"Now that Father is dead, you're going to marry someone new. Don't you even think about your own age! A lowly woman like that actually dares to try to get above me! She deserved to die! Why wasn't it you who died instead?"
The venomous words seemed to have finally found an outlet and gushed out.
But those eyes still stared fixedly at Liu Rumei behind Mo Liandi! Father's death must be related to this bitch.
Sensing Zhang Lanfeng's malicious gaze, Mo Liandi instinctively stepped in front of Liu Rumei, his eyes filled with malice as he looked at Zhang Lanfeng.
He had already killed one person. If Bai Hanfei didn't know his place, he wouldn't mind giving him a helping hand.
Although Bai Hanfei relied on Mo Yun and the court officials had to give him some face, when facing Mo Liandi, he just couldn't muster the courage to oppose him.
Every time he thought of his own cowardly actions, he would feel a surge of unwillingness in his heart. But for now, he could only quickly order someone to drag this crazy woman away.
After the person left, Bai Hanfei nervously said to Mo Liandi, "Your Highness, please forgive my wife. She has been in a bad mood these few months. Father - in - law's sudden death has weighed on her heart, which is why she behaved so outrageously today!"
Zhang Lanfeng wasn't a fool. Previously, the case that Liu Rumei had investigated was suddenly stopped by Prime Minister Zhang. The magistrate Xue Zhan had even suffered unjustly, and finally the case was hastily concluded. Then Prime Minister Zhang died.
Even a fool could think of Mo Liandi. But without evidence, it was all just speculation.
Just as Zhang Lanfeng had said, Liu Rumei was a smart woman. Once she had captured Mo Liandi's heart, she could act recklessly.
Mo Liandi let out a cold snort, his eyes filled with annoyance. Immediately, he pulled Liu Rumei towards the door and said, "Liu Liu, since they've spoken so rudely, it's obvious they don't want you to continue investigating the case. Let's go back now!"
He was still here, yet Zhang Lanfeng had spoken rudely to him. Bai Hanfei wasn't any better. If he hadn't come today, he was afraid of how badly Liu Liu would have been bullied by these two.
Bai Hanfei was actually eager for these two to leave quickly, but he showed no sign of it on his face. He knelt down respectfully and said, "Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
A hint of helplessness flashed in Liu Rumei's eyes. She said indifferently to Bai Hanfei, "Lord Bai, I still want to see that woman just now. I wonder if it's convenient?"
Bai Hanfei was stunned for a moment. He couldn't help cursing in his heart, but due to Mo Liandi's might, he had to nod and say, "I'll take Miss Liu there now."
Hearing this, Liu Rumei quickly refused and said with a faint smile, "Lord Bai, you should accompany the prince. Please just ask a servant to lead the way for me."
Mo Liandi paused for a moment. His eyes looking at Liu Rumei were full of disapproval, as if the Bai Mansion was some deep and dangerous swamp.
Bai Hanfei frowned slightly but didn't say much. He called a servant to lead the way.
Then he bowed respectfully to Mo Liandi and said, "Please move along, Your Highness."
Mo Liandi paused slightly. He took a deep look at the direction where Liu Rumei had left, his thin lips tightly pursed, his eyes filled with annoyance.
Ignoring Bai Hanfei, he stepped away.
The servant led Liu Rumei to a dilapidated small courtyard and then respectfully retreated.
Stepping into it, she saw the woman sitting in front of the stone table in the courtyard, fiddling with the flowers and plants she had taken from Qinglan Garden just now.
Suddenly hearing the sound of footsteps, the woman was startled. She hurriedly tried to run into the house.
Liu Rumei was afraid that she would fall again, so she quickly said, "It's me. I just want to ask you some questions. I won't make things difficult for you!"
Hearing Liu Rumei's voice, the woman stopped in her tracks. Following the sound, she stared blankly in Liu Rumei's direction and waved her hands at Liu Rumei a few times.
Liu Rumei vaguely guessed something. Her beautiful eyes swept over the flowers and plants on the table and said with a faint smile, "Do you often go to Qinglan Garden to pick flowers?"
The woman nodded and then gestured at Liu Rumei a few more times.
Liu Rumei looked confused and felt a headache coming on. She tentatively asked, "Can you read and write?"
The woman paused for a moment, pursed her lips, hesitated for a while, and then nodded. Then she quickly went back into the house and took out some writing brushes and ink. Just by looking at the dust on them, one could tell that these things had never been touched.
Liu Rumei was relieved. She didn't know sign language and really couldn't guess what the woman was saying.
"What's your name?"
"Lan Fang."
Lan Fang? Liu Rumei asked softly again, "Do you often go to Qinglan Garden?"
Lan Fang gently wrote on the paper, "Concubine Lian likes flowers and plants, and I do too. She always likes to take some from me. I also often secretly go to Qinglan Garden to pick some."
That's how they had seen the scene today.
Liu Rumei paused for a moment and continued, "There's a pot of azaleas in Qinglan Garden. Did it come from you?"
Lan Fang shook her head. "That was a gift from the master to Concubine Lian. It's used to make tea. I heard it can treat internal injuries and coughs and promote qi and activate blood circulation. Concubine Lian is not in good health."
"Did you touch that pot of azaleas?"
Lan Fang nodded nervously. "Yes."
Looking at the gentle woman in front of her, Liu Rumei couldn't help but have an idea. She stepped forward to the woman's side and said indifferently, "Do you know that azaleas are poisonous and can't be taken?"
Lan Fang was slightly stunned. She hurriedly knelt on the ground and kept shaking her head, constantly gesturing with her hands, obviously not knowing.
Seeing her actions, Liu Rumei frowned again. She quickly helped the woman up and said, "Maybe I'm wrong!"
Lan Fang instantly let out a sigh of relief, and her trembling body stood up.
Liu Rumei looked at the dilapidated small courtyard and couldn't help but frown slightly, but she didn't say much. She softly said to the woman, "I have something important to do. I'll leave first."
After saying that, she turned around and left. But when she reached the door, she stopped. Her eyes looking at Lan Fang were full of confusion. Why did she touch that pot of azaleas?
And that pot of azaleas. They were clearly poisonous, so why did Bai Hanfei give them to Concubine Lian?
Thinking of this, Liu Rumei was full of confusion.
At this time, Mo Liandi was sitting opposite Bai Hanfei. The tea on the table was steaming, emitting wisps of heat, but it couldn't dispel the coldness in Mo Liandi's eyes.
Bai Hanfei couldn't help but wipe the sweat off his forehead. He felt that the Lian family was just trouble. They had brought such a fearsome person to him for no reason.
Seeing Mo Liandi's cold expression, he could only grit his teeth and talk to him. But most of the time, it was him talking and Mo Liandi responding faintly.
After a while, Liu Rumei's figure appeared in front of the two of them. Seeing that she was safe and sound, Mo Liandi instantly let out a sigh of relief, and the coldness in his eyes dissipated a bit.
A glint flashed in Bai Hanfei's eyes, so fast that it was hard to catch.