frightfiction Chapter 221 1 Who did it?
Chapter 221 1 Who did it?
The sisters-in-law surrounded Shi Yao, each giving her advice and coaxing her.
Fu Nanjun gently held her hand and said, "Second sister, please don't tell us about your past life in the future, so as not to violate the taboo again."
Shi Yao nodded with tears in her eyes: "Okay, I'll listen to my sisters-in-law."
Forget it, she should just be the mastermind behind it.
Who knows what she will say next time that will touch the taboo and whether she will still be alive.
It was God's will that she be a melon-eating scoundrel, it wasn't that she was insidious.
Shi Yao thought that the story of the red-clothed female ghost was unspeakable, so there was no way to clarify that the "villainous little boss Shi Yao" in the first and second rounds was not the same person as her, and she could only bear the blame unjustly.
Then - the truth about traveling through a book and that this world is a book is even more unspeakable.
Shi Yao silently remembered this lesson.
Well, let her bear these heavy secrets alone.
The sisters-in-law were still frightened. They helped Shi Yao up, listened to the spring thunder and rain, and ate the candlelight lunch in fear.
After dinner, they discussed in detail the chaos in the mansion yesterday.
Fu Nanjun said frankly, "I knew they were going to attack my second sister and the fourth prince, so I had people block the news and let them get away with it. I never thought of plotting against my eldest sister. No one expected the fourth prince to break into the inner courtyard and the Lanpei Courtyard."
Le An Ning asked: "Who brought that Tian Mei in?"
Everyone looked at Fu Nanjun.
Fu Nanjun was helpless: "It was indeed me who asked the Fu family to release Nanny Jin, so that we could use her to place people in the back house, and then we could put the blame on her. But Tian Mei has nothing to do with me."
She lowered her eyes slightly and glanced at Wang Fan obscurely. Shi Mingkui cut it off, and it was probably Wang Fan's doing.
The fourth son has lost his life, this is a huge blame, I guess even Nanny Jin can’t bear it.
But as long as Gong Xuan does not reborn, Wang Fan will be safe.
I’m really scared. Maybe Gong Xuan will be reborn tomorrow.
Now, in order to make this matter into an unsolved case, she has to help clean up the mess. Otherwise, if Wang Fan is exposed, the rest of them will be regarded by the old Duke as accomplices in the murder of Shi Mingkui.
In the eyes of the men, they could have minor quarrels and complaints, but they could never hurt the men of the Shi family, hinder their future, ruin the reputation of the Duke's Mansion, and destroy the foundation of the Shi family.
Everyone looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "It's not me. I have no grudges against Lao Si."
Wang Fan showed no change of expression and said, "I have no connection with the Fourth Brother, and the Fourth Sister-in-law has never offended me. I will divorce her in the future, so there is no need to take such a big risk."
Finally, everyone looked at Shi Yao.
The only person who has a grudge against the fourth brother and his wife recently is Shi Yao.
Shi Yao waved her hands hurriedly: "Why are you looking at me? My sisters-in-law have their own families, and the maids can come and go as they please, but I can't.
I only trust Banxia, the others were sent by the old man and the old lady. How dare I order them to commit such a huge case!
Earlier, Aunt Liuhua often went out of the mansion to do good deeds for me. I don’t know what my third brother was thinking, but he ordered someone to take away Aunt Liuhua’s badge. Since then, I have not been able to interfere in matters outside the mansion at all.”
When everyone thought about it, it was right.
If Shi Yao could instigate someone to commit such a major crime that shocked the entire capital, the maids and old women in the yard would not have betrayed her yesterday, allowing Gong Xuan to break into Guanju Courtyard and almost tarnish her innocence.
Tao Ziyi smiled at Shi Yao with shame: "How could such a thing happen? Why didn't my second sister tell me?"
Shi Yao smiled but said nothing.
Le An Ning said quickly: "What if I told you? What use can you make? Second sister has never offended the third brother. The third brother did this out of the blue. It must be Shi Mingzhu who instigated him.
In the eyes of the brothers, Shi Mingzhu's words are more effective than the emperor's decree. How could he listen to you?"
Tao Ziyi lowered her head dejectedly: "Second sister-in-law is right. Before the third brother died in his previous life, he only told me one thing, which was to hide Zhuzhu's portrait in his study in his coffin and bury him with him."
The sisters-in-law were all shocked: "How could he be so absurd!"
Le Anning cursed Shi Mingzhen as a scumbag.
Tao Ziyi laughed at herself, feeling slightly relieved when she heard them scolding Shi Mingzhen.
Shi Mingzhen did not go out of his way to cover up the portrait before his death, so she didn't have to cover it up for him.
Fu Nanjun, Le Anning and Wang Fan felt a little guilty because they had already planned to make Shi Mingzhen unlucky, and they were afraid that Tao Ziyi and her children would be implicated.
However, Tao Ziyi was not in the same group with them at that time, and now it was too late to stop the plan - and they did not want to stop it.
After listening to Tao Ziyi's words, they felt more and more that the third child deserved to be unlucky!
Given his deep devotion to Shi Mingzhu, if he secretly possessed a large amount of wealth, he might do something like confiscate the property and exterminate the family.
Fu Nanjun was trying to comfort him, but also hinted, "The third brother's wife was healthy and well, and the fact that she didn't live to a ripe old age in her previous life was probably related to the third brother's indifference.
In this case, Third Brother and Sister-in-law should stop expecting love between husband and wife and just focus on raising the children well. Aren’t the fathers, husbands, and sons the ones we women rely on in our lives? In the end, the one we can rely on is still our sons.”
Tao Ziyi's eyes turned red, and she nodded, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for your advice. I thought the same thing."
Everyone started talking about Shi Mingzhu again.
Le An Ning snorted and said, "She is not a quiet person. She will cause more trouble later."
Fu Nanjun said in a gentle voice: "The Fourth Prince made a big fool of himself yesterday and his reputation was tarnished. The Imperial Concubine must be very angry. I'm afraid she won't like my eldest sister and will make things difficult for her.
For the time being, the eldest sister can't cause any trouble. The only worry is that the men in the Shi family are still unwilling to give in and want to make her the main wife. We will wait and see.
The most important thing at the moment is that we may have been exposed. At least our eldest sister, the eldest master and his wife, the third master, the fourth master, the fifth master, and the fourth brother's wife already know that we have memories of our past lives.
However, they don't know that some of us have memories of the second life. After listening to what my fifth brother's wife said, I had some doubts but was not sure.
Then, let's discuss whether we should tell them the ending of the second life?"
If they were told, perhaps the old duke and his men would be afraid and would not continue their plan to make Shi Mingzhu the queen, but the information about the second life would obviously be more valuable. The men in the Shi family would keep a close eye on them and perhaps even force them to reveal more information.
If they are not told, their information will be the same as Shi Mingzhu's, and the Shi family men's vigilance towards them will be greatly reduced, but the harm to the group's favorite Shi Mingzhu will not be so profound, and Shi Yao will become a thorn in their eyes.
Telling or not telling has its pros and cons.
After some debate, everyone unanimously decided to keep the second life secret for the time being to protect Shi Yao.
After exchanging some details about their first life so as to prevent Tao Ziyi, Qi Wan and Wang Fan from revealing the truth, everyone went their separate ways.
The heavy rain outside had stopped and the sky was clear. Muxiang held an umbrella for Shi Yao to prevent the raindrops on the leaves from wetting her clothes.
Mu Xiang asked anxiously, "Miss, what are you and the grandmas planning?"
These are turbulent times, so the girl should keep a low profile.