Chapter 450: Fire Vs. Water

Qin Wanru came back before the banquet started. There were too many clan members, and their status was much inferior to that of Duke Xingguo. There was no need for the head family of Duke Xingguo to accompany him. Only a few important people who were close to him were asked to stay aside. Xingguo The father-in-law stayed with me to talk and stay with me, but none of the female family members stayed with me.

Qin Wanru now changed her name to Shao Wanru. When she returned to her house, it was getting dark.

Shao Yuanhao was sent back. The eldest princess of Ruian was worried that Shao Yuanhao would stay. As soon as the ceremony was over, she sent someone to take Shao Yuanhao away. As for Qin Wanru, there were still four wives who were rough ambassadors.

When Shao Wanru returned to the house, dinner had been brought over, but it was not used yet. He said it was the Mrs. Tai's invitation, so Shao Wanru led others to the Mrs. Tai's place.

Mrs. Tai left early and asked Qin Wanru what happened after she left.

When he returned to his yard, it was too late. The maid served dinner. It was getting cold now, and Shao Wanru had no appetite. After taking a few bites, he asked several maids and the mother-in-law to take it down. Use some more.

"Miss, the hot water for bathing has been prepared, do you want to take a bath now?" Yu Jie came in and asked. The hot water was indeed brought and prepared by the servants of Duke Xingguo's mansion.

Shao Wanru nodded and entered the inner room, but sat down on the side without entering the bathing bucket. There was a strong smell of kerosene in the room, but once the door was closed, it could not be smelled outside.

Yujie walked to the back window, opened it, and looked at the night outside. A black figure suddenly appeared in front of her, scaring her so much that she took two steps back.

It was a guard dressed in black, with a stern look on his face, who repeated the incident in a concise and concise manner.

"Hushuiting discovered that Wang Shengxue had a secret meeting with a woman wearing the same clothes as the fifth lady. After being discovered, the woman jumped into the lake, landed on the shore, and came this way, followed by a large group of elders of the Shaw clan chasing after them. Seeing this, I want to sink the fifth lady into the pond to preserve the reputation of the daughter of the Shaw clan."

"Light the fire!" Shao Wanru stood up, his eyes cold and calm.

Although things were a little different from what she had guessed, she still wanted to kill herself.

Yu Jie hurriedly pulled her out of the house. The guard took out the fire stick from his arms, waved his hand, and the fire stick ignited. He threw it on the large carved bed in the room, and the fire immediately shot up into the sky. He also lit other places on fire. , and then moved away from the window, thick fireworks had illuminated the sky here.

"Madam, if you wait a little longer, she will die!" Aunt Sheng stood at the back window of Mrs. Xingguo, looking in the direction of Qin Wanru's yard, and said in a low voice.

There was no one else in the room, only her and Mrs. Xingguo. Mrs. Xingguo was leaning on the couch. After hearing what Aunt Sheng said, her face showed a bit of satisfaction.

"That's the yard for An'er to get married. We've been preparing for it for so long, how can we really take advantage of that bitch?" He curled his lips mockingly, and just let her stay for a while, so that Princess Ruian could see it. As far as her feelings for Shao Wanru are concerned, after today's incident, this yard still belongs to Shao Hua'an.

"She's just dirty after being here for so many days!" Mrs. Xingguo pressed a handkerchief on her face and sighed softly.

"Of course. After this matter is settled, Madam will adjust slowly. After the eldest son's marriage is discussed, there will be a period of time, and then no one will mention the fifth lady's matter again!" Aunt Sheng smiled. road.

They were all waiting for news from Shao Wanru.

After today, there will be no fifth Miss Shao in Duke Xingguo’s mansion. Miss Shao, who lost her reputation, had a secret meeting with a man and was thrown into the dumps. This matter has nothing to do with Duke Xingguo’s Palace. What happened, the master of Duke Xingguo’s Palace They happened to be away, and it was the people of the Shao clan who carried out the execution. So what if the eldest princess Ruian came forward.

In the end, the matter was settled. Could it be that what so many people witnessed was still fake?

Seeing Miss Shao Wu having a private meeting with a man, seeing Miss Shao Wu escaping into the lake, running into the yard following the water stains on Miss Shao Wu's clothes, and then seeing Miss Shao Wu having changed her clothes, all signs indicate that That person must be Miss Shao Wu. For the sake of the reputation of the women of the clan, she dealt with the clan girls who had ruined their integrity. This kind of thing makes sense everywhere.

And the most important thing is that this matter has nothing to do with the Xingguo Duke's government. It was a spontaneous action by the tribe. Some of the elders who were drunk were sober. If someone secretly lit the fire, it would be done. !

Calculating the time, Shao Wanru should have washed and changed his clothes by now. There is no difference between clothes wetted by taking a bath and clothes wetted by jumping into the water. Several maids in the yard over there are already waiting for Shao Wanru. As soon as he changed his clothes, he got them soaked through, and then the people of the Shaw clan found him.

"Madam... Husband... Madam..." Aunt Sheng, who had been staring at Shao Wanru's yard from the window, suddenly screamed.

"What's going on? Why are you panicking?" Mrs. Xingguo sat upright in displeasure, stood up and walked to the back window, "Is there a fuss?"

