Chapter 29: Moral kidnapping, unethical but effective
The Toffee slammed the arm of the chair.
"You are really eloquent."
"According to what you said, if I insist on punishing you, it would be because I cannot bear to hear the truth."
Xie Yingmian lowered her head, looking submissive and saying, "Your Majesty, your words are too kind. Yingmian definitely did not mean that. Please understand."
The concubine said coldly: "You have a lot of ideas and a clever mouth, but unfortunately your words are full of twisted ideas."
Xie Yingmian lowered her head even lower: "The Concubine Dowager is right."
"Yingmian knows her fault, please punish me, Madam Concubine."
The more respectful Xie Yingmian was, the more upset the concubine felt.
It would be fine if Xie Yingmian continued to be arrogant.
But Xie Yingmian bowed his head, admitted his mistake, and waited to be punished.
It was obvious that they wanted to accuse her of not being able to listen to the truth.
The Toffee doesn't care whether it's true or false.
What she cares about is her own face.
When the late emperor was alive, she and the former queen, now the empress dowager, were at loggerheads.
After the death of the late emperor, the empress dowager repeatedly tried to kill them and their son.
Fortunately, the late emperor had already prepared a way out for them and their mother, and had also left an imperial edict in advance to allow her to leave the palace and live with Ye'er, so they escaped the disaster.
The Queen Mother couldn't kill them, and she hated them to the core.
Over the years, the Queen Mother has been making small moves, trying to find something to hold against Prince Ling's Mansion.
When choosing a concubine for Ye'er to bring him good luck, the empress dowager even summoned her into the palace and ridiculed her harshly.
If word gets out that she can't stand her daughter-in-law telling the truth and punishes her, the old woman, the Queen Mother, will probably be very mean to her.
The more the concubine thought about it, the more upset she became.
She gritted her teeth and signaled the two maids to leave.
Xie Yingmian's lips curled up slightly.
She inferred from the concubine's behavior that she was very concerned about her reputation.
For the concubine who cares about her reputation, as long as she is pushed to the moral high ground, she will swallow her anger for the sake of her so-called face.
Moral kidnapping is unethical but effective.
Fang Yilin finally figured it out.
Xie Yingmian is a piece of tough meat.
Without substantial evidence, there is no point in arguing further.
Fang Yilin's eyes were red and he seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Aunt Toffee."
"My cousin's wife...she has a very sharp tongue, a hundred times sharper than a knife."
"Lin'er is a little scared."
"Lin'er's matter, how about... forget it."
After being reminded by Fang Yilin, the concubine finally remembered the important matter.
She patted Fang Yilin's hand.
"Don't worry, Lin'er, your aunt is here."
"Auntie will definitely seek justice for you."
The Concubine Dowager said to Xie Yingmian in a stern voice, "I'm asking you, were you the one who killed Chunfeng and Chunyu, who were by Lin'er's side?"
Xie Yingmian admitted bluntly: "I killed those two maids."
The Concubine Dowager: "You injured Lin'er's four maids?"
Xie Yingmian nodded: "Yes."
The concubine said angrily: "You kill and injure people, and you are so righteous. You are so brave."
Xie Yingmian asked doubtfully, "Aren't you the Empress Dowager asking?"
"You ask, and Yingmian will answer truthfully."
"Or should I not admit it?"
"But everyone has their own responsibility for their actions. Since they have done it, there is absolutely no reason not to acknowledge it."
The concubine didn't know whether Xie Yingmian was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
She had lost her patience: "I'm asking you, why did you kill people? Why did you hurt Lin'er so badly?"
Xie Yingmian said seriously, "I killed two maids and injured four maids. I admit it."
"But how can we begin to talk about seriously injuring Miss Fang?"
"I just stepped on her. It wasn't even a flesh wound. How can this be considered a serious injury?"
The concubine said, "You still dare to quibble?"
Xie Yingmian said, "Mrs. Dowager Consort."
"I admitted to killing two maids and injuring four maids. After all, I did it, and I admit it."
"But, Miss Fang's serious injury was not caused by me, why should I admit it?"
"I did hurt Miss Fang. Miss Fang wanted to hit me, and I stepped on her heart. Later, Nanny Chang came and took Miss Fang away."
"You're lying!" Fang Yilin said excitedly, "You're talking nonsense."
"You not only stepped on my heart, you wanted to kill me."
"I clearly felt your murderous intent, and my heart ached terribly. If it weren't for Nanny Chang, I would have died in your hands."
"You want to kill me, I'm sure of it."
Fang Yilin covered his heart.
My heart still aches.
The intense pain was something she had never experienced before.
The imperial physician told her that her heart was severely damaged and she might suffer from heart disease.
Fang Yilin hated Xie Yingmian so much.
It’s all the fault of that bitch Xie Yingmian.
If it weren't for this bitch interfering, she wouldn't have suffered so much.
"Aunt Dowager." Fang Yilin's tears streamed down his face. "Lin'er didn't lie."
"You have to believe Lin'er, she really wants to kill Lin'er." Fang Yilin raised his hand and swore to the sky,
"Lin'er can swear to heaven that everything I say is true. If I tell a lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."
After swearing the oath, Fang Yilin looked at Xie Yingmian, "Do you dare to swear?"
Xie Yingmian looked at Fang Yilin with a half-smile.
Fang Yilin is good at avoiding the important issues and swears that he can find loopholes.
She raised her hand as well: "Of course."
"I swear, I didn't seriously injure Fang Yilin. If I lie, God will strike me with lightning, and my descendants will be slaves for generations to come. I will live in poverty all my life, and I will starve to death, freeze to death, and die a miserable death."
Fang Yilin didn't expect Xie Yingmian to dare to swear.
Or a more poisonous oath than hers.
For a moment, she was a little confused.
It was Xie Yingmian who seriously injured her, so why did Xie Yingmian dare to swear?
Toffee frowned.
The two swore an oath together, and Xie Yingmian's oath was even more poisonous.
She was actually a little confused.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Xie Yingmian took the initiative to say, "Madam Concubine Dowager."
"Since we each have our own version of events, why not find someone to reconstruct the scene of that day?"
The concubine frowned: "What do you mean?"
Xie Yingmian: "It means exactly what it says. Find someone to reconstruct what happened that day."
"After Nanny Lin's pea Gu exploded, many maids and servants who were cleaning the Danyue Courtyard saw it. With so many witnesses, it's not difficult to reconstruct what happened that day."
"Of course, I think Miss Fang would not want to restore it."
She looked at Fang Yilin without disguising her feelings and chuckled, "After all, if the scene of that day were reconstructed, Miss Fang's evasion of the main issue would be useless."
Fang Yilin secretly clenched his fists.
She couldn't guess what Xie Yingmian wanted to do.
Even if the scene of that day was restored, Xie Yingmian could not escape the charge of murder and injury.
She saw clearly that it was Xie Yingmian who killed the man.
She was also seriously injured by Xie Yingmian.
Xie Yingmian was so confident, could there be some trap?
Or did Xie Yingmian know about that?
No, that's impossible!
A trace of panic flashed in Fang Yilin's eyes.
When the concubine looked at Fang Yilin, she caught a glimpse of this panic.
"Lin'er, are you hiding something from me?" The concubine frowned.
Fang Yilin's heart skipped a beat.
She waved her hands quickly: "No, how dare Lin'er hide this from Aunt Dowager Concubine."
"Lin'er was just wondering if he had done something wrong that day."
She lowered her head, looking ashamed: "Lin'er now thinks that maybe my words offended my cousin's wife that day..."
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