If it was indeed just Xie Ruotong making trouble unreasonably, she would teach Xie Ruotong a harsh lesson.
To make her remember this well!
Don’t think that just because you are the elder princess’s most beloved granddaughter, you can do whatever you want in the Song Family!
"Thank you, mother-in-law." Xie Ruotong said respectfully, slowly speaking, "At the entrance of the Song Residence, there are a few witnesses, I will call them in."
"Bring them in." Ming Yufang permitted.
Inside Xie Ruilin’s hall.
One was Wang Gui, the manager of the Song Family’s storage, and the other was He Xiang, who had testified against Qiao’er on that day.
Both of them were trembling with fear.
Xie Ruilin looked at the two people, and immediately felt a sense of panic.
Wang Gui, too, after the incident, was told by Chun Tao to resign from the Song Family due to ill health and leave. Naturally, he was given a considerable amount of silver for a worry-free latter half of his life when he left.
He Xiang was punished by the Song Family after the incident and was then expelled from the Song Family. She suffered a bit but was secretly given a substantial amount of Silver Tael by Xie Ruilin to have a good life.
Aren’t these two supposed to have left Xun City already?!
How did Xie Ruotong bring them back?
Xie Ruotong doesn’t have a single confidant in the Song Family; how could she have someone bring them back??!
Xie Ruilin’s face had somewhat changed.
Xie Ruotong, observing Xie Ruilin’s emotions, said, "Wang Gui, in front of madam, tell us, what really happened with the little figure in the charcoal used by Qiao’er?"
Wang Gui abruptly knelt on the ground, "The little figure inside Miss Qiao’er’s charcoal was placed by me."
"What?!" Ming Yufang’s face suddenly changed drastically, "Wang Gui, our Song Family has treated you well, why would you curse our Song Family !"
"It was Miss Chun Tao who told me to do it." Wang Gui, not daring to meet anyone’s gaze, said tremblingly.
Ming Yufang’s face became even more severe.
She suddenly turned to look at Chun Tao.
Chun Tao was so scared that her legs were shaking, and she quickly retorted, "No, madam, no, I never did it, Wang Gui is framing me, he’s framing me! Wang Gui, I have no grudges against you, why would you do this to me?! Could it be, could it be that someone threatened you?!"
Chun Tao deliberately pointed the finger at Xie Ruotong.
Ming Yufang also suddenly thought of something at that moment.
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"He Xiang, tell madam, why did you originally frame Qiao’er?" Xie Ruotong, not concerned about Ming Yufang’s gaze, asked the kneeling He Xiang.
He Xiang too was so scared that her voice trembled, "It was Sister Chun Tao who told this servant to do it..."
"It wasn’t me. Not me." Chun Tao also quickly knelt down, devastated, "How could this servant plot against our own young mistress? The mistress is pregnant, and this servant is more anxious than the mistress, how could this servant do such a thing, please madam discern the truth!"
"Xie Ruotong, words are no proof! Bringing two people doesn’t prove anything!" Ming Yufang straightforwardly said.
She showed even greater disdain towards Xie Ruotong.
Convinced that she was lying!
"Mother-in-law is right, indeed words are no proof." Xie Ruotong spoke directly, then took out several documents from her clothes, "Here are the documents of Wang Gui buying a house, a shop, and a bride back in his hometown after returning, costing a total of one hundred ten Silver Tael. Here is Wang Gui’s monthly wage from the Song Family, one Diao per month, food allowance of 500 Wen, plus some regular rewards, around ten Silver Tael a year. Working for the Song Family for ten years, even if he spent not a single penny, he would have at most one hundred Silver Tael. Where did the one hundred ten come from? Also, there was thirty-five Silver Tael at home, totaling one hundred forty-five Silver Tael, where did the extra Silver come from?"
Having finished, Xie Ruotong calmly continued with He Xiang’s financial details, "When He Xiang left the Song Family, she was directly expelled from the Song Residence. He Xiang was with the Song Family for only two years, also with a servant contract, was provided food and lodging by the Song Residence; besides some regular rewards, there was no wages. Yet after leaving the Song Residence, she returned home, spent three Silver Tael buying a wife for her brother, and five Silver Tael repairing her parents’ house. Where did this money come from?"
Xie Ruotong handed those documents to Ming Yufang.
Ming Yufang looked at them and shouted angrily, "Where did all this Silver come from?!"