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Chapter 244 Hongying's Explanation

Shen Jingchuan narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Why are you panicking?"

This one sentence frightened Hongying so much that she immediately knelt on the ground: "I didn't..."

Although he said no, he actually looked panicked, with an uneasiness that was difficult to conceal.

Shen Jingchuan lowered his eyes and looked at her, and said in a cold voice: "You were always by Shuyi's side taking care of her when we were in the Jade Buddha Temple?"

"Yes... yes..." Hongying spoke tremblingly.

Shen Jingchuan felt that this scene seemed familiar. He stared at her for a while, then said in a deep voice, "You bumped into me not long ago!"

He didn't see the maid's face clearly last time, but she looked like she had encountered a ferocious beast, which really left a deep impression on him.

Hongying's heart tightened, and she subconsciously looked up at Shen Jingchuan and swallowed hard.

The next moment, she lowered her head and banged it hard on the ground: "Master! I am just following orders! It was Madam who told me to do that, and I had no choice!"

Shen Jingchuan came back to his senses and frowned even more deeply: "You might as well tell the truth!"

Hongying swallowed and choked a little.

Seeing that she was not going to speak, Shen Jingchuan lost all his patience and said coldly: "Drag her away and beat her! Beat her until she is willing to talk!"

Upon hearing this, Hongying's pupils shrank and tears fell directly: "I will say it! I will say it!"

Shen Jingchuan asked in a deep voice: "What did Madam ask you to do?"

Hongying choked up and said, "Madam... Madam, did you ask me to deal with the things that the second young lady brought back to you and the old lady over the years?"

"What is it?" Shen Jingchuan asked.

Hongying stammered, "Second Miss... writes to you and the old lady every year, and often takes the trouble to make... make some things and asks someone to bring them back to the mansion, but... but the lady has kept all these things... all of them."

"Those things you held a few days ago, were they brought back to the mansion by Sister Yi in recent years?" Shen Jingchuan suddenly remembered that after the maid bumped into him that day, the bag in her arms fell to the ground.

At that time, he did not look closely, but he vaguely saw a few letters and Buddhist scriptures...

"What's there?"

Hongying struggled for a moment and continued, "The Second Miss made a few pairs of shoes for you, made headbands and kneepads for the old lady, and asked someone to bring you some herbs picked from the forest..."

Shen Jingchuan was slightly stunned. In the past few years, he had never received anything that Shen Shuyi had asked someone to bring back.

But from what the maid said just now, it is not difficult to know that those things were withheld by Qin Xuerong, so they were never delivered to him and the old lady.

There was more anger in Shen Jingchuan's eyes: "Are those things still there? I saw those things in your bag that day!"

Hongying lowered her head, as if she dared not say a word: "No...no...she's gone!"

Shen Jingchuan sneered, "You still refuse to tell the truth! Drag him away and beat him!"

As soon as Shen Jingchuan finished speaking, he was about to leave. Hongying knelt on the ground and quickly grabbed his collar: "Master! Master! It's not that I don't want to talk, I'm just afraid... I'm afraid that Madam will investigate, and I will die!"

The thin maid's face was covered with tears. She looked up at him, as if she was really forced into a desperate situation.

"Just tell me the truth and I will protect you." Shen Jingchuan suppressed his anger and felt that his wife was really a stranger to him.

One thing after another, I don’t know what else she has done behind my back.

Hongying hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and said immediately: "Madam actually asked my aunt, Nanny Zhang, to burn the things early in the morning, but my aunt was greedy at the time and did not dispose of the things. Later, she was beaten to death. I found these after I sorted out her things..."

"Later, I collected the things and reported them to Madam. Madam asked me to burn the things, but I was timid and was afraid that burning things in the mansion would cause trouble, so...so I just found a place to bury the things."

"Where is the thing now?" Upon hearing this, Shen Jingchuan couldn't help but become anxious.

Hongying got up and said, "I buried the things in the bushes over there in the garden."

"lead the way!"

After a cup of tea, Shen Jingchuan's attendant dug out a bundle from under the bushes. Although Shen Jingchuan didn't have a deep impression of it, he remembered that it was the one the maid was holding that day.

After the bundle was opened, there were more than a dozen family letters. In addition, just as Hongying said, there were also a few pairs of men's brocade shoes. The material was not very good, and the craftsmanship was not exquisite, but it was indeed made with great care...

In addition, there were two pairs of headbands, two pairs of knee pads, a fur, some unrecognizable dried herbs, and several porcelain bottles.

Hongying choked up and said, "Master! The Second Miss has not had an easy life these years. She doesn't even have a set of decent clothes. Even in winter, she often wears thin clothes. Although these materials are not good, they were collected by the Second Miss with great effort and frugality!"

Shen Jingchuan was in a daze, and it seemed that he had never thought that this daughter, whom he had forgotten for many years, had actually been thinking about him all these years.

"The second young lady chops wood at the Jade Buddha Temple every day. Her wrist is injured and her fingers are frozen to the point of being red, swollen and stiff. She is not good at needlework, so it takes her a long time to make these few things each time."

"It was precisely because I knew that the Second Young Miss had a hard time that I begged my aunt to leave these things behind... But... But I dare not disobey Madam!"

In a word, Hongying put herself in a position of affection and righteousness.

The corners of her eyes were red, and she looked at Shen Jingchuan calmly.

"The Second Miss has been thinking about you and the old lady all these years, and even sent a lot of cakes to the old lady earlier... But the old lady always asked people to treat the Second Miss harshly, so the Second Miss gradually lost her heart. But even so, she never said a bad thing about the old lady."

"I...I am Madam's person, but...but I have been living with the Second Miss in the Jade Buddha Temple for these years. I really...I really can't bear it..."

The maid's words were a little disorganized, but from these few words, Shen Jingchuan couldn't help but wonder what kind of life Shen Shuyi had been living in the past few years.

Thinking back to when I first returned home, I didn’t even have a decent piece of clothing.

Not to mention the past few years in the Jade Buddha Temple, how could life be any better?

Shen Jingchuan held the bag and left without saying a word.

Hongying collapsed to the ground, looked at Shen Jingchuan's back and breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't know whether this matter had been accomplished.

Fortunately, Qin Xuerong has lost her power now, so she doesn't have to worry about someone seeing this and telling her wife.

But every time she thought of this, Hongying couldn't help but shudder.

The second young lady had only been back home for a short time... and she had already overthrown the mistress...

Although she didn't understand why Shen Shuyi wanted her to do this, Hongying was just glad that she didn't go against her all the way.

On the other side, Shen Jingchuan took his things back to the study and forbade anyone to disturb him.

He picked up the letter written by Shen Shuyi, opened it and read it carefully.