Chapter 311 Questioning and Exposing
Family, career.

These two things are what Sheng Hong values ​​most.

It is also the most untouchable reverse scale.

Both of these will depend on their own male offspring in the future.

If the girl had a good reputation, he could only give her a minor punishment or a severe warning, but if the man made a mistake, he would not allow it to happen.

"I...I...I'll go right away!"

Sheng Hong stood up and was about to go look for Lin Qinshuang, but Old Madam Sheng raised her hand to stop him.

"There's no rush to find Miss Lin. We still need to make things clear right now."

After asking Sheng Hong to sit down, Old Lady Sheng turned to Wang Ruofu and asked her:
"Lady."

"Yes, mother." Wang Ruofu looked over with a sad face and responded lightly.

"Didn't they say that all the servants in the family have been kept in the yard for the past few days? How could there be rumors coming from outside?"

Mrs. Sheng did not mean to hold Wang Ruofu accountable by saying this, she just wanted to find out how the news of this matter leaked.

This was also something that puzzled Wang Ruofu.

Before and after she thought about it, the servants in the house who knew what had happened watched the whole process from the departure to the capture of the person under her eyes. Afterwards, she asked Mama Liu to stop their work, vacate a yard to watch over them, and release them only after the family could discuss a solution.

How come the news leaked out now?

Wang Ruofu replied seriously:

"Mother, none of the servants in the house even left the house, and there was no way for the news to spread. This matter must not have been spread by the servants."

After saying that, Wang Ruofu suddenly had an idea in her mind. She thought back to the day when she captured Molan and wanted to take Lin Qinshuang out for questioning, but she and Xue Niang were late. Could it be...

Could it be she who did it?

After thinking about this, Wang Ruofu immediately turned to look at Sheng Hong.

Sheng Hong was suddenly stared at by Wang Ruofu's vicious eyes, and immediately replied:
"Why are you looking at me? Madam, do you think I am the one who is..."

"Where was Lin Qinshuang that day?" Wang Ruofu asked anxiously.

"Shuang'er?"

Sheng Hong frowned when he saw Wang Ruofu straying from the topic.
"Shuang'er..."

"That day when we were taking people home, she was the last one to arrive!"

The more Wang Ruofu thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. When combined with Lin Qinshuang's methods in the past, Wang Ruofu felt a sense of déjà vu.

Wang Ruofu immediately spoke quickly and said:

"Since that day, rumors about this matter have been circulating in Bianjing. No one in the family had the opportunity to reveal it to anyone, so it could only have come out from her mouth!"

"Yes, that must be the case!"

Wang Ruofu suddenly stood up and began to pace in front of the hall, muttering:

"Molan learned all these skills of a foxy woman from that bitch Lin Qinshuang. Now Molan is going out to have an affair..."

Wang Ruofu suddenly turned around, stared at Sheng Hong, and said:

"How could Lin Qinshuang not know?"

"I guess he saw that his plan was going nowhere, so he decided to drag everyone down with him!"

"How can you be so involved in this nonsense!"

Sheng Hong immediately frowned and said:

"I know you have always been uncomfortable with Shuang'er and have made things difficult for her time and again, but now that disaster is imminent, why are you still so cowardly and shameless?"

Sheng Hong also stood up and said:

"Molan is Lin Xiaoniang's daughter. How could she treat her own daughter so badly?"

"How could she not?"

Wang Ruofu glared back at Sheng Hong without losing face, and then shouted to Mama Liu who was standing outside the room:

"Mother Liu! Go call all the servants in Linqi Pavilion over for questioning! I want to find out where Lin Qinshuang came from that day!"

"Yes, ma'am!" Mother Liu's vigorous response immediately came from outside the house.

"Mother, she..."

Seeing Wang Ruofu's determined look, Sheng Hong turned to look at Old Madam Sheng, only to hear Old Madam Sheng say calmly:

"Ask if you want to. We need to get the whole story clearly."

After Mrs. Sheng said this, Sheng Hong was speechless.

In fact, he was also a little uncertain in his heart and subconsciously avoided this question, but now that Wang Ruofu had made up her mind, he also wanted to see if it was Lin Qinshuang who did it.

Not long after.

All the servants and maids of Linqi Pavilion were brought to Shou'an Hall and questioned by Mama Liu one by one. Old Madam Sheng, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu sat beside them and listened.

As Lin Qinshuang's personal maid, Xueniang was naturally brought in for questioning.

However, the first person to ask was not her, but the servant who was guarding the door at home.

