Chapter 269 (2/2)

Feng Yu Heng reached her right hand into her sleeve and pulled out a pair of wooden pliers from her space. Sticking it into the mouth of the corpse, she pulled out the balled object. Xiang Rong said in shock: “It’s a wallet!”

The others also saw that it was a wallet, but they did not know why a dead person would have such a thing in their mouth.

Suddenly, Zi Rui opened his mouth and said: “Yi Lin, what are you looking for?”

This question caused everyone to turn their attention to Yi Lin’s side. Those who reacted fastest saw that Yi Lin was feeling around her body as though she were looking for something.

Hearing Zi Rui ask this, Yi Lin became panicked and casually said: “No, I’m not looking for anything. Second young master is mistaken. This servant did not look for anything.”

Feng Yu Heng became unhappy, “What do you mean second young master? In the manor now, there is only one young master. What are you reminding father of?”

Feng Jin Yuan’s face sank, as he glared at Chen Yu.

How could Chen Yu not understand, as she quickly said: “Zi Rui is the eldest young master. Yi Lin, do not speak nonsense.”

“Yes, yes, he is the eldest young master.” Yi Lin became even more panicked, “This servant misspoke. Eldest young master, you are the eldest young master.”

“Isn’t that sister Yi Lin’s wallet?” Suddenly a shy voice spoke up, and everyone looked over. There, they saw a chubby little girl with chubby cheeks that were very adorable. The girl looked at the wallet and said in confusion: “It’s the new wallet that sister Yi Lin had made a few days ago. When she made it, this servant thought it was pretty and had even looked at it in detail. I would not mistake it.”

“Shut your mouth!” Chen Yu was anxious, but this was one of her courtyard’s servants! Previously, she only felt that this servant was a little chubby and a little dumb, but she never thought that she was actually stupid. She actually said this sort of thing at this sort of time!

Unfortunately, it was too late to shut her mouth. The words had already been said, and everyone had heard it.

The matriarch waved over to the servant, and the chubby servant shyly walked over. The matriarch then asked: “You are certain that it belongs to Yi Lin?”

The chubby servant looked carefully and thought a little before saying: “At the time, sister Yi Lin said that she wanted to sew her name on the inside of the wallet. I don’t know if it’s in there or not.”

Feng Jin Yuan immediately ordered a servant: “Open it up.”

A male servant went up and opened up the wallet in a few instants. After looking carefully for a while, he raised his head and said: “There is a Lin character!” Saying that, he was about to give it to Feng Jin Yuan to see.

How could Feng Jin Yuan want to touch a dead person’s belongings. Waving his hand, he stopped the servant, “There is no need to look. This matter is already clear.” Turning around, he looked at Chen Yu, “What else is there left for you to dispute? Father has not treated you poorly over the years and my treatment of you is something everyone has seen, so why do you not show any sincerity towards the Feng family? Tell us, what was hidden inside the cloth bag?”

Chen Yu kneeled on the ground, begging and crying: “Father, believe daughter. Daughter did not hide anything! I really did not hide anything! It’s nothing more than a dead servant. Nobody says that daughter did it, but even if daughter really did it, is there any need for father to offend daughter over the death of a servant!”

“But that is my courtyard’s servant!” Fen Dai angrily stomped her feet, “If you want to beat and kill someone, you can do it to your own servants. Why must to do something to my personal servant?”

“Fourth sister, it really was not done by elder sister!” Chen Yu had already thought it through. She would not admit to this matter even if she were to die. She had to resolutely repeat that she was innocent. In the worst case… she glanced sideways at Yi Lin. In the worst case, she could only push Yi Lin out as a scapegoat.

“Lies!” The matriarch slammed her cane into the ground and angrily cursed: “You exceedingly vile slut! How can my Feng family have a daughter like you? Jin Yuan, thoroughly investigate what it is that she hid. If it is bad for the Feng family, I will need to clean house!”

Chen Yu was frightened by the words clean house. Kneeling on the ground, she was unable to continue speaking, but Feng Jin Yuan continued to ask her: “What else do you have to say?”

“It was not me.” She gritted her teeth then stood up. Suddenly turning around, she slapped Yi Lin across the face “Stupid slut! Pei’er merely had a few conflicts with you. How can you be so vile? What exactly was hidden in the vase?” As she said this, she turned to face Feng Jin Yuan: “Father, fourth sister herself said that it was this stupid slut that picked up the thing and ran away. Daughter is truly innocent and was kept in the dark!”

Feng Yu Heng sneered. Throwing out her own maidservant at the most vital moment as a scapegoat. Feng Chen Yu truly was good.

“This servant can act as witness!” Suddenly Xing’er spoke up, “One night, sister Yi Lin brought some money to this servant and told this servant to find people to block the well. This servant did not know what was going on. Seeing that there was money, I brought some people to quickly block the well.” She said this and pointed to some of the servants that blocked the well, “It’s these ones.”

The servants all dropped to their knees in fear, saying: “It was Xing’er that came to us to fill the well. We also saw Yi Lin look for Xing’er first.”

Yi Lin was on the verge of collapse. She never thought that everyone in this courtyard, including Feng Chen Yu, wanted to have her killed. Now that this had been placed before her, aside from death, what else remained?

She glared at Chen Yu, “This servant has been with eldest young miss for many years. Even if there was no meritorious service, there was bitter service. Eldest young miss, why cast this servant aside upon running into trouble? That Pei’er was indeed pushed into the well by this servant, but why did this servant need to push her, do you really not know? Since eldest young miss is so heartless, do not blame this servant for being unjust.” Yi Lin flipped over and kneeled before Feng Jin Yuan, “Master, this servant will confess everything!”