Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Chapter 131: Silence a Witness to Murder_1

Nanny Tong, Chun Tao, and Lu Ping hurried to catch up with Bai Qingyan after they paid their respects.

“Big sister!” Bai Jinzhi shouted, wanting to chase after her, but Bai Jintong held her back.

“Big sister doesn’t want us to see her weak side. Wait a little!” Bai Jintong said.

“But… but big sister cried!”

Bai Jinxiu glanced back at the brightly lit mourning hall and lowered her eyes. “Yes… big sister cried. Being separated from her closest kin, her pain is beyond words, like a blunt knife cutting flesh, making it impossible to eat or sleep peacefully.”

Nanny Jiang looked in the direction Bai Qingyan left, tears streaming down her face, unsure of what to do. She had advised the Eldest Princess… if Big Young Lady knew about killing Ji Tingyu, it would surely cause a rift between them. But she never expected Big Young Lady to be so resolute in severing their relationship with the Eldest Princess!

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Nanny Jiang couldn’t care about much else and rushed into the mourning hall, afraid that the Eldest Princess might have an accident.

“That illegitimate son cannot be kept!” Fifth Lady Mrs. Qi suddenly spoke, “I will talk to mother!”

Saying this, Fifth Lady held her lower back and entered the mourning hall.

“Jinxiu, Jintong, Jinzhi, you three should go see your big sister after a while. Don’t let her… be too upset! Tell your big sister that we will persuade your grandmother here!” Mrs. Dong gently instructed.

“Yes!” Bai Jinxiu bowed and led her two younger sisters away.

“Eldest Princess!” Nanny Jiang’s frantic voice came from outside.

Mrs. Dong, Second Lady Mrs. Liu, and Third Lady Mrs. Li were all startled. They hastily lifted the hems of their skirts and rushed into the mourning hall.

Mrs. Dong saw the Eldest Princess fainted in the mourning hall and shouted, “Quick! Take my name card and invite the Imperial Physician! Nanny Qin, call someone to take mother back to Changshou Courtyard!”

The mourning hall instantly turned chaotic, but for Bai Qingyan’s reputation, Mrs. Dong couldn’t let the news of the Eldest Princess fainting after confronting Bai Qingyan in the mourning hall spread!

She grabbed Nanny Qin, who was about to rush out to call for help, and said, “The Eldest Princess fainted because she was grieving over our grandfather. Remember that!”

Nanny Qin nodded repeatedly.

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In the rear courtyard.

Bai Qingyan entered the courtyard, where the doctor, bleeding profusely, lay weakly on the ground, and Jade Lotus, impersonating Mrs. Ji Liu, knelt there crying incessantly.

Seeing Bai Qingyan returning and walking straight into the room, Jade Lotus immediately kneeled and crawled forward, shouting, “Big Lady! I beg you to give me a quick death! Let me die!”

Her steps halted, her fist clenched tightly. She turned her head and said to Lu Ping, “Uncle Ping, order someone to take Jade Lotus back to the manor. Keep the whole family of the manor steward, Wang Wangen, under strict watch. Give a proper burial to Ji Tingyu’s wife, Mrs. Ji Liu! Then have Nanny Qin assign a capable steward to thoroughly investigate what Wang Wangen has done over the years. Gather all evidence and hand it over to the official government in the name of the Duke’s Mansion!”

“Yes!” Lu Ping clasped his fists and responded.

“Big Lady! Big Lady, please kill me right here! Otherwise, my mother will not survive! I beg you, Big Lady!” Jade Lotus pleaded in terror.

She turned her head to look at Jade Lotus, her voice calm as water. “Your mother is likely already one step ahead of you in the Netherworld.”

Murdering to silence witnesses.

How could her grandmother leave Jade Lotus’s mother, a knowledgeable person, alive?!