Mrs. Ji simply couldn't understand it. Mrs. Ji was also from the Ji family, and Hong Rui was her future daughter-in-law. How could she do such a thing? It was not an exaggeration to describe her as crazy.
Everyone looked at Mrs. Ji Er with complicated expressions.
This woman is usually timid and cowardly. On the outside, the second wife looks like a virtuous middle-aged beautiful woman. Who could have thought that she would do such a thing? Not only Mrs. Ji couldn't figure it out, but all of them couldn't figure it out.
Old Master Ji already regarded his daughter-in-law as a dead person. He said to Xiao Heng and Lord Liao without hesitation: "This person has lost all conscience and framed the emperor's grandson. Our Ji family will never allow such a heartless and ungrateful villain to stay. Please let Your Highness and Lord decide how to deal with her. Our Ji family will not say a word!"
He was really scared. This quiet second daughter-in-law almost cost him the lives and future of his entire family.
This was indeed a big deal, and it was not a question of whether the Ji family would tolerate it or not. Liao Jingxu did not refuse. What happened in their territory was a blatant attempt to frame the Crown Prince. If they did nothing, they would be no different from spies.
He immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I will investigate this thoroughly!"
Everyone was here, and they had all fallen silent. The huge pavilion, which had been filled with laughter and joy before, was now completely silent. Mrs. Ji's sobbing sounded particularly harsh and clear in such silence, but no one said a word more, not even Master Ji dared to say a word.
Xiao Heng nodded, his expression turned grim: "Yes, we have to investigate it thoroughly. Since I came to Yunnan, from Zhaotong to Kunming, I have been ambushed and assassinated at the post station, the prefect colluded with foreign officials and indulged the private soldiers of the Mu Mansion. Now I am ambushed outside Kunming and was plotted against in the city! I also want to see if this Yunnan is still the Yunnan of the court, and if these officials are still your majesty's officials!"
These words are really too harsh.
However, when these words were spoken at this time, no one dared to refute them, and no one dared to say that Xiao Heng was looking for trouble or that what he said was wrong.
The minor officials were silent. Liao Jingxu, Yang Canyi and the others looked at each other, then knelt down and shouted in unison: "We dare not do that. We deserve to die. Please punish us, Your Majesty!"
At this time, Su Rong and others had also come in. After taking a glance at the scene, they replied to Xiao Heng: "Your Highness, we are stationed outside and have caught a few people who are sneaking around and whose identities are unclear."
Liao Jingxu and others looked at Mrs. Ji.
Madam Ji II dared to plot against Xiao Heng, so there must be someone behind the scenes directing and manipulating her. The people who have been caught at this critical juncture must be those who were involved in Madam Ji's plot to frame Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng hummed, softened his voice and asked Liao Jingxu and others to stand up, and then said earnestly: "I came to Yunnan to quell the rebellion, and everyone knows this. The person who attacked me now is no other than an enemy spy! What happened today is undoubtedly an assassination, so I will personally supervise this matter! I believe that Lord Liao has no objection?"
What other opinions could Liao Jingxu have
He nodded immediately.
Xiao Heng then borrowed a place from the Ji family nearby and left the other officials and gentry in the pavilion.
Needless to say, Hong Rui was extremely aggrieved. She had no idea that she was deceived, and it was not as simple as she told her mother-in-law that she was going to help the Zhuo family. She was deceived into doing such a thing.
After she found out, she kept crying.
The people of the Hong family also jumped up and cursed Mrs. Ji for being the most vicious woman. She even schemed against her future daughter-in-law and was so heartless.
Hong Rui was unaware that the next one to go was the Fourth Young Master.
The fourth young master was also wrongly accused of death. He received a message at the last minute saying that Hong Rui was bullied and asked him to go to the platform quickly, so he went there.
When he went there, nothing happened upstairs. He was still wondering why Hong Rui was playing the piano on the high platform. After all, although he was not old enough to be in charge, he knew that it was the arrangement at home and it was not Hong Rui's performance.
Then, not long after he went up, Hong Rui somehow rushed over and hugged him.
Then, a large group of people came up, pointing at them and pulling them.
The fourth young master was beaten badly, his hair was disheveled and pulled down for no apparent reason. Fortunately, his aunt, Mrs. Ji, came over, otherwise he would have been beaten to death.
Then, now that he heard that it was all done by his mother, the Fourth Young Master was completely stunned.
He couldn't believe it and couldn't imagine it at all. He looked at Master Ji and asked, "Brother, what are you talking about? How is this possible?"
How is this possible? Any normal mother would not do such a thing as cheating on her son!
Young Master Ji sighed and patted his cousin's shoulder, then shook his head solemnly, "It's true. I don't know who Second Aunt listened to to do such a thing... Fourth brother, you are a sensible child. Think about your family, your second uncle and grandfather. They are almost mad because of this. You are also a man. You must shoulder the responsibility of the family. This matter cannot be let go. Otherwise, not only will the whole family be disgraced, but our family will never recover from this."
The fourth young master felt as if he had been struck by lightning and stared blankly at his eldest brother.
Afterwards, the Fourth Young Master listened to the testimonies of all the servants and finally confirmed that it was indeed his mother who did it.
The fourth young master was stunned for a long time, hesitated for a long time, and wandered for a while before going to see his fiancée.
The Hong family was almost mad with rage, and they even disliked him. Mrs. Hong spat bluntly: "Fortunately, she didn't succeed. If she succeeded, how could she let my daughter live from now on? Would my daughter still be able to survive?! Not to mention my daughter, even the girls in our Hong family will be implicated by her for the rest of their lives! How can you be my biological mother? Even a stepmother cannot do such a wicked thing!"
As she spoke, Mrs. Hong began to cry.
The fourth young master was so ashamed of what he said, and then the eldest young master dragged him to the place where the second wife Ji was imprisoned.
Mrs. Ji Er still refused to speak, sticking her neck out and not saying a single word.
He was so talkative and crying when he rushed into the shed before, but now he has kept silent.
Councillor Yang sneered with a straight face: "Second Madam, don't think that we dare not torture you just because you are a woman. You don't need us to remind you of the nature of what you did this time. You should also think about your children. You have several children!"