Zhang Qian's question was a truly subtle one, as Ye Shixian had never, from start to finish, explicitly said that Ye Chutang had killed Mrs. Gao.
After all, Mrs. Gao had hanged herself.
But at this moment, she couldn't be bothered with such details. She choked out, "My lord, I beg you to seek justice for my mother and me! Unable to bear the humiliation, my mother hanged herself last night! After she was discovered this morning, I had her body taken down. It's now… now in her room."
She shot a hateful glare at Ye Chutang and abruptly raised the blood letter in her hand. "It was all her fault! If she hadn't forced her, how could my mother have been driven to such a desperate, foolish act? She left me with nothing but this blood letter and departed this world!"
Zhang Qian frowned. "First, we'll examine the scene. We can discuss the rest later."
