"Wang Zhaodi, do you know how much I hate you?"
Lin Qinshuang looked at Wang Zhaodi who was trembling in the corner with a disgusted expression on her face. If it hadn't been for years of upbringing that prevented her from uttering any obscenities, she would have already yelled at Wang Zhaodi now.
It was all her greed that ruined her son, and their mother and son were separated for twenty years because of this. The good son of the prime minister turned into an illiterate farm boy like he is now.
Wang Zhaodi's mind was rumbling, and she felt that the sky was about to fall—she knew, she really knew, how would she treat herself
The former Wang Zhaodi had a hot head and replaced the two children. At that time, she actually thought about how to deal with being discovered.
She felt that if she killed the two children by accident, there should be no problem. She treated Qi Erzhu very well within her ability, and her child would definitely get the other party's favor after becoming the son of an official. Beloved, even if the truth is revealed in the future, the big deal is that everyone belongs to everyone.
Wang Zhaodi thought very well, children raised by officials must be different from children raised by farmers, even if they belong to each other, the other party will definitely not be willing to give up the children raised by one hand, and will definitely support him secretly.
And I raised the other party's parent-child, and treated that child very well, taught him to be filial to himself and obey his own words. If he regained his status in the future, he would never forget his adoptive mother. After returning home and inheriting the family's property, I will definitely honor her.
Official families are different from ordinary families, even if a little bit is leaked out casually, it is enough for their family to live.
Changing another child might bring about earth-shaking changes in their family's life. Even if the child fails to recognize him in the end, it doesn't matter. After all, it is the blood of their family. No loss.
That's why Wang Zhaodi had the audacity to change her child, and she didn't show any remorse or guilt over the years.
But Wang Zhaodi had imagined countless possibilities of exposure, but she never thought of this one—she was sued by Wang Dabao to the county government, and she was thrown into prison for deliberately changing children.
Now she is covered in a mess, almost without a human figure, but she just met Lin Qinshuang under such circumstances.
Lin Qinshuang's face remained the same, almost no different from that of twenty years ago, she was glamorous, surrounded by servants, she was high above her, like a fairy, but she was just a humble ant...
Wang Zhaodi lowered her head deeply, and a deep sense of fear spread in her heart. She never thought that the truth would be presented in this way, so she didn't know what method she should use to defend herself in this matter.
Wang Zhaodi still refused to open her mouth and resisted with silence. Seeing her like this, Lin Qinshuang felt more and more disgusted in her heart. How dare she dare to such a person, such a bastard!
Seeing that his wife turned pale with anger from such a bitch, Madam Xu hurriedly supported her and comforted Lin Qinshuang in a low voice.
"Miss, don't be angry. It's not worth it for such a person. Let me tell her."
My wife has always been gentle, no matter when she is not married or after she is married, the environment she lives in is actually very simple, unlike the backyards of other wives, with a complex population and a lot of intrigues. A day of calculations naturally cultivated a delicate heart with seven apertures.
But Lin Qinshuang is different. She has never seen darkness, and she doesn't know the schemes of those treacherous people, and she doesn't know that these pickled things will never give up if they don't see the Yellow River. , they couldn't continue jumping.
Now Madam's words are not painful to her, as long as she pricks the place she cares most, she will know fear.
After comforting Lin Qinshuang, Nanny Xu walked over, looked at Wang Zhaodi who was huddled in the corner through the cell door, and said coldly: "Wang Zhaodi, our wife is kind-hearted and can't say anything excessive. But I don’t have so many scruples anymore. Do you think that if you keep silent and pretend to be dead, the magistrate will not be able to punish you? You have violated the law. Did you know that stealing the son of an official will be beheaded? "
The laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty were strict, especially when it came to dealing with child trafficking. The laws formulated were particularly strict. Children from ordinary families were sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. If children from official families were deliberately kidnapped, it was murder mortal sin.
