IBTSOME Chapter 70 Part 1

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 70 Part 1: Red Apricot

 

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When Lin Wei Xi rushed to Qingsong Garden, there were already a lot of people in there, craning their necks and looked around inside. Seeing Lin Wei Xi approaching, they hurriedly bumped each other, gave Lin Wei Xi a deep bow, then dropped their heads and shrank their shoulders and spread out.

 

The idlers who watched the show from the outside finally dispersed, only then Lin Wei Xi saw the situation inside. Yun Hui's attire were disheveled, her hair bun were loose, and her clothes were torn apart. Her face was deathly pale, only on the neck and the base of her ears could still see the unique red mark. With such big thing happened, Bu Mama also rushed over. She stood aside while looking anxious and angry. The news that Lin Wei Xi heard just now was sent by her.

 

Lin Wei Xi took a glance and then took her gaze back. Gao Ran was standing with a sullen face, and when she saw Lin Wei Xi, she lifted her skirt and walked down the steps quickly, folded her hands and saluted Lin Wei Xi: "Mother."

 

Lin Wei Xi didn't speak, her expression was still as cold as ice and frost, and many of the crowd, including Gao Ran, could only follow behind her with their heads down, as she walked through the porch and stood on the courtyard steps. Seeing Lin Wei Xi's arrival, Yun Hui lowered her head.

 

Lin Wei Xi asked slowly: "What's the matter?"

 

Gao Ran glanced at Yun Hui, and whispered to Lin Wei Xi: "Answering mother, today this daughter-in-law is celebrating her birthday, and there were many people coming and going in the courtyard. It is inevitable that many people will be mixed up. Yun Hui and the others were drinking alcohol and midway she said that she couldn’t drink anymore. After that went back to her room. Later, the maid went to her room to find a key, and saw that... it was this daughter-in-law who had oversight. This kind of scandal happened, and it even alarmed mother."

 

Gao Ran's omission was very clever. With this kind of sentence, Yun Hui seemed to be caught doing something.

 

Yun Hui's crying eyes were swollen, the whole person seemed like a sorry figure. When she heard Gao Ran's words, she was afraid in her heart. She humbled and walked a few steps to Lin Wei Xi's direction, and mournfully grabbed the corners of Lin Wei Xi's skirt: "Wangfei please investigate, this slave would never dare to do such things. This slave has served Shizi for more than ten years, the sun and moon can be the witness for my loyalty, and now I have just been promoted, how can this slave do such a thing?"

 

Lin Wei Xi also felt that Yun Hui would not betray Gu Cheng Yao, at least not now. Lin Wei Xi had dealt with Yun Hui for a year in her previous life, but aside from anything else, Yun Hui's infatuation for Gu Cheng Yao was beyond doubt.

 

In the previous life, Yun Hui always wanted to challenge her, throwing nails openly and secretly, how ostentatious. But today, she could only kneel at Lin Wei Xi's feet in embarrassment, relying on Lin Wei Xi's sympathy to survive.

 

Lin Wei Xi sighed, but what does this have to do with her now? Lin Wei Xi did not show sympathy or intolerance, but still asked coldly, "Who first discovered it?"

 

A maid behind Gao Ran responded, "It's this slave."

 

Lin Wei Xi's tone was light: "Tell me the situation at that time again."

 

The maid hesitated and glanced at Gao Ran in secret. Gao Ran nodded slightly, and receiving the affirmation the maid then said, "At that time this slave were going to open the box to look for the cloisonne tea set, but the key to the tea set was kept by Yun yiniang. This slave searched many places, but she still didn't see Yun yiniang’s figure. Later someone said that she saw Yun yiniang walked into her room, so this slave went to try her luck in Yun yiniang’s room, who knows..."

 

In the early afternoon, why suddenly need the tea set? And it also coincidence, just went to a place to try her luck, but happened to call a lot of people to go together. Lin Wei Xi was noncommittal about these words, she looked at Yun Hui: "Listen to both sides is clear, partial belief is dark. What about you, what do you say?"

 

Gao Ran really couldn't tell what Lin Wei Xi wanted to do. Lin Wei Xi didn't seem to be moved by Yun Hui's pathetic expression. Since she didn't sympathize with Yun Hui, why bother to ask so much. Merely a servant, a bowl of medicine was enough to finish her off, why took so much effort to ask the truth from a servant who she was not even close to.

 

Gao Ran said, "Mother, these things are dirty, this daughter-in-law dare not smear your ears."

 

"It's nothing, let her say." Lin Wei Xi glanced at Yun Hui and said, "What did you do at that time?"

 

"This slave servant didn't do anything." Yun Hui's hair knot were undone, and she looked loose and embarrassed. "This slave, Bu Mama and a few others drank together and accidentally got drunk, so I took my leave and went back to the house to rest. When I walked in, I obviously lock the door and went to bed alone. I have never invited any outside man, let alone do anything like that behind Shizi’s back."

 

Gao Ran indifferently stabbed a few sentence: "This is strange. That outside man appeared on your bed, but you said that you didn't know anything. Even if Yun yiniang is quibbling, you should make up excuses that makes sense."

 

"It's all true, I didn't lie." Yun Hui was almost shout herself hoarse. At the moment of life and death, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered one thing, "No, it's the wine! There must be a problem with the wine!"

 

Gao Ran sighed, with a deep disappointment in her tone: "You also said that you have only had a few glasses of wine with everyone at the banquet, and no one has ever forced you to drink anything. Eating together at the banquet, everyone else was alright, but there is a problem with your wine? I originally expected you to correct it if you knew it was wrong, but didn’t expect you to be so shameless. Now that it happened, still want to argue for yourself."

 

"I didn't!" Yun Hui cried, "I was just promoted to become a concubine by Shizi, why would I have a private meeting with other man, and breaking up my future? What's more, that man can't compare with Shizi, emotionally and rationally, I will not betray Shizi." Yun Hui turned to Lin Wei Xi, raised her head, and looked at Lin Wei Xi desperately: "Wangfei, you must believe in this slave. This slave has no reason to betray Shizi. This slave must have blocked other people’s way. I was accused wrongly."

 

Lin Wei Xi actually agreed with this sentence in her heart, Yun Hui would not do such a thing. Lin Wei Xi also died as Shizi Consort in her previous life, she knew Yun Hui too well.

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