No matter how much the outside world discussed this matter, the Fang family mansion remained as peaceful as ever.
Fang Yunxiu took the cotton wool dipped in medicine from Fang Yuxiu and wiped it carefully on Mrs. Fang's wound.
Mrs. Fang frowned and endured the pain.
"Mother, is it painful?" Fang Yunxiu said, tears streaming down her face. "What you did is too dangerous. What if..."
They only found out about Old Madam Fang and First Madam Fang's arrangement to use themselves as bait afterwards, especially after seeing the injuries on First Madam Fang's body and hearing the description of the tense scene.
"Knives and arrows have no eyes. If there is even a slight deviation, what can we do?" Fang Yunxiu said while wiping away tears.
Mrs. Fang smiled and raised her hand to stroke her daughter's head.
"It's not painful, it's exhilarating." She smiled softly, and regained her usual gentleness and docility, without the madness she had when she held the knife that night. "If I can get rid of this evil man and avenge your grandfather, father, and younger brother, even if I die, it will be a great joy."
Fang Yunxiu was about to say something when Fang Yuxiu took over the conversation.
“When did my grandmother and mother start planning this?” she asked curiously.
Mrs. Fang smiled. Now that the bad guys have been brought to justice, there is no need to cover up the truth.
"Since Zhenzhen broke off the engagement with the Ning family," she said.
Fang Yuxiu nodded.
"It is indeed so." She said, her eyes bright and clear, "So it is true that I can cure it?"
Don't ask about all those messy true and false things, just ask this question, because as long as you ask this question clearly, the rest will be clear.
Thinking of her son, Mrs. Fang's face brightened.
“Yeah,” she said. “Chengyu will be fine.”
The evildoers were brought to justice, Chengyu recovered, and the Fang family finally saw the light of day.
Mrs. Fang felt like she was dreaming.
Fang Yuxiu thought about it, then reached out and pinched Mrs. Fang.
"Does it hurt?" she asked.
Of course, she did it gently, and Mrs. Fang also pretended to cry out in pain, and the mother, daughter and her two daughters all laughed.
"I was thinking, if mother had said that she was dreaming, Jinxiu would definitely pinch her on purpose. Jinxiu wasn't here. Yuxiu was also naughty." Fang Yunxiu said with a smile.
These words came out of his mouth, and he realized it was a mistake as soon as he said it, and looked embarrassed.
Mrs. Fang's smile also faded.
The results of the government interrogation were sent to the Fang family every day. Naturally, the identity and origin of Su was also explained by the head shopkeeper Song.
Su was not the daughter of a distant relative of the shopkeeper Song, but a assassin he adopted and trained. She entered the Fang Mansion to monitor and murder the Fang family's descendants.
But Fang Jinxiu has nothing to do with this.
Fang Jinxiu's birth only gave Su a reason to stay in the Fang family, but it was of no other use.
But in view of this, Mrs. Fang could not forgive Fang Jinxiu.
There was a slight silence in the room, and Yuanshi happened to come in at this moment.
She was also very busy. Old Madam Fang was busy entertaining officials, and Madam Fang was cleaning up the bank with injuries. She was assigned the task of cleaning up and disposing of the servants in the house.
Yuanshi felt both sighing and uneasy.
What she lamented was that Old Madam Fang and Madam Fang still trusted her so much, but what made her uneasy was that there were so many hidden conspiracies and plots and she didn't know how to deal with all of them.
"Lingzhi is seriously ill," said Yuan. "Doctor Wan asked if we should hire another doctor."
Mrs. Fang pulled down the sleeve of her arm to cover the wound and sat up straight.
"Please, give her proper treatment," she said. "As for how to deal with her, I'll decide when Chengyu comes back."
Although the pregnancy was fake, Lingzhi was the one chosen by Chengyu. Although she looked down on this suicidal girl, what if her son liked her?
