Chapter 537: Chapter 537

What time is it already, and Song Yanqing still hasn’t returned?!

Logically, the morning court should have ended by now. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel⟡fire.net

Even if he used to go to the scholar mansion after the morning court, in such a critical period, shouldn’t Song Yanqing have found an excuse to come back first?

Song Yanqing actually didn’t seem to take her matters to heart at all.

As a man, he generally wouldn’t interfere too much with matters of the inner room.

This is what Xie Ruotong thought pensively.

In the courtyard, accompanied by the hurried footsteps of a maid, "young madam."

Xie Ruotong’s heart skipped a beat.

That moment even carried a sense of panic.

She always felt that something bad had happened.

"Young madam, it’s terrible." The maid knelt right before Xie Ruotong, "Miss Qiao’er, Miss Qiao’er has committed suicide out of fear of punishment!"

Xie Ruotong was completely stunned.

The soup bowl in her hand just dropped to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Xie Ruotong seemed not to notice it.

The only thing on her mind now was... Qiao’er is dead.

She had just visited Qiao’er last night and told her to hold on no matter what.

And now, the news came that Qiao’er is dead.

Xie Ruotong’s eyes tightened, and she strode directly towards the dungeon.

Mu Dong was also frightened by the young madam’s appearance.

He felt the young madam’s aura was too strong, as if she was filled with a murderous intent, like she had become another person.

He hurriedly followed the young madam.

He wanted to persuade her but didn’t dare to.

He was also somewhat anxious.

How could Qiao’er die so quickly?

The young master even didn’t have time to investigate the situation, how could she just die?!

Xie Ruotong arrived at the dungeon.

At this moment, there were already many people in the dungeon.

Ming Yufang and Xie Ruilin were there.

At that moment, Xie Ruotong did not even glance at them, and walked directly towards Qiao’er, who lay on the ground, covered in wounds and blood, already dead.

Xie Ruotong just looked on.

Watching Qiao’er, who bit her tongue in suicide.

And Xie Ruotong, without crying or fussing, appeared excessively calm, which even made Ming Yufang feel somewhat guilty towards Xie Ruotong.

She had never intended for someone to die.

It was enough to just thoroughly investigate the matter and severely punish the instigator as a warning to others in the Song family; she never expected that Qiao’er would be so stubborn as to choose to commit suicide out of fear.

"It’s all my fault. It’s all my fault." Chun Tao knelt on the ground, sobbing, "If it weren’t for my lack of vigilance over Qiao’er, she wouldn’t have bitten her tongue to commit suicide!"

"What exactly happened?!" Ming Yufang spoke out.

She was also somewhat angry.

In the many years of the Song family, no life had been lost.

This was the first time.

Even though they had servitude contracts, she still felt that the household was cursed.

"Replying to madam. This morning, I went to see Qiao’er again. Yesterday, Qiao’er was defiant and said nothing, and I could do nothing, so I came again today. Just today, I don’t know if Qiao’er had a change of heart, before I even started the punishment, she confessed, she did it all. She said she didn’t want madam to have a child, as having a child would endanger her young mistress’s position in the Song family even more, so she went to find a Taoist to curse..."

"Since she confessed, why would she bite her tongue and commit suicide!" Ming Yufang also felt something was amiss.

Chun Tao hastily said, "I don’t know, after Qiao’er finally confessed, I just let the family’s scribe prepare the confession document for Qiao’er. Qiao’er said that the incident of cursing the madam had nothing to do with the young mistress, it was done behind the young mistress’s back, the young mistress was unaware. I believe in the young mistress, and I believed in Qiao’er, so I did as Qiao’er said and had the scribe write a confession document, and Qiao’er pressed the blood seal."

Saying this, she then handed over the confession document to Ming Yufang.

Ming Yufang glanced at it.

The document was very clear, stating all the actions of Qiao’er towards Xie Ruilin, specifically clarifying that it was her own doing and had nothing to do with Xie Ruotong.

Ming Yufang looked at Xie Ruotong who was squatting on the ground.

Looking at her, with drooping eyes, her gaze stayed on Qiao’er’s body, without any excess reaction.

It made Ming Yufang feel somewhat apologetic.

She always felt as if she owed Xie Ruotong something.

"I had just finished the confession document and was about to report the results to madam, madam, and the young madam. I didn’t even step out of this door when I saw Qiao’er suddenly bite her tongue and commit suicide." Chun Tao said, her eyes reddening, "Before dying, Qiao’er said she couldn’t face the young madam..."