"Yangming! I'll take care of this matter. Your reputation cannot be ruined." Yang Heng patted Chen Yangming's shoulder. "This is the second time your mother has attacked me. This is intolerable. My patience has reached its limit."

When Zhou heard this, she was frightened out of her wits.

She originally wanted to kill two birds with one stone, not only to solve the problem of her eldest son, but also to force Yang Heng into a desperate situation. Then she could let him help her second son and gain a firm foothold in his official career.

Unexpectedly, people saw through her trick and really went to Jingzhao Prefecture. Not only was she embarrassed, but her life in Pingshun Marquis Mansion would be difficult in the future.

What about her second son? He was already incompetent, and if he was implicated by her, would he still be able to sit on the position of Marquis peacefully?

“Bang!”

Zhou waved her hand and slapped the nanny behind her to the ground, pointing at her nose and cursing at her.

"You old bitch, you actually dared to ruin my good thing. I understand that you are resentful of the boss for not respecting you and want to teach him a lesson, but why did you want to kill him?

You are a cunning servant who can't even tolerate the eldest son of the family. What use is there for you?"

As she spoke, she took the bowl of poisoned tea and was about to pour it into the nanny's mouth. Zhou's plan was that Chen Yangming and Yang Heng would come over to stop her from doing this crazy thing, and she would take this opportunity to pour out the water in the teacup.

After destroying the body, she would deny it when the people from Jingzhao Prefecture came. There was no evidence anyway, and they would not do anything to an old woman like her.

Unexpectedly, the two of them had no intention of going over to persuade them. They just watched helplessly. The little girl in Yang Heng's arms had a smile on her face. She was not afraid of their mischief at all. Instead, she watched with great interest.

The maid on the ground kept resisting and begging, "Madam! I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again. Madam, please spare my life!"

Zhou pretended to be angry and insisted on forcing Nanny to drink poisoned tea. Unfortunately, the performance was too fake and Naituanzi was not satisfied.

[If you want to drink it, just drink it quickly! Why are you shouting so loudly? You even spilled the tea. You are clearly acting, but you are not acting hard enough. It's boring.]

Yang Heng glanced at the two old women on the ground, then turned to look at Chen Yangming.

"I don't want to let this matter go easily, Yangming! If it gets out of hand, the Pingshun Marquisate may be reprimanded by the Emperor."

"It doesn't matter." Chen Yangming smiled bitterly. "If it weren't for Brother Yang's sharp eyes and discovering their conspiracy today, I might have lost my life. The future of Pingshun Marquis Mansion? What does it have to do with me?"

After hearing this, Zhou got up from the ground and pointed at Chen Yangming: "Rebellious son! Why did you report to the police when your mother has done so much?"

"Madam, you can vent your anger, but don't find the wrong person." Yang Heng held Chu Xiaoxiao in his arms, sitting upright, and spoke in a cold tone, "It was the Duke of this country who wanted to hold you accountable for using me as a knife to plot against your eldest son.

Yangming's leg was broken when he was riding that year. It was all because you arranged people around him and tampered with the saddle. Don't think you don't know.

It is really unexpected that you dare to plot today. The Madam is very capable, but unfortunately the Duke is not a pushover either."

When the Duke Rong’s mansion reported the case, people from Jingzhao Prefecture arrived particularly quickly.

Before Zhou could say anything, Yang Heng's men grabbed her and found a paper bag containing poison on her body. The nanny on the ground was also pulled up and found to have poison powder residue in her fingers.

Yang Heng explained the cause and effect of everything, which made people's scalp tingle.

When the police arrived, many people in the teahouse rushed to watch the fun, and they also heard Yang Heng accusing Zhou of using him to plot against her eldest son Chen Yangming.

There was some residual tea on the ground. A kitten came in to lick it. After a few licks, it started foaming at the mouth, twitching all over, and fell to the ground and died.

"Oh my god! I didn't expect that the lady of Pingshun Marquis's Mansion would be so cruel and ruthless. It's really scary."

"You actually want to poison your son and put the blame on Duke Rong? What kind of evil intention is this?"

"This kind of woman cannot be kept alive, she must be cut into pieces."

"You are the only one who is kind, why are you so partial? You took away the eldest son's throne and gave it to the second son, and now you want his life. The eldest son of the Pingshun Marquis's mansion is too pitiful."

Everyone was talking at once, and Zhou was completely confused, not knowing why things had turned out like this. How could Yang Heng suddenly become so smart? He actually saw through her thoughts at a glance, which was really hateful.

Duke Rong was the person who reported the case, Chen Yangming was the witness, and Zhou and her nanny were taken to the lobby of Jingzhao Prefecture.

There was no need to investigate or collect evidence. When the nanny arrived at the court, she immediately stabbed Zhou in the back and told her all her plans for the day.

Zhou was so angry that her whole body was shaking, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Chu Xiaoxiao asked someone for a needle and stabbed Zhou's philtrum, causing her to wake up in pain.

"Damn it, you dared to stab me."

Zhou's reflex was to hit someone, but he was kicked away.

This person was none other than Crown Prince Li Sizu.

"How dare you! You dare to attack the Lord of Lingxiao County. This is insubordination. The Lady of Pingshun Marquis's Mansion is really unreasonable. She should be taught a lesson."

Although Li Sizu was young, he still had the dignity of a royal family. His scolding frightened Zhou so much that she dared not say a word.

Hearing that his sister Xiaoxiao was in Jingzhao Prefecture, he came here after finishing all his courses. As soon as he arrived, he saw the old woman trying to hit someone.

hateful!

Sister Xiaoxiao is the lucky star of Dongsheng. She is the little fairy sent by God to save them and their son. How can she be beaten at will?

Upon hearing this, the prefect of Jingzhao immediately ordered Zhou to be imprisoned.

This matter caused a big stir, and the prefect of Jingzhao did not dare to make a decision on his own. After all, the lady dowager of the Pingshun Marquisate still had an imperial edict and needed the emperor's ruling.

After listening to the case, the emperor was silent for a moment and made a decision.

"The wife of the Marquis of Pingshun was malicious. She revoked the imperial edict and imprisoned him until he died. The Marquis of Pingshun was mediocre and incompetent. He was removed from his post and exiled 3,000 miles away. He was on his way immediately. The former Marquis of Pingshun's son, Chen Yangming, was made the Earl of Pingshun."

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, the family of Pingshun Hou was exiled. Chen Yangming's family got the title, although it was downgraded to one level, from a marquis to an earl, but it was better than nothing.

As long as he works hard for the court in the future, I believe the title of Marquis will return to him sooner or later.

Chen Yangming's brother's family was exiled, and he did not send anyone to visit them. His mother could plot for him and kill him, so his brother must have said or done something in the middle.

A person can be partial but he will not be so partial as to kill someone, besides, he is also the flesh and blood of his mother.

If my younger brother had not been involved, my mother would not have been able to do her best to plan for him.

From now on, he would be his uncle in the capital, while his younger brother would live out his days in exile. It was good that the Chen brothers were not together, as there were fewer calculations.

When Zhou in the prison heard the emperor's verdict, she didn't say a word. She just sat there silently, tears streaming down her face.

She was wrong. She thought that giving the second son the best would ensure he would have no worries for the rest of his life, but in the end, everything turned out to be in vain.

Instead, the second brother's family was exiled, and the eldest brother got the title.

What did she do?