Chapter 305 The Fate of Aunt Deng!
Madam Pei said expressionlessly, "Go, bring that old geezer here first."
Aunt Deng, dressed in a seasuit, was dragged aboard.
Her face was ashen and deathly pale, completely devoid of color.
Li Chaohuai and Li Chaoan chased after her to the outside of the hall, and Li Chaohuai shouted loudly, "Auntie—Auntie—"
"Madam, please spare my aunt. I'm willing to bear all the punishment for her!"
"Auntie—"
Li Chaohuai banged his head heavily on the ground.
In just a few moments, his forehead was covered in blood.
Madam Pei bent down and lifted Aunt Deng's face.
"You are lucky to have a son who is more filial than mine."
“However, Aunt Deng, you have to take responsibility for raising my son to be like this.”
"After all, he threatened me all those years ago because of you, saying he wouldn't even burn incense for me if I died!"
"Look at him now, isn't it all because you taught him well?"
Aunt Deng glanced at Li Chaojing, who was clearly mentally unstable, and trembled all over.
Where is the arrogant demeanor he had when he first returned to the General's Mansion?
During her time in the nunnery, she had long been worn down and forced to bow her head, accepting the reality of her situation.
Li Chaohuai did want to visit her, and even with filial piety, he wanted to get her out of the nunnery.
However, Madam Pei sent people to personally watch over Aunt Deng, keeping a close eye on her even when she went to the toilet or slept.
Later, everyone in the entire nunnery began to keep a close eye on her.
If Aunt Deng ever tried to escape, she would be caught immediately and severely punished.
For example, in front of all the nuns, he would take off all his upper robes and then beat his back severely with a ruler.
For example, on a cold winter night, she would be asked to go to the lakeside to wash all the clothes in the nunnery.
For example, she was asked to carry manure to irrigate all the vegetable gardens on the back hill by herself.
Or perhaps she could clean all the halls in the nunnery by herself...
Aunt Deng is already quite old; how could she possibly endure these various forms of torture and cruelty?
Shame and exhaustion had long since made her truly devoted to Buddhism.
She gradually realized the evil things she had done and felt deep remorse.
Therefore, when Li Qingluo sent Zheng Mama to the nunnery to bring her back today, she already knew what was going on on her way back.
After all, the evil deeds that he and Madam Qu committed, which resulted in the deaths of so many children in the household, have not yet been exposed.
She knew that sooner or later, these sins would not be concealed.
Sure enough, the fire eventually spread...
"Madam, I was wrong... I have been terribly wrong all these years."
"I apologize to you and make amends."
“If it weren’t for my deliberate guidance back then, Jing’er wouldn’t have become so distant from you. Nor would she have regarded you as a disgrace.”
“All of this is the sin I deliberately sowed, and I admit it.”
"But Jing'er really did love you when she was young..."
"He had longed for the gifts you would send home countless times."
"We also longed for your return..."
"It was I who repeatedly blocked your letters home, and it was I who lied to him, telling him that you were living a carefree life fighting on the frontier and that you didn't really want to acknowledge him as a burden to your son..."
"Madam, I truly deserve to die."
“Even the master… back then, it was I who deliberately seduced him…”
Madam Pei: "Enough! What's the point of saying all this? Don't you understand? I stopped caring a long time ago about what those two, father and son, did to wrong me back then."
"What I care about is my own cowardice and humiliation back then."
"Deng, you colluded with the Qu family to kill several children of the Li family, and later colluded with Li Qingzhu to commit all sorts of evil deeds. Do you admit to these crimes or not?"
Aunt Deng cried and said, "I acknowledge it, I acknowledge it all!"
Madam Pei: "Tell me, how do you want to die?"
Aunt Deng: "I beg you, Madam, to grant my request and give me some dignity. I want a white silk ribbon."
Madam Pei: "Granted."
Aunt Deng was dragged away.
Li Chaohuai and Li Chaoan were stunned when they heard the last words spoken in the hall.
Li Chaohuai's expression changed, and he was about to completely break off relations and start cursing when Aunt Deng scolded him: "Huai'er! An'er!"
"Although I am your concubine, the old lady is your legal mother!"
"Over the years, I have indeed done many bad things. I should have died long ago, and I deserve to die!"
"So you, stop doing anything reckless for my sake..."
"This time, I am willing to die."
"You all must take good care of yourselves, please take good care of yourselves..."
Li Chaohuai and Li Chaoan knelt on the ground together, crying and shouting, "Mother—"
Aunt Deng was being dragged along, but she smiled and shook her head: "From now on, you must live a good life, be sincere and kind, and treat others with genuine sincerity."
"Back then, Mother coveted too many things that didn't belong to her and caused so many deaths. Mother deserved it..."
Aunt Deng was dragged away, and Li Chaohuai and Li Chaoan got up and chased after her.
Li Chaojing was still watching this scene in a daze when he suddenly clapped his hands and burst into laughter.
"Yay, yay! Chasing people is so much fun! I want to try it too!"
Li Chaojing got up and skipped away.
He reached the door but then suddenly turned back and glanced back.
"Mother, don't go!"
"Jing'er will come back to play with you later, okay?"
Madam Pei did not answer him.
Li Chaojing lowered his head unhappily.
In the dark room nearby, Li Qingluo asked Zheng Wanxiu, "You've seen him like this, so... what are your plans, Aunt Zheng?"
