Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

"I was framed!" Seeing two guards with swords approaching to hold her, Matron Liu knew that no matter how much she talked, she could not change Princess Nancheng's mind, so she could only ask Meng for help.

"Madam! Please save me! I won't go to that prison! Please save me for all the years I have been loyal to you!"

Everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Meng.

This old maid was someone close to the eldest lady, and Xie Lanzhao also said in her confession just now that the maid took her to the front hall on the orders of the eldest lady. Could it be that the eldest lady was also involved in this case of the evil servant murdering his master?

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes became meaningful.

The eldest lady was so smart that she immediately kicked Madam Liu in the chest as she was about to pounce on her, and said, "I have always treated you well because you have been devoted to the Xie family for more than 20 years. I didn't expect that I would encourage the arrogance of a lowly slave like you! You are even willing to kill your master!"

Aunt Liu was surprised and said, "Madam, you..."

"Master, it was my fault that I didn't know people well enough to keep such an evil person around me without knowing it! This is why Lan Zhao is in trouble today. When I think about how Lan Zhao almost lost his life because of me, my heart breaks into pieces!" Meng wiped her tears with a handkerchief. She looked heartbroken and almost fainted.

Someone couldn't help but said, "Madam, please take care of yourself!"

Someone else echoed, "Yes, Madam. How could you have expected an old woman who has been by your side for decades to harbor evil intentions? Fortunately, Miss Nine is safe and sound. Madam, please don't blame yourself too much!"

Meng wiped her tears and bowed to the ladies who had just spoken: "Thank you for your comfort, sisters, but if I don't deal with this evil servant, it will be difficult to relieve my hatred! Please, Master, make the decision for me!"

Xie Qian said, "Since this is the Xie family's family affair, I won't bother the prison official. Come here! Capture Madam Liu and beat her to death with sticks!"

Matron Liu's eyes went dark and she fell to the ground like a piece of mud.

"Wait a minute."

Xie Qian looked at Princess Nancheng and said, "Princess, do you have any other ideas?"

The Princess of Nancheng said slowly, "This matter is indeed the Prime Minister's family affair. According to common sense, Xu Ying should not ask about it. But Xu Ying saw that the old lady seemed to have something to say, so she was afraid that this case might involve someone else."

Princess Nancheng glanced at Meng, who was crying and half fainting on the maid, and laughed softly: "If the case is not investigated, I am afraid that the Xie family will not have peace in the backyard. Xu Ying dared to step in and take over the responsibility for this time. Let me take this old woman to the Criminal Court for another trial!"

Xie Qian said calmly: "It's all up to the princess."

Nanny Liu was eventually taken to the prison, while Feng Jia was allowed to return to the Xingyuan to recuperate because she fell into the water, and no longer had to attend the subsequent birthday banquet at the Xie Mansion.

Feng Jia sat on the bed. Her maid Cui Chai brought her a bowl of ginger soup and applied medicine on her forehead. Her body was trembling.

"Why are you crying?" Feng Jia was a little amused.

Cui Chai cried and said, "Miss, such a big cut makes me feel sad. If it leaves a scar, how will we discuss marriage in the future?"

"Don't worry, there won't be any scars left. Your girl knows her limits." The wound looked large, but it was actually just a scratch on the skin, just to scare people. He added, "Besides, who said I want to discuss marriage?"

"How can you get married without discussing marriage?" Cui Chai asked in confusion.

Feng Jia said calmly, "Who said that women have to get married?"

"Ah! What are women to do if they don't marry?"

Feng Jia subconsciously said, "Women can also have a broad world. They can be officials, travel and study, spend half their lives in the military, or see all the beautiful mountains and rivers in the world. Why should they confine themselves to this small world in the backyard?"

Cui Chai opened her mouth wide.

This is what Feng Jia realized after his rebirth.

Why must a woman marry? In her previous life, she did marry the man she loved, but the final outcome taught her that beauty fades and people’s hearts change.

A lifetime is only a few decades long, and decades pass in the blink of an eye. Compared with men, women have a harder time in this world. There are constant quarrels and strife at home, but whether they win or lose, in the end they are nothing but a handful of dust and a lonely grave.

In her previous life, she was trapped in the situation and couldn't see through it.

Feng Jia thought that when she had avenged her great hatred, she would leave the capital and travel all over this beautiful land. If she felt tired, she would build a thatched hut, plant some flowers and plants, raise a flock of chickens and ducks, rest for a few years, and then find a clear morning with the fragrance of white flowers in the wind, pack her bags and set off again.

Perhaps it was at that time that she truly lived her own life and gained true freedom.

"Madame Liu has gotten her retribution, but it's a pity that she didn't expose Meng." Cui Chai re-bandaged Feng Jia's wound and filled a basin of water for her to wash her hands while saying this.

