After the eldest daughter was reborn, the whole family knelt down and begged for forgiveness

"We were coming back from the Huguo Temple yesterday to pray for blessings, but we ran into bandits on the way."

"It was my fault that I failed to protect my master and the young lady, and she was kidnapped by the bandits..."

The driver knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, slapping himself in the mouth as he spoke. Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard this.

A soft voice exclaimed: "Sister didn't come back all night, doesn't that mean..."

Having said this, Ye Jin covered his mouth again, looking as if he had said something self-deprecating.

Although the person below didn't finish speaking, the rest of the people understood the implication of Ye Jin's words.

Xie's face turned pale and she almost fainted...

Yong'an Hou was furious and asked, "What's going on?"

The driver, Liu Da, who was kneeling on the ground, was trembling with fear and pleaded guilty: "I deserve to die for not protecting the young lady. Please punish me, Madam."

Ye Jin supported Xie and said, "Father, mother, it was an accident that we met bandits on the road. Mother, please forgive the driver for his loyalty in returning the message."

As soon as the words fell, people around him praised her one after another: "Miss Jin is really kind-hearted."

The maids who followed Ye Jin from Jingzhou said proudly, "Of course not. Our girl is a well-known living Bodhisattva in Jingzhou."

Ye Jin curled the corners of his lips slightly, and in a gentle voice asked the maid beside him to help the driver up, but the driver was kneeling on the ground and could not get up.

"Miss Jin, please don't beg for me. I lost the young lady, so I deserve to die a thousand times..."

In the midst of the commotion, a voice suddenly came from the door: "You deserve to be killed!"

These words were like a bolt of thunder in the hall which was already in chaos. Everyone was slightly startled and looked in the direction of the voice. They saw a young girl in blue clothes and two maids appear in the flower hall.

Although she was wearing plain clothes and plain hair, she was still stunningly beautiful, especially her eyes, which were brighter and more dazzling than the morning sun...

For a moment, everyone in the mansion was stunned. They knew that the eldest daughter was good-looking, but she usually kept her head down and followed the old lady, looking timid. She had never had such a majestic aura.

Not to mention Marquis Yong'an and the Xie couple.

When they went to Jingzhou, Xiao Xuetang was only eleven years old. He was frail and sickly and looked younger than other children of the same age. He chased after their carriage and cried like a tearful person.

Unexpectedly, five years have passed in a flash, and the child who was chasing the carriage back then has now grown into a big girl, showing her charm.

The couple were stunned and did not recognize Xiao Xuetang for a moment. At this moment, Xiao Xuetang walked straight to Liu Da and slapped him in the face!

Liu Da was caught off guard by a slap and fell to the ground. He covered his face and exclaimed, "Miss, weren't you captured by the bandits? Why are you back?"

Even though he was prepared, Ye Jin's expression still flashed a subtle light when he heard the word "Miss" from Liu Da's mouth.

She is Xiao Xuetang?

Empress Xiao as recorded in later generations!

How come she came back...

Xiao Xuetang sneered, "If I don't go back home, will you be allowed to slander my reputation here for nothing?"

Yong'an Hou didn't expect that his delicate daughter would actually hit someone on the spot, and disapproved: "Xuetang, if you have anything to say, please talk it over nicely, how can you hit someone so casually?"

Ye Jin also said: "Yes, sister, I heard from father that our family has never had the habit of beating or scolding servants. Father just returned to the Marquis' Mansion and you beat and scolded the servants in public. If it gets out, people might think that father is taking credit for himself..."

From the moment she entered the door until now, Xiao Xuetang had deliberately avoided looking at Ye Jin. She was afraid that she would not be able to control the urge to kill Ye Jin!

Hearing Ye Jin's familiar tone of voice, Xiao Xuetang's heart was filled with hatred. She clenched her fists and barely managed to control her emotions. She looked at Ye Jin coldly and said with a smile, "Who are you? I didn't even know when I got such a big sister!"

Facing Xiao Xuetang's question, Yong'an Hou and Xie Shi looked a little uncomfortable.

They left Kyoto five years ago, not because they couldn't bring their families with them. The reason they left Xiao Xuetang with the old lady in Kyoto was to fulfill their filial piety to their parents.

In the past five years, they seldom asked about Xiao Xuetang, but adopted a girl of the same age as Xiao Xuetang and raised her like a treasure... Even though they had prepared many excuses in their hearts, they could not say a word under Xiao Xuetang's clear gaze. After a long while, they said, "Jin'er's identity is a long story. Your father will explain it to you later. But what happened to you last night?"

Marquis Yong'an originally wanted to ask what happened to his daughter, but his words changed when they came to his lips.

Xiao Xuetang had long been accustomed to their partiality, so there was no ripple on her face. She just said to Yong'an Hou: "Yesterday, I followed my grandmother's order to go to Huguo Temple to get the amulet. When I returned to the city, it was already late, but I didn't see the driver. I found out that the driver was addicted to gambling again last night and went to the gambling house to gamble. As a result, I had to go back to Huguo Temple to stay overnight."

"Fortunately, a nobleman took me in last night, and today he sent a carriage to take the three of us back to the city. But when I got back, I heard the driver wantonly shouting and slandering my reputation. Now half of Kyoto knows about it. Shouldn't such a traitorous servant be killed?"

Xiao Xuetang had only slapped the driver just now, but now he was ready to kill him. The driver turned pale with fear and kept saying in defense, "My Lord, I am telling the truth. I can swear on the lives of my family that I saw the young lady being captured by bandits with my own eyes."

At this moment, a discordant voice came from the crowd: "Could it be that the young lady was captured by bandits and dared not admit it, so she wanted to kill the coachman to silence him..."

The person who spoke was none other than Qiao Niang, Ye Jin's personal maid.

In her previous life, she helped Ye Jin to do evil and did many bad things.

Xiao Xuetang's eyes turned cold, and Qiyue stepped forward and slapped Qiaoniang in the face: "Where did you come from, you rude person? You have no right to interrupt the master when he is talking!"

Qiao Niang covered her face with a look of disbelief.

In Jingzhou, she had a say in front of the lady. How dare a little girl in the marquis's mansion hit her?

Seeing that the person next to him was beaten, Ye Jin looked unhappy, and said with a look of self-blame: "Don't be angry, sister. The person next to me is straightforward and used to saying whatever she wants. I will teach her the rules in the future."

Ye Jin seemed to be apologizing for Qiao Niang, but in fact he was implying that Xiao Xuetang hit people because he was angry and humiliated.

If it was the Xiao Xuetang in the past, she would definitely be unable to defend herself, but now Xiao Xuetang just glanced at Ye Jin calmly and said, "Miss Jin is not from Kyoto. How could she know that once a girl's reputation goes wrong, it will affect the reputation of all the sisters in the family."

"My father had just returned to Kyoto after his military exploits. He was being watched by people, and at this critical moment, Liu Da framed my reputation like this. He was not targeting me alone, but all my sisters. Could there be someone behind this?"

After Xiao Xuetang finished speaking, Ye Jin's face, which had been smiling, turned a little pale.

The second wife, who had been watching the fun from the sidelines, could no longer sit still.

Her daughter Yun Ni was just reaching the age of marriage, and she couldn't let herself be implicated for no reason. She immediately stood up and said, "Since Liu Da is a gambler, maybe he took money from outsiders to deliberately frame our daughter. Liu Da can't be beaten to death, he must be arrested and tortured to find out who is behind this!"

Who would have thought that at this moment, a dry howl could be heard from afar: "This is terrible. Such a scandal has happened in our mansion. Why don't we strangle that evildoer to death with a piece of white silk..."