C8

Chapter VIII

"We still need to talk about this matter in a play about how Wei Xuangong built a Taiwanese daughter-in-law." Xu Chu sighed, and said calmly: "Gu You Bai said that Zhou Dynasty has forbade this custom ever since the dynasty was established, but in truth, they have never ceased to exist amongst the people. "In the theater, there are also some people who say that the most outstanding piece of music for this daughter-in-law is the song about Wei Xuan Gong Tao."

Young Master Qian looked at Xu Chu. He only felt that the voice that was initially friendly was now incomparably ear-piercing, and made him reveal a strange expression. He lowered his eyes and silently listened to the story that Xu Chu was telling, and only felt that it was sarcastic and funny.

"Because he had consciously discovered the young madam's scandal, the little bit of friendship that the Young Master Qian had towards her had completely worn away, and replacing it was endless disgust and hatred. But you also know, the Qian Family is still the head of the Master Qian, and their stepwife is still young. At any time now, she could give birth to a younger brother to replace you as the successor. As long as you do not fall out with the Zhang family, you will be the son-in-law of the family, and the young mistress will be the only daughter. So no matter what, the property of the Zhang family will be yours. " Xu Chu's eyes stared straight at Young Master Qian, "You took so much effort, you really are... "Men."

If Young Master Qian had still been holding on previously, then his face would have been completely pale and sweat would have seeped out from his forehead. He pursed his lips, staring at Xu Chu angrily and shamefully, but seeing that Xu Chu's expression was normal and did not look away, he dejectedly used up all of his strength, and miserably laughed: "Retribution, retribution indeed."

"Ji'er …" "You, you, you, you're so muddleheaded." Master Qian instantly looked like he had aged many years, falling onto his seat and crying while covering his face.

It was originally a show of affection, but now that it entered Young Master Qian's ears, it became even more ironic. He, who had already given up resisting just now, suddenly jumped up and glared at Master Qian: "Am I stupid? If you didn't defile my daughter-in-law, how could I have gotten to this point?! "Do you really think I don't know that you've secretly interacted with that slut and did all sorts of disgusting things in my wedding room?!"

Maybe it was to vent, Young Master Qian did not care about his family's humiliation, he only cared about venting. When he saw Master Qian's trembling appearance, he burst out laughing, "If you want me to raise you as my son, it will depend on whether I am happy or not. Didn't you want to know why the daughter of the Zhang family was bleeding incessantly? Didn't you want to know why she was having a low birth? The doctor said that it was due to the blood loss.

"I always knew that Aunty Xun always ate alcohol. In addition, she was too old and dizzy, so I couldn't see the door. That day, I changed into a new set of clothes and entered the manor pretending to be a servant." Initially, my heart was full of apprehension, but I didn't expect the heavens to help me. That woman was actually drunk and didn't see me at all. The Qian House has long been deserted by that slut about her small fortune, so it's very simple to avoid people's eyes and ears. " Young Master Qian shouted in a hoarse voice, "I wanted to live a good life with her."

"But that slut still doesn't know to repent. She actually resorted to the same trick again." "I've given you a chance to mend your ways, but you still don't know how to collect the grave, so don't blame me for being ruthless." Especially the hatred in the depths of her eyes, it was as if she could not dispel it even after killing the Young Lady Qian, "It is truly pitiful that she did not admit it when she died, please forgive her …"

Xu Chu looked at Master Qian and the successor wife of the Qian Family. Seeing the sadness on their faces, she could not help but sigh.

"You're talking nonsense. That slut would probably want me to die sooner, so how could she be infatuated with me?" Young Master Qian's face was sinister, like a ferocious beast that wanted to swallow the person who was spouting nonsense.

However, Xu Chu was not moved at all. She continued to look straight at him, and after frowning for a while, she slowly spoke out one word at a time: "Those who are in contact with the Master Qian, are not the Young Lady Qian, I think it should be Ying Er. As the Young Lady Qian's substitute, Ying Er coincidentally had a beginning and end with Master Qian, while Young Lady Qian borrowed Ying Er's identity … "Going out to look for a doctor …"

When these words came out, not only did Young Master Qian forget his previous insanity, even Master Qian couldn't help but shed tears.

"Young Lady Qian has been judged by the doctors to be unable to conceive since the last time she was born. She did not know the internal cause, but because she was born with a small child, she felt ashamed of herself and wanted to secretly seek a doctor to obtain a child." Xu Chu's voice was extremely calm, and she hesitated slightly, but continued to speak, "There were rumours in the residence about you and your wife having an old relationship, and your wife was not afraid of it, and had visited here many times, but as far as I know, the young mistress is still very respectful to her, and probably wants to make you understand her a little more. For a woman to be able to do this for her husband is truly lamentable. "

"She knows that her body is damaged, but she also wants to continue the offspring for you. It wasn't until she heard from the doctor that it was difficult for her to conceive, perhaps because she had eaten something too cold. Maybe we can guess, she already had some doubts in her heart regarding the matter of the small fries, but she did not dare for others to investigate, much less let them know, so she had no choice but to borrow Ying Er's identity to go out and seek medical treatment. As for the Zero Spirit Incense, it wasn't something that Ying Er bought for the young mistress, but was instead used for contraception after her affair with the Master Qian, "Xu Chu's gaze swept across the Young Master Qian's lifeless face and said without hesitation," I suspect that the young mistress had exchanged identities with Ying Er more than once. Firstly, it was because there was actually a pearl that was worn by a servant beneath the young madam's bed. It had to be known that the young madam did not like to lower the standard of using head oil. The items she used were bound to be of high quality, and no matter how much she valued the maidservants, he would not lower himself to buy head oil for them. After that, I checked the Young Madam's daily records of going out to shop everyday, and then looked at Ying Er's records. As expected, I found out that this unmarried woman, Ying Er, had multiple times sought for a doctor to treat Gong Han and other ailments, and she had even spent dozens of taels of silver each... "

