"What time is it?"
Hearing this, Yu Yunxi raised her eyes and asked such a question. They are all dying, yet they still ask what time it is.
The butler sneered, and responded casually. "Chen Shi."
(chén shí - 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
"That's good."
Yu Yunxi stood up with an extremely calm expression. Following the butler to the hall, she saw Aunt Qing being pressed to the ground from a distance, with whip marks all over her body and mottled with blood.
This appearance...exactly like the day she was forced to get married. It's a bit ironic to think so.
Noticing the eyes, Aunt Qing raised her head with difficulty, staring at her with eyes full of hatred.
Yu Yunxi calmly withdrew her gaze, and then respectfully bowed to Mother Concubine Ning.
"Yun YunXi met the Concubine Mother."
"Kneel down!"
A teacup hit the ground heavily, and the tea splashed, wetting her skirt and shoes. The concubine was so angry that the servants did not dare to breathe.
Nanny Liu stood beside her, gloating in her eyes.
"YunXi doesn't know how I have offended the Concubine Mother, please inlighten this princess." Yu Yunxi straightened her back, she slowly raised her head, and looked at Concubine Ning calmly.
"Princess, you ordered your people to burn the ancestral hall of the palace. This is the first crime. This slave servant reminded you to confess to the concubine. If you don't accept it, it's fine. You also beat the slave servant. This is the second crime."
Before Concubine Ning could speak, Nanny Liu jumped out and accused Yu Yunxi loudly.
Hearing the words, Yu Yunxi laughed instead.
Mother concubine is the master, and you are a slave. You have provoked this princess again and again. This slap is not unfair to you. I believe that the mother concubine would not like to see a slave riding on the master."
Yu Yunxi glanced at Concubine Ning with a gloomy face, and continued to say calmly.
"Also, as for the matter of burning the ancestral hall you mentioned, Nanny Liu, why would l want to commit a crime? This princess did not do anything. How can you admit it?"
"Aunt Qing has already confessed, and the evidence is solid, you still want to deny it!" Nanny Liu scolded loudly.
If others heard this, they would definitely panic, but Yu Yunxi's expression was normal.
She turned her head and looked at Aunt Qing with pretended doubts: "Aunt Qing, Nanny Liu said you confessed, what did you tell her?"
Although Aunt Qing hates Yun YuXi to death now, her mind is still clear.
She kowtowed heavily, and said loudly: "Reporting to the princess, the slaves don't know anything. The ancestral hall was burned, which has nothing to do with the slaves."
Hearing this, Yu Yunxi's eyes flickered slightly, and the worries in her heart were completely put down.
Sure enough, as she thought, Aunt Qing never confessed.
They are grasshoppers on the same rope. If she tricks, they will die together.
Nanny Liu was just cheating on her. That's why she was betting just now that although her aunt hated her, she was not stupid.
Fortunately, she bet right.
"You poor maidservant, you're still talking hard!" Nanny Liu became furious when she saw that the routine was not going to work, and wanted to hit Aunt Qing.
"Nanny Liu, the mother concubine is still here, she hasn't made a statement yet, how can you be arrogant?" Yu Yunxi raised her hand, clasped Nanny Liu's wrist, and scolded in a cold voice.
"enough!"