Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

Excluding the possibility that there is another passage in this room, the only possibility left is that Zi Yi is lying.

Because it was Ziyi who told everyone that the door was locked from the inside, and everything from knocking to kicking the door was done by Ziyi alone. As long as it is proved that Ziyi lied, the doubt about the secret room will be self-defeating!

The door collapsed to one side with a loud bang, and wood chips fell all over the floor. Feng Jia walked over and was about to step out to check when Meng's voice sounded behind him.

"Xie Lanzhao! Where are you going?"

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Feng Jia, and Princess Nancheng also frowned.

She naturally couldn't say that she was looking for evidence, so she could only stop, turn around, and bow, "Mother, my clothes are thin and I feel a little cold, so I want to go back to the house to get a warm piece of clothing."

"Didn't you hear what the princess said? No one in this room is allowed to leave! But you wanted to sneak out. What are you trying to hide?"

Ever since her beloved daughter Xie Yunyao was forced to go to Dingyuan, Meng's disgust for Feng Jia has reached the extreme. She would blame her for anything related to her, and she wished she could tear off all her disguises to show people what a devilish heart she has!

Meng's eyes were filled with venom: "You are trying to cover up the truth. Could it be that you committed this crime?"

Feng Jia didn't get angry but laughed instead, just like a mad dog.

She looked at Meng with a strange look: "Mother, this matter has not been concluded yet, how can you insist that I did it? Have you found evidence that this is not a secret room, or have you already known how the murderer entered the secret room and left quietly?"

Meng was stunned for a moment, and then said coldly: "I didn't."

Feng Jia raised her eyebrows: "Since there is no evidence and no discovery, why doesn't mother believe that it is a punishment from the gods and Buddhas?"

"My mother seems to subconsciously think that this case was man-made. Isn't this very strange? This is the way of thinking that only the murderer would have..."

One sentence can cause a thousand waves.

Yes, they all thought that this was a punishment from the Buddha. Otherwise, it would be impossible for someone to pass through the wall of a secret room that was locked from the inside. Why was Meng so sure? Could this case be related to her?

For a moment, everyone's eyes on Meng changed.

Meng clenched her fists: "I didn't! How dare you bite my mother!"

"I naturally knew that my mother couldn't be the murderer."

How could you come up with such a meticulous plan with your stupid brain?

"It's because my mother still hates me because of what happened to Sister Yunyao, so she wants all the bad luck to fall on me!"

I haven't had time to deal with you these days, but I didn't expect you to come here to die!

"Mother, Sister Yunyao is a disaster because of what the Taoist priest calculated. What does it have to do with me? She went to Dingyuan because her fate would affect the fortune of our Prime Minister's Mansion. Father had no choice but to do this!"

Since you are looking for death, how can I let you go?

"Mother! I had no complaints when you asked me to replace Sister Yunyao to suffer in Shicheng, but why after so many years, you still won't let me go? Just because I was raised by my aunt? But mother, father has already adopted me under your lap, and I am also your legitimate daughter, so why can't you love me?"

Feng Jia lowered her head. Although her eyes were calm, two lines of tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. She looked as if she had suffered a great injustice and felt weak and pitiful.

The crowd immediately went wild.

"So the rumors in the capital are true?!"

"What's true? What's the rumor? She said that Yun Yao, the fifth daughter of the Xie family, is a disaster? Why don't I understand?"

"You don't know yet? I heard that a fortune teller predicted that Meng's biological daughter Xie Yunyao had a bad fate and would bring bad luck to her parents and siblings! Otherwise, why would the Prime Minister's Mansion send the fifth young lady of marriageable age to Dingyuan?"

"Ah? But I heard that the fifth girl went to the countryside to recuperate because of illness?"

"It's just an excuse! The Xie family kept this matter a secret. I just happened to hear about it and thought it was just a rumor. I didn't expect it to be true! And I also heard that the Ninth Miss was sent to Shicheng for foster care because of her fate. It was also a trick by the Meng family to replace the real one. The one who was supposed to go was their own daughter Xie Yunyao! After the truth was revealed, the Prime Minister's Mansion gave this poor Ninth Miss the title of a legitimate daughter in order to make up for it!"

"I see! I was wondering why they promoted a concubine to the position of heir for no reason. It turns out there is such a mystery behind it! Bah! The Meng family is too wicked!"

"Why not? Look, Miss Nine just wanted to go out and change her clothes, but she was accused of being the murderer by Mrs. Meng. This shows how vicious Mrs. Meng is. If Miss Nine hadn't been pushed too hard, she wouldn't have revealed Xie Yunyao's secret. Mrs. Meng deserves it!"

"Since the daughter is a disaster, why did they secretly send her out of the house, saying that she was seriously ill and needed to recuperate? Could it be that the Meng family wanted to wait until the storm was over before secretly bringing the disaster back? They even wanted to choose a good marriage for her from among our noble families... Damn! Sending the disaster to someone else's door is really sinister!"

When they thought that their family might marry a disaster because of ignorance, after all, Xie Yunyao's appearance and status were first-class, the expressions on everyone's faces changed from surprise to resentment, and some even rolled up their sleeves out of anger and prepared to fight with the Meng family.

Meng had indeed been thinking of waiting until the storm had died down before bringing her daughter back and marrying Yun Yao off to a good family. But seeing that what she had been planning for so long was exposed by Feng Jia, who even had tears in her eyes and looked like a victim, she became so angry that she almost fainted.

"Zhao'er, don't be rude to your mother!" The old lady came out to smooth things over.

Feng Jia then wiped her tears and walked to the old lady. When she passed by Meng, she gave her a triumphant smile from an angle that only Meng could see.

Meng was so angry that her teeth were gnashing and her whole body was shaking, but she could do nothing to her.

The old lady took off her cloak and draped it over Feng Jia's shoulders. Her expression showed love for her granddaughter, but the words she whispered in her ear were as cold as frozen water: "I tolerate you, but you must not be so presumptuous again and again!"

Feng Jia's expression remained unchanged, and her voice became lowered: "Grandma, I'm saving the Xie family, why are you blaming me?"

The old lady stared at her.

"Grandmother, have you forgotten that Zhao Qing is not only the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, but also the wife of the young cabinet minister? Although the young cabinet minister doesn't like this wife very much, he is the most protective of his wife. Mother actually said that I am a suspect in this case. Where does this put my Xie family?"

The old lady's eyes darkened slightly.

Feng Jia continued, "Even my father is wary of the young elder's power. If one prospers, all prosper; if one suffers, all suffer. I understand this principle, but my mother doesn't seem to understand it."

"Grandmother, Meng is too stupid. She tried to kill me several times, but she didn't realize that her actions would put the Xie family at the center of the storm. Grandmother, you shouldn't be soft-hearted to someone...it should be her!"

The old lady was stunned, her eyes filled with thought.

Feng Jia tied on his wind and snow cloak and said no more.

After a while, the dull sound of armor colliding with each other was heard outside. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Xie Haoxuan and a team of people had surrounded the Zen temple.