"How can Miss Xiao have the nerve to answer you when you ask her that kind of question in front of Zou Yangyao?"
"You can ask her later. Maybe Miss Xiao will be more stable and answer your questions more readily!"
Ni Yueshan felt the same way. After all, it was a bit difficult to talk about that kind of thing if someone gave a direct answer.
"Miss Xiao has good intentions. If someone takes advantage of her, then Zou Yangyao will really be cut into pieces and executed..."
*
Ni Yueshan returned to the Prince's Mansion. Jing Yuchen took a comfortable bath and then went to court without even having breakfast.
Ni Yueshan was much luckier. He was holding Jing Xueer and eating breakfast in his arms, feeling very happy.
However, a servant came hurriedly and reported to Ni Yueshan: "Crown Princess, the Prime Minister's wife requests an audience."
You want to see me so early in the morning?
"Can you ask Mom to come over and have breakfast together?"
"Madam is waiting for you in the living room. She doesn't look well."
Ni Yueshan looked at the servants in astonishment, and finally instructed Qingfeng and Qingluan to take good care of Xue'er, while she went to the living room.
From a distance, I could see Mrs. Guo sitting in the living room, fidgeting with her handkerchief anxiously.
Ni Yueshan approached: "Mom? You're looking for me so early in the morning?"
Mrs. Guo stood up, her face full of worry: "Yueshan..."
She wanted to say something, but because there were other servants standing around, she swallowed the words.
Ni Yueshan coughed and said to the servants, "Alright, everyone go down and wait!"
After everyone left, Ni Yueshan pulled Mrs. Guo to sit down. "Mom, you look very anxious. What's going on?"
"Yueshan, I treat you like my own daughter, so I came to you for help when something went wrong!"
When Ni Yueshan heard this opening statement, he knew that something bad was going to happen.
She nodded: "Well, then?"
Mrs. Guo sighed deeply, her face showing an unconcealable sadness: "Yes, yes... Ziyi... has been beaten and scolded by his father for a long time, and he has always tolerated it. I don't know why, but..."
"Something happened?" This was the only possibility that Ni Yueshan could think of.
Mrs. Guo sighed again: "If it was just a simple fight back, it wouldn't be a big deal, but... his father is dead..."
No wonder Mrs. Guo’s face was full of worry. Her own son killed his own father. How could she not be worried to death?
"Killing someone means paying with your life. It's only natural. Mom, what do you want me to do?"
Ni Yueshan looked at Mrs. Guo, and her eyes became increasingly complicated.
Mrs. Guo reached out and touched her belly. She was pregnant with a child. The feeling of being connected to the child by blood penetrated deeper and deeper into her bones.
How could she bear to let Xue Ziyi die for such a scumbag?
"Your father went to court early this morning, so I didn't have the chance to tell him about this upsetting matter. You're usually a person with your own ideas. How do you think this matter can be resolved?"
"I need to go to the Xue Mansion to take a look."
Inside the Xue Mansion, the servants seemed to know nothing and were busy with their work as usual. They were only a little surprised when they saw Mrs. Guo bringing Ni Yueshan.
Guo Ziyi had been standing at the door waiting. When he saw the two of them, he quickly took them to Xue Rong's study.
The door to the study opened, and a bloody smell mixed with the smell of alcohol rushed towards him. Ni Yueshan frowned and walked in. He saw Xue Rong lying on the ground, face up, eyes wide open, as if he had died with his eyes open...
And on the back, there was a pool of blood, which was shocking.
The blood had dried and coagulated, and it was obvious that he had been dead for some time.
There were several wine jars lying on the floor in the room, but the rest of the furniture was neatly arranged. There was no fight. Was he just unlucky and destined to die?
Xue Ziyi's expression was complicated, and he spoke in a tangled manner: "I never thought of killing my father! He was careless..."
"Tell me what happened at that time in detail!" Ni Yueshan said with a serious expression.
Xue Ziyi swallowed his saliva, and Mrs. Guo nodded to him.
Finally, Xue Ziyi spoke up: "Last night, my father called me over and checked the account books. There was nothing wrong with them, but he blamed me and asked me why the profit was less than last month."
"The cloth shop business naturally has seasonal fluctuations in sales, but my father took advantage of this to berate me. I was thinking I'd just obey the punishment and leave, but he ended up hitting me on the back of the head with a wine jar."
"Still cursing, is it because I have my mother as my backer that I am lawless? I dare to leave without him telling me to?"
As he spoke, he sighed deeply, "I said I would quit, but my father was probably drunk and didn't hear me, so he thought I was disrespectful to my elders and beat me and scolded me. The dirty words he used afterwards were too unpleasant to listen to..."
"He told me to kneel down, and I did. He pointed at me and cursed me for the entire night, drinking more and more until he lost consciousness. Unexpectedly, my father stood up shakily, but he slipped and fell..."
Ni Yueshan frowned and asked, "Then, if your father were removed now, there would be debris all over his body? Did your father die because those fragments pierced his vitals?"
"yes."
Ni Yueshan glanced at Xue Rong strangely, then looked at Xue Ziyi: "Shouldn't you have called a doctor at that time?"
Xue Ziyi's face turned pale. "I should have called a doctor, but before I could leave, my father had already died..."
"And then you panicked and waited until today, only to tell your mother in a panic and ask her to come look for me?"
"Yes..." Xue Ziyi lowered his eyes, looking very annoyed.
Ni Yueshan frowned, "He fell to his death from drinking. You didn't touch your father, so why are you afraid? If someone comes to investigate until now, they will only think it was you who did it."
Xue Ziyi did not respond to what Ni Yueshan said.
Mrs. Guo wiped her tears silently. "If it's really as you said, Ziyi, we are not afraid of the coroner coming to investigate. Let, let the coroner come and clear your name!"
Xue Ziyi said with some entanglement and depression: "Mom, being stabbed to death by broken wine pieces can also be man-made. The coroner can determine the cause of death, but I was present at the time. How can I deny my involvement!"
Ni Yueshan said solemnly, "I remember you have a second mother and a younger brother at home?"
Xue Ziyi nodded: "Yes."
Ni Yueshan narrowed his eyes slightly, "If you want to prove your innocence, we should call the coroner first, but your second mother will have to watch."
Xue Ziyi looked at Ni Yueshan in confusion, his gentle face full of puzzlement.
"She is now the only female master of the Xue family. If she testifies for you about Master Xue's death, then you are innocent, and you are not guilty!"
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