This commotion meant that things were done. She still had to "sleep and rest" here, but she couldn't be woken up. There were a lot of things today. She, the wife in charge of housework, went to bed early. It was also out of love. Excusable.

"Fire, the fire is on fire!" Aunt Sheng broke into a cold sweat as she looked in the direction of the fire. It looked like the courtyard of the wedding room prepared by the madam for the eldest son, which is now the residence of Miss Shao Wu. If this is true, If it catches fire, my wife's years of hard work will be gone.

The furniture in this place has been saved by my wife for many years. It can be said that I have saved it for about ten years. Everything in it has been carefully selected by my wife. If this is true, Even if she has a fever, she must not vomit blood.

"What, there's a fire?" Mrs. Xingguo also saw the fire at this time. The thick fire rose into the sky, and she could see it clearly even through the window.

"There's a fire, madam. It seems to be the courtyard where the fifth lady lives." Aunt Sheng said with a crying voice.

"It's on fire? It's on fire! How could it be..." Mrs. Xingguo swayed and almost fell. She grabbed Grandma Sheng's sleeve and asked, almost gritting her teeth, "How could this happen?"

"Old...I don't know, madam, hurry...go put out the fire!" Grandma Sheng stammered, feeling that something unexpected had happened.

"Let's go and have a look!" Mrs. Xingguo turned around and walked out. At this time, she had to take a look. The fire and the noisy people all showed that this matter was serious.

Because of panic, when she walked to the door, Mrs. Xingguo tripped over the threshold and fell onto her back. Aunt Sheng saw that it was not good and rushed over to help her up while shouting: "Madam, madam, Don’t panic, maybe it’s not that place, let’s go take a look and talk about it.”

"Let's go!" Mrs. Xingguo took a heavy breath, pushed Aunt Sheng away, and stumbled out. That courtyard was full of her hard work. It was the best courtyard in the entire Xingguo mansion, even better than The one owned by Mrs. Zhi is not bad. All the items used in it are valuable and decent.

Some of them were selected from Princess Qinghua’s dowry. They are all very precious and cannot be lost!

Several maids and wives who were guarding outside heard Duke Xingguo's wife coming out, and hurriedly followed behind them, heading towards the place where the flames were blazing into the sky.

The elders of the Shao clan were all stunned on the spot, looking at the courtyard in the firelight in astonishment. They were all dumbfounded. Is the courtyard burning strongly in front of them the same courtyard where Miss Shao Wu lives?

The one who stood at the entrance of the courtyard and anxiously asked the servants to pour water inside was Miss Shao Wu, right?

The clothes were still the same as during the day, which meant that the clothes worn by the woman seen at the pavilion before were even the same with the butterfly pattern on the cuffs, but the people of the Shaw clan knew that this one was not the other one.

The woman jumped into the water and her clothes were all wet. After a while, it was impossible to dry them even if they were dried. But in front of Miss Shao Wu, the clothes on her body were not only neat but also dry. She was completely dry. Jing, definitely not the embarrassed appearance they imagined.

"Not her?"

"Not her!"

"It can't be her, there's someone wearing the same clothes as her!"

"But this... how is it possible? How can someone wear the same clothes as Miss Fifth? Such clothes are not something ordinary people can afford."

After being surprised, they were confused. So many people from the Shaw family came to catch the traitor aggressively, but now they found that there was no traitor to catch. The biggest suspect, Miss Shao Wu, could not be the person they were looking for.

So who is this person?

"The clothes she wears are so gorgeous, and she's also dressed like Miss Shao Wu. Could it be that she's from the Shao Mansion?" Someone couldn't help but wonder.

"It's possible, it's very possible!" Many people responded immediately. They found that they had chased the wrong person without telling them, and they seemed to be led away by others. Every clan elder felt embarrassed and lost face, and they were bound to find someone. Such a person comes out to prove their innocence.

"The eldest lady is not here, but the second lady is here. The third lady heard that she is ill, and the third lady and the fourth lady are taking care of her. Then the most likely thing is..." Someone used the elimination method, and after such elimination, they found that it was actually the second lady Shao Jie'er. Most suspicious.

"By the way, it must be so. Miss Shao Er saw him talking to Miss Shao Wu before. They were in the pavilion." A woman suddenly remembered the afternoon and suddenly realized.

"Yes, yes, yes, it must be like this. It must be Miss Shao Er. When we came over just now, did you notice that the water traces were gone?" Someone raised a new question.

Seeing the flames soaring into the sky, they all ran over involuntarily. They didn't know when the water stains on their clothes disappeared.

"Come a few people to help put out the fire, and find a few people to go back to the original place to look for water traces, and follow the water traces to find people!" There was an old clan elder who was still clear-headed and made a decision immediately. Everyone immediately said good.

The Shao clan immediately divided into two parts. Most of them helped the people of Xingguo Palace to water the fire and put out the fire, while a small number of people turned around to look for the people.

Seeing a group of them coming, Shao Wanru, who was standing in the crowd, curled up his lips slightly. His eyes swept over the caught Wang Shengxue, his eyes were cold and sharp, like a knife blade, and the piercing Wang Shengxue's face became even more ugly. stand up.

If anyone looked closely, they would find that his whole body was shaking, almost to the point of paralysis on the ground.

Wang Shengxue only has two words in his heart now: "It's over"! He doesn't even know how this is going to end now...