The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 50

Chapter 050 Dead Witness
“Auntie, save me!” The man named Daniu shouted impatiently when he saw Nurse Zhu.

Nanny Zhu’s face was black and purple, and she immediately felt her heart pounding.

Xiao Xiwei smiled faintly and turned to look at Ni Hai. “Look, do you know him?”

“It’s him! He’s the one who gave me the money!” Ni Hai impatiently pointed at Zhu Daniu and shouted.

Now, there was nothing that he didn’t understand.

Xiao Yan stared at Madam Li with indescribable disappointment and disgust in his eyes. “What else do you have to say now?”

“Father, how can you believe a servant’s words!” Xiao Xile screamed.

At this moment, Madam Li’s face was terrifyingly pale, and his entire body was on the verge of collapse, almost fainting.

She had obviously taken the money from Nanny Zhu to let Zhu Daniu leave the capital, how could he be captured back! She originally thought that her work was flawless, but Xiao Xiwei, this stinky girl, had predicted that she would be able to force her to this place step by step.

“Mother, we can understand that you don’t like Zhou Concubine. However, if you do this, it would damage the reputation of your father and Marquis Mansion …” Xiao Xiwei looked at Madam Li and sighed faintly.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan looked at Madam Li with growing disgust.

Xiao Yan’s gaze caused Madam Li to feel a chill run down his spine. She had expended so much effort, and she even did not hesitate to injure herself before she was brought back to Hua Jin Garden by Xiao Yan. Could it be that he was going to abandon her and lock her up in the West Garden now? If she had known this, she should have listened to Nurse Zhu’s advice and endured that breath. After she regained Master’s favor, she would have attacked this slut Zhou Shumei! Now, it is truly regretful …

No! She couldn’t just admit defeat!

A trace of ruthlessness flashed across Madam Li’s eyes. She looked at Nurse Zhu and shouted, “Nurse Zhu, what’s going on?”

Nurse Zhu was shocked. Looking at the coldness in Madam Li’s eyes, his heart gradually cooled down.

Madam was trying to push her out to take the blame!

She had been by Madam’s side for so many years, advising her everywhere. Not to mention her hard work, she had also done her best. However, she had never expected that she would end up in such a state.

Seeing that Nanny Zhu did not snort, Madam Li narrowed her eyes and looked sideways at Zhu Daniu, who was kneeling beside her.

Nurse Zhu’s heart went cold, and despair finally appeared on his face.

If she doesn’t obey the madam, I’m afraid Daniel will …

“Yes, this servant did everything.” She lowered her head and her desolate voice slowly rang out.

Nurse Zhu looked at Madam Li’s shaky face. She knew that there was no turning back at this point. Looking at Madam Li’s despair and Daniel’s terror, She gritted her teeth and kowtowed fiercely to Xiao Yan. “It’s none of my business. This servant did all of this … This servant stole Madam’s money and invited Young Master Ni to cause trouble. This servant followed Madam for more than 20 years. Madam treated this servant kindly, but ever since Zhou Concubine entered the manor, Master has neglected Madam.” “This servant can’t bear to see Madam sad day and night, that’s why she came up with such a method …” Nurse Zhu said as her tears flowed down her cheeks.

‘”Nurse Zhu …” “You, how can you do this …” Madam Li reached out to hug Nurse Zhu and cried, “Master, if you want to blame me, blame me! Nurse Zhu has been by my side for so many years. Although she did this, it’s no different from what I did …”

Xiao Xiwei looked coldly at this’master-servant relationship ‘farce, and a cold smile slowly crept up on his lips.

Although Nanny Zhu was the one who stole the Li family’s money, a few hundred taels of silver was not a small sum. How could the Li family not be aware of it? With such a clumsy excuse, did Madam Li really think that everyone in this room was blind and deaf?

“Enough!” The matriarch was too lazy to listen any longer. She raised her hand and grabbed a teacup and threw it at Madam Li. The crisp sound of cracking made everyone jump in fright.

“Mother” Mrs. Li was shocked and her face instantly turned deathly pale.

Of course, she knew that Nurse Zhu’s words were full of flaws, but she had no other choice! She couldn’t let the Old Lady Lord catch hold of her, and she didn’t want to be abandoned by Xiao Yan and chased to the desolate western courtyard. Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and glanced at Nurse Zhu coldly.

At this glance, Nurse Zhu felt that her heart was filled with despair like a ferocious devil’s palm that dragged her into the depths of hell.

She slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then, she fixed her gaze on Zhu Daniu, whose face was full of defeat. Then, she straightened her body and looked at Xiao Yan. “Master, everything was done by this old servant. Please don’t blame Madam.” After saying that, he suddenly stood up and rushed towards the pillar with a glance at the tip of his tooth.

“Be careful …”

Xiao Xiwei subconsciously reached out to grab Nanny Zhu, but when her fingers touched Nanny Zhu’s clothes, a dull sound entered her eardrums. Immediately after, Nanny Zhu slowly fell down, and bright red blood winded down the pillar.

“Ah” Xiao Xile screamed.

“Auntie” Zhu Daniu broke free from the crowd and ran over desperately to pick up Nanny Zhu, tears rolling down his face.

