"Do you know? If it weren't for your testimony, Li Qingzheng still had a chance to turn defeat into victory. But you betrayed him, so he lost so miserably, so completely!" Shen Ruoyan pressed on, staring intently into Yan Wanlan's eyes:
"It was you who killed him!"
"It's not me! It's not me!" Yan Wanlan hugged her head fiercely. She looked at Shen Ruoyan, but seemed not to be looking at Shen Ruoyan. Suddenly, she began to shake her head frantically: "I didn't! I didn't mean to hurt you. It's not me, it's really not me!"
Yan Wanlan started banging her head on the table. The Dali Temple Minister quickly pulled her back, but she was still struggling frantically. Seeing this, the subordinates nearby hurried forward and finally managed to subdue her.
Shen Ruoyan stood aside calmly, watching coldly.
If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?
The person is already dead, what's the point of acting guilty and innocent now?
The only person who was willing to believe in her is gone. What remains now is her own choice.
"When you wake up in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid that Li Qingzheng will come looking for you in your dream?" Shen Ruoyan lowered his voice and said quietly, "I heard that people who die unjustly cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation and will haunt their perpetrators for the rest of their lives..."
"It's not me! It's not me! Ah! Ah!" Yan Wanlan's emotions completely collapsed and she began to struggle frantically!
The servant pulled her from the left and right, but almost failed to catch her.
The Dali Temple Minister looked at Shen Ruoyan in confusion, as if he didn't understand why Shen Ruoyan said these words to provoke Yan Wanlan.
When she was in the Dali Temple, they also used torture, but Yan Wanlan was like those hard-core people who had experienced a lot, and it was difficult to make her give in.
When he received the order from his wife to see someone, the Dali Temple Minister was worried, so he brought people out in person.
But the current situation is a bit confusing.
Noticing his gaze, Shen Ruoyan gave him a reassuring look, and then continued: "You don't have to act crazy here. You know best what happened back then."
"If you still have any final apologies to Li Qingzheng, then now is the time for you to stand up."
Before Shen Ruoyan came, he had already found out what kind of life Yan Wanlan had been living over the years.
"You killed your husband who treated you so well, and then you saved your brother, and then what did he do to you in the end?" Shen Ruoyan chuckled, full of sarcasm, "Yan Wanlan, is it really worth it?"
Only when people hurt themselves can they clearly judge the pros and cons.
At first, Yan Wanlan treated her brother as her own son, and valued him more than anyone else. However, she and Li Qingzheng had been childhood sweethearts, so even though they later got married, Li Qingzheng was still not as important to her as her brother.
"You still need a man to support you at home. If your brother is gone, do you think Li Qingzheng will still treat you so well in the future?"
Her mother's words from those days began to echo in Yan Wanlan's mind again.
Li Qingzheng was so good to her that she felt it was her due.
No matter what grievances she suffered at home, he would feel sorry for her and obey her in everything.
So sometimes, she would even deliberately exaggerate her grievances in exchange for Li Qingzheng's love for her - she also felt that this was definitely the case.
Lord Lin said that as long as Li Qingzheng took the blame, he would be one of their own.
When it comes to one's own people, one will definitely be tolerant.
So she really thought that Li Qingzheng would at most have his property confiscated and be exiled, but would not die.
Although her parents didn't love her, the family was rich and they had never been harsh on her in this regard.
Even if Li Qingzheng became a commoner in the future, as long as they had enough gold and silver, they could still live a good life.
But my brother only has one life!
She couldn't gamble with her brother's life, so she could only let Li Qingzheng suffer.
But she never expected that after waiting at home, what she finally got was the news that Li Qingzheng had been beheaded!
Lin Si deceived her!
What’s even more hateful is that she killed Li Qingzheng before saving her brother.
But her younger brother felt that this matter was caused by her. If Li Qingzheng had not offended Lin Si, he would not have been captured and tortured by the people of Lin Si.
From then on, my brother hated her!
Not only did he not allow her parents to give her any more money, but he also ordered people to guard the gate and didn't even allow her to enter the house!
The blow she suffered was so severe that she caught a cold, so he hired all the doctors in the city back at high prices and forbade anyone to treat him.
If she hadn't met a traveling doctor passing by later, she would have died of the cold!
All her sincerity was thrown away!
Because of this heartless thing, she killed Li Qingzheng, the best person in the world for her! For so long, Yan Wanlan has been living in guilt towards Li Qingzheng and can't sleep well every night.
No matter where she hides, Li Qingzheng's shadow follows her everywhere and she can't get rid of it!
She is really going crazy!
"I thought he wouldn't die... Lin Si promised me that this incident would only allow Qingzheng to take the blame for corruption for him. Once the storm has passed, he'll find a chance for us to escape and change our identities."
Later, she did manage to hide her identity and change her appearance, but there was no Li Qingzheng.
"You believe what Lin Si said? That's corruption! He couldn't get away with it, otherwise how could he come up with such a solution?" The Dali Temple Minister looked at Yan Wanlan in disbelief and wanted to ask her, was her brain kicked by a pig?
"So, you believed him and helped him to bear false witness?" Shen Ruoyan patiently persuaded, while the gentleman she brought with her was writing furiously.
Write all of this down.
Yan Wanlan nodded, her eyes unfocused, but her memories subconsciously brought her back to that day.
"I followed his instructions and reported Qingzheng to the officials who came to investigate. He also gave me the account book. I took advantage of Qingzheng being busy providing relief to the people sleeping outside and secretly hid it in his study..."
That's why the people who searched later found the key evidence in the study.
Coupled with Yan Wanlan, who was willing to sacrifice her own family for the sake of justice, Li Qingzheng's fate was already determined at that moment.
"Do you want to overturn Li Qingzheng's verdict?" Shen Ruoyan looked at Yan Wanlan and told her the truth without trying to trick her. "Now, your parents have given all their property to your younger brother. He lives a carefree life, while you are like a street rat, hiding here and there. Are you willing to accept this?"
For a woman who cruelly killed her husband for others, the guilt she felt towards Li Qingzheng alone could not arouse her pitiful conscience.
The only thing that can move her is hatred!
Those should have been her beautiful days, but now they are all in the hands of others. Instead of living in such a miserable way, it would be better to die together!
It depends on whether Yan Wanlan has the ruthlessness to do so!
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