Aunt Qin was startled by what she heard, but after hearing it, she felt even more resentful towards Aunt Bai, while she felt more grateful to Ji Wushang. She grabbed Ji Wushang's hand and said, "Thank you for your help, Miss. Thank you so much, Miss. You are truly my second parents!" As she finished speaking, tears and snot streamed down her face.
Ji Wushang wiped away her tears with a silk handkerchief. "Don't cry, Auntie. People will be here soon, so you'll have to cooperate."
“Tell me, and I will certainly cooperate.” Aunt Qin nodded.
☆、105 Eliminate the concubine! Destroy the fourth young lady! (Exciting! Awesome!)
Before long, a maid announced that someone had arrived. Immediately, Ji Wushang gestured to Aunt Qin, who lay motionless on the bed.
The maids around them either cried or knelt.
Ji Dingbei arrived with Aunt Xie and others. Upon entering, he saw Ji Wushang sitting there, while Aunt Qin showed no signs of waking up, which made him even more worried.
Ji Wushang stepped forward and bowed, but did not see Aunt Bai. He thought to himself, "Could it be that Aunt Bai has been frightened into fainting and is unable to get out of bed?"
Just then, Aunt Bai walked in, supported by Ji Wuxia. She also noticed Aunt Qin, whose face was very pale, without any color in her skin. Aunt Bai was immediately terrified and hesitated, not daring to go forward.
"Auntie, what's wrong?" Ji Wuxia asked, noticing something was amiss.
Hearing the sound, Ji Dingbei also looked outside and saw that Aunt Bai looked uneasy. "If you are not feeling well, you should go back and rest properly."
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern, sir," Aunt Bai said to Ji Dingbei, bowing slightly. What a joke! He just wanted to see if Aunt Qin was really dead! If she was, she should be burned alive! He didn't even know if what happened last night was just his imagination. How could he be so easily frightened!
Aunt Bai's mind wandered a bit, and seeing Ji Wushang standing guard beside Aunt Qin, she asked, "Wushang, how is Sister Qin?"
"Please come forward and take a look!" Ji Wushang said emotionlessly, and then made some space for him. "Father, where are those so-called high monks? Alas, the doctor I invited still failed to revive Aunt Qin. It's my fault." After saying that, he knelt down in front of Ji Dingbei.
Ji Dingbei sighed, "Get up!" A slight sense of disappointment also flashed through his heart.
Aunt Bai looked at it and cautiously went forward to take a look.
Just then, a maidservant outside announced that Madam Yuan had arrived, and Ji Wushang went with them to greet her. Everyone went outside, leaving only Aunt Bai inside watching Aunt Qin.
Ji Wushang looked at the matriarch and stepped forward, looking at her with tearful and bitter eyes, "Greetings to Grandmother."
"Get up!" The old lady glanced at her, still a little angry. This girl had talked back to her yesterday, making her not sleep well all night!
Ji Dingbei gestured to Zhu'er, who immediately helped Ji Wushang up, and the group returned to the inner room.
Just as they were about to reach the inner room, they suddenly heard a scream!
"ah!"
Everyone was shocked. What on earth was going on?
Ji Dingbei rushed in and saw Aunt Bai lying on the ground, looking in terror at Aunt Qin, pointing at her, "A ghost...a ghost!"
Everyone was speechless.
"What the hell!" Ji Dingbei stepped forward and angrily shouted, helping Aunt Bai up.
"I...I really saw a ghost! She...she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at me, looked at me!" Aunt Bai was clearly in shock, clutching Ji Dingbei's sleeve tightly and refusing to let go!
Seeing this, Ji Wushang immediately stepped forward to check, "Where? Has Aunt Qin woken up?"
The matriarch felt something was amiss and immediately stepped forward, saying, "Let me see!"
Ji Wushang stepped aside, but at that moment, he heard a groan! Ji Wushang called out, "Auntie is awake!"
