Chapter 147 Lies and Truth
Actually, she lied to her grandmother just now!
She said she conspired with others to murder her grandmother because she suffered inhuman abuse after marrying Lu Ming, which fueled her resentment.
Actually, that's not the case!
Whether it was Lu Ming keeping a mistress, his children being replaced, or being beaten and repeatedly tortured with poison, all of these things happened after his grandmother died.
With the death of his grandmother, the Xuanping Marquis's mansion lost its pillar of support.
Lu Ming also secretly revealed that the Min family had conspired to poison his grandmother.
The Marquis of Xuanping's mansion was suddenly universally condemned.
Memorials accusing the people of the Marquis of Xuanping of being unfilial were raining down on the Emperor's desk.
Afterwards, people from the Qiao family came with a doctor and evidence, and filed a complaint against the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion in the yamen. In the end, they even forcibly opened the coffin to examine the body, confirming the crime of the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion in murdering the grandmother.
As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. The crime of the Min family poisoning their grandmother had barely been confirmed when, soon after, the crimes of the Xuanping Marquis's mansion—abusing its power, disregarding human life, and forcing women into prostitution—were exposed by those with ulterior motives.
With multiple crimes punished together, the Min family was quickly stripped of their titles and their property confiscated, ultimately leading to their destruction and death.
However, she escaped this ordeal because of her status as a married woman, but long before the Min family's downfall, she had already been tortured to the point of wishing for death by Lu Ming.
It wasn't until that moment that she understood that her grandmother was the backbone of the Xuanping Marquis's mansion. Without her grandmother, the Xuanping Marquis's mansion was like a rootless duckweed, which would be overturned by any storm.
So, after the Min family's tragedy, she finally mustered her last bit of courage and perished together with Lu Ming.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back in the past, back to before she married Lu Ming.
Moreover, some things are different from those in the previous life.
After recalling the past and comparing it repeatedly, she finally realized that someone else had been reborn just like her.
And that person, if there are no surprises, is none other than the grandmother, Min Qiaoshi, who was poisoned by all of them in their previous life!
When she was first reborn, she felt guilty and remorseful, and dared not face her grandmother, so she could only try to avoid meeting her grandmother.
Privately, she also tried to advise her mother not to provoke her grandmother.
In this life, some things have changed because of my grandmother's rebirth.
For example, her marriage to Lu Ming!
Despite the damage to the Marquis's reputation caused by the annulment of the engagement, and the physical harm inflicted by Feixu's revenge, she was still grateful to God for giving her a second chance.
Moreover, through her observation, she also realized that her reborn grandmother had become indifferent to everyone in the Marquis's mansion and was no longer willing to concern herself with anything related to the mansion, only wanting to live her own happy life.
So, at that time, filled with guilt and gratitude, she prepared to live peacefully with her grandmother and go her separate ways.
However, things didn't go as planned.
Grandmother no longer cares about things, but trouble still comes knocking.
After Madam He entered the family and took charge of the household affairs, Min Yuerui changed her name and was added to the family genealogy. Her mother was short-sighted and narrow-minded, and was constantly targeted and schemed against by Madam He. There was also the shady dealings in her marriage to Min Yuerui, her brother's affair with a courtesan, and the poisoning of Madam Zheng...
Everything felt like it was being pushed from behind by a giant hand, filling her with fear yet leaving her powerless to resist!
Especially two months ago, when her mother became involved in the poisoning of Madam Zheng, she realized that no matter how clever she was or how much she tried to protect herself, she couldn't stop the schemes of those with ulterior motives.
It was only then that she truly realized how difficult it had been for her grandmother to protect the Marquis's mansion over the years!
And during this period, how much effort and dedication did Grandmother put into the Marquis's mansion!
More importantly, she finally realized that she didn't have her grandmother's abilities at all! She couldn't protect anyone!
Therefore, she looked forward to it and waited, hoping that her grandmother could return to Beijing soon.
She wanted to tell her grandmother everything, to ask for her forgiveness, and to let her grandmother once again become the pillar of Xuanping Marquis's mansion!
