"Of course I'm a human. If I were a ghost, I would have come to claim your lives long ago!" Yun Ying stood still in the hall, skinny and with sunken eyes. She looked at the Qin aunt and nephew with hatred, grinning and letting out a harsh laugh, "Madam, cousin, you didn't expect me to be alive, did you?"
Qin Wanru was frightened by her half-human and half-ghost appearance and stepped back repeatedly, trembling and saying, "You, you, why are you not dead yet?"
"God doesn't want me to die. He wants to keep me alive so that I can expose your crimes!" Yunying's voice was full of resentment and was eerie, sounding creepy.
Everyone felt a chill down their spine and couldn't help but wrap their clothes tightly.
Qin was already distracted by the successive appearances of witnesses. She opened her mouth in fear, unable to utter a single word.
The old lady only saw who it was at this moment, and asked in surprise, "Are you Yunying, who was beside Madam? Didn't you become insane and be sent to the farm to recuperate?"
This was a lie Qin made up to cover up her tracks. Because she was just a maid and was assigned to Qin Wanru to serve, the old lady didn't take it seriously and threw it away after hearing it once.
Yunying knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the old lady and Marquis Dingyuan, and said angrily: "In reply to the old lady, I am not insane, but because I knew the secret of the lady and the cousin, I was killed and thrown into the mass grave outside the city. Fortunately, the second young master rescued me and I was able to survive. I am the accomplice of the cousin in killing the wife of the prince. I know that I have committed a serious crime. The reason why I live in this world is to have a chance to expose their crimes in public. I beg the old lady to give me a chance..."
"Little hoof, stop talking nonsense!" Qin came to her senses and stopped her sternly, "You are a lunatic, who wants to listen to your crazy talk..."
"I want to hear it!" Dingyuan Hou stood up angrily and shouted, "Are you going to deny everything? There are so many witnesses and evidence, but you deny everything and say that others have teamed up to frame you. Now your own maid has come out to testify, and you are here to obstruct and confuse the public. Do you think everyone else is stupid
To tell you the truth, any one of these witnesses and evidence can convict you. The reason why I am wasting my time listening to your nonsense is entirely because of the old prime minister. I want to give you a chance to admit your mistakes. If you are willing to repent, just confess it yourself. If you refuse to repent, don't blame me for being heartless and turning my face against you!"
After the speech, the room fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on Qin, waiting to see how she would respond.
Qin looked around, feeling a sense of desolation that the situation was hopeless. She knew that she could not escape this trial no matter what, and she could not help but grin and smile bitterly.
"I don't admit it. I didn't do anything. Why should I admit it? Wanru and I are innocent." She suddenly stopped laughing and yelled hysterically at Marquis Dingyuan, with veins popping out of her forehead. "How dare you mention my father? My father has been so kind to you and married his only daughter to you. How did you repay him? You said you don't care about the relationship between husband and wife. Are you not caring about it now? You have never cared about it. I have been married to the Marquis for twenty years, and I have given birth to children for you and managed the family business. When have you ever cared about my feelings?"
"Is it that I don't appreciate your kindness?" Marquis Dingyuan was moved by her and couldn't help shouting, "It's not that I don't appreciate your kindness, it's that your heart has never been with me. Don't think I don't know who you are thinking about. For twenty years, you have given birth to children for me, but you have never been sincere to me. How dare you ask me if I don't appreciate your kindness? Have you ever given me love?"
Qin was suddenly speechless when her thoughts were suddenly exposed by Marquis Dingyuan, and looked at Sheng Qingluan unconsciously.
She still didn't understand why she was inferior to Sheng Qingluan, so much so that even when she took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, Xie Zhanting didn't even look at her.
Thinking of the humiliation she suffered that year, hatred surged in her heart, and she wished she could go up and tear Sheng Qingluan into pieces.
Sheng Qingluan sat side by side with her sister. Seeing Qin's resentful gaze, a sneer appeared at the corner of her lips.
The general said that although Miss Qin is pretty, she is not a good match for him. He would rather remain single than marry her.
The two were close friends in the past and could understand each other with just a glance. Even after twenty years, Qin still understood her smile in an instant and suddenly rushed over like crazy.
"Did you win? Did you think you won? You stole my man, and I killed your daughter. Tell me, who of us is in more pain? Who is suffering more? Hahahaha..."