When Xueniang heard that Mother Liu was asking about Lin Qinshuang's whereabouts that day, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Lin Qinshuang and she were the ones who did that thing, so they knew the reason why Mother Liu asked the question.

So when the gatekeeper was about to reply, she immediately stood up and interrupted:
"I know the most about what happened that day. I was with..."

"Snapped!"

But before Xue Niang could finish her words, she saw Mother Liu rushing over from the front, quickly coming up to her and giving her a loud slap in the face!

Mother Liu glared at Xue Niang who was covering her face and said coldly:
"The master hasn't asked any questions yet, why are you, a servant, asking so much?"

"Go wait over there!"

Mother Liu's drastic measures immediately silenced all the servants in the house, who lowered their heads and waited for her punishment.

After dealing with Xue Niang, the leader, Mother Liu looked at everyone with disdain and said:
"Speak one by one!

If anyone dares to make such a statement, the lady will sell him out today!"

"Yes!"

Questions and answers one after another.

After a while, Wang Ruofu learned from the servants of Linqi Pavilion that Lin Qinshuang had indeed gone out that day, and brought Xuenniang with her.

"Where did Lin Qinshuang go with you that day? And you kept it a secret from everyone in the family!"

Wang Ruofu shouted at Xue Niang:

"If you don't tell the truth, I'll find a pawnbroker and sell you out right away!"

Xue Niang was shocked. She realized that she could no longer hide the fact that she went out that day, but if she told the truth, she, as a personal participant, would probably be beaten to death anyway.

So, she subconsciously looked up at Sheng Hong, hoping that he would help her for Lin Qinshuang's sake.

But at this moment, Sheng Hong was even more anxious than Wang Ruofu. At this moment, he saw Xue Niang looking at him for help.

Sheng Hong felt a chill in his heart.

But he still urged to confirm:

"Why are you looking at me? Just answer the lady's question honestly!"

Seeing that Sheng Hong had no intention of helping her, Xueniang dared not say anything.

If I really said this, I would probably be sold out immediately.

Now she could only place all her hopes on Lin Qinshuang.

I hope she can still lift Sheng Hong up high and put him down gently like she did in the past.

After thinking about it, Xue Niang knelt on the ground and pressed her head against the ground:

"To answer your question, Madam, I don't know!"

"Good good!"

Wang Ruofu was so angry that she laughed. After letting out a long sigh, she nodded to Xue Niang, who was lying motionless on the ground, as if she were dead, and said:

"I didn't expect that Lin Qinshuang's subordinates could produce a fool like you. Since you don't want to talk, then go to the woodshed and accompany Molan's two maids!"

Molan was able to secretly meet Liang Han at Yuqing Temple with the help of two trusted female servants around her, who even helped to exchange identities and carry out the meeting secretly.

So the moment Molan was taken home, her two personal maids, Luzhong and Yunzai, were both locked up in the woodshed at the same time.

And now Xue Niang heard Wang Ruofu say that she wanted to lock her up together with Lu Zhong and Yun Zai.

Doesn't this mean that if we start judging each other's crimes from now on, I will be in the same group as them?
"Madam, please spare me, I really don't know!"

Xue Niang immediately began to wail and cry, but she could not resist Wang Ruofu's determination, so she asked Mother Liu to send someone to take her away immediately.

The hall suddenly became quiet.

Wang Ruofu looked at Sheng Hong at this time, silent.

Although Xueniang did not reply just now, anyone could tell from her demeanor that she had something to hide, but she did not dare to speak out, and she did not even dare to mention a reason for lying, for fear that it would be inconsistent with Lin Qinshuang's testimony.

But she was born a servant after all, and her mind was filled with only viciousness and evil, without any scheming or cunning.

Regardless of whether she said it or not, the way she suddenly lost her composure had already revealed everything, so there was no need to bother looking for evidence.

Facing Wang Ruofu's silent yet pressure-filled eyes, Sheng Hong felt like sitting on pins and needles.

He stood there for a moment, then flicked his sleeves and walked straight towards Linqi Pavilion.

After Sheng Hong left.

Old Madam Sheng sighed softly, and then said to Wang Ruofu:

"Madam, calm down for now. This matter is not just your husband's fault. It has affected the whole family. For Hua'er and Rulan's future marriage, you must think about it calmly."

"When your master comes back, consult with him."

Linqi Pavilion.

Lin Qinshuang was confined to her bedroom, dreaming of becoming the mother-in-law of the Earl's legitimate son and Molan being the eldest wife of the Earl's legitimate son in the future.

