boudoir

Chapter 45 Butterfly Huasheng
"Rui'er, hurry up and invite the eldest lady! ——and report to the old lady by the way!"

Liuli made a decisive decision.

Rui'er came back to her senses, and immediately got up and rushed out the door.Nanny Li hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "I'm afraid it's not good to disturb the old lady right now. According to me—"

"The old lady will investigate it when the time comes, can you be responsible!"

Liuli yelled at Nanny Li, and immediately made her take two steps back in fright.

"How dare you yell at me?!"

Nanny Li pointed at Liuli, her eyes were as big as a gong.

Liuli's face was as cold as ice, she stared back fiercely, walked to the bed and looked at Cuiying's death carefully.

She thought about the worst ending for Cuiying, which would be to offend Mrs. Yu and be expelled from the mansion, a house slave to be expelled from the mansion, and the worst end would be to be abandoned by her parents and family, or to be married to someone even lower. It was better than death, so she didn't take it to heart.But she didn't expect that they were not prepared to give Cuiying a way out - if she still said that her death was just an accident under such circumstances, then there would be no conspiracy in this world!

It's just that she didn't understand why the Yu family insisted on killing Cuiying?

The corpse in front of him was lying on his back, because he had been stiff for a long time, he still kept his bent appearance, and even his face was a little distorted.Liuli turned it inside out. From the outside, it looked like a normal person lying on his side with his legs bent.Looking at it this way, the distorted facial features also became natural.

Appears to have died in sleep.

Grandma Wang and Grandma Sun who were not on duty in the courtyard also rushed over to watch the excitement after hearing the news.Liuli looked around the windows along the wall, then went back to her room to get dressed.

She ignored Tian'er and Nanny Li, Nanny Li was reprimanded by her just now, and now she wanted to make up for it, so she chased her and said, "How can the girl just leave like this?"

Liuli turned her head and sneered: "I didn't kill the person, so should I stay here and wait for her to take her life?"

Nanny Li choked, her face turned pale.

Liuli washed and dressed herself, and Rui'er came back.She had calmed down quite a bit after this trip, and said to Liuli: "The eldest lady said that it was only a maid who died. I think the cold weather aggravated the cold. There is nothing to make a fuss about. I will wait for the autopsy later and let her mother Just take it back with me."

Liuli frowned, unexpectedly Yu Shi had such an attitude.

Rui'er bit her lip and said, "Girl, I don't think that's the case... Is it true that Cuiying is going to die like this?"

Liuli was silent for a long time.Suddenly he thought of something and looked up: "She must have been dead for a long time with this appearance, did you notice anything unusual when you went back to your room last night?"

Rui'er hurriedly said: "This servant also thinks she died a long time ago, because when she returned to the room last night, her posture was exactly the same as this morning, and the doors and windows were closed at that time. We were the ones who went out, and when the servant returned to the room There are two hours, this time is enough for them to start!"

The more Rui'er talked, the more frightened she became, and at the end she shuddered. "Also, Tian'er wasn't there when the servant returned to her room..."

Liuli's eyes flashed, and she said again: "Then I asked you to check Cuiying's whereabouts, did you find anything?"

Rui'er swallowed her saliva, thought for a while and said: "She often goes to the main courtyard, and the people she contacts are nothing special." After she finished speaking, she hesitated, and then said: "There is just one thing that makes people wonder. Once The butterfly Huasheng on the third lady's head, I saw it in Cuiying's bag a few days ago."

Liuli didn't pay attention when she first heard it, she paused for a moment, then looked over again in a blink of an eye: "Did you see it clearly?"

Rui'er said in a low voice: "It's absolutely true! Because that Huasheng is made of gold thread, it is very eye-catching, so the servant girl was very impressed. It was the day and night before New Year's Eve, when I was adding clothes in the room, it happened that Cuiying also opened Take the underwear under the bag, and Hua Sheng rolled down inadvertently. The servant picked it up and returned it to her, and I saw it clearly at the time."

Liu Li sat down on the plum-blossom stool after listening to the situation, and finally exhaled half a day later: "It turned out to be her... I know! It's completely clear now, no wonder Mrs. Yu wanted to kill her!" Rui'er didn't understand what she was muttering , I could only stare at her, and seeing her stop at this moment, she started talking to herself again: "Mr. Go back to the room, search Cuiying's things quietly, and bring out all the suspicious things, especially that Huasheng!"

"Yes, servant girl, let's go!"

Rui'er received the instruction half-understood, and knew the tone was very important, so she immediately turned and went out the door.

And Liuli was fully dressed and stepped out of the door.

Regardless of whether it was Mrs Yu who drugged Huanhua or not, Mrs Yu had enough reasons to take revenge after having suffered such a big fall in front of Mrs Qi.What's interesting is that Mrs. Yu inserted someone into the big kitchen, and Mrs. Qi also inserted Cuiying next to Liuli. In addition, Cuiying repeatedly provoked Tian'er and Nanny Li. It was hard for Mrs. Yu not to take out her anger up.Therefore, there is no need to doubt Cuiying's death at all, it must be the hands of Nanny Li and Tian'er.

