"Do your maids accompany you?" Gu Xin asked again.
"Your Highness, my maid Cui'er sleeps on a makeshift bed next to me on the floor," Miss Feng replied.
“Your Highness, my maid Ying’er and my third sister’s maid Que’er are sisters. My third sister has been in a bad mood lately, and since we arrived at Qiyun Temple, Que’er has been sleeping in my room with Ying’er,” Feng Liu Guniang replied.
"So, Miss Feng has been sleeping alone these past few nights. Que'er has been sleeping in your room. What about last night? After you went to bed last night, did the sisters also go to bed?" Gu Xin nodded and asked again.
"No." Miss Feng Liu shook her head, glanced at Madam Yun, and then said, "Your Highness, when I went to bed last night, Que'er and Ying'er hadn't returned to their rooms yet. I know that Third Sister has been in a bad mood lately, and Que'er has been having a hard time as well, so Ying'er went to keep Que'er company to cheer her up! Because I'm usually a bit greedy, my aunt found me a maid who is good at cooking, and I brought Ying'er, who is good at cooking, with me to Qiyun Temple this time. They should have been in the kitchen last night."
"You said that Miss Feng is in a bad mood, and that her maid, Que'er, is also having a hard time. What do you mean by 'having a hard time'?" Gu Xin stared at Miss Feng.
She saw through the girl's cunning, but perhaps what she wanted to say was related to the case.
Miss Feng pursed her lips and glanced at Madam Yun with some fear.
"Say what you mean! The Feng family never taught you to be so petty!" Madam Yun said irritably.
"Yes." Miss Feng lowered her head and then whispered, "I also heard Ying'er mention that when Third Sister is in a bad mood, she smashes things randomly. Not only does she smash things, but she also hits people with them. After the things in the room were changed, Mother scolded Third Sister, and then Third Sister started to torment people, hitting, pinching, and twisting them. Many of the injuries on Que'er's body were caused by Third Sister."
Madam Yun frowned. She didn't know that her niece was harassing the maid. She only knew that her niece was in a bad mood and had smashed a lot of things. Since the second wife paid for the replacement of things in her room herself, Madam Yun didn't care much.
"Anything else? Did Miss Feng have any other habits during her lifetime?" Gu Xin could tell that this sixth young lady was eager to say bad things about Miss Feng.
Her family didn't have any illegitimate sons or daughters, but her good friend Xie Zhiyi's family did. Moreover, Xie Zhiyi's family had reached the point of favoring concubines over wives, which made Xie Zhiyi and Xie Nanfeng, the legitimate son and daughter, unhappy.
Conversely, families that value rules would never allow illegitimate sons and daughters to surpass legitimate sons and daughters, unless the family has no legitimate sons and daughters.
So, obedient illegitimate sons and daughters are fine, but those with great ambitions, or those who have been bullied a lot, are very likely to say things that ordinary people don't know at this time.
"And..." Miss Feng glanced timidly at Madam Yun again.
Yun glared at her, then frowned and asked Gu Xin, "May I ask, Princess, are these things related to Jinshu's death? Is it necessary to ask?"
“Mrs. Feng, I’m not sure if it’s related, but we have to ask. Understanding the deceased’s personality before death will also help with the case,” Gu Xin replied truthfully.
Madam Yun sighed, then glared at Miss Feng again.
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