Chapter 268 – Horrific Discovery (1/2)

Horrific Discovery

They saw a young servant anxiously standing next to Fen Dai. In her hand was a platter carrying tea, but she had already spilled it by accident. Han shi was frowning and wiping away the tea that had spilled on her.

The servant appeared to want to say something to Fen Dai, but Fen Dai suddenly shouting caused everyone to look over. This caused the words she was about to say to be swallowed back down.

Feng Yu Heng glanced to the side at Huang Quan and saw Huang Quan slightly nod, giving her an understanding, thus she spoke up and said: “It’s just a servant spilling some tea. It’s nothing worth fussing over.”

Hearing her say this, everyone felt this was insignificant, and Fen Dai could see that the servant seemed to have something to say. Moreover, this was one of her courtyard’s servants, so she took advantage of the situation and said: “That’s right, I will just take care of handing down a punishment to this servant later. Today is the day of father’s welcoming feast. There is no need to ruin the atmosphere over this small matter.” Seeing that nobody was looking over anymore, she quietly asked the servant: “What exactly happened?”

The servant leaned over and whispered into her ear: “Didn’t send people to secretly looked for Pei’er? Just now, this servant received words saying that someone saw Pei’er next to a well in the eldest young miss’ courtyard?”

“What?” Fen Dai was extremely shocked. Forcefully lowering her voice, she asked: “What is Pei’er doing there?”

“I heard that she was kneeling next to the well.”

Feng Fen Dai’s indignant little heart exploded once more. That damnable Feng Chen Yu captured her servant and dared to punish her secretly?

She suddenly stood up, but her movements were too wide, knocking over the bowls in front of her. Everyone was given another shock, as they wanted to ask her what exactly was happening, but they saw Fen Dai had a face full of anger. Rushing straight over to Feng Chen Yu’s side, she raised her hand and slapped her twice across the face.

These two slaps dazed Chen Yu, and they also managed to daze everyone present. Feng Chen Yu even forgot to cry. Just staring blankly at Fen Dai, the burning pain on her face could not compare with the fear that filled her heart.

This girl actually dared to hit her? To even do it in front of the matriarch and Feng Jin Yuan, had this girl gone crazy? But when she reconsidered, she felt that even though Feng Fen Dai was crude by nature, she should not be so foolish. Something terrible must have happened for her to take this course of action.

Feng Chen Yu’s face immediately drained of color, as she seemed to have thought of something. She could not help but glance sideways at Yi Lin and saw that her face was also filled with horror. The two people had clearly thought of the same thing.

After everyone in the Feng manor got over the shock of Fen Dai hitting Chen Yu, it was the matriarch and Feng Jin Yuan that both became furious, but before Feng Jin Yuan could say anything, Fen Dai immediately spoke first. Pointing at Chen Yu’s nose, she began to curse: “Slut! You dare to go over to grandmother and speak glibly while pretending to be innocent. You still dare to say that I entered your courtyard alone on that day. Then I will ask you, why was has my servant, who has been missing for a few days, been found kneeling next to a well in your courtyard?”

Chen Yu was extremely shocked. Pei’er was kneeling next to the well? “That’s not possible!” She then suddenly turned to ask Yi Lin, “How can fourth young miss’ servant be kneeling next to the well in my courtyard?”

Yi Lin calmed herself and said: “Young miss, do not worry. This is something that definitely cannot be possible. Fourth young miss’ servant never entered our courtyard.”

Only then did Feng Jin Yuan get a chance to speak, but he asked Fen Dai: “What exactly is going on?”

Fen Dai turned and pointed to her own face: “Father has seen the wound on Fen Dai’s face. That’s right, Fen Dai did break eldest sister’s vase, but because of that, I found a secret hidden inside that vase. There was originally a cloth bag hidden in that vase. I don’t know what was inside that bag, but just as Fen Dai was going to pick it up, eldest sister suddenly pushed me down. This wound was caused by that. Following that, her servant” She pointed at Yi Lin: “Yi Lin picked up the cloth bag and ran out. My servant, Pei’er, gave chase after her. After that, Pei’er disappeared.”

The matriarch also remembered something from hearing what she said: “It has been many days since I last saw that servant of yours. Last time, wasn’t it said that you punished her?”

“Grandmother!” Fen Dai was on the verge of crying, “Isn’t a master punishing a servant a very normal matter? Can grandmother guarantee that none of your servants are ever punished? I have never heard of a servant disappearing because a master punished them. Also, even if the Feng manor is large, it is not large enough to disappear for so many days. Grandmother believed eldest sister that day. Can you believe Fen Dai just this once today? Everything that Fen Dai said is the truth.”

The matriarch did not know what she should say. She had originally believed Chen Yu on this matter, but now Fen Dai actually dared to hit Chen Yu in front of her father. To then dare to speak of this matter, it clearly meant that there was a standpoint on this matter. This meant that the matter was worth thinking over.

“Grandmother, father.” Not waiting for the matriarch to speak, Feng Yu Heng raised a proposal, “Eldest sister and fourth sister have gone back and forth for many days. Since we can not tell who is telling the truth and who is lying, now that we have some clues, why don’t we all head over to eldest sister’s courtyard. We will know the truth when we get there.”

Chen Yu trembled and wanted to say something to stop them, but the matriarch had already stood up, “This is true. Let us all go over and take a look.”

The matriarch had spoken, so even Feng Jin Yuan had to stand up and walk towards Chen Yu’s courtyard. Huang Quan’s eyes were sharp and saw Yi Lin quickly walk towards a small path after whispering something into Chen Yu’s ear. She walked over and stopped Yi Lin, “Yi Lin, your young miss is still here. If you aren’t going to stay at her side, where will you be going?”

Yi Lin’s arm was held so tightly by Huang Quan that it seemed as though it would break. She wanted to cry, but there were no tears. It was as though she had been tied up by Huang Quan and brought back to Chen Yu’s side. The two looked at each other, and they began to panic.