Reborn to Be A Noble Wife

Chapter 148: Search for a Maid

Qu Zhizhen had been inside the inner room for a while, but he had not come out. The people in the inner room spoke very softly. Those who were outside could only hear faint voices, but they couldn’t hear what the people inside were saying.

Both the couple and Qu Qiuyan were on pins and needles now.

Qu Qiuyan crumpled the handkerchief in her hand into a ball. She released the handkerchief a little, and then wrung it again. She was restless.

After a long time, they heard a voice coming out from the inner room. Qu Zhizhen walked out first with anger. He sat behind the desk and glared coldly and sharply at the couple kneeling below.

His glare frightened Li and Liu Shan so much that they lowered their heads and did not dare to look up.

“Guards, take them down. Flog them twenty times as the punishment for falsely claiming the official’s daughter as theirs, and then send them to the court,” Qu Zhizhen shouted harshly.

When Li and Liu Shan, the seemingly honest yet cunning couple, heard this, they immediately knew that their scheme had been exposed. They hurriedly begged for mercy, “Please forgive us! Sir, please forgive us!”

If they were sent to the court, and if the judge found out that it was a fraud, they would be banished to the border. The couple did not expect such an outcome. Didn’t the person promise them that they would be fine? Didn’t he say that someone would help them? But it seemed that, among all the people here, only the Third Lady beside them could help them.

“Third Lady, save us! Third Lady, save us!” At this time, Li said whatever flashed across her mind. She immediately raised her head and shouted anxiously.

“I… I…” Not expecting that Li would directly call her for help at this crucial moment, Qu Qiuyan was startled in shock. Then, a trace of indignation appeared on her face, and she snorted coldly, “How dare you ask me to save you after falsely claiming Moying as your daughter? You’re disrespectful to our Qu Mansion?!”

At this time, Qu Qiuyan knew that the plan had failed. There must be nothing on Qu Moying’s right leg, and hence, Qu Moying did not have anything to do with the couple. Anyway, Mother was the one who did everything, and she did not involve in this matter directly. That said, Mother was so dumb. She was sure that she would succeed this time. How the hell did it end up like this now?

What a fool!

Sensing the coldness in Qu Zhizhen’s eyes, Qu Qiuyan hurried forward and bowed at Qu Zhizhen, huffing angrily, “Father, since this is a scam, we must not let them go. They falsely claimed that Moying was their daughter. They even made up such a plausible story that you and I bought it and suspected Moying. They deserve to die for their crime. Father, you should beat them to death.”

As Qu Qiuyan spoke, she included Qu Zhizhen into her statement, indicating that she did doubt Qu Moying just now, just like how Qu Zhizhen doubted Qu Moying too.

Hearing her say this, Qu Zhizhen shifted his gaze from Qu Qiuyan to the couple kneeling on the ground. His young servants had already come over to take them away.

Seeing this situation and hearing that they might be beaten to death, Li and Liu Shan struggled with all their might as they loudly quavered, “Sir! We don’t mean to falsely claim your daughter! Someone asked us to do it on purpose!”

Qu Zhizhen waved his hand, and the young servants silently retreated.

“Talk!”

“Sir, a few months ago, a man found us. He told us that Fourth Lady Qu was seriously ill when our daughter was missing, and he said that we could claim Fourth Lady Qu as our daughter. He gave us money and told us to secretly put a note in Granny Gu’s sachet. Then, he told us to come to the capital, find Yu Dong, and tell Yu Dong that we couldn’t find a job. Fourth Lady Qu asked Yu Dong to help us by giving us clothes and money at the back door.”