The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

"Since my lady doesn't believe Qinghong, why bother asking more questions?" Qinghong stared ahead expressionlessly, without blinking.

"Oh, really? Then let me ask you again. You left the private room for nearly half an hour. You said you only stayed at Xueling's place for a while, said a few words to her and then left. What about the rest of the time? Were you in the bathroom? And Caiyun, you were also out for a quarter of an hour. I don't believe you all stayed in the bathroom all this time?" Jiang Muxia turned her gaze to Madam Liu who was standing next to Cao Jun'an. The three of them entered the private room together. It was not known whether the three of them met halfway or had been together all along and appeared in the private room together when the time came.

Madam Liu met her gaze and understood what she meant by asking. She quickly replied, "I met the two girls at the staircase. They often come to the building to look for Xueling, so we have met a few times. We can be considered acquaintances."

Jiang Muxia nodded and turned her gaze to Qinghong and Caiyun again, waiting for their responses.

Everyone present understood that if the two did not explain clearly what had happened during this period of time, the suspicion on them would only increase.

From a big picture perspective, Jiang Muxia didn't want them to have any suspicion. As a maid in the Tailao Madam's house, if she went to the brothel and killed her fellow townsman, outsiders would only accuse the Madam of not educating her properly and letting her slave commit the crime.

That's why she was so aggressive and made the two of them tell exactly what happened during the period of Xueling's death in order to completely get rid of the suspicion on her.

The two hesitated for a long time. Caiyun pulled Qinghong's sleeve and sobbed, her voice choked with sobs and she couldn't speak at all.

Everyone waited for a long time, but the two did not speak. Tang Si could not wait any longer and shouted, "Hurry up and explain yourself. You have caused so much trouble. Don't let your wife get involved."

Qinghong pursed her lips, and after saying the word "I", she choked again.

Jiang Muxia stared at them coldly, her words full of sarcasm, "Why? In your heart, the reputation of the lady is not as important as the interests of what you do in secret?"

"Of course not, Madam is a benefactor." Qinghong finally spoke, and Jiang Muxia knew that her psychological defenses had been broken. I hope what she said is what everyone wants to hear.

Sure enough, Qing Hongru started talking incessantly as if she had opened a box of conversation.

It turned out that the two of them stayed outside for such a long time because they were trying to persuade a man to leave.

Qinghong spoke clearly and logically. She came out of Xueling's room and went straight to the backyard. She reached the door of the toilet and was about to go in.

Suddenly she heard the sound of footsteps coming from the back door, she stopped and looked towards the sound. When she looked, she saw a familiar figure.

This person is called Wu Fan, and he is Xue Ling’s lover outside.

"We are from the same hometown. When our hometown was hit by a disaster, we fled together. He brought his parents with him. All three of us lost our relatives, so we had to be taken care of by his family on the way. His parents originally agreed to the marriage between the two of us. We had discussed it on the way and agreed that once we found a place to settle down, we would let the two of us get married."

She closed her eyes, anger showing in them, gritted her teeth and continued speaking.

"But things don't always go as planned. When we arrived in Chenliu, the old couple fell seriously ill and we were penniless. Wu Fan went to the clinic to ask for a doctor many times but was always driven away. The three of us looked for work every day in the city. But we were ragged and looked like beggars, and all we got was beatings and scolding."

"Seeing that the old couple was only breathing their last breath, Xueling sneaked out and went to Qinghuanju to sell herself for ten taels of silver."

Her eyes were slightly red and filled with tears. She took a breath and continued, "She used the money to hire a doctor and buy food, so all of us could survive. At the time, she told us that she had met a kind person. But after dark, she disappeared. When we found her, she was already in Qing Huan Ju... receiving guests."

Qinghong's tears finally fell, and Caiyun hugged her arms and cried loudly.

At this time, the manager was waiting in front of the door with two servants. Seeing the scene in the room, he did not dare to move.

Cao Junan waved for someone to come in, and took advantage of Qinghong's moment to calm down to ask the question Jiang Muxia wanted to ask. After getting the answer, he asked the person to leave.

Qinghong continued to speak. In fact, even if she didn’t say it, everyone could guess what happened next.

It's nothing more than a story about a lovesick girl who used the money she earned for three years to support an unfaithful man, and was finally kicked out.

"Caiyun and I met her at the gate of Qinghuanju, dressed up in fancy clothes, coming back from outside. Although she was well dressed, she looked much more haggard than before. The three of us hugged each other and cried bitterly. When we wanted to take her away, we were beaten and scolded by the servants here. Not long after, we met the lady. She took us in because she felt sorry for us. After we got out of our hard life, we often came here to see her. The servants here didn't stop us because we were close to the lady."

Hatred flashed in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and said, "After we received our monthly salary, we would keep a portion and send it to Wu's parents to repay them for their help on the road. Wu Fan kept saying that he would wait for Xue Ling's ten-year contract to expire, and then he would marry her in a sedan chair. We also helped them to make a good living and plan for the future. Later we found out that the money used by the family of three to buy a house and land came from Xue Ling."

"But half a year ago, I accidentally learned that Wu's parents had already chosen a marriage for him and that he would be getting married at the end of the year. We were so angry and felt sorry for Xueling that we ran to their house to question them."

“Hmph,” Qinghong sneered, half with hatred and half with regret, “The Wu family’s parents probably felt that they no longer needed us, so their true colors were revealed. They cursed Xueling in front of us... using foul language, saying that their son has a noble character and Xueling is not worthy of him.”

Qinghong got emotional when she said this. "Do you know? After Xueling found out, she tried to commit suicide many times. It was the two of us who persuaded her back from the brink of death. She participated in the selection of the most beautiful woman with the determination to win. She said that she would earn enough money for the rest of her life in the next seven years. Seven years later, the two of us asked for grace from the lady, and the three of us left this sad place. That beast Wu Fan had the nerve to come to her, and I scolded him in the backyard. He couldn't bear the humiliation and rolled away in disgrace. But why did she die? Why? Why didn't that bastard Wu Fan die?"

She covered her face and cried, crying heartily, crying out the grievances she had felt for a long time, not only for herself but also for the dead Xueling.

Jiang Muxia sighed deeply, clasped his fists to everyone present, and pleaded, "Everyone has heard what Miss Qinghong said. Can you please be a witness for them and speak for them when someone from the government office comes?"