Chapter 318: Human Life
It was easy to find out the whole story of this incident. A gangster from Nanbei Street got drunk and climbed over the wall into the backyard of General Chen's mansion and broke into the wing room. Li Yue killed him with a knife. Although it was a bit violent, it was justified. The difficult thing was that although the gangster's family was a commoner, they were also local tyrants and the bad neighbors among the neighbors. The matter was likely to become a big deal. Madam Chen was calm and composed and quickly sent someone to deal with it. At most, they had to pay compensation to settle the matter.
Madam Chen and Su Qingwan said, "There must be someone behind this. Miss Li Yue killed someone. If she didn't kill anyone, we can still find out who is the murderer behind this."
Su Qingwan knew why Li Yue killed people. If the gangster could speak, he would definitely slander Lu Yunshu, and Lu Yunshu's reputation would be ruined. So she had no choice but to kill him and not allow him to say a word.
Reputation is too important for a girl to be tarnished by others. Even a few words or ambiguous remarks will affect her reputation.
Just kill him, it is more important to protect Lu Yunshu's reputation.
"You don't need to think to know who is the mastermind behind this. Who else could it be except Lady Anping who hates me so much? She came to me on purpose a few days ago and was sure that I was Xie Zhaolan. She teamed up with Lu Jing to kill Li Xueying. She couldn't do anything to me, so she could only target the people around me. This Anping Marquis has been a soldier all his life, and his two sons are also very successful, but I didn't expect that he can't manage his family well. It's really disappointing."
Madam Chen's heart choked a little. She and the Earl of Anping were actually on good terms. The women in the capital all valued harmony when getting along with each other and would not take the initiative to make enemies. Although her family's relationship with the Li family was not deep, they were equals. She was quite famous among the noble ladies and they often traveled together. They had been on good terms for more than ten years, but she had a better relationship with the wife of the Marquis of Ningyuan. Moreover, most of the military generals' families were from the Huainan lineage, so Madam Chen would naturally side with Su Qingwan. What's more, her daughter-in-law was the eldest daughter of the Lu family, whom she had always loved.
She knew that there must be a reason for what happened today, otherwise the princess's maid would not kill people for no reason. This maid used to be someone close to Lu Jing and should not be easily offended.
Miss Zhang Er was a little unconvinced, "Madam, the lives of the maids in the palace are worthless, and you are just going to let it go like this?"
"Miss Zhang, are you teaching me how to do things?" Madam Chen was already angry and she didn't want to make things difficult for the younger generation. But Miss Zhang was really crazy and was so aggressive. Didn't she even consider what kind of occasion this was?
Zhang Erxiao's friends were also surprised. How could she be so confused about this matter when she was usually very smart? One of the girls thought to herself that when the news of Li Xueying killing Xie Zhaolan was exposed, the second girl scolded Li Xueying for lowering her status and said that it was all her own fault. They were good cousins usually, but the second girl always despised the fact that Li Xueying killed his first wife and condescended to marry Lu Feng.
"I dare not. I just felt unfair when I saw an innocent life being destroyed. The princess relied on her high position and power to not report the murder of a maid to the authorities. I was really surprised. The law states that if a prince breaks the law, he will be punished the same as a commoner. I didn't know that the people in the Regent's Palace are above the law."
"Second Miss, be careful with your words!" Madam Chen shouted and glanced at Su Qingwan, afraid that she would be angry.
Su Qingwan was calm, "Since the Second Miss wants to report to the police, then let's do it. If they really want to investigate, we are not afraid! Li Yue, what do you think?"
"It doesn't matter, just report it to the police!" Li Yue raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, then let's do as the Second Miss wishes. We will report to the authorities. Madam Chen, please send someone to inform the governor of Kyoto to come over."
Madam Chen shook her head slightly. Reporting the matter to the police would affect the reputation of General Chen's Mansion. Today was her family's polo match, so something like this must be covered up, and there was no way it would be made public. Li Yue had killed someone, and as a gangster he deserved it the most. Even if the crime was not punishable by death, they could at most spend some money to solve it, and there was no need to exaggerate the matter. Madam Chen glanced at Miss Zhang Er. This person was really confused. Was she afraid that people would not know that she was the niece of Lady Anping? She had to make trouble.
"You can't do this, Miss Zhang Er. You are an unmarried girl, so don't interfere in other people's affairs. I have notified your mother to come and take you back. You'd better keep your mouth shut about what happened today. You girls don't need to worry about how our General's Mansion will solve the problem. Otherwise, you don't have to come to the next Chen family banquet!"
Madam Chen's words were very serious. If she was refused a banquet by the Chen family in the capital, it would be like Su Qingwan not even glancing at the invitation to the Anping Marquis's family, telling everyone clearly that she and the Anping Marquis's wife were not on good terms.
Miss Zhang pursed her lips, looking sullen.
Not long after, her mother came over, apologized repeatedly, and took Miss Zhang away. Madam Chen also asked the other girls to leave first. With such an incident, the polo club would inevitably be affected, but it could not be ended hastily. The matter was still covered up, and Madam Chen asked her eldest daughter-in-law to greet the guests and continue the polo club.
"Princess, your maid was indeed impulsive in killing someone." Madam Chen said, "Since you suspect Lady Anping, you should keep her alive so that you can have evidence."
Su Qingwan said calmly, "The one who molested us was not Li Yue, but our second daughter."
Madam Chen: "..."
Lu Yunshu was frightened and was in Lu Yunyan's room, where Lu Yunyan was coaxing her. She sprained her ankle when she escaped and was terrified. She has not yet recovered.
Madam Chen and Su Qingwan came in. Lu Yunshu ran to Su Qingwan quickly, tears streaming down her face, "Sister-in-law, help me!"
She had been in Lu Yunyan's room the whole time, and didn't know what happened outside. Su Qingwan felt distressed and comforted her, "That person has been killed by Li Yue, and no one knows it was you. Don't worry, sister-in-law will protect you."
Lu Yunshu nodded with tears in her eyes. Lu Yunyan felt sad but relieved. She looked at Su Qingwan with gratitude. She didn't expect that the princess would protect Shu'er so much and even kill someone for Shu'er.
The Regent was already at the center of power, and the reputation of their affair had spread throughout Kyoto, which was extremely unpleasant. Others respected them on the surface, but didn't know how to curse them in their hearts. Any little thing could have a bad impact, let alone something involving human life. But the princess was willing to bear the infamy for Shu'er.
In the future, the palace will be charged with more crimes, such as arrogance, bullying, and treating human life as worthless, which are not good words.
Madam Chen loves her family and her family members, "Second Miss Lu, you have suffered. This is ultimately due to our poor guarding and someone taking advantage of us. We will give you an explanation for this."
Lu Yunshu knew that she was protected and her reputation was not affected, so she felt at ease. She was really scared and thought that her reputation would be ruined after today.
Su Qingwan said calmly, "Madam, you are thoughtful. This matter was caused by me. I will solve it!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
