Chapter 65: A Troublemaker
Yao Yi looked at the girl who walked forward and couldn't help but feel very surprised: "Ran'er?"
The two daughters of his second brother's family are more outgoing and seem to have some friendship with the lady from the Chang family. It is understandable that they came forward to testify, but his daughter Yao Ran has always been too law-abiding and has the rules taught by the Pei family engraved in her bones. Why did she come forward at this time?
Was it because she was rescued by the Chang family's wife just now? When Yao Yi was confused, Pei's cold eyes had already swept towards her daughter.
Yao Ran took a deep breath silently, not looking at her, but looking at Yao Yi and Cui Jing.
Seeing Cui Jing looking at him inquiringly, Yao Yi came back to his senses, bowed to the Holy Ce Emperor above, and explained: "Your Majesty, this is my daughter Yao Ran."
The Emperor of the Holy Ce nodded slightly, and had no intention of rushing to intervene in the case.
Cui Jing asked, "Madam Yao just said she knew this man?"
"Yes." Yao Ran nodded tremblingly, trying to make his voice sound clear enough: "I have personally seen this person in my mother's dowry villa in Changxinfang!"
There was silence all around for a moment.
Everyone looked at Pei.
Yao Ran seemed to be worried that he hadn't explained it clearly enough, so he mustered up the courage to point at the sturdy man and said firmly, "He's my mother's man! He's been secretly working for my mother for many years!"
The surroundings suddenly changed from quiet to vibrating.
"Yao Ran... do you know what you are talking about?" Pei's face was filled with anger and she looked at her usually docile daughter in disbelief: "Are you crazy?"
"It's mother who's crazy." Yao Ran looked at her with tears in her eyes, her ten fingers already embedded in the flesh of her palms: "This is the second time mother has tried to kill the Chang family's wife!"
As these words were spoken, there were countless sounds of surprise from all around.
No one expected such a sudden turn of events. Wasn't it an intentional sabotage of the blessing ceremony? How did it suddenly become the daughter of the Yao family accusing her own mother, the Pei family, of murdering the wife of the Chang family? -- And for the second time?! There were too many key points, and everyone felt that they could not react for a while.
Yao Gui was completely dumbfounded.
He and his sister were just testifying, why did they suddenly move on to their aunt... They even testified to the point that their own house collapsed? !
Don't be too weird! Shocked and panicked, he tried to make some eye contact with his sister, but Yao Xia's expression was almost dull, as if she no longer had the ability to communicate with others.
Chang Suining was also a little surprised.
But what surprised her was not the truth that Yao Ran revealed at this moment - she recognized the strong sword boy as the man who killed Zhou Ding that night. She had seen the portrait before, but she could not use the sword boy's words as evidence.
She certainly knew the truth.
She was surprised that Yao Ran would come forward and personally expose her mother, Pei.
Judging from their expressions, this was probably a very subversive thing for Pei, and they certainly didn't expect to see such a situation.
Most things in the world have cause and effect.
Ignoring the raging anger in Pei's eyes, Yao Ran continued -
"I heard everything that happened between my mother and Aunt Ye! As early as the night of the Lantern Festival, my mother had hired someone to kill someone, but the lady from the Chang family escaped!"
"After failing the first time, I thought that even out of caution, mother would not act rashly again. But who knew that mother would set up this plan again to kill the Chang family's wife once more!"
At this point, tears welled up in Yao Ran's eyes uncontrollably.
There is disappointment, anger, and self-blame.
She blamed herself for still having hope before this, and thought she had kept a close eye on her mother yesterday, but she was simply deceiving herself!
She should have known that her mother would never turn back! She should have stood up earlier - she should have stood up when she first learned that her mother had the intention to kill innocent people! It was her soft-heartedness, selfishness, cowardice and incompetence that made her her mother's accomplice! Her mother couldn't make any more mistakes, and neither could she! Pei gritted her teeth: "I don't even know her, why would I kill her! This is nonsense! I think you are really crazy!"
As he said this, he scolded the maid beside him: "She is talking nonsense and making rude remarks. It is simply embarrassing... Take her away from here!"
The maid's face had already become extremely gloomy, and upon hearing this, she was about to step forward and take Yao Ran away.
"bass--"
The sharp sword was half-out of its sheath, and Cui Jing held it horizontally in his hand, blocking Yao Ran.
His eyes were indifferent and cold, just like the sword in his hand, full of intimidation. The maid was frightened and subconsciously took two steps back.
"You are simply..." Pei was extremely angry and was about to say something else, but was interrupted by Yao Ran's unhesitating voice.
