Chapter 980 No More Kindness
Zhu Kongshan proposed to go home to attend the funeral. The eighth prince had no reason to stop her. He just reminded her again before leaving: "Remember your identity and your future. You must not be stuck with a mere Zhu Mansion. The dead are gone, so it's fine to cry. Go back to Beijing immediately after the funeral. Don't stay too much in Pinzhou."
Zhu Kongshan had no intention of listening to these things anymore, and she even felt a little resentful that the Eighth Prince had not helped him at that time. If the Eighth Prince had made a statement earlier, the Zhu family would not have let Liu die. Although it was hanged, if the Zhu family had not locked people in the woodshed, how could Liu have the chance to hang himself?
Back to Pengzhou, it was the car that the maid who was good at King of Fu in Sheng's Mansion was driven by. Zhu Kongshan took Ah Huan and Aruo in the car. She was dressed in plain clothes, but the two maids were dressed like usual, with pink edges on their sleeves. Zhu Kongshan looked at him coldly and didn't want to say anything more to the two girls sent by Zhu Kongyue, but after all, it was her mother who held the funeral. She couldn't get through the hurdle in front of her eyes when she was dressed like this, so she said, "Selling yourself as a slave, but she doesn't even understand these rules. The master of the mansion held the funeral, who did you wear it for?"
The maids of Prince Sheng’s mansion were not in the carriage, Ah Huan and Aruo were not afraid of Zhukongshan, who was about to return to the Pinzhou, because they knew that once they left the capital, the silence lady would have to be at the mercy of the Zhu family. In front of the legitimate lady, she was nothing. What's more, her biological mother made such ugly fuss, who else could give her a good look?
Ah Huan shrugged and smiled, and asked Zhu Kongshan: "It was the third lady who forgot the rules of Dashun? I have never heard of any concubine in a family who would have to mourn the whole family. To put it bluntly, if something happened to the eldest lady, we must be filial to it, but the third lady should not forget that Liu is just a concubine. What kind of mourning should I give to a concubine?"
Ah Huan said something, blocking Zhu Kongshan speechless. Yes! Liu is just a concubine, and she made such a big scandal before she died. She vaguely doubted how Liu died? She is the daughter of Liu. She knows that mother too well, and hangs her? What a joke, is Liu the kind of person who has the courage to hang her? But if not, then what is the real cause of death? Why doesn't the Liu family pursue it?
Zhu Kongshan had countless question marks in his heart. From the capital to the Pinzhou, she was thinking about what was going on. There were some speculations circling in his heart, but he was not sure after all, until the carriage entered the Pinzhou and finally stopped in front of the Zhu Mansion. When she saw the uncle on the other end of the Liu family talking to someone with a smile, the speculation became deeper and deeper.
Zhu Kongshan returned home, but no one in the Zhu family greeted her with good looks. Everyone looked at her with contempt and contempt. Some servants even whispered: "What if there is a prince and a concubine as a backer? With such a mother, how could the prince marry such a person as a concubine?"
Zhu Kongshan felt like he was struck by lightning, and suddenly realized a very realistic problem: these servants were right!
The most important thing about the royal family is face. It doesn’t matter if she is a concubine’s daughter, and a concubine’s daughter can become a legitimate daughter. It doesn’t matter if her father’s position is not high, she can be promoted again, or if she is in love with the Eighth Prince. The Eighth Prince is not the kind of person who only values identity. A hat that values emotions will have a good impact on reputation.
But now? Not only is she a concubine daughter, but her biological mother also has an affair with the housekeeper in the house, and was caught by her father in bed. How could the Eighth Prince want her with such a background?
The ripples that have appeared in my heart over the past few days have instantly frozen into ice. Zhu Kongshan stood in the yard, thinking hard about the cause and effect of this matter in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had been deceived by the eighth prince. What about the future queen? Until the scandal of Liu's family spread, the person was still telling her about the future queen. She was in a mess at the time and didn't think deeply about it, but now I think about it again, how could that cousin treat her with sincerity?
Suddenly, Zhu Kongshan turned his head, stared at the girl from Prince Sheng's Mansion, and asked coldly: "Tell me, how did my mother die?"
The girl frowned and shook her head and replied: "I also followed Miss Cousin to return to Pengzhou just now. How could I know how she died?"
"Hmph!" Zhu Kongshan snorted coldly, "Don't you know if you are not in Pinzhou? I'm afraid I know more in Prince Sheng's Mansion!" After that, he turned around and headed straight to Liu's mourning hall.
Although he was a concubine, under the pressure of the Liu family, the Zhu family still set up a small mourning hall, but no outsiders came to pay their respects except for their own family.
When she arrived, there were people from the Zhu family and people from the Liu family in the mourning hall. When people saw her coming, they made a way. Zhu Kongshan kowtowed and burned incense, then walked to the coffin and touched the body of the coffin. Their emotions were also very complicated.
