She blamed herself for not making her understand these principles earlier, which led to her arrogant character.

But it's good this way, every failure makes you wiser. I hope she has learned a lesson and will be fine in the future.

"Princess, please take a seat first."

She looked at Chu Li, and seeing that Chu Li didn't say anything, she didn't dare to take a seat, and just stood timidly behind Chu Li.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Ruan felt heartbroken.

Besides, Mrs. Yuan was quite surprised.

I thought: This War King looks polite and easy to talk to.

I didn't expect that he was so hateful and good at torturing people.

Mrs. Ruan knew how spoiled her eldest daughter was.

I didn't expect that he had been tortured so much that he lost a lot of weight, like a puppy that had been beaten, and his eyes had changed.

With the arrival of Prince Zhan and Princess Zhan, Madam Ruan's momentum returned.

Her face was always filled with smiles, and while waiting for the witness, she was chatting with Mrs. Yuan and laughing out loud.

Before they had said a few words, another servant came hurriedly to report that the master had returned.

Mrs. Ruan: “…”

She asked with a sullen face, "Who asked you to come back? You are very busy with your official duties, but it's just a maid. Is it worth it for you to put aside your official duties to deal with such a dirty matter?"

Chu Li: "I asked someone to invite him."

Mrs. Ruan was slightly surprised.

Chu Li explained: "This maid dared to slander Madam Ruan. Such a big matter must be known to Madam Ruan."

Mrs. Ruan felt unhappy.

Speaking of the son-in-law, except for the day he woke up and rushed to Ruan's house and called them father-in-law and mother-in-law, he didn't call them that anymore afterwards.

It has always been Lord Ruan and Mrs. Ruan.

She knew her daughter's character and thought she must have done something wrong, which displeased King Zhan and caused his attitude to change suddenly.

She felt guilty, but couldn't say anything. She just felt uncomfortable.

When Ruan Hong came back, he saw that the room was full of people.

Both daughters and sons-in-law are back, what's wrong with Mrs. Yuan?

Lord Lu brought so many people here.

"Ma'am, what happened?"

Madam Ruan pursed her lips and said, "Yes, Master, do you still remember her? She killed my sister back then, and I ordered her to be beaten. She refused to obey, and now she has come back to sue me at the government office."

Ruan Hong stared at Cui'er for a long time before recognizing her.

"You are Cui Er? You are not dead?"

Cui Er bowed and saluted, "Master, Cui Er greets you."

"Humph, greetings? You killed your master, and you still have the nerve to greet me?"

Cui Er shook her head and said, "No, I didn't kill her. My daughter was taken away by Mrs. Wang..."

"Sir, everyone has been brought here."

As they were talking, Mrs. Wang and Captain Zheng came with several people who were involved in the incident back then.

Cui Er shut up.

Forget it. We’ll talk about it later when we interrogate the case.

Captain Zheng brought five or six people with him, some in their twenties, some in their thirties, and some in their fifties and sixties.

Mrs. Ruan introduced them with a smile, "These people are the eyewitnesses from that year. There were originally two more, but more than ten years have passed since the incident, and those two didn't live long and have died. Master Lu, is it okay with the loss of two people?"

"Don't worry, it's okay." Lord Lu looked at the servants and said, "Tell me what happened back then."

"Yes, sir."

Servant No. 1: "This Miss Cui'er was a maidservant of Ming Xiaoniang. She had always taken care of Ming Xiaoniang. Ming Xiaoniang died of dystocia because of her poor care."

"Why do you say that?"

"She made all the tonic soups for Ming Xiaoniang during her pregnancy. She put a lot of hawthorn and five-element grass, which can cause premature birth, in the tonic soup. It was because of eating these things that Ming Xiaoniang had a premature birth. The premature birth caused hemorrhage, and both she and her child died."

Cui Er said anxiously, "You are talking nonsense. My wife gave birth to a premature baby, but she gave birth to the baby boy safely. Both mother and baby are safe. It was at night that Old Lady Wang brought people in and dragged me to the yard by force. Old Lady Wang killed my wife and the baby boy and put the blame on me."

Um?

Ruan Hong looked at her in surprise.

Cui Er said to Ruan Hong anxiously: "Master, Cui Er's words are true. My daughter was killed by Madam. It's true."

Madam Ruan sneered, "You bold little bitch, God has spared your life, you should be grateful instead of coming here to slander me."

"Madam, I didn't slander you. I know you have always disliked me and hated me. But...but how could you be so cruel as to kill her? She is your biological sister, you grew up together."

"You bold bitch, how dare you talk nonsense? How can I bear to kill her?"

Madam Ruan looked at Ruan Hong and said, "Master, I don't like my sister. I hate her for plotting against you, but she is my sister after all. After being angry for a while, didn't I come to my senses later? I also advised you to go to her yard and not ignore her, didn't I?"

Ruan Hong remembered and nodded, "Indeed."

After that unpleasant incident, he never saw Cui Ming again.

She gave birth to Ruan Xinchen alone, and lived in seclusion in that small courtyard. He almost forgot about such a person.

But two years later, the lady suddenly said that she had figured it out. After all, Cui Ming was her sister and they had grown up together. She couldn't bear to see her being ruined, so she persuaded him to go sit in her courtyard.

He was against it at first, but he could not resist his wife's constant persuasion, saying that he was sorry to his sister and his parents.

This happened because she, as her elder sister, failed to educate her well. She is responsible.

He couldn't bear to see his wife crying all day, so he picked a night when his wife was not feeling well and went into Cui Ming's yard.

But unexpectedly, after that night, she became pregnant again.

Thinking of these things, Ruan Hong felt very complicated.

After receiving Ruan Hong's affirmation, Mrs. Ruan said coldly: "Did you hear that? You should have reconciled with her long ago. After all, she is my sister. How can I bear to hurt her?"

Cui Er shook her head and insisted, "No, it was you who did it. You asked Mrs. Wang to bring people into the house and kill her."

"Oh? Really?" Mrs. Wang asked, "You keep saying that I killed him. May I ask how I did it?"

"I don't know. You had someone drag me out of the yard, so I didn't see it. After you left, I went into the house and saw that she was dead. The bed was covered in blood, and she died with her eyes open."

"Hmph, sir, this maid is talking nonsense. Miss Ming clearly died of hemorrhage. It was this maid's poor care that caused her to have premature birth and hemorrhage."

"Oh? What evidence do you have?"

"After learning that Miss Ming was in trouble, Madam asked someone to invite Dr. Zhou who lives nearby. Dr. Zhou can testify."

Lord Lu, "Send it to Doctor Zhou."

"Yes." Captain Zheng replied.

Then he took two yamen runners to invite Doctor Zhou.

Doctor Zhou lived across the street. Whenever anyone in the Ruan family had a headache or a fever, they would ask him to see the doctor.

Over the years, I have received a lot of bonuses and have become very familiar with Mrs. Ruan.

He arrived soon, and Lord Lu asked him about Cui Ming's incident thirteen years ago.

Doctor Zhou thought about it for a while and said, "He definitely died of hemorrhage."