Overnight, Shen Yulou became a witch who brought disaster to the country and was imprisoned. This incident was difficult for the eldest lady to accept, but before the eldest lady returned to the house, she heard that Shen Yulou had committed suicide in the prison. news.
If Shen Yulou had not died, there was still a possibility of overturning the case. But if Shen Yulou had died, what would be the point of overturning the case?
The eldest lady could not accept such a thing for a while, and she suddenly fell into despair. Coupled with the cold weather and wind, she fell ill before she returned to the house.
Shen Fengxu stayed in the palace for a long time, and then when he returned to his house, a maid hurriedly came to report: "Girl, the eldest lady has fallen ill and is still unconscious. I want you and the second girl to go and take care of her. "
Among the girls in the big house, Shen Yulou has committed suicide. The fourth girl, Shen Yuxiang, was sent to the village in the countryside, leaving only Shen Fengxu and Shen Baitang. Shen Yuning, Shen Yujia and Shen Yumin are not the girls in the big house. , there is no need to come to see you.
Chen Fengxu frowned slightly and said, "It's already so late. Since mother is still asleep, she probably won't wake up. I'll wait until tomorrow." After that, he waved his hand to signal the maid to exit.
The maid: "..."
How can there be such a person? When my aunt is sick, shouldn't she go to attend to her illness regardless of day and night? Not to mention it is getting late, even if she hasn't slept for several days and nights, it is still a matter of course!
It could be seen that Shen Fengxu had already planned to change clothes and go to bed. The maid was silent and turned around to exit. But before she could go out, she heard Shen Fengxu's voice coming over again: "By the way, you also want to go to Qingxueyuan." Tell the second girl that she doesn't have to go, and we can go together tomorrow morning."
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The next day is the first day of the first lunar month.
But Dong Ningbo's house was not like other families celebrating the festival. Instead, it was gloomy and gloomy. After the old lady heard the news of Shen Yulou's suicide, her blood surged and she did not recover for a long time. Fortunately, there was a doctor beside her, but When I finally recovered, I felt heavy-hearted.
The eldest lady fell ill and fell ill in Chunfang Courtyard.
But of course some people are happy and some are sad. When something like this happened in the first room, the second room was full of joy. The second wife and her two daughters were visiting relatives and setting off firecrackers. It was very lively, and they even had fireworks from time to time. People went to visit the eldest lady in Chunfang Courtyard.
It was said that it was a visit, but during the visit, some pots were not opened and some pots were not picked up.
Xiaozhi, the maid in the second room, was a pretty little girl. She was wearing a bright red festive dress, so she walked into the eldest lady's room. She was very obedient and said: "My maid goes to greet the eldest lady. The second lady is bringing my maid." When visiting the Eldest Madam, the Second Madam specially asked her maid to bring a box of snacks, and also invited the Eldest Madam to taste them."
The eldest lady was slumped on the bed, feeling weak. When she saw the maid dressed in bright red and festive clothes, she immediately thought of her eldest daughter who died tragically last night. Her expression suddenly changed. She sat up from the bed and shouted sharply: " Who asked you to come!"
The eldest lady's voice was stern and her face was ferocious, which frightened Xiaozhi. She shrank back and said, "It was the second lady who heard that the eldest lady was ill and asked her maid to come and visit her."
The eldest lady gritted her teeth and spat out each word from her lips: "What are you doing dressed like this?!"
Her daughter died tragically yesterday. How could someone dress so brightly and brightly? She was just a maid, but she dressed like this. What was her intention?!
"Today is the first day of the first lunar month..." Xiaozhi was so frightened by the eldest lady that she almost fell down. She took a few steps back and trembled as she explained, "The second lady specially gave a lot of clothes to the maids, not only Xiaozhi, but also those in the second room.
Many maids are wearing this outfit."
Xiaozhi was very puzzled and had no idea why the eldest lady was so angry.
On the side, Hongqu, who was dressed in plain white clothes, said coldly: "Didn't you see that our wife is sick? Why are you still talking nonsense here? Come out quickly!"
Not only Hongqu, but almost all the maids in Chunfang Court are dressed in plain white clothes. No one dares to wear bright and colorful clothes. Originally, Qiaoer in Chunfang Court was very popular just because she had a few flower hairpins on her head.
The lady punished her with twenty sticks, so of course no one dared to wear bright clothes anymore.
Hongqu knew that the eldest lady was deeply saddened, so she immediately sent Xiao Zhi out. Xiao Zhi felt as if she had been granted amnesty, and was about to leave, but the eldest lady called Xiao Zhi back with a strong voice.
