I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 143: Diverting trouble to the east
Sure enough, just as she thought this, she heard Pei Yuan asking, "Where did this beast come from?"

Mother Tang said, "My Lord, this man is called Sun Dalang, and he is a servant promoted from the farm."

"Farm? Which farm?" Pei Yuan frowned.

Mother Tang glanced at Xie Fei and said hesitantly, "It seems to be the farm where Miss Xie is?"

Instantly, everyone in the room looked at Xie Fei.

Xie Fei stood still, his slender figure in the cold wind, his red cloak fluttering in the wind, like a red butterfly about to be blown away by the wind and snow.

What Pei Yuan hated most was this "ugly woman". When he heard that Sun Dalang had stayed at her farm, he immediately flew into a rage.

"It's you again, it's you again!" Pei Yuan was so angry that he was shaking, and said angrily: "I'll either dig up your ancestors' graves or kill your eight generations of ancestors. Whenever I meet you, no good will happen!"

Miao's mind was full of thoughts, and she just wanted to pass the blame to Pei Yuan as soon as possible, letting him know that she was innocent and was framed.

As for whether the person who framed him was Xie Fei, Xiao Shirong, or anyone else in this room, it doesn't matter at the moment.

She was cold all over, but she crawled over regardless and grabbed the hem of Xie Fei's skirt pitifully.

"Xie sister, I am always favored by the master, and you are jealous. This is all my fault. I kowtow to you to apologize!"

After saying this, she knelt down tenderly and softly, as if she had no bones, and kowtowed to Xie Fei in a sad and hesitant manner.

She was dragged off the bed abruptly. She was only wearing a bellyband and panties, with most of her slender body exposed. Her skin was as white as cream, so delicate that it seemed as if it could be broken by a touch of a bubble, and even more delicate and lustrous than white jade.

Everyone saw her body, but Pei Yuan was so heartless that he didn't care about the dignity and body of his beloved woman at all and refused to even give her a piece of clothing to keep out the cold wind.

Xie Fei had an expressionless face, and he just watched Miao crying like rain.

"But Sister Xie, why did you use such a cruel and terrible method to frame my innocence? Don't you know that if the master doesn't believe me, I will have no choice but to jump into the well with my unborn child?"

She placed her palm on her belly, seemingly accusing Xie Fei, but in fact she was reminding Pei Yuan that she still had flesh and blood.

Sure enough, she was very good at understanding Pei Yuan's thoughts. When Pei Yuan heard the word "flesh and blood", his angry expression seemed to relax a little.

Miao was always closely observing Pei Yuan's expression. She was delighted when she saw this and was about to make another effort, but was ruthlessly pushed away by Xie Fei.

Xie Fei pulled the hem of her skirt out of her hand and said, "What are you talking about, Sister Miao? Sun Dalang and I have a deep hatred for each other. How could I possibly instigate him to frame you?"

Ignoring everyone's inquiring looks, Xie Fei said loudly, "Back then, this Sun Dalang and his mother falsely accused me of being robbed of my innocence by horse bandits. This happened not long ago, and I'm sure everyone has remembered it."

Pei Yuan and Xiao Shirong frowned at the same time.

This was not something worth "publicizing". The Pei family had spent a lot of effort to suppress the news, and Xiao Shirong was even put under house arrest afterwards.

This matter should have been completely deleted from everyone's mind and no one should mention it, but Xie Fei, the person involved, didn't care at all.

Xiao Shirong immediately said in a deep voice: "Xie, there is no need to mention the past."

"How can I not mention it?" Xie Fei said, "The culprit of that incident was Sun Dalang. I wanted to tell the master and have him dealt with, but who knew that the lady took him away and used him well."

Instantly, the eyes of the group of onlookers turned to Xiao Shirong.

Xiao Shirong sat high up, leaning against the tea table, looking calm and composed.