"Ah!" Aunt Bai screamed, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Ji Dingbei was anxious and worried about the child in her womb, so he immediately shouted, "Quickly, call the doctor!"
Several maids hurriedly went to call for help, and Ji Wuxia and the head maid Tianxiang quickly helped Aunt Bai to the side to help take care of her.
When Madam Yuan looked at Aunt Qin and saw her slowly waking up, she adopted the demeanor of a matriarch. Granny Guo had already brought a stool for her to sit on. Seeing this, Ji Dingbei stood aside and instructed his attendant, Yue Shisi, to call over the monks who were resting there.
Ji Wushang helped Aunt Qin sit up and lean her against the headboard to make it easier for her to breathe. They exchanged a simple glance, and Aunt Qin smiled slightly. She'd put on quite a show; he'd definitely give her a piece of his mind later.
"Qin Fu, how are you now?" the matriarch asked sternly.
Aunt Qin's face slowly regained some color. She looked at Madam Yuan and then at Ji Dingbei, "Reporting to Madam, I am much better now."
"Do you know your crime?" the matriarch asked coldly.
"I know not what crime I have committed, but I know that someone wants to kill me! Fortunately, in my dream I heard the mastermind behind this plot!" Aunt Qin said solemnly, her eyes bright as she looked at Madam Yuan.
The matriarch was taken aback, and those around her were even more shocked! This was the inner courtyard of a powerful family! While it was said to be a setup, there needed to be evidence for any open or covert struggles!
Ji Wushang looked towards Aunt Bai, where a doctor had already stepped forward to pinch Aunt Bai's philtrum. Aunt Bai was slowly waking up. At this moment, she looked in the direction of Aunt Qin, but received her cold gaze, and was so frightened that she dared not look up.
"Did you see something, Sister Bai? Why are you so afraid of Qin Fu's gaze? Is there something you're keeping from everyone?" Aunt Qin asked coldly, looking at her.
Immediately, everyone's gaze turned to Aunt Bai. Upon hearing this, Aunt Bai shuddered. Ji Wuxia, however, looked on with disdain and said, "Aunt, Aunt Qin is asking you a question. Just answer truthfully. Aunt Qin has just woken up and needs to talk to everyone!"
Aunt Bai listened, nodding inwardly. Yes, what was wrong with her! Why was she so afraid of such a woman! Yesterday's events must have been her imagination, she hadn't gone far enough! Since Aunt Qin wasn't dead, then yesterday's events must have been her imagination, she was just fantasizing that she was dead! That vile woman, since she's not dead, what is there for her to fear!
"What story is there? She just saw some unclean things. Sigh, a vixen is a vixen!" Aunt Bai said disdainfully.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Qin became agitated and was about to scold her, but Ji Wushang immediately pulled Aunt Qin back secretly, saying, "What vixen? We already said yesterday that we need to see what's going on. Oh, Steward Xue, why haven't those high monks arrived yet? Things will go wrong if the auspicious time passes!"
Hearing this, Steward Xue, who was standing to the side, immediately looked at Ji Wushang and lowered his head under her sharp gaze. "Your subordinate, your subordinate will go and urge her."
"Reporting to the master, madam, concubines, and young ladies! Those eminent monks have disappeared from the manor!" At that moment, a servant stepped forward, knelt down, and loudly proclaimed.
"What?" The matriarch stood there stunned. "Quickly, go find it!"
"Don't worry, Madam. Those eminent monks may have something important to discuss. They can fly away and disappear in an instant, and then reappear just as quickly!" Aunt Bai said, looking at everyone.
Ji Wushang snorted coldly, "Yes, maybe it really is someone who can fly through the clouds. Quickly, we need to find them, otherwise, how will we settle what happened in this house?"
"What else is there to calculate? Isn't the matter right in front of us?" Aunt Bai struggled to get up, looked at her, and then at Aunt Qin. At this moment, she looked Aunt Qin up and down, as if trying to find some loopholes.
