Su Jinli's face was icy cold. She walked straight to the table and slammed the blood-lettered letter on it with a loud "bang". Her voice was filled with uncontrollable anger: "How did my mother die back then? You must give me an explanation today!"
Old Mrs. Wang's face changed instantly, but in the blink of an eye, she turned into a tearful look: "Oh, my mother-in-law passed away early, and I have been heartbroken all these years! Every time I think of it, I feel extremely sad..." She wiped her tears hypocritically while secretly glancing at Su Jinli's reaction.
"Sad? You're not qualified to say you're sad!" Young Marquis Su's eyes widened as he stormed in, carrying a wooden sword. "Did you, an old hag, poison my sister's mother to death?"
"Little kid, don't talk nonsense!" Old Lady Wang's eyes flickered, and she gave a subtle look. The maid beside her understood and hurriedly brought two cups of tea with a flattering smile on her face: "Madam, Master, try this new tea, it is very soothing."
Su Jinli's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of the bright red dot on the maid's sleeve—the mark unique to the Wang family's assassins. She thought to herself, "Oh no!" Without hesitation, she reached out and overturned the teacup, sending the scalding hot tea splattering down Old Lady Wang's skirt. "Trying to silence me? You old bastard! Don't even think about denying it today!"
"Catch the assassin! Someone's trying to kill me!" Old Lady Wang suddenly screamed, her voice piercing. As she shouted, eight servants, long swords in hand, rushed in like wolves and tigers. Young Marquis Su showed no fear, swinging his wooden sword and slashing. For a moment, the blades flashed and the shadows flashed. However, the servants were outnumbered, and they quickly entangled Young Marquis Su, making it difficult for him to escape.
Jiang Yan quickly protected Su Jinli behind him and retreated while observing his surroundings vigilantly. At this moment, he suddenly smelled a strange tea fragrance in the air - there was a drug in the tea!
Chapter 153 Jiang Yan comes to the rescue, with solid evidence
"Madam, hold your breath!" Jiang Yan's expression was tense, and he quickly covered Su Jinli's mouth and nose. At the same time, he quickly flung several silver needles from his sleeves and shot them at the servants like lightning. With a few "puffs", the silver needles hit the servants' wrists, and the long swords fell to the ground with a "clang". The servants felt pain and fear on their faces.
"Jiang Zhuangyuan is so arrogant! How dare you run wild in my Wang family!" Old Lady Wang hid behind the servants and shouted fiercely, "That blood letter is clearly a malicious frame-up by that bitch Liu, trying to slander me!"
"Really?" Jiang Yan sneered, took out a letter from his arms, and said with a firm look, "This is the testimony that Liu asked someone to hand over to the Dali Temple before she died." It turned out that Jiang Yan had been prepared for this. After learning that Liu had sent a letter, he arranged for secret guards to closely monitor every move in the temple.
When Old Lady Wang heard this, her face turned pale as paper, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. Suddenly, as if she had gone mad, she grabbed the scissors on the table and stabbed Su Jinli viciously. Young Marquis Su was sharp-eyed, and with a loud shout, he slashed at the scissors with a sword. With a "click", the blade flew past Old Lady Wang's nose, scaring her so much that her face turned pale. "Old hag, let's see if you dare to commit murder again!" Young Marquis Su kicked Old Lady Wang in the stomach. Old Lady Wang screamed and fell to the ground.
"Search!" Jiang Yan shouted. The well-trained secret guards quickly searched the room. Soon, they found an exquisite wooden box under Old Lady Wang's bed. Opening the box, they found the account book used to bribe the maid and half a bottle of poison that had not been used up.
"It's not me! This is all the housekeeper's fault. I have nothing to do with it!" Old Lady Wang collapsed to the ground, arguing at the top of her lungs. Su Jinli looked at the familiar handwriting on the account book, and a pang of pain pierced her heart—it was the list of supplements sent by the Wang family before her biological mother passed away. The evidence was irrefutable, and Old Lady Wang's guilt was irrefutable.
Chapter 154 The truth is revealed and the grudge is settled
Soon, officers from the Dali Temple arrived. Seeing this, Old Lady Wang continued to cry and scream about her injustice, attempting a final struggle. Su Jinli watched her being dragged away by the yamen runners. Suddenly, a scene of her mother gently teaching her to paint surfaced in her mind, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Sister, don't cry." Young Marquis Su handed over the handkerchief distressedly, his eyes filled with concern and anger, "No one will dare to bully you anymore."
Jiang Yan gently put his arm around Su Jinli's shoulders and whispered to her in comfort, "Madam, everything is over. Evildoers will eventually be punished, and my mother-in-law's spirit can rest in peace."
When Prime Minister Su returned to the residence and heard about this, he was so angry that he trembled all over. He suddenly smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground and shouted, "How dare the Wang family be so bold as to murder my wife! I will make them pay a heavy price!" After that, he immediately bent down to write a memorial, earnestly requesting the emperor to severely punish the Wang family.
Three days later, an imperial decree was issued: the old lady of the Wang family was guilty of heinous crimes and was thrown into the Heavenly Prison. All the Wang family's property was confiscated. Su Jinli went to the Heavenly Prison to visit Old Lady Wang. At this time, Old Lady Wang's hair had completely turned white and her face was haggard. Through the bars, she suddenly let out a strange laugh: "Your mother blocked my son's way, she deserves to die!"
"If my mother were still alive, seeing you like this, she would probably sigh and bring you a bowl of hot soup. But you are so cruel." Su Jinli turned around and walked away with a calm expression. The sunlight on her face seemed to dispel the last trace of haze in her heart.
Chapter 155: After the rain, the sky clears and the house is full of honey
After the Wang family's downfall, the capital seemed to have been washed by a spring rain, becoming considerably quieter. On a bright, sunny day, Su Jinli leisurely sat in the courtyard, drying her books. Si Yan sat nearby, clutching an abacus, calculating the silver seized from the Wang family's confiscations with a serious, almost momentous task. Nian Li squatted beside a flowerpot, carefully burying chili seeds in the soil.
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