At this time, it was already daylight, and the snow was still falling outside. The news of the death in Xiaokuayuan did not spread as fast as usual, but the garden was not as strict as the front yard, and several snow-sweeping women nearby also came to see the news. lively.

Li Momo didn't know if she was frightened by this incident, she sat by the side silently, with an unnatural expression on her face.Tian'er was calm, and went to get breakfast after lighting the stove.It happened that Rui'er had already come out, she nodded to Liuli secretly, Liuli knew she had succeeded, and said: "It's snowing and the road is slippery, Rui'er and Tian'er go to get food together." The enemy's face changed, and he wanted to refuse, but Rui'er had already gone After returning from the glazed room, he quickly picked up the umbrella and came out.

Although Mrs. Yu didn't come, she sent Qian Changsheng's daughter-in-law here according to the rules.

Liuli just entered the room and opened the cloth bag that Rui'er brought out, at this moment someone came in quickly and said "Ms. Qian is here", Liuli hastily stuffed the cloth bag under the quilt, opened the door and came out.

When I arrived at the corridor, I saw a group of people coming in from the courtyard gate. The headed woman was about forty years old, wearing a purple plain velvet embroidered jacket, a sable fur cloak, and a flying swallow hairpin on one side of her head.When entering the door, the people on both sides supported and said: "My lady, be careful where you step." They reached out to brush off the hanging icicles.

According to the rule, if there is an accidental death of a servant in the mansion, the stewards will come forward to deal with it, and the chief steward and his wife will intervene in person, so far the number will not exceed one palm.

Liuli was thinking about the package, and when she saw Mrs. Qian coming, she had no choice but to stand by and respond.

The wives let Mrs. Qian into Cuiying's room for a walk, and came out in a short while.Seeing that there was no good place to sit, he searched in various rooms, and finally saw a carved chair in Madam Li's room, so he immediately moved it out and put it behind Mrs. Qian.

Mrs. Qian blew on the chair and just sat down, when someone found a new can of Biluochun on Madam Li's desk and entrusted the storeroom to buy it.

Lady Qian held the tea, frowned and took a sip, then raised her head, inadvertently, Liuli stood there with her hands folded, said hurriedly, "Why don't you invite Miss Jiu to sit down?" She had met before, but it was really hard for her to recognize her as Nine Girls at a glance.

Liuli said modestly: "My lady, you don't have to be polite. It's freezing cold, and you have to bother my lady to come and take care of Cuiying's funeral in person. Liuli is really sorry."

Lady Qian said: "This is a matter of duty. Cuiying is no ordinary maid. The old lady sent her to serve Ninth Miss. Now she suddenly died suddenly. Naturally, we have to give her an explanation."

Hearing her words, Liuli couldn't help but look at her.Lady Qian smiled slightly, lowered her head and took another sip of the frowning tea.

Liuli paused for a while, then said: "My lady is right. I don't know when the messenger will arrive?"

"Already on the way."

Liuli suddenly had a bold guess, regardless of whether Cuiying was murdered or not, the youngest son of the Qian family was working in the government, if someone tried to bribe him through him, she would not be able to predict which direction the matter would develop , she can think of this, can't Yu Shi and Qi Shi not think of it?
Liuli's heart was pounding, and she held her sleeves tightly to calm herself down.

Mrs. Qian ordered the wives to put Cuiying's body in straw mats and prepare to carry it to the front yard. At this time, there was a burst of crying at the door, and Cuiying's mother and elder brother had heard the news and rushed over. .

While Mrs. Qian got up to deal with it, Liuli quietly returned to the room.

There were three items in the small cloth bag that Rui'er brought out. Indeed, there was a familiar butterfly Huasheng inlaid with red treasures in gold thread, which was exquisite and eye-catching. Liuli had vaguely seen it on Qi's head.The other is an ebony hairpin for men, the end is in the shape of auspicious clouds, and the word "Chen" is engraved on it.The last thing is the two cans of unopened Emei green packaged together, Liuli is very familiar with this.

She had already guessed that Cuiying had stolen the tea leaves. Apart from this, the other two fell into the hands of Mrs. Yu, but they were both things that could make a big fuss. Ruier could still get such an important thing at this juncture. It's luck to come back.

However, she still didn't understand what Cuiying was doing by stealing tea?And the plate of tangerines that she hid when she first came to live in this courtyard was also secretly carried out.Even if Cuiying was greedy and wanted to eat, with her temperament, she would eat it openly, why would she go to such lengths to steal it out before eating?This is not something extraordinarily expensive.

Tian'er once said that Cuiying's family members are all on errands in the mansion, so she can't even afford a can of tea. Who is she doing this for?

Liuli thoughtfully picked up the ebony hairpin for men, looked at it repeatedly for a long time, and found that the engraving on it had been smoothed a little, probably because she often rubbed it in her hand.Liuli couldn't help thinking, could this be another allusion of mandarin ducks under dewy plums in the melon field?

Just thinking about the entanglement, Qian Changsheng's family suddenly opened the door and came in.

"Although the servant girl's life is low, it is a human life anyway. Now her family members have come and clamored to find out her innocence. After the autopsy, I will invite the nine girls to move to the front yard to give a testimony."

This is to invite Liuli to stand trial.Mrs. Qian had a slight smile on her face, but her back was straight.

(End of this chapter)