novel-bin Chapter 185 Framed
Chapter 185 Framed
When he arrived at the backyard, he saw the girl named A Yue kneeling on the ground wiping her tears, with his clothes beside her.
Li Ziyan frowned, and he slapped his forehead and remembered that last month, when he was going to the store to pick up Jun Ning and took her home, he was bumped into by this girl and splashed with water as soon as he arrived at the yard. The girl was so scared that she knelt on the ground, "Master, please spare me, please spare me, I didn't mean it."
Li Ziyan was a man who loved cleanliness, but he never made things difficult for his servants. Seeing that Ah Yue looked thin and weak, Li Ziyan said, "Get up." Then he went back to the room to change his clothes. He wanted to ask Auntie Mu, who usually served him, to help wash them, but when the girl saw him holding the dirty clothes, she said, "Sir, let me wash them for you."
Seeing that it was getting late and he had to take Zhao Junning home quickly, Li Ziyan gave the clothes to A Yue. He was in a hurry at the time and didn't think much about it, but now he wants to set a trap for him.
He walked up to Zhao Junning with a smile on his face, "My dear, I'm back."
Li Ziyan glanced at him and said, "Well, Ayue Ziyan is back, please say what you just said again."
Li Ziyan smiled bitterly, "What are you talking about?"
Not long before Li Ziyan came back, Zhao Junning had just walked into the mansion when she saw Ah Yue hurriedly approaching her with a panicked look on her face. She knelt directly on the ground and shouted, "Madam! Please, please help me!"
Seeing this, Gancao stepped forward and protected Zhao Junning. Zhao Junning looked around and found that many passers-by had gathered around her. She calmed down and looked down at Ah Yue who was kneeling on the ground. Although Ah Yue had a smile on her face, the smile seemed a little stiff, as if it was forced out.
Zhao Junning knew very well that Ah Yue did this on purpose. So, she said to Ah Yue coldly, "If you have anything to say, go in first. If you insist on kneeling here, come in after you've kneeled enough!" After that, she turned around and walked into the mansion.
Ah Yue naturally understood what Zhao Jun Ning meant, and did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly got up and followed Zhao Jun Ning into the mansion. After reaching the backyard, Zhao Jun Ning stopped, turned to look at Ah Yue, and asked, "Okay, now you can tell me, what happened?"
Ah Yue stroked her slightly bulging belly with her hands, and looked up at Zhao Junning from time to time. Zhao Junning frowned when he saw this, and thought to himself: "Could it be..."
As expected, Ah Yue continued, "Young Madam, on the night I first arrived at your house a month ago, my brother-in-law got drunk and actually... I really have no other choice but to ask Young Madam to take charge of the matter for me." At the end, Ah Yue's voice was already slightly tearful.
Zhao Junning held her chin with one hand and tapped the back of the chair with the other hand, listening quietly to Ah Yue's story. After Ah Yue finished speaking, Zhao Junning was silent for a moment, then asked, "So, what are your plans now?" Ah Yue quickly replied, "Madam, I have an elderly mother and two young brothers at home who need to be taken care of. Please help me, Madam!"
Zhao Junning raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile, and then said earnestly: "Since you are pregnant, there is no need to kneel, quickly stand up and sit down, let me take your pulse."
Hearing this, Ah Yue was secretly delighted, thinking that Zhao Junning had believed what she said. However, when Zhao Junning put his finger on her pulse, he suddenly asked, "You have indeed been pregnant for a month, so where was Zi Yan one month ago today, which was the day of the palace banquet on August 15?"
Aunt Mu at the side quickly replied: "In reply to Young Madam, the young master did go to the palace banquet with Young Madam that day, and when they returned, it was almost midnight. Afterwards, the young master went back to his room with Young Madam to rest."
Zhao Junning nodded slightly to show that he understood, then turned his gaze to Ah Yue and asked, "Then, tell me, where was the young master on this day last month?"
Facing Zhao Junning's questioning, Ah Yue's eyes began to flicker. She didn't dare to look him in the eye and stammered in response, "That day... in the daytime, the young master met me by chance in the backyard... maybe it's a man's nature. This... this dress is what the young master left with me last month."
"I see." Zhao Junning took a sip of tea and nodded thoughtfully. Then, she turned to look at Aunt Mu and continued to ask, "Aunt Mu, when did Ah Yue enter the mansion?"
Aunt Mu replied respectfully, "Madam, Ah Yue came to the mansion on the 25th of the month before last, which happened to be the day when the young master concluded the case."
Li Ziyan walked up to Zhao Junning with a bright smile on his face and said, "My wife, I'm back!" However, when he saw Zhao Junning's serious expression.
Zhao Junning just glanced at him indifferently and said softly: "Well, Ayue, since Zi Yan is back, please repeat what you just said." Although the voice was calm, it contained an irresistible power.
Li Ziyan immediately smiled bitterly and asked, "What are you talking about?" While speaking, he secretly glanced at A Yue who was standing next to him with her head down, not daring to look at him.
Zhao Junning's face became uglier and uglier. She frowned and said to Li Ziyan with a bit of pain in her tone: "Husband, Ah Yue said that you favored her last month, and now she is pregnant with your child. Tell me, how should we deal with this matter?"
Hearing this, Ah Yue trembled all over, as helpless as a leaf in the wind. Li Ziyan turned to look at Ah Yue, trying to recall what happened last month, and suddenly realized: "Oh... That's it! On the fifteenth day of last month, I was in a hurry to find you, but I accidentally bumped into her, and she even splashed water on me.
At that time, I wanted to ask Aunt Mu to help wash the clothes, but Aunt Mu was not at home that day, so she took the initiative to help me wash them. Later, after I gave the clothes to her, I forgot to take them back..."
"Sir, have you forgotten? That day you said that I looked like the young lady! And you also said that the young lady was boring." A Yue said.
Hearing this, Li Ziyan was so anxious that he almost cried, but he didn't know how to defend himself. He stared at Ah Yue with wide eyes, and was so angry that he had a headache.
At this time, Zhao Junning finally couldn't help laughing out loud. She thought: This Ah Yue was so easily hooked. Then, she pretended to be calm and said to Ah Yue: "In fact, my medical skills have made great progress recently. I have developed a method to identify people who have spent the night with men."
Of course, this was all made up by Zhao Junning just to scare Ah Yue. Ah Yue was already panicking at this time and had no time to distinguish the truth from the falsehood.
After saying that, Zhao Junning cast his eyes towards Ah Yue, only to see Ah Yue's body stiff and not daring to move. So Zhao Junning turned to Gan Cao and said, "Gan Cao, go ask the housekeeper to bring some horse urine and pot ash."