"Young Master Qian, if you were a bit braver and dared to come and confront me when you discovered that you had done nothing wrong, or were even more patient and attentive towards your own wife, how could you not have noticed some mistakes and tracks? For a couple who share a bed together, to be able to reach such a state is truly pitiful and lamentable. "

After a series of blows, Young Master Qian suddenly stood up and shouted, "Impossible! I clearly saw that she added medicine to my soup … "

"You only saw her taking medicine, yet you didn't know if she did it as a tonic or a poison. She wants to have children, and you don't want to sleep with her, so how can she not think of a way? " Xu Chu shook her head, looking at the Young Master Qian, who was staring at him in shock and at a loss for words, she continued, "My guess is, at that time, when Young Madam gave you the soup, you didn't drink it, but instead fed it to the wild cat in the backyard. The wild cat just ran away, and that night, you heard the wild cat's shrill cry, and concluded that the medicinal powder the Young Madam used was for your life. "But what you don't know is that when a wild cat is in heat, its voice is already terrifying …"

After saying that, Xu Chu's gaze fell upon the kneeling and sobbing Ying Er. The current Ying Er was crying quietly, and compared to her previous sorry state, his crying was even more miserable and sorrowful.

"Maybe Ying Er found something, or was instigated by someone, that's why she chose to exchange the pillowcase with A Sheng. If it was a normal day, all they had to do was burn the pillowcase, while A Sheng took a look at the exquisite workmanship of the pillowcase, thinking that if they sold it, they could get some copper coins, thus they actually stole the evidence out of the house to hide it. "

After he finished speaking, Xu Chu looked towards the seated Xiao Qinglang who was playing with the teacups. Xiao Qinglang did not make a sound, he raised his head and signaled Wei Guang to bring them up, and continued to watch from the wall.

After a few breaths of time, Wei Guang pulled A Sheng, whose mouth was covered by a white cloth, into the room, and threw the pillow, which was embroidered with a mandarin duck with silver threads, onto the ground.

"Reporting to Your Highness, this subordinate also did as Lady Xu said and interrogated A Sheng, he had already explained everything to you, and that day Ying Er took the pillowcase and said that he was damaged, and told him to take it out to take care of A Sheng." Wei Guang cupped her fists and reported back, her cold gaze sweeping across Ying Er, causing him to shiver.

At this time, Ying Er's face had long turned deathly white. Perhaps she was frightened by A Sheng's miserable state, but it was as if she knew that she was at the end of her rope and she directly cried out loud, "I don't know, I didn't do it on purpose … It's not me … "Yes …"

Although Ying Er's stuttering pleas for mercy suddenly stopped, it did not prevent Xu Chu from seeing clearly that she had directed her gaze towards the continued unmoving and unmoving Madam Ling.

"Who is it?" Xu Chu squinted her eyes, in fact, she had already guessed in her heart that if not for someone instigating her, it would not have developed to such an extent.

It was just like how the Young Master Qian, who were able to "catch" the enemy every time, would always be pacified and humiliated just in time. Ying Er had been diligently attending to Young Lady Qian for more than ten years, even when she knew of her own background, she had never done such a thing. How could the Qian Family lose their sense of propriety after getting hold of him?

"I don't know …" "I don't know …" Ying Er cried miserably, "It's because Madam said that Master wants to take me in, but the Young Madam wants to give this servant to A Sheng. If that's the case, I'm afraid that A Sheng will hate you for the rest of his life, and not only will he not treat me well, he will even abuse this servant. Furthermore, the old master would no longer pity his servants, and would even forsake them like grass. The Madam had even covered up the matter regarding the Young Madam. Otherwise, not only would the servant be dragged to take the blame, she might even be directly beaten to death … At that time when the young mistress was on her last breath, I heard the conversation between me and the successor. I didn't want to be punished by the young mistress, so … "

Xu Chu raised his head to look at her successor, only to see that she had sat by her side as if there was no one around her. Compared to the Master Qian and the Qian Family Young Master, it was much more outstanding.

For a moment, the entire room was completely silent. Even Xiao Qinglang had stopped his teacup playing and started to carefully examine them. Especially after Ying Er recognized her as her stepwife, it caused everyone to be even more stunned.

Master Qian turned his head to look at Madam Ling and asked blankly: "Madam …"

"Heh, when did I teach you to be so heartless? Who does the old master want? How is this woman someone I can control? Young Master should naturally pay with your life for the murder, so why would you need to go and face the consequences? " Madam Ling faced the gazes of the crowd and sneered, "Don't tell me you're possessed!"

Upon seeing the calm and composed expression of Madam Ye, the crowd was even more stupefied. Especially Ying Er, who was even more confused. She carefully thought about it, it seemed that his wife really hadn't taught her how to do anything.

At this point, everyone knew that this matter had to be related to Madam Ling, but no one could come up with any evidence. After all, his wife had only said a few words across the screen at most, and she hadn't even admitted to visiting him a few times. It was Ying Er and not the young mistress.

A farce ended just like that. Be it or Young Master Qian, both of them were imprisoned for the crime of intentionally killing someone. Xu Chu was no longer concerned about what happened next. She took the silver from the Zhang family and carried the Toolbox to the county, since she would have to return the tools that she borrowed sooner or later. As for the Qian Family's new mistress' true intentions, or perhaps the powers involved, she didn't have the heart to investigate them too deeply …