Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

In the Longxi Courtyard of the Third House, Xie Changrong was washing her hands. The Third House's Madam Jiang was standing by and saying earnestly, "The mother and daughter of the First House are not easy to get along with. You should not get too close to them in the future, especially Xie Shubai, who was brought back from Meng's mother's home. I think she is full of calculations at such a young age. You should stay away from her!"

Xie Changrong did not answer. She washed her hands, picked up the soup bowl and took a sip. The ginseng, abalone and scallops in the soup were stewed until they were golden and soft, which made her appetite grow.

"I saw Chunmei carrying a bowl of tonic soup out just now, heading west." Xie Changrong put the bowl heavily on the table, as if she had thought of something irritating. "Is it for that new beggar? Who is she? She is just a concubine's child. Why should mother try to please her like this?"

"It's just a bowl of soup. How can it be considered a flattery?" The third wife turned the Buddhist beads in her hand. "She lost her mother when she was young. She just looks pitiful. Besides, her aunt was not hostile to us when she was alive..."

"Mother! How can you be so foolish and kind!" Xie Changrong said, "You have good intentions and feel sorry for Xie Lanzhao, but in the eyes of the first lady, you are meddling in other people's affairs! She is from the first wife's house, no matter how pitiful she is, she has her stepmother to take care of her. Does she need a bowl of soup from your third wife's house?"

"But……"

"Mother! You are harming your daughter by doing this! Why don't you listen to what I say?" Xie Changrong threw the teacup in frustration, and grabbed a handful of gold and silver jewelry and threw them on the ground, looking ferocious and terrifying.

"You too! Dad too! None of them listened to me! You said I shouldn't curry favor with the Meng family! Do you think I like to fawn on them like that? It's because you and Dad are not up to the task! Dad has been a fifth-rank minister all these years, but look at the first wife, who not only became the prime minister! She also has a princess as her daughter-in-law! Even the fourth wife rose to prominence by currying favor with the princess! She has already trampled us under her feet!"

All the tables and chairs in the room were knocked over by Xie Changrong, and the room was in a mess.

The third room cried bitterly: "Rongrong, don't be like this..."

"You know, mother! You should know this! I was supposed to be the one to be engaged to General Shen! But because my father and uncle were not on the same page, the position that should have belonged to me was taken by that bitch from the fourth room! Mother! The position of the Shen family's legitimate mother should have been mine! You all owe me!"

Xie Changrong has been suffering from this insanity ever since the fourth wife's eldest daughter proposed marriage to the young general of General Shen's mansion on her behalf three years ago. Over the years, with the considerate care of the third wife, her condition was almost cured. But she didn't expect it to relapse today. Seeing that Xie Changrong was about to lose control again, the third wife immediately comforted her: "It's mother's fault. Mother will not send things to Ninth Girl anymore! Mother was wrong! Please don't blame mother, okay! My poor child, wuwuwu..."

"Don't ever mention not letting me go to the big room again!"

"Mother won't mention it anymore. As long as Rong'er is fine! Mother won't mention it anymore!" A line of clear tears flowed from the eyes of the third wife.

Xie Changrong finally calmed down, and her originally red eyes slowly returned to normal, but her chest was still panting heavily. She said to the third wife, "Mother, you know, I am doing this for the good of our family. My father is an old-fashioned man. He has been a poor scholar all his life, but he has no idea what the use of having a clean reputation is in the officialdom? He has no backing and does not know how to curry favor, so he is just a minister in this life! Mother, are you willing to be a small minister's wife for the rest of your life? Every time you sit with those noble ladies in the capital, you can only occupy the corner seat and endure the ridicule and contempt of others?"

"My daughter doesn't want to!" Xie Changrong stood up, revealing a beautiful face in the broken mirror, but now her face was distorted: "Why should I be inferior to others? If I want to be someone, I'll be the one who's superior to others!"

When Xie Changrong came out of the third room, she was still feeling unwilling, wondering why God was so blind to let her be born into such a family. Her mother was indecisive and her father was a fake scholar who did not plan for her at all. If she was Meng's daughter, it would be so great. Not to mention marrying into General Shen's Mansion, she might even marry the prince.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She kicked over the vase on the wooden steps, and the ground was covered with dirty water and colorful fragments. The little maid standing beside her immediately knelt down tremblingly: "Tenth Miss, calm down! Tenth Miss, calm down!"

