Shen Lanxue stood to the side, covering her mouth, not daring to make a sound.
So, her husband was the son of a disgraced official? And she was the wife of a disgraced official?
No.
No, it won't.
How could the man she carefully selected be a criminal?
She suddenly turned around and ran away frantically.
She was going to investigate; she was going to find out the truth.
"Smack!"
Lin Dehong angrily raised his hand and slapped Zou Shuang'er hard across the face.
Zou Shuang'er lost her balance and was thrown hard to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
She covered her cheeks and suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Lin Dehong, I bore you children, I was your mistress for more than ten years, and I was insulted and beaten for you."
"In the end, she's not even as good as that Ye Lanyin who gave birth to an illegitimate child!!"
"The Marquis's mansion has come to this state entirely of your own making. It's because you were lustful and couldn't resist my temptations. It's because you were blinded by greed, wanting both a beautiful woman in your arms and a career in government!"
"Two of your three children died, and the remaining one is serving three years in prison. All of this is because you, as a father, failed to fulfill your responsibilities."
"If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. Now that things are tough, you're blaming me?"
"That's not what you said when you were under my skirt—"
Zou Shuang'er shouted these words almost frantically, her mind completely insane.
Lin Dehong was so angry that he couldn't catch his breath and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Pfft~"
He clutched his chest, wiped his mouth haphazardly, and gasped for breath.
Then, in a fit of rage, he raised his leg and stomped furiously on Zou Shuang'er's abdomen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
He used all his strength with each strike, but it was no use in quelling the hatred in his heart.
Before he got married, he genuinely admired Ye Lanyin. He loved her talent, her gentle and dignified demeanor, and her integrity and kindness.
He was blind; he'd been misled by Zou Shuang'er for so many years. These kids are clearly wicked!
If it weren't for these children, he might not have continued his relationship with Zou Shuang'er.
He hates it!
Why!
Why does fate have to play such a cruel trick on him?
Zou Shuang'er's face contorted in pain, and she vomited several mouthfuls of blood during the ordeal.
But seeing Lin Dehong, who was also in immense pain, she felt a surge of satisfaction.
"Lin Dehong, you are truly pitiful."
"You fell in love with Ye Lanyin long ago, but compared to your feelings for Ye Lanyin, you love your future more, which is why you had an affair with me, the daughter of a disgraced official."
"You'd rather be deceived by me than believe that you love her."
"So now you are in pain, sad, and full of regret."
"Hahaha……"
Suddenly, her smile vanished, and she became serious again.
"But isn't Ye Lanyin ruthless and vicious?"
"Knowing full well that you have a mistress, I still deliberately let you take so many concubines, just to make you and me drift apart."
"She had planned to divorce him long ago, but she deliberately set up some feng shui and fortune-telling in the mansion to frame the children and make them sever ties with her."
"She was clearly the most wicked person, yet she still managed to win your love?"
Lin Dehong stopped, met Zou Shuang'er's eyes, those of a disgraced official, and said, word by word:
"Tell me, did you kill the concubines in your household?"
Zou Shuang'er sneered as if she had heard a great joke:
"Hmph, it's their good fortune that I killed them."
“They stole the father of my child, they stole my husband, they deserve to die.”
"You jealous woman!!!" Lin Dehong said angrily, "They walk on thin ice in this house, they are obedient and well-behaved, yet you won't even let innocent people go, and even frame Ye Lanyin?"
"Innocent?" Zou Shuang'er swallowed the blood, enduring the pain. "When you threw Lingwei and the other two out the door for the evil spirit to devour, did you ever think about how wicked you were?"
"I was just imitating what others did, hahaha..." As she spoke, a tear rolled down Zou Shuang'er's cheek.
She hates it.
She hates it!!!
"Ahhh..." Lin Dehong suddenly shouted wildly, then squatted down, grabbed Zou Shuang'er by the neck, and pulled her up tightly.
My mind was clouded by anger and hatred.
Zou Shuang'er had been hit more than a dozen times by Lin Dehong, and was now barely breathing.
Pulled like that, she couldn't stand up at all and could only open her eyes wide in terror, trying to struggle against the devil's hand.
"Zou Shuang'er, I'll kill you, I'll kill you—" Lin Dehong almost roared.
"Crack."
Enraged, Lin Dehong snapped Zou Shuang'er's neck.
Fear still lingered in Zou Shuang'er's eyes, but they were no longer alive.
Lin Dehong, as if possessed, showed no intention of letting her go, pinching her repeatedly.
"You vile woman, you lowly servant, you wicked devil!"
"Give me back my title of Marquis, and give me back my first wife—"
Only after he had released his emotions did Lin Dehong release his hands.
Zou Shuang'er's already cold body slowly fell to the ground with a dull thud that echoed through the courtyard.
Just then, a large group of soldiers rushed in from outside.
"Who committed murder?" asked Lord Wei, the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review.
Lin Dehong looked at Lord Wei and his soldiers, who were acting aggressively, and then said blankly, "I killed them."
"take away!"
Xiao Wanwan and Yao Qianshu, hiding in the bushes, witnessed a murder, leaving them trembling with fear.
Yao Qianshu, in particular, buried his face in Xiao Wanwan's arms, sticking his butt out as if afraid of being hit.
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