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

Chapter 49 I Don’t Recognize You
Seeing Pei Yuan's behavior, Xiao Shirong felt extremely ashamed and turned her beautiful face away, as if looking at him any longer would pollute her eyes.

Pei Yuan seldom took charge of affairs, so naturally he didn't know that Xie Fei had a special status.

She was a concubine, but she was also the legitimate daughter of an official family, and a concubine granted marriage by the emperor. She did not have a contract to sell herself.

What's more, the Pei family has not yet reached the point of being on the decline and having no other options before they have to sell off their concubine.

If the news got out, how would the other daughters of the Xie family live? And how would the Pei family save face?

The old lady had been watching the farce for a long time and didn't want the matter to drag on any longer, so she came out to seek justice.

She first asked Xie Fei, "Do you admit what this little maid said?"

Xie Fei stiffened his neck and said, "Madam, I don't recognize you."

"You..." Pei Yuan stood up angrily, but was pushed back onto the stool by the old lady with a glare.

Xie Fei continued, "Just based on this maid's unilateral statement, you want to convict me of a crime? Naturally, I will not admit it."

Xiao Shirong sneered secretly, but pretended to be compassionate and asked the old lady for instructions.

"Mother-in-law, Sister Xie's words make sense. Xiaoxun's testimony alone is not credible. Why not arrest the maidservant beside Sister Xie and interrogate her? There is no need to worry about not being able to find out the truth."

Xie Fei suddenly raised his head, and his eyes met Xiao Shirong again, and there seemed to be sparks flying between them.

If Fu Yu really fell into Xiao Shirong's hands, given this woman's ruthless personality, she would probably be subjected to severe torture, and even be held down while dying, forced to sign a false confession.

Xie Fei originally wanted to stay out of it, but now that's no longer possible.

"Old Madam, you are wise," Xie Fei kowtowed heavily and said, "There are still many doubts about Miao Xiaoniang's miscarriage. For example, Miao Xiaoniang has always been strong and healthy, and the fetus is stable. Why did she miscarry after being hit?"

The old lady twisted her Buddhist beads and asked slowly, "What do you want?"

"I think it would be better to ask a few doctors to come and take my pulse carefully to find out what the reason is."

Xie Fei did not give anyone a chance to interrupt, and said in one breath: "Also, there has never been a poisonous snake in the Pei Mansion before. How come a poisonous snake appeared outside the banquet hall, right where the young lady was watching the fireworks?"

The old lady's expression was cold, "Then?"

Xie Fei bowed his head and said, "I beg the old lady to investigate thoroughly, first, the reason why Miao Xiaoniang had a miscarriage, and second, the origin of the poisonous snake. I know that I am humble, but if you want to judge me based on the words of a cunning servant, I will not admit it."

She raised her head and looked directly at the old lady with a firm gaze.

"In order to protect the reputation of the other female members of the Xie family, I would rather die in this hall than be slandered like this!"

Pei Yuan laughed out loud immediately.

Just kill her if you want. Who is she trying to threaten?

But when he looked at the solemn expressions of the old lady and Xiao Shirong, he realized belatedly that Xie Fei was indeed confident.

Xiao Shirong clenched his hands slightly in his sleeves, and suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, why bother so much."

She walked slowly to Li Die'er, her graceful and slender figure was more attractive than a water snake. Even Pei Yuan, who had always been afraid of her, couldn't help but be moved for a moment.

She squatted down in front of Lidie'er, lifted Lidie'er's chin with her beautiful fingertips, and sighed.

"What a pity to have such a beautiful face."

Li Die'er was soaked all over, her nose and mouth were full of blood, her neck was forced to tilt back, and she looked at Xiao Shirong in a very awkward posture.

Her eyes were already stained red with blood, and she curled up her cold body, begging miserably, "Madam, spare my life, please, spare me..."

Xiao Shirong said pitifully, "Good boy, did you hear what I just said? If you have any grievances, don't hold them in, you should speak them out."

Li Die'er looked confused, and after a long while she slowly turned her head and looked at Xie Fei. At this point, Xie Fei understood Xiao Shirong's routine.

As long as Li Die'er insists that it was her who instigated it, Xiao Shirong can take the opportunity to punish her.

Xie Fei looked at Li Die'er expressionlessly. Blood was gushing out of the latter's nose and her collar and chest were stained with blood.

Xiao Shirong has never had much patience. Seeing that Li Die'er remained silent for a long time, he pulled her hair angrily, half threatening and half tempting her.

"You are young, so it is inevitable that you will be deceived. As long as you are willing to tell the truth, I am willing to plead with the Lord on your behalf and severely punish the person behind the scenes. I will never make things difficult for you."

Xiao Shirong's intention was already very clear, and everyone was staring at Li Die'er, waiting to see what she was going to say.

However, in front of everyone, Li Die'er closed her eyes in pain.

"It has nothing to do with, Miss Xie," she said with difficulty, "No one instigated me, I didn't mean it, I really didn't..."

Xiao Shirong's expression suddenly changed, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You have to think about it carefully. Even your maid said that it was someone from Miss Xie's room..."

"Madam," Xie Fei interrupted at the right time and said, "That's enough. If you say more, won't you just mess up your position?"

"Nonsense." Xiao Shirong flicked his sleeves with a cold face.

Lidie'er fell to the ground again, twitching and spitting out blood.

Xie Fei looked at the old lady's expression and pretended to be worried, "I am indeed not colluding with Li Xiaoniang. Why don't you ask the old lady to investigate carefully and then make a decision?"

The old lady sat for a long time and motioned to Mother Deng to help her up.

"In that case, we should investigate thoroughly and thoroughly, so that no one is wrongly accused and no one gets away with it."

Chaohui Pavilion was quickly sealed off, and several doctors took turns to diagnose Miao's pulse.

Since her miscarriage, Miao has been lying in bed in tears. When she is awake, she curses Li Xiaoniang and demands that Pei Yuan punish her.

Now she heard that there was a change, and after further diagnosis by the doctors, she found out that there was musk in her body and the fetus was weak, so she miscarried after the impact.

In this case, it is worth investigating who secretly gave her musk and how the musk entered her body.

The person Pei Yuan suspected at the beginning was Xiao Shirong.

Because Li Xiaoniang was favored, she was rewarded with something valuable, and she also secretly helped her parents' family. However, she did not have the money to buy precious spices like musk.

Xie Fei was at the farm and had no chance to get close to Miao, so naturally it wasn't her who did it.

Compared with other concubines, Xiao Shirong is more suspicious. After all, she is the mistress of the house and is responsible for Miao's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Thinking back to what happened before, when he was played around like a monkey by Xiao Shirong, Pei Yuan was so angry that he suddenly stepped forward and slapped Xiao Shirong hard in front of everyone.

"Bitch!"

The servants were so frightened by his slap that some timid maids even screamed.

Xiao Shirong was also stunned and touched his face in disbelief.

Pei Yuan was still not satisfied, and angrily shouted: "You fed my women safflower soup, making them infertile, and I tolerated it! You forced my concubine to death, caused gossip in the capital, and made me lose face, but I also tolerated it!"

He suddenly grabbed Xiao Shirong by the collar, and while Xiao Shirong was screaming, he violently dragged her to the bedside, making her kneel before Miao.

"Now that my concubine is pregnant, you dare to plot against her and frame her! The Xiao family is truly a prestigious family. How did they raise a vicious and evil person like you?"

(End of this chapter)