Chapter 16: Driven Away

Seeing this scene, Xie Lingxi saw through the mastermind behind today’s situation. He glanced coldly at Chen Caiwei:

“Since your maid committed the crime, both of you will be sent to the yamen together.”

According to the Great Xia Law, if a servant commits a crime, the master will be interrogated.

Because ordinary servants act according to their master’s instructions.

If a servant does evil, the master is the primary suspect.

Chen Caiwei’s body swayed, and she almost fell to the ground. She didn’t expect Xie Lingxi to be so ruthless towards her…

Even though she had completely cleared herself.

Xie Lingxi still wanted to send her to the yamen! How could there be such a reason!

Consort Zhao stopped him, “No! Wouldn’t that completely ruin the reputation of our Northern Prince’s Mansion? We should be hiding this kind of thing.”

She didn’t want the matter of her daughter-in-law being poisoned with an aphrodisiac to go to court and become known throughout the world.

Did she still want her face?

“Sending them to the yamen is not appropriate.” Old Madam Xie shook her head and looked at Chen Caiwei, saying:

“There’s no need to investigate today’s matter. Miss Chen, you have been raised in the mansion since childhood, and you are now of marriageable age. The mansion cannot keep you forever and delay your good prospects. From today onwards, you will return to the Chen family to await marriage.”

Chen Caiwei’s face turned pale, “Grandmother…”

“Strictly speaking, I am not your grandmother.” Old Madam Xie’s expression was cold.

She liked Chen Caiwei very much, but only Xie Lingxi was the most important person to her, and no one could compare to Xie Lingxi.

“From now on, those young ladies who had a past with the heir, when the mansion hosts guests, there is no need to invite them.” Old Madam Xie added.

Old Madam Xie could not be sure who was behind it, but she could eliminate all risks.

Those from outside would no longer be invited, and those from inside would be driven away.

Chen Caiwei’s face was completely pale.

Despite all her calculations, she forgot that the Northern Prince’s Mansion was not the yamen; it didn’t need evidence, only suspicion…

The Old Madam would not possibly keep you.

Xiao Tao might have been bribed, but it was also possible that the person who bribed her was Chen Caiwei.

The Old Madam didn’t need evidence, didn’t need to know the truth.

For those in power, it was better to kill the wrong person than to let a potential threat go.

“Grandmother, what’s wrong?” Xie Ruojiao, who had just changed her clothes and finally calmed herself down, rushed over.

Chen Caiwei smiled bitterly, “It was my oversight in hosting the banquet that harmed eldest sister-in-law. I have no face to stay in the mansion, I’m going home…”

“This banquet was hosted by you and me together, how can you blame it all on one person?” Xie Ruojiao became anxious and looked at Old Madam Xie:

“Grandmother, don’t drive sister away. If sister leaves, I’ll leave too!”

Old Madam Xie frowned.

Chen Caiwei grabbed her hand, her eyes brimming with tears, “Cousin, it’s enough for you to come and see me at the Chen family often…”

“Grandmother, sister’s father died in battle, and her mother is also gone. When she returns to the Chen family, where are her relatives? Only we are her relatives!” Xie Ruojiao knelt down and pleaded.

This was precisely why Chen Caiwei was raised in the mansion since childhood.

Her father followed the Northern Prince on campaign and died in battle. Her mother died in childbirth, so she entrusted her early on to her aunt – Princess Consort Chen.

The Old Madam was grateful for the hard work and loyalty of the Chen family siblings to the Xie family and treated the only remaining Chen Caiwei like her own granddaughter.

Mentioning these past events.

Old Madam Xie’s face also showed some melancholy. When people get old, they become nostalgic. The Chen family had been generals for the Xie family for generations, and the relationship between the two families was deep.

“Sister saved my life, I won’t allow her to leave!” Xie Ruojiao hugged Chen Caiwei and refused to let go.

When she was young, Xie Ruojiao fell into a pond, and it was Chen Caiwei who saved her.

However, Xie Ruojiao didn’t know…

The slippery stones by the pond were also deliberately placed there by Chen Caiwei.

Old Madam Xie was somewhat troubled.

Chen Caiwei had indeed saved Ruojiao, and there was no direct evidence that she had harmed someone. In her heart, the Old Madam also didn’t want to suspect Chen Caiwei.