She couldn't tell what she felt about this mother. If you love, it must be love, after all, it was mother and daughter. But if you want to say hate, it must be hated. After all, it was Liu's mischief that affected her second half of her life. Zhu Kongshan's current master Sun knew what her fate was, was it completely abandoned by the eighth prince, or was it given up by the eighth prince for a while before giving up, or could that cousin really not care about these things and still marry her as a concubine?
As she thought about it, she laughed. When she turned around, she saw her eldest uncle from the Liu family coming in from outside. When she saw her, she looked obviously bored. She took the initiative to step forward, saluted, and shouted: "Uncle."
The other party nodded and said nothing, but said to Zhu Xinjie: "Kongshan is back, so I'll be buried tomorrow!"
Zhu Xinjie nodded calmly and never said a word to Zhu Kongshan from beginning to end. She was unwilling to give up and asked weakly: "How did Aunt Liu die?"
Zhu Xinjie looked disgusted and waved his hand like a fly, saying, "Have you heard that? Liu had an affair with the housekeeper in the mansion and committed suicide for fear of guilt."
Zhu Kongshan didn't like to hear such words, so he replied: "But my daughter also heard that Aunt Liu's finger was bloody before she hanged her, and she wrote a big word "unfair". Why didn't the family check it?"
"What to check?" Zhu Xinjie really wanted to slap this daughter to death, "What else can I check for when I saw it with my own eyes!"
"I didn't mean to check this." When Zhu Kongshan said this, his eyes looked at the side where the Liu family stood, and said quietly: "I mean, why didn't I check it? It was obviously not unfair, why did he write down the word "unfair"? Aunt Liu is most afraid of pain and cares about her appearance the most. How could she hang herself? No one can do such a thing, she can't do it."
After hearing what she said, Zhu Xinjie also felt that something was wrong. With Liu's temperament, it was unlikely that he would commit suicide. But he didn't want to pursue it anymore. The more he thought about it, the more disgusting it became. No matter how Liu died, now that people die, he feels quiet and feels that the mansion is clean. As for the real cause of death, it is not his business. Just a concubine, he will die.
Seeing that Zhu Xinjie didn't say anything for a long time, Zhu Kongshan was not surprised, but just asked the Liu family again: "Don't the two uncles make the decision for their aunt?"
Liu Wannian glanced at her and said in a deep voice: "I thought I could make progress by going to the capital, but I didn't expect that I would still be like this. Since your aunt is the concubine of the Zhu family, the Zhu family will be the leader in everything. How can my Liu family interfere easily?"
A word showed the attitude of the Liu family. Zhu Kongshan nodded, but did not ask questions, but he had already planned on something in his heart.
I am afraid that the death of Liu's family is unrelated to the Liu family and even the eighth prince in the capital, right?
Since returning to the mansion, Ah Huan and Aruo immediately returned to Zhu Kongyue. There was only the girl from Prince Sheng’s Mansion left on Zhu Kongshan. But the girl was kept outside the house by her and was not allowed to serve her. The ones by her side were still the ones who had always taken care of her in the mansion.
That night, the eldest lady came to Zhukongshan's house and told her: "Your father has already told you a marriage, a scholar in Pinzhou. If you marry, you will be his wife. In total, you will be a high-spirited person. You will be ready to marry in half a month. The Zhu family will not lose your dowry."
Zhu Kongshan said nothing, but nodded, looking very compatible. This made the eldest lady very satisfied. She laughed out of the house, but she didn't notice the wolf-like gaze of the woman in the house.
The girl who was serving around him handed a letter at this time and said to her: "This morning, before the lady entered the city, I went out of the house to buy it. A child stuffed it casually, saying that someone had a letter to the third lady of the Zhu family, and asked the lady to take a look after it back home."
Zhu Kongshan was puzzled, but he quickly took the letter into his hand. Those who could deliver the letter in this way meant that the content of the letter was very secret. When she looked at the intact fire paint, she let go and sent her personal maid out, and then opened the letter.
The content of the letter is very simple - the master of the Liu family came to Beijing and discussed with the eighth prince. He returned to Pengzhou to send secret guards to kill Liu and made a fake scene of suicide. Please check it out clearly.
It coincides with her imagination!
Zhu Kongshan held the letter tightly in her hand. She had no time to think about who gave it to her. She just thought that she had been helping the Eighth Prince for the past few months and had put so much effort into it. In the end, the Eighth Prince joined hands with her uncle to kill her mother. What is this?
The truth is often unacceptable, but Zhu Kongshan understands that she has to accept it even if she doesn't accept it. Things have become like this. Her second half of her life has been ruined with the occurrence of this incident, and she will never be able to return to the past. Even her father and eldest wife have chosen her husband's family for her and will marry in half a month. She is so anxious that she obviously doesn't want her to go back to Beijing again, and the Liu family's attitude clearly shows that she doesn't want to care about their mother and mother anymore.
The Zhu family is eager to get rid of it, and the Liu family is also eager to get rid of it. She was still in Beijing a few days ago and now she returns to Pengzhou, but she feels like she has entered the hell on earth, and everyone is tired of it.
Chapter completed!