Chapter 1532 Shu Yu guessed it all right
Qiu Ju's face turned pale.
However, before Shu Yu could finish speaking, she said, "Let me guess, why are you doing this? Are you trying to make a big scene by hitting someone, hoping to get into an argument and waste half an hour? That way you'll get back very late, and by then Chen Ji will probably be starving and have eaten instant noodles, right?"
"And you were arguing with someone outside at the time, making a scene known to everyone around you. You have so many witnesses to prove that you were outside at 7:45 PM and didn't return home until very late, providing a perfect alibi. You also had plenty of time for Chen Ji to be so hungry that he ate arsenic."
"But you didn't expect to run into me. You didn't dare argue with me, so you said a few words and ran away. After that, you didn't look for anyone else, because hitting a second person would be too suspicious."
"But you're lucky. When you got back, Chen Ji had already died at 7:45 PM."
Qiuju almost collapsed to her knees, looking at Shuyu as if she were looking at something terrifying.
She guessed it; her thoughts were laid bare before her, and what she said was completely accurate.
Cold sweat poured down her face even more. Qiu Ju wasn't exactly a person of great composure. She could still manage to be somewhat adept at domestic power struggles, but in this courtroom, when all her schemes were exposed, she had no idea what to do.
Lord Xie glared and immediately ordered the torture to be carried out.
After a few blows with the paddle, Qiuju couldn't withstand it at all and quickly confessed.
She cried out, almost sobbing, "It was me! I killed him!" If she didn't confess, she might be beaten to death on the spot, even before being convicted.
Chen Xiucai glared at her fiercely, "Why? What did my father do to wrong you that you want to kill him? You poisonous woman."
Qiu Ju lay sprawled on the bench, her face damp with sweat, her eyes equally fierce and angry. "Shut up! Why would I kill him? Hahahaha, he was going to give me away, why can't I kill him?"
"What, what did you say?"
Qiuju exhaled twice. "That old beast of a father of yours, wanting to climb the social ladder, but having nothing of value to offer, he set his sights on me. He actually wants to give me to an old man so that your Chen family can rise to prominence? Ha, he's supposed to be a well-read scholar, but instead of studying hard, he only thinks about taking these crooked paths. He wants to harm me, so why can't I strike first?"
Chen Xiucai took two steps back. "My father wants to give you away? No, that's impossible."
"Look, he doesn't even dare to tell you. He just wanted to strike first and gave me away directly. Once the deed is done, it's no use being angry. No, you're just like your father, able to rise to the top so quickly, you probably don't care about a concubine like me at all."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiucai felt inexplicably guilty, because Qiuju was right; he didn't care about a concubine.
Lord Xie had Chen Xiucai pulled away and continued the interrogation, "You say Chen Ji was trying to give you away, but do you know who that person is and where they are now?"
Qiuju was in pain and spoke with some difficulty. "I don't know, I've never seen that person. It's just that one day that old beast was too happy and drank some wine. When I went to clear the table for him, he drunkenly asked me if I was willing to go with someone else so that the Chen family could live a good life."
(End of this chapter)
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