Half of Nurse Zhu’s face was covered in blood. She struggled to open her eyes and looked at Zhu Daniu. Her voice trembled slightly, “Daniu … in the future, aunt … can’t … take care of her anymore …” Before she could finish her sentence, she tilted her head and fell into Zhu Daniu’s embrace.

‘”Auntie” Zhu Daniu hugged Nanny Zhu and shouted with tears in his heart.

Xiao Xiwei watched the scene in front of him and his body gradually went cold.

A living life ended inexplicably like this …

She suddenly turned to look at Madam Li, only to see that Madam Li’s pale and frightened face was slightly relaxed.

Nurse Zhu is dead.

Dead without a witness.

So, no one could do anything to her.

She must have thought so.

To a person who had accompanied and taken care of her for more than twenty years, she said that she would abandon him without even the slightest bit of pity.

Madam Li, what kind of vicious woman are you?

Nurse Zhu was quickly carried out, and Ni Hai and Zhu Daniu were also taken down. The girls walked in and out and quickly cleaned the bloodstains in the room. However, the undried water stain told people that that place had once ended a life.

In the huge room, no one spoke.

“Grandmother, no matter what, Nanny Zhu has taken care of her mother for so long. Why don’t we have her buried?” Xiao Xi looked at the old lady and said indifferently.

Nurse Zhu had been by Madam Li’s side all these years. She had probably done a lot of dark and vicious things. Normally speaking, she deserved it. She really did not have any compassion for her. She just saw that she was still thinking about her nephew before she died. That little bit of admiration made her feel a little bit of compassion. No matter how much evil she did, she had already paid with her own life.

“She has implicated my mother like this. She deserves to die!” Xiao Xile hurriedly interrupted.

She was afraid that Xiao Xiwei would bring her mother out again, so she hurriedly jumped out.

Xiao Xi glanced coldly at Xiao Xi Le, and the corners of her mouth curved into an undisguised smile. “Sister and mother should know best if they are implicated!”

Mrs. Li’s expression changed. She was afraid that Xiao Xilejing would not be able to resist Xiao Xiwei’s excitement, so she couldn’t help but jump out. She wanted to wake her up, but she didn’t expect that Xiao Xilei had already jumped out.

“You! What do you mean by that! Do you think my mother did this? Could it be that in my sister’s eyes, my mother is such a vicious person?”

Hearing this, Madam Li was so angry that he almost fell to the ground.

As soon as Nurse Zhu died, as long as she endured this breath, this matter could have been exposed, but this girl could not help but jump out. It was really a pot that couldn’t be boiled.

“If it was in the eyes of Xiao Xiwei in the past, my mother would have treated me kindly and gently as if something had happened to me. But now …” Xiao Xiwei turned to look at Madam Li, and a faint sadness gradually appeared in his eyes. “Mother, I want to know exactly how did the wound on my forehead come about?”

The moment Xiao Xiwei said those words, everyone present was shocked.

“Wei’er, what do you mean by that? The wound on your forehead … wasn’t it caught by a cat?”

“Indeed, the wound on my forehead was scratched by a cat, but why would a wild cat run in from a well-behaved mansion? Why did it scratch me so coincidentally?” Xiao Xiwei’s lips curled into a cold smile.

“This … How would I know?”

“Mother, although I am not your biological child, I have always treated you like a biological mother. I respect you and respect you. But in my mother’s heart, I … am nothing.” Xiao Xiwei put his hand on his chest and looked at Madam Li with questioning eyes.

“Xiwei, what do you mean by that? Although you are not my biological son, I have always treated you well. I even value you more than Le’er!” Madam Li frowned.

Hearing Mrs. Li’s words, Xiao Xiwei suddenly laughed, “Is that so? It turns out that deliberately luring a cat to ruin my face isn’t a thin one!”

“Sister! How can you slander your mother like this! It was an accident that your face was scratched by a cat! How can you blame your mother! You can’t spout blood without proof.” Xiao Xile’s sharp voice suddenly rang out, concealing the slight tremor under his voice.

Xiao Xi looked at Xiao Xile and smiled lightly.

It seemed that she was also aware of this.

“Xiwei! What the hell is going on!” The matriarch’s face darkened to the point that water almost dripped out.

If what Xiwei said was true, she really couldn’t imagine how much Madam Li had done behind her back, how vicious her thoughts and methods were!

Xiao Xiwei took a deep breath and calmly shouted outside the door, “Zi Yan, come in.”

After a while, Zi Yan walked in with a snow-white and docile kitten in her arms.

Xiao Xiwei took out a carefully knocked porcelain box from her sleeve. “Grandmother, this is the powder I usually use.” After saying that, she opened the porcelain box and placed it on the ground, nodding at Zi Yan.

Zi Yan understood and crouched down, placing the snow-white kitten not far from the porcelain box.

The originally docile kitten suddenly cried out a few times. Then, it bowed towards the entire body of the porcelain box. Before everyone could react, it pounced towards the porcelain box.

Mrs. Li’s face turned bloody as she watched this scene, and her pupils were filled with terror.

She, she knows everything …