Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

Nanny Liu stayed in her own yard and refused to go out. She told others that her old illness had flared up, but in fact she was so frightened that she dared not go out.

In the evening, Xiao Shi came back. She stroked her left wrist carefully, then lifted her sleeve to take a look, with a smug look on her face.

As soon as I entered the house, I was stunned. On this day when I was not home, the whole house was covered with yellow talismans. When the wind blew, a corner of the yellow talisman was lifted up, making a rustling sound.

"Mom! Why are you posting these!" Xiaoshi hid her left hand behind her back as if unintentionally.

"You stupid girl! Where have you been? Your mother is almost dying of illness! You didn't even know to come back! Why didn't you die in Young Master Liu's room?" Madam Liu scolded.

Then he asked, "What are you hiding behind your back?"

"Nothing, what can I hide..."

"Don't I know how much you weigh? Hurry up and give it to me!"

Seeing that her mother was really angry, Xiao Shi reluctantly pulled her sleeves out, revealing a jade bracelet on her left wrist. The bracelet was clear and transparent, and its quality was obviously not ordinary.

Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Is this a reward from the Sixth Young Master? Come on, give it to your mother to wear too, so that she can enjoy your glory!"

"Mom! Your wrists are so thick, you can't wear it!" Xiao Shi pouted and said unhappily. She knew her mother too well. Things that went to her were wasted and could never be taken back.

Madam Liu slammed the table and said, "You damned girl! I have raised you for nothing! You ungrateful bastard! You eat and drink delicious food in the Sixth Young Master's room every day, but you leave me alone in this room! Hand over the bracelet now!"

Xiao Shi reluctantly took off the bracelet, and Madam Liu asked again: "Young Master Liu loves you so much, has he said when he will take you as his concubine?"

"He said it will be soon..." Xiao Shi had a hint of shyness on her face, and she coughed and asked, "Mom, is your injury better?"

"It's getting better?!" Aunt Liu said angrily, "What kind of medicine did you bring me? Since I applied your new medicine, not only has it not healed, but the wound has not even scabbed over. It's itching like hell! You can scratch it for me!"

Xiao Shi had no choice but to walk over and slowly lift the quilt, only to see Madam Liu lying flat on the bed. The criss-cross whip marks on her back had festered and were oozing pus and blood, and there was an unpleasant, pungent odor!

Xiao Shi waved her hand in disgust, trying to dispel the smell, then turned her head and dry-heaved twice before scratching her twice with the tickle spoon and said, "Mom, why does your injury look more and more serious, and... when did I send you new medicine?"

"It's that new medicine you bought me last night!"

Xiao Shi looked confused: "I was in the Sixth Young Master's room last night and didn't come here at all!"

Madam Liu was stunned: "It's not the new medicine you bought for me. Last night, Cuichai brought a bottle of new medicine and said she met you on the way. You went to the Sixth Young Master's room to serve him, and then gave her the job of delivering the medicine... She also said that you were filial and bought me new medicine..."

"What do you mean by medicine? What do you mean by errand? Are you sick and confused? I went to the Sixth Young Master's room yesterday evening, but I didn't see any green hairpin at all! I don't have any money to buy you any new medicine! Is all my money in your treasure box? Where do I get the money?"

Aunt Liu's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but turn her head to confirm: "Say it again, you didn't meet Cui Chai? Then why did she lie to me?"

"Mom, how do I know why she lied to you? Do you think your daughter is an immortal?" Xiao Shi threw the tickling spoon away and lay down to rest.

Madam Liu thought about it and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. First, it was the Ninth Miss who said she heard the young lady's voice. Then, last night, Cui Chai suddenly ran over and said that she saw a little girl lying on her shoulder. It just so happened that Cui Chai was working in the Ninth Miss's room these two days...

This is all too coincidental, could it be that...

But last night she clearly heard the young lady's drawn-out voice and saw a dark shadow flash by!

Could it be that the two of them had teamed up to deceive her? Could it be that the ghost was someone hired by the Ninth Lady to impersonate her?

Aunt Liu began to think carefully about what happened last night, and suddenly thought of a detail. The shadow had been standing in the dark, so she saw it clearly during the lightning and thunder, but... but how could a ghost have a shadow? !

"I was cheated! I was cheated! I was cheated!" Madam Liu sat up with a bang, feeling furious! "I was cheated by Miss Nine and that little bitch! And what kind of medicine did that lowly concubine give me? I'm dying of itchiness!"

