ground. If she had fainted on the spot, no one would have been surprised.

  What is this situation? A two-to-one situation

  Mo Er and Wei Liu Niang are one, Xiao Wei is another, and Mo Zi's neutral stance makes him the third person. Now that Mo Zi and Xiao Wei have successively denied the incident of being alone together, people can only think that Wei Liu Niang and her maid are telling lies. Not caring about telling lies, they still want to frame Xiao Wei, in this way, Wei Liu Niang's reputation is completely ruined.

  "Second... Second Master?" Wei Liu's daughter finally broke the long silence, her eyes welling up with tears.

  Mozi suddenly felt sympathetic towards Wei Liu's mother, who had encountered a man who refused to acknowledge his debt.

  "Third Daughter." Old Princess Wang called out to Qiu San Niang.

  Mozi immediately became vigilant, and at this time, calling Qiu Sanniang was a bit strange.

  "Yes, Ancestor." Qiu San Niang hastily got up.

  "This little girl of yours is not being honest, may I discipline her on your behalf?" The old queen's words shocked everyone once again.

  Qiu Sanniang furrowed her brow and glanced at Mozi. Although she didn't understand why the old queen wanted to scold Mozi, she couldn't say no. This wasn't her natal home, but her husband's home. She wasn't the eldest daughter of a noble family, but rather Xiao San's wife. The one speaking was the highest-ranking mistress of Jing Wang Fu; if she refused, her future days would likely be even more difficult. But she didn't want to agree. Mozi was her maid and an extremely intelligent one at that - she enjoyed competing wits with Mozi, so what right did others have to scold her?

  Qiu Sanniang's mind was preoccupied, and Xiao Wei's words happened to help her out of the predicament. However, she felt so anxious that she couldn't sit still anymore, standing up to see how things would unfold.

  "What's the point of our ancestors wanting to teach this girl?" Xiao Wei also furrowed his brow.

  "Because she told a lie." The old queen didn't get angry, but her majesty was all around, making people dare not to be presumptuous. "Qian Popo, go up and give that little girl twenty slaps for me. I want to see who she relies on, daring to tell lies to a group of masters, without even blinking."

  "The old lady is wise, I, Miao Er, dare to make a poisonous oath, not a single false word, otherwise let my whole family die out, and I will never be reborn." Miao Er said, glaring fiercely at Mo Zi.

  The terrifying oath was made, and with Old Princess wanting to discipline someone, the wind direction changed again.

  Mozi heard the old queen tell Qiu San Niang that she wanted to teach herself a lesson when she began to find the original intention. Then, she quickly found it. The reason why the old queen thought she was lying was not because she could really see through her and Xiao Er's collusion, but because of the problem of colluding with each other. She and Xiao Er did not collude beforehand, resulting in loopholes between them.

  She said: She only saw Second Master alone.

  Xiao Wei said: At that time, Shi Ke was also present.

  Suddenly, one less and one more. Old Wang heard it very carefully, and immediately felt that something was wrong. It's not good to find fault with her grandson, so she had to find trouble with the maid.

  Qian Popo stepped forward, Mozi still stood upright, waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute" secretly scolding Xiao Erlang for being clumsy, wanting to shirk responsibility was one thing, but it also made himself follow suit in bad luck.

  Xiao Wei didn't know why his heart skipped a beat, but he didn't have time to think about it because Mo Zi continued speaking.

  "Old lady, Mozi didn't lie, why do you want to slap Mozi's ears?" It's not good to hit the precious one, is it worth hitting her for this cheap thing? Don't even think about getting away with this lie today, she must make it airtight and flawless, no one else can find fault.

  "You just said you only saw Second Master alone, but Wei'er said that Shi Daren was also there. If it wasn't a lie, then what is it?" Old Wang Fei's face, which had been expressionless, now showed signs of anger upon seeing Mo Zi's open defiance. This little girl is really bold and reckless!

  "Mozi thought it wasn't contradictory." As expected, she was right. "Perhaps Miss Wei Liu entered the second master's room when Shi Daren was there. But by the time Mozi passed by and was knocked into the door, Miss Liu and Shi Daren had already left early."

  "Second Master, do you remember the time Miss Wei left her cabin?" Mozi deliberately grabbed Old Princess Wang's treasure to use as a backrest.

  "I don't remember." Xiao Wei looked at Mo Zi.

  Mozi smiled slightly. Of course, it wasn't directed at Xiao Er's smile. It was just an instinctive, small sense of pride that accidentally leaked out a little bit.

  Xiao Wei thought, how can this girl still smile?

  "Prevarication!" Old Princess Wang slapped the table, her jade ring hitting the wood and making a loud "thud". "Miao'er clearly saw you with her own eyes. If Wei'er's words are true, then Stone should still be in the cabin, how could you not have seen him?"

  That's because there wasn't a stone in there, so of course she didn't see it.

  What Mozi said was different from what he thought in his heart. "If we go back to Old Lady, then it won't be Mozi's fault, but rather Moe's problem."

  Mo Er hastily shouted: "I swore a poisonous oath, I absolutely didn't lie."

  "I didn't say you were lying." Mozi knew clearly that Meng'er had been lying from the start. When she poked her head out from behind the door, there was only Wei Liu's back, and there was no one else around. "You said you saw me seeing you two, then I'll ask you, what color clothes was I wearing at that time?" The other person was also lying, and so was she, but they both had their own skills in pretending to be real.

  "That... it's been too long, I don't remember very clearly, but you and San Nai Nai's other maids wore different clothes, pretty old and plain skirts." These words sounded not like a lie, because they were true.

  "Oh? You saw me whole back then." Mu Zi nodded, with a look of realization.

  "Of course, how else would I remember your old skirt?" thought Miao Er, how can I get out of this?

  "That's strange, the corridor on the second floor of that boat is very narrow, and once the door opens, it can block the passage. Second Master, was it you who went out the door, heard the cry of surprise behind the door, and only saw me after closing the door? Continue to make up for it."

  "Not bad." Xiao Er was still on the right track, but Mo Zi said this part was true.

  "Na Miao, how can you see what dress I'm wearing? New or old, it's all from when we went ashore to eat. If I really saw Sixth Miss at the time, I could only stick my head out from behind the door."

  Jump down, it's a trap.

  Guys, Pink 90 is still far away, but I'm going to pretend it's already here, so today there will be a double update.

  This is the first update.

  Chapter 142: Three Steps Forward, Three Steps Back (6)

  Chapter 142: Three Steps Forward, Three Steps Back (6)