Listening to her second aunt's words, Yunling realized how shrewd this person was, managing to absolve herself completely in just a few words. Unfortunately, Yunling disliked this kind of illegitimate attempt to clean up her mess, and directly asked:

How did my second aunt know that my older sister had fallen into the pond?

"Did you witness it with your own eyes, or did you stand by the pond and push her in, or did your nephew try to scare her into jumping in like a toad trying to eat a swan?"

"I'm not going to say anything more. She fell down by accident."

"I won't say anything more. How do you know she fell down accidentally? Did my older sister tell you herself?"

The second aunt finally understood Yunling's silver tongue. Everyone says that business people are cunning and treacherous, and it's true!

"This...this is just a few steps, but Chu-jie fell into the pond with such a loud splash, we must have heard it."

“Since you could hear us, why did you let your nephew fall in? Don’t you know there’s a difference between men and women? Couldn’t you have gone down to save him? Couldn’t you have asked your second uncle to use a long pole to hold him up? Do you have a mouth? Couldn’t you have called for someone else to come and save him? Your aunt is here, isn’t she? We all grew up in the village, and there are plenty of young women who know how to swim, so why did you have to let your nephew save him?”

"In the heat of the moment, we didn't think much. We just wanted to save him. After all, it's a human life, right, Brother Hua?"

Yun Shenghua remained silent; his stern face was the best response he could give.

Yun Ling gave a thoughtful "Oh," then looked at Fang Li and asked:

"How did you hold my older sister in the water?"

“I…I…she accidentally fell into the pond and panicked, splashing around frantically. I was afraid she would drown, so I jumped in and picked her up.”

"Are you deaf? I asked you how you hugged my older sister, why are you making up stories?"

"How else could I hold her? Her arms were flailing up and down, so I just picked her up in front of her."

Yunling's heart finally settled. Come to think of it, Yun Chu could swim; she would never let such a beast take advantage of her.

"You said you picked her up in front of your sister, but I heard Master Qin say that if you encounter someone who has fallen into the water, you should never pick her up from the front, otherwise she will grab the rescuer like a lifeline and tear them to death. But why are you not injured?"

"I...I..."

This was a difficult question for Fang Li to answer. He could have refuted it if someone else had said it, but it was that upright official who said it. How could he question an official?

"I went around behind her and picked her up."

"From behind, huh? And how did you hug me? I want to see what the difference is between what Master Qin said and what you did."

"I...I..."

These repeated calls of "Master Qin" were driving Fang Li crazy, so he changed his address:

"I didn't hug her, I touched her."

"You touched her, so where did you touch my older sister?"

This was the same question again. Fang Li was at his wit's end. He didn't want to get entangled with Yun Ling anymore, so he knelt down in front of Yun Shenghua and said:

"I did touch Chu Niang, and I will take responsibility for her. I will treat her well for the rest of my life. Please grant my request, Uncle."

"Yes, you can stay in jail and take good care of my sister."

Yunling's gaze then swept back and forth across her second uncle, second aunt, and Fang Li's faces, and she smiled:

"You two are suspected of wantonly trafficking people who are useful to the court, and you are suspected of cooperating in trafficking, as well as murder for sexual purposes. Even if you don't die, you will spend the rest of your life in prison."

"You're lying! I didn't!"

"Didn't you just say you touched my older sister? My older sister has been able to swim since she was little, so she didn't need you to save her. You said you touched her, but isn't the action of pushing her into the water the only way to touch her?"

Fang Li panicked a little and hurriedly explained:

"I didn't, I didn't touch her. She really did fall into the pond by herself, but she swam ashore by herself. I didn't touch her at all."

My second aunt gave this unperturbed brat a good slap. He was afraid of Yunling, but she wasn't.

"Ling-jie, we are still relatives after all, so please don't say anything carelessly."

“Good relatives are called family, bad relatives are called deadly. How am I talking nonsense? What reason did you use to trick my sister into coming here? You can find out by asking my sister. There is also Elder Zhong from Ren'an Hall as a witness. Do you really think you can just walk away after doing bad things?”

Yunling looked at her second uncle with disdain. Her second aunt was one thing, but her second uncle and her mother were close siblings. How could he be so cruel as to harm his own sister's daughter?

“Father, I think we should send them to the county government today to rid the people of this scourge and save Aunt’s marriage from being delayed.”

The second aunt was frightened. She quickly stepped forward, grabbed Yunling's hand, and said in a tearful voice:

“Ling’er, your second uncle and your mother are blood relatives, even if their blood is broken. You can’t let your second uncle go to jail.”

She then looked at Yun Shenghua and said:

“Hua-ge’er, back then it was your second brother who carried your third sister’s dowry to your house to set up the house. He truly blessed you and your third sister.”

Yunling casually pulled her hand away.

"Second Aunt, since Second Uncle and my mother are siblings, why don't you go to jail? You're not, after all."

The second aunt's eyes welled up with tears as she looked at Yun Shenghua.

"Hua-ge'er, back then no one believed in you. Your father's fate was uncertain, and I..."

"Your second aunt doesn't think highly of you either. She even urged your mother to marry someone from the same village so that she could have someone to look after the family."

Second Aunt truly hated Yunling, that heartless and cruel brat. She had no other choice at the moment. Her husband was a good-for-nothing fool who relied on her for everything, and she was living a very stifling life.

The more she thought about it, the angrier and more wronged she felt. Ever since she married into the Zhang family, she hadn't had a single good day. Every day she was suppressed by the eldest son's wife, and every year she was suppressed by Zhang Shi, who had married out of the family. She had thought that this time she could take advantage of the opportunity to turn things around.

In the end, it was all gone, everything was gone.

My second aunt sat down on the ground in despair, crying like a pig being slaughtered, and screaming:

"My God, why is my life so miserable? I married an incompetent husband, and my two children are good-for-nothings. Now I'm being wrongly accused and going to jail. I don't want to live anymore."

Yun Shenghua frowned even more deeply and looked at Yun Ling, saying:

"Ling-jie, since Second Sister-in-law has said so, I think it might be better to..."

"Father, whatever you want to do, I will support you."

As her aunt's complexion improved slightly, she knew that no man in the world could withstand her tears, and Yun Shenghua was no exception.