Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

The birthday of Lady Musk in the Prime Minister's Mansion is set on June 19th.

On this day, the palace was decorated with lights and lanterns, and guests flocked to the palace. Even the first wife, Mrs. Meng, who had been under house arrest, was released early to take charge of the situation.

The mansion was filled with joy and excitement.

Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, the maids and servants in the yard were busy. You have to know that the old lady Musk had two imperial decrees and a son who was the prime minister, so there was naturally an endless stream of people coming to celebrate her birthday, and they were all high-ranking officials, so there was no room for sloppiness.

There were not enough staff in the mansion, and for fear of neglecting the distinguished guest, the eldest lady gave an order and directly transferred all the maids from various gardens to the front hall to lead the distinguished guest. Cui Chai from the Xing Garden was also among them.

Feng Jia also went to pay her respects. Today she wore a light green long dress, tied her hair into a double bun, and put on light makeup. She came out of the apricot garden and was about to go to the front hall when she saw a bloated and fat figure standing outside the garden from a distance, as if waiting for her.

"Madame Liu?" Feng Jia walked forward and asked in surprise, "Shouldn't Madame be helping out in the front hall? How did you find time to come to my place?"

"Ninth Miss! Long live the Ninth Miss!" Nanny Liu didn't know what great event had happened today. She greeted Feng Jia with a cheerful face and said, "The auspicious time is approaching, and the Madam is afraid that you will get lost like last time, so she sent me here to guide the Ninth Miss, right?"

"Madame Liu is very thoughtful." Feng Jia smiled and followed her. On the way, she asked again, "Is your back injury better?"

The wound healed, but a permanent scar was left behind! Aunt Liu cursed Feng Jia thousands of times in her heart, but she smiled and said, "Thanks to the young lady! It's healed now!"

Madam Liu led the way, turning left and taking Feng Jia to the back garden. Feng Jia looked around and saw that all the maids and servants had gone to the front hall. The backyard was deserted and there was no one to be seen. She couldn't help but ask, "Madam, are we on the right road?"

You can’t be wrong! This is the path that the King of Hell has paved for you!

Aunt Liu was so angry that her teeth itched, but she said, "My dear girl! There are so many distinguished guests in front, it's very crowded! I know there is a small path over here that leads directly to the front hall, which saves a lot of walking! Just follow me!"

"Mammy, this path is so dark and spooky, why don't we go back?"

Madam Liu said immediately, "Miss Nine! Do you still suspect that I am harming you? I have experienced your methods. Even if you give me ten times more courage, I would not dare to do that!"

Seeing the doubts on her face gradually disappear, Nanny Feng hurriedly said, "Good girl, if you keep dawdling like this, it will be too late to get to the front yard, and I will have to follow you to be punished! Let's go quickly!"

Feng Jia had no choice but to follow.

After another round of twists and turns, the two of them turned into a bamboo garden. The bamboos grew densely, blocking out the sun and forming a faint bamboo wall. Feng Jia walked through it and after a few steps, he saw a pond with emerald green water.

Probably no one walked through that place. There were some rocks piled next to the pond, with some weeds growing there, and moss covering the rocks, making it look lush and green.

Finally they arrived, and Matron Liu breathed a sigh of relief. However, before she could finish her breath, she heard someone scream behind her. Matron Liu turned around and saw Feng Jia standing there, touching her head with her hands, staring at the ground as if looking for something, with a panicked look.

"Ninth Miss, what's wrong with you?"

"Mammy, my hairpin fell off!"

"It's just a hairpin. Ninth Miss, let's look for it later! Now the most important thing is to hurry to the front hall!" said Nanny Liu.

"No, this hairpin was given to me by Sister Xiyi. I promised her that I would wear it today. If I can't find it, it means I broke my promise." Feng Jia was so anxious that her face turned red. She said, "How about you go to the front hall first, and I'll go over there when I find it!"

