Chapter 534 Jade Pendant

Zhuang led Jasmine and Narcissus on a frantic run to the waterside pavilion. When they arrived at the door, the stench of blood emanating from inside made her tremble uncontrollably.

"Madam, you..."

Jasmine's face turned pale, and she knew something was wrong. At this moment, she didn't have the courage to go into the room.

The door was open, indicating that someone had been there—the maid who had sent her and Narcissus away. Now that she thought about it, the maid seemed very strange, and her lies were flimsy and couldn't stand up to scrutiny, but she had believed her.

"Waaah..."

Inside the door, Fang's painful groans could be heard. She clutched her stomach with her hands, her eyes wide open, filled with nothing but terror and emptiness.

What's going on?

Zhuang was decisive and didn't care about anything else. She pushed aside the maid and strode into the room. When she saw the scene in front of her, she felt a sweet and metallic taste in her throat and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Madam, young mistress!"

When Narcissus and Jasmine entered, the two maids immediately screamed and nearly fainted from fright.

Jasmine helped Zhuang up, and Narcissus quickly went out to call for help. She shouted for help right there in the waterside pavilion, and after calling for help, she spotted a jade pendant under the window.

Who left this? Could it be the murderer?

Inside the room, Fang lay flat on the floor, the fear in her eyes had faded. There was nothing there but emptiness and numbness. She covered her bleeding belly with her hand and said, "The baby... the baby is gone."

Seeing this, Zhuang understood everything. Who had cut open Fang's belly? Could it be...?

"Could it be that she's back? It's her?"

Madam Zhuang paced back and forth in the room, muttering and crying, "I was so sorry for you back then. Who told you to have such a vixen-like face? If my husband hadn't been in love with you, I wouldn't have ended up like this..."

Back then, Lady Zhuang and Lady Qi were very close friends. Lady Zhuang's family was from the north, and after arriving in the capital, she was ridiculed by many ladies and young women. It was Lady Qi who always protected her and treated her sincerely.

Originally, Madam Zhuang was grateful, but one day she went to her husband's study and discovered that the scroll hidden in the study was actually a portrait of Madam Qi.

Her aloof and indifferent man was in love with her handkerchief, Lady Qi, and longed for it day and night. The handle of the handkerchief was polished smooth, indicating that the scroll was seen by many people every day.

Madam Qi is already married, yet she's still being coveted by other men; she might as well be dead.

Zhuang didn't know why she had such a wicked idea. After learning that Consort Fang hated Madam Qi, she came up with this plan to make Madam Qi lose her most important son and have the Qi family accused of colluding with barbarians and executed.

Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. Zhuang has not had a single good day and has suffered torment in her heart. From then on, she began to eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist scriptures, and do charity, hoping that her actions could atone for her sins back then.

However, karma came back to bite them.

Zhuang kept muttering to herself, which the two maids couldn't understand at all. The two maids almost fainted from crying. Now that their young mistress was still alive, they had to ask Prince Luo to send someone to do everything possible to save her.

The flower-viewing banquet went awry, but the Prince of Luo was completely unaware, and even Xu Da was baffled.

The Zhuang family's daughter-in-law, Fang, had her stomach cut open. Could it have been Yu Zicheng who did it? And how did he manage to do it?

The ladies and young women attending the banquet were all on edge. The Prince of Luo could not be too explicit, so he ordered his servants to dismiss everyone and clear out the waterside pavilion for the Five Cities Military Command to investigate the case.

Half an hour later, most of the people who came to the banquet had left. Qin Nanyan also wanted to leave, but was called back by the Prince of Luo's men.

"I don't know anything."

Qin Nanyan realized she might have gotten herself into trouble and clung to her mother Zhou's arm, crying.

"My daughter, what has happened?"

The Prince of Luo dismissed everyone, using the excuse that the old princess was unwell, but it was clear to everyone that this was not the case; something serious had happened.

Now, the people from the Prince's Mansion have notified Qin Nanyan to stay, which makes her feel very guilty.

"Yes, yes..."

Even if Qin Nanyan was naive, she understood. At this moment, she could only tell her mother the truth, "Mother, my cousin and I saw Fang Shi cheating on me with a maid, so we didn't report it to save Fang Shi's face. But how did we find out?"

Apart from Lin Yue'e, no one knew that there was no one at the waterside pavilion at the time.

Could it be that Lin Yue'e betrayed her? Qin Nanyan's eyes darted around as she considered this possibility.

"You wretched child!"

Zhou was furious. "Good for Qin! This sister-in-law of hers was troublesome even before she got married, and now she's even worse. She's taught her only daughter, Lin Yue'e, to be so wicked."

Why not let her, as the mother, know about this as soon as possible, so that she can be prepared?

Now that Lin Yue'e has gone home with Qin Shi, leaving only them behind, aren't those ladies going to have a lot to think about?

"Mother, I'm really innocent! I just didn't want to get involved in other people's business. My cousin said it because she was afraid it would affect my reputation."

Qin Nanyan was also angry. Cousins ​​should stand together through thick and thin. What kind of behavior is it to leave her all alone now?

Zhou had no idea what had happened, so she took Qin Nanyan straight to the waterside pavilion, where Xu Da and his men were waiting.

Fang Shi hadn't died yet, but she had lost too much blood. Prince Luo had already sent someone to invite Physician Yan, who happened to live nearby. As for whether she could be saved, it depended on Fang Shi's fate.

Zhuang was delirious and fainted several times, repeatedly saying the words "I'm back".

"Madam Zhou, Miss Qin, could you please identify this jade pendant? Is it Miss Qin's personal accessory?"

Xu Da was thoroughly annoyed by Qin Nanyan, this persistent nuisance. With a cold face, he dangled the jade pendant in front of the two of them.

"this……"

Zhou looked down and saw that the jade pendant hanging from her daughter's waist was indeed missing.

"Oh dear, it's my jade pendant."

Qin Nanyan assumed that Xu Da had found the jade pendant, so she kept the two of them behind. She immediately smiled and said, "Thank you so much, Lord Xu."

After saying this, Qin Nanyan happily reached for the jade pendant, but Xu Da looked disgusted and quickly withdrew his hand, saying, "You can't take it away. This jade pendant is evidence."

"What do you mean, evidence?"

Qin Nanyan couldn't help but scream. She and her cousin went to the waterside pavilion, but she really didn't see anything. It had nothing to do with her.

"ah!"

Fang was carried out, and Qin Nanyan screamed as soon as she saw the red in front of her.

"Now you understand, right?"

Xu Da was too lazy to waste words. The jade pendant was found by Fang's maid under the window. It wasn't there before, which meant that Qin Nanyan had also been to the waterside pavilion during the time the villains were there.

"I do not understand."

She only witnessed someone cheating, so how did she get injured? Could it be that her cousin lied to her? Qin Nanyan was filled with anxiety and uncertainty as she watched this scene unfold.

"Fang's stomach was cut open. If you see the culprit..."

Xu Da simply made it clear, too lazy to play games with Qin Nanyan.