Chapter 1095 The Murderer is Miss Gong

Shu Yu asked quickly and urgently, and Meng Yunzheng did not interrupt.

After she finished asking her questions, she said softly, "The real murderer is my half-sister from the Gong family."

Shu Yu frowned. "Her?"

She remembered Meng Yunzheng saying that this younger sister seemed to be only about fourteen years old this year.

Besides, wasn't she very close to Madam Gong and that Second Young Master Gong? Why would she still kill that Second Young Master?

The biological mother of this young lady, Aunt Chen, used to be a maidservant by Lady Gong's side, and they were already close.

Later, when Madam Gong failed to conceive, she instructed Gong Qiu to take Concubine Chen as her concubine. The plan was that after Concubine Chen gave birth, the child would be adopted.

As a result, Aunt Chen was not liked by Gong Qiu, and Gong Qiu rarely touched her.

Instead, another concubine became pregnant and gave birth to the Second Young Master Gong after a difficult labor. Since the Second Young Master Gong's concubine had died and it was a boy, it was the best outcome for Madam Gong, and thus the Second Young Master became Madam Gong's son.

Gong Ershao was three years old when Aunt Chen gave birth to Gong Ya, the eldest daughter of the Gong family.

Aunt Chen really wanted Madam Gong to take Gong Ya under her name as the legitimate daughter of the Gong family. Unfortunately, Madam Gong already had the Second Young Master Gong by her side, and the Second Young Master Gong was in poor health. Madam Gong had already spent too much energy taking care of him, and she really didn't want to cause herself any more trouble.

Besides, Gong Ya is just a girl who will get married sooner or later, so there's no benefit in acknowledging her. On the contrary, if she marries as the legitimate daughter in the future, she'll have to provide a dowry.

Even so, Aunt Chen and Gong Ya never gave up on this idea. Gong Ya has been busy serving Madam Gong for many years, and has been very attentive.

She considered herself to be on Madam Gong's side, and therefore regarded Meng Yunzheng as an enemy. She believed that she and the Second Young Master Gong were the proper young masters of the Gong family, while Meng Yunzheng, an outsider who had only returned to the Gong family at the age of ten and had caused discord within the family upon his return, should be expelled from the Gong family.

Meng Yunzheng's reputation has not been good in the past two years, and a large part of the reason lies with her.

Although Meng Yunzheng never said it, Shu Yu had guessed from his and Zhao Xi’s few words that the idea of ​​poisoning Meng Yunzheng to make him mute was probably given to Madam Gong by Gong Ya.

Why would a girl who relied on Gong Ershao and Gong Madam kill Gong Ershao?

Meng Yunzheng said, "Gong Ya is over fourteen years old and has reached the age for marriage."

Shu Yu was taken aback. "You mean, Madam Gong and her son are making trouble for her marriage?"

“Yes.” Meng Yunzheng nodded. “Gong Chang is seventeen years old this year. At this age, he should be engaged, if not married. But because of his health, it has been delayed.”

But given the Gong family's status and position, even if Gong Chang were terminally ill, there would still be people wanting to marry into his family. The problem is, Madam Gong wouldn't approve of such families.

However, the people she liked were not interested in her.

No wealthy or powerful family that dotes on their daughters would be willing to marry her off to a sickly man, especially since this sickly man is not even a legitimate son of the Gong family.

Therefore, Gong Chang is still not engaged.

Madam Gong was naturally anxious, but Gong Qiu disliked her because of her poisoning of Meng Yunzheng, leaving her with no one to consult.

Just a few days ago, news came from the Liu family that they were looking for a marriage for their eldest granddaughter.

(End of this chapter)