Interrogating Madam Lu and her daughter felt like no pressure at all. Neither of them had seen much of the world, so being suddenly brought in for questioning without much coercion left them scared half to death just by the intimidating setup.
But i Er, now the big boss in charge of intelligence in Nanyue, couldn’t be gentle. A combination of intimidation and coercion was enough to have both of them spill everything.
"Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, let’s not plead anymore. Let’s just go tell your aunt that we’re going back to Wozi Village, sobbing, these people are not human, they’re too terrifying." Madam Lu looked like a defeated hen, her eyes sunken, hair all disheveled, her swollen face resembling a swallowed date, and her words were a bit garbled.
Zhou Xiuer wasn’t faring much better, curled up in a ball, trembling.
When they were dragged out for questioning, she felt sothing was off. It wasn’t until they inquired into her every move at the Wu Family that she began to faintly realize the gravity of the situation.
They asked too many detailed questions, not just words, but all sorts of details, urging them to think hard and recreate the scenes from back then, including not just their ti at the Wu Family but also details of their trips out and visits to the temple for incense.
Details, all those details...
The more Zhou Xiuer thought about it, the more things seed amiss. Recalling what she’d overheard earlier, she increasingly felt it might be related to her aunt, or perhaps the child?
At that thought, Zhou Xiuer’s face instantly turned pale, enveloped by unease and fear.
"Xiuxiu, you..."
"Shut up!" Zhou Xiuer sharply interrupted, her mind a tangled ss.
Madam Lu shuddered from being yelled at.
Just as Zhou Xiuer was about to speak, soone opened the door to the woodshed, and an old maid brought in so porridge and a few buns.
Madam Lu attempted to rush out, but the sturdy maid kicked her back inside, glaring and cursing, "Deserving of a thousand cuts, you ungrateful brat, where do you think you’re going?"
The investigation led by Purple Jade into the two won’s room was no secret. Almost everyone in the residence knew that Madam’s premature and difficult labor was the result of foul play, caused by being hard like this.
It’s because of these two ungrateful brats that Madam suffered, intentionally or not, their cri is unforgivable.
Madam was such a good person, so gentle and kind, the best kind of master, yet she’s gone like this, leaving behind a child and a young lady.
The young lady of our family was a good one too, she had a good match lined up, everyone was discussing it, but because of Madam’s matter, she had to hastily marry and go through the full rites, it should have been a wedding everyone admired, not filled with such grievance and sorrow.
Heaven have rcy, all this, because of these two ungrateful brats.
The maid wiped the corner of her eyes, her gaze towards the two filled with increasing hatred.
"Old woman, how is my aunt?" Zhou Xiuer lifted her head to ask.
"You still have the face to ask!" the maid’s throat bobbed as she spat at Zhou Xiuer, the spit landing in her hair, and said coldly, "Our Madam is gone, and it’s all because of you two. You hard Madam, used Labor-inducing dicine, kept sticking close to Madam, that’s why she suffered the difficult labor. Now she’s gone, are you happy now? You rotten goods with black hearts, ungrateful brats, after all the food and drink given to you..."
The maid vented her anger with a string of curses before pointing at the buns on the ground and said, "This is for you, don’t think it’s out of pity, it’s because you’ll be kept until the young lady settles scores with you! Rotten goods with black hearts!"
Bang, the woodshed door was locked again.
anwhile, Zhou Xiuer’s head was buzzing, auntie, gone?
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