Ling Sheng was in an almost unspeakable state of deathly silence.
It was so dark that no light could be seen.
Facing all the pointing and looking eyes, even the ladies beside her subconsciously stepped aside. Li hissed, "I really didn't! I didn't!"
However, who doesn't know about Miss Ling's encounter with bandits five years ago?
Besides, at the previous palace banquet and at other times, they had heard vaguely that Li, the mistress of the house, did not treat the other concubines and young ladies in the general's mansion as well as she seemed.
If this is true, no, it is obviously eight or nine times out of ten true!
More than five years ago, he used silver to let the mountain bandit harm the young lady of the mansion. Not only was her face disfigured, but she also lost her virginity and narrowly escaped death.
How terrible is such a vicious woman!
"I didn't... I didn't! Master, sir, your majesty, please believe me, I didn't! I didn't ask the bandits to harm her!"
"I didn't!" Every word he said was heart-wrenching, but he was like a mute swallowing bitter pill!
She knew very well that this was not the case, not at all, but even if the blame was put on her, she could not tell the truth of that year.
When a person is in desperate situation, he can either give up struggling and wait for death, or try to survive in the face of death.
Li's mind, which had been frightened for a while, suddenly became clear. "I am the mistress of a mansion, I have a clean family, and I gave birth to two outstanding daughters. Ling Jing is not a man, and her mother is just a concubine with unknown origins. Why should I harm her? What good will it do me!"
She said bitterly, "Even if I don't like them, the master is not at home all year round. Even if I treat them like two dogs, it's just a matter of giving them some leftovers! Why should I, Li Qiong, take such a risk to harm them!"
He looked at Baili Feiyue again, his eyes were so poisonous that they almost killed her, "Ling Jing, your mother and I don't get along. Your mother thought you were gone, and she died in a fire in the Plum Garden out of grief. You blame me for all this!"
"I've always said that something's wrong with you since you came back home. Now you've written and performed this drama yourself! I'm afraid you must have brought this bandit here!"
Baili Feiyue sneered, "I found him? Did I know that I would be harmed today? Do you think I'm a god? How could I arrange a "bandit" more than ten years ago? Or, why don't you just say that Lord Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice was in cahoots with me?"
Anyone could collude with her, except Minister Wang from the Ministry of Justice!
Not to mention Minister Wang, even Minister Mu couldn't do it!
This point is clear to everyone present.
The Ministry of Justice has a minister, two vice ministers and three people in charge. They are all unyielding and only care about the cases, not the powerful people.
Solving cases and finding the truth is their destiny.
Baili Feiyue closed her eyes again, "I should have thought of it earlier. Since returning home, you have been trying to trip me up in various ways. At first I thought you just disliked me like before. I was so naive."
Ling Sheng finally found his voice, but it seemed to come from a faraway place and he couldn't hear it clearly. "Li Qiong, is that you?"
Li was choked. How could she explain it? The bandit was really not her!
"Master, I'm really not your concubine!"
"Then how are you going to explain what this bandit said?!"
"I don't know. I've really been wronged!"
In fact, even if he was quibbling, many people present had already made up their minds. Even in Ling Sheng's own mind, after all, since he returned to the mansion this time, what had happened in the mansion, people outside didn't know, didn't he know it clearly.
I felt like my chest was being pounded and was numb.
He actually had no strength left, he had too many emotions.
Li just kept saying it was unfair, but she couldn't explain why.
Zhan Xiuzhu saw this and really wanted to run away. However, not only were there the Imperial Guards beside him, Baili Feiyue saw him move and looked straight over, her eyes firmly grasping him, "Master Zhan, are you a little impatient?"
"Ling Jing, I don't know what tricks you used to make those maids lie, but you know in your heart whether this child is related to you or not!"
Baili Feiyue smiled, "Since I am no longer a virgin, are you still afraid of giving me another child?"
"Ling Jing, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean?" Baili Feiyue sneered and looked at Emperor Jing, "Your Majesty, I suggest that this Master Zhan be punished!"
Emperor Jing frowned slightly. Torture was undoubtedly the most commonly used and most effective method.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Then let's hand it over to the Ministry of Justice." After all, the nanny had examined her, and Ling Jing's loss of virginity was related to the bandits, so it was obvious that Zhan Xiuzhu in front of him was suspected of lying.
Upon hearing this, Zhan Xiuzhu fell to his knees. If he were to be tortured in such a situation, he would be in great danger of death!
Even if you don’t die, you will lose some skin!
"Your Majesty! Ling Jing is trying to force a confession under torture!"
However, Emperor Jing just waved his hand and Zhan Xiuzhu was pinned down by the imperial guards on both sides.
Zhan Xiuzhu was really panicked when he was pinned down. But things had come to this point, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere.
It was at this time, at the gate of the general's mansion.
The two sedan chairs stopped.
The servant beside the sedan chairs helped an old woman out of one of the sedan chairs, and a young daughter-in-law holding a child out of the other sedan chair.
Lead him towards the mansion.
As they walked, the old woman asked, "My dear, my son is so lucky to have made friends with the General's Mansion, and to have the honor of inviting my mother and I to the birthday banquet. By the way, my dear, where is my son?"
The servant smiled and said, "Madam, it's in the inner garden, we'll be there soon."
"Oh, okay, okay."
Both the old woman and the young daughter-in-law were a little impatient. After all, the old woman had not seen her son for a long time, and the young daughter-in-law had not seen her husband for a long time.
But when they were looking forward to meeting each other happily, they heard a scream from afar, and their faces changed immediately. Why did this voice sound familiar?
Could it be that my child has violated some taboo in the general's mansion?
The old woman's heart skipped a beat and she hurried towards the sound without waiting for the servant to lead the way.
But she saw her son's fingers being pinched by several men who looked like soldiers!
The fingers are connected to the heart!
The old woman rushed over desperately and pounced on Zhan Xiuzhu, "What are you doing! Why are you hitting my Abao!!"
Everyone was stunned by this scene.
However, no one’s reaction was as big as Zhan Xiuzhu’s.
He turned his head and looked at the old woman almost in horror.
When the old woman saw the torturers around her coming to surround her again, she immediately stood in front of them like a hen protecting her chicks, "What on earth did my A-bao do wrong!"
When she saw Zhan Xiuzhu's bloody hands, she felt even more hatred and pain, "Abao, mother has long told you that these wealthy families are not within the reach of people like us, but you have always been so ambitious! Tell me, what are you doing running to such a high-ranking government office, you!"
At this time, the young daughter-in-law also came over with the child in her arms, and it was also extraordinary at first glance.
She rushed over as well, whimpering with a mixture of heartache and confusion, "Husband, what's wrong with you..."
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