"Are you trying to say that I instructed Sun Dalang to frame Miss Miao?" Xie Fei said, "It was the eldest lady who promoted him to the Pei Mansion."

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Xiao Shirong.

Lian Miao fell into deep thought for a moment, and after carefully recalling what she had done tonight, she felt that Xiao Shirong was more of a suspect.

Xiao Shirong took the cup of tea handed to her by the servant and slowly opened the lid.

"This Sun Dalang is a beast who only cares about profit. If you give him a few taels of silver, there is nothing he can't do. Could it be that Sister Xie has already thought of this excuse and deliberately found someone who has a grudge against her to frame Sister Miao?"

Xie Fei said: "I think it was the Madam who sent someone to lure Sun Dalang into Chaohui Pavilion to frame Sister Miao. After all, the master was willing to divorce the Madam for Sister Miao, so how could the Madam just sit there and wait for death?"

Pei Yuan frowned, and even Miao felt that Xie Fei's words made a lot of sense.

After all, Xie Fei was the least favored one. Neither Pei Yuan nor Miao took her seriously, so there was no need for her to hurt Miao.

You know, even without Miao, her situation and status would not change at all.

But who would believe Xiao Shirong if she said she didn't hate Miao?
Xiao Shirong's face turned pale, but Xie Fei continued, "Sun Dalang is in love with the lady's personal maid Chuihua, you probably don't know that yet, right?"

Everyone was whispering for a while, even Pei Yuan leaned forward and asked in a deep voice, "Really?"

Xie Fei smiled and said, "Sun Dalang has been harassing Miss Chuihua time and again, and there are many witnesses in the mansion. If the master doesn't believe it, send someone to ask, it will be very interesting."

Pei Yuan thought deeply, but judging by his furrowed brows and the look of disgust towards Xiao Shirong, it was obvious that he still believed Xie Fei more.

As it concerns her own daughter, Mother Tang angrily scolded: "Mrs. Xie is born in the year of the dog, right? How dare you casually bite the eldest wife, the principal wife?"

Xie Fei said, "Mother Tang must be a dung bucket, throwing dirty water on innocent people at will. I am talking to the Lord and the Queen, how dare you, a servant, interrupt me casually?"

Mother Tang was worried. She was thinking, what would she do if Xie Fei asked someone to bring her daughter here again and torture her?

She said angrily, "You are a lady from a wealthy family, how can you be so rude and unreasonable?"

Xie Fei sneered, "I have always been reasonable and well-founded, analyzing clues. Besides, it's just a possibility. Why are you so anxious, Mother Tang?"

"I, I," Mother Tang looked at Xiao Shirong and Pei Yuan's faces and said with a stiff upper lip, "I have implicated innocent people for no reason. How can I sit back and do nothing?"

Xie Fei said: "Innocent people? It's obviously your own daughter who is involved, so you are anxious, Mother Tang? You are anxious, anxious."

Mother Tang was so angry that she stamped her feet heavily, but she didn't dare to continue arguing with Xie Fei in front of Pei Yuan.

Xie Fei said, "It makes sense that Sun Dalang was drunk and Miss Chuihua went to seduce him. She is the first-class maid of the eldest lady and knows all the courtyards well. Naturally, she could secretly bring the man into the room while Sister Miao's maid was stewing mutton."

Miao was a helpless fence-sitter and immediately pointed the gun at Xiao Shirong.

She cried to Pei Yuan, "Xie Xiaoniang's words make sense. My Lord, why don't you arrest Chuihua and torture her severely? This little girl is young and weak, she can't stand the torture, and she will definitely confess the truth!"

Seeing Pei Yuan motionless, she fell to the ground and cried, feeling extremely sad and angry.

"My Lord, I, with my humble body, tried to stay with you forever, which caused the Madam's resentment. This is my fault alone. But the child in my belly is innocent. I beg you to have some mercy on me, at least find out the truth, and don't let me and the child suffer unjustly!"

(End of this chapter)