Aunt Qin laughed, "Sister Bai, do you really want to know the truth? It was you, it was you who instructed them to frame me!"
Aunt Bai immediately flew into a rage upon hearing this, "You shameless woman, what did you say! You're possessed by a vixen, you're all filthy yourself, don't try to pin it on me! Humph!"
The matriarch slammed her hand on the table. "Enough!"
Immediately, neither of them spoke. Ji Dingbei stepped forward, coldly looking at Aunt Bai, then at Aunt Qin, suppressing his anger but not letting it out. If one of them was the real culprit, intending to make the mansion uneasy, then he would definitely not let her go!
Ji Yinxue stood in the corner, leisurely watching this scene. In contrast, she was even more eager to see if Ji Wushang would be able to take her out this afternoon! She had prepared a nice gift for her!
Upon receiving that gaze, Ji Wushang looked at Ji Yinxue. At that moment, Ji Yinxue was smiling at him. Ji Wushang nodded gently.
Just then, a commotion broke out at the courtyard gate, drawing everyone's attention. They saw the brothers Tie Feng and Tie Yi, along with several guards, carrying and helping a group of people inside.
As Ji Dingbei approached, he looked closely and realized that those people were none other than the high monks. Look at them! Their clothes were all tattered, as if they had been beaten or torn to shreds, making them look like beggars! Around them were vomits, clearly indicating they had drunk a lot of alcohol! And on their bare backs were written words like, "charlatan," "I'm a pig's head," "I'm a fool," and "cheap"...
Isn't this just telling everyone that they are not high-ranking monks, because high-ranking monks must have taken vows! And those words on their bodies, tsk tsk, maybe someone is retaliating against them, disapproving of their words and actions, and thus punishing them like this while they are drunk!
Those around couldn't help but chuckle, wondering who would write such things on their body. But it didn't seem to be written on!
"Get me some water and splash it on me to wake me up!" Ji Dingbei said coldly. "This is absolutely outrageous!"
"How outrageous! How could this happen! Steward Xue, look at the mess you've made!" The old lady slammed her hand on the table and loudly questioned Steward Xue, who was standing to the side, speechless with astonishment. Upon hearing this, Steward Xue immediately knelt down, his legs trembling.
"Madam, Madam, spare me, spare me!" Steward Xue cried out, begging for mercy. "I don't know what happened. They claimed to be high monks, which is why they were invited to our mansion. How could such a thing happen? I really don't know anything!" As he spoke, he kowtowed several times.
Ji Wushang sneered, "Oh, if Steward Xue didn't know, why would he invite these people over so casually? If he didn't know, wouldn't Steward Xue have checked who these people came from? If someone dies because you invited them into the manor so easily, can Steward Xue take responsibility?"
"Young Miss, spare me! Yes, it was my oversight that I didn't check! Please, masters, have mercy!" Hearing Ji Wushang's words, Steward Xue immediately realized the gravity of the situation. Yesterday, it was because of these people that Aunt Qin's head maid, Zhucui, died—a human life! Accordingly, there would definitely be a price to pay!
Ji Wushang found it amusing. Was this "oversight" just an attempt to absolve himself of all responsibility? He was clearly the one who ordered it, and now he was trying to escape? No way!
Aunt Qin, supported by several maids, came out and trembled with rage upon seeing the "high monks" lying on the ground. "These wicked people! They framed me! They framed me!"
Everyone was stunned. Yesterday and today were completely reversed! At this moment, several maids brought water and splashed it on these "high monks" without any mercy!
The group of people slowly regained consciousness after being hit by the cold water. One of them, oblivious to their impending doom, was still muttering, "Come on, another cup!"
Ji Dingbei was so angry that all he wanted to do was kill them all!
He stepped forward, raised his foot, and kicked a person hard in the shin. Immediately, a muffled groan was heard, and it was clear that the bones had been broken!
The man immediately cried out in pain, only to see Ji Dingbei, Ji Wushang, and the others.
He immediately realized that he was a high-ranking monk!