Sheng Qingluan's face changed as she laughed crazily. She endured the pain of thousands of arrows piercing her heart and asked, "So, you killed Nan Jia to avenge me?"
"Yes, that's right. I want revenge on you. You took away the happiness that should have belonged to me. I want to make you feel the pain of loss. I want you to live in the pain of losing your daughter for the rest of your life. I want to make your life worse than death!"
Everyone present was stunned by her crazy words and actions, and their hearts were filled with huge waves. The person that the Marquis mentioned that the lady was obsessed with turned out to be General Wu'an. The previous prince's wife was killed by the lady, and the lady killed the previous prince's wife in order to avenge the general's wife... Oh my God, this is even more ridiculous than what is written in the storybook!
Xie Nanjia looked at her mother's face, which was pale with pain, and her heart seemed to be cut into pieces by a sharp blade. At this moment, she was extremely grateful for her current identity, which allowed her to comfort her mother with good reason.
"Aunt!" She stepped forward and hugged her mother in her arms, choking with sobs, "Don't be sad, Aunt, Xiu'er is here. Xiu'er will avenge my cousin and will also honor you on my behalf."
"Yes, sister, Xiu'er will be your daughter in the future. She will be as filial to you as Nan Jia." Sheng Qingyun also came over to comfort his sister.
"Good boy, your aunt is fine." Sheng Qingluan patted Xie Nanjia's head, stood up calmly, and said to Dingyuan Hou, "My Lord, since the murderer has confessed, please hand him over to the government for punishment!"
"..." Everyone was stunned, and suddenly realized that the lady had really confessed without realizing it.
My God, what are you talking about? The madam had been making trouble for several hours and had not confessed her guilt. But the general's wife just sneered at her and made her lose control of her emotions and confess. The general's wife is too powerful!
Qin was also stunned, her body swayed a few times and she almost fell down.
"Sheng Qingluan, you..."
"What about me?" Sheng Qingluan gave her a contemptuous smile and said slowly, "Ayan, your temper is still the same as before, you get angry at the slightest provocation."
After many years, Qin once again heard her old friend calling her by her maiden name softly, but she never expected it to be in such a life-and-death situation.
"I lost." She smiled sadly and said resignedly, "Aluan, I still can't beat you after all. In the next life, can you give him to me?"
"No!" Sheng Qingluan said calmly, "He and I have already made an agreement to be husband and wife for the rest of our lives."
Qin looked at her blankly, then nodded after a while: "Okay, then I wish you two will never be separated in this life!"
After saying this, he suddenly ran towards the stone pillar on one side of the hall, as if he wanted to commit suicide by hitting the pillar.
"Ah..." everyone exclaimed in unison.
Xie Nanjia shouted, "Stop her!"
A flaming red shadow flashed by, and Zhao Jingyu rushed over at lightning speed, and at the moment when Qin's head touched the stone pillar, he cushioned his body on the stone pillar.
Qin's head hit his stomach heavily, and then he lost control and fell to the ground.
"Ouch!" Zhao Jingyu cried out in exaggerated pain, "Mother, you hit my child to death!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and patted their chests, saying, "That was a close call."
Qin was so angry that her face turned red: "Why are you stopping me? Don't you wish I would die?"
"The matter is not yet over, how can Madam die?" Xie Nanjia walked forward and said coldly, "Madam, do you want to take all the blame by yourself so that your niece can go unpunished?"
Yes, there is also Qin Wanru! After she reminded them, everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the lady had been unwilling to plead guilty, but suddenly pleaded guilty and wanted to commit suicide without saying anything. She wanted to use her own death to exonerate her niece!
Qin was exposed and said angrily, "Are you deaf? I told you, I killed Xie Nanjia. I did everything. Wanru has nothing to do with it. Don't make random accusations against her."
"Mother, did you kill Nan Jia? Why? Why did you kill Nan Jia?" A voice suddenly shouted outside the door. Zhao Jingping stumbled in with a pale face, followed by Zhao Lanya and Zhao Lanshu.
"You, why are you all back..." Qin didn't want her son and daughter to see her in such a mess, so she hurriedly got up from the ground. She was worried that Xie Nanjia would reveal Zhao Lanya's murder, so she hurriedly chased them away, "Go away, go away, you have nothing to do here."
