Inside the inner room, Qiu Xiu suppressed her trembling and told the story in detail about what she had witnessed.

When the girl heard this, a look of surprise and hesitation appeared between her eyebrows.

"...Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" She sat down slowly on the chair, and her fingertips, which were trapped in the wide sleeves, slowly curled up.

"It's absolutely true." The maid took a deep breath and said something earth-shattering, "The nanny that the two wives hired to raise the fourth lady... has been killed and buried in a dry well behind Jinxiu Courtyard."

The girl's eyes narrowed, her brows knitted tightly, and she was also confused: "How is it possible? What benefit can Aunt Xu get from killing these two people?"

"What's more... killing is the most difficult method to cover up..."

If you want to make someone shut up, it's best to use an open conspiracy, exaggerate their mistakes, and kill them openly. Or... just find a mistake and send them away, making sure they will never reveal their secrets to anyone again.

When a person is alive, he will have friends and relatives, children and family members... These people cannot be killed completely, they will be exposed sooner or later. By then... it will be exposed to the sky.

I have never heard of any concubine daring to kill someone.

Qiu Xiu bit her lip and whispered everything she had heard from the maid.

"I heard that... recently, Aunt Xu ignored the orders of the master and the mistress and often went to see the fourth lady... to discuss things behind closed doors, and sometimes they talked until late at night... A maid even heard Aunt Xu arguing with the housekeeper, and the housekeeper asked her to go see the mistress for a reply..."

"Later..." Qiu Xiu couldn't help shuddering as she talked about this, "I don't know why, but I never saw the two maids again... Aunt Xu said they had retired and returned home, but a little maid sneaked into the room where the two maids lived and saw them."

"The clothes and jewelry were all wrapped up in a bundle and stuffed into a large cabinet, making it look like the house was empty, but in fact, the things were still there... It's impossible for the two people to return home empty-handed, right?"

Then, Qiu Xiu was also wondering, and saw one of the maids taking her to the small garden at the back of the courtyard... When she moved it aside and looked down, she was so scared that her soul almost died.

After listening to her story, the girl lowered her eyelashes, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Qiu Xiu did not dare to interrupt her thoughts and remained silent. After a long while, Yu Luan slowly raised her eyelids, her eyes slightly firm.

Murdering someone's life... This is the ironclad evidence that Ruan Yuxi personally delivered to her.

"Since a maid has learned of this matter..." She said with a gloomy look in her eyes, "Is there anyone willing to come forward to testify?"

Qiu Xiu nodded: "One of them is called Min'er, she is the adopted daughter of Nanny Wang. I heard that the two of them have a very good relationship. She is willing to come forward to testify."

Yu Luan nodded slightly: "That's good... Then quietly collect some evidence and give it to Aunt Xi."

She originally wanted to give it to the Madam. The main courtyard and Concubine Xu have been at odds with each other for many years. If the Madam got this handle...she would definitely make a big fuss about it, and might even send Concubine Xu to see the officials.

But in this way, without Aunt Xu, the power of the main courtyard will increase, and the master will definitely not want to see this scene...Besides, it will not be good for the Ruan family's reputation if his concubine kills someone.

And if Aunt Xi revealed the truth... When Aunt Xu fell, she could take the vacant seat and take this opportunity to gain a firm foothold.

Pushing Aunt Xi up would also be in Yu Luan's best interest...

"Madam," Qiu Xiu couldn't help but frowned and whispered, "You said that Aunt Xu was in a hurry to kill people... Why is that?"

The girl already had a guess in her mind.

Since the maid heard the governess shouting "We're going to report to the Madam", it meant that Aunt Xu and her daughter must have done something wrong, against the rules, or even violated the rules, which is why the two governesses were so excited.

Aunt Xu has been favored for most of her life, so she would never make a mistake because of her own affairs. Combined with the things that happened recently, which made her so worried that she was willing to break the rules...

There will be no other person except her own daughter Ruan Yuxi.

In this way, the context of the matter is clear... and it makes sense.

Aunt Xu is unusually close to her natal family... and she wants to get rid of the two foster maids... probably because of Ruan Yuxi's upcoming marriage.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Xiu couldn't help but be slightly distracted, and asked in a low voice, biting her lips.

"That was a marriage decided by the master and the mistress... How dare Aunt Xu?"

Yu Luan closed her eyes, thinking that there was actually nothing she dared not to do… Having come this far, she might as well give it a try instead of entering the devil’s cave at Fushan Palace.

But if Ruan Yuxi escaped successfully...his fate would be predictable.

The third lady has already been engaged, and the sixth lady is still young and not as pretty as herself.

But King Fushan is now very powerful, and in order to please him, the two families must marry each other... In the end, it will all fall on my head.

Then she was reborn, and worked hard to come to this point... wasn't it all in vain?

"...When is the date for the fourth lady's wedding?" she asked in a gentle and slow voice.

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