Chapter 111: A few dozen beatings should result in one corpse and two lives
Even if she was concerned, Zhao Yinlian didn't intend to do it sincerely. Her words of comfort to Liu Mingyue were perfunctory and superficial, and her feet were firmly placed in the same place, not willing to get any closer to the charred corpse.
This fire came unexpectedly, but strictly speaking, it really burned Zhao Yinlian's heart. She had disliked Aunt Liu for a long time. When Zhou Junyuan was alive, she regarded this vixen as a thorn in her side.
Although the general was dead and she no longer had to worry about this bitch competing with her for favor, it was better for her to be dead than to be alive and an eyesore to her.
"My condolences?" Liu Mingyue raised her eyes. Her beautiful eyes were red and swollen from crying. Her scarred face was covered with tear marks. She looked very pitiful. The grief in her eyes turned cold. "My condolences."
She held the corpse in her arms, not caring at all as the charred body stained her clothes.
The girl's icy gaze swept across the faces of the servants in Aunt Liu's courtyard one by one: "When the fire started, you all survived, but my mother was the only one who died in the fire. How can you make me believe that my mother was not murdered by someone?"
The servants in the yard lowered their heads, thinking that they were really wronged, they just wanted to save people!
"What is the Crown Princess talking about? How could someone frame her? The weather is dry in autumn, and maybe a spark flew somewhere and started a fire. It's just an accident. Who would harm her?"
Aunt Zhao was still upset about the dispute between the two, and she felt unhappy when she heard Liu Mingyue's ulterior motive. When she jumped out, she forgot the saying that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
Liu Mingyue looked at the corpse in her arms, which was so burnt that it could not recognize its original appearance, in a daze, and ignored Aunt Zhao.
As everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, she suddenly put the body down and gently covered it with the white cloth. When she turned to the servants serving in Aunt Liu's courtyard, her eyes suddenly turned cold.
"My mother was originally staying in the Zhou Mansion. If it was an ordinary fire, how could it not be put out in time with the efforts of the whole mansion? Unless someone was not conscientious, or the fire was unusual in the first place!"
The plain clothes Liu Mingyue was wearing were stained with the blood of the corpse, and combined with the birthmark on her face, she looked doubly terrifying.
"Princess, the fire spread very quickly. By the time we got to my aunt's place, her house was already ablaze. We had no time to make it..."
A stubborn servant started to explain, but his momentum weakened halfway through his explanation.
"Too late? Because of your inaction and negligence, my mother was burned to death! I can't find the murderer, you, you all! Don't even think about having a good life!"
Liu Mingyue pointed at all the servants and even the masters in the mansion. She looked crazy at the moment and seemed somewhat mentally abnormal.
The fire was definitely not started by Zhao Yinlian, so they were not very frightened, but the servants were extremely scared.
The death of Aunt Liu was due to their negligence in duty, and they were all trembling with fear after hearing Liu Mingyue's words.
You have to know that when Liu Mingyue gets angry, she dares to hit Zhao Yinlian, the mistress of the house, so how could she show mercy to their servants?
"Please spare me, Princess! Please spare me, Princess!" Several servants serving in the yard were so frightened that they trembled and begged for mercy from Liu Mingyue.
Old Mrs. Zhou, who had been sitting in the main seat in silence, saw that the situation was getting out of control, so she spoke with a serious expression to take charge of the situation.
"Please be patient, Princess. We did not wish for Aunt Liu to die. I will have someone investigate this matter and give you an explanation. The most important thing right now is to arrange Aunt Liu's funeral."
Old Madam Zhou said this, thinking she was giving Liu Mingyue a great favor.
He promised to give justice to Concubine Liu and to arrange Concubine Liu's funeral. He promised Liu Mingyue that he would arrange Concubine Liu's funeral, but that was just superficial appeasement.
How could Liu Mingyue not know what these people were thinking? When the body was buried, they showed a different face. Liu Mingyue remained silent. The old lady thought there was a chance. She thought, she had been in the back house for many years, and she couldn't suppress a little girl?
Old Madam Zhou thought that her combination of kindness and power was very clever, so she gave the nanny a look and asked her to serve tea to Liu Mingyue.
"Heh." Liu Mingyue laughed at herself. The nanny who was serving tea looked at the old lady uncertainly when she saw this.
"Who knows how long the old lady said she would give me an explanation? A month? Or a year? I might as well tell you, I want an explanation today! You have to give it to me whether you want to or not!"
Liu Mingyue grabbed the teacup brought by the nanny and threw it to the ground, breaking it instantly. The woman standing in front of the corpse had bloodshot eyes and looked horrible. Liu Mingyue squatted down and picked up a sharp porcelain piece and laughed crazily.
"My mother is dead. She died because of you! I have lost my flesh and blood. My only relative in the world died tragically in the fire. If the Zhou Mansion doesn't give me an explanation today, no one will have a good life!"
She acted as if she didn't want to continue pretending to be nice to them now that Aunt Liu was gone. Her reckless and crazy behavior was frightening.
"What are you talking about! The fire broke out suddenly, how could anyone harm her? She was sick and couldn't escape in time, how can it be our fault?" Zhao Yinlian's face turned pale. She was frightened by Liu Mingyue's words and felt a little scared. She was anxious to clear the Zhou Mansion.
Otherwise, how could it be said that Zhao Yinlian and Aunt Zhao were from the same family? Even the way they spoke was so similar.
"Madam Zhao, do you mean that my mother deserved to die?" Liu Mingyue pointed at them while pinching the porcelain shard. "I'm not afraid to tell you that if the Zhou Mansion doesn't give me an explanation today, I will order people to drag Zhou Baili to the yard and beat her with a stick when I return to the Marquis Mansion. A pregnant woman would die if she was beaten with dozens of sticks!"
Seeing Liu Mingyue's rage at this moment, everyone in Zhou's house was scared. As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Her mother died, and it is possible that she was so heartbroken that she killed Zhou Baili.
Zhao Yinlian never expected that the marriage she had postponed for her daughter in the past would become a disaster and hindrance today.
Liu Mingyue is equipped with a jade token of the Crown Prince's Consort. With this status of Crown Prince's Consort, people in Zhou's residence cannot do anything to her.
"Please calm down, Princess. How could we not investigate this matter thoroughly? Today, the Zhou family will give you an explanation today!"
Old Madam Zhou, leaning on her crutches, felt a little dizzy in front of her eyes as she tried to comfort Liu Mingyue. This girl was really crazy!
"Since the old lady said so, I'll wait for your explanation." Liu Mingyue dropped her hand holding the porcelain shard. Everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, finally...
Given Liu Mingyue's current madness, they were really worried that she would lose her mind and use the porcelain shards to hurt people.
"Tell me the truth, what happened before the fire started? What were you doing? How did the fire start?"
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