Chapter 400: Sharing Weal and Woe
Lin Miaoyin stood there quietly, staring at Yu Lingxiu closely.
Yu Lingxiu's slightly trembling hands and the evasiveness that occasionally flashed in her eyes did not escape Lin Miaoyin's eyes.
Seeing her guilty look, Lin Miaoyin sneered.
Lin Miaoyin slowly turned around, raised her slender fingers and pointed at the kitchen helper beside her: "This lady is already quite old. She just got a few beatings today, but tonight she is working as usual as if nothing happened. This is really strange."
Her words echoed in the silent space, drawing puzzled looks from everyone around her.
After saying that, Lin Miaoyin walked towards the trembling kitchen helper.
As the distance between them shortened, a strong and pungent smell of alcohol hit her face and penetrated into her nose: "Madam, after all, you and that boy were beaten together, and this friendship of sharing weal and woe cannot be easily erased. I also heard that the boy suspected that I had feelings for him, and he only told you such a secret. It seems that the relationship between you two is not ordinary. In this case, why don't you help Miss Yu to thoroughly investigate the cause of the boy's death. I believe that with your abilities, you will be able to find out the truth."
When the kitchen helper heard what Lin Miaoyin said, she suddenly raised her eyes which had been drooping, and glanced quickly at Yu Lingxiu.
There was panic, hesitation, and a barely perceptible request for help in his eyes.
Then, she shook her head repeatedly, her voice trembling as she said, "Princess, I... I'm old, and my brain isn't working well anymore. I can't do this kind of thing. You should ask someone else for help."
Lin Miaoyin didn't intend to let him go. She narrowed her eyes slightly, a hint of sharpness flashed in her eyes, and said in a faint tone: "This man was implicated because of you, and he died unjustly without any reason. Madam, aren't you afraid that in the dead of night, the wronged ghost of the servant will come to you to seek revenge? Karma in this world is never wrong."
As soon as these words came out, Cui Lu, who was standing nearby, trembled with fear. Her already tense nerves instantly broke, her legs went limp, and she fell directly to the ground.
Her eyes widened and she said in horror, "Princess...Princess, please stop talking. It's too scary."
But strangely, the kitchen helper was calm and composed, without any fear on her face, as if everything Lin Miaoyin said had nothing to do with her.
Seeing this, Lin Miaoyin frowned slightly, looking a little confused.
Feng Ming stepped forward and whispered, "Princess, that boy is the child of the kitchen helper and her ex-husband. He was abandoned before, and after the kitchen helper remarried, the boy came to her on his own, and the kitchen helper found him a job in the princess's mansion."
Lin Miaoyin looked at the kitchen helper again, her eyes fixed on her cold face.
Yu Lingxiu may not have bribed the kitchen helper with money to do the job, but she was trying to get rid of the boy as an excuse to persuade the kitchen helper to help her spread rumors about herself.
Seeing that the kitchen helper had no sadness on her face when facing the servant's corpse, and even a hint of relief in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, Lin Miaoyin instantly realized that her plan of using the corpse to scare them into telling the truth was no longer feasible.
Her eyes swept across everyone's faces, and finally fixed on Feng Ming who was standing aside. Her tone was as cold as the north wind in winter: "Go get a small dagger!"
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked and didn't understand what Lin Miaoyin's intention was.
Although Feng Ming was confused, he did not dare to ask more questions. He immediately took the order and left in a hurry. After a while, he returned with a sharp little dagger in his hand.
Lin Miaoyin took the dagger and weighed it gently in her hand. The blade flashed a cold light in the dim light.
She looked at the kitchen helper, her eyes filled with scrutiny and coercion: "I heard that if a person is really being plotted against, his internal organs will be shattered. I want to see if they are all shattered. Come on, open his chest and show me if it's true."
When the kitchen helper heard this horrifying proposal, her face turned pale in an instant, like a piece of white paper. Her lips trembled slightly, and her eyes were full of resistance. Without even thinking, she immediately refused, "No, I can't do this."
Lin Miaoyin looked at her without any mercy in her eyes, and said coldly: "If you don't do it, then you will be beaten! After all, they are mother and son, so I guess their lives are about the same. I want to see how many strokes you have to take before you die."
The words were icy cold, and every word was like a sharp knife piercing the kitchen helper's heart.
The kitchen helper's body trembled violently, and beads of sweat instantly appeared on her forehead. The beads of sweat as big as beans rolled down her cheeks and wet her clothes.
Her hands were tightly clenched on the corners of her clothes, her knuckles turned white from the force, and it was obvious that she was struggling fiercely inside.
Cui Lu was so frightened that she didn't dare to breathe. She curled up into a ball and watched the scene with fear in her eyes.
At this moment, the air around them seemed to freeze, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe. Everyone's eyes were focused on the kitchen helper, waiting for her to make a decision.
After a long time, the kitchen helper slowly raised her head, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes. She gritted her teeth, stretched out her trembling hand, and took the dagger from Lin Miaoyin's hand.
Her steps were unsteady as she moved towards the servant's body step by step, and each step seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
When she stood in front of the boy's body, the dagger in her hand was trembling slightly. She took a deep breath and slowly squatted down. Just when the dagger was about to touch the body, her hand suddenly stopped and a look of pain appeared on her face.
Lin Miaoyin watched coldly from the side, not moved at all: "Why, you don't want to do anything? The punishment will come down soon."
Tears welled up in the kitchen lady's eyes and slid down her cheeks. Her voice was filled with endless pain: "I... I will do it."
As she spoke, she hardened her heart and slowly cut open the boy's clothes with the dagger in her hand.
As the sharp blade passed, the servant's clothes were slowly cut open, and everyone's eyes were instantly focused on a mark revealed on his body.
Lin Miaoyin turned her head slightly, took a casual glance, and said softly: "This mark is quite special. If this boy is lost, it will be easier to find him with this mark."
When the kitchen helper heard this, her originally steady hands suddenly trembled, and because she didn't control the strength well, the knife in her hand made a "puff" sound and pierced straight into the boy's body.
In an instant, thick black blood slowly seeped out of the wound and spread before everyone's eyes.
In this situation, even if Lin Miaoyin did not say anything more, everyone already understood that the boy had clearly died of poisoning.
Lin Miaoyin looked at the scene in front of her, but her thoughts drifted away involuntarily. She thought to herself, if only Fanfan was here at this moment. With Fanfan's ability, there was no need to use such crude methods to perform an autopsy.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
