Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 484: Unjust? A sneaky maid

"Thanks to the eldest lady for taking up this position, I have always remembered it." The old woman exchanged a few pleasantries and continued, "I heard that the big yellow dog in the yard died this morning, and I felt something was suspicious. I was in the kitchen yesterday and was free at that time, so I was going to take a nap. I saw... I saw the maid in the lady's yard acting a little sneaky. I was worried that she was going to do something bad, so I followed her to find out what was going on. I followed her to the corner of the backyard and saw that the maid just fed some food to the big yellow dog. I didn't think much about it and went back to rest."

"The one beside Yan Huan?" Yao Qingnian frowned.

"Yes, when I think back, I always feel that the maid's behavior is a bit suspicious, so I came here to inform you and see if you can provide some useful clues."

"Shanwei, give Granny Wen one hundred taels of silver."

"No, no, miss. I am already very grateful that you value and promote me. I did not come here for the money today. I just want to tell you the clues I know so that you can solve the problem as soon as possible. Then I can feel more at ease." Mrs. Wen refused the reward money.

"This is what you deserve. Take it. I also want to thank you for providing me with clues. Take it. I won't make it public. Today, I will pretend that you have never been here. You don't have to worry about being implicated. Go down."

"You are too kind to me. This is what I should do." After hearing what she said, Mrs. Wen did not refuse. She took the silver and left: "Thank you, Miss."

After Mrs. Wen left, Yao Qingnian asked Shan Wei to go to the corner she mentioned to see if there was any leftover residue or something.

She didn't quite believe Yan Huan would do such a thing. Since she came into the mansion, they hadn't had any interactions or conflicts, and he had always been polite to her. There was no reason for her to do this...

Shan Wei came back quickly: "Miss, I found this in the corner." She brought back the bone fragments she picked up in the corner.

Yao Qingnian took it and took it to the space for testing. The test results came out, and it was indeed poisonous, and it was the same type as the poison that Dahuang was poisoned with. It seemed that Dahuang was poisoned to death by eating what the maid fed him.

She asked Shan Wei to bring the maid over for questioning. After a while, a maid with a pretty face and shrewd eyes was brought up. Her name was Cai'er, and she was a second-class maid beside Yan Huan.

"Hello, young lady. What is your request for me?" The maid was calm and composed, not at all panicked.

"The big yellow dog in my yard died. I heard that you went to the backyard yesterday, so I asked you to come over and ask." Yao Qingnian looked at her straight in the eyes.

"Oh! How could this be? She was fine yesterday!" the maid said in surprise.

“Have you seen Da Huang?”

"Yes, miss, I fed it some food in the backyard yesterday!" She generously admitted that she fed Da Huang.

"Do you know how Dahuang died?" Yao Qingnian was a little surprised that she, a little maid, could be so calm in front of her master.

"I don't know." She looked innocent.

"It died of something bad."

"What? That's such a pity! Da Huang is such a lovely dog."

"You really don't know?"

"Miss, what do you mean? Do you suspect that I did it? This is unfair. I have no grudge against Dahuang, so why would I poison it to death?!" Cai'er raised her voice a few notches.

"When did I say it died of poisoning?!"

"You said it ate something bad, I thought..."

"Why do you think so? Tell me, why did you poison Dahuang!" Yao Qingnian looked straight at him without any warmth in his eyes.

"Miss, it's unfair, I didn't do it! I am the madam's person, you can't put the crime on my head without any evidence." Cai'er knelt on the ground and cried out that she was unfair.

"What did you feed Da Huang yesterday when you were sneaking around? You'd better tell me the truth."

"My lady, I don't know what you are talking about. I only feed Da Huang some ordinary leftovers and bones."

"Ordinary leftovers?! Okay! Shanwei, feed her all the leftover bones you picked up. If she is willing to eat, I will believe that she didn't do it!"

"Miss, you can't do this! I am the madam's person! I want to see my madam." Cai'er finally showed a little panic at this time. Seeing Shan Wei coming over with the remaining bones, she hurriedly dodged.

At this time, a figure rushed in from outside the courtyard. It was Yan Huan. Just now, she was about to go out for a walk. A servant came over and said that the maid Cai'er was taken away by the eldest lady's people. After hearing this, she came to Yao Qingnian's courtyard. As soon as she came in, she saw the maid hiding in a hurry. Although she was the daughter of a merchant, she was the mistress of the Shen Mansion after all. Even if the maid did something wrong, she should have informed her instead of torturing her in private. Wouldn't this be a slap in the face of her as the mistress of the house? So Yan Huan's face flashed with displeasure: "Miss Nianran, what happened? I don't know what my maid did wrong to make you so angry?"

"Mrs. Shen, my dog died suddenly this morning. I heard that your maid fed it something yesterday. I asked her to come over and ask if there was anything wrong."

"You are the eldest lady of the mansion. There is no problem in calling Cai'er over for questioning. But I just saw you grabbing my maid. It doesn't look like you are questioning her, right?"

"Madam! Please save me, I am innocent! Miss, she, she wants to kill me." When the maid saw Yan Huan coming, she ran to her as if she saw a savior.

"Miss Nianran, it's just a dead dog. Why make such a fuss? If you like it, I'll have someone buy you a few better ones." Yan Huan respected her at first, but she was just being polite to her because she had just entered the mansion. But she was so disrespectful to her and was so arrogant. Then she had to show her dignity as the mistress of the house, otherwise how could she manage the mansion in the future? Yao Qingnian came back from the countryside, and she must have never seen the world. She thought she could just give her some good things to get rid of her like the old lady and the others did, and the matter would be over.

"Mrs. Shen, what you said is wrong. Today, the dog Dahuang in my courtyard was poisoned to death. Then tomorrow, will it be the maid in my courtyard who will be poisoned, or me?! Besides, although Dahuang is a dog, it is also a dog in my courtyard. If someone dares to attack my courtyard, I will definitely investigate thoroughly and find out who is responsible."

"You're exaggerating." In her eyes, it was just a dog. How could human life be more important?