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All that was left in front of him was a mess. Three houses had collapsed, and only a piece of charred wood remained.

Only the person close to them could burn such a large fire during the day. Moreover, they were already fully prepared, even the windows were sealed during the two's conversation, and the two sides of the house were also implicated. The courtyard would not be usable for several months.

Just as was searching for traces of the flame, he found the Pill Emperor in the front hall. He ordered Qiu Mei to take out fifty taels of silver and passed it to the Pill Emperor.

"Please keep this matter quiet. It is only a matter of the family business."

Gu Mingyan gave a light smile and handed over the fifty taels of silvers to him.

"It's nothing, don't mention it, Eldest Miss." He then returned the money to the King's Mansion with a calm expression.

"It's just a small token of appreciation, there's no need to reject it."

Gu Mingyan insisted on giving him the fifty silver, but before he could say anything, someone rushed in from outside. It was Shang Rong who had just left to find the person who set the fire.

Shang Rong's body was still covered in smoke, but there were some blood stains on the corner of his clothes, and he was half-kneeling on the ground.

"The person who set the fire was found. The two of them knew that the Second Madam and the Third Miss were not dead yet and were preparing to commit suicide by consuming poison. This subordinate has already restrained them and will bring them over in a moment."

"Well done, come sit and rest first."

Gu Mingyan pointed to the stool at the side, and then poured a cup of green tea for the unicorn: "Please get the unicorn to handle this."

He raised his eyebrows and looked at her. After he received the tea, he also took the fifty silver taels.

However, after a while, they saw a man and a woman being escorted up the stairs.

The man had a healthy appearance, but the woman had bright eyes and white teeth. She was good-looking.

Qiu Mei spoke in a low voice from the side: "The man is Wang Fu, he's the servant that always follows Third Young Miss out. The woman is Xin Rui, he's the servant that served Second Madam."

Gu Mingyan tapped his fingertips on the wall of the cup, Gu Mingyan watched coldly as the two people had their hands cut off behind their backs. The two servants held them down and knelt on the ground, while Rui Xinyi was already crying silently, but Wang Fu's eyes were full of anger: "This matter was done by me alone, it has nothing to do with Rui Xin!"

Gu Mingyan sipped on his tea, and continued to look at the two quietly, without saying a word.

Wang Fu was kneeling with his neck on the ground, feeling apprehensive. Ruo Ruo, on the other hand, couldn't take it anymore, and cried out, "I was the one who did this. I was beaten up by Third Miss a few days ago. I have a grudge …"

"You said that you were scolded a few days ago, how can you be so watertight now! Do you still want to take the blame for me!? " Wang Fu shouted in shock.

Gu Zixi looked at the burn wounds on his hands and his eyes turned red. Hearing that the two were going to take over the crime, without caring about the doctors stopping them, he went back to the front hall and shouted angrily, "Kill them! And then we chop their flesh to make it into fertilizer! "

Shang Rong, the leader of the soldiers, frowned.

Even if the two of them wanted to kill someone, it was not their place to do so. However, killing them using random sticks as fertilizer was not a solution that a dignified young miss could think of.

Rui cried even louder, the servant behind her was about to drag the two away.

"Eldest Miss, I think this matter …" The Prefect could not bear to see this any longer.

"It doesn't matter who it is. I'm still sitting here, who did you all listen to?" Gu Mingyan said indifferently. Her pair of beautiful eyes were currently covered in a thick layer of frost, and with a glance, she immediately ordered the servants of the household to not dare to act rashly.

Gu Zixi still wanted to rush up to beat him up, but Gu Mingyan said again: "Hurry up and stop the third miss, as the young miss you are spouting malicious words, and now you want to personally teach the servant a lesson for dirtying your own hands, can be said to be uncultured!"

Several servants hesitated, not daring to make a move.

Shang Rong had already stood up and stopped her, and under Gu Mingyan's gaze, he pulled her to a corner and sat down. He pressed one arm against her shoulder, and the other hand covered her mouth.

The main hall finally quieted down, but Gu Mingyan still looked at Xin Rui and Wang Fu indifferently.

The only thing that remained was silence, which was even more shocking.

After an unknown period of time, Gu Mingyan yawned while half-supporting himself on the table, looking at the heart that had stopped crying, he gave a shallow smile: "Since the heart has a reason for killing, then we can hand the heart over to the unicorn for interrogation."

"It's not her! It's me! " Wang Fu suddenly struggled.

Xia Xinyan's pupils slightly contracted. She was so scared that her entire body trembled, but she still bit her lips and admitted her mistake.

The Pill Emperor frowned, but then heard Gu Mingyan speak again: "It was just a joke, the two of you should calm down right now, and explain the reason behind it in detail. With him here, you all can seek justice from him."

Finished, Gu Mingyan turned his head and smiled towards the Pill Emperor.

These fifty taels of silver are precisely what you need to do.

After reading Gu Mingyan's meaning, he nodded his head.

The two of them looked at each other, and her eyes reddened as she recounted the reason behind the matter. When she looked at Gu Zixi, there was also a trace of resentment in her eyes.

In the cold winter, my mother was very ill, and my brother was far from being able to return to his land. This servant then handed over a token to Second Madam to take care of him for a few days, so as to make it easier to send some silver, but Third Miss' maid, who was by her side, sent him to the woodshed to recuperate from the cold. Xin Rui's gaze yearned to tear Gu Zixi into pieces, and her voice was filled with gritted teeth.

Gu Zixi's eyes were wide and round, but he was restricted by his gaze and couldn't move. He could only use eyes to threaten.

"I had no choice but to ask Wang Fu to send the silver back. I don't know what kind of rumors the third young miss heard, that I was suspected of stealing, and that Wang Fu had ill intentions, so she locked me in the woodshed …" "He even made people …"

As she spoke to here, she began to cry again.

Even Wang Fu, who was standing at the side, had his eyes turn red. "Xin Rui was originally a servant that served Third Miss, but because of her looks, she was found and humiliated by Third Miss. I helped her many times before. But this time, not only did the third young miss lock Ruo up in the woodshed and order people to be humiliated, she even beat me with fifty lashes out of ill intentions. She's been bedridden for several days and it's really hard to protect her. "

The sound of her crying grew louder, causing everyone else to be moved.

Behind the screen, the little Madam Liu slowly walked out while holding onto the wall. She looked at Gu Mingyan with a cold expression: "This is a family matter."

"I can see that she is only seventeen years old. Second Mother, it would be better if you could compare your heart to hers."

Gu Mingyan looked at her coldly. She thought that the little Madam Liu was smarter, but she never thought that she would actually allow Gu Zixi to become so crazy! Yet, at such a young age, he already knew how to make a woman innocent!

The little Madam Liu still wanted to say something, but Gu Mingyan had already slammed the table to stop her.

The faces of the little Madam Liu and Gu Zixi paled immediately, but there was an additional luster in their eyes as they gritted their teeth and continued.