Xia Qingyuan picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. Seeing Su Yurou's expressionless face, she felt indescribable joy in her heart.

Right, that is it.

It was too easy to kill Su Yurou, but she didn't let her die so easily!

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a servant said outside the curtain: "Madam is here."

The official green brocade door curtain was lifted, and Mrs. Su Zhang, wearing a rose-red brocade cross-collared trousers, a bun with emerald gold flower hairpins on her head, walked in while waving a round fan.

Time has been kind to Ms. Su Zhang, and she has a smile on her delicately made-up face, which makes her look dignified and gentle.

"Master Marquis, your name is my concubine?" Su Zhang glanced at Xia Qingyao, smiled as usual, bent her knees, and then wanted to take a seat at the empty seat next to the head.

Su Yinqiu's face was as dark as water: "Wait, I have something to ask you."

Mrs. Su Zhang's smile instantly froze on her face, she blinked her eyes quickly, and said with a smile: "Just ask the Marquis if you have anything to say, I will tell you everything I know."

This was the first time Xia Qingyao saw Mrs. Su Zhang talking like this in front of Su Yinqiu, and she understood the way Su Yurou spoke and behaved.

Su Yinqiu said with a sullen face: "Su Yurou contacted the commander of the Jinyi Guards privately to put the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion on the fire. Do you, a mother, know that?"

Su Zhang's heart skipped a beat.

This girl Su Yurou really went to see Commander Lin? She is very courageous.

But why did things develop to such an extent? Why did the Marquis become angry?

Mrs. Su Zhang's mind was spinning. She glanced at Xia Qingyao quickly, then bowed her head respectfully and said, "It's my negligence. I don't know about this."

Looking down at Su Yurou, she said with half belief and doubt: "Sister Rou has always been gentle and sensible. She would not go out and walk around if nothing happened. Plus, her face now has... Mr. Hou, is there any misunderstanding about this matter?

ah?"

"Misunderstanding?" Su Yinqiu said, "The servants who accompanied Sister Rou are outside. If you don't believe it, just ask them to come in and confront Sister Rou."

"Wait a minute, Lord Marquis, how can I not believe what you say?" Ms. Su Zhang said softly with a smile on her face, "I just can't believe Sister Rou would do such a thing. If she screamed

If they come in to confront each other, once word spreads, won't our Hou Mansion also lose face?"

"You are sensible, but Sister Rou doesn't think so." Su Yinqiu sneered.

"I never knew that my daughter was a person who told lies with her eyes wide open. With the evidence slapped on her face, she could still look pitiful and use others to excuse herself."

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Su Zhang's heart skipped a beat, and she secretly scolded Su Yurou for being careless. Didn't she make the Marquis think that she was not good at educating his daughter?

"Master Hou, calm down, I will definitely discipline you more strictly in the future. Sister Rou is still young..."

"Young? You have reached the age of marriage. If you are still young and come to your husband's family in the future, you will cause trouble for the family." Su Yinqiu scolded coldly.

Su Yurou felt even more resentful after listening to Su Zhang's words. Previously, Su Zhang took off the veil from her face in order to save her own face.

Now she listened to Su Zhang's suggestion to get rid of the Xia family, but Su Zhang turned around and dismissed her completely, as if everything was her fault and had nothing to do with Su Zhang.

Su Yurou was extremely resentful towards this "mother".

But Su Yurou didn't dare to show it at all.

Her father is already angry with her. If she offends her mother again, will she still have a place in this family?

"Father, mother, daughter is really unintentional." Su Yurou cried, but she was rapidly calculating the pros and cons in her heart.

If he just shirks it, and really lets Su Yinqiu dig deeper, it is very likely that the truth about what happened back then will be discovered.

What she wants is a lifetime of glory and wealth, and seeing that she can't blame Xia Qingyao for her fault, she should think of ways to minimize the damage.

"Are you unintentional? How dare you contact the commander of the Jinyiwei privately without any intention, and how dare you ask people from the Jinyiwei to help you in the name of being a father?"

Su Yinqiu stood up and walked to Su Yurou: "Tell me, why did you go to Jin Yiwei to target the Xia family?"

Su Yurou lowered her head, her heart beating like a drum.

She must not let Su Yinqiu discover any clues about her exchange with Xia Qingyao, otherwise she will be sent back to the Xia family, and she will no longer be the daughter of the Hou family!

Xia Ziming exchanged children for the sake of delivery and let the real daughter of the prince work in the quarry for more than ten years. Will Su Yinqiu let Xia Ziming go?

By then, wouldn't she have just been sent back to the Xia family and face liquidation from the Hou Mansion?

Several thoughts ran through Su Yurou's mind, each one more horrifying than the last, and she was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

After all, Su Yinqiu felt sorry for her daughter. Seeing that Su Yurou's face turned pale with fear, her tone became softer.

But the meaning of the words is exactly the same: "Sister Rou, do you think Xia Yuanjian is similar to you in age? She can be a female official and win the trust of Princess Chen and Prince Chen, but you can't. So,

Are you so jealous that you would do such a wrong thing?"

Did you even think of a reason for her?

Su Yurou nodded. It would be better to be accused of being jealous than to be found out that she actually did this to silence the Xia family, right?

"Father, my daughter has realized her mistake. She will never be so jealous again."

Su Yinqiu's expression softened a lot.

When Mrs. Su Zhang saw this, her tense back and her hands that were tightly gripping the handle of the round fan relaxed a little.

