Jiang Tian, a renowned渣女 (scorned woman/player) in her lifetime with countless boyfriends, was recruited by the Main God after her death to become an invincible host for the Female Lead group.<...
"I will reward anyone who can accuse her of a crime and provide evidence with it with ten taels of silver."
"Whoever names ten crimes will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver."
"Whoever speaks the most, I will help them get rid of their slave status, and I will also give them a thousand taels of silver for travel expenses."
Her words caused an uproar!
A thousand taels of silver—they couldn't earn that much even after working as servants for hundreds of years!
With a thousand taels of silver, even if he feared Aunt Chu's revenge, he could still leave the capital, find another place to live, and live a smooth and comfortable life.
Many people were tempted.
"I'll only give you half a quarter of an hour to consider. If you're still hesitating, then you deserve not to get the money."
"Whoever gains the upper hand first will receive the last thousand taels of silver."
The more indifferent Jiang Tian appeared, the more anxious others became, fearing that she might retract her promise.
As everyone was itching to make a move, Aunt Chu struggled desperately, her eyes bulging as she glared at Jiang Tian with utter resentment!
However, her daily embroidery skills were no match for those of the trained embroiderers arranged by Jiang Tian.
She could only watch helplessly as Jiang Tian undermined their morale, winning them over and getting them to confess her crimes.
A young maid finally couldn't hold back any longer. She knelt down and kowtowed: "Aunt Chu gave the other concubines a drug that would prevent them from having children. The drug was prescribed by Doctor Sun from the west of the city. He colluded with Aunt Chu!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces showed shock.
Jiang Tian smiled again. She raised her hand, and soon a guard brought over an old man.
Without Jiang Tian even needing to say a word, the old man, who had been dealt with on the road, burst into tears and confessed all his illicit affairs with Aunt Chu.
He would first examine the patient's pulse and tell her that the concubines needed tonics to conceive, then he would replace the tonics with infertility drugs.
Since those were just maids who shared rooms with the emperor, no one cared if they couldn't get pregnant, so Aunt Chu's crimes were never exposed.
Now that the old doctor has admitted it, those concubines wish they could bite Aunt Chu to death!
They can no longer have children, so what hope do they have in their secluded mansions?
Wei Wenxuan's expression changed from initial shock to intense anger.
Jiang Tian smiled and said to Wei Wenxuan, "You're already in a hurry because it's just one item? You're really not steady enough."
Jiang Yu listened from the side and broke out in a cold sweat.
If it weren't for the fact that she was weak and sickly from taking medicine for many years, and that being given the infertility-inducing drug would easily cause her to have a hemorrhage, Aunt Chu would never have let her go!
That little girl was just a lowly sweeper, but she knew quite a lot.
After recounting this incident, she also mentioned that Aunt Chu liked to punish servants, and that she had broken the legs of a pretty maid and sent her away, and that the maid had hanged herself because she had no medical treatment.
She also mentioned that in order to prevent Wei Xixue from practicing the zither on snowy days, Aunt Chu had someone smash the roof of the old zither teacher's house. The old teacher caught a cold in the winter and left the Wei family not long after.
Other stories, such as how Aunt Chu coveted a fine piece of fabric, used Jiang Yu's invitation card to invite other ladies to her home for tea, and then blamed Wei Jinxiu for throwing a tantrum to get the fabric, and finally got her wish, were just small matters that she couldn't stop talking about.
In short, this young girl recounted many of the bad things that Aunt Chu had done. Although there were many trivial matters in between, her ruthlessness was evident everywhere.
These things are easy to investigate, and Aunt Chu has no way to deny them.
Jiang Tian rewarded the little girl with 120 taels of silver, and she was overjoyed.
The silver dazzled the servants.
One by one, they stepped forward, their voices growing louder and louder, all trying to expose the true face of Aunt Chu, who appeared to be kind on the surface.
Jiang Tian remained calm and collected. He would investigate whoever said it, and reward them if the information was true.
However, as time went on, they had less and less to say, and no one spoke of the crimes involving Jiang Yu's dowry.
It's not that they don't want to talk, but that they simply don't have any evidence.