Late at night in the Xie Mansion.
The bright moon cast its glow upon the brightly lit courtyard.
Kneeling in the courtyard were all the servants and attendants of the family's second branch.
They were all waiting to be summoned and questioned by the First Master, Xie Suzhi, who was inside the room.
As everyone waited, trembling with fear and wondering what disaster would befall them next, Xie Suzhi's stern rebuke echoed from within the room—
"Even now, you still refuse to admit it? Did you or did you not kill that maidservant named Wenxiu!"
Inside the room, Xie Suzhi and Second Master Xie sat upright in two Taishi chairs.
The two brothers' gazes were deep and identically cold.
Kneeling before them were a disheveled Second Madam Xie and the quietly weeping Xie Yuanjiu.
Shen Ningning and Xie Ming'an stood to one side. Behind them, the housekeeper, Uncle Pang, held a tray bearing the blood-stained clothes.
