Chapter 346: Inducement of Confession

The old lady eventually fainted. The old marquis took his wife from Wei Qingyan's arms, and she seemed to have aged by more than ten years.

From the darkness of the archway, Shi Yu led out a group of people including the Grand Court Justice, Lord Liu, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, who led people to open coffins and dig graves.

He signaled the yamen runners to simply stop the bleeding on Yuepin's hands to prevent her from dying from excessive bleeding, which would be too easy for her.

They heard clearly in the dark what Yuepin had just said. It was so cruel and inhumane.

Although this vicious woman admitted it herself, such a crazy person is likely to go back on her word. The coroner who followed Liang Fusu to open the coffin has not returned yet, so they still need to wait here.

After exchanging a glance with the Dali Temple Minister, the two of them walked up to the old marquis and bowed, saying, "Old Marquis and Madam, please take care of yourselves. We will take over this place and will do our best to give Miss Sun justice."

The former hero of Feng Zhao had to suffer such a tragedy in his later years because he gave birth to a son who was worse than a pig and a dog. Both of them felt bad, but the country has its laws, and Liang Yongan and Yuepin must be punished according to the law no matter how worthless they are.

"Thank you."

The old marquis nodded slightly and said to Nanny Xi and the old man guarding the manor, "Please inform the two adults of the details of how the rebellious son drugged the old lady."

As for Wei Shijun, she had been warned before coming, but she did not mention it. She only said that the old lady accidentally knocked over the medicine bowl, and it happened to be eaten by the cat that came into the house, and then she found out that it was poisonous.

But because they didn't know who wanted to poison the old lady, they decided to take advantage of the situation. As a result, they found out that it was a maid on the farm who poisoned the old lady.

The old woman was good at cooking food from the old lady's hometown, so she was sent to the farm by Liang Yongan. The old woman explained that it was Liang Yongan who instructed her to poison.

The old couple were angry, but also curious about why Liang Yongan poisoned his own mother, so they fed the remaining poison to the old woman who did it.

He let her lie on the old lady's bed, lowered the bed curtains, and received treatment, hiding it from the doctor and the imperial physician, and continued to use the same trick against her.

Liang Yongan falsely accused the Crown Princess of this matter. The Queen sent the imperial physician to treat the old lady, and the posting of the imperial edict was all unexpected to the old couple, so they did not have time to report it to the Queen. It was not intentional deception.

After listening to Nanny Xi and the old man's stories, the two adults looked at Liang Yongan with disdain.

The Dali Temple official ordered someone to pull the sock out of Liang Yongan's mouth. "Marquis Zhenbei, you heard what they said. Do you have anything else to say about the poisoning case?"

Liang Yongan finally breathed a breath of fresh air and spat, “They are talking nonsense.”

"Bah." Nanny Xi spat back and pulled out a paper bag from her bosom. "You dare to do it but not take responsibility for it. That woman was too cowardly to put all the poison in the old lady's medicine."

She handed the paper package to the Supreme Court Justice, "This is what's left. Your Excellency, please verify whether it's the same drug that the old woman was poisoned with. And since she's still alive, as long as the poison is removed, we'll be witnesses."

Whether the old woman was sent to the manor by Liang Yongan can be found out by the Dali Temple Minister. It is not a secret.

Since the poison was prepared by Liang Yongan, he might also have the antidote.

Sure enough, after the Dali Temple Minister took the poison, he gave instructions to his subordinates.

Another hour passed and the people who opened the coffin finally arrived. There were obvious injuries on the skull of the body in the coffin. The coroner confirmed that the deceased should have died from a blow to the head, not drowning.

Upon hearing this, Liang Yongan hurriedly said, "Maybe her head hit a rock when she jumped into the lake."

"When you found Zhuzhu's shoes by the river, I personally went into the water to fish her out. There was nothing but mud in that deep lake, no rocks at all."

Liang Fusu roared at him, "The body is not Zhuzhu at all. How long are you going to deny it? How could you have the heart to do that? Are you even human?"

On his way here, he had heard from the servants about the situation here. When he learned the truth about his sister's tragic death, he wished he could bite Liang Yongan to pieces.

He did just that. Liang Yongan screamed in pain, but his hands were tied, so he could only kick around. He watched Liang Fusu spit his ear on the ground in disgust.

Liang Fusu's eyes were red, and he raised his fist in front of Liang Yongan. Seeing that Liang Yongan's face was no longer lifeless, he finally slapped himself in the face. He didn't know what to do to let his sister rest in peace, and he didn't know how to make his grandparents feel better.

He could kill Liang Yongan at all costs, but Zhuzhu would never come back, and the pain in his grandparents' hearts would never be erased.

Liang Yongan is not worth his life. If something happens to him again, his grandparents will probably die too. He still has a wife and children to protect. The law will punish him, but his heart feels like it's been pierced by steel needles.

It hurts so much, a thousand times more than being pierced by the enemy's spear.

The grief in my heart turned into a long cry to the sky, and finally turned into sobbing.

