Chapter 87 What's the Reason?

Pan Lianshan probably didn't expect Pan Yueqing to show such a manic and depressive expression. In her impression, a lady from a good family, no matter what, wouldn't behave like Pan Yueqing did at this moment. Nanny Liu had long heard that Pan Yueqing had been extremely irritable since she came back from Pinglong Nunnery. Previously, when she saw the Second Miss dealing with Nanny Mei, she just thought that because of Pan Haiyun's trust, she didn't dare to offend the Second Miss casually. But now, since Prime Minister Pan had returned home in a rage and had been in a foul mood, she didn't hold back anymore.

Nanny Liu frowned and, covering her face, looked at Pan Yueqing with unfriendly eyes, "Second Miss, do you still think you're the precious Second Miss of this mansion?"

These words made Pan Lianshan tremble involuntarily. She knew that although Nanny Liu was a person beside Grandmother, she had always been very observant. Judging from Nanny Liu's usual behavior of flattering the powerful and bullying the weak, it seemed that Father was also unhappy about today's matter.

Pan Yueqing wasn't annoyed by Nanny Liu's insinuating words. With a smile that lacked warmth, she slowly said, "What do you mean by that? Has Father driven me out of the house or removed me from the family genealogy?" She looked at Nanny Liu, whose face was contorted with anger, as if she was looking at a cat or a dog that could be disposed of at will.

Nanny Liu was taken aback by her words. She suppressed her anger and vented it on Pan Lianshan, "Fourth Miss! Aren't you going to reflect on your mistakes?!"

Pan Yueqing saw Pan Lianshan meekly about to leave. She reached out and grabbed Pan Lianshan's hand, smiled at Nanny Liu, and said, "Why is the Old Madam only punishing Fourth Sister? What's the reason for that?"

"The Old Madam said that Fourth Miss's fault is relatively minor. Kneeling in the ancestral hall for a while is enough. As for Second Miss's fault... it's up to the Prime Minister to decide," Nanny Liu recalled the Prime Minister Pan with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot, and then she felt a little more at ease. Pan Miaoqian was the apple of the Old Madam's eye, but she had been sent to prison by the Second Miss. Not only the Old Madam but also everyone in Cianxuan Courtyard hated the Second Miss to the core.

The Old Madam originally didn't dare to act rashly. It was only when she saw the Prime Minister's furious expression and heard Concubine Liu's words in front of the Prime Minister, and received the order to conduct an interrogation that she felt relieved.

"Fault?" Pan Yueqing caught the key word in Nanny Liu's words and sneered. Sure enough, the Old Madam and Madam Liu had already exaggerated the matter! At the moment, she grabbed Pan Lianshan's hand, looked at the triumphant Nanny Liu, and suppressed all her emotions, her face as cold as frost, "Where is Father?"

Nanny Liu was startled by Pan Yueqing's appearance and unconsciously said, "In Cianxuan Courtyard..." Pan Yueqing nodded after hearing this, pulled Pan Lianshan and started walking. Only then did Nanny Liu suddenly turn around and tell the servant boys to block their way, as if she was afraid that the two of them would run away. She shouted sharply, "Second Miss! Where are you going?!"

"Cianxuan Courtyard!" Pan Yueqing walked without looking back. Her grip on Pan Lianshan's hand unconsciously tightened. Pan Lianshan was pulled and stumbled, and she said in a low voice with a sob, "Second Sister! Second Sister... We can't fight against them... As long as Grandmother and Concubine Liu are in front of Father, no matter what we say..."

"I don't believe that if I could get justice in front of the Empress Dowager, I can't get it in front of Father!" There wasn't extreme anger in Pan Yueqing's eyes. Her eyes were dark. In a blink of an eye, she saw Li Rou kneeling in front of Cianxuan Courtyard. Pan Lianshan panicked and rushed forward to hug Li Rou and cried, "Auntie! Auntie..."

