Chapter 104: Overturning the table
Chapter 104 Overturning the table at the slightest disagreement
The old lady was stunned. Xie Yu went to take part in the assessment of Baihe Academy?
"Boss, is this true?"
Xie Changting nodded with a gloomy face, "It is absolutely true. I have already gone to Baihe Academy to ask the teacher who is in charge of the recruitment."
Although Xie Yu is also a child of the Xie family, it makes no difference to the old lady whether she or Xie Lan goes to study at Baihe Academy.
But the old lady knew that Xie Changting had gone to great lengths to send Xie Lan to school, not out of love, but to increase Xie Lan's status and for his own career advancement.
Now that Xie Donghai has messed things up, the two brothers are bound to have a rift over this.
"Mrs. Peng, what's going on? Didn't you say that Miss Yu was not feeling well and stayed in her own courtyard to rest, and that's why you didn't come to pay your respects?"
Mrs. Peng's eyes flickered. "Mother, I don't know. Yu'er did send a maid to tell me early in the morning that she was not feeling well, so I didn't let her come to pay her respects to you."
The old lady glared at her angrily, then turned to ask Xie Donghai, "Second Brother, do you know about this?"
Xie Donghai was unaware of this matter, but as a couple for many years, he could tell at a glance that Mrs. Peng was feeling guilty. But he pretended not to know, "Yu'er went to take the test? Could this be a mistake?"
The old lady looked at Xie Changting in embarrassment, and after a while she said, "Boss, why don't we wait until Yu comes back before asking about this?"
Seeing Xie Changting pursed his lips and said nothing, the old lady ordered the maid, "Go and wait at the gate. When the second young lady comes back, ask her to come and see me immediately."
The maid also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she responded and left.
The assessment of Baihe Academy was not difficult and did not take long. Before they had waited long, Xie Yu came back.
Knowing that the old lady wanted to see her, Xie Yu felt a little guilty, but when she thought of her mother, she felt at ease.
"Yu girl, where have you been?"
Seeing the old lady's unfriendly expression, Mrs. Peng secretly gave her daughter a look, "Yu'er, didn't you say you were feeling unwell? Have you seen a doctor?"
Xie Lan was staring at them and sneered, "Second Aunt, do you think everyone is blind and can't see your signal?"
Mrs. Peng’s face froze.
Xie Changting glanced at her and said coldly, "Yu girl, did you go to Baihe Academy to take the test?"
Xie Yu panicked. She didn't expect the truth to be exposed so quickly. She avoided his gaze and said, "No, I went to see a doctor."
Xie Changting didn't expect that his niece would dare to lie. His face became more gloomy. "Really?"
Xie Yu wanted to argue, but Xie Lan was too lazy to listen.
"You and your daughter are really the same kind of people, thinking that I can do nothing to you if you don't admit it. Since you said you didn't have it, then fine, I will go find the teacher who registered for the examination now.
I want to see if Baihe Academy will admit a student with bad character."
Seeing Xie Lan was about to leave, Xie Yu blurted out anxiously, "You are not allowed to go."
"What? Are you admitting that you stole my three thousand taels of silver and stole my assessment sticker?"
The truth was exposed, and Xie Yu stopped pretending. He simply stiffened his neck and said, "Stop slandering me. I didn't steal your banknotes. I didn't steal the assessment slip from you. My maid picked it up."
"Uncle, Lan girl, you all heard it. Yu'er didn't do it. You can't wrongly accuse her."
The assessment sticker is not an ordinary thing, how could it be picked up. Xie Donghai naturally knew that it was not such a coincidence, but Xie Yu was his daughter, so he naturally had to protect her, "Yes, brother, this may be a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?" Xie Lan sneered and called Daqing over. "Tell everyone the whole story."
Daqing was originally worried that Xie Changting and Xie Lan would investigate the silver note issue, but he didn't expect that there was a ready-made scapegoat. Naturally, he would not miss such a good opportunity.
"Second Miss, it was you who had someone knock me unconscious, snatched the banknotes, and swapped the bundle containing the assessment stickers. The wound on the back of my head was caused by being beaten at that time, and this bundle and wooden box are the things in the mansion. If it wasn't you who had someone do it, who else could it be?"
"You are talking nonsense. I am afraid you have embezzled the banknotes and are slandering me."
This is a case of not crying until you see the coffin. Xie Lan raised his chin towards the hammer and said, "Do it."
Before anyone could react, Tie Chui drew out his sword and put it on the neck of the maid who was following Xie Yu.
Hongyue was so frightened that she was afraid that the hammer would kill her. She said tremblingly, "Don't kill me, it has nothing to do with me. It was the second girl who forced me to switch Daqing's baggage and take the eldest girl's assessment card to Baihe Academy to take the assessment."
Xie Yu glared at Hongyue fiercely. This girl was really useless.
"Yes, I took your assessment note and took the assessment. So what? We are both children of the Xie family. Why can only you go to the White Crane Academy, but I can't?"
Mrs. Peng's face changed. She didn't expect Xie Yu to admit it.
I had to pretend to be furious and said, "How could you take your elder sister's assessment sticker? Now that you have done something wrong, why don't you apologize to your elder sister quickly."
Then he evaded the point and said to Xie Lan, "Lan girl, I didn't expect your third sister to be so foolish as to do such a thing. It's because your second uncle and I don't have the ability to send your third sister to Baihe Academy that she was unwilling to do so and had this crooked idea."
"Brother, it was my incompetence that caused Yu to make a mistake. But now the mistake has been made. The assessment of Baihe Academy has already passed, and it cannot be undone."
I know that Lan girl has been wronged, just think of it as caring for your third sister and give her the place in Baihe Academy. Second uncle will definitely find a way to get you another assessment card in the future."
After a pause, he continued, "If you really want to go to school now, there are ways. Your second and fourth sisters are both studying at Shigu Academy, and you can go with them. It's just right that you three sisters will have company to go to and from school.
There is no need for assessment in Shigu Academy, as long as you submit your tuition on time every month.
How about this, I will pay for Lan's stay at Shigu Academy, and you don't have to pay for it from the public. This is to make up for Yu'er's mistake."
Although Mrs. Peng felt sorry for Shu You, she also knew that Xie Yu had taken advantage of her. "We are all sisters. Lan is the eldest sister. Please be generous and forgive your third sister this time."
The old lady didn't want to cause a conflict between her two sons because of this matter. Besides, Xie Yu grew up in the mansion since she was a child, so she naturally favored her more in her heart.
"Boss, the assessment test has already passed. Even if the assessment sticker is returned, Lan girl can't participate. Now that things have come to this, let's forget about it, okay?"
Xie Changting also knew that since he had missed the assessment, he could only let the matter go and forget about it.
Xie Yu was very proud, because she knew that the old lady and her parents would protect her in this matter.
Xie Lan glanced at everyone, without saying a word, raised his hand and overturned the table in front of him.
Looking at the messy ground, Aunt Zhao was terrified.
She knew that the girl would not let this go.
(End of this chapter)