Chapter 315 The Scumbag Mother Repents, Luo'er Sees Through Another Scheme by the Qu Family?
Li Qingluo had clearly seen that the mouths of the older mute slaves were empty and black, obviously because their tongues had been pulled out.
The young mute slave girls all had complete tongues; they were either born deaf and mute or became mute later due to medication.
But why are they all mute?
Who plucked those tongues?
Was it Duan Rongshi who did it?
If it is him, why do these mute slaves show no fear in their eyes every time they see him, and even become very close to him, showing him respect and loyalty, all of which are genuine?
Moreover, things are unlikely to be so coincidental; they will be paying respects to others on this day.
Therefore, the only appropriate way to commemorate Consort Yue is to offer sacrifices to her!
The gates of Guiyuan Garden are usually kept tightly closed, and apart from Li Qingluo coming and going, it seems that no one else has ever knocked on the door.
Li Qingluo had heard that Consort Yue's sleeping quarters in the palace were called Guifu Palace.
Guiyuan Garden, Guifu Palace...
Could it be that these mute slaves are all related to the deceased Consort Yue?
Li Qingluo suppressed the many doubts in her heart.
However, regardless of who they were, she could clearly sense that they harbored no hostility towards her.
Li Qingluo is willing to treat those who have been kind and helpful to her with sincerity.
This has nothing to do with who they were in the past.
Li Qingluo put all her skills to use and prepared twelve dishes.
I also made six plates of desserts.
He kept all the dishes warm in the pot, simmered the soup, and then personally placed the desserts on the altar with the mute slaves.
The mute slaves also slipped a bouquet of freshly picked flowers into her hand and had Li Qinglu offer them on the altar.
Li Qingluo was flattered and surprised: "I...can I?"
She merely had some close dealings with Prince Su; what status or qualification did she have to add flowers to this sacrificial altar?
But the mute slaves still smiled and pushed her forward.
And he made gestures to urge her on.
Li Qingluo looked at the altar, where there was only a blank memorial tablet without a name.
Her heart suddenly felt heavy. Holding the bouquet, she stepped forward, gently put it down, and sincerely bowed deeply to the memorial tablet.
As she left Guiyuan, Cui'er and Granny Deng had just finished their business and returned to pick her up.
"Girl, it's done."
Li Qinglu boarded the carriage: "Let's go, to the Jinling government office."
Upon entering the Jinling government office again, Li Qingluo felt somewhat familiar with it.
The dark, filthy, and smelly cell was filled with grime.
Rats scurried about everywhere, and there was excrement all over the ground, along with the groans and sighs of the prisoners held there.
"Please save the little one..."
"My lord, I am innocent..."
"Please, sir, have mercy and send a message to my family..."
Granny Deng and Que'er led Li Qingluo, dodging the outstretched hands, until they finally arrived at the prison gate where Qu was being held.
The once noblewoman, adorned in gold and jade, is now a prisoner, her body filthy and disheveled.
She sat in the corner, looking terrified, with countless straws scattered all over her body, her hair disheveled, and she stared warily at everyone around her.
Until Li Qingluo arrived.
Que'er slipped a large ingot of silver into the bailiff's hand, and the bailiff immediately knocked on the door frame with a beaming smile: "Third Sister Qu! Someone has come to see you!"
As soon as Qu looked up and saw Li Qingluo, she screamed and rushed over.
"Luo'er! Luo'er—"
"Luo'er, Mother knows she was wrong, Mother really knows she was wrong, please save Mother, please save Mother—"
"Luo'er, Mother really doesn't want to die, and Mother doesn't want to stay here any longer. If I stay here any longer, Mother will be driven crazy!"
"Luo'er, I know that I have wronged you in many ways in the past. I have caused so many deaths. Everything I have done today is what I deserve..."
"But please, for the sake of your mother carrying you for ten months and giving birth to you, and for the sake of your bloodline, please save your mother..."
Qu Shi cried with tears streaming down her face. Her hands reached through the door frame and tightly gripped Li Qingluo's skirt. Her dirty hands instantly tore a mark off the clean white skirt.
Sparrow held back what she wanted to do.
Li Qingluo squatted down, took out a handkerchief, and reached out to wipe away the tears on Qu Shi's face.
"When you listened to He's words and tried to kill my grandmother, why didn't you think of this day?"
"When you killed Aunt Zheng's child and aborted Aunt Lou's already formed fetus, did you never think of this day?"
"You have allowed Li Kechuan to harm me several times, do you know that he really wanted to cut off my hands and feet, cripple me, and make me go to be buried with Liu Qingzhu?"
"When you repeatedly wished that you had given birth to Liu Qingzhu instead of me, did you ever think that I was your own flesh and blood?"
"You still want to marry me off to a man who is not even as tall as me, just so that your own family will pay more attention to you? Or do you think that I am lucky to be matched with such a man, but have you never thought that I, Li Qingluo, might be matched with a better man?"
“I can forgive you for all the things you’ve done to me. But I cannot forgive what you did to my grandmother!”
If it weren't for the collusion between the Qu and He families, my grandmother wouldn't have fallen victim to this.
