Chapter 455 - Forced to Make Her Exit (1/2)

Chapter 455 Forced to Make Her Exit

“If you are not the one behind it, who else could it be? Madam of Duke Xing, you’ve been in charge of the inner yard of Duke Xing’s Mansion and enjoyed a good reputation. Why can’t you explain it clearly today?” Rui’an Great Elder Princess sneered. Even if Madam of Duke Xing was not the one behind what had happened today, she would make her take the blame.

On hearing her words, Madam of Duke Xing became speechless. She flushed in embarrassment and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, “Great Elder Princess, I, I really don’t know what happened. Although I’m in charge of most of the domestic affairs, there are some things that I don’t know.”

“Madam, do you mean that those things that you don’t know were done on instructions from Old Madam? Old Madam is your mother-in-law, so her deeds are out of your reach, right?”

Rui’an Great Elder Princess asked in an aggressive manner.

“How, how could it be Old Madam…” Madam of Duke Xing was so flustered that she didn’t even have time to wipe her tears.

“Now that it has nothing to do with Old Madam, whom does it have something to do with? Madam of the third branch? Because of her grudges against the First Miss Qin, she vented her anger on Zhuozhuo, trapped her with sinister tactics and intended to kill her?” Rui’an Great Elder Princess said in an increasingly harsh tone.

Her aggressive words made everyone in Shao’s Mansion stand gazing at one another and did not dare to say anything else. Did Great Elder Princess get her eye on Duke Xing’s Mansion?

Compared with what had happened to the fifth Miss Shao, the affair between Wang Shengxue and the maid was just a minor matter. Everyone’s attention was caught up in the conversation between the two of them.

According to the meaning in Rui’an Great Elder Princess’s words, someone in this mansion intended to trap the Fifth Miss Shao. Was it Old Madam, Madam of Duke Xing, or Madam of the third branch?

Thinking of this, everyone present got butterflies in the stomach. If it was found out to be true, the entire Shao clan might be implicated.

Everyone stared fixedly at Madam of Duke Xing.

Duke Xing coughed in a low voice and came out to ease the situation, “Great Elder Princess, rest assured. We will definitely check it out. We will hand over anyone we find out to you for interrogation.”

“What if you fail to find out anyone?” Rui’an Great Elder Princess slightly lifted the corners of her mouth and said coldly, “Aren’t there numerous intricate cases without clues that the officials failed to find out the truth and left them unsettled in the end?”

Others might not know about the hidden rules of the official circles, but Great Elder Princess knew clearly.

The officials usually shifted the responsibility and left the cases unsettled in the end.

“Great Elder Princess, we will try our best to check it out!” Duke Xing said with uneasiness.

“How long will it take to check it out?” With her face turning cold, Rui’an Great Elder Princess asked.

Duke Xing became speechless. He looked at Madam of Duke Xing, who felt aggrieved with a pale face, and then looked at Shao Wanru, who was still nestled in Rui’an Great Elder Princess’s arms. Knowing that he had to answer, he could only brace himself to say, “Great Elder Princess, rest assured. I will check it out as soon as possible!”

“As soon as possible? Can’t you tell me the exact time?” With her face turning cold, Rui’an great elder princess said with gloomy eyes.

“Uh… it’s hard to tell the exact time.” Duke Xing said with a sweaty forehead.

“Duke Xing, don’t you think that you are shirking your responsibility deliberately? You said that you would check it out, but you don’t know when you can do that. Perhaps Zhuozhuo will get killed in your mansion before you check it out. It hasn’t been long since she entered your mansion and was recorded in the pedigree of your clan, but she almost got killed and was trapped with such sinister tactics. If the one behind it could prepare in secret for a few more days, will Zhuozhuo have any chance to survive?”

Rui’an Great Elder Princess raised her voice to say and glanced coldly at all the elders of the Shao clan present. “When the elders are here today, the one behind it plotted against Zhuozhuo with a series of setups. What happened before is also part of it. What profound hatred makes the one unable to tolerate Zhuozhuo’s existence?”

Although Shao Wanru didn’t get involved in what happened before, everyone was smart enough to tell that obviously the one behind it was supposed to get Shao Wanru involved in it.

What profound grudges the one bore against a girl who had just entered the mansion?

If there was someone bearing grudges against Shao Wanru, it should be Old Madam and Madam of Duke Xing. It was said that both of them didn’t like and even hated the fifth Miss Shao. It was rumored in the capital city that Old Madam liked the First Miss Qin. Now although the First Miss Qin was proved to be the fake fifth Miss Shao, did Old Madam still dislike the real fifth Miss Shao?

But even if she disliked Shao Wanru, she wouldn’t be so vicious, would she?

The elders did not dare to speak and could only continue sitting there and watch them helplessly. Some of them even regretted that they had come here today. It was obvious that this was not a good thing!

“I promise it won’t happen again!” Duke Xing promised Rui’an Great Elder Princess.

“Duke Xing, are you the one setting Zhuozhuo’s yard on fire?” Rui’an Great Elder Princess sneered.

“How, how could it be possible!” Duke Xing forced a smile and said, “What makes you think so!”

“Since you are not the one behind it, what makes you think that it won’t happen again?” Rui’an Great Elder Princess said with contempt.

Duke Xing couldn’t answer for a while. Madam of Duke Xing felt resentful in secret and wanted to answer, but she was afraid of Rui’an Great Elder Princess, so she could only gently push Nanny Sheng and motion for her to speak.