"donor……"
"Pah!" A little maidservant suddenly spat at the man.
Those nearby had just woken up and, seeing the scene, realized they were in deep trouble. The cowardly ones immediately knelt on the ground, begging for mercy!
Everyone sighed in dismay.
As Aunt Bai watched from the other side, she immediately thought to herself that Steward Xue was incompetent and that those people were simply more trouble than they were worth!
Aunt Qin stepped forward and immediately knelt before Ji Dingbei, pleading, "Master, you must do justice for me!"
Looking at the frail woman before him, Ji Dingbei was filled with heartache. If Ji Wushang hadn't stopped her yesterday, the Old Madam Yuan would probably have executed this woman! Although she had lost her child, she was still his concubine!
"Get up, I will help you get revenge and bring you justice!" Ji Dingbei helped the man up, then stepped forward and said coldly, "Speak, who are you people? Why did you deceive the people of our General's Mansion yesterday? Who is instigating you? Speak up and I will spare your lives. If you don't, you can choose to go to the battlefield or you can choose to go to the underworld!"
The group of people looked at Ji Dingbei with fear in their hearts. One of them kowtowed and said, "Master, we are nobody, and nobody gave us any orders!"
"Hmph, kill me or torture me, do as you please!" said the silent man. Ji Wushang looked in the direction he was speaking and saw that it was the tall man who had glanced at him a few times earlier. Ji Wushang sneered and stepped forward, "Such a loyal servant! Quite stubborn! Come on, slap him! But you have to be careful not to overdo it, if he can't speak, I'll punish you all!"
The maid looked at Ji Dingbei, who immediately retorted angrily, "The young lady has spoken, how can we not do it!"
Immediately, the maids stepped forward and slapped the man across the face, while several servants held him down, preventing him from moving.
Several blows landed on his mouth, drawing blood. After a few blows, Ji Wushang waved for the servants to stop.
The people next to Ji Wushang looked at him and retreated in fear, but they were immediately stopped by several fierce-looking guards, who frightened them so much that they crawled forward again.
“You know what happened back then, and Aunt Qin knows it too. Why not let Aunt Qin speak? Since you won’t speak, let Aunt Qin speak! Grandmother, Father, what do you think?” Ji Wushang glanced coldly at the group of people, who immediately shrank back like turtles.
Ji Dingbei nodded in agreement. "Fu'er, just say it!"
The matriarch was no longer speaking. Clearly, she had been too angry yesterday and had decided to execute Concubine Qin… She would have to explain what had happened! But what about those dolls under her bed? Were they their doing too? But why would someone with no recent or distant grudges want to frame Concubine Qin? There was only one explanation: someone in the inner courtyard must be plotting to kill Concubine Qin, and this person had used these dolls to do so!
Madam Yuan had a general idea of what was going on, so she turned her gaze to Aunt Bai and then to Aunt Xie. Why were all the people in this room so hostile?
At this moment, Aunt Qin stepped forward and sneered, "As soon as they came in, they said there was some fox spirit. Zhu Cui was angry because these rude people barged in, so she scolded them on my behalf, thinking of driving them out. But unexpectedly, they pushed Zhu Cui down..." Aunt Qin recounted how these people accidentally caused Zhu Cui's death, and also told her about the bad things they did to her and how she was beaten by them. Everyone was furious and wanted to rush over and tear these people to pieces!
"I never expected that when they were beating me, they thought I had fainted and was unconscious. But I heard with my own ears that it was Steward Xue who ordered them to do it! It was Steward Xue who wanted to kill me!" Aunt Qin shouted, pointing at Steward Xue.
Steward Xue was immediately stunned. "Ah, please spare my life, Madam! It wasn't me, it wasn't!"
"You wicked man! I thought you were my steward and entrusted the affairs of the manor to you with peace of mind. I never expected you to do such a thing! A person like you deserves to die!" Ji Dingbei stepped forward, drew his long sword, and looked as if he was about to kill him.