Chapter 117: Truth 6: Shuli's body is gone
In Chunhua Courtyard, Wu Sheng hurried in to report, "Boss, the people in Changle Palace have been fooled. They thought you had really left the city, so they rushed out in droves."
Xie Wuhen sat in the rose chair in the house, staring at the sky outside.
It was dusk, and the sunset glow dyed half the sky red, softening his resolute face. He asked, "Is there no movement from the people in Kunning Palace?"
Wu Sheng shook his head: "Kunning Palace didn't get involved this time."
"The Queen has learned her lesson. She wants to sit back and watch the fight." Xie Wuhen sighed and then ordered in a deep voice, "Let our people continue north and lead the group from Changle Palace to the border."
Wu Sheng's face lit up with joy. "This way, we can go to Fuzi Mountain safely to fetch the princess. Boss is truly wise."
Finally, he became a little puzzled: "Young Madam has been to Fuzi Mountain before, and this princess is also hiding in Fuzi Mountain. Boss, do you think Fuzi Mountain has some magical power?"
He was speechless for a long while, the fiery red glow burning brightly in his eyes.
After a long while, he pursed his lips, as if he had made a great decision, and said in a hoarse voice: "From now on, there will be no more young ladies in this world."
Wu Sheng paused: "Boss, are you... planning to give up looking for the young lady?" He clearly still looked like he couldn't bear to leave the young lady.
His tone was a little more ruthless: "Remember, the young lady was murdered."
Wu Sheng was shocked: "By... by whom?"
Xie Wuhen didn't respond. He stood up and walked out, ordering as he walked, "Take Li Shuli out of the secret room."
Wu Sheng was confused and followed him: "Boss, what are you going to do?"
He replied: "Take him to Li's house."
Wu Sheng was more and more shocked. Didn't the boss hide Li Shuli in the secret room in order to pave a way for the young lady to return? Now he actually sent Li Shuli directly to the Li family. Isn't this just undermining his own plans?
"Boss, have you really thought it through? If we let Li Shuli return to the Li family, the young lady... will never be able to come back..."
Xie Wuhen still didn't respond to him and just walked forward.
When Li Shuli was taken to the Li family, Li Taian had just finished washing up and was preparing to go to bed with Yue Niang.
Butler Xia Zhuang hurried over to report: "Master, the son-in-law has returned with the young lady."
Li Taian was delighted when he heard this: "Wuhen has indeed found Li'er. Please change my clothes quickly."
At the end, he did not forget to scold: "It's a good thing that the young lady has returned home. How can you be so flustered?"
Xia Zhuang's face turned pale, and he stammered, "The young lady was sent back here... tied up by her brother-in-law."
Li Taian was stunned: "Why?"
Xia Zhuang lowered his voice: "My uncle said... this young lady is a fake."
Li Taian knew that this matter was of no trivial importance, so he hurried out of the courtyard and rushed to the front hall.
At this time, the front hall was brightly lit with candles, and Li Shuli, who was tied up, was kneeling in the open space in the room.
At first she was unwilling to kneel, but Wu Sheng pushed her down hard with the hilt of his sword.
Even though she was being held down tightly, she still kept shouting, "Father, save me, save your Li'er, Father, this Xie Wuhen is not a good guy, he is not a good guy..."
When Li Taian walked into the front hall, he just heard Li Shuli's long and short wails.
He was a little bit incredulous and looked at the woman kneeling on the ground. He saw that she was in tattered clothes, her face was covered with dirt, and she looked as miserable as a street beggar. She was completely different from the daughter he remembered.
But when he looked closely at the woman's face, her eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose seemed exactly the same as his Li'er.
He was confused: "Wuhen, what... is going on?"
Without waiting for Xie Wuhen's response, Li Shuli was anxious to stand up and defend herself, but was pushed down again by Wu Sheng.
She could only cry and shout: "Father, Xie Wuhen has locked me up in a secret underground room and has also tortured me. Father, please save me..."
Wu Sheng thought she was being noisy, so he grabbed a towel and stuffed it into her mouth.
Li Shuli was forced to be speechless and could only scream with a handkerchief in her mouth.
Li Taian couldn't bear it, but he didn't know the inside story. He glanced at Li Shuli, then at Xie Wuhen. He didn't know what to say for a moment, and muttered: "This...this..."
Xie Wuhen clasped his fists and bowed: "My Lord Father-in-law, you don't know that this girl is not the real Shuli, she is just a fake."
When Li Shuli heard that she was a fake, she started to struggle frantically again and continued to scream at Li Taian.
Wu Sheng held her down with all his might, "If you dare to move again, I will slit your throat right now."
Li Shuli was frightened for a moment, but finally calmed down.
Li Taian still couldn't believe it and glanced at Li Shuli: "She looks... too much like Shuli."
Xie Wuhen replied, "This woman, through bone shaping, has created a face identical to Shuli's and attempted to replace Shuli as the Xie family's young mistress. Fortunately, my son-in-law was on guard and discovered it in time, otherwise both the Xie and Li families would have been deceived by this woman."
Li Taian was a little panicked: "Humans... can actually reshape bones?"
Then he asked, "Where did my Shuli go?"
Xie Wuhen replied in a deep voice, "Shuli was killed by this woman and her body was thrown into a mass grave. My son-in-law went to the mass grave yesterday and found Shuli's body... not a single bone was left."
He said the last sentence with gritted teeth.
Li Taian was stunned for a moment and couldn't help feeling sad.
The eldest son died of illness, and now the daughter has been killed. No matter how hard-hearted one is, he cannot withstand these heavy blows.