The reason why this law was enacted can be traced back thirty years ago. At that time, Princess Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the first emperor, was seduced by kidnappers during the Lantern Festival. By the time she found someone, Princess Qinghe had already been sold into the land of fireworks. , although Princess Qinghe had never been insulted because of her young age, but the dignified princess ended up like this, which was enough to make the emperor furious.
The first emperor decreed that the captured kidnappers would be quartered by five horses, and at the same time, laws were made to order officials to deal with kidnappers strictly. During that time, as long as kidnappers were caught, they would definitely be quartered by five horses, even if they only kidnapped a child, the punishment would be the same.
Kidnappers will abduct and sell children, in the final analysis, it is because of profit. This kind of business without capital can make a lot of money backhand. In addition, the kidnappers are not sentenced to heavy sentences. After being arrested, they will be able to come out in three to five years at most Of course, there are a lot of people willing to engage in this business.
But now abducting and selling a child will be divided into five horses, the risk is too great, it is not worth the risk at all =.
It is also for this reason that the number of kidnappers has decreased dramatically in recent years.
Wang Zhaodi is just an ordinary village woman. The most daring thing she has done in her life is to change the children of two families. She does not know a single word and has never dealt with the government before. Beheaded
Mother Xu told Wang Zhaodi in a solemn tone that what she said was not false, and that she might really be beheaded.
The shadow of death shrouded her head, and Wang Zhaodi didn't care about pretending to be dead. She stood up in a panic, staggered and rushed towards the prison door. She held on to the prison door and said anxiously: "I didn't kidnap and sell children, I was just careless... I even raised Er Zhu, and I raised him very well. Go and ask, who doesn't know that I love him the most?"
Although she changed her child, she did her best to raise Qi Erzhu and never let him do farm work. When he grew up, he was sent to work in a restaurant. He had a better life than most people in the village. She had done her best. It's time to take responsibility.
"You can't kill me, Erzhu will be sad, and there is that child in your house, I am his mother, if you kill me, if he knows the truth, he will hate you to death... "
The shadow of death hangs over Wang Zhaodi's head. At this time, she is very clear-headed. She knows that if she doesn't say something and do something, she may really be beheaded.
She didn't want to die, she raised Qi Erzhu well, and she was still the mother of the child in the prime minister's mansion, they had to worry about the two children and couldn't hurt her.
Lin Qinshuang is a smart person, seeing Wang Zhaodi like this, how could she not know what she was thinking? It was because of knowing that Lin Qinshuang felt even more nauseated.
The despicableness of this woman has far exceeded my own cognition, how can there be such a shameless and vicious woman like her in the world
She was afraid that she had already figured out the way out when she changed the child. She felt that she had a kindness in raising Qi Erzhu, that she had a kindness in giving birth to Qi Wang, and that their family would look at it for the sake of their parents and adopted children. let her go.
How could she dare to think so
If it was said that Lin Qinshuang still had a motherly heart towards Qi Huang yesterday, and was reluctant to part with the child she had raised for twenty years, but after seeing Wang Zhaodi today, hearing her threat, and understanding her plan, The little bit of motherly love disappeared completely.
That child was not her son, everything he got was stolen by his own mother with the help of him, his own feelings, the cultivation of the prime minister's mansion, and his status were all plundered from his son.
Why did Wang Zhaodi think that she would let her go because of the feelings she had from raising that child who had occupied the magpie's nest for so many years
Before Mother Xu could say anything, Lin Qinshuang had already opened her mouth and turned back.
"Wang Zhaodi, you are too arrogant and ignorant. You say that, but you are sure that I don't want to part with your son, and you also have to worry about my son's feelings for you. Do you think that after grasping these two points, I will There's nothing you can do about it? You're just dreaming!"
Speaking of this, the expression on Lin Qinshuang's face suddenly changed. She used to be gentle and never lost her temper. In Wang Zhaodi's impression, Lin Qinshuang was twenty years ago even when she was in trouble. , also looked gentle and gentle. At that time, she was obviously dressed in luxury and had a good conversation. They all knew that she was the wife of an official, and she was not the same kind of person as ordinary people like them.
