The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Buddhist temple.

Fu Ling clasped his hands together, slowly moved the Buddhist beads with his fingers, and muttered to himself.

But I heard footsteps.

Mother Xing came in and bowed: "Madam."

Fu Ling glanced and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Qiuyun, who is beside the Third Miss, brought Youlan from Qingluzhai here and said that the gatekeeper flirted with Youlan. But the gatekeeper said that Youlan had smuggled jewelry out of the house and had already found it on her body."

Fu Ling's brows knitted slightly, "Bring her in, go to Qingluzhai, and call Si Niang over as well."

……

By the time Fu Ling had listened to everyone's speeches, Youlan had already burst into tears.

"So, it was Si Niang who asked you to pawn this thing?"

Youlan nodded hesitantly: "My madam, yes."

Fu Ling uttered a soft "oh", and his kind and calm features appeared particularly compassionate, as always revealing a bit of the compassionate look of the Jade Guanyin.

"How did the daughter of the Xue family get to the point where she had to pawn her things to make a living? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if the news got out? Tell me, why did Si Niang ask you to sell your jewelry?"

Youlan sobbed non-stop. She had been wronged for many days and now kowtowed like crazy: "Madam, please save our Qingluzhai! Aunt Rong bribed the servants to deduct the share of Qingluzhai. If you don't exchange your jewelry for some silver, the fourth young lady won't even be able to afford medicine!"

"Is there such a thing?!" Fu Ling held his chest in shock.

The reason why the doorman was able to make things difficult for Youlan this time was because he had received favors from Aunt Rong on a daily basis and naturally sided with Aunt Rong.

Seeing this, the servant argued, "Madam, this is probably just an excuse made by Youlan. We have even found the stolen goods. The evidence is irrefutable!"

Youlan quickly denied: "The things belong to the Fourth Young Lady, I didn't steal them!"

Upon seeing this, Fu Ling gave a wink to Mother Xing, who then reached out to Qiu Yun, who understood and handed over the drawstring bag.

Mother Xing took out the gold hairpin from her drawstring bag. Fu Ling took it, looked at it over and over again, and frowned.

Even Mother Xing noticed it: "Madam... this golden hairpin looks familiar to me. It seems to be given to the third young lady by the old lady of the Fu family before she passed away."

The old lady of the Fu family, Fu Ling's mother, and Xue Zhiyi's grandmother.

"Qiuyun." Fu Ling's face darkened: "Is this true?"

Qiuyun also came forward to take a look at the golden hairpin, and then bowed: "Madam, this thing is indeed the Third Miss's. The Third Miss did select some jewelry and supplements to send to Qingluzhai a few days ago, but the Miss gave the matter to Suyue to handle. I have never touched it, so I dare not make any conclusions."

At this moment, a maid came to report: "Madam, the fourth young lady has arrived."

Xue Hanshu was summoned just as she was able to get out of bed. She was supported by a maid and limped in.

Fu Ling glanced at her, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes: It's just ten strokes of the cane. It's been so many days, and you still act like a sick person. I don't know who you are showing this to.

Xue Hanshu was already sweating from the pain. When she saw Youlan kneeling on the ground, her pale lips faded a little, and she looked even more haggard. She suppressed her guilty conscience and bowed to Fu Ling: "I wonder what you want me to do for you, mother?"

Fu Ling raised his eyebrows, which made Xue Hanshu feel confused.

Fu Ling said, "If Si Niang can't manage the people under her control, why didn't you tell me?"

Xue Hanshu had no idea what she was up to and was stunned for a moment, not daring to respond.

Fu Ling smiled slightly, but she didn't look happy at all: "Do you know that Youlan in your room took Zhiyi's jewelry with her and wanted to sell it?"

Xue Hanshu moved her lips, wanting to explain.

But she had been with Xue Zhiyi since she was a child, carefully trying to please him and trying hard to maintain the drama of deep sisterly love, which made her life a little better.

And now, she actually pawned the things given to her by Xue Zhiyi for money.

Logically speaking, after Xue Zhiyi gave it to her, the thing naturally belonged to her, and she had the final say on how to deal with it.