At this moment, with a bang, Sheng Hong pushed the door open with force. The collision of the doors scared Lin Qinshuang who was lying on the bed.

"Where did this thief come from..."

However, before Lin Qinshuang finished her curse, she saw that the person who came was Sheng Hong. She immediately swallowed the rest of her words, and then put on a flattering face and said softly to Sheng Hong:
"So it's Hong Lang. I just thought it was one of those old women who flatter the powerful and bully the weak."

Seeing that Sheng Hong was unmoved, Lin Qinshuang put on a weak and pitiful look again, looking at Sheng Hong with a sad face and said aggrievedly:
"Honglang, you don't know how I have been..."

"Where were you that day?" Sheng Hong suddenly asked.

"That day? Which day? Hiroro..."

"The day when Molan was captured by the lady!"

Sheng Hong pointed at Lin Qinshuang and asked sternly:
"When I interrogated you that day, you and Xue Niang were the only ones who arrived last. I thought you were used to the pomp and circumstance, but who would have thought that you were so vicious, disregarding your own daughter's reputation and spreading this matter to the entire Bianjing!"

Lin Qinshuang was stunned and hesitated:
"Hiroro, what do you mean? I don't understand..."

"You don't understand, you understand better than anyone else!"

Sheng Hong grabbed Lin Qinshuang's wrist forcefully and said sternly:
"Just now, the mistress has questioned all the servants in the house and Xue Niang in your room, and she has confessed everything!"

Sheng Hong directly shook off Lin Qinshuang's hand fiercely:

"How dare you pretend to be pitiful in front of me!"

"Before you do something that is outrageous and will bring disaster to your family, think about how pitiful I am!"

Sheng Hong never thought that he treated Lin Qinshuang like his sweetheart. Even though she had sold her property privately before, he had never punished her severely. Now Lin Qinshuang has really become so cold-blooded and ruthless.

Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Lin Qinshuang hurriedly explained:

"Honglang, I didn't do this on purpose!
I'm just afraid that the truth will be exposed in the future, so I found a reasonable excuse in advance, saying that Liang Han just helped Mo'er, it's not a big deal, as long as you go to the two families to propose marriage tomorrow and finalize the marriage, this matter can be perfunctorily dealt with."

"Discussing marriage?"

Sheng Hong pointed at his face in disbelief:
"You still have the nerve to ask me to go to the Liang family to discuss marriage? A lowly person who secretly met with a man outside..."

Sheng Hong paused, then said to Lin Qinshuang in a sad voice:

"You said that Mo'er is such a good child, but what have you taught him to do now? He is so shameless! How can I, my entire Sheng family, face others in the future!"

Seeing that Sheng Hong was reluctant to give in, Lin Qinshuang became a little angry.

This matter should have gone on smoothly, just like what happened between Sheng Hong and me back then. Why is Sheng Hong trying to shirk responsibility now that it's come to Molan?

Then I thought again, in recent years, Sheng Hong no longer treats me as usual.

For a moment, under the influence of new and old grudges, Lin Qinshuang's resentment was overwhelming.

"Why, Hiroro, do you think I'm shameless?"

Lin Qinshuang burst into tears and sneered a few times:
"Thinking back to the time when I secretly had sex with you with my innocent body, did you ever think that I had no shame?"

"I'm only thinking about my daughter now, and you think I'm shameless?"

"In the eyes of a scholar like you, what exactly is shame?"

After hearing what Lin Qinshuang said, Sheng Hong stood there in a daze for a moment.

He never expected that Lin Qinshuang actually thought of him this way in her heart.

"Shuang'er, do you think of me this way?" Sheng Hong said in an incredible tone.

He had always been thinking of Lin Qinshuang's good points in his heart before, but he was just feeling very depressed at this time, so he let it out. Afterwards, he would naturally think of ways to exonerate Lin Qinshuang and reduce her punishment, but Lin Qinshuang's words at that moment made Sheng Hong feel as if his heart was stabbed by a sword.

"What do you want me to think?"

Hearing this, Sheng Hong smiled bitterly and looked up at the roof that was not illuminated:
"You said at the beginning that you were afraid of your property being confiscated. I felt sorry for you every time I heard it. I felt sorry for you, a weak woman, lonely and helpless. Why are you saying this to me now?"

Sheng Hong felt that the Lin Qinshuang in front of him was particularly unfamiliar. She was not as affectionate as before, which made people feel cold.

(End of this chapter)