Chapter 318 Something is fishy

"Mother, please be careful with your words!" He Weian was so frightened that he quickly covered Madam He's mouth, fearing that she would say something outrageous again!

Zhilan and Zhimei, who were standing beside Tang Bao, immediately frowned and took a step forward angrily:

"presumptuous!"

"Your Highness is the Crown Prince of Daliang, holding the Imperial Sword bestowed by the late Emperor and the Golden Medal of Immunity! Under heaven, the land belongs to the king... There's no mansion that Your Highness the Crown Princess can't search!"

"The old lady of the He family spoke rudely and offended the crown prince! Take her away and give her thirty strokes of the cane as a warning to others!"

"Yes!" The secret guard immediately stepped forward and, ignoring the old lady He's crying and struggling, dragged her away mercilessly like slaughtering a New Year pig.

He Weian was horrified. He fell to his knees with a plop and scrambled to Xiao Tangbao's feet. "Your Highness, please calm down! Your Highness, please spare my life! My mother is old and I'm afraid she can't stand this torture, Your Highness!"

"Since she can't bear it, I allow you to take the punishment for your mother. Are you willing?" Xiao Tangbao said seriously.

He Weian hesitated...

Amid the crowd's sneers, the dull "bang bang" sound of sticks hitting flesh came from outside the courtyard, mixed with Madam He's shrill, then gradually weakened wails and pleas for mercy, which made everyone in the hall's scalps tingle and their hearts tremble with fear.

Too, too scary...

Zhou was terrified and huddled in the coffin, hugging herself tightly.

She originally didn't take the four or five-year-old child in the wheelchair seriously, but now she felt an indescribable fear from the bottom of her heart.

On the contrary, Shen Xinrou couldn't help but look at Xiao Tangbao a few more times. The more she looked, the more intimate she felt... She inexplicably liked the child in front of her!

The secret guards acted decisively and searched the house extensively. They soon found a set of finely crafted funeral clothes from He Ruiyuan, the size of which was exactly the same as Shen Xinrou's.

Shen Xinrou looked at her son who lowered his head as much as possible, feeling guilty like a thief, and asked the secret guard a few more questions without giving up.

When she once again confirmed that the son she had carried for ten months and raised with great difficulty had actually intended to kill her, she burst into tears of sorrow, and the little love between her and her son disappeared in an instant!

Oh, forget it... I don't want a son who is worse than an animal!!!

The embroiderers and stewards who handled the matter were brought in one after another. Under pressure, they confessed one after another, saying that this funeral and the shroud were originally prepared for Madam He...

Upon hearing this, Mother Qi was furious: "Our Madam has always been in good health, why has it come to the point where we have to prepare shrouds and a funeral?"

"Tell the truth, who were you that did this? Who was so heartless...that they actually wanted to kill the lady?!"

Seeing that he was about to be charged with murdering his wife, He Weian was extremely nervous and hurriedly defended himself, "Your Highness, my wife has been unwell and has been taking medicine all the time in recent months. My son He Rui personally serves her medicine every day, and the servants in the mansion can testify to this!"

He Rui also knelt down and said, "Yes, Your Highness! My mother has been seriously ill and was on the verge of death a few days ago. That's why I hurriedly prepared funeral clothes for her..."

"Oh, right! The governor and the court doctor said the day before yesterday that my mother wouldn't survive yesterday, so I joined my father in arranging the funeral for her!"

"Please investigate this matter, Your Highness the Crown Princess!"

"Hmm?" Xiao Tangbao propped up his dizzy head, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter as he looked at the officials nearby and asked, "Didn't Lord He say before that he suddenly contracted an acute illness yesterday and was unable to breathe, and that a misdiagnosis led to the misunderstanding and this funeral?"

The ministers responded with "yes" repeatedly. Dozens of them had heard it with their own ears, so how could they have misheard it?!

What happened in the He Mansion today is indeed strange!

Shen Xinrou's chest heaved violently. She frowned and feigned composure, saying, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess, I only take some warming and nourishing medicines. I'm in good health and have never been ill! Please investigate and make a decision for me!"

"Is there any imperial physician present?" As soon as little Tang Bao finished speaking, the imperial physician who had been staring at Tang Bao in the room immediately came out.

He excitedly went to Tang Bao, greeted him respectfully, and then followed Tang Bao's instructions to carefully check Shen Xinrou's pulse.

After a moment, the imperial physician announced, "Your Highness, Madam He's pulse is stable. Although she has some signs of Qi and blood deficiency, it is due to overwork, not a serious illness. She only needs to take good care of herself and will be fine."

Hearing this, He Weian's body shook violently, his face turned pale, and he almost fainted.

"How...how is it possible?" He murmured absentmindedly, "That bitch has been doing this for years..." He stopped abruptly before he could finish his words.

However, He Rui beside him was extremely shocked and blurted out: "She has been taking poison for so long... How can she be fine!?"

When these words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked!

The crowded mourning hall suddenly became quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.

He Rui suddenly realized that he had let the cat out of the bag. His face turned pale as paper and he covered his mouth in horror.

Shen was safe and sound, and as a husband and son, she should have been overjoyed. But why did the He family father and son look as if they had been struck by lightning and had deathly pale expressions?

Plus what the father and son just accidentally revealed...

The guests in the room gradually figured out what was going on, and the looks they gave the He family father and son became complicated and subtle.

Tsk tsk tsk…

Soon an official said meaningfully: "Sir He, you have truly married a loving and loyal wife!"

"Just learned that you 'passed away,' Madam He was so grief-stricken that she wanted to bang her head against the coffin and follow you. Fortunately, the servants fought hard to stop her!"

"Yes, Madam He has been taking care of your household and managing the affairs of the mansion for decades, helping you rise to the top... and now she's willing to die by your side. What more could a husband ask for from a wife like this!"

“…”

Everyone was talking back and forth, and the implication was obvious—

He Weian is so ungrateful for what he has! He's such a ruthless person! Today's incident clearly shows that he wants to kill his wife!

Seeing that He Weian's motive for murder still seemed insufficient, the Minister of Justice Cheng Daoquan pondered for a moment, and relying on his past friendship with Xiao Tangbao, he moved over to the little girl and whispered a few words to her...

Xiao Tangbao's eyes lit up, and he immediately gave another order: "Come! Fetch some water! Have Lord He Weian and the two sons of the Zhou family perform a blood test to determine their kinship!"