"Mother and Madam Chang were indeed strangers to each other! All of Mother's evil deeds were just based on her own speculation - she suspected that Madam Chang was my father's illegitimate daughter!"
Yao Ran did not leave any room for maneuver in his words: "Mother did not want to see father bring the man back to the mansion, so she wanted to kill him just for this reason!"
Yao Yi's eyes lit up.
There was a gasp from the crowd.
What?!
Yao Tingwei...illegitimate daughter?! How could there be such a secret? Chang Sui'an clenched his fists...it was indeed because of this!
Yao Xia's dull expression finally showed a slight change. She looked blankly at Chang Suining and her uncle, opened her mouth, and the word "Really?" almost came out of her mouth.
Although it's inappropriate...
But this is really important to her! Yao Xia was inexplicably excited and grabbed his brother's arm, causing the boy to grimace in pain.
The most taboo secret was finally made public. Pei was extremely angry, but her expression calmed down. She looked at Yao Ran and asked word by word, "Do you know what kind of crime it is to falsely accuse your own mother?"
This idiot knows that if she behaves like this today, her reputation and marriage will be ruined! "My daughter is guilty of being unfilial, but it is definitely not a false accusation." For the first time in her life, Yao Ran met her mother's cold gaze without any hesitation. Her voice was hoarse but more firm than ever before: "My daughter was wrong and willing to accept the consequences...but mother must not make the same mistake again!"
She should have realized that her mother had been devoured by her inner demons and turned into an evil ghost! This evil ghost would continue to feed on the flesh and blood of innocent people. In the past, there was the concubine in the mansion, today there is the lady of the Chang family, and in the future there will be others... If no one stops her, her mother will never stop!
"How could I give birth to a lunatic like you!" Noticing the strange looks from all around, Pei could no longer maintain her composure and raised her hand towards Yao Ran.
Yao Yi pulled his daughter behind him.
Pei's attack was in vain, and she stared at Yao Yi with a pair of resentful eyes.
Yao Yi was also looking at her, and asked in a serious tone, "Is what Ran Er said true?"
When she met his eyes, Pei suddenly let out a strange laugh.
"My Lord, don't you think this question is redundant?" She looked at Yao Ran, Yao Xia and Yao Gui in turn with red eyes: "You Yao family members are really vicious. You colluded with each other to frame me like this!"
"Yao Yi, you took so much trouble to plan all this, wasn't it just to get rid of me so that you can bring the bastard you and your sweetheart had back to your house with a legitimate reason?"
"I will never admit to something I have never done... You will never succeed!"
As she spoke, she looked at Yao Ran and said, "You idiot, do you really think that if you listen to your father and join others in framing your biological mother... you will have a good life in the future? When he takes this bastard back, there will be no place for you in the mansion!"
Seeing her madness, Yao Yi's face was extremely gloomy: "Pei, at this point, you still want to bite others back——"
Pei sneered and said, "It's just empty talk. Even if you are the Minister of the Dali Temple, you can't just frame me with a crime!"
As she spoke, her gaze turned and fell on Chang Suining.
"You are not innocent in today's incident either..." She seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly smiled sarcastically: "Do you really think that you can slander me with just this ridiculous farce of yours?"
This little bitch had clearly been prepared! But so what? As long as she refused to admit it, the Pei family would take care of it for her... She was the daughter of the Pei family, and her father would never allow anyone to trample on her dignity and reputation like this!
As long as her father comes forward, even if the saint has doubts, she will never offend her father for the sake of these lowly people!
She looked down at the girl with a morbid satisfaction in her eyes: "You must know that I am the eldest daughter of the Pei family, and I will not allow you to slander and humiliate me at will!"
Her self-perceived superior status gave her the confidence to look down on everything.
But the girl's face did not show the fear and retreat or powerless anger that she expected.
The girl just looked at her quietly, and then asked calmly: "The last name is Pei, is that great?"
Pei frowned slightly and looked at the girl in front of her with amusement - what kind of stupid question is this?
The surname Pei means that you are born superior! "The Pei family is a bit remarkable." Chang Suining slowly approached her and said calmly, "That's because the Pei family's ancestors had capable people who laid the foundation and protected the foundation, but this greatness belongs to them, not you——"
As the girl spoke, her dark and bright eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a bit of disdain and contempt that Pei had never seen before.
"On the contrary, not only are you not that remarkable, but you are also a parasite that only stirs up trouble and involves your clan members. You even don't have the ability to clean up the mess after you've caused it."
Pei was furious: "How dare you!"
