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"A Yun recounted the events of that year in detail. Her voice trembling, she continued, "Shi Yongtang and Xu Youqing spared the young miss only because they were afraid that the Rong family, in a fit of rage, would uproot the Shi family. At that time, the first mistress sensed something was amiss. She took a few of us maids and secretly sorted through every past event, trying to find out the truth behind the young miss's death.""

"She looked up and glared fiercely at Shi Yongtang. "By that time, the young miss was nearly six months old. We were all under the control of the Shi family. But the Shi family told the Rong family that we were taking care of the young miss. Later, perhaps Shi Yongtang noticed something wrong. He set a fire and burned us all alive!""

"Rong Jian grasped the corner of the table and asked coldly, "If that's the case, how did you manage to escape?""

"A Yun raised her eyebrows and searched around. When she saw Concubine Yu, she was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned her head away. "By sheer coincidence, I saw the fire when I got up at night. When I wanted to go to the young miss's room to rescue her, I found that the young miss was gone. Only then did I realize something was wrong, so I secretly climbed over the wall and fled.""