Granny Qi let Granny Fang beat and scold her, keeping her head down and not uttering a sound.
She murmured, "Young Miss... Young Miss..."
Memories of the past gradually surfaced, and tears slowly filled her eyes, falling one by one. Suddenly, she pushed away the old woman, Fang, who was hitting her, and roared loudly:
"Yes, it was me who became vicious and cruel. I'm the one who wronged Miss. Do you think I feel good about it? I even dream about Miss smiling at me at night."
She pounded her chest violently: "I'm tormented every day. I was blinded by greed and made that one mistake. I wanted to stop immediately and tell the eldest young lady, but the second young lady already has something on me... There's no going back. This one mistake has led to a series of mistakes..."
She covered her face with her hands and burst into tears: "I'm so sorry, Miss... Ah... Miss, this old servant deserves to die... deserves to die... Waaah..."
Looking at it, Song Anxin thought to herself that she was right after all; the death of the First Madam of the Liu family was related to the people around her.
She said, "Alright, it's too late for you to regret it now. Come with me to the Liu residence to confess your sins. Making the villains who harmed the First Madam get what they deserve is the best way to atone for your sins against the First Madam."
Granny Qi said repeatedly, "No, no, no, Madam Hui, it's not that this old servant doesn't want to go with you, it's just that Madam is too shrewd. She's so calculating and has surely already planned her escape route, and will completely wash her hands of all this. We... we can't outmaneuver her..."
Song Anxin pondered. What Granny Qi said made sense. Even when she was still a young lady, Xiao Su was able to collude with people around the deceased Madam Liu to plot against her. Then she married into the Liu family herself, and the matter of Tao Hua giving birth showed that she was an extremely meticulous person. It was indeed difficult to convict her of crimes based solely on the words of two maids. She might even be falsely accused, after all, Xiao Su's appearance of virtue was very well maintained.
Unless she herself admits to saying it.
After a long pause, Song Anxin spoke up: "Granny Fang, I remember you said that this little Su is afraid of the dark and even needs to sleep with a candle lit all night. Granny Qi, you serve by her side, so you must know the reason, right?"
Granny Qi hurriedly replied, "Yes, Madam Hui, ever since Madam murdered the eldest young lady, she has always said that the eldest young lady comes to her every night to take her life. Since then, Madam has been afraid of the dark. As soon as it gets dark, she insists that we light candles and not let them go out all night."
Song Anxin immediately had an idea, but she needed someone's help to persuade Master Liu to cooperate. She called over Granny Fang and whispered some instructions in her ear.
At the third watch of the night, large, dark clouds drifted in and obscured the moon, plunging everything into darkness except for the houses in the courtyard, where candles were lit and the trees rustled in the wind.
Suddenly, a terrified scream came from inside the room.
"Ah!...You, don't come any closer!...Ah!...Help! Help! Help!...Where is everyone?!"
Little Su was curled up in a corner of the bed, clutching her blanket, staring in terror at the "female ghost" in front of her, dressed in white with her hair disheveled and her belly swollen.
The white-clad "female ghost" slowly approached her, her voice drifting out eerily:
"Jinmei... Jinmei... my dear sister, I'm your good older sister! I've been so good to you, why did you have to hurt me... causing my life and the death of my unborn child? I'm so miserable..."
Little Su tried to retreat, but there was nowhere left to go. She frantically waved her hands and shouted:
"Get out! Get out of here! This is all you deserve! What have you ever done for me? It's just pitiful charity like you'd give to a cat or dog. I hate your charitable facade the most; it's utterly hypocritical, so hypocritical!"
The white-clad "female ghost" paused abruptly and then stopped.
Upon seeing this, Ms. Su quickly took out the exorcism talisman paper hidden by the bedside.
"Don't come any closer! Let me tell you, this talisman was drawn by a very powerful Taoist priest. Don't blame me for being ruthless later, and I'll make sure you're reduced to ashes even as a ghost!"
The white-clad "female ghost" seemed somewhat frightened and took a few steps back. Seeing that the talisman was effective, Xiao Su's fearful expression immediately lessened.
She tentatively moved the talisman in her hand forward a little more, and the white-clad female ghost took several steps back in fear.
The fear on Xiao Su's face slowly turned into smugness.
"My dear sister, you died by my hand in life! Do you think I can't do anything to you now that you're a ghost?! I was the one who set my sights on Master from the start. You're the eldest daughter of the Su family, you can have anyone you want, why did you have to compete with me for Master!" As she spoke, her face twisted in pain. "But it doesn't matter, Master will still be mine in the end, hahaha! You still want to give Master a son? Take your son to hell with you! Hahaha..."
Little Su became frantic, "But you can't blame me for this. Blame yourself for being too naive. You think everyone is as good as you!"
Oh, by the way, did you see Granny Yan down there? Did you ask her why she betrayed you? Hahaha, because you've always been the apple of the Su family's eye and don't know what human greed is. It's just a pity I didn't let Consort Lin go down to keep you company this time. You like her, don't you? Next time I'll definitely make her go down there to keep you company as a pair of lonely, wronged ghosts, hahaha.”
At that moment, the door to the room was suddenly flung open from the outside, and Xiao Su's ferocious smile froze instantly when she saw the person who entered.
She could hardly believe it: "Master?...Mother?...."
Master Liu's face was ashen, and the veins on his forehead were faintly visible. Beside him, Old Madam Su's hands, which were being supported, trembled uncontrollably, and her eyes were filled with rage.
She shook off the servants who were helping her, went up and slapped Xiao Su across the face hard. Blood instantly seeped from the corner of Xiao Su's mouth, and her face swelled up.
"You, you still have the nerve to call me mother! You vicious woman with a heart of stone, I never thought, I never thought, that Jinxiu's death was just an accident, but it turns out that you were the one who harmed her!"
Madam Su was so angry she almost fainted, and the servants quickly supported her.
"Su Jinmei! I really thought you were as kind and benevolent as your sister, but I never imagined you were a venomous snake in human skin!"
Master Liu's fists clenched so tightly they cracked. His Jinxiu, his Jinxiu! And Aunt Lin was almost killed by her too. How could he have been so blind as to marry such a vicious woman!
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