Xie Changrong was about to leave, but when she heard the voice, she turned around and asked, "Chunmei? Didn't you go to deliver soup to the ninth girl's yard? Why are you back so soon?"

Chunmei was very scared when she asked this question. She was most afraid of the Tenth Lady in this courtyard. A few days ago, she was careless and accidentally tore a piece of Tenth Lady's hair ornaments, so she was pressed on the neck and stabbed several times with a hairpin. Now the bloody hole on her back has not completely scabbed over.

Chunmei naturally didn't dare to say that she had knocked over the bowl again, so she could only nod and say, "I... I am fast, so I came back earlier..."

"you are lying!"

Xie Changrong's voice was shrill, and Chunmei sounded like an evil ghost crawling in her ears. She shuddered violently and banged her head: "I won't dare to do it again! I know I was wrong! I was going to bring soup to Miss Nine, but...but..."

"But what!"

Chunmei crawled on the ground and said, "But I saw General Shen! I was so scared that I accidentally knocked over the bowl! I deserve death! I deserve death! Please have mercy, Miss Ten!"

Young Marquis Shen came to see Xie Lanzhao?

"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Xie Changrong asked with narrowed eyes.

"Yes! I saw it clearly! In the past few years, the young general often came to the mansion to look for the late Madam Feng, so I remember what he looked like. I definitely wouldn't be wrong today! The man climbed onto the roof of the Ninth Miss, and I saw his appearance clearly. It must be him!" Chunmei trembled.

Why did General Shen come to find that lowly concubine's daughter Xie Lanzhao?

And he sneaked over the wall into the yard?

What is the relationship between the two of them?

Xie Changrong suddenly remembered the rumors she heard in the courtyard during the day. It was said that in addition to the second young master of the Xie family, there was also a handsome young man escorting Xie Lanzhao back to Beijing...

Shen Jing went to the northwest a few years ago. The only way to get back to the capital from the northwest is through Shicheng. Shen Jing and his second brother are close friends, so it is not impossible for them to travel together...

"Bitch!"

Xie Changrong suddenly got angry and pulled the silver bracelet on her hand with great force, causing it to be deformed.

"It's okay for the fourth room! After all, she has a father who is the co-governor of the Xuanwei Envoy! What's wrong with Xie Lanzhao! She's just a lowly concubine's daughter! She has the dirty blood of the brothel flowing in her body! How dare she compete with me!"

"What did they say and do? Tell me everything!"

Chunmei was frightened by her appearance and trembled like a sieve: "It was a bit far away, I didn't hear clearly..." She tried her best to recall: "I only heard that they were sending some clothes... and that the young general's mansion found many skilled craftsmen and finished it in three hours... and that the time was rushed and it was rushed out..."

Could it be that General Shen knew that Princess Pingchang would come tonight and specially sent someone to make gorgeous clothes just so that Xie Lanzhao could outshine all the other beauties and show up in front of the princess?

Why did he do this?

Could it be that General Shen likes that lowly and dirty concubine? !

"I don't want to hear it anymore! I don't want to hear it anymore!" Xie Changrong suddenly covered her ears like crazy. Chunmei's every word was like a needle piercing her lungs, making her tremble with anger. "Bitch! Bitch! Shameless bitch! I'm going to settle accounts with that bitch!"

Only the second wife and a few trusted maids and nannies knew that Xie Changrong had epilepsy. The second wife was afraid that this strange disease would affect her daughter's marriage, so every time Xie Changrong had an attack, she would take strict precautions and only tell others that the tenth lady was weak and had caught a cold. This was a very good thing, as even Xie Li, the head of the second wife, did not know about it.

But now Xie Changrong ran out of Longxi Courtyard, her eyes were red and her face was hideous. The servants passing by had never seen her like this before, and they stepped back in fear, not knowing what terrible thing had happened that made the usually lively and playful Tenth Lady become like this!

Xie Changrong ran to the apricot garden and saw Feng Jia sitting in the pavilion from afar. On the stone table stood a square suitcase, in which was the dark blue long skirt with gold embroidery.

At first glance, the style of the skirt was extremely ordinary, but when Xie Changrong got closer, she discovered the secret. The inside of the bottom of the skirt was embroidered with lotus flowers covered with green clouds in gold and silver threads. If she walked, it would be like lotus flowers blooming with every step.

Shen Jing really cares about this bitch!

However, the more this happened, the more jealous Xie Changrong became!

"You lowly concubine! How dare you wear this skirt!"