Chapter 41: Disaster Leads to Chu Jiuning
Lord Li suppressed his increasingly uneasy mood and spoke in a deep voice.
"Madam Song, I will get to the bottom of this matter. Killing someone means paying with your life, and I will never let that go."
The Duke's wife's eyelashes trembled violently when she heard this, and Song Jinhuai's eyes flashed with panic. No matter what they said, they would never let Lord Li find out the truth about this matter.
Otherwise they will die!
"I found out."
The yamen runners from Shuntian Prefecture came over with a few pieces of paper, opened them and presented them to Lord Li.
"This is a post from a few young ladies."
The Duke's wife's eyes flickered slightly as she spoke hurriedly.
"But it was Chu Jiuning who came up with the idea of inviting these young ladies to a banquet."
Lord Li frowned slightly.
These people keep talking about Chu Jiuning. Do they want to bring the trouble to her or shift the blame to someone else?
As a businessman, she should be the most astute and tactful. What on earth could have caused her to burn four young ladies from official families to death in one breath? If this were to be discovered, her entire family would be exterminated.
in addition.
Even if you want to kill someone, there should be better ways and more hidden places. There is no need to do it here, right?
After taking the list, he handed it to the prime minister with a cold face. The prime minister opened it and read out the names one by one.
"Chen Qingwu, daughter of Eunuch Chen, the head of the Imperial Household Department; Liu Yunyi, daughter of the Minister of Rites; Li Wangshu, daughter of the Junior Minister of the Supreme Court; and Qian Shiyu, daughter of the Vice Minister of Works."
After reading out the name, the Prime Minister's face changed drastically and he looked fiercely at the Duke's wife.
The family backgrounds of these young ladies are not ordinary. Although they are not necessarily the eldest daughters, they are all born to the main wife.
certainly.
Chen Qingwu is an exception, but Eunuch Chen is very concerned about this daughter.
It is said that ten years ago, Eunuch Chen was passing through Jiangzhou and met Mrs. Chen whose husband had died. He presented her with a generous gift and proposed to her. Not long after, Mrs. Chen brought her daughter and followed Eunuch Chen to Beijing.
This time.
That’s the past eleven years.
In addition to Chen Qingwu, Eunuch Chen also adopted a son who is six years old this year. However, it is rumored that this son was born to Madam Chen and her servants. The truth is unknown. Anyway, Eunuch Chen is very important to the three of them, mother and son, and the noble ladies in the capital are also very courteous to Madam Chen and others.
Lord Zhao's head suddenly began to ache dully.
"Where are their bodies?"
"Still looking."
Song Jinhuai had a sad face as he stepped forward and replied that the inside was a mess and it would take a long time to dig out the body, so the longer it took, the better.
"Then go inform their parents."
Song Jinhuai frowned and thought it would be better to postpone it and notify him later. Just as he was about to speak, he saw someone running towards him.
"Sir, people from the Chen, Liu, Li, and Qian families have all arrived."
"So soon?"
Song Jinhuai blurted out the words, Lord Li looked at him, and Song Jinhuai hurriedly explained.
"The people I sent shouldn't have arrived so quickly. Maybe Mother had already sent someone to notify them."
Lord Li nodded.
soon.
Madam Chen was supported by the housekeeper. Madam Liu's family, Lord Li's family, and Madam Qian's family all had pale faces and rushed towards this side hurriedly and stumblingly.
Raise your eyes.
When they saw the dark ruins all over the ground, the ladies collapsed to the ground, and the servants also knelt on the ground.
My heart felt suffocated.
I wanted to shout, but I couldn't. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't. My heart and eyes were filled with fear. Countless pairs of eyes looked at Lord Li with expectation.
Lord Li didn't know where to start.
Impossible.
Several ladies cried out in their hearts, heartbroken. A huge fear surrounded them, causing their weak bodies to tremble constantly.
There was a voice in their head that kept telling them.
Impossible.
They must have all run out, but they were frightened and are now unconscious.
There is no way he could be burned to death!
In the midst of painful struggle.
The image of her daughter struggling alone in the sea of fire, in pain and fear, appeared in her mind again. As a mother, she felt her heart was torn apart.
No, no, no.
This is impossible.
Madam Chen almost crawled all the way to Lord Li and grabbed his robe.
Lord Li felt her violently trembling hands, looked at her eyes full of despair and face full of tears, and was speechless for a moment.
As a parent himself, he understands the pain and sadness of losing a child.
The sky is falling like this!
She raised her head with difficulty, her red lips trembling violently. She tried to speak several times but couldn't utter a word.
In the end, he just looked at Lord Li pleadingly.
Lord Li sighed, his eyes reddened, and spoke softly.
"Mrs. Chen, please accept my condolences."
ah……
Mrs. Chen's tightly held breath turned into a shrill scream, and she fainted on the ground with a bang.
Immediately following.
Lord Li could only reluctantly speak to the other ladies.
"There may be no turning back. Ladies, please accept my condolences!"
Several ladies covered their chests which were in great pain. They couldn't breathe and all fainted.