But when she faced them, she was always approachable and never arrogant. At first, Wang Zhaodi thought that she had to pretend to be approachable because of her distress, but later her family found her, and she was very grateful to her. They are still the same attitude.
She is so nice, but Wang Zhaodi doesn't think she is nice, but thinks she is weak and deceitful.
If the noble lady who was rescued back then was domineering and domineering, even if she gave money, it would be a high-ranking charity attitude, instead of treating them as equals like Lin Qinshuang, Wang Zhaodi would not dare to touch their two children. Changed my mind.
Because she couldn't bear the consequences of being discovered, she couldn't afford to offend the high-ranking official's wife. If she was discovered, neither she nor her family could benefit from it.
But the official wife who is so talkative and kind-hearted that she has no temper is different. She loves her children very much, and she has a soft heart. Even if she knows the truth of the matter, she will not do anything to herself.
That's why Wang Zhaodi had the courage to change the child. She felt that even if the truth was exposed, it didn't matter. The kind official wife would not do anything to her.
But now when she saw the official lady who she thought was kind and weak enough to be deceived, calculated and bullied, showing a high-ranking expression, as if she was looking at an ant, Wang Zhaodi felt like she had fallen into an ice cave. Her eyes widened in horror, she looked at Lin Qinshuang, her mouth opened slightly, and a ho-ho sound came out of her throat.
It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this, how could she be like this
Seeing that Wang Zhaodi seemed to be scared out of her wits by herself, Lin Qinshuang suddenly laughed, her eyes filled with contempt.
"Do you think that I am the kind of person who is so stupid that I have been deceived for twenty years, because of the so-called feelings, I will let the culprit go? You, and your son, I will not let you go. You were If you stole it from me, I will ask you to return it. I will decide for your head, and you have deliberately planned to exchange it for my son. I will also let him fall from heaven to hell, and return to He should have gone back to where he was."
At this time, Wang Zhaodi finally found her voice. Seeing how ruthless she was, Wang Zhaodi broke down and shouted: "You can't do this, my child didn't do anything wrong, you can't hurt him like this, you hurt He has been twenty years old, don't you have the slightest bit of motherly love?"
Wang Zhaodi knew that Lin Qinshuang hated herself, and she must die this time, but if she was liquidated even with her own son, then what's the point of her doing this
She wants to keep her son.
"He is innocent. You can't treat him like this. Can you let him go? You have loved him for so many years, even if you have a dog, you have developed feelings. Don't hurt him..."
Wang Zhaodi cried bitterly and begged Lin Qinshuang. Seeing her like that, she looked like a great mother who was willing to give up everything for her children.
Lin Qinshuang said indifferently: "Your son is innocent? What about my son? You replaced my son for him. He enjoyed everything that should belong to my son and got everything that my son should have. I What's wrong with just wanting him to return to his original life?"
Speaking of this, Lin Qinshuang's face showed a strong color of sarcasm: "Don't look at me with the eyes that seem to have done something heinous, you don't deserve it, you are the one who did the evil, and the mother should pay for it!" , He enjoyed the life he shouldn't enjoy and got the things he shouldn't get because of you, so he should repay it all."
"Forgive you, let him go? You are just dreaming!"
What Lin Qinshuang said turned into a sharp sword and pierced into Wang Zhaodi's heart fiercely, and the thing she feared most happened.
"No, you can't do this. You raised him for twenty years. He called you your mother for twenty years. You can't do this..."
Wang Zhaodi has become incoherent. Her greatest reliance is the kindness of the other party and the feelings she has cultivated after raising the child for twenty years. If the other party does not take these into consideration, there is no way for her to make her treat the child well.
Lin Qinshuang sneered, and said unceremoniously: "It is my own son that I want to raise, and it is my own son that I want to give affection to, not the evil seed that you used despicable means to give me, knowing that he has taken over my son. After twenty years in the position, how could you have feelings for him if you wished you could strangle him to death?"
