Madam Min said angrily, "That bitch An is so shameless. She does such a despicable thing when her husband is not at home. How dare she..."
Min Jia had been here the entire time. She was stunned at first, but then she heard Madam Min scolding her mother and cried, "My mother is not shameless. Don't scold my mother. You are so mean..."
Mother Liu was so scared that she quickly took Min Jia away.
That evening, news spread that An had died of a sudden illness. In fact, An had hanged herself out of shame and anger, but the elders suppressed the story and said she died of a sudden illness.
Minister Min and his companions interrogated Bihe, Chunfen, and Chunzhi in secret. Bihe confessed that An had often complained about the strictness of the First Madam and the indifference of the First Master, feeling grievances she had no one to vent. Hearing that her cousin, Zhu Sanye, with whom she had often played as a child, was going to the military in Shuzhong for training, Bihe asked him to meet him in the bamboo forest. The Min family's bamboo forest was close to the side gate, making it easy to bribe the gatekeepers for entry and exit. They had barely exchanged a few words when the First Madam threw herself into Zhu Sanye's arms...
Chunfen and Chunzhi also said that they saw Grandma and Master Zhu hugging each other. They were so frightened that they screamed.
The Min family approached the Zhu family. Third Master Zhu Jiang said he was going to the Shuzhong military camp for training and was going to say goodbye to the An family. He also said he had been foolish enough to suddenly hug his cousin, and that any beatings or punishments were the Min family's responsibility, and that his cousin must not be blamed...
He was also wondering why his cousin suddenly threw herself into his arms. Before he could react, the maid who came over saw her and called her out. He thought, no matter why his cousin threw herself into his arms, as a man, he should admit his mistake and not let the Min family blame his cousin.
The head of the Zhu family was so angry that he beat Zhu Jiang half to death and sent him to Shuzhong.
Regardless of An's family background or what she had done, An's family felt insecure. They knew they were in the wrong and felt the Min family had done their utmost by not revealing their daughter's scandalous deeds. When An committed suicide, no one dared to confront the Min family, not even to demand an explanation. They even thanked the Min family for their generosity...
The An family was once a prominent family. Their grandfather had been the Imperial Tutor and even held the position of Vice Minister, while their father held the rank of Vice Minister. The An family and the Min family were a perfect match, with the Min family's eldest son proposing to marry the An family's second daughter. However, within three years of An's marriage, her father, mother, and grandfather had all passed away. Her most promising uncle was now a third-rank official, stationed in another province. The few men serving in the imperial court in the capital were below the fourth rank, placing the An family significantly behind the Min family. Perhaps because of this family background, Xiao Wen dared to bully An.
Min Hu was serving in Jiaodong at the time and returned home immediately after receiving the letter. With so many witnesses, Zhu Jiang also admitted that his relationship with An had always been indifferent, and without giving it much thought, he also believed that An had done such a shameful thing...
While Min Jia was speaking, Bihe pushed An into Zhu Jiang's arms.
Xu Lanyin felt that there was no need to continue hypnotizing today, and the memory restoration she had planned before was no longer necessary.
The story she had in mind was that there were no cousins in the bamboo forest, only her mother, An, and her personal maid, Bihe. Her mother accidentally fell, and Bihe caught her. Seeing her daughter approach, her mother smiled, took out a handkerchief, wiped her sweat, and then took her by the hand back to Qingfeng Courtyard, where she and her mother lived. Her mother was gentle, beautiful, and virtuous, and her father and mother were deeply in love. Unfortunately, her mother fell ill and died. Despite her mother's death, her father loved her as always...
After Min Jia cried for a while, Xu Lanyin made a gesture and Butler Hao and Mama Liu retreated to the side room. Min Hu still stood there like a wooden statue.
Xu Lanyin snapped her fingers in front of Min Jia and said, "Good boy, wake up."
Min Jia opened his moist eyes, saw Xu Lanyin, and threw himself into her arms and sobbed again.
Xu Lanyin hugged her little body and said, "Your dream just now was true. Your mother was a good woman. Someone instructed the evil slaves to frame her. My dear, your father has heard it too. He will avenge your mother."
It was inappropriate for an outsider to say such things, and he was making decisions for the Fujian households, but Xu Lanyin said so.
The plot is clearly a series of traps. Bihe brings the two protagonists, An and Zhu Jiang, together, and waits until the witnesses, Chunfen and Chunzhi, arrive. Then she pushes An into Zhu Jiang's arms. Chunfen and Chunzhi scream, and Madam Min, who happens to be nearby, hears them and rushes over to "catch them in adultery"...
An was weak and believed no one in the Min family believed her, so she chose to hang herself. Zhu Jiang was simple-minded and thought that taking the blame on himself would exonerate An, but in fact it only confirmed their affair.
The poor little girl witnessed everything. She had indeed seen An throw herself into Zhu Jiang's arms, but she hadn't noticed Bi He pushing An. She also heard Madam An's harsh abuse of An, and finally, An's hanging. Due to the trauma, and hatred for everyone in the Min family who had insulted her mother, the little girl no longer wanted to admit that An threw herself into her cousin's arms. She was no longer willing to speak, and she refused to communicate with anyone.
The scene she just mentioned, where Bihe pushed Anshi, must have come to her mind while she was hypnotized. Even her speech was produced under hypnosis, and after she woke up, she had to continue guiding her to speak normally...
Min Shangshu was the Minister of Justice, whose duty was to adjudicate cases. Min Hu was the prefect at the time, also in charge of adjudicating cases. If they hadn't been prejudiced against An, they would have definitely found the flaws if they had thought about it more and asked more questions.
Let's not talk about the fact that the Minister of Min chose to believe his wife, they were a couple. Min Hu seemed smart, but in fact he was stupid. He let his wife be framed and would rather believe others than her. His wife was forced to death, and even his daughter was almost killed...
He actually still has feelings for me. No matter how stupid I am, I will never marry him!
Xu Lan was very angry.
After hearing what Xu Lanyin said, Min Jia raised her tearful eyes and looked at Min Hu.
Minhu's face was pale, his fists clenched, his eyes red. As he looked at his daughter's eyes, another pair of watery eyes appeared before his eyes, filled with grievance, helplessness, and expectation, but he ignored them all and even felt a little annoyed, thinking she was spoiled and unvirtuous...
Tears welled up in Minhu's eyes. He walked over and sat beside Minjia, stroking her head and saying softly, "Jiaer, it's Daddy's fault. It's Daddy's fault for not watching over you. Your mother is a good woman, a good wife, gentle, virtuous, and kind to others. It was Daddy's fault before. I wrongly blamed her, and everyone in the family also wrongly blamed her. Don't worry, Daddy will find the evildoer, avenge your mother, and let everyone know how good your mother is..."
Minjia cried out "wah", her voice louder than usual, and threw herself into Minhu's arms.
This is the first time that Min Jia has actively thrown himself into Min Hu's arms. Even when An was alive, Min Jia was still normal, because Min Hu was relatively cold to An, and Min Jia was not very affectionate to his biological father.
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