After the grandmother was poisoned, it was Qu who instigated Li Chaojing to try to drag her to her death.
She wanted Tianfeng Trading Company, she wanted to control her marriage, and she wanted to completely control the General's Mansion.
Although Qu Shi may seem foolish, she is actually just as ambitious and ruthless as Aunt Deng.
Hearing the accusations word by word, Qu was completely devastated.
"Mother truly knows she was wrong..."
Li Qingluo: "No. You don't really realize that you're wrong."
"It's just that you can't bear the suffering in prison now, so you have no choice but to bow your head and admit your mistakes."
Qu hurriedly explained, "No! Luo'er, what your mother said is true."
“Every time I think about how I treated you when you first came back, I regret it so much, and my heart aches.”
"But Mother is just... just an ordinary mother who did too many reckless things..."
"Also, if it weren't for Zhu'er's act of self-immolation, your mother and brother wouldn't have been blinded by anger and grief, and wouldn't have blamed you for Zhu'er's death."
"We did make a lot of mistakes, but they were all understandable!"
"Mother admits that we were indeed biased towards Liu Qingzhu, whom we raised for more than ten years. We only thought that she was also an innocent child. Even though she was switched with us, she still allowed us to enjoy the happiness of family life."
"But we forgot... that she usurped your place, that she and her family caused you so much suffering and hardship in those mountains. We never considered things from your perspective, we never felt sorry for you..."
"Do you know that when you fell off the cliff, your mother wished that I was the one who fell off the cliff?"
"Actually, since then, my heart has been filled with guilt and remorse towards you, but I just don't want to admit it."
"Luo'er, Mother really knows she was wrong."
Even if you hate your mother and want her dead, I beg you... can't you at least give your mother some dignity?
"Mother can die, a cup of poison or a white silk ribbon will do..."
"Mother just doesn't want to die in this filthy prison!"
"Luo'er—"
Li Qingluo: "Then do you think your Qu family will let you leave here alive?"
Upon hearing this, Ms. Qu was stunned, tears welling up in her eyes.
"What...what do you mean?"
Li Qingluo: "You and the He family conspired to harm my grandmother, and now she is safe and sound, and she can live to be a hundred years old without any problem. Do you think the Qu family will be afraid that my grandmother and I will have evidence and sue the Qu family in court?"
Ms. Qu sat limply on the ground, her face deathly pale.
"Kill me...to silence me?"
Li Qingluo looked towards the darker area on the left: "Otherwise, do you think they would be so kind as to lead me here to see you today?"
"If it were just to hear your confession, I wouldn't have come."
Li Qingluo stood up and quickly retreated.
Que'er, Granny Deng, and the two guards that Li Qingluo had specially brought today immediately surrounded her.
Sure enough, as Li Qingluo finished speaking, several figures slowly revealed themselves from the darkness.
It was Madam He, the matriarch of the Qu family, along with her two daughters-in-law, several robust servants and nannies.
When Li Qingluo saw He Shi, her eyes revealed undisguised disgust and hatred.
This old hag has a kind face, but in reality, she has done countless vicious and selfish things.
She was a vegetarian and a Buddhist, yet she pointed fingers at the second wife, acting as an accomplice to the wicked. She was truly a hypocrite with a Buddhist mouth!
Does she really think that because she has a grandson who works in the Ministry of Justice, she can set some kind of trap for Li Qingluo in this prison and take her down?
Li Qinglu smiled coldly. After receiving the news from the yamen this morning that Madam Qu wanted to see her, she felt something was wrong.
Does the Qu family want to see her?
How did this news get out?
She's already in jail, penniless, powerless, and without influence. She's just a prisoner now, so how can she possibly order the authorities to relay messages for her?
Unless the Qu family is helping her behind the scenes!
Therefore, the person who truly needs to see me is not Mr. Qu.
Rather, it is the Qu family.
What is the Qu family planning to do? It's easy to guess.
As long as he had seen Madam Qu, as long as the mother and daughter had a dispute, and as long as Madam Qu died shortly after he left, he would be suspected of murder.
They could eliminate the threat posed by the Qu family, and also kill two birds with one stone by eliminating themselves.
That's definitely a good plan.
But Li Qingluo already knew how shameless the Qu family was, so how could she not have a backup plan?
However, before Li Qingluo could even make a move, Madam He erupted in anger: "You audacious beast! What nonsense are you spouting?"
"How could you stand by and watch your own mother kill your own maternal grandmother in a fit of rage? What kind of person are you?!"
"In the end, even if bones are broken, tendons are still connected. There is no beast like you in this world who would personally send his own mother to prison."
"Why haven't you been struck by lightning yet?!"
"I just wanted to hear the truth, to know whether your maternal grandmother was killed by your mother. But you, full of resentment towards your mother, have even slandered my Qu family."
"What does your grandmother's poisoning have to do with our Qu family?"
"Stop spouting nonsense and making baseless accusations, or I'll charge you with defamation!"
"Guards, seize this beast and teach her a lesson!"
"Amitabha Buddha, well said, well said."
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