Zhao Lanshu's temper exploded, and she blurted out, "Mother, whose mother are you? It was obviously Qin Wanru who killed Nan Jia's sister-in-law, why did you take the blame for her? Have you ever thought about us? If you die for her, what will we do?"
"What did you say? Did Wanru kill Nanjia?" Zhao Jingping was completely stunned. He walked towards Qin Wanru and said with great sorrow, "Wanru, did you really kill Nanjia? Why did you kill her? How could you be so cruel?"
The situation got out of control due to the arrival of the three siblings. Qin Wanru didn't expect Zhao Lanshu to push her out directly. Facing her husband's questioning, she was flustered and blurted out: "It wasn't me, it was my aunt. Didn't my aunt say that she killed the person!"
“…” There was an uproar in the hall.
In the past, she had only heard of ungrateful people but had never seen one. Today, she finally saw a living one. Her aunt had protected her with her life, but she sold her aunt without blinking an eye.
It's really eye-opening!
Qin was also confused. Although she was willing to die for her niece, hearing such cruel words from her niece was like a blunt knife cutting her flesh piece by piece, making her deeply feel the pain of being betrayed.
Good, that’s great, she’s really her good niece!
Zhao Lanya didn't expect Qin Wanru to be so cruel. She was so angry that she slapped her and cursed: "My mother treats you better than the rest of us, and you actually stabbed her. Do you have any conscience?"
Qin Wanru covered her face and refused to change her words no matter how Zhao Lanya scolded her. She didn't want to die. She was still young and she hadn't lived enough. Anyway, her aunt was old and would die sooner or later. The worst that could happen was that she would avenge her aunt in the future.
The continuous reversals made everyone dumbfounded. Marquis Dingyuan and the old lady were also confused by the storyline, and it was difficult for them to make a decision.
At the critical moment, Yunying spoke up: "I can prove that it was my cousin who killed the Crown Prince's wife."
Everyone looked at her.
The old lady was already exhausted and hurriedly urged her: "Hurry up and tell me, hurry up and tell me."
Yunying said, "On the day when the Crown Prince's wife was about to give birth, my cousin gave me a prescription and asked me to go out and get the medicine. The prescription was written by my cousin herself. When I went to get the medicine, the owner of the pharmacy said that those were bad medicines that could kill people, and he refused to sell them to me. Later, I spent ten times the price to have the pharmacy clerk secretly get the medicine for me. The pharmacy is called Jishitang, and the clerk is called Qian Wu. My Lord can send someone to investigate.
I brought back the medicine, which was made by my cousin's maid Chunxiang. After it was made, Chunxiang went to the small kitchen to replace the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician while the painting room was dozing off. After Chunxiang left, I dug a pit and buried the medicine residue and the medicine pot together. Just in case, I also buried the list in the pit wrapped in a handkerchief. The Marquis can send someone to dig it out and compare it with my cousin's handwriting to know who it was.
Before Yunying finished speaking, Hualou burst into tears, pounding her chest and crying, "Miss, it's me who hurt you, it's me who hurt you. You told me not to doze off, but I didn't control myself. It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
He knelt down crying at Sheng Qingluan's feet, hugged her legs and apologized: "Madam, it's all my fault. I killed the young lady. I have no face to live. I will die at the young lady's grave to apologize..."
Sheng Qingluan bent down and helped her up: "Good child, don't cry. This is not your fault. It's the evildoer's fault. If she is determined to harm people, you can guard against it on the first day but not on the fifteenth. Don't worry, I don't blame you, and your young lady won't blame you either. You should take good care of the young master for the young lady, so that she can feel at ease in heaven."
Hualou nodded while crying: "Okay, I will listen to Madam. I will take good care of the little boy and when he grows up, I will go to accompany the young lady. The young lady has no one to accompany her. She is so lonely in heaven."
"Me too. I am also responsible for the young lady's death. If the lady hadn't called me to answer her, the young lady wouldn't have died. I should have stayed by her side all the time." Luliu came over and cried with her, "When the little master grows up, I will go to accompany the young lady too."
Everyone was infected by them and started to cry and sigh. Xie Nanjia finally couldn't hold it in any longer and turned her back, crying like rain.
Zhao Jingyu quietly handed her a silk handkerchief and whispered, "Do you want me to lend you my shoulder?"
Xie Nanjia's tears stopped immediately. She took the handkerchief and gave him a cold look.
(End of this chapter)