Of course, Lin Qinshuang didn't hate Qi Wang so much that she wanted to strangle Qi Wang to death. She said these words just to stimulate Wang Zhaodi. She just wanted Wang Zhaodi to know that she had worked hard for twenty years, but in the end everything was still in vain. She just wanted to make her feel restless until she was about to die, and her whole body greeted her death in fear and anxiety.
She did it on purpose.
"Enjoy your last life well. I will let Lord Cai sentence you to beheaded. You should be glad that the current law is not as harsh as it was when the first emperor was. Otherwise, it would not be as simple as being beheaded." Yes, dismembering the body by five horses is much more painful than beheading."
After slowly finishing these words, Lin Qinshuang tossed her sleeves, not bothering to look at Wang Zhaodi any longer. She let Mammy Xu support her, and walked slowly towards the outside of the prison.
Wang Zhaodi's painful crying came from behind her, followed by a series of cursing, but she was whipped twice by the jailer with a whip just after a few words, and she didn't dare to continue cursing. Apart from crying, She can't do anything.
At this time, Wang Zhaodi finally regretted it painfully.
She shouldn't have changed her two children. If she didn't change her children, she would still be able to live a good life, and her life was pretty good. Why couldn't she think about changing her children! !
Wang Zhaodi was in pain and despair, and her intestines were almost green with regret, but all this had nothing to do with other people, and no one would care about her.
Prisoners who just entered the prison and knew they were going to die all had this experience. It was the same for everyone. It was nothing strange. Anyway, unless a miracle happened, they would not be able to turn over. After crying and making trouble, they knew that there was nothing wrong with it. Hope it won't continue.
Nanny Xu helped Lin Qinshuang back to the room, and waited on Lin Qinshuang to wash and change her clothes with the other little girls, and then sent everyone out.
Lin Qinshuang's expression was sleepy, completely different from the way she was talking to Wang Zhaodi just now in the prison.
Nanny Xu knew that Lin Qinshuang had something on her mind, so she sat down on the small stool beside the bed, helped Lin Qinshuang rub her calf, and asked softly, "Madam is thinking about how to deal with Fuchu that?"
Don't look at what Lin Qinshuang said to Wang Zhaodi in the prison just now, she wanted to crush that child to death, but Madam Xu knew her wife best, she was very kind and affectionate, Although it wasn't her own child, but after twenty years of raising her, the feelings she gave were not fake. How could she crush him to death like she said before
But this time, Nanny Xu guessed Lin Qinshuang's intentions wrongly.
Lin Qinshuang is indeed kind and soft-tempered, but this does not mean that she has no temper. This incident has touched her bottom line. It is impossible for her to tolerate a woman who deceived herself and ruined her son's life. The child stays in the prime minister's mansion.
"Ruolan, am I being too cruel? But I can't continue to face him. Thinking of the suffering my son has suffered in these years, I can't continue to treat him as my son. Wang Zhaodi is my enemy. I have been lied to for twenty years, how could I continue to treat him as before after knowing the truth? If I continue to treat him well, what should my son think? Where will I put him? "
Mother Xu originally thought that Lin Qinshuang would raise both children in the Prime Minister's Mansion. After all, the Prime Minister's Mansion did not lack the money, but it was just raising one more person, and it was nothing to waste.
But now, according to Lin Qinshuang, she doesn't intend to keep that child, and both parties must return to their respective positions.
Mother Xu comforted softly: "Ma'am, you are right, the one who was wrong was that black-hearted rotten person, the reason why she changed her child at the beginning was because she wanted her son to change the lintel, if she really followed her It means that she doesn't know how to be proud of letting her son live a good life in the prime minister's mansion."
When Wang Zhaodi secretly changed the child, she wanted her own child to replace the real young master and live a happy life that they could not have imagined. The wife's feelings were also calculated by her. If her wish is true, Didn't that make her succeed
"Ma'am, you did nothing wrong. If you keep him, it would be so unfair to the second young master. To the second young master, the person who took his place is his enemy. These two people can't get along peacefully."
Seeing that Nanny Xu also felt that she was doing the right thing, Lin Qinshuang's heart finally settled down.
She did nothing wrong.