Aunt Liu sneered in her heart. She was using the same trick on her again! Last time, she was negligent and did not personally accompany Xie Lanzhao to the reception room. That was why so many things happened later. Today, no matter what she said, she had to follow her closely!

"Forget it, forget it. I'll help you find it!" Aunt Liu was annoyed by her dilly-dallying, but she had no other choice but to drag her fat body over.

Feng Jia recalled: "Just now I felt a branch scratch my head, I guess the hairpin must have fallen off at that time, so the hairpin should be in there!"

Nanny Liu glanced in the direction Feng Jia pointed, and rushed into the bamboo forest without saying a word. As she went in, she turned back and said, "Ninth Miss, I will find a hairpin for you! Just stand there and wait for me!" She was afraid that Feng Jia would find a chance to slip away.

Feng Jia smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Aunt Liu, I'll be waiting for you here."

Only then did Nanny Liu relax and concentrate on looking for the hairpin.

The bamboo here is denser than anywhere else, almost impenetrable. Because of this, it rained a few days ago and the ground has not received sufficient sunlight, so it is still muddy and even has puddles of water.

Nanny Liu walked in the mud, one step deep and one step shallow, and finally found a silver hairpin not far away. She was overjoyed and hurried back to report.

"I finally found it!" Feng Jia put the hairpin back on her head and said to Madam Liu, "Madam, it's all thanks to you!"

"It's just my duty!" Madam Liu said without even bothering to wipe the sweat off her forehead: "Miss, now that the hairpin has been found, shall we go?"

Feng Jia nodded, but slowed down her pace. Nanny Liu was extremely anxious beside her, but she didn't dare to rush her too much for fear that she would notice something was wrong.

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow slowly behind.

As the pond got closer, the man in front suddenly stopped.

"Mommy."

"Miss! What's wrong again!" Matron Liu felt as if her breath was stuck in her throat, unable to swallow or spit it out.

"Mammy, actually Lan Zhao has always wanted to ask you a question." Feng Jia's voice was faint and it was impossible to tell the emotion in it.

"Girl, you tell me, I will tell you everything I know!"

Feng Jia turned around and looked at her: "Mammy, I want to know, what were you thinking when you buried the young lady that day?"

"Ninth Miss, you are trying to scare me again in broad daylight, aren't you?" Madam Liu took a breath and said, "Didn't I say that on that rainy night? It wasn't me who killed the young lady! It was the Madam! I am a servant and I dare not disobey my master!"

Feng Jia, however, was a little persistent: "Didn't you have any thoughts at that time?"

Nanny Liu was silent.

She didn't understand why the Ninth Lady was fussing about all this now. It had been three years since the death and the incident. Even if she remembered something, what would it be of any use? But the man's voice seemed to bewitching, and Aunt Liu couldn't help but really think about what she was thinking about that night.

Her memory was pulled back to three years ago.

It was a dark night, the moon was hidden behind the clouds, she couldn't see the road ahead even with the lantern, she could only walk for a while, with the little girl in her arms, the little girl was so small, her heartbeat was strong, and her body was still warm. What was she thinking at that time?

Nanny Liu remembered.

She dug a hole and put the little lady in it. She watched the dirt gradually cover the child's small legs, then pour into her mouth, and finally cover her body. The cat-like cry for help was intermittent and sometimes disappeared underground. What was she thinking at that time? She was thinking...

Die, go to hell.

If she dies, she will be able to hold something against Meng!

Over the years, that bitch had done so many dirty things without her being able to catch any evidence, but this time she was finally caught.

The palace announced to the public that the young lady died of an epidemic, and everyone thought that the young lady was cremated after her death. Prime Minister Xie and that bitch thought that she had thrown the child into the river to feed the fish. But only she knew that she had simply buried the young lady. How could she just throw away such good evidence?

Die, little lady, I thought at that time, only if you die, I will have something to threaten Meng! Only if you die, Xiaoshi and I will have a life-saving trick for the rest of our lives!

