"Old Madam, don't think I don't know. On the surface, you agreed to hand over the medicine shop to the Second Madam, but in your heart you didn't want to do it, so you let your wife stay in the medicine shop to work for you. You wanted to rely on her to get the medicine shop back, but you didn't expect that the Prince Consort wanted to take it back.
You took your anger out on her because you saw there was no hope of getting the medicine shop back. After killing her, you still didn't forget to cut off the root of the problem and kept sending people to kill us. Fortunately, my father and I escaped and met the prefect, otherwise we would have nowhere to complain about our grievances, right?
Mr. Tan, you can't just protect her because she is the old lady of Baili Mansion. Killing someone means paying with one's life. This is a matter of course."
Everyone was silent, and only the crying and wailing of the father and son could be heard.
His words contained too much information. He originally thought that the old lady was a good person, but he didn't expect that she was coveting the medicine store.
Now that the medicine shop is in Baili Yanqing's hands, the old lady actually killed someone for this matter.
Fortunately, Su Chenyu and Baili Yanqing went to Fufeng Town specially to prepare a birthday gift for the old lady. It was such a waste of effort and it is heartbreaking.
Dayu has always attached great importance to filial piety. Only when the elders are kind will the younger generations be willing to be filial to them. Otherwise, who would be willing to be the scapegoat?
Lord Tan looked at Su Chenyu with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, I know that today is the old lady's birthday, and I didn't mean to disturb her. But someone has reported it to the police, and I can't just sit there and do nothing."
Su Chenyu asked, "We can't just believe his one-sided story. Do you have any evidence?"
It’s not that Su Chenyu intended to protect the old lady, but she had to save face and not let the old lady be taken away in an unclear manner.
"I have found the body thrown into the mass grave. Aunt He is indeed dead. I found something in her hand."
As soon as Mr. Tan finished speaking, an official immediately presented a pair of earrings to him: "Sir, these emerald earrings are rare items that can only be found in the Treasure Pavilion. There are only three pairs, and one pair is with the old lady."
Immediately, two ladies touched the emerald earrings on their ears. It was self-evident where the other two pairs were.
As Mr. Tan spoke, he looked at the old lady and said, "Old lady, if you are innocent, please take out your pair of emerald earrings to prove your innocence."
When the old lady saw the earring, she was already panicked. How could this thing fall into Aunt He's hands?
It was Nanny Fang who reacted first: "Master Tan, it was Aunt He who stole the old lady's earrings first. When she was discovered by the old lady, she panicked and fell to her death."
Facing a servant, Master Tan naturally had no scruples: "You said she fell to death, but the coroner examined her body and found that she was strangled to death. She has been dead for more than a month."
In order to cover up a lie, one has to tell more lies, but the more lies one tells, the more mistakes one makes. In a hurry, Nanny Fang still made a wrong step: "I remembered it wrongly..."
Seeing that Nanny Fang was still trying to argue, Lord Tan could not help but said, "That's enough. If Aunt He really stole the earrings, you can report it to the police. If you report this kind of thing to the police, the government will definitely send someone to arrest them. If a servant steals the property of the He family, no matter how valuable it is, it is a capital crime!"
Even if she died of stupor, you don't need to hide it, just register it with the government. Why do you want to conceal her death and throw her body in a mass grave?"
Lord Tan could become the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, so he must be no incompetent. Every question he asked left Nanny Fang speechless.
Seeing that Nanny Fang couldn't answer, Master Tan walked up to the old lady and said, "Old lady, we'll have to trouble you to come with us."
"What do you mean?" The old lady's eyes turned red with anger. On her birthday, she was taken away by officials. How could she have the dignity to stay in the capital in the future?
"Madam, we are just taking you back to find out the situation. Once we are sure that you are innocent, we will definitely release you." Lord Tan is well-known for his selflessness. The father and son came to Lord Tan well prepared. The old lady is in trouble today.
Seeing that Lord Tan was unmoved, the old lady looked to Su Chenyu and Baili Yanqing for help: "My dear, you are still a member of our Baili family. Are you going to watch me being humiliated like this on my birthday?"
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