Chapter 383 Mrs. Xie Pleads Guilty
Late night in Xie's house.
The bright moon illuminates the brightly lit courtyard.
In the courtyard, a group of servants and followers of the second house, big and small, kneel.
They are all waiting for the master Xie Suzhi in the house to summon them for questioning.
When everyone is waiting tremblingly, not knowing what kind of disaster will happen to them, Xie Suzhi's stern rebuke comes from the room-
"At this point, you still don't want to admit it? Did you kill the maid named Wenxiu?"
Inside the house, Xie Suzhi and Xie Erye sat in two armchairs.
The two brothers' eyes are deep and cold.
In front of them kneel the messy-haired Madam Xie Er and Xie Yuanjiu who is crying quietly.
Shen Ningning and Xie Mingan stand aside, and the housekeeper Pang Shu behind them is holding a tray with the bloody clothes on it.
Madam Xie Er has insisted that she didn't know about this since she was brought here.
Now facing Xie Suzhi's stern questioning, she only cares about crying.
Xie Mingan took a step forward and said coldly: "Second Aunt, I have questioned the servants who saw Wenxiu on the day she died. They can all identify this bloody shirt as the one she wore on the day of her accidental death."
"And the servants in your room can almost all prove that Wenxiu entered your room to keep watch that night, and when she appeared again, she had died in the pool. So, whether you are the real murderer who killed her, I advise you to confess as soon as possible."
Mrs. Xie cried and laughed, her voice was desolate. She raised her eyes. Although she was answering Xie Mingan's words, her tearful eyes were staring at Mr. Xie.
"I am the master and she is the slave. Since ancient times, how can the master pay for the slave's life? Even if I killed someone, how do you want to deal with me?"
Xie Suzhi pursed his thin lips, his eyes were cold.
"The emperor was recuperating in the side courtyard, but he was disturbed by the dispute caused by a blood-stained shirt. You even dared to slander the emperor."
"The Li family has been exiled to Mobei, and the emperor has ordered that the source of the blood-stained shirt must be found out and the real culprit must be found."
"Now it's not as simple as you killing the maid. We could have handled it properly, but sister-in-law, you caused a big disaster this time!"
Xie Suzhi's words seemed to have become a sharp blade, completely cutting off Mrs. Xie's reason.
She screamed in pain, her eyes were bloodshot, and she exerted all her strength until the veins on the back of her hands were stretched.
Mrs. Xie looked really crazy.
Xie Mingan felt something was wrong, frowned subconsciously, and protected Shen Ningning.
Suddenly!
Mrs. Xie rushed to Xie Yuanjiu who was beside her and strangled her neck viciously.
"What kind of desperate situation are you going to push me to! Why do you want to hurt me as soon as you come back? Why? I'm your mother! What good will it do to you if you do this!"
Xie Yuanjiu's eyes turned white and her face quickly turned purple.
Mr. Xie's face changed and he hurried forward to pull her: "Let go!"
Mrs. Xie's eyes were red as if she was possessed. She pinched Xie Yuanjiu's neck viciously.
She kept repeating: "I'm so good to you, why are you like this, why! Why do you all despise me as a burden, why didn't I strangle you to death that day!"
Shen Ningning was frightened by her appearance. The little girl couldn't help but stretch out her chubby little hands and grab a corner of Xie Mingan's robe.
Then, she tilted her little head slightly and looked silently in the direction of Mrs. Xie's second wife.
Mr. Xie and Xie Suzhi pulled her together and finally pulled her up.
Xie Yuanjiu covered her neck, coughed violently, and shrank back in fear until her back was against the door.
She looked terrified and looked at the crazy Mrs. Xie's second wife.
"Mother, you, you are crazy, do you really want to kill me?" Xie Yuanjiu burst into tears.
Madam Xie was about to speak, but Xie Yuanjiu said: "At this point, even if you kill me, it will be useless. Mother, you should confess what you did."
"Otherwise, even if I die, you will be charged with murder. None of us can stay with Dad. Why don't you understand this?" Xie Yuanjiu's eyes were red.
After hearing this, Madam Xie, who had been struggling, stopped.
Her bloodshot eyes stared at Xie Yuanjiu in a daze.
How could she not understand what Xie Yuanjiu meant by this?
She could no longer hide the killing of the maid.
If she confessed Xie Yuanjiu again, then, with the personality of the second master Xie Dizhi, he would definitely not tolerate any of them.
If they were all driven out of the house, what chance would she have to stay in the Xie Mansion?
Xie Yuanjiu looked at her with tears in his eyes, and cried out in tears for the last time: "I am your daughter!"
With a double meaning, she used her eyes to tell Mrs. Xie Er that only by saving her can Mrs. Xie Er have a chance to return to the Xie Mansion.
Shen Ningning saw that Mrs. Xie Er's hand slowly dropped, along with her head that was always proud and proud.
She laughed bitterly in a low voice, and after a moment, she said: "I admit that I killed Wenxiu, I confessed everything."
Xie Suzhi closed his eyes, his expression was cold and hard, and he sighed helplessly.
"Ming'an, you write down her confession." After that, Xie Suzhi walked towards Shen Ningning and picked up his daughter.
He said gently: "Ningning, it's too late, Daddy will take you to rest first."
Shen Ningning nodded obediently.
She had done everything she had to do. At this moment, the little guy was a well-behaved pink and white ball.
She didn't make any noise in Daddy's arms. She had to go and see the patient Emperor Uncle's condition later!
Just as Xie Suzhi was about to step out of the door, Xie Yuanjiu looked at him crying, "Uncle, my mother is like this, what should I do?"
"You?" Xie Suzhi glanced at her with a deep disappointment in his eyes: "Second brother, let me make the decision. After all, she is not my daughter."
With that, he took Shen Ningning away.
Xie Mingan called in his men and took Mrs. Xie Er to another room for careful interrogation.
When Mrs. Xie Er passed by Xie Yuanjiu, her messy hair half covered her bloodshot eyes, and she stared straight at Xie Yuanjiu.
That look made Xie Yuanjiu dare not look at her again.
After they left, Mr. Xie Er looked at Xie Yuanjiu: "No matter what happened to your mother, I will not disown you as my daughter. After all, my blood flows in your body."
"But, Yuanjiu, your behavior this time really disappointed me. I thought you had really grown up when you returned to Beijing, but I didn't expect..."
Mr. Xie Er shook his head and sighed.
When he spoke again, his tone was firm and ruthless: "You should move out tonight. I have arranged a carriage and it is waiting outside the door."
"In the future, even if you live in the capital, we will not meet. I will pay the housekeeper of the mansion one thousand taels of silver per month for your daily expenses and all the things in the mansion, and the servants will take care of you on your behalf."
"To the outside world, you are still the daughter of the Xie family, but if you make trouble again, I can also disregard family affection and sever the father-daughter relationship with you."
Xie Yuanjiu knelt down suddenly.
This time, she cried with great regret: "Father, don't drive me away. I am still so young. How can you let me leave the Xie Mansion?"
"The maid was killed by my mother, and what happened to Yuyi today was also an accident. I really didn't know about it!"
Mr. Xie closed his eyes, not listening to her sophistry, and coldly ordered his confidant outside: "Come, take Miss Four away!"
"Father! Father, do you really not want me? Father——" Xie Yuanjiu was dragged away, and her voice came with the wind.
The shouting became farther and farther away until it could no longer be heard.
Mr. Xie opened his eyes and looked out the door tiredly.
Under the corridor, the moonlight was cool, blowing the hanging bead curtain, shaking it slightly, and the light and shadows rose and fell.