Chapter 112 You Are So Vicious
The old lady knocked the ground hard with her cane. Although she had not taken care of household affairs for many years, her majesty was still there. The servants standing in a row shuddered and knelt down in horror: "Old lady, you are very insightful! We really don't know anything!"
Not to mention the master in the hall, even the servants were confused, not knowing how the fire suddenly started. Before they went to bed, they checked the candlelights in various places. Of course, they could not rule out the possibility that they missed some of them due to carelessness...
But at this time, when someone died, who would dare to admit it? As long as there was no evidence and it was uncertain, they would just shake their heads.
"Do you really not know or do you dare not admit it? The old lady is kind and lenient to the servants, so she let me be the bad guy. I just don't know what the old lady and Madam Zhao think?" As soon as Liu Mingyue said this, the servants kneeling in a row trembled like sieves.
Old Madam Zhou was having a headache. If they were to handle it, Liu Mingyue might accuse them of being partial, so it would be better to let her do it herself.
Zhao Yinlian was the mistress of the mansion. She didn't want Liu Mingyue to put on airs, but when she saw the broken porcelain pieces in her hand, she felt a little scared, and her face, which had just subsided, began to feel hot and painful again.
"Okay, then you come in person." Old Madam Zhou gave Zhao Yinlian a warning look and agreed on her behalf.
"Thank you, Madam Zhou." Liu Mingyue bowed to the old lady. She didn't like her, but among this group of people, she was not the most annoying or difficult one, so she still performed her due courtesy.
After being polite, it was time to get down to business. Liu Mingyue threw the porcelain pieces on the ground, took out a handkerchief and wiped her hands casually: "Guihua, Huasheng, the two of you take a group of people to search the servants' bedrooms. Make sure to search carefully and don't leave anything behind!"
Osmanthus and Peanut didn't know their master's plan, and they both thought that Aunt Liu was really gone. They wiped their tears and answered in unison: "Yes!"
Although the two people had different personalities, they were both bold and careful. They took the nanny they brought from the Marquis's Mansion to search the servants' room that served Concubine Liu, and they actually found a bag of silver and money.
The monthly allowance of an ordinary servant was no more than one hundred coins, but there were ten taels of money in that bag. If he wanted to save money, and with the rewards from his master during festivals and holidays, he could save ten taels of silver in a year. However, the Zhou residence's accounts were not doing well recently, so where would the rewards come from?
"Where did this bag of money come from?" Guihua threw a heavy bag of silver in front of the maid.
The maid lowered her head, but even so, ordinary people could see that she was guilty. Old Madam Zhou tightened her grip on the cane nervously, wondering if it was really someone from the Zhou Mansion who did it? Seeing that the maid didn't say anything, Huasheng scolded her, "I'm asking you a question!"
"Please spare me, Princess! I dare not hide anything. This money was given to me by the maidservant next to Aunt Zhao!"
I don’t know if it was because she was too afraid of Liu Mingyue or because she was guilty, but she confessed before Liu Mingyue could do anything.
"Aunt Zhao? What did her maid give you money for?"
Liu Mingyue walked up to the maid, lifted her chin, stared at her deeply for a while, then suddenly smiled. Her eyes glanced at the broken pieces of teacup on the ground that had not been cleaned up yet, the meaning was self-evident.
The maid was frightened and told everything after being beaten by Liu Mingyue.
"Zhen'er, who is beside Aunt Zhao, gave me ten taels of silver and asked me to move the candles and curtains away when no one is around at night. She only asked me to do this and didn't know about other things. Please, Princess, spare my life!"
The maidservant was trembling with fear, her whole body shaking uncontrollably, looking both funny and infuriating.
It was a dry autumn day, and if the candle flame was close to the gauze curtain, it would easily catch fire. It happened to be the time when the servants were resting, and it would be too late to put out the fire, so the fire would spread rapidly. People in the house, especially a sick person, would certainly not be able to escape.
"I, I didn't! Don't lie to me! When did I ask the servants to give you any silver? This matter has absolutely nothing to do with me!" Aunt Zhao's eyes widened, and the usually gentle beauty looked a little scary.
Aunt Liu, who was not on good terms with her, died. Aunt Zhao was watching the fun from the sidelines and didn't want the matter to involve her.
Old Madam Zhou didn't expect that this had anything to do with Aunt Zhao. She glanced at the maid following Aunt Zhao and asked with a frown, "Zhen'er is your capable person, why isn't she here with you today?"
The death of Aunt Liu was somewhat inexplicable. Old Madam Zhou couldn't tell what was strange about it, but it was not impossible that someone in the mansion had attacked Aunt Liu. After all, Liu Mingyue was timid in the past, and would not be as tough as she is today.
I don’t know when this girl changed. These people are courting death. How could they take advantage of Liu Mingyue?
Aunt Zhao's face turned pale, and she gritted her teeth as she explained, "Yesterday Zhen'er didn't serve me, and I thought she was lazy, so I didn't pay attention. Before I could send someone to look for her, something happened in the mansion."
As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Mingyue pointed at her and scolded: "Since you are going to take action, you will naturally plan it in advance. You secretly hid the person, right? Or you killed him to silence him because you were worried that the matter would be exposed. You are so vicious!"
Aunt Zhao did dislike Aunt Liu, but now she felt that she had been greatly wronged.
"You!" Aunt Zhao's temperament was not very gentle to begin with, she just liked to put on an act in front of Zhou Junyuan. Now that she was criticized by Liu Mingyue, she became angry and no longer concealed her fierceness.
"You killed my mother! It must be you!" Liu Mingyue lost her mother, and Liu was her last blood relative in practice. It is natural for her to go crazy for this.
Aunt Zhao saw that the mother and daughter had been unhappy for a long time, so she immediately said, "Don't slander me, Princess! We haven't found out what happened to Zhen'er yet, how can I be the one who murdered Liu?"
Aunt Zhao believes that she did not do it. Zhen'er is missing and Liu Mingyue has no evidence. Who else can offend and punish her?
"Princess, I know you care about Liu and want to seek justice for her, but you can't make rash judgments without evidence." Old Madam Zhou glanced at Aunt Zhao unhappily and asked her to calm down first.
In the past, Aunt Zhao was not good at reading people's expressions, so she didn't understand what the old lady meant. She said proudly, "What the old lady said is absolutely right! There is no need for me to harm Liu!"
Liu Mingyue pursed her lips tightly and said nothing. Aunt Liu was dead, so as her daughter, she had to behave like a daughter.
However, she had no direct evidence to prove that it was Aunt Zhao who did it, so Aunt Zhao might not be severely punished. No problem, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.
"I didn't expect that within just a few days, Aunt Liu would pass away in such an unexpected way. Not long ago, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Liu had an argument, and then Aunt Liu fell ill, and..."
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