The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 418 Asking for help
Rongqing Hall.

Aunt Xue's eyes were filled with tears, and she cried, "Grandma! You must save Wenlong!"

It was already evening when Xue Pan was captured, and it was normal for him to stay out all night. By noon of the next day, he and the servant still hadn't returned, so Aunt Xue began to worry and sent people to look for them.

Only then did he realize that such a big incident had occurred in his own store and he had been sued to the authorities.

Since there was a problem with the ginseng that Lady Jia gave her, the silver was fine, but the matter had to be settled with her.

Grandmother Jia said indifferently, "What trouble has this child caused again?"

After being suppressed for so many years, Wang Fu-ren finally caught Lady Jia's weakness. She couldn't wait to interrupt and said, "It's not Wenlong who caused the trouble this time! The ginseng that the old lady gave to my sister years ago has lost its medicinal properties and has been reported to the authorities!"

"Uh……"

The older you get, the wiser it gets. It only took Grandmother Jia a moment to react.

Her face did not show any shame or embarrassment, but was full of surprise. She immediately bit back, "How could there be a problem? Didn't you ask the concubine to take it back for testing? Could there be a mistake?"

"This……"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but look at her sister.

Aunt Xue didn't tell her these words just now, so she couldn't help but wonder if she was deliberately putting the blame on her family.

Aunt Xue also had her own grievances. Lady Jia had indeed said this, but how could she have expected that there would be problems with Lady Jia's ginseng?
He spoke incoherently, "I...I...it's the old lady's ginseng, so I'm naturally confident. Why would I ask someone to check it?"

"This ginseng is no small matter. It is something that can save your life. I asked you to take it because I wanted to do some good deeds. How can we do something that will damage our virtue?"

Grandmother Jia disagreed with Aunt Xue's words. How could the shop owner not see the problem with the ginseng?
I’m afraid that the Xue family is reluctant to spend the money and dare not ask me to return it, so they pass off inferior products as good ones.

"old lady!"

Seeing that Lady Jia seemed to be trying to distance herself from the matter, Aunt Xue suddenly panicked.

"Why are you panicking? I didn't say I wouldn't help you."

Lady Jia still had some shame. Although Mrs. Wang was suspicious, she knew the truth about the ginseng problem.

What I said just now was just to distance myself from the matter.

She changed the subject and said, "However, we have an agreement. I have reminded you of this matter. If you didn't test it, you can't blame me."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Aunt Xue responded repeatedly.

Grandmother Jia just asked, "Did anyone get killed?"

"Human life?" Aunt Xue was stunned and said quickly, "No! That's not the case."

Hearing this, Jia's mother felt relieved and ordered outside, "Yuanyang! Go to the East Mansion to see if Yi Ge'er is at home. Tell him to come over!"

Before this, Mrs. Wang brought Aunt Xue in and sent the servants away.

"Huh!" Yuanyang answered from outside and quickly took the order and left.

When he arrived at Ning Mansion and saw Jin Chuan, he asked, "Is Master Yi at home?"

"What a coincidence!" Jin Chuan said with some pride, "My master has been summoned to the palace by the Emperor."

"Then when the master comes back, please ask him to go to the old lady."

"Is there something?" Jin Chuan asked with some confusion.

Yuanyang murmured, "I just brought my wife and concubine to see the old lady. After talking in the house for a while, she asked me to come and see Master Yi. I guess there must be something important."

Jin Chuan blinked and said, "In that case, I will accompany my sister to go back to the old lady!"

Since Aunt Xue was involved, Jin Chuan couldn't help but become interested, but Yuanyang's words were ambiguous, so she thought about asking around.

When they arrived at Rongqing Hall, Jin Chuan took the opportunity to pay her respects to carefully look at Aunt Xue, and indeed saw traces of tears in the corners of her eyes.

Then she asked, "Master said last night that he would take a few days off, and this morning he was summoned to the palace by the Emperor. I wonder if he will go directly to the farm outside the city. If the old lady has any urgent matters, I can send someone to ask there."

She said this purely to test him, but Aunt Xue just fell into it herself.

