The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 38

She'd never expected that this hairpin was one of the first madam's dowry, and she'd never expected that Su Qingyan would try to pull this. As she stared at the hairpin on Su Qingwen's head, she could only feel that hairpin becoming more and more bothersome. Even to the point where she wanted to immediately rip it out and throw it away.

Su Qingyan turned to Su Qingwen with a pitiful look and said, "Second sister, if you'd really liked my mother's hairpin that much, then you should have told me. I definitely would have endured the pain of parting with it and given it to you. Why trouble someone to steal it?"

Su Qingwen looked to Su Qingyan with a puzzled look and then turned her gaze towards Chai Yiyun.

Sensing her daughter's gaze on her, Chai Yiyun bowed to Su Jiashi, "Mother-in-law, I didn't know this was fourth girl's hairpin."

Su Jiashi looked to Chai Yiyun and stomped her cane on the ground, "Chai Yiyun, what is this? Yan'er is also a lady of the Su manor, why would you steal something from her?"

Chai Yiyun grudgingly gritted her teeth as she glared at Su Qingyan. She then turned her attention back to Su Jiashi, yielding even further, "Mother-in-law, I'd bought this hairpin off of a servant, I didn't know it was something of the fourth miss's."

Su Jiashi glared at Chai Yiyun as she spoke and yelled out, "Someone, quickly find me that servant girl!"

Hearing Su Jiashi's severe tone, Chai Yiyun could only let Lanzhi go and find Xiaocui. Right now, the only way to save herself from this mess was to push everything onto Xiaocui and make Xiaocui her scapegoat.

When Xiaocui saw Lanzhi, she knew the situation was already out of hand. However, she still didn't understand why Su Qingyan wanted to push this onto her. But nevertheless, from the start, she was the one that'd betrayed their yard.

When Xiaocui saw Qingyan and recalled what had happened the day before, she knelt to the ground begging, "Old madam, that hairpin was given to me by the Miss, it's not stolen."

"Insolence! How could you still lie in front of the old madam." Zizhu looked to Xiaocui and coldly berated her, "That was miss's favorite hairpin, how could she give it to a servant like you? Even first-ranked servant girls like us have never gotten a reward like that."

When Xiaocui looked to Qingyan, she found that her gaze was as cold as ice. It was as if she'd already known everything from the start. Looking at Qingyan's appearance, she bowed her head to the ground, "Old madam, have mercy! Old madam, have mercy! I didn't mean to steal from the miss."

Xiaocui was sure a loyal servant. Even as things stand now, she was unwilling to let Chai Yiyun bear the consequences; this was something Qingyan didn't expect.

Su Jiashi turned to Qingyan with a smile, "Yan'er, this servant belongs to you. How do you plan to deal with her?"

Qingyan looked to Xiaocui that was on the ground and coldly said, "Drag her to Yingshuangyuan and give her 50 beatings with the staff. Zizhu, have Qingdai carry it out for me, and also tell all the servants that if anyone dares to betray my Yingshuang residence, they'll end up worse than Xiaocui."

Chai Yiyun stood the the side silently, not once speaking up for Xiaocui. Xiaocui was devastated; she'd already seen how granny Ruo ended up last time. Instantly, she charged out of the crowd and head first into a rock. Her eyes, however, never left Chai Yiyun as she glared at her with resentment.

And with Xiaocui's death, the hairpin incident came to an end. Su Qingyan also got her hairpin back.

After returning to Yingshuangyuan, Qingyan continuously played with the hairpin in her hand. She couldn't help but to regard the hairpin coldly.

"Miss, seeing the third madam suffer in defeat, sure let's one feel relieved. Normally, she would urge even the servants to bully you." Zizhu looked to Qingyan and said seriously, "But I've yet to find a trace of happiness on miss's face."

"Zizhu, only you can tell what I'm thinking" Qingyan played with the hairpin in her hand. "But from now on, just put this hairpin in some corner. Something Su Qingwen had worn before, I sure won't touch again."