"Although what happened back then has nothing to do with me, the person who gave me life still committed those crimes against you."
"Now that the truth has come out, she will get what she deserves."
"This home... are you ever going to come back?"
Zheng Wanxiu stared intently at Li Chaojing, then gave a cold laugh: "Go back? Go back where? Go back to this house that has confined me for over a decade, to be your father's canary again?"
"Although your father saved me back then, when I begged him to set me free, I was deceived by his sweet words... I was trapped in the small courtyard of Yuemingyuan for more than ten years by so-called love."
"Back then, I blamed myself for misjudging people and getting too deeply involved in my feelings. Even though he was always considerate to me over the years, which of my children wasn't killed because of his incompetence?"
"Even if I was foolish back then, now that I've finally escaped this place, I'm never coming back!"
"Also, the reason I agreed to come back today to help you pretend to be a ghost is because of my own grudge, and it has nothing to do with you."
Li Qingluo was genuinely afraid that she would agree to come back.
So those few words were just a test of her.
Because if this escaped protector of the Lotus Sect were to really return, it would be a real headache for him.
"Do as you please. But, doesn't my half-brother also need to acknowledge his ancestry?"
Zheng Wanxiu turned her head and stared sharply at Li Qingluo.
"So, you knew his identity all along?"
Li Qingluo: "Is it that hard to guess?"
However, she also completely and truly confirmed Jingchuan's identity.
Jingchuan, Li Jingchuan.
Sure enough, he was his other brother.
Li Qingluo: "Today, my maid went to invite him to the General's Mansion. Although he has not yet appeared, I will wait for him until tomorrow."
"If he still doesn't make a move by tomorrow, I will send someone to escort you and your child away from Jinling City. Go far away and never come back."
Zheng Wanxiu was shocked upon hearing this: "Why? Don't you clearly know me? Who am I? Why don't you report me? That way you could make a great contribution..."
Li Qingluo: "Because you are his mother."
"He would be very sad if you died."
Zheng Wanxiu was stunned for a moment.
Then he suddenly burst into laughter.
As she laughed, tears streamed down her face.
"As expected of Chuan'er... he protects you just as much. In the end, it wasn't all for nothing that I protected you..."
“You two really are siblings. Even if you’ve never spent time together, the connection between your hearts is undeniable.”
"Child, do you know that the letter I sent to your grandmother was actually about your origins?"
Li Qingluo was surprised: "It's you?"
Zheng Wanxiu smiled bitterly: "Yes. Back then, the people who watched you being switched were not only your maternal grandmother, but also me."
"Years later, I revealed your true identity to the old lady, hoping she would find you and cause hatred and hostility between you and your mother and daughter, father and daughter, in the General's Mansion. I wanted them to taste the pain I felt when I lost my children, and to turn the entire General's Mansion into chaos..."
You hate me, don't you!
Li Qingluo: "Hate? I wouldn't say that. You have nothing to do with me, and even because of my biological mother, you should indeed ignore my suffering."
"And you did achieve your goal."
"So, what is Zheng Lingzhou's intention in taking me to Jingyun Manor?"
Li Qingluo: "You don't have to tell me, but I have to tell you something. There is a miracle doctor in my household who can save Li Jingchuan's life and let him live for a few more years."
Zheng Wanxiu's face instantly lit up with ecstasy: "Really? Really?"
But exchanging your life could extend your life by several decades!
Zheng Wanxiu hesitated for a moment, then shook her head: "Ling Zhou does have feelings for you. But it's not what you think, it's just that he... he... sigh, I can't say it!"
Li Qingluo reacted instantly.
She exclaimed angrily, "Shameless!"
She left after uttering those two words.
Zheng Wanxiu stared intently at her retreating figure, her eyes narrowed.
"It's better to leave... That way, I can go save Ling Zhou and still find Zuliya..."
"I'm sorry. Even if you are a good child who can distinguish between good and evil, I still want my child to live a long and healthy life."
After Li Qingluo walked out quickly, Granny Deng followed.
"Young lady, are you really going to let her and Young Master Jingchuan leave?"
Li Qingluo: "Your Highness saw her at the General's Mansion today and knows her identity. Do you think she can escape?"
"Moreover, the mother and son would probably want to save Zheng Lingzhou's life, so they would never leave easily."
A smile flashed across Granny Deng's face: "So, Miss, you were deliberately putting on an act with her? This old servant thought you were genuinely kind to her. This Zheng Wanxiu has been navigating the world of martial arts for years; she's definitely not someone you can truly entrust your heart to."
Li Qingluo: "I know. What she said is not entirely true."
Including the truth about Zheng Lingzhou taking her to Jingyun Manor, Zheng Wanxiu's words were definitely just an excuse to deceive herself.
She then sighed, "Well, I've already given her a chance."
"She didn't want it herself."
So don't blame yourself for being ruthless when you turn against someone.
Back at Jingci Hall, Li Qingluo had barely sat down when she asked curiously, "Why has there been no movement from Lancang Courtyard all day? Madam Qu is, after all, Li Kechuan's own mother, and she dotes on him the most. Why hasn't he come out to check on him?"
"Also, I heard that Liu Qingzhu has been suffering a lot of torment and pain recently. Have you inquired about it? What happened? What has occurred?"
"Today is Prince Yun's birthday, why didn't she go back?"
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