Without waiting for Lady Jia to speak, she interrupted and said, "Urgent! Why not? Wenlong has been arrested by Shuntian Prefecture for a night. How could this child have suffered such hardships? We don't know how he is doing in there now!"

While speaking, he looked at Jinchuan, his eyes full of worry. Jinchuan was not surprised but happy when he heard it.

Originally, after hearing Yuanyang's words, she was worried whether Aunt Xue would give in.

But now she is full of confidence. As Xiangling's maid, she has naturally heard Jiao Xing's flattery a lot, and Zhang Yunyi helped out at the spring ploughing ceremony.

She thought for a moment and said, "If this is the case and there is really no time to delay, I will ask someone to go outside the city and ask. If the master has really gone there, it would be best for the concubine to go there and explain everything to him in person to avoid any omissions."

"Hoo! Hoo!" Aunt Xue responded repeatedly like a chicken eating rice.

Grandmother Jia was happy to be free, and said with a smile: "You are a thoughtful girl, then we will wait for your news here!"

"Hah! It's getting late, I'll leave first!"

After leaving Rongqing Hall, Jinchuan took two steps at a time.

If you plan to return home, send someone to the palace gate to send a message, and then trick Aunt Xue into going to the hot spring villa, and everything will be fine.

Unexpectedly, just as he arrived at the second gate of Rongguo Mansion, he saw Zhang Yunyi walking in with a solemn face.

"Master!" Jin Chuan hurriedly stepped forward and said as if offering a treasure, "Something happened at the concubine's home, and she wants to see you..."

Before she could finish her words, Zhang Yunyi raised his hand and interrupted her.

"There's no rush for this! We'll talk about it later!"

Upon hearing this, Jin Chuan realized that Zhang Yunyi's expression was unfriendly. She didn't dare to speak, and hurriedly followed him and returned to Rongqing Hall.

"No one was killed, there's nothing to worry about. It's just a matter of Brother Yi'er's words."

In Rongqing Hall, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang were comforting Aunt Xue, and suddenly Zhang Yunyi came in.

Grandmother Jia smiled and said, "Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Brother Yi is here just in time..."

Before the word "good" came out, Grandmother Jia's face suddenly fell.

Zhang Yunyi suddenly pulled out a memorial from his bosom and threw it at Lady Jia without any courtesy, saying angrily: "I have been very respectful to your family, but I didn't expect you to collude with outsiders to add insult to injury! If it weren't for the emperor's trust, I'm afraid I would have been plotted against by you!"

This sudden scene made Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue drop their jaws in shock, and their hearts were in their throats.

Grandmother Jia was bewildered and asked, "This...what does this mean?"

"What did you say? Old lady, you should take a look at what this is first!"

Grandmother Jia quickly grabbed the memorial, squinted her eyes and read it carefully, and the more she looked, the worse her expression became.

When she saw the signature below, she let out a long breath, threw the memorial at Madam Wang, and angrily said, "You ungrateful things, look at what you two have done!"

Mrs. Wang did not dare to dodge and was hit directly on the face. She endured the burning sensation on her cheeks and opened her face to take a closer look.

After reading it, Mrs. Wang couldn't help feeling dazed.

She cursed in her heart, saying that Jia Zheng was ungrateful and had offered her up in exchange for a job in a remote area, but now he turned against her and secretly reported Zhang Yunyi's misdeeds.

Even if he treated Zhang Yun逸 like this, I am afraid I will not let him off easily.

Thinking of this, she retorted: "What the old lady said! He is in Jiangnan, even if he impeached Brother Yi, what does it have to do with me?"

Since the couple has already torn their relationship apart, they cannot create a rift with Zhang Yunyi for him.

Grandmother Jia knew very well that it had nothing to do with Lady Wang, but she had to put on an attitude to calm Zhang Yunyi's anger.

It’s not that she knew she was in the wrong, but the situation was stronger than she was.

The fact that Zhang Yun逸 could come to the mansion with the memorial and give me the cold shoulder in person undoubtedly explains a lot of problems.

Aunt Xue, who was standing by, was fidgeting.

He quickly stood up and said, "You guys talk, I'm going back first!"

After saying this, without waiting for Lady Jia and the others to speak, he staggered out of Rongqing Hall.

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(End of this chapter)