“Mrs. Ruolan didn’t harm Mrs. Yun. I tried my best to throw the dirty water on you, but how could I throw it on your head?” Aunt Jiang’s eyes were red. Suddenly, she turned around and knelt down, saying to Su Nuannuan with tears in her eyes: “Grandma, please understand. I really dare not have the intention of harming you…”
Su Nuannuan thought to herself that she had just discovered today that Aunt Jiang was truly a movie queen. Look how realistic her expression of suppressing anger and grief was. And these words were so powerful.
She was thinking in her heart, but her face remained calm. She coughed to interrupt Aunt Jiang and asked softly, "Why did you mention that Grandma Yun couldn't eat lotus roots in front of Grandma Lan that day?"
Aunt Jiang was stunned for a moment, but then she lowered her head and cried, "I dare not hide it from you, Master and Grandma. Since I moved out of Xia Yuxuan, Grandma Yun has made things difficult for me many times, so I was very sad and a little angry. When I talked to Grandma Lan that time, I couldn't help but complain a few words, saying that Grandma Yun almost lost her life when she ate lotus root powder that day. At that time, I was only two years older than her. Because I was worried about her safety, I stayed with her for two days and two nights without closing my eyes. Since then, I have been working even harder. I only told others that Grandma Yun didn't like to eat lotus roots, and I took great pains to prevent it, fearing that someone would take the opportunity to use this incident to harm Grandma. I worked so hard, but what did I get in the end?"
Having said this, she paused for a moment before continuing, "I just happened to be talking about this. I felt a little regretful afterwards, but I thought that Madam Lan would not dare to use this matter to harm Madam Yun. After all, only a limited number of people knew about this. Who would have thought... Woohoo, it's all my fault. I didn't know people well and spoke too quickly..."
Jiang couldn't help but curse behind the screen, but because of the presence of Master Xu, she couldn't stand up and make a scene, so she had to endure it. Su Nuannuan and Duan Tingxuan ignored her. It was not until this time that the young marquis asked Aunt Jiang, "I've always been very confused. You used to listen to Ran Yun's words, why did you suddenly move out of Xia Yuxuan?"
Aunt Jiang hesitated for a moment, looked up at Fengxian, and saw that she turned her head away out of guilt, then she said sadly: "To answer your question, Master. Chuan'er had a stomachache that day and almost lost his life. I once thought that it was the work of the Grandmother, but later I found out that Grandmother was a very good person and taught me many things that others would not say. She really cared about Chuan'er. I became suspicious and felt that the Grandmother was not someone who could do such a thing. Moreover, after calming down and thinking about it, even if the ice cream had a stomachache, how could it kill someone? So I secretly investigated and finally found out that Although there is no direct and obvious evidence, all the doubts point to Grandma Yun. On that day, she asked Miss Fengxian to bring a bowl of ginger sugar water, and it was after Chuan'er drank that bowl of ginger sugar water that he became uncontrollable. If my brother died that time, I would definitely go crazy, and the blame would definitely be put on Grandma. From then on, every time Grandma Yun saw me and Chuan'er, there was hatred in her eyes. I am ignorant and cannot describe that look, but I intuitively know that it is a look that wishes us mother and son to die. Even Chuan'er is very afraid of her..."
Before he could finish, Duan Tingxuan shouted, "What? What do you mean? Was it Ran Yun who killed Chuan?"
Aunt Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "I know Madam Yun, but I have no evidence, and today is not the right time to bring up the past. Anyway, now that Madam Yun is gone, you can ask Miss Fengxian about it later. Madam Yun couldn't have done it herself, and since it was Miss Fengxian who sent the ginger syrup, I think she must understand the twists and turns."
Duan Tingxuan's face turned pale, and he was about to speak when he heard Su Nuannuan say, "Master, please be patient. Aunt Jiang is right. The most urgent thing is to find out the truth about Sister Yun's sudden death."
The young marquis nodded, and suddenly heard Xue Zhilan say loudly: "Do you still need to ask? Isn't it obvious? Aunt Jiang holds a grudge against Sister Yun because she wanted to harm her brother Chuan. She first told me that Sister Yun couldn't eat lotus roots. When she found that I was unmoved, she simply did it herself. As for her saying that she didn't have the courage to harm the master, haha, she might not have the courage if she relied on herself, but how do you know that there is no one to support her behind the scenes?"
"Grandma Lan, you need evidence for what you say. You said I killed Grandma Yun, but I haven't been there since I left Xia Yuxuan. How could I have done it? When? Where? How? Did I put lotus root powder into Grandma Yun's food? Tell me. Besides, you identified me as the murderer, but where are the witnesses? Where are the physical evidence?"
"you……"
Xue Zhilan was speechless, but she heard Aunt Jiang's aggressive words: "It was Madam Lan. The other day, the farm sent rabbits, and the boys urged her to raise rabbits, so she ran to the kitchen to pick some. When she was picking rabbits, she saw Miss Feiyan holding a plate of cold lotus root slices. The boys asked for them, and she gave each of them a slice. Is that right?"
Su Nuannuan lowered her head to drink tea, but she looked at Xue Zhilan calmly from the corner of her eyes. She saw Caisang behind her suddenly shivering twice, and cold sweat flowed down her forehead like a stream. Xue Zhilan was still shouting, "Asshole, how dare you wrongly accuse me? What's wrong with eating a few slices of lotus root? At this time of year, how many people in the mansion eat lotus roots? Are they all suspects?"
Aunt Jiang seemed to have been suppressed for many years. She refused to give in and said in a deep voice, "There are many people in the mansion who eat lotus roots, but I'm afraid not many people know that Madam Yun can't eat lotus roots, right?"
"So what? Haven't you eaten lotus roots these days?"
Xue Zhilan felt panic in her heart: How could things turn out like this? The only one who could harm people was Aunt Jiang, right? But why was she so calm? And she even forced me to lose my composure? This... this was not right. How could all the evidence suddenly point to me?
Although he was panicking in his heart, he pretended to be calm on the surface. Just when he was about to sort out his thoughts and take back the initiative, he suddenly heard Su Nuannuan, who had not spoken for a long time, speak up: "I think Caisang behind me seems to have something to say. What do you think? Why don't you let her come out and say a few words?"
Cai Sang suddenly raised her head, her face full of fear, and shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly, saying: "No...no, this servant has nothing to say..."
"Grandma wants you to come out and answer her, why are you hiding behind?"
Duan Tingxuan looked at Caisang solemnly. Seeing that girl came out reluctantly, he turned his head to look at his wife, only to see Su Nuannuan said calmly: "Don't panic, I will ask you a few questions, and you must answer without hesitation, how about it?"
"I... your servant... I..." Caisang looked at Xue Zhilan in panic, but saw that her master was surprised. When she saw her looking over, she shouted angrily: "Since the eldest lady wants to ask you a question, just answer it. Why do you have such a dead face?"
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