The whole garden is filled with sadness.
Fortunately.
Both the Chen and Qian families brought their own doctors, so the ladies were quickly gathered together, where the doctors took their pulses, performed acupuncture, and prescribed medicine.
The saying that a mother must be strong is absolutely true.
After only a brief shock, the ladies quickly regained consciousness thanks to their own willpower.
stumble and fall.
Several mothers struggled to stand at the gate of the yard, staring at the darkness and mess inside.
"Did you find the person?"
A lot of the ruins inside had been cleared away, and in front of the door were the bodies of two servants, burned completely black and their original appearance could no longer be seen.
The ladies were in great pain, but they could only pretend to be strong.
They have to bring their daughter home.
But in the end.
He couldn't help but scream into the ruins.
"Qingwu, Qingwu, your mother is here to pick you up, please come out quickly."
"Shu'er, have you been hiding? The fire is out. Mother is here. Don't be afraid, come out quickly."
"Yu'er, come home with your mother."
"Yun'er, my Yun'er..."
Mrs. Liu fell to her knees and cried hysterically on the ground.
"Master Li, what is going on?"
The housekeeper of the Chen Mansion wiped his tears, turned around and walked to Lord Li, frowned and asked, Lord Li turned his head and said.
"Go and invite Madam Song over."
The servant hurriedly turned around to invite Madam Song.
Less than half a minute later, the servant said that Mrs. Song was coming.
Several ladies turned their heads together, and when they saw the neatly dressed wife of Duke Song, they felt inexplicably uncomfortable. After such a big incident, how could she still maintain such decency?
The Duke's wife was holding a handkerchief. When she came closer, tears welled up in her eyes and she stepped forward to kneel down in front of the ladies.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault."
He raised his hand to his face.
Nanny Qi's eyes flashed, and she hurried forward to support her, then stopped her from slapping herself and cried.
"Madam, no one wants this to happen. No one wants this to happen. Lord Li will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and give the ladies an explanation."
The chancellor handed the document to Lord Li, who frowned after reading it.
"From what I've gathered so far, this matter is closely related to Chu Jiuning. Madam Duke, ladies, do you want to go to court for trial, or hold the trial here?"
"This is where the trial will take place."
The Duke's wife made a final decision. She didn't want to go to the court and felt inexplicably scared when she walked in.
"The trial will be held here."
As long as their daughters are not found, there is a possibility that they are still alive. Maybe they are hiding somewhere, and they want to know the news as soon as possible.
"good."
Lord Li nodded.
"Send Chu Jiuning over for questioning!"
"No need to bother."
A cold voice came from not far away. Everyone turned around and saw Chu Jiuning, wearing a noble purple long dress, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, walking towards them quickly.
After saluting, Chu Jiuning glanced at the burnt yard.
"Master Li, the death toll in this case is too high. Please notify the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple at the same time."
Lord Li raised his hand and signaled his servant to do it.
The matter will definitely be reported to the Ministry of Justice. Besides, the daughter of the Dali Temple's Shaoqing is involved, so it is only right to inform the Dali Temple. I didn't expect that Chu Jiuning was quite calm.
Chu Jiuning raised her eyes and looked at the four ladies present. The four ladies' eyes were full of hatred at this moment, and they were staring at Chu Jiuning. Chu Jiuning spoke to them.
"God is watching what we do. Right and wrong will soon become clear. Ladies, please be at ease!"
Finished.
She hinted at something.
"There is still one most crucial person who hasn't arrived yet."
The person was invited by Song Ruier and she was the one who entertained him, but now that something happened, she disappeared.
The Duke's wife heard this and said hurriedly.
"Rui'er has been frightened and unconscious. It's no use carrying her over."
"We have a doctor here who can help her wake up."
Madam Chen had followed Eunuch Chen for more than ten years and had long known about the strange situation inside. Madam Li, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, also suddenly thought of something. She stared at the wife of the Duke and always felt that something was wrong. How could it be such a coincidence that her daughter was not here? Why did she keep making excuses and not want them to see Song Ruier?
Mrs. Li stepped forward and asked her coldly.
"Madam, this matter is not that simple. Why do you not want us to see Song Ruier?"
"There's really nothing else. If you want to see me, just go ahead."
The Duke's wife had no choice but to agree, and Madam Chen turned around and instructed the court doctor.
"I'll take a good look at Miss Song later."
"yes."
The court physician has been in the Chen residence for more than ten years and has superb medical skills.
Nanny Qi controlled her mind and ran into Song Ruier's courtyard carefully, step by step.
When Song Ruier heard that everyone suspected her, she was so scared that she crawled under the table and cried.
"It's none of my business. It's really none of my business. I don't know anything. I won't go. If I go, and they ask me for my daughter, what should I do?"
"Second Miss, you must go."
Nanny Seven hurriedly crawled under the table and hugged Song Ruier. Song Ruier burst into tears. Nanny Seven patted her back and waited until her crying subsided before she whispered something in her ear.
Song Ruier suddenly stopped crying and looked up to ask her.
"real?"
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