Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

Chapter 143 Pretending to be crazy and acting stupid

Feng Jia recalled the day of the enthronement banquet. She asked Qingshu to secretly put drugs in Xie Zisheng's wine glass, and then she pretended to be sneaky and ran towards the west wing. Sure enough, Xie Zisheng took the bait.

She entered the west wing and escaped through the window before Xie Zisheng chased in. The drug Xie Zisheng was taking effect, and Xiao Shi, unable to bear the lust, stripped off her clothes and clung to him. Unfortunately, she still underestimated the self-control of Xie Zisheng, a military commander.

But fortunately she was well prepared and asked Song Huai to prepare a piano in advance.

The moment the bare hands touched the strings, the prop was touched: the sound of the manipulator's piano.

The seductive effect of the crane was infinitely magnified, causing Xie Zisheng to fall into the quagmire of lust, unable to extricate himself. Then Meng brought people to catch the adulterer.

She never expected that the person lying on the bed was not her and Meng Yang, but her baby son!

Feng Jia's fingers were resting on the fan from time to time. Thinking of today's strangeness, she couldn't help but frown slightly: "Where is that Zhen Mama now?"

Qingshu reported truthfully: "Madame Zhen did such a thing, she should have been doomed to die, but she has been a little confused since she took the medicine that day."

"crazy?"

Qingshu nodded: "Song Huai killed her again that day, and one of her legs is completely disabled. Now she is neither human nor ghost. The master locked her up in the woodshed and let her die."

Feng Jia stood up and said, "I have nothing to do today, let's go see her."

Qingshu didn't understand. What was so good about a crazy woman? But the girl actually said so, so she felt that there must be a reason, so she packed up and accompanied Feng Jia to the firewood room next to Wutong Garden.

There was no oil lamp in the woodshed and it was terribly dark.

Feng Jia pushed the door open and the light in the room became slightly brighter. She looked around but did not see Nanny Zhen. Qing Shu was just wondering when he suddenly heard a breathing sound right next to his ear.

Qingshu subconsciously closed the door, only to see a figure standing straight behind the door, eyes wide open with a sinister and strange smile on his lips.

Qingshu was frightened by her and screamed, sweat running down his back, and Fengjia also frowned.

"Put on flowers, put on flowers! Madam, put on flowers!" Nanny Zhen, with disheveled hair and a straw wreath in her hand, rushed up madly and was about to put it on Feng Jia's head. Feng Jia did not move and just stared at her coldly.

Nanny Zhen rolled her eyes and kept shouting, but she changed direction and went straight past Feng Jia and ran towards Qingshu. Qingshu was so scared that he screamed and chased her away like a fly, but Nanny Zhen laughed even louder as if she was having fun. The two of them chased each other and circled around Feng Jia.

"Madam Zhen." Feng Jia called out.

Nanny Zhen pretended not to hear anything and continued to chase after her happily. Feng Jia smiled and said, "Someone, catch her."

Two strong servants came in from outside and lifted Nanny Zhen up, one on the left and one on the right. Nanny Zhen's eyes were dazed, her body kept twisting, and fluid kept flowing out of her mouth.

Qingshu frowned in disdain and said, "Miss, Nanny Zhen is crazy, let's go!"

Feng Jia ignored him and just looked at the person in front of her carefully. However, the other person looked left and right and refused to look at Feng Jia, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Feng Jia curled up the corners of his mouth coldly: "Whether he is really crazy or just pretending to be crazy, you will know after trying it."

She motioned to the servant standing next to her, and the servant understood. He rummaged around in the corner of the woodshed for a while, and finally came out carrying a fat, squeaking rat.

"Feed it down!"

The servant nodded, then forcefully pried open Nanny Zhen's mouth and stuffed the medicine in little by little. Qingshu covered his eyes and dared not look, but Feng Jia was always paying attention to the changes in Nanny Zhen's facial expression.

Nanny Zhen closed her eyes tightly and chewed the rat again and again. The blood and flesh of the rat were chewed into a pulp and overflowed from the corners of her mouth. Qingshu could no longer bear it, so he stumbled out and vomited.

When they came back in, the mouse that was alive and kicking just now had already entered Nanny Zhen's stomach. Qingshu suppressed his nausea and tugged at Feng Jia's sleeve, "Miss, let's go. She even eats live mice!"