"Wait a minute!" She almost gritted her teeth and said, "Drag her out and kill her with a cane!"
The eldest lady cannot tolerate such people living.
Her daughter is dead, how can others still be alive?
Xiaozhi was so frightened that her face turned pale. She knelt down and said, "My lady, please spare my life! I know that I have made a mistake. Please spare my life! I know my mistake! Please spare my life!"
Xiaozhi didn't understand what happened at all, and he didn't know how he had angered the eldest lady and was about to be beaten to death by the eldest lady.
On the side, Shen Fengxu, who came to attend to the illness, spoke, with a light and careless tone, and said: "Why is mother so angry? She is just an ignorant person and is not guilty. I guess the second aunt didn't tell her what happened at all.
, if everyone wants to be killed with a stick, how many people can be left alive in the house?"
Early this morning, Chen Fengxu came to attend to the illness, but even though it was to attend to the illness, Shen Fengxu just sat there with a cup of tea from beginning to end, and did not serve the eldest lady.
The eldest lady took a deep breath, turned to look at Chen Fengxu, with a deep and profound coldness in her eyes, and said with barely restraint: "You don't need to wait here anymore, go back first."
The eldest lady who lost her beloved daughter could not express the grief in her heart, but even so, she could barely control the rage in her heart when Shen Fengxu was in front of her. She felt both hatred and pain in her heart, but she could not do anything to Shen Fengxu.
She is still Shen Fengxu's aunt, but Shen Fengxu is no longer the daughter who can be manipulated by her. She is the Queen Mother's own Prince Minhe. Shen Fengxu's future marriage cannot be decided by the eldest lady, so to speak.
, Shen Fengxu has completely escaped the control of the eldest lady.
The eldest lady gritted her teeth.
Hearing this, Chen Fengxu smiled slightly, knowing that he was getting what he wanted, so he stood up and said: "In that case, the daughter will leave. Since the mother does not need her daughter to serve here, she must not need the second sister, so my daughter will
I also told my second sister that there is no need to come."
Today, Shen Baitang and Shen Fengxu were supposed to be here to attend to the eldest lady's illness, but Shen Fengxu said that he was the only one here, so he asked Shen Baitang to go back.
Shen Fengxu didn't want Shen Baitang to stay with the eldest lady, and he didn't know what the eldest lady's plot was.
The eldest lady only felt that there was an unknown fire suppressing her, but in the end she nodded and said, "Let's go out."
Chen Fengxu then stepped out and glanced at Xiaozhi before leaving: "What are you doing here, why don't you leave quickly?"
With Shen Fengxu's words, Xiaozhi said hurriedly: "Yes, my servant will leave now."
He quickly walked out of the room.
After Shen Fengxu and Xiaozhi both left Chunfangyuan, the eldest lady immediately lay down on the bed weakly. She felt so sad in her heart that her beloved daughter was mistaken for a witch who had brought harm to the country for no reason, and then committed suicide in the sky prison. What happened? Can it not make her grief-stricken?
Naturally, he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep, so he fell ill.
It would be fine if it was Shen Yuxiang who died, but Shen Yulou was the beloved daughter she had carefully cultivated, and she had put in countless efforts...
At this time, a maid came to report: "Madam, Qing Zhi wants to see you."
The eldest lady was startled: "Qing Zhi?!"
Qing Zhi is Shen Yulou's personal maid, and the eldest lady naturally knows that. When she heard Qing Zhi's request to see her, the eldest lady gritted her teeth and said, "Let her in."
Qing Zhi had been following Shen Yulou since she was a child, and she naturally had something to say to the eldest lady.
Sure enough, as soon as Qing Zhifang came in, she knelt down on the ground and sobbed: "Madam, the girl is not a witch who has brought disaster to the country at all. She was harmed by others, and with the girl's character, how could she commit suicide? He must have been murdered by someone else!"
"Of course Yulou is not a witch who has brought disaster to the country!" The eldest lady's eyes flashed with deep hatred. She clenched her fingers and said, "There must be someone plotting to kill Yulou. I must find the murderer."
The eldest lady naturally knows what Qing Zhi said. She knows that Shen Yulou will never commit suicide, but in the prison, there is absolutely no possibility of deception. Someone must have killed Shen Yulou and then disguised Shen Yulou as committing suicide. appearance.
Qing Zhi's voice was choked with sobs as she said, "The murderer who murdered the girl was Miss Six!"
"What did you say?!" The eldest lady's eyes narrowed, "Did Chen Fengxu harm Yulou?"
