Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

Chapter 142: Crushing bones and ashes

"You! You guys!" Old Madam Chen felt a sharp pain in her chest. She clutched her heart and fell backwards with a painful expression. "My daughter! You are so brave! You actually dared to burn a corpse!"

Li Ruofu supported Old Madam Chen and frowned, "Ninth Miss, how could you, the Xie family, burn my aunt's body without informing us? Could it be that you really killed my aunt and were afraid that we would find out, so you destroyed the body to cover up the evidence?"

"Father did this to preserve the reputation of my Xie family and Meng Fu. How can it be considered as destroying the evidence?" Feng Jia readily followed suit.

"What does Ninth Miss mean?" Li Ruofu shouted.

Feng Jia sighed, "We are all one family. Since my great-grandmother and my aunt insist on getting to the bottom of it, Zhao'er won't hide it. Grandmother is right, mother didn't die of illness!"

"Then how did my Jing'er die!" Old Madam Chen shouted angrily.

Feng Jia said: "My mother was caught committing adultery by my father. She was so overwhelmed that she hit her head against the wall and died out of shame and anger."

"How is this possible!" Old Madam Chen opened her eyes wide in shock.

Li Ruofu's body also trembled violently.

"Impossible?" Feng Jia raised her eyebrows. "Grandmother, Zhao'er has no reason to lie to you. Mother committed adultery with a servant and was caught red-handed. Many people in the mansion saw it!"

"Impossible, impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Old Madam Chen kept shaking her head, her heart was in panic, sweat broke out on the tip of her nose. She would never believe that her Jing'er would be so confused!

Feng Jia stared at Old Madam Chen intently, observing the changes in her facial expressions. She saw that her originally confident look began to become guilty after repeating it over and over again, and even her momentum weakened.

Feng Jia continued to probe: "Grandma, it seems that mother and that servant have been involved for a long time, but father trusted her over the years, so he didn't find out."

"Jing'er is taking revenge on me..." Old Madam Cheng murmured absentmindedly.

Li Ruofu shook her body, frowned, and pulled Old Madam Chen, "Mother, be careful with your words!"

Two lines of tears fell from Old Madam Chen's face. She walked forward sobbing and took the wooden box containing Meng's ashes from the servant. It was so light, but in her hands it felt as heavy as a thousand pounds. Her face was pale.

"Jing'er, it was your mother who harmed you! If it were back then... if it were back then..." Old Madam Chen seemed unable to control her emotions, but when the words came to her lips, she held back and didn't say any more. She just held the urn and cried loudly.

The attending nanny took the urn from her and was about to put it on the carriage when she suddenly felt a dull pain in her wrist, as if something had passed through her hand.

The old woman winced in pain and lost her balance, causing the urn to fall to the ground with a bang. The wooden box broke in two and the ashes inside scattered all over the floor.

"Jing'er!!!"

Old Madam Chen was like a madman. She pushed the old lady away, crawled on the ground, and gathered handfuls of ashes in her hands. A gust of wind happened to blow by, and the ashes fluttered and scattered all at once, without even a trace left.

"what!!!"

Old Madam Chen suddenly let out a loud roar, then tilted her neck back, spurted out a large mouthful of blood, and fainted.

Everyone panicked and swarmed around, sending Old Madam Chen to the carriage. The old maid was so frightened that she kept kowtowing to Li Ruofu: "I deserve to die! I really want to die! Young lady, I am your wet nurse. Please save me for the sake of my care for you since you were a child."

"You little dog! How could you be so careless!" Li Ruofu watched her mother-in-law fainting, and the culprit turned out to be her own personal nanny. Moreover, she and her sister-in-law Meng Jing had always been at odds with each other, so people would inevitably think that she did it on purpose. She was so angry that her eyes turned black and she kicked the nanny hard in the chest.

The old lady grimaced in pain, not daring to beg for mercy. She covered her wrist and said, "Miss! I don't know what happened! It was as if an arrow suddenly shot through my wrist! I was able to get out of it!"