"Meng is like a big tree, while Madam Liu is just a mayfly, born in the morning and dead in the evening. Without Madam Liu, she still has other minions. How can it be so easy to pry her off?"

Feng Jia soaked her hands in the water. Her immature but beautiful face was reflected on the water. She smiled at herself, as if she was talking to herself, or to the deceased Lan Zhao through this face: "But it's not a complete failure. At least the seed of doubt has been planted in Xie Qian's heart. We'll see when that seed takes root and sprouts. Even if the Meng family is a thousand-year-old tree, it will be eaten away and hollowed out one day. By then, we won't need to make any effort. A gentle breeze will break it in half!"

Suddenly remembering something, Feng Jia looked at Cui Chai and smiled, "Besides, didn't Aunt Liu also give us some useful clues?"

Cui Chai racked her brains and shook her head: "I can't remember."

"You forgot that day when she came to Xingyuan and asked me for the antidote, and answered two questions for me."

Cui Chai recalled for a moment and said, "One is the document of selling my body, which is in the treasure box of the Madam?"

"There is another one, which is where Xie Changrong from the third room is imprisoned." Feng Jia's eyebrows slightly raised up, forming a beautiful arc.

This information would be extremely useful to her.

Cui Chai is still confused. The document of selling her body is still in the hands of the eldest lady. Although she knows where it is, she can't get it at all. This information is useless. The other one is where the tenth lady is. In Cui Chai's opinion, this news is even worse than the previous one.

Cui Chai felt that she was really stupid compared to Ninth Girl. Those insignificant information could be transformed into something magical when they reached the girl, but not only were they worthless to her, she couldn't even figure it out. Just like the case of the sunset in the water, even if she had two more heads, she would never have thought of such an ingenious and bold plan!

Fortunately, the girl doesn't dislike her!

Cui Chai was happy again when she thought about it, and quickly said to Feng Jia: "Miss, you have helped me to vent my anger, and I am very grateful. Cui Chai swears that I will follow you from now on and only recognize you as my master. I will fight wherever you point me, and I will not dare to move backwards if you point me left. If I have any second thoughts, I will be struck by lightning!"

Feng Jia was amused by her serious look and couldn't help but flick her head: "Silly girl."

"So what should I do now?" Cui Chai couldn't wait any longer.

"You don't have to do anything now," Feng Jia stretched and said, "Go to the front hall to help today. Can you see the name of Shen Jing from the General of Chariots and Cavalry's Mansion on the gift list?"

"Young General Shen..." Cui Chai thought about it carefully, and then nodded: "Yes, the young general is here to celebrate the birthday with the general's wife today!"

Feng Jia nodded and said, "The birthday banquet will probably not end until midnight. You should go downstairs and have a rest first. When the new moon is full and hanging on the branches, go to the front hall and tell the young general a message for me."

Cuichai leaned over to listen, her eyes widened in disbelief, then she nodded heavily and pushed the door open to go out.

On the other side, in the ancestral hall of the Xie Mansion, Xie Qian was looking at Meng with a sullen face. Meng's face turned pale, not knowing why the master was so angry today.

"Master, why don't we go to the front hall? The old lady must be getting anxious..."

"Your Majesty!"

Meng was stunned and stopped trying to hold Xie Qian's arm.

"I'll make you kneel down!"

Meng's eyes widened in disbelief. She was surrounded by servants. If she knelt down like this, how could she save her dignity? How could she maintain her authority in Xie's mansion in the future?

She trembled and said, "My dear, I am the mistress of the Xie family..."

Xie Qian threw the tea bowl in his hand towards the woman's knees.

With a crisp sound, the porcelain cup shattered into pieces on the ground.

The servants of the Xie family all knelt on the ground and lowered their heads.

Meng closed her eyes, her heart was dead, and she slowly knelt down.

"What did your husband tell you a few days ago! Xie Lanzhao is just a concubine's daughter. If you don't like her, you can teach her a lesson behind her back! But you didn't take it to heart, and even dared to do it in public at this time today! You were caught by the Princess of Nancheng and behaved in a very ugly way! You have brought shame to the Xie family!"

Meng said in panic, "My husband, I didn't! It was that lowly slave who acted on his own initiative!"

"How dare you quibble! If you hadn't instructed her from behind, how could a little maid like her dare to do such a thing to kill her master?!"

"I really didn't, husband, I really didn't!"

"If I don't teach you a lesson today, Yan'er and the others will be destroyed by a stupid woman like you in the future!" Xie Qian said with a gloomy face.

"Someone, please follow the family rules!"

"No! Husband!"

Meng felt like she was struck by lightning, but all her screams were muffled by a handkerchief stuffed in her mouth.