But from a moral and logical point of view, how could she not be slapping Xue Zhiyi in the face by doing this? If Xue Zhiyi knew, he would definitely think that she had failed him and would no longer be close to her.

When Xue Hanshu thought of this, he was filled with hatred.

She hated Youlan's stupidity, as she couldn't even do such a small task; she hated her own miserable life even more, as for the sake of profit, she had to bite the bullet and act out a deep sisterly love with Xue Zhiyi.

She hated Xue Panrou for forcing her into this situation, and she also hated Xue Zhiyi, the daughter of a noble family who didn't care about worldly matters. Why did he have to give her these useless things? Wouldn't it be better to just give her silver? !

She hated everyone under this roof equally!

Is she going to admit now that she pawned Xue Zhiyi's kindness in exchange for money?

How embarrassing! It would ruin all her years of hard work. If things went wrong, she would never have the chance to use Xue Zhiyi again...

"me……"

Xue Hanshu's throat seemed to be blocked by something.

At this moment, Youlan was begging her in a pitiful voice: "Miss, I pawned it according to your wishes. Miss, please explain to Madam quickly..."

"Shut up!"

Xue Hanshu suddenly scolded Youlan: "I never asked you to sell hairpins! I didn't expect that you have served me for so many years, but you did such a shameful thing behind my back!"

Everyone was stunned, including Fu Ling.

Xue Hanshu knelt down with her injured body propped up: "Mother, Fourth Lady is not strict in her management. This wicked servant usually steals things, but he even dared to touch the things given by Third Sister, and he was so cunning and eloquent that he wanted to deceive you, mother!"

Xue Hanshu raised her childish round face and said sincerely, "Fortunately, mother was very perceptive and arrested the man. Otherwise, I really don't know how I would explain to my third sister..."

Watching all this, Youlan froze in place, shaking her head in disbelief: "No... Miss, it's not like that! It was clearly you who told me..."

At an angle that Fu Ling couldn't see, Xue Hanshu turned her head sideways, and her eyes suddenly became extremely fierce, carrying a strong sense of threat.

Her voice was as gentle as ever: "Youlan, I have treated you well, but you are trying to hide your crime and blame me. Are you crazy?"

Fu Ling was tired of dealing with such trivial matters. She didn't care about Xue Hanshu, an unknown concubine's daughter, and therefore was too lazy to pursue the matter. However, she was somewhat disappointed that she couldn't take this opportunity to deal with Aunt Rong.

He just said: "In this case, such a person cannot stay."

"No... No! I am innocent! I am innocent!"

When she heard that she was going to be sold out, Youlan kept crying out for injustice.

"Fourth Miss! I beg you! Please consider that I have served you for so long! I beg you..."

"Youlan." Xue Hanshu interrupted her crying: "Since you have served me, I should plead for you. I also believe that you are just confused for a moment."

Then, she said to Fu Ling, "Mother, in theory, the crime of theft should be sent to the government for punishment, and according to the law, it is punishable by three years in prison, but the Xue family has a strict family tradition, and this will really be a gossip. Mother is kind-hearted, so why not just sell Youlan off? I think she will change her ways in the future."

At this moment, Youlan fell into complete despair...

Xue Hanshu seemed to be pleading for her, but in fact she was threatening her. If she admitted her guilt, she would just be sold. If she continued to argue, she would insist that she was the one who stole and would be brought to justice.

But Youlan had no evidence, as only Aunt Chun was present at the time, and it was impossible for Aunt Chun to identify her own daughter for her.

She has to bear this sin even if she doesn't want to.

As if she had lost her temper, Youlan said nothing more and just stared with tears in her eyes.

Fu Ling nodded: "Since she is Si Niang's person, there is nothing wrong with her speaking up."

She said to Xing's mother, "Let's ask the dental office to collect it later."

She was convicted in just a few words, and it was at this moment that she stared at Xue Hanshu with eyes filled with boundless hatred.

At this moment, a sweet voice was heard: "Why is it so lively in my mother's yard today?"