So little miss.

go to hell!

……

Aunt Liu pulled herself away from her memories, and said with a stiff smile, "Ninth Miss, what can I think about? Of course I'm thinking about the poor child, and hoping that she will be reborn into a good family in her next life!"

"Is that so?" Feng Jia turned her gaze away from Nanny Liu and only looked at the distant bamboo forest.

"Of course I'm thinking about these things!" Madam Liu was a little annoyed by the question and said impatiently, "Ninth Miss, why are you asking this for no reason? Are you still suspicious of me?"

Feng Jia withdrew his gaze and only glanced at the bamboo forest not far away, where a few figures were vaguely flashing.

"I just asked when I had nothing else to do," Feng Jia turned her gaze back to Madam Liu and said with a smile, "Madam, don't take it to heart. I think it's getting late, let's go."

Nanny Liu was overjoyed and followed immediately.

The pond was within reach, and a few ducks were resting by the pond.

"Miss, do you know that there are many wronged souls in this pond?" Aunt Liu suddenly said as she looked at the dark green water.

"About a dozen years ago, there was a young master in the third house. But he was naughty and insisted on catching tadpoles by the pond. He accidentally fell into the pond and drowned. When he was fished out, his face was swollen and he didn't even look like a human anymore."

"In the past two years, several disobedient maids have fallen into the water here. Don't be fooled by the small size of this pool, it is very deep."

"I heard from others that people always drown in this pool because there is a water ghost in it. It specifically lures people on the shore to come over, then pulls their feet and keeps pulling until the person drowns..."

Feng Jia turned her head, the ripples of the water shining on her face, her eyes also showed a hint of smile: "Mammy, why are you telling me this?"

"What this servant means is...even if many people drown in the water today, it can only be blamed on her weak fate and her fate of being haunted by water!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a sinister expression appeared on Aunt Liu's face.

Feng Jia felt someone push her back hard, with such force that she almost lost her balance. Fortunately, she used the force to hold on to the rocks by the water, so she did not fall into the pool.

"You naughty slave! Are you trying to murder your master?" Half of Feng Jia's clothes fell into the water, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Ninth Miss! It's your fault that you provoked this old slave!" Matron Liu tried hard to pry down Feng Jia's hands, her face twisted like a snake spitting out its tongue.

"Do you know why I told you about those things in the mansion? The young master of the third room, and those disobedient maids? You don't know, right? Those people were all thrown into this pool by me because they angered the eldest lady! At first, they struggled violently like you, and their shoes and socks were soaked. But soon, they couldn't breathe because of the water in their ears and noses, and in the end they didn't even have the strength to resist!"

"So don't be afraid girl, you are not the first, nor the last, you will see them soon!"

"Aren't you afraid of being reported by others? You will lose your head if you attempt to murder your master!" Feng Jia cursed angrily.

"Report? Who will report?" Matron Liu laughed sinisterly as if she had heard some terrible joke.

"Ninth Miss, you are such a joke! There is not even a ghost here! Who would know that I threw you into the pond?!" Aunt Liu's eyes became more and more ferocious, and her facial features became more and more distorted: "No one will know what happened here! Everyone will only think that the Ninth Miss was afraid of missing the old lady's birthday banquet, so she took a shortcut, but when she got here, she accidentally stepped on the moss on the stone and slipped into the pond. It happened that the girl was not familiar with swimming, so she drowned! You are unlucky!"

"No one will know that there is an old lady present in this whole thing!"

"So girl! Stop struggling! Just die!"

Seeing that she couldn't move her, Madam Liu simply raised her foot and kicked Feng Jia hard on the shoulder.

There was a splash and the wild ducks on the shore were startled. They all flapped their wings and flew away.

Feng Jia in the water felt very heavy all over. Before she could shout, her green skirt quickly disappeared into the water.