When the guards arrived at Nangong Yueqin's bedroom door, they heard the cry of a fox inside.
The maid went forward and knocked on the door, and the fox's voice inside stopped immediately.
"Who is it?" It was Nangong Yueqin.
"Aunt Nangong, the old lady is here, please open the door."
After a while, the door was opened. Nangong Yueqin stood at the door and looked at the maid: "It's so late, what are you doing here, old lady?" with a disrespectful tone.
In the past, Nangong Yueqin always spoke softly and respectfully in front of Liu. Liu felt very unhappy when she heard such an impatient tone.
Liu bravely walked out from the corner and stood in front of Nangong Yueqin.
Nangong Yueqin didn't expect Liu to be at the door. She was so panicked that she quickly forced a smile and said, "Mother, you're here."
Liu said coldly: "According to the rules, you, a concubine, have no right to call me mother." Usually Nangong Yueqin called her mother, and she only thought of Nangong Yueqin as her daughter in her previous life.
Nangong Yueqin could tell that Liu was angry, and she shouted with a look of grievance, "Old Madam."
At this time she also noticed that there were more than a dozen guards standing outside the door.
She asked puzzledly, "What happened, old lady?"
Liu said, "I saw a fox enter your room. Ask them to find the fox out." Then she signaled the guards to come in.
The guards pushed Nangong Yueqin into the room, and Nangong Yueqin panicked.
"How could there be a fox in my house? Madam, you must be mistaken."
Liu said coldly, "I saw it with my own eyes. A fox went from your room to Qizi Hall, and then from Qizi Hall back to your room."
At this time, Xiangqiao ran in from outside and whispered in Liu's ear, "Madam, the second lady just woke up."
Liu asked hurriedly, "Did she say anything when she woke up?"
Xiang Qiao said, "The Second Madam said she saw a fox trying to bite two small black snakes. Then the fox somehow ran away, and she woke up."
Liu looked at Nangong Yueqin. "The timing is perfect. First, I saw a fox from your yard go to Qizi Hall. When we got there, we heard Jinshu was entangled by the fox. We ran to your place and saw the fox scurry into your yard. Then Jinshu woke up. Nangong Yueqin, are you a thousand-year-old fox demon? Or is Jinshu a thousand-year-old fox demon?"
Nangong Yueqin looked puzzled: "Of course Yu Jinshu is a thousand-year-old fox demon! The Taoist priest said that Yu Jinshu is a thousand-year-old fox demon, and I am your daughter in your previous life."
Xiang Qiao heard this and immediately said rudely, "Aunt Nangong, what makes you say my young lady is a thousand-year-old fox demon? I think you are the thousand-year-old fox demon, right? As for the daughter in the previous life, I guess you conspired with that Taoist priest to deceive people."
Nangong Yueqin was furious: "You bitch, you dare to say that I am a thousand-year-old fox demon, you dare to say that I am a liar, I will tear your mouth apart." As she said that, she walked out and was about to tear Xiangqiao apart.
Xiang Qiao quickly hid behind Liu and poked her head out to say, "My young lady is innocent and kind, but she's just too beautiful and has won the Marquis's favor, which is why people are jealous and gossip about her. But Aunt Nangong, you are so cruel, saying that my young lady is a thousand-year-old fox demon. If she is a thousand-year-old fox demon, with such power, why can't she stop being bullied by a fox in her dream?"
She burst into tears, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and continued, "Aunt Nangong, your family is so unfortunate. Your mother died giving birth to you, your father was beheaded for corruption, and your sister even disguised herself as a makeup girl and sneaked into the general's mansion to kill my young lady, but was eventually killed by the general. Your family members all died in an untimely manner. Then you entered the marquis' mansion, and not long after that, Miss Junzhi died. Now you still want to harm my young lady? My young lady is pregnant with the marquis's two children!"
When Liu heard this and thought about the meaning of the words, she was so scared that she got goosebumps all over her body.
This Nangong Yueqin seems to be a jinx!
No, it’s hard to say whether it’s a jinx or a thousand-year-old fox demon.
Nangong Yueqin was so angry at Xiangqiao that she cursed, "Xiangqiao, you bitch, you gossip and talk nonsense."
When Liu saw Nangong Yueqin coming towards her, she was so scared that she grabbed the guard beside her and said in a trembling voice, "Quick, quickly arrest Nangong Yueqin."
The guards rushed forward and captured Nangong Yueqin.
At this time, several guards ran out of the house.
"Madam, here is a portrait of a fox."
"Madam, here is a fox hairpin."
Liu looked at the portrait of the fox. Nangong Yueqin was good at painting and often drew pictures for Liu in her room. This portrait was obviously the work of Nangong Yueqin.
Nangong Yueqin, with her arm handcuffed, looked at the fox portrait. She originally wanted to find an opportunity to release it to Qizitang.
She had someone make this fox hairpin a few days ago, and she wanted to put it together with the fox portrait in Yu Jinshu's bedroom in Qizitang, so that when she could identify Yu Jinshu as a fox, she could catch him red-handed.
But unexpectedly, it was found by the guards at this time.
Liu pointed at Nangong Yueqin and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
"No, madam, this painting is mine..." Nangong Yueqin suddenly didn't know how to explain.
At this time, A Zuo came over and said, "Old lady."
Liu was surprised: "Azuo, didn't you follow Luo Ting to Southern Xinjiang?"
A Zuo said, "Madam, the Marquis ordered me to investigate the Taoist priest in the capital. When I found him, he was already dead."
Liu was surprised and asked, "Azuo, the Taoist priest you are talking about is the one who came to the Marquis' Mansion that day?"
Ah Zuo nodded and said, "Yes, old lady, it was the Taoist priest that the old lady invited in. He said that there was a thousand-year-old fox demon in the mansion. This made the Marquis feel that the matter was not simple, so he left me in the capital to investigate the matter."
Liu asked hurriedly, "How did the Taoist priest die?"
A Zuo said, "He was killed. None of his belongings were taken, so it wasn't a robbery. When I found him, he had a jade pendant on him."
He handed a jade pendant to Liu.
Liu took the jade pendant and her eyes widened instantly.
This jade pendant was always worn by Nangong Yueqin.
Liu looked up at Nangong Yueqin: "What's going on with this jade pendant?"
Nangong Yueqin was speechless, "This, this..."
Nangong Yueqin didn't need to explain much, Liu Shi already understood, "You bribed that Taoist priest with the jade pendant, making him say that you were my daughter in my previous life. You also made him slander Jinshu as a thousand-year-old fox demon, but the real thousand-year-old fox demon is you, Nangong Yueqin."
Nangong Yueqin was so anxious that her face was covered with tears and she shook her head: "No, old lady, it's not like that."
But she couldn't explain it. Her house was ransacked and she had no assets. The only thing she had on her that was worth some money was this jade pendant. She gambled her life with the jade pendant and bribed the Taoist priest to come to the house and say that she was Liu's daughter in her previous life, and that Yu Jinshu was a thousand-year-old fox demon that could suck people's essence.
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