Su Yinqiu looked at Xia Qingyao, raised his hands and said seriously: "Xia Yuan judge, it is my fault that I taught my daughter so much that I let my little daughter do such a ridiculous thing out of jealousy.

"It's the father's fault if he doesn't raise her or educate her, so I won't be able to sue Xia Yuan for compensation on behalf of my little girl."

Seeing Su Yinqiu about to salute, Xia Qingyao hurriedly avoided it and helped him to stop him.

"The Marquis of Zhenyuan has defeated me."

Su Yinqiu shook his head: "This time it's my daughter's fault, and it's my Zhenyuan Hou Mansion's fault."

He lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Xia Yuanjing, what do you think about this? I will go to see Commander Lin in person to stop Jin Yiwei from continuing to interfere in this matter. As for whether your father and the whole family are guilty, that will be left to the Shuntian Mansion for trial.

, what do you think about deciding the case according to the law?"

Xia Qingyao thought about Xia Ziming's work. Xia Ziming had already returned Du Lanzhi's property and also provided a lot of compensation, so it would not be a problem for his second brother.

Thinking of this, Xia Qingyao nodded and said: "This is the most fair. The guilty will be punished and the innocent will not be implicated. This is the best result."

Seeing that Xia Qingyao, a little girl from a family, is so calm and able to serve as a judge in Shangtai Medical Bureau at such a young age, it shows that she has superb medical skills and her ability to interact with people is not weak.

In addition, she also showed her hand at the Leyang Banquet a few days ago. Up to now, General Mighty General's wife and Major General Zhao Lie, everyone they met praised Xia Yuan for getting the true biography of Mr. Xu Bai.

Su Yinqiu looked at Xia Qingyao, then at Su Yurou who was kneeling on the ground sobbing, and frowned even more tightly.

For such a capable and talented girl, she happened to be the daughter of the Xia family. She was born in such mud and mud, and yet she was able to blossom into a pure and pure lotus.

In comparison, Su Yurou grew up in fine clothes and fine food, and had pampered maids and luxurious children, but her future was not half as good as that of Xia Qingyao, and her character was even worse.

Why isn’t Xia Yuanju his daughter?

"Sister Rou." Su Yinqiu said with a long face, "Out of selfish jealousy of Judge Xia, you actually did something that harmed the whole family, thus ruining the reputation of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion and pushing the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion to the forefront.

What else do you have to say?"

Su Yurou burst into tears, and her veil was half wet with tears. It felt wet and stuck to her face, which was very uncomfortable.

Looking up at Mrs. Su Zhang, she saw Mrs. Su Zhang smiling kindly and looking in the direction of Su Yinqiu and Xia Qingyao.

Su Yurou's heart skipped a beat.

Why did Mrs. Su Zhang look so fond of her daughter when she saw her?

Is she planning to abandon her?

Su Yurou's face turned pale and she said unsteadily: "Daughter, my daughter was just confused for a moment. I beg my father to forgive my daughter because she has always been obedient and it is just her first offense."

She emphasized the words "always obedient" very seriously.

Su Zhang immediately understood what Su Yurou meant, smiled sarcastically, lowered her head and covered the corners of her lips with a fan.

Su Yinqiu frowned, with disappointment on his face: "Since you have done something wrong, you must have the consciousness to do something wrong. You have wronged Judge Xia, shouldn't you apologize to her? You apologize to your father, but

Forgot who you are really sorry for this time."

Su Yurou's heart skipped a beat. She bit her lower lip and looked at Xia Qingyao, tears welling up in her eyes. She looked like a little cabbage who had been bullied.

Seeing her acting like this, Su Yinqiu frowned even more tightly and continued:

"What's more, if you do something wrong, you have to pay a price. Do you want to just ignore it and pretend that it never happened?"

"Father?" Su Yurou clenched her fists nervously and looked up at Su Yinqiu.

Su Yinqiu said in a deep voice: "Go and make amends to Xia Yuan."

Su Yurou choked, walked slowly to Xia Qingyao, and said: "Sister Xia, it was my sister who was confused for a moment and did something wrong. I just care about the second young master too much. Please forgive me, sister Xia."

At this time, Su Yurou was still hinting to everyone that Xia Qingyao had an unusual relationship with the second son of Prince Chen's palace, which would lead her to do impulsive things.

Su Yinqiu's eyebrows stood up straight and his beard almost stood up. He raised his voice and called out, "Here comes someone!"

"Master Marquis." Su Yinqiu's capable eldest attendant, Jin Zhong, walked in quickly, lowered his head and said, "What are your orders?"

"Go to the ancestral hall to get the family law."

"Yes." Jinzhong saluted and quickly retreated.

This time, Su Yurou was frightened: "Father, you, you..."

Mrs. Su Zhang was also surprised and didn't understand why Su Yinqiu still wanted to take action against the family when Su Yurou had already made amends.

Could it be that the upper-class members of the Hou clan still need to be beaten because of low-class people like the Xia family?

"Master Hou..."

"Shut up." Su Yinqiu yelled angrily, and Su Zhang was so frightened that she swallowed her words.

Not long after, Jinzhong took a riding whip and gave it to Su Yinqiu with both hands.

Su Yinqiu took the riding crop, the veins on his forehead stretched out, and strode towards Su Yurou.

Xia Qingyao looked at the back of her biological father and deeply admired his character. Looking at Su Yurou's drowned dog appearance, she couldn't help but silently look forward to it.

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