Although she wished she could kill Shen Fengxu and be quick, she did not think that Shen Yulou was the one who plotted to kill Shen Yulou. After all, Shen Yulou was accused by Meng Yannian of Qintian Prison as a witch who brought harm to the country. Although Shen Fengxu was the prince of Minhe County, But he also has no ability to control the deputy supervisor of Qintian Prison.
Qing Zhi nodded heavily, with tears welling up in her eyes: "That's Miss Six! Madam, I don't know, but what happened yesterday was actually planned by the girl and the Fourth Highness early in the morning."
The eldest lady knew something about this. Yesterday, although Shen Yulou did not talk about the specific matter, he told the eldest lady that after the New Year's Eve banquet, Shen Fengxu would never turn around again. This was also the day in Taihe that day. In front of the palace, the eldest lady firmly explained the reason why Shen Fengxu was beyond redemption.
But the specific details, the eldest lady did not know.
Qing Zhi said while wiping her tears: "The girl and the Fourth Highness discussed asking Li Kan from Qintian Prison to identify the Sixth Girl as a witch who is causing harm to the country. So yesterday in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Sixth Girl accidentally broke the wine cup. I died just to prove this point, but I didn't expect that the person who came in the end was not Li Kan, the supervisor of the Qintian Prison, but Meng Yannian, the deputy supervisor. Meng Yannian started talking nonsense and said she was our girl."
This was what Ming Yan and Shen Yulou planned in yesterday's incident, but the final result was unexpected.
"Yulou is His Highness the Fourth Highness..." The eldest lady was unexpected, "How could this happen...?"
Qing Zhi sobbed and continued: "Madam, Miss Six must have discovered our girl's plan, so she planned it to prevent Li Kan from coming. She also bribed Meng Yannian to identify our girl as a witch who is causing harm to the country. She was even more afraid of the long nights and dreams. The girl was killed in the sky jail, and the girl committed suicide. In this way, even if the case can be overturned in the future, our girl is already dead..."
If it were in the past, the eldest lady would have been furious and planning to deal with Shen Fengxu, but now the eldest lady has been exceptionally calm.
"Even if Shen Fengxu is Lord Minhe, it is impossible for him to cheat in the Tianlao. The prison is heavily guarded. It is not something that Lord Minhe can do, even with the help of Princess Ning and Prince Ning. "The eldest lady's face was as gloomy as water, and she analyzed, "Chen Fengxu may have borrowed the power of Ning Prince's Palace to bribe Meng Yannian, but it is impossible for her to make Yulou commit suicide."
Naturally, she hated Shen Fengxu. If Shen Yulou's plan was successful, her daughter would not have died yesterday. But the eldest lady must find out the murderer. She could not let her daughter die in an unknown way. .
There were still tears on Qing Zhi's face, and she raised her head blankly and looked at the eldest lady: "Madam, what you're saying is that it wasn't Miss Six who harmed our girl? There was someone else who harmed our girl?"
The eldest lady gritted her teeth and said: "Even if it's not Shen Fengxu, I will never let her go, but the top priority now is to find the person who murdered Yulou!"
But she didn't know who else besides Shen Fengxu would plot to kill Shen Yulou.
Hongqu's eyes turned and said: "Madam, the girl is with the Fourth Highness. Is there someone who wants to deal with the Fourth Highness?"
Yesterday, Ming Yan pleaded for Shen Yulou in public, and everyone saw it clearly. Maybe the target of others was not Shen Yulou, but the fourth prince Ming Yan.
But everything is still speculation.
The eldest lady propped herself up and sat up, saying: "Bring me a pen, I want to repair a book."
She will use the power of Yi'an Bo Mansion to investigate the matter.
The eldest lady does not expect Shen Yanning to avenge her daughter. She is the person who knows Shen Yanning best. Although Shen Yanning has always regarded Shen Yulou as a treasure, that is because Shen Yulou has a huge The utilization value can bring enough benefits to Dongning Bo Mansion. Once Shen Yulou loses its value, Shen Yanning will not waste any extra effort.
What's more...
Shen Yulou is dead.
Shen Yanning was naturally sad about this, but that was all. He just regretted losing such an outstanding daughter like Shen Yulou.
The eldest lady picked up the pen and finished the writing in a scribbled and hurried way. After blowing on it, she handed it to Hongqu and said: "You must give this to Yi Anbo personally, and no one else can!"
Hongqu took it and said, "Yes, I will hand it over to Yi'anbo personally."
Qing Zhi wiped her tears and said: "Madam, I have been with the girl since I was a child. Now that the girl is gone, I have nowhere to go. My only thought is to avenge the girl. Please let me With you by my side, I will definitely try my best to avenge the girl!"
The eldest lady nodded and said, "You can stay in Chunfang Courtyard."