Madam Liu reached out to grab the festering red bump and scratched her back until it was covered in blood. The mixture of blood and pus made the wound look even more hideous and terrifying. Xiao Shi was terrified and quickly stopped her, saying, "Mom! Stop scratching! If you keep scratching your back, you're going to make a hole! Why don't you see a doctor?"

"Why look for a doctor? I want to settle accounts with that bitch!" Madam Liu stood up and rushed out, but stopped halfway. She had no evidence. She was the only one who saw it last night, and the medicine jar was deliberately knocked over by that bitch Cui Chai. There was no witness or physical evidence! If it was only Cui Chai, it would be fine. She could just cover her up and beat her up, but Miss Nine was a lady in the mansion after all...

"I'm going to find the Madam!" Madam Liu's eyes lit up. After all, she was an old lady in the mansion and someone close to the Madam! The Madam would definitely make the decision for her!

Thinking this way, Madam Liu felt happy again. She imagined how Xie Lanzhao would die and trotted all the way to the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall was filled with smoke. The eldest lady, Mrs. Meng, was sitting in the hall chanting scriptures, while her two children sat beside her to keep her company.

Nanny Liu knelt on one side and recounted the events of last night in detail. Of course, she exaggerated a little and covered up the parts that were unfavorable to her.

Madam Liu wailed, "This Ninth Miss is not hitting me in the face, she is hitting you, Madam! I am speaking up for you! I cannot swallow this humiliation for you!"

Meng said coldly: "You can't swallow this breath for me? Who do you think you are!"

Madam Liu was stunned. How could this be different from what she expected? If it were in the past, as long as she asked, the eldest lady would definitely make the decision for her! But why today...

"I have given you so many gifts because you are my maidservant. But you are old now, and your brain is getting worse and worse! You can't even handle a little girl, and you dare to come here and ask me for advice? Don't you know why the master hates me and I have been kneeling in this ancestral hall for days without leaving?!"

Madam Liu choked, but couldn't help but retort: ​​"But...but I did it according to the Madam's arrangement, I didn't make any mistakes!"

"So that means my plan failed and I deserved it?!" Meng felt that Shu Bai was right. This Madam Liu was totally useless! She swung her sleeves and said, "Get lost! I don't want to see you again!"

Nanny Liu was driven out by the servants, feeling very angry!

Now the eldest lady didn't help her at all, and she couldn't deal with Xie Lanzhao by herself, and her back was itchy.

Madam Liu had no choice but to seek medical advice. However, she had invited several doctors but none of them could find the cause of the disease. She was just a servant in the Xie Mansion. She was born a slave and could not afford to hire a famous doctor no matter how much money she was given. Her body was so itchy that she could not bear it any more. What should she do?

Xiao Shi was also very anxious and said, "Mother, why don't you just lower yourself and ask that Ninth Miss for help!"

Aunt Liu was furious: "You want me to beg that little bitch! I would rather die!"

Xiao Shi also got angry, and she stood up and said, "Just endure the itch! I won't accompany you!" After that, she ran away.

"You cheap girl! You stinky girl! Now that you have your Sixth Young Master, you no longer care about your own mother!" Nanny Liu scolded Xiao Shi as she ran away.

Aunt Liu rolled around on the bed because of the itch but she didn't dare to scratch. After scratching, it hurt, and the pain made her itchier even more. She also clearly felt something coming out of her back, a bit like a newly hatched insect crawling. She dared not act rashly.

She was so anxious that she couldn't sleep. She simply sat up, held onto the wall and banged her head against it, trying to knock herself unconscious. However, her head was covered with bruises but she still didn't pass out.

On the third day, seeing that the skin had been festered beyond recognition and was crawling with worms, Xiao Shi couldn't help but vomit when she was applying medicine to Madam Liu. At this moment, Madam Liu's eyes were dark and her cheeks were thin, and she was almost unrecognizable.

She has been tortured for the past three days and her life is worse than death!

At noon on the third day, Nanny Liu could not bear it any longer and crawled to the apricot garden.

In the apricot garden, Feng Jia was eating peanuts in the hall, as if she had been waiting for a long time. When Madam Liu saw this, she knew that she was in trouble this time. She no longer cared about her face and knelt down to beg for mercy, "Ninth Miss! Ninth Miss, I was wrong! You are so magnanimous! Please be kind! Let me go!"