"You bastard, how dare you talk to me like that!" She was so angry that she raised her hand to hit the girl's dazzling face, but someone grabbed her wrist fiercely.
"You crazy woman, you still want to hurt my sister!" Chang Sui'an's men shook off the wrist that made him feel cold.
Pei was weak, and after being pushed and thrown by the strong young man, she staggered backward and almost fell. She had to be supported by a maid before she could stand firmly.
"... This is simply outrageous!" She was overwhelmed by an unprecedented sense of humiliation. She looked around the crowd of people with different expressions and said angrily, "Pei Xiu, are you just going to watch others humiliate your sister like this?"
Pei Xiu is the son of Pei Min, her biological brother, and is also among the accompanying people.
Where is he?! Pei was extremely angry that she didn't see her brother who could stand up for her.
Where did Pei Xiu go at this time!
Why didn't he stand up and help her out earlier, instead of letting her fall into such a state of being ridiculed! Her face is also the face of the entire Pei family! Seeing her anxious and angry expression, Chang Suining's eyes also searched with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Pei Xiu...
Just now she seemed to see the couple being called outside to talk by the hurried servants.
The saint on the altar also saw the departure of Pei Xiu and his wife.
It seems like today is really a coincidence.
Chang Suining turned his gaze and looked at Wei Shuyi who was walking down from the altar.
A eunuch came quickly with a long box in his hand and handed it to Wei Shuyi.
As if noticing her gaze, Wei Shuyi raised his eyes and gave her a knowing smile.
"Pei Xiu!" Following another scolding shout from Pei, there was finally a response this time.
"Sister, don't you think the commotion is not ugly enough?"
Pei Xiu appeared in everyone's sight, his footsteps were as heavy as a thousand pounds, his eyes were red and he looked defeated: "If what happened today was really done by my sister, please confess your guilt quickly! Don't let this cause trouble for the clan anymore!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Pei looked at him in disbelief: "Are you crazy too?"
Pei Xiu closed his eyes and stopped talking.
After a moment, he lifted his robe and knelt down in the direction of the Holy Book Emperor.
His wife behind him looked as pale as death, and she also knelt down tremblingly without saying a word.
Pei frowned in shock and anger.
What are they doing? Are they confessing for her? Just as she was about to scold them, she heard a young man's voice.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of Rites Pei Min confessed last night to accepting bribes, manipulating the imperial examinations, colluding with the former governor of Hezhou, Zhao Fu, to privately forge and resell military weapons, and assassinating the imperial envoy. Pei Min hanged himself in prison after confessing his crimes. This is the confession submitted by the Ministry of Justice. Please review it, Your Majesty."
Wei Shuyi's voice was clear and powerful. As soon as it spread in the silent surroundings, it caused an uproar.
Pei Min, the head of the Pei family? ! Confess?
Hanged himself!
It has only been two days since I left the city and came to Dayun Temple. How could such a big change happen in the city!
There wasn't even any news about it before!
But the case of Hezhou Governor Zhao Fu has indeed been under trial for some time...
Pei Min has been at home claiming to be ill recently.
Everyone realized it later and were shocked.
Looking at the saint above the altar again, some people in the same camp as Pei felt a chill rising all over their bodies.
During this grand prayer ceremony, when everyone was leaving the city with the emperor, he ordered the Ministry of Justice to secretly try the case instead of the Dali Temple...
Now Pei Min has confessed and hanged himself in prison, leaving only a letter of confession... This matter did not leave anyone a chance to save Pei.
As early as when the sage ordered Wei Shuyi to secretly go to Hezhou as an imperial envoy to search for evidence of Zhao Fu's guilt... everything had been arranged.
"My father has already confessed his sins. I hope Your Majesty will show mercy... and forgive us, the Pei family!" Pei Xiu slammed his forehead heavily to the ground.
The situation is now hopeless and has become a foregone conclusion. Even though he feels extremely unwilling, he can only adopt this attitude in order to do his best to protect his people.
Pei looked at this scene with a pale face, and stammered twice with trembling lips.
Her father...died? And died in prison? Her father was the dignified head of the Pei family!
How is that possible?
How could this be!
She had never thought of such an absurd and bizarre thing even in her dreams!
I heard that there will be double monthly tickets the day after tomorrow. Can I reserve one with you? (I will update more!!) In addition, I read everyone's messages yesterday. Thank you for your advice. I plan to wash my hair soon and keep warm. I have turned negative. It's the ninth day. I will report my feelings to you tomorrow (if I am still alive).
(End of this chapter)
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