On that day, Zhou Yu was invited to the Qin Mansion. It was said that his uncle had built a Buddhist temple at home. Zhou Yu went up to the third floor as soon as he arrived at the Qin Mansion. It was drizzling outside at that time. For some reason, the third floor seemed to have an air of fairyland. It was probably because of the rain, or maybe it was because the incense was too popular. Anyway, he felt a little dizzy when he went up to the third floor.

The old woman who led the way went up to the third floor and left. There were not many guests at that time. Zhou Yu saw at a glance that the eldest daughter of the Qin family was kneeling on one side of the Buddhist hall, motionless. She happily stepped forward and called her cousin, but Miss Qin still did not move. Zhou Yu thought that it was probably her uncle's order, so she did not ask any more questions and stepped forward to kneel and worship the Buddha statue.

Zhou Yu remembered that on that day, her cousin had silver ornaments on her head, neck, hands, and waist. There were a lot of them, and they didn't look like a whole piece. It felt like many, many small silver ornaments were all worn at once.

When Zhou Yu finished looking at the Buddha statue and worshipping, and went to find her cousin, all of her cousin's silver jewelry were on the ground. She squatted down to help her cousin pick up the silver jewelry. It took her about three times to pick up all the silver jewelry.

But when she called her cousin, she didn't say a word. In addition, the whole third floor had a feeling of floating, so Zhou Yu went downstairs and returned to her small courtyard at her uncle's house.

When it was time for dinner, the nanny asked Zhou Yu to go to the hall with Miss Qin. Zhou Yu then went to the Buddhist temple. At that time, Mr. Jia and Mr. Gu were looking up at the big Buddha with their uncle. When Zhou Yu saw his uncle, he stepped forward and saluted.

Seeing that Zhou Yu was good-looking and had a very soft voice, the two masters came forward and started to make some moves on her.

I don't know why, but no one found it strange. Zhou Yu had seen a lot of bad things in big houses since he was a child, so he didn't think it was a big deal. Fortunately, because there were people around, he didn't do anything too out of the ordinary. He just teased a few times and told a few jokes.

Zhou Yu went up to her cousin and took her to eat. Her cousin was still in a daze, and the silver jewelry she had picked up for her in the morning fell to the ground again. Zhou Yu had no choice but to pick it up again and took her cousin downstairs.

Unexpectedly, when she went downstairs, her cousin asked her why she took all her silver jewelry and held them in her hands.

Zhou Yu told Miss Qin what happened that day. Miss Qin was also surprised and confused for a while, but seeing that Miss Qin looked normal at that time, they thought that today was a banquet in the mansion and they couldn't break the rules. They had to suppress this strange feeling and entered the main hall. It was then that Zhou Yu was reminded by a little maid that she realized that she had just been teased by the two masters upstairs and had taken off her outer shawl.

The two little girls were frightened, and thinking of these strange things again, they felt that there was something wrong with this Buddhist temple, and they thought about talking to their uncle about it in the evening.

The two of them straightened their clothes and entered the banquet hall full of guests. Halfway through the banquet, many young ladies wanted to go to the backyard to enjoy the view, and those who had not seen the giant Buddha went to the third floor. When Zhou Yu and Miss Qin came forward, the two masters Jia and Gu stopped them with a noble demeanor. Looking at Zhou Yu, they praised the color of her skirt and said it fit her very well.

Zhou Yu, who knew from childhood that he shouldn't go against the will of others at such times, naturally started to flirt with the two masters in no time. Everyone in the hall heard it. Although it was a bit teasing, it was not immoral.

After dealing with this matter, Zhou Yu was taken by Miss Qin to the backyard to see his younger brothers and sisters. As soon as he got there, Zhou Yu realized something was wrong. The little ones were sitting in the back playing stupidly, all concentrating on their studies. Zhou Yu went up to call them, but they didn't respond. They were no different from his cousin during the day. When he turned around to tell his cousin about this, he saw his cousin's maid come up and say that his cousin had her period and it was inconvenient for her to stay, so she went back to the courtyard.

Although Zhou Yu found it strange, it was normal as the woman was indeed not feeling very comfortable these days.

Turning around, the younger ones came over one by one to say hello. Zhou Yu even suspected that he had imagined what he had just thought, wondering if he was too tired recently.

After that, at night, all the guests who were supposed to leave had left. Since the two masters Jia and Gu were good friends of Master Qin, they naturally chose to stay overnight. Nothing surprising happened at night, but when Zhou Yu woke up the next day, he felt that his lower abdomen was swollen, as if he had been deflowered.

Not to mention the aristocratic families, even the small families care about the reputation of their daughters, but none of the maids and servants who were on night watch that night said anything against it. Zhou Yu packed up and went to the lobby. He just felt that this uncle's family was really weird, so he wanted to say goodbye and go home.

Everyone in the family was in the Buddhist temple, so Zhou Yu went up to the third floor again. She was shocked to see her cousin kneeling in the temple again, with the silver ornaments scattered all over the floor. She went up to greet her uncle and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, the two masters Jia and Gu didn't care about her uncle being here this time, and they came up and grabbed her hand. Zhou Yu was startled and was shrinking back step by step.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Jia said with a smile, we have already talked to your uncle and will come to your house to propose marriage to you as a co-wife some other day.

Zhou Yu struggled to break free from Master Jia's hand and fell into Master Gu's arms again. Then he heard them say, "You were not like this yesterday."

But in Zhou Yu's memory, she just made a few jokes and didn't do anything else.

Having said this, Zhou Yu stopped talking, and Gu Qingyun and the other two did not urge him any further. They all understood that Miss Zhou was also poisoned on that day.

When the rain outside got heavier, Zhou Yu continued talking only after he felt that no one outside could hear him.

"I hurried home that day, not daring to stay there any longer. When I left, I helped my elder sister pick up some silver ornaments and placed them on the Buddhist altar. After I got home, my father scolded me for violating morals and saying that I said something inappropriate at the banquet and that the guests heard it. I felt wronged. But not long after I got home, my father was still scolding me, and then I heard the news of my elder sister's death. I was shocked.

My father also had a serious look on his face and ordered me not to go out or leave my yard at all.

Until ten days ago, my sister's personal maid handed a letter to the only servant girl around me who was not my father. The servant girl thanked me for saving my sister and letting her go with a clear conscience. "After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he seemed to fall into endless contemplation, just like the rain outside, which never stopped.

"Sister, I saved sister? But I don't remember anything. I don't remember what happened to sister. I only remember the strangeness in Qin Mansion that day. I suspect that I resisted the two masters' infidelity for sister. Maybe I was really not innocent that night." Zhou Yu lowered her eyes, tears streaming down her pale cheeks. For a moment, the only sounds in the whole room were the rain and Zhou Yu's soft crying.

Wu Huan looked at the room and thought of his painting. He felt that the roof was so low that it was suffocating him.

"Miss Zhou, where is the maid who delivered the letter?" Gu Qingyun asked.

"He went south. I don't know if he is still alive. It seems that only this girl knows what happened that day." Zhou Yu smiled and waved her hand to let the three people leave. At this time, she was crying and laughing. After a while, she kept coughing, and the fishy and sweet smell became stronger and stronger.

Gu Qingyun bowed slightly and handed the confession to Miss Zhou for her to sign and seal. "Please take care of yourself, Miss Zhou."

The three of them walked out of Zhou's house along the corridor, and no one spoke at this time.

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