Because of their loving parents, he and his sister never thought about taking a concubine after marriage or having their husbands take concubines, adhering to the principle of one love for life.

Therefore, they also felt that it was best for Manzhu to marry the son of the steward in the mansion. She could marry before Xie Yun, and whether she continued to work with Xie Yun or stayed in the Xie mansion, she could live a good life.

Everything they did was for Manju's sake.

Gu Xin asked the yamen runners to bring Manzhu out again. This time, Manzhu's eyes were no longer calm, but she was not flustered either.

She smiled at Gu Xin: "Your Highness is truly remarkable. You managed to get the information out of me, but you managed to get it out of Ye Cuiru!"

Gu Xin sneered: "Confess!"

Manzhu looked at Xie Jun with deep affection, and after just one glance, she confessed.

She killed Xie Yun with the help of Ye Cuiru, because Ye Cuiru's family delivered goods from the capital to the city and were familiar with the guards at the city gate. She was able to slip through the cracks and no one knew about her comings and goings.

She lied to Ye Cuiru, implying in every way that Song Yi had fallen in love with Xie Yun, that they were mutually in love, and that if Song Yi passed the imperial examination this year, he would go to the Xie family to propose marriage, as the Xie family patriarch and madam both liked a son-in-law like Song Yi.

She told Ye Cuiru that Xie Yun approached her only to find out Song Yi's preferences, and that Xie Yun would then mock Ye Cuiru at home, saying that Ye Cuiru was not worthy of Song Yi, and that it was like a toad trying to eat swan meat.

It was also said that Song Yi only pitied Ye Cuiru, and that Song Yi had already told Xie Yun, and even told Xie Yun not to be angry.

Ye Cuiru hated Xie Yun intensely. Manzhu found a time when the hatred was at its peak and asked Ye Cuiru for help, which Ye Cuiru did.

Ye Cuiru truly did not know that Manzhu intended to kill Xie Yun. She simply thought that Manzhu, as a maid, had been bullied by Xie Yun and wanted to teach Xie Yun a lesson.

They carried everyone into the cave. Of course, the purse in the cave was indeed cut off and burned by Ye Cuiru to vent her anger.

As for the earrings, Manzhu stole them because they were a gift from Xie Jun. Manzhu remembered her birthday, which was the same as Xie Yun's, so she took them as a gift from Xie Jun. However, when Xie Yun was transported back to the city, one earring was lost, and the pearl hairpin she was wearing that day also broke and fell off.

Manzhu made an excuse to go see Xie Yun on the ninth day of the month, and then followed a cart that delivered vegetables and firewood to the Xie family from the village outside the city. Later, she said she wanted to transport something back to the city, so she rented an oxcart. She lied about her name, so there was no record of her entering or leaving the city on the city gate record post.

She had learned kung fu from the Xie siblings, and she was very good at it. She could easily defeat Xie Jun, but no one knew that.

No dogs were kept in Xima Alley, so when she carried Xie Yun over the wall into the courtyard at night and lowered Xie Yun to the bottom of the well with a rope, no one in Xima Alley knew.

Manzhu confessed everything, and the officials quickly recorded it. Finally, Manzhu affixed her fingerprint to the document.

As an accomplice, and for failing to report the crime, Ye Cuiru was also imprisoned.

Manzhu was sentenced to beheading, Ye Cuiru was imprisoned for ten years, Song Yi and Ye's brother and sister-in-law were given ten strokes of the cane because they failed to report the crime in time and helped to cover it up, while Ye's parents, who were unaware of the situation, were released.

That's how the case ended.

Gu Xin felt quite sad. The Xie family had been so good to Manzhu, but they had spoiled her and caused this outcome.

Just like her parents said, some people can never be truly tamed because they have no heart.