He glared at Li Shuli fiercely: "You are so young, yet you are so vicious."
Li Shuli shook her head at him desperately, crying as she shook her head. Tears flowed down her cheeks, wetting the handkerchief in her mouth.
She was filled with joy when she was taken out of the secret room today, and she was even happier when she was taken back to the Li family. She thought her father would definitely rescue her, and that she would be able to escape from Xie Wuhen's clutches this time.
But she didn't expect that not only did her father not rescue her, but he was also instigated by Xie Wuhen. It was obvious that she was the real daughter of the Li family, and Su He was the real fake, but now black and white are reversed, and she has become the fake.
She watched helplessly as her father could not recognize her, watched helplessly as she could not return home, she cried heartbreakingly and was heartbroken...
Li Taian looked at her tearful eyes and couldn't help but waver again.
At one point, he even thought that the woman in front of him might be his daughter.
He murmured, "Wuhen, do you think this could be a mistake?"
"This matter has been confirmed without a doubt." Xie Wuhen said in a resounding voice: "If my father-in-law still has doubts, he can go directly to the Dali Temple to file a lawsuit. The Dali Temple will then hold a public trial in front of the entire city so that the right and wrong can be determined."
When he heard about the "public trial", Li Taian quickly waved his hands and said, "There's no need for a lawsuit. Although the Li family may not be as famous as other prominent families, it is still a family with a good reputation. We can't afford to lose this person. However... now that Shuli is gone, what about the relationship between the Xie and Li families..."
Xie Wuhen took over the conversation: "The Xie and Li families will continue to visit each other as usual. I will still regard the Li family as my own in-laws. When Mingze turns six, I will arrange for him to study at Lushan Academy to help him build a good future."
Lushan Academy is a family academy in the city. All students are descendants of famous families. A low-ranking official like Li Taian has no chance of getting in touch with them at all.
Now that he had received such a great promise, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy, "Thank you Wuhen, Ze'er's future depends on Wuhen from now on."
"Father-in-law, there's no need to be polite to me." Xie Wuhen said, getting back to the point and pointing at Li Shuli, "Then may I ask, Father-in-law, what should we do with this woman?"
Li Shuli looked at the two of them talking and laughing, and her heart became more and more desperate. She screamed even louder at Li Taian.
Wu Sheng had no choice but to increase his strength and press her hard.
Li Taian looked at Li Shuli who was being held down, and felt a little guilty.
In a trance, he once again inexplicably felt that this might really be his daughter.
But his feelings are not important now. What Xie Wuhen says is true is true, and what he says is false is false.
After all, he had to consider the long-term future of the Li family and the only male in the family. Sacrificing a daughter was not a big deal, especially a daughter whose real or fake status was unknown.
He avoided Li Shuli's gaze and asked, "Wuhen, what do you think we should do?"
Xie Wuhen replied, "I brought this girl here today to consult my father-in-law. After all, Shuli is the legitimate daughter of the Li family. She died in such a tragic way, and the Li family also has the right to make the decision."
Li Taian rubbed his hands nervously, unable to make a decision.
Aunt Yue, who had followed all the way, walked up and poked Li Taian's elbow, signaling him not to hesitate.
Aunt Yue said in a friendly tone, "Since this girl is an imposter, Wuhen can do whatever he thinks is right. Your father-in-law and I have no objection. It's just a pity for Shuli. She has suffered such an unprovoked disaster at such a young age..."
Upon hearing this, Li Shuli began to cry desperately again, but no one paid any attention to her.
Xie Wuhen's expression was slightly restrained: "Since my father-in-law asked me to make the decision, then I will make the decision."
He looked at Li Shuli gravely and said in a resounding voice, "This woman took someone's life and impersonated someone else. Her crimes are so ruthless that they cannot be punished. She should be executed according to the law."
When she heard the words "to be beheaded", Li Shuli shrank back in fear.
Xie Wuhen ordered sternly: "Mr. Wu, execute the sentence."
Wu Sheng shouted "Yes" and swung his sword at lightning speed, stabbing it fiercely into Li Shuli's chest...
Li Shuli had almost no time to dodge and was hit by the attack.
The intense pain instantly gripped her, making it impossible for her to breathe.
She looked at the sword on her chest, then at her father who had grown up with her. Her father's face was filled with astonishment, without a trace of sympathy.
She spat out a mouthful of blood, smiled bitterly, and looked up at the sky. The sky was so dark, so dark that there was no bottom in sight.
And the person who killed her was not only Xie Wuhen, but also her father and the entire Li family.
She never thought that she would die under the fake identity of Li Shuli.
If she had known this, she might not have been rescued, or she might have died at the hands of that bitch Su He. In that case, she wouldn't have had to work so hard to get to where she is now.
In this way, everything will be quiet.
Li Shuli exhaled her last breath and died with her eyes open.
Li Taian was a little dazed, his chest heaving.
Aunt Yue could not see this bloody scene and had already hidden behind him.
Xie Wuhen's expression remained unchanged as he ordered in a deep voice, "Bury her in the mass grave."
He looked up at the night sky outside the house and let out a long sigh.
Li Shuli was brutal and cruel, and she deserved death. Regardless of truth or falsehood, there was finally no Li Shuli in this world, and finally no one knew her past.
He had paved a way for her to return, but now he had cut that road off with his own hands.
From then on, she was just Princess Su He, not anyone's slave.
From then on, her background was clean and her origins were clear, and no one dared to gossip about her behind her back.
From then on, she had only a bright and smooth road ahead, and happiness and well-being.
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