"The body belongs to a palace maid. Concubine Yue claimed that the maid died from hitting a bottle, but in fact, she was beaten to death by Liang Yongan."

Wei Qingyan suddenly spoke again, still in Liang Fuzhu's voice, "They killed the palace maids to cover up my death and to find an excuse to put the porcelain bottle away.

The palace maid who attempted suicide violated the taboo of the elderly late emperor and was ordered to be thrown into the mass grave on a straw mat. Liang Yongan retrieved the body in time and ordered people to change it into my clothes.

The maid who had disguised herself as me and left the palace that morning removed her makeup and secretly returned to Concubine Yue's side after leaving the Zhenbei Marquis's residence.

Liang Fuzhu didn't know what was happening outside the palace, so Wei Qingyan guessed based on the information she provided.

Judging from Liang Yongan's panicked expression, it was obvious that she guessed right.

"You...you shouldn't play tricks on me."

In fact, he didn't quite believe in the idea of ​​being possessed by a ghost at first, but what Wei Qingyan said sounded like something he had seen with his own eyes. It was all true, so he had to believe it.

Thinking that Wei Qingyan was now holding Liang Fuzhu, the Liang Fuzhu who had been chopped into pieces by him, his body trembled uncontrollably, but he did not forget to glare at Yuepin with resentment.

Originally, he was going to suffocate the palace maid disguised as Liang Fuzhu and throw her into the lake. However, Concubine Yue said that a palace maid had already died by her side, and if another one disappeared, it would arouse suspicion. He would have to wait until the storm died down before dealing with that palace maid.

He had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and pick up bodies from the mass grave. Who would have thought that 24 years later, someone would still open the coffin.

It's all this bitch's fault. Without her collusion, he wouldn't have been discovered by Liang Fuzhu, and the subsequent events wouldn't have happened.

She still refused to listen to advice and brought out the person in the palace, and had someone catch her wrongly. It seemed that there was no strong evidence, but all the things put together could not withstand scrutiny and in-depth investigation.

What's more, she might have seduced Qingwu's lover. She is a fickle woman and people like her deserve to die!

But he can't die!

"I didn't kill Zhuzhu, it was Concubine Yue. It was also Concubine Yue who poisoned my mother. The most I am guilty of is concealing the truth.

But I didn't hide it on purpose. She hooked up with me, and if I didn't help hide it, she would have made our affair public.

By then, I will die, and everyone in the Zhenbei Marquisate will die with me. I can only obey her, and I cannot believe the Crown Princess's nonsense."

Yuepin, who was almost fainting from the pain, suddenly looked up with disbelief in her eyes after hearing this.

But in the end, she just said, "Yes, I was dissatisfied with the late emperor's old age and took the initiative to seduce the Marquis of Zhenbei. It was me and the palace maids who killed Liang Fuzhu together. He...the Marquis of Zhenbei was not involved."

If she admitted some things, the only consequence would be death. If she didn't admit them, she would be unable to die. She had been careless over the years, and only realized before her death that she and Liang Yongan were pawns in someone's plan.

But the other party was someone she couldn't afford to offend.

This surprised everyone, including Wei Qingyan.

But she would never allow Liang Yongan any chance to escape, "You lied, you, Yuepin, and those two palace maids, the four of you did it together.

I begged you with my eyes to let me go, but you told me to be patient and it would be over. Together you put me into a porcelain bottle and poured countless salt into the bottle to prevent my body from rotting, so as to conceal it from the palace search.

It was then that I realized that you never had any father-daughter feelings for me, and all the kindness you showed me was fake, used to deceive my grandparents.

You were timid and afraid of death. In order to avoid going to the battlefield, you pretended to be sick. When your grandfather dragged you to the battlefield, you also retreated, so you were the only one who survived.

You know that you are the most incompetent among your brothers, not even as capable as your own son. You are terribly afraid that your grandfather will directly bypass you and give the title to your elder brother, so you try your best to pretend to be a filial son and a loving father.

You believe that your grandparents don't value you, not because of your own incompetence, but because they are partial to you. After your uncles and aunts died, you thought it was finally your turn, but they raised me by their side and doted on me with all their might, so you hate me.

Because of this, after everyone thought I committed suicide for love and stopped paying attention to the matter, you took my body parts out of the palace and threw them into a mass grave to feed the dogs.

You watched with your own eyes as wild dogs devoured my body, cursing me with vicious words, because I easily gained the respect of my grandparents, which you wanted but could not obtain.

"You're talking nonsense! I threw you into the lake, leaving you to be devoured by wild dogs..."

The rebuttal stopped abruptly. Liang Yongan realized that he had been fooled and glared at Wei Qingyan with resentment.

Wei Qingyan closed his eyes and fell into Shi Yu's arms.

She had said everything Liang Fuzhu wanted to say, and she had also improvised what Liang Fuzhu had not said. The truth had been made public, and the Dali Temple Minister and the Jingzhao Prefecture Governor had heard it with their own ears. With Qingwu's urging, she could leave.

And there is a good show waiting for her to plan in the palace tomorrow.