Jiang Shuman rolled her eyes.
The little brat has probably forgotten how cowardly he was when he first heard his sister's true feelings.
Xiao Yitang turned her gaze to her, "Wen Zhixuan only entered the court after he saved His Majesty during last year's autumn hunt. Miaomiao said that you saved him, so it must have been before the autumn hunt. Think about it carefully."
Unregistered individuals could only be enslaved, and among aristocratic families, killing someone was not a big deal. After all, people were divided into different classes, and in the eyes of the nobles, the lives of the lower classes were not worth mentioning.
But these kinds of things are usually resolved behind closed doors; no one would drag their servants out into the street to beat or demonstrate against them.
It's unnecessary, and it would make you seem petty.
The more someone considers themselves noble, the more they care about saving face.
Jiang Shuman thought for a long time and actually came up with something.
Last Mid-Autumn Festival, Shen Zhixian and I went to see the lanterns. When we passed by the alley behind the Duke of E's mansion, we saw Gu Jinchuan directing several servants to beat someone.
Xiao Yitang understood.
With my daughter's strong sense of justice, she certainly wouldn't stand idly by.
"So you saved that person, and then what?"
"I took him to the hospital later. I couldn't possibly bring a strange man home."
Even though Jiang Shuman is unconventional, she still remembers that she is engaged.
Jiang Yiqing grasped the key point.
"Was Shen Zhixian also there at the time?"
"yes."
After answering, Jiang Shuman suddenly realized, "If that person is Wen Zhixuan, then Shen Zhixian was very likely the one who met him around that time."
Jiang Yiqing nodded.
"Shortly after the Mid-Autumn Festival came the autumn hunt, and Wen Zhixuan rose to prominence by saving the emperor. Whether he mistook his savior for someone else or whether Shen Zhixian intentionally guided him, the two were bound together from then on. Shen Zhixian acted as the link, enabling Wen Zhixuan to successfully form an alliance with Shen Jiming."
Even worse—
Shen Zhixian has feelings for Wen Zhixuan and fears that her lies will be exposed, so she wants to kill Jiang Shuman to silence her.
But Jiang Shuman was of noble birth and skilled in martial arts, so she had no opportunity to strike. Even if she were to succeed by chance, she would be implicated. Therefore, she devised a plan to use someone else's knife to kill—the emperor's knife!
Thus, the witchcraft case came about.
When the emperor is angry, millions will die.
Jiang Sixian hates everyone in the Jiang family, so she becomes a knife in her own daughter's hand!
Jiang Shuman also realized what was happening and felt a chill run down her spine.
"What a deep scheme! I used to think she was pitiful to have such a mother, but it turns out I'm the one who suffered the most."
She was furious.
She used to genuinely treat Shen Zhixian like a younger sister, sharing all the good things with her and helping her out of many difficult situations. But this ungrateful wretch turned around and stabbed her in the back.
Xiao Yitang said, "You can know a person's face but not their heart. This incident has taught us a lesson, and we should all be more careful in the future."
Seeing that her children all looked depressed, she changed the subject and said to her eldest son, "You've just come back, you look travel-worn. Go back and wash up and change your clothes. I've prepared a family feast for you tonight to welcome you back."
"yes."
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