Feng Jia looked at Nanny Zhen for a while, and suddenly laughed: "It seems that she is really crazy."

After saying that, he led the group out, but they did not leave Wutong Garden, but went deeper. Qingshu asked in confusion: "Miss, where are we going?"

"Find out what Nanny Zhen has to say."

Qingshu was puzzled: "How can we investigate someone who has gone mad?"

"She's pretending to be crazy."

"Pretending to be crazy?"

Feng Jia said, "How could a true madman eat a live mouse so calmly? Nanny Zhen's obedience shows that she did it on purpose."

Qing Shu suddenly realized, but immediately hesitated and became nervous: "Then should we go back and beat up that slave who bullied her master, and see if she will confess!"

"No need, I have a better plan."

On the other side, as soon as the door was closed, Nanny Zhen could no longer hold back and crawled on the ground retching. In order to prevent the guards at the door from noticing her movements, she pinched herself hard to prevent herself from making any sound.

Finally she finished vomiting, and Nanny Zhen felt like she had almost vomited out half of her stomach.

This Xie Lanzhao was so vicious. If she knew that I was pretending to be crazy and stupid, she would never let her go. Fortunately, she just got away with it.

With a creaky sound, the door was opened again. Nanny Zhen was so frightened that she forgot to breathe. With the light behind her, she couldn't see clearly who was coming, but from the outline of the person, it was not Feng Jia.

"Just guard outside and don't let anyone in." said the man.

The door was closed again and the room fell into darkness again.

Nanny Zhen looked at that person, and a ray of hope shone from her face that was on the verge of despair. She lowered her voice and called out in a low voice that was half aggrieved and half painful: "Miss, Fourth Miss, I have finally waited for you!"

Nanny Zhen had been locked up since the banquet that day, and she had no idea that Xie Shubai was responsible for Meng's death.

Xie Shubai helped her up, with a look of reluctance on her face: "I heard from the servants that you were crazy, I didn't believe it, and wanted to come and see you, but my father wouldn't let me. I only found the opportunity today."

"Madam Zhen, you have suffered."

Nanny Zhen shook her head, covered her chest, and cried even harder: "It's fine for me, but it's hard for the Madam. I heard from the attendants that the Madam was caught committing adultery with a servant and died of shame and anger by hitting her head against the wall. How could this be possible? I absolutely don't believe it. It must be that Xian Xie Lanzhao!"

"I know, but my father no longer believes in me. All he can think about is my ninth sister!"

Nanny Zhen grabbed Xie Shubai's arm and said, "Fourth Miss, we still have hope. As long as we write a letter to the Earl of Yongyi's Mansion, the old lady will definitely vindicate the first lady and support us!"

Xie Shubai suddenly stopped talking.

Nanny Zhen sensed something and asked, "Did something happen?"

Xie Shubai suddenly turned around, tears welling up in her eyes. She swallowed them back for a long time. "It's useless. Grandma has been here before, but my father brushed her off. Even my mother has been cremated!"

"What! How dare they do this!" Nanny Zhen's face was filled with grief. She suddenly asked, "What about the Third Young Master? How did he react?"

As expected, he was asked. Xie Shubai recalled what the man had said just now and closed her eyes pretending to be in pain: "Third brother? Of course he is on father's side!"

"How could he do that!" Nanny Zhen suddenly got excited, then realized the next second that she was too emotional, she immediately lowered her head and covered it up, "Miss, I lost my composure."

Xie Shubai shook her head: "I know you are the most loyal, how can I blame you? You are right, I also don't believe that my mother would commit adultery, she must have been murdered by Xie Lanzhao! But Xie Lanzhao has my father's support now, I can't fight him at all, I went to ask my third brother for help, but he avoided me..."

"It must have been so painful to be killed on the spot..." Xie Shubai sobbed.

Nanny Zhen also started to cry, "Yes, it must be so painful. Madam can't stand the pain the most. She is such a proud person. Even after her death, she has to bear such a reputation. The Third Young Master actually..."

Nanny Zhen closed her eyes for a while, then opened them again. She seemed to have made up her mind and whispered something in Xie Shubai's ear.

Xie Shubai was stunned for a moment, as if she had been hit on the head with a club. How could this be possible?