Lan Rongrong and Jin Ruozhen were stunned. What did this mean? They had just said the matter had been resolved, with Zhu Ning sentenced to life imprisonment, and now they were saying it wouldn't be so hastily concluded. So was this matter actually resolved or not?
Why does this sound so much like a perfunctory response to them, like he's sending them away?
Lan Rongrong was about to say something else when Lan Ziye spoke first, "Not only is Zhu Ning our friend, but Zhu Fei is too! Master Zhu, let me be honest with you. We simply don't believe Zhu Ning would kill Zhu Fei. So... we can't let Zhu Ning suffer injustice, nor can we let Zhu Fei die in vain. We need to know the truth. Why do you insist that Zhu Ning was the murderer? What evidence do you have?"
"Zhu Fei died in Zhu Ning's house!" The woman thought for a moment and spoke on behalf of the head of the family. "As you said, Zhu Fei and Zhu Ning were friends, so Zhu Ning had the opportunity to poison Zhu Fei to death!"
"Impossible, Zhu Ning has no reason to kill Zhu Fei!" Lan Rongrong retorted unconvinced.
"Why not? Zhu Fei is an illegitimate daughter, yet she's doted on by the whole family. Zhu Ning is a legitimate daughter, yet she's ostracized by the whole family. I don't believe Zhu Ning doesn't resent Zhu Fei. Besides, Zhu Ning has had a dark side since she was a child, always keeping to herself. She never plays with her brothers and sisters. I don't know what medicine she took wrong recently, but she's suddenly become close to our Zhu Fei. I don't know if she's got ulterior motives!" The woman snorted disdainfully, "Ladies, I advise you not to get close to Zhu Ning! She's not a normal child!"
"Why is Zhu Ning abnormal? She is more normal than anyone else!" Lan Rongrong shouted angrily.
"When you are poisoned by her one day, you will know how powerful that girl is!" the woman snorted coldly.
Lan Rongrong was so angry at Mrs. Zhu that her face turned red. Just as she was about to argue with her again, she was stopped by Lan Ziye.
Lan Ziye shook his head at Lan Rongrong, then stepped forward and asked, "I wonder who the madam is?"
"I am Zhu Fei's aunt and the wife of the eldest son of the Zhu family. I watched Zhu Fei grow up and I love her very much. So even if she is an illegitimate daughter, I can't watch her die in vain. You know, she is only fifteen years old and hasn't even been married yet!" When talking about Zhu Fei, Mrs. Zhu's eyes suddenly turned red.
"Zhu Fei's funeral hasn't been held yet, right?" Lan Ziye asked again.
If it was a funeral, they would not be unaware of this matter, and judging from the appearance of the Zhu Mansion, it did not look like a funeral was going to be held.
Mrs. Zhu was slightly startled, then said sadly: "No matter how much we love Zhu Fei, she is just an illegitimate daughter with no name or status. She cannot be buried in the Zhu family. Her brother and her father have already taken her back to her mother's hometown to hold the funeral. From now on, she will be buried with her mother!"
"Her mother died?" Lan Rongrong asked doubtfully. She had always known that Zhu Fei was an illegitimate child, but she had never heard her mention her mother.
"Her mother is long gone, but her maternal family is still there. She has grandparents and an uncle in her family!" said Mrs. Zhu.
"That's strange. Why can she marry into her mother's family, but not the legitimate Zhu family?" Lan Ziye pretended to be puzzled. "If her birth is not good enough, the eldest lady can just give her a status and record her under the eldest lady's name. Then she can be included in the family tree and have a grand funeral in the Zhu family, right?"
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