Just wait for the news, no need to sleep anymore.
She asked about the whereabouts of the master, and when she heard that he had gone out, she told Luyu and the others, "Tell Madam Peng to bring in some extra things to see if there is anything missing."
This is not prepared for the second wife. Lu Yu understood and nodded quickly.
The Second Madam didn't need her to prepare anything. As soon as she left the house, she asked Wang Shanjia, who was following her closely, "Do you have the things?"
Wang Shanjia followed closely and nodded quickly.
The second lady nodded softly.
Wang Shanjia's palms began to sweat, and he whispered to her: "Madam, you..."
She roughly knew what the Second Madam wanted to do. He Xing had said that as long as the Second Madam entered Shuntian Prefecture and with Wang Tuiguan there, she wouldn't have to worry about other matters.
Yes, if any woman was abandoned by her husband's family like the Second Wife, she probably wouldn't want to live anymore.
She was a lady from a noble family who had never done anything shameful in her life. She was not sent to prison because of her husband's involvement, but because of murder. This was a matter that would ruin her life. It would be strange if anyone could swallow this.
Before this, there were precedents of wives of officials being sent to prison, but they were extremely rare. Most of them resolved the issue at home for fear of exposing family disgrace to others.
If this incident hadn't been such a big deal, if that Taohuawu guy hadn't been the victim and witness, and if there weren't so many eyes watching, the Second Madam might not have had to come to Shuntian Prefecture, and she should have "committed suicide out of fear of crime" long ago.
She imagined it sarcastically in her heart, smiled faintly, looked into Wang Tuiguan's eyes, and said neither servilely nor arrogantly: "I want to see the prefect. I have something to say."
Wang Shanjia glanced at her quickly, then looked at Wang Tuiguan who seemed to have everything under control, and quickly lowered her head.
The Second Lady did not come to confess her crime and accept punishment. The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture understood this as soon as he arrived - the first thing the Second Lady said was for him to catch the real murderer, saying that the real murderer was Madam Peng.
The governor of Shuntian Prefecture had a headache.
When the gods fight, the little devils suffer. When the higher-ups make a big fuss, in the end it is the people below who suffer the headaches and misfortune.
He was the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and was about to resign and be transferred. However, who would have thought that he would encounter such a bad thing when he came to Beijing for inspection - the nephew of Concubine Peng De was involved in a murder case.
I originally thought that it would be over with a simple trial and the case would be closed early.
But who knew that the case would become bigger and bigger, and in the end not only did Xiao Tao commit suicide, but the eldest lady of the Peng family and Peng Caichen were also suspected of instigating murder.
This was no small matter, and the incident itself was a big enough commotion with so many eyes watching it. He had to bite the bullet and send people to the Peng family to ask for people again and again.
He was already extremely helpless when he asked Peng Caichen to come first. Now if he went back to invite the first lady, he felt that he might have completely offended the Peng family, and he was very depressed.
After all, he didn't want to take this case at all.
Now that the Second Madam said that the real murderer was the First Madam, he revealed a smile that was uglier than crying: "Second Madam Peng... If you have something to say, please tell me slowly..."
This is not what Mr. Peng said when he handed me the invitation just now.
Master Peng Er clearly said that the Second Madam would take the blame, and when the time comes, she will ask him to put in more effort when doing the paperwork, so as to make a big deal out of a small one...
But now the Second Madam refuses to admit it at all, so what about his previous plans
The governor of Shuntian Prefecture felt that he had taken on a hot potato and was very dissatisfied.
The second lady had a piercing smile on her face, and her words were like thorns: "Didn't the lord ask me to come here to investigate? I have already said it, and I can testify that the letter is true. It was Peng Caichen who wrote the letter and gave it to Changgui to bring to my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law did indeed poison Da Tao according to what was said in the letter."
The yamen runners following nearby were stunned.
This case has been tried intermittently for nearly ten days. Originally, it was dragging on and on without much progress, but now it seems that the case will be closed soon.
The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture finally closed his jaw, rubbed his ears and asked again in disbelief: "What did you say?!"
Wang Tuiguan stood aside but smiled and said nothing.
The second wife stood solemnly and repeated what she had just said, and then said, "Isn't what I said clear enough? It was my sister-in-law who ordered the poisoning of Da Tao. Fortunately, the village head and his men ran away quickly, otherwise they would have died. My testimony has been very clear, right? Do we still need a retrial?!"
The mouth of the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, which had just closed, opened again in an instant.
What the hell is the Peng family doing? !
Didn't they say that the Second Madam came to confess her guilt? Why is the Second Madam now trying to implicate Madam Peng
In that case, should Madam Peng be arrested
Will the Second Madam let him go or what? !
What's even more terrible is that this was during the Beijing inspection period, and this was the most serious case handled by the Shuntian Prefecture government. He was also informed by Master Peng Er, who thought that the case would be closed today, and he even specially invited Cao Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Personnel's Examination and Reward Department to sit in on the trial!
It’s so terrible! It’s so terrible!
This time it was too late to cover it up even if I wanted to.
He glanced at Wang Tuiguan.
Tuiguan Wang nodded at him and made a gesture to indicate that Yuanwailang Cao was listening outside.
It's hard to get off the tiger.
It's hard to get off the tiger!
The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture looked at the huge trouble in front of him, frowned, and didn't know what to do.
But this confusion lasted only a moment, and he quickly made a decision based on his future and human relationships.
This case has dragged on for too long, and he has done everything he can to help the Peng family.
But helping is one thing, but he can't sacrifice his entire future for the Peng family.
The Peng family naturally didn't care. Even if the case was really confirmed and Peng Caichen and Madam Peng were sentenced, it would not have much impact on the Peng family.
But if he made a mistake, Cao Yuanwailang was outside and he might lose his job and be expelled from the capital at any time.
Who knows where in the mountains we will be driven to by then
Who would want to do a business that loses money
Besides, the Peng family couldn't blame him. It was Second Madam Peng who came out and killed First Madam Peng. It wasn't that he deliberately didn't give face to the Peng family.
He cleared his throat to calm himself, straightened his official uniform and said to Wang Tuiguan: "Get ready, let's go to court to try the case!"
Since there is no other way to go, I might as well handle this case well, so that I can gain a good reputation among the police.
Damn it, no matter whether he is from the Peng family or the Fang family, it can’t stop him from getting promoted and making money!
Catch him!