"Where is the arrow? It's clearly an excuse for you to escape the blame!" Li Ruofu said angrily, "I'll deal with you when we get back!"

As he was about to leave, a pleasant female voice came from behind him.

Li Ruofu turned around and looked at Feng Jia. Feng Jia smiled and said, "Aunt, please go back and persuade grandma."

Her voice was very soft, and the breeze swept across her face, blowing the hairband on her head up. Her black and white eyes were as bright as the Milky Way. "In return, father promised that he could ask for grace from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to allow your eldest cousin to inherit the title of Earl's Mansion."

Li Ruofu was stunned.

Her husband Meng Yang was the eldest son of the Meng family. After his death, their son Meng Ying should have inherited the title. However, her mother-in-law let her second uncle inherit the title on the grounds that Meng Ying was still young, saying that the title would be given back after Meng Ying came of age. But without the protection of her husband, Li Ruofu had little influence and how could she predict what would happen in the future?

So these days, she couldn't sleep or eat, and was worried about the future life of her and her son.

If the Prime Minister's Mansion endorses him, his son will definitely be able to take his own position in the future! Thinking of this, Li Ruofu quickly made up his mind. His originally resistant eyes softened, and he even took Feng Jia's hand affectionately, patted it gently, and said kindly: "You said that, my aunt knows, and I will convince my mother-in-law. I also hope that your father will keep his word!"

"Of course." Feng Jia smiled.

Li Ruofu left happily, and Feng Jia's mouth corners slowly drooped. They walked west all the way back to the apricot garden, lying on a recliner under a tree to enjoy the cool air.

She drove all the servants out of the yard except Qingshu, and then asked, "How is the Yu family these days?"

Qingshu naturally knew that the Yu family she was talking about was Madam Feng's uncle's family. He smiled and said, "The Yu family has completely taken over Xiangshan, and planted new flower seedlings according to the solar terms. Madam Yu said that by the beginning of next spring, there will be a batch of flowers to pick, and we can produce a large amount of hair oil and sell it in the market!"

After a pause, Qingshu's voice suddenly lowered a few notes, his face slightly red, and he said vaguely: "As for the young master of the Yu family... his family has a livelihood, so he doesn't need to make money to supplement the family income. He has returned to the Imperial College to continue his studies."

Feng Jia was thinking about something and didn't notice her abnormality. She asked again, "How is the shop search going?"

Qing Shu said: "The shops in the capital that meet your requirements are either too far away or the rent is too high. I haven't found one that satisfies you yet."

Feng Jia nodded: "There's no rush, just keep an eye on it for me."

Qingshu hesitated: "Miss, are we really going to open an incense shop?"

It was already the end of July, and the weather wasn't that hot, but it was raining today, and the weather was very stuffy. Feng Jia fanned herself with a folding fan and said, "Just say whatever you want to say."

Qingshu gritted his teeth and said, "Although this incense shop is named after the Yu family, the boss behind it is you, young lady. You already know that Linglong Incense Shop is the private property of the master. You previously found that group of actors and staged a play to suppress them. Now you want to open a shop directly. It's obvious that you are deliberately going against him. I'm afraid that the master will find out..."

Feng Jia smiled and said, "I still need to learn this from my father."

Qing Shu was puzzled, Feng Jia said: "Then I will learn from him and find a few more shields, so that they will not be able to find me!"

Qingshu was relieved.

Feng Jia had a rare moment of free time, so he opened the system and saw that the item originally labeled "Hunter's Arrow" had disappeared from the item column.

The first arrow was used on Chen Zixing of Shicheng.

The second arrow was used on Xiao Jun.

Originally, she intended to use this last arrow to save her life, but today, seeing that Meng's ashes were about to be brought back to her parents' home for a grand burial, Feng Jia really couldn't bear it.

Just like Xie Shubai told her, there are more important things in this world than saving your life!

It would be a great pleasure to grind Meng's bones to dust! It would be a great pleasure!

The number of times the "Controller's Piano Sound" can be released in the prop column has also changed from three to two.