Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

What went wrong?

Meng's eyes shot towards Xia Chan with viciousness, and Xia Chan shuddered and almost fell to his knees.

She was also panic-stricken. The note she handed to the old Taoist priest clearly should have had the Ninth Lady's horoscope written on it, so how come it had become the Fifth Lady's horoscope?

Could it be that the Taoist priest suddenly changed sides? But he looked like he had no idea what was going on. What went wrong?

Xia Chan was thinking hard, and suddenly looked up, glancing in disbelief at Cui Chai standing next to Feng Jia.

Just now, Cuichai bumped into her in the corridor and spilled the water in the cup on her. She was the only one who approached her. The note must have been swapped by Cuichai at that time!

Xia Chan said angrily: "It's you..."

Feng Jia smiled faintly and put Cui Chai behind her: "It seems that the maidservant beside mother has something to say?"

"It's her, it's Cuichai..."

"Xia Chan! Do you know something? Or as Sister Yun Yao's personal maid, do you also want to plead for your master?" Feng Jia said.

"I'm not asking for mercy, I'm just..."

Feng Jia's lips turned cold: "Just what? Xia Chan, think it over before you speak. If you lie, father will not forgive you. This matter concerns both me and Sister Yunyao. If what you said is true, then it's fine. If you want to slander and murder the master with just a few words and have no evidence, you will end up like Madam Liu!"

Aunt Liu...

I heard that Madam Liu committed suicide in prison because she couldn't bear the harsh torture. After her death, her body was hung on the city wall for three days, and her eyes were taken away by crows.

And Xiaoshi, the only daughter of Madam Liu, was whipped by the Prime Minister and thrown into a beggar's den because Madam Liu was implicated. She is probably in danger now.

She has parents and younger brothers, she can't implicate them!

She had no evidence at all!

The eldest lady asked her to show the note to the old Taoist priest and then destroy the evidence. She had already secretly burned the evidence with the fire starter she carried with her!

If she tells the truth, she will be a criminal slave who helped the eldest lady murder the ninth lady. Her death doesn't matter, but her family cannot die because of her!

If you don't tell me, at most you will be scolded by the eldest lady afterwards, and at worst you will be kicked out of the house, but you won't implicate your family.

Xia Chan's eyes gradually became clear. She pinched herself hard in her sleeves to prevent herself from losing her voice out of fear: "I have nothing to say. I know nothing!"

"Mother, do you have anything else to say?"

Meng was stunned.

Feng Jia said calmly: "Father, since mother has no more arguments, and the Taoist priest has also said that the big demon is Sister Yunyao, then for the sake of peace in the whole family, father, please give the order to use the method to resolve the disaster!"

The solution is to burn Xie Yunyao alive.

"No! Father!" Xie Yunyao was so scared that her whole body was shaking. Her beautiful face was slightly distorted with fear. She suddenly knelt on the ground. The hem of her holy pink skirt sank into the mud, like a fairy being dragged from the clouds into hell.

"Father! Yao'er is not a monster! Yao'er has never harmed anyone! It was that Taoist priest who was talking nonsense!"

"Don't bite!"

The old Taoist priest jumped up immediately. Although he didn't know what went wrong, he knew that he must have messed up the situation today. However, the most he could do was not get the reward. But if he admitted now that it was the eldest lady who instigated and framed the ninth girl, he would be thrown into the prison and have his tongue pulled out!

He naturally knows what is more important.

"He is a liar! Father! Mother! You must believe Yao'er!" Xie Yunyao pointed at the old Taoist priest and cried bitterly. After all, there was a trace of pity in Xie Qian's eyes.

And that trace of reluctance was seen by Meng.

At this moment, all the panic in Meng's heart disappeared.

Yes, so what if Xie Lanzhao is better? So what if she loses this round?

Yaoyao was the baby that she and Xie Qian had raised and nurtured, the daughter that they had carefully cultivated. She was the weapon that Xie Qian had poured countless efforts into, hoping to send to that man's harem and pave the way for him!

How could Xie Lanzhao, that lowly concubine's daughter, be compared with her beloved daughter Yun Yao?