Before she could finish her words, Li Rou lowered her eyebrows and gently shook her head at her. Then she raised her eyes to look at Pan Yueqing with a serious expression, forced a smile, and bowed slightly to Pan Yueqing. Pan Yueqing lowered her eyes and turned her head away. Looking at the pitifully crying Pan Lianshan and Li Rou, who poured all her tenderness on Pan Lianshan, she clenched her back teeth in hatred.

She clearly saw the relief in Li Rou's eyes. While she couldn't stand it, she couldn't hide her envy of this deep love for her child.

"Pan Yueqing requests an audience," Pan Yueqing stood outside the door. The curtain blocked her view into the room. She vented her anger on the two maids at the door. She referred to herself as Pan Yueqing and greeted them in the tone of an outsider.

Pan Haiyun was originally sitting there to calm his anger. Unexpectedly, the sharp and stiff voice of "Pan Yueqing requests an audience" at the door once again ignited his anger. Liu Yingwei glanced at Pan Haiyun's face. The Old Madam Pan, upon hearing it, was immediately enraged. She slapped the armrest and pointed at the curtain angrily, "Haiyun! Look! Look at your good daughter! She caused such a disaster! And she's still so self - righteous! Don't forget how you studied hard through the cold windows and how you climbed to this position! Now everything is ruined!!!"

Pan Haiyun squinted his eyes and said to Qingshan in a deep voice, "Let her in." Qingshan behind him, looking at Pan Haiyun's face, couldn't help but worry for the Second Miss outside the door.

After getting permission, Pan Yueqing entered the main hall with Pan Lianshan. She saw the Old Madam Pan sitting in the main seat, Pan Haiyun sitting upright on the side, not even giving her a glance, and Liu Yingwei sitting beside them, caressing her belly. She smiled secretly in her heart. Looking at this situation, it was like a "trial by three departments"!

"Do you know your mistake?!" The Old Madam Pan scolded harshly. Pan Lianshan was so scared that she quickly knelt on the ground, trembling and biting her lower lip, not daring to speak. She firmly remembered the words that Li Rou had gently admonished her in her ear at the door just now: Never admit your mistake easily.

Pan Yueqing wasn't as frightened as Pan Lianshan. She stood there elegantly, looking around at the three of them calmly. A faint smile involuntarily escaped her lips, "Why should I admit my mistake?"

"Second Miss, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but you almost caused your father to lose his official position!" Liu Yingwei caressed her barely visible belly, as if constantly reminding everyone that she was pregnant. Her voice was soft and she seemed casual, but who knew that the hatred in her heart was almost enough to devour Pan Yueqing alive!

"Was it me?" Pan Yueqing asked in surprise. She raised her eyes and looked at Liu Yingwei for only a moment before turning to Pan Haiyun. The corner of her mouth curved into a smile, "Wasn't it Third Sister, whom you raised, Auntie, who caused Father to be involved in a lawsuit?"

"If you and Lianshan hadn't turned against her at the end, how could Miao'er have been wronged?!" The Old Madam Pan's face was stern. She heavily threw the tea cup on the ground. The sound of the broken porcelain flying made Pan Lianshan tremble. Her eyes were sinister, "Miao'er doesn't get along with you, and I don't want to say much. But why did you ruin her like this! And also drag your father's future into it!"

Pan Yueqing stood upright, looking down with a calm expression. She enunciated each word clearly, "Old Madam, please be careful with your words and actions. It was the Empress Dowager who personally convicted the case of witchcraft! Even the Empress Dowager recognized that I'm innocent, but you all want to slander me like this. What's the reason for that?!"

"Those who start a bad practice will surely come to no good end." She slowly walked in front of Pan Haiyun and curtsied to him, "Father, it was Third Sister who colluded with Brother - in - law to harm me. If they had succeeded today, Father would still have been involved in the lawsuit. Those who set such a vicious plan never considered Father's future. And Father, you should know this best!"