But when she actually faced her grandmother, her fear and unease made her lie unconsciously.
She dared not let her grandmother know that her resentment towards her grandmother in her past life was merely due to her own narrow-mindedness and grudges, as well as a few provocative words from Lu Ming!
She dared not let her grandmother know that all the sacrifices her grandmother had made in her past life had been betrayed by these heartless people!
In their past life, simply because of their grandmother's domineering nature, simply because of their dissatisfaction with her, and simply because of a few words of provocation from those around them, they all joined forces to poison their grandmother!
So, she reversed the timeline of events.
Using his own personal experiences of pain and torment, he staged a heartfelt performance of self-inflicted suffering in front of his grandmother.
Unfortunately, Grandmother did not soften her heart.
But she could tell that her grandmother had wavered for a moment.
She will continue to work hard and perform well in order to gain her grandmother's forgiveness as soon as possible.
Min Yuexi's mind was racing, all she could think about was how to win back Min Qiao's heart, and she didn't care at all about her disfigurement.
However, faced with the fact that her daughter was disfigured, Ms. Wu was devastated.
After settling Min Yuexi's affairs and watching her fall asleep, Madam Wu removed the gold hairpin from her hair, held it tightly in her hand, and then strode out of Ruyun Pavilion with a resolute look in her eyes, heading straight for the Green Shade Garden where Madam He lived.
She was going to kill He, the woman who had plotted against her!
Not long after news of Madam Zheng's poisoning broke, she realized that she had fallen into He's trap.
She kindly arranged marriages for her daughter, kindly provided her with dowry, kindly gave her advice, and kindly introduced her to Madam Yu... all of this was Madam He's meticulously planned scheme!
If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have been branded as someone who murdered Madam Zheng.
Her daughter wouldn't kowtow until her head bled in an attempt to apologize to the Duke of Jin's mansion on her behalf.
I will not risk getting my head bruised and bleeding, or even disfigured, just to protect the old lady today!
However, just as Ms. He rushed to the entrance of Green Shade Garden, someone blocked her way.
Wu suddenly realized that the person blocking her way was Wei Jia, who was standing next to Min Qiao.
She stared at Wei Jia in astonishment, her mind filled with confusion.
"Why are you stopping me, young lady?"
Wei Jia smiled and said, "The young lady is injured and cannot be separated from Madam. Madam should go back and take care of the young lady."
Madam Wu frowned, her eyes full of doubt. What did Wei Jia mean by that? She had only left the house after watching her daughter fall asleep.
"Madam, please don't do anything foolish. The young lady and the two young masters still need your care."
Wei Jia stepped forward, reached out and supported Wu's arm, whispered a reminder in Wu's ear, and then, with an irresistible force, dragged Wu away from the entrance of Green Shade Garden.
Wu was startled. After leaving the Green Shade Garden, she looked at Wei Jia with suspicion and uncertainty. "You knew what I was going to do? So you deliberately came to stop me? Did the Grand Madam send you?"
Wei Jia smiled and shook her head. "I only saw Madam looking gloomy as she left Ruyun Pavilion when I went there to visit the eldest young lady. I was afraid she might do something foolish, so I followed her. The Grand Madam was unaware of this."
Ms. Wu relaxed slightly, but her tightly furrowed brows remained. "Then why did you stop me?"
"What is Madam planning to do? Kill Concubine He?" Wei Jia slowly pried open Madam Wu's hands and took the gold hairpin from her. "Has Madam considered the consequences of doing this?"
Wu bit her lip tightly, and after a long while, she said with a pale face, "I don't care about anything else! I'm going to kill that bitch He! It's all because that bitch plotted against me that my Xi'er suffered this undeserved disaster!"
After saying this, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but cover her face and weep.
Wei Jia sighed and put the gold hairpin back into Madam Wu's hair. "Don't worry, Madam. The Grand Madam will hold Aunt He accountable for her plotting against Madam Zheng."
"As for the injury on the young lady's forehead, it may still be treatable and may not necessarily result in disfigurement."
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