Chapter 110 Liu Mingyue's acting again
The two held hands and looked at each other, so affectionate and loving, not caring about Liu Mingyue who was standing beside them.
Liu Mingyue enjoyed the peace and quiet. It would be best if the two of them only had eyes for each other so that he wouldn't bother her.
Leaving the two in love, Liu Mingyue returned to the yard and immediately wrote a letter of divorce, asking Guihua to secretly deliver it to Aunt Liu. In addition to the letter, she also sent a porcelain vase, which was the one given by Bai Ziyu.
"Madam, you have already given my aunt some ointments, why did you send this extra bottle?" Peanut didn't know what his master was planning and felt it was a little strange. Could it be that it was left behind?
"There's no such thing as too much medicine. Mother can use it." Liu Mingyue took off her earrings and put them back into her dressing table. She already had a plan in her mind, but she didn't know if her mother could cooperate with her in this drama.
A few days later, the peace that the Zhou Mansion had been barely maintaining was broken. This time it was not because of anything else, but because of a dispute between Aunt Liu, who had always been aloof and evasive, and Aunt Zhao.
"Madam Liu, don't think that just because your daughter married into the Marquis's mansion, you can rise to prominence with her. You are just an orphan and a widow who came to the Zhou Mansion. Your status is much lower than mine. Your daughter supported you once, so you think you can stand shoulder to shoulder with me?"
Aunt Zhao threw the cloth in her hand to the ground, snorted coldly and stepped on it.
Today was supposed to be the day for each room to collect their monthly allowance, and today was also the day for each room to collect the fabric for making clothes.
Aunt Zhao liked the pattern chosen by Aunt Liu and wanted to go, but Aunt Liu refused, and the two had an argument. Among the concubines in the mansion, Aunt Zhao and the mistress Zhao Yinlian were from the same family, and the sisters were of the same blood, so she got a lot of benefits.
Although she was born out of wedlock, she considered herself to be much more noble than the other two concubines and never took them seriously.
"Sister, you misunderstood. The rule for each room to choose fabric is first come first served. Since I chose this one first, it should be mine. It has nothing to do with who supports me."
Aunt Liu spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, making Aunt Zhao, who was jumping up and down, look like a clown.
"What's the point of you choosing first? In terms of status, I am much higher than you, Aunt Liu, don't be too proud."
Because Aunt Liu's daughter married into the Marquis's Mansion, Aunt Zhao has been unhappy for a long time. No matter what the Marquis's Mansion is like, the title of the Crown Prince's Consort is real. They are both concubines, so why can Liu Mingyue become a phoenix from a sparrow?
"Status? Aren't we all concubines? Or when did Aunt Zhao become the mistress of the mansion?"
Aunt Liu's reply was incisive and hit Aunt Zhao right in the sore spot.
Aunt Zhao was dissatisfied with her status as a concubine and a concubine, and Aunt Liu's words undoubtedly hurt her self-esteem.
Aunt Zhao became furious and pushed Aunt Liu in a rage.
Aunt Liu was a weak and fragile person to begin with, and after being pushed like that, she fell heavily to the ground.
"You bitch! How dare you mock me! I'm going to take whatever you want!"
Aunt Zhao threw all the daily necessities such as tea leaves and candles in Aunt Liu's room onto the ground, and even crushed the bath soap.
After venting her anger, Aunt Zhao spat at Aunt Liu, then left with the servants in the room in a haughty manner.
That night, Aunt Liu fell ill. Her illness was so severe that she could not get out of bed for several days. She asked a doctor to see her, but he said that she had caught a cold and her heart was attacked by anger.
At first, no one in the Zhou residence cared about Aunt Liu's illness, and most people were gloating over her misfortune.
However, a few days later, something unexpected happened. A fire broke out in Madam Liu's courtyard, and although the night watchman discovered it and reported it in time, the fire could not be put out.
The fire was biggest in the house where Aunt Liu lived. When it was useless to put out the fire, the maids had to escape first.
"What's going on! The fire hasn't been put out for so long?" Zhao Yinlian looked at the flames rising into the sky and still felt some real worry. After all, the autumn is dry and if the wind blows, it will be troublesome if the sparks are carried to other yards.
"Well, I have already brought people to put out the fire, but due to the dry weather, the fire is difficult to put out for the time being. I will go and tell them to work harder!" The housekeeper was so breathless that he had to explain in a hurry.
"Where are the people?" Bright firelight was reflected in Zhao Yinlian's eyes as she stared at the housekeeper.
"The fire was so big, and Aunt Liu was ill. When the servants discovered the fire and rushed over, Aunt Liu's room had already been engulfed by the fire. She couldn't be saved."
The butler didn't dare to look up when he spoke. Since it was a matter of life and death, he felt a little uneasy.
"Go down and put out the fire." Zhao Yinlian didn't say anything and waved her hand to let the housekeeper go down.
The butler retreated quickly as if he had been pardoned.
After an hour, all the servants in the mansion helped to put out the fire completely.
Everyone thought that Aunt Liu had died in the fire, but they didn't know that when the fire broke out, the people arranged by Liu Mingyue had already sent Aunt Liu out of the Zhou Mansion overnight and brought her to a villa that had been arranged for her in the morning.
The next day, the news that Concubine Liu was burned to death reached the Marquis' Mansion. After all, she was the biological mother of the Crown Prince's Concubine, so the news could not be concealed.
It was rumored that after hearing that the Zhou Mansion caught fire and Concubine Liu was burned to death, the Crown Prince's Concubine burst into tears and tearfully ordered the servants to harness the carriage to the Zhou Mansion. She was still supported by the servants when she left the Marquis' Mansion.
"Madam, why are you so angry? Don't be afraid. Guihua and I will be with you. Let's go together to seek justice for Auntie."
Peanut was wiping his own tears and trying to cheer himself up to comfort his master.
Liu Mingyue didn't say anything, but just shed tears silently. In fact, she was thinking about how to act when she returned to Zhou Mansion.
But at the moment, it seems that her acting skills are quite good, and she even fooled Peanut and Osmanthus.
The carriage returned to Zhou Mansion at the fastest speed. The moment Liu Mingyue got off the carriage, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Mother! Why did you leave your daughter behind? You were less than 40 years old and hadn't even enjoyed happiness yet, but you left her alone. Now that you're gone, she has no blood relatives left in the world!"
She cried and entered the Zhou Mansion, and went straight to Aunt Liu's residence. Aunt Liu's residence had been burned to the ground and turned into ruins.
The body of Aunt Liu was hidden in a small hall beside the courtyard, covered with a layer of white cloth.
As soon as she stepped into the small hall, Liu Mingyue smelled an unpleasant burnt smell. Her eyes were bloodshot and she rushed to the corpse, howling: "Mother! How could you bear to abandon your daughter!"
Zhao Yinlian and others were in the hall. Before they could open their mouths to comfort them, Liu Mingyue pulled away the white cloth covering the corpse.
Everyone looked horrified, some turned their heads away, and some covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs. Liu Mingyue was not afraid of the charred corpse, and she hugged the corpse tightly in her arms, crying bitterly.
She cried so miserably, and the people in Zhou Mansion certainly couldn't just watch indifferently. Zhao Yinlian wiped her non-existent tears with a handkerchief and comforted her softly: "Princess, since she is gone, please accept my condolences."
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