Speaking of Chengyu, Fang Yunxiu couldn't help but ask.
"Mother, when will Chengyu come back?" she asked.
Mrs. Fang shook her head.
"Don't mention that you have been kept in the dark about many things. I have also been kept in the dark about many things. I still don't know where Chengyu has gone." She said with a wry smile.
"Because the nature of mother and child is difficult to conceal, only a mother's true love can avoid arousing suspicion." Fang Yuxiu said.
Mrs. Fang smiled.
"Yes, I know. As long as it's for Chengyu, don't even think of treating me like a fool. Even if you ask me to do something cruel, I'm willing to do it." She said with a smile.
"Madam has already resorted to the strategy of inflicting pain on herself." Yuan said jokingly, looking at Madam Fang's injuries.
Mrs. Fang glanced at her and Yuanshi was embarrassed and said nothing.
"How many people need to be replaced?" asked Mrs. Fang.
Knowing that they were going to discuss family matters, Fang Yuxiu and Fang Yunxiu stood up and left. They walked to the outside of a courtyard and stopped, both with complicated expressions.
Fang Jinxiu was imprisoned here.
Since the day Su committed suicide by taking poison, Lingzhi and Fang Jinxiu were locked up. No one has asked about them since then, as if they had been forgotten.
"How is she?" Fang Yunxiu couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Fang Yuxiu looked at the house over there.
"He said he didn't talk, and he was either sitting or sleeping," she said. "He ate all the food that was sent to him, and he didn't go on a hunger strike."
He smiled when he said this.
"She has always been strong and would never do something stupid like committing suicide."
Fang Yunxiu sighed lightly.
"No matter how strong you are, it's useless when you encounter something like this," she said.
Being strong can help you get through hard times and solve problems, but being born as a daughter of the Su family is a fact that cannot be changed no matter how strong you are.
Fang Yuxiu didn't say anything either.
"Why don't we go see her?" Fang Yunxiu said.
Fang Yuxiu shook her head.
"Sister, she probably doesn't know how to face us right now, and we are not ready to face her either." She said, "Rather than being embarrassed and having nothing to say, it's better not to meet her for the time being. Not meeting her may be the best thing for her."
Yeah, I really don’t know what to say when I see her, Fang Yunxiu sighed lightly.
"Besides, the matter is not over yet." Fang Yuxiu said.
Fang Yunxiu was stunned.
"It's not over yet? Haven't Song Yunping and the others been arrested?" she asked, "Is there anyone else?"
Fang Yuxiu smiled.
"I mean, Chengyu hasn't come back yet," she said seriously, "so it's not over yet."
At the same time, in the county government office, Old Lady Fang was talking to the county magistrate about the end of the matter.
"Song Yunping has basically confessed everything," said County Magistrate Li, adding a hint of anger, "I never thought he would be such a beast in human form."
Old Mrs. Fang has become numb.
"At first, both my natal family and my husband's family came to compete for the property, but Song Yunping always stood on our Fang family's side and did his best. I lamented that relatives became enemies, while outsiders became relatives." She said, and laughed at herself, "I was really blind."
Li Xianling sighed.
"Don't blame yourself, old lady. We kind-hearted people cannot see through the hearts of these evil people." He said, "That is why we are kind people."
Old Mrs. Fang looked quite sad.
"The price this good man paid was too high," she said.
"Don't worry, I have already reported his crimes. The verdict will be made soon. He will definitely be executed immediately." County Magistrate Li said calmly, "When the time comes, he will be paraded through the streets and executed slowly to comfort the many innocent souls of your Fang family."
Old Mrs. Fang stood up tremblingly and paid her respects to Magistrate Li.
"Thank you, sir," she said, choking with sobs.
Li County Magistrate hurriedly helped him.
"This is my duty." He said, and sat down with Old Madam Fang again. He took a sip of tea and thought, "Old Madam, Young Master Fang is actually much better now, right?"