No matter how cold-blooded and ruthless Xie Qian was, Yaoyao's value was there. Meng was convinced that her husband would never watch Yaoyao burn to death indifferently like he had looked at Xie Lanzhao before!

In fact, Xie Qian was really reluctant to do so.

Xie Yunyao was already seventeen years old. Her family background, appearance, and knowledge were all first-class. She was like a white porcelain vase that Xie Qian had personally molded, glazed, and outlined with simple and elegant patterns on it. It was about to take shape, but he broke it on the spot.

She was his best work, how could he be so cruel to her?

Xie Yunyao saw her father's hesitation and knew that it was useless to explain herself now. The only thing she could use was her father's love for her.

She kowtowed repeatedly, not caring even though her forehead was bleeding.

She wanted to gamble that her father would never dislike her like he did to Xie Lanzhao, that concubine's daughter!

Xie Shubai walked out of the crowd at this time, kneeling side by side with Xie Yunyao, tears rolling down her cheeks: "Father, have you forgotten that when sister Yao was ten years old, she almost lost half her life due to a cold, and it was father who carried sister Yao to the Imperial Medical Bureau overnight."

"Shu Bai remembers it very clearly. Sister Yao refused to eat or drink for three days and three nights because her condition worsened. My father felt sorry for her and also stayed with her for three days and three nights without eating or drinking. And when she was thirteen years old..."

"Father! Are you going to show partiality in public?"

Xie Shubai's face changed, her voice stopped abruptly, and she looked at Feng Jia beside her.

Xie Yunyao was also stunned, and forgot what to do for a moment. How dare she!

"You evil creature! How dare you speak to your father like that!" Meng was so angry that she was shaking.

Feng Jia's back was straight, her eyes were like torches: "Father, I know you love Sister Yunyao, not only because Sister Yunyao is your legitimate daughter, but also because she grew up by your side. Father has given her so much love and care, so you are reluctant to let her go. But father, have you ever thought that those love and care originally belonged to Zhao'er! But because of mother's selfishness, I was forced to go to Shicheng to suffer for Sister Yunyao! Father! The daughter who was originally with you should have been me!"

Xie Qian's eyes trembled slightly.

Xie Yunyao's face turned pale, and Meng gritted her teeth. At this moment, she wished she could eat his flesh alive and drink his blood.

Xie Shubai was secretly shocked. The situation was about to turn around, but Xie Lanzhao's few words brought them back to square one.

"Sister Yunyao, you are too selfish. When Sister Nine knew that she was a monster, she was able to face death calmly, but Sister Yunyao has been begging Uncle to make things difficult for her. Don't you have any feelings at all? Seeing that your fate has harmed your own brother and grandmother, you still want to harm me and Sister Xiyi for your own life?" The situation was already very clear. Xie Changrong stepped forward to add fuel to the fire. In her eyes, no matter whether it was Xie Lanzhao or the first or fourth wife, she would be happy if anyone of them was unlucky.

Xie Yunyao felt a chill all over her body, and the cold sweat on her back soaked her clothes, but in response to Xie Changrong's words, she just bit her lower lip and had no power to resist at all.

She was just a flower brought up in a greenhouse. Her father taught her calligraphy and her mother taught her how to control her husband. In the Xie Mansion, she had the protection of her parents and the support of her fourth sister. All she needed was a beautiful appearance and outstanding talents. However, no one taught her how to survive in the turbulent backyard.

Looking at Xie Yunyao's appearance, Xie Qian's last bit of reluctance faded away completely. Even if he sent such a daughter to that man's harem, the ending would be death.

Feng Jia curled her lips. If what she said just now was just to force Xie Qian to be fair, then Xie Yunyao's current behavior was the last straw that broke the camel's back!

In this round, Meng didn't lose because she left a loophole that allowed her to take advantage of the opportunity, but because she overestimated Xie Qian's love for Xie Yunyao.

If the favored Xie Siyan could be rejected by Xie Qian in an instant, what about Xie Yunyao, who was born to be a chess piece to pave the way for the brothers?

She will definitely win this round!

But she not only wants to win, she wants to win completely and make the Meng family lose completely!