The Daily Life of a Concubine's Daughter After Transmigrating

Zhilan looked up at Li Anqi and continued.

"He died last night. They said he slipped and fell while he was on night watch, hitting his head on the steps and bleeding. That's how he died."

Li Anqi's expression gradually became serious.

Why is it Granny Fang?

Why is it at this time?

“Grandma Fang… I remember, she used to be someone who served Aunt Xu.” The old lady looked at Li Anqi.

“She was an old friend of Aunt Xu before she died, so Anqi wanted to go and see her off.”

Li Anqi stood up.

The old lady nodded, blinked, and said kindly, "Go ahead."

Li Anqi bowed and took his leave, departing from Fushou Hall.

Granny Fang died on the steps at the entrance of an alley in the east courtyard.

When Li Anqi arrived, all that was left on the ground was a pool of oil and a pool of blood.

"Where is Granny Fang's body?" Li Anqi asked.

The maid in charge of cleaning said timidly, "Madam said that it is unlucky to die in the East Courtyard, so she ordered people to carry him out of the mansion early this morning and bury him."

Madam, it's Madam Zhao again...

She's quick!

Li Anqi squatted down to examine the oil stain.

The smell of rapeseed oil mixed with the stench of blood wafted into Li Anqi's nostrils.

Li Anqi covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, frowned, and stood up.

"Does Granny Fang have any family members?" Li Anqi asked Zhilan.

Zhilan shook her head: "She also had a hard life. Her parents and brothers all died, and she was widowed for most of her life without any children."

Li Anqi stared at the oil stain for a long time before turning and heading to the kitchen.

Zhilan mobilized all the cooks from the kitchen to stand in a row in front of Li Anqi.

Li Anqi placed half a bottle of rapeseed oil from the kitchen in front of everyone.

"Has anyone come to the kitchen to pick up rapeseed oil in the last few days?"

The cooks all shook their heads.

"Is it true that it doesn't exist, or is it a lie? If I find out who is lying, I will not let them off easily!"

The cooks looked flustered, glanced at each other, and shook their heads.

The head cook said to Li Anqi, "Rapeseed oil is nothing special, and we don't use it much in our daily cooking. If someone really needs it, we will definitely remember!"

"Then why is there half a bottle of rapeseed oil missing?"

"I don't know," the cooks said.

"Has anyone been to the kitchen these past few days?" Li Anqi asked.

The head cook thought for a moment and said, "Fang'er from the young mistress's room came by and asked for a bowl of steamed egg custard for her. Aunt Xia also came by and gave me fifty coins, asking me to make some snacks for the fourth young lady. And..."

"what else?!"

"Aunt Gao also came by. She just glanced at us, exchanged a few words with us, and then left in a hurry," a cook said.

Aunt Gao?

Granny Fang had no grudge against her, so why would she do this?

Could it be...

"Zhilan, call some people to come with me to Aunt Gao's courtyard. Fifteen minutes later, go and call Father here," Li Anqi said.

"Yes, I'll take care of it right away," Zhilan said, and hurriedly left.

Li Anqi, accompanied by six or seven maids and servants, arrived at Aunt Gao's courtyard.

"You can't even recite these few lines of poetry properly, how can the master like you?! If you had even a fraction of that brat Li Anqi's intelligence, money would be flowing in like water! How could I have given birth to such a useless thing like you!"

Before Li Anqi even entered the house, he heard Aunt Gao scolding and beating Li Ancai again.

Ang Lee burst into tears, a heartbreaking sight.

Li Anqi entered the house.

Seeing that Aunt Gao's thin whip was about to strike Li Ancai.

Li Anqi quickly stepped forward, grabbed Aunt Gao's wrist, and stopped her from making a move.

Li Anqi said sternly, "Has Aunt forgotten what I said last time?!"

Aunt Gao looked at Li Anqi, then at the group of maids and servants behind Li Anqi, her expression somewhat astonished.

"Why are you causing me trouble again?!"

Aunt Gao looked slightly panicked, loudly trying to cover up her guilty conscience.

Li Anqi remained calm, squatted down, hugged Li Ancai, and wiped away his tears.

"Second sister..." Li Ancai sobbed.

Li Anqi felt extremely sorry for him, and held the back of his head to comfort him.

"Good boy Ancai, go play with your fourth sister for a while. Your second sister will come to see you soon."

Li Anqi looked at Xu'er.

Xu'er stepped forward and took Li Ancai's gift.

"Take the second young master to Aunt Xia's place and ask her to apply some medicine to him."

"Yes." Xu'er led Li An away.

"What are you doing?! That's my son! You think he'll go wherever you tell him to? Why should he?!"

Aunt Gao tried to step forward to stop them, but was blocked by several maids and servants who came forward.

Li Anqi sat down at the table at a leisurely pace, picked up the tea handed to him by the maid, picked up the lid, blew on it, and glanced at Aunt Gao's shoes out of the corner of his eye.

"Last night, Granny Fang from the watchman's quarters died in the east courtyard."

Li Anqi pretended to be nonchalant and took a sip of tea.

A hint of panic flashed in Aunt Gao's eyes.

"Someone spilled a puddle of rapeseed oil at the entrance of the alley in the east courtyard. It was dark at night, and Granny Fang didn't notice. She stepped on the oil, slipped, and hit her head."

Li Anqi put down his teacup and gradually approached Aunt Gao.

"My aunt didn't see it, the ground was covered in blood, red and stinky, like... a ghost with resentment."

Li Anqi moved closer to Aunt Gao and lowered his voice.

"If the person who spilled the oil saw this terrible scene, I wonder if he would be able to sleep at night."

Aunt Gao's face turned pale instantly. Her eyes widened, and she dared not breathe, as if she had thought of something terrifying.

"She's just an old servant from the night watchman's quarters, what does her death have to do with me?!" Aunt Gao said nervously.

"How can it not concern you? What if you were the one who threw the oil? Did you deliberately try to kill her?" Li Anqi's eyes were sharp.

Aunt Gao waved her hands frantically, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me, it wasn't me! Don't make false accusations! Do you have any evidence?!"

Seeing Aunt Gao's cowardly and bullying behavior, Li Anqi felt even more contempt for her.

"The evidence is in your room."

Li Anqi gave the order.

"Search."