After the Queen and the wife of the Marquis Xuanping cried and complained about the situation to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother immediately allowed the Queen to leave the palace and accompany the wife of the Marquis Xuanping to Shuntian Prefecture to listen to the trial of the case.
--Shuntianfu--
After Madam Gu was taken to Shuntian Prefecture, Princess Yanyang attended the trial as a victim. When the well-informed ladies of other families heard about this, they hurriedly packed up at the gate of Shuntian Prefecture, just to see the latest excitement.
Lord Li, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, wiped the non-existent sweat off his face. It was the first time he saw so many noble ladies and maids gathered together. It was like there were hundreds of ducks outside the door.
He slammed the gavel.
"Opening the Hall"
The groom's family served as witnesses, and all the servants who served Mrs. Gu were arrested and brought to trial.
After being hit with dozens of boards, someone soon couldn't bear it anymore.
Mrs. Gu refused to admit her guilt and cried out that she was innocent, but she had no evidence to defend herself.
Seeing that the situation was at a stalemate, Lord Li, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, planned to torture Madam Gu with the double torture.
Mrs. Gu's hands were placed in the torture instrument. As the yamen runners exerted force, her fingers were connected to her heart. She was in so much pain that she almost fainted. Even if the evidence was conclusive, she did not want to plead guilty.
She also has a daughter. Once she is convicted, she will be divorced, and her daughter will be in an awkward situation.
Most of the audience believed the evidence, but a small number of people thought that Princess Yanyang might be using her power to coerce others, and that Madam Gu was being forced to confess unjustly.
Princess Yanyang's chest heaved, and she was obviously very angry after hearing the words that she was using her power to bully others.
She asked her servants to bring out the list of gifts she had given to Madam Gu and Gu Wanru over the years. The generosity of the gifts was so great that everyone was astonished. The rumor that Princess Yanyang had a wealthy family was indeed true.
Princess Yanyang looked at Madam Gu and taunted her, "You went to great lengths to harm me and then save me, but now all your efforts are in vain.
The good things you and Gu Wanru got from me were given to you by me because you are my savior. Now that the truth is out, I will naturally take them all back.
You put a lot of effort into arranging a marriage between Gu Wanru and this princess's son Lu Xiuyuan, but Gu Wanru doesn't seem to appreciate it.
Not only was my son caught committing adultery before he left for the war, but the princess also canceled the engagement on the spot.
Now she didn't even see you for the last time. Is it worth it for you to be tortured here just to protect her status and reputation as a legitimate daughter? "
Madam Gu's eyes were red as she roared, "Stop talking, stop talking."
Logically speaking, she could understand why the people from the Gu Mansion, or even Gu Wanru, did not come. After all, the goal now was to minimize the losses to the Gu Mansion.
But emotionally speaking, it was difficult for her to accept it. She looked back countless times but didn't see the familiar figure.
When everyone heard Princess Yanyang reveal that Gu Wanru was caught cheating in bed, heated discussions broke out in the crowd.
Madam Gu felt extremely upset. Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at Princess Yanyang with both grievance and resentment:
"Princess, you are also a woman, do you really have to kill Wanru?"
Seeing that she was still shamelessly questioning herself, the princess was furious and responded without any hesitation:
"Gu Wanru did something wrong. Does that mean my son should be held responsible for breaking off the engagement? She committed suicide on her own initiative. What does this have to do with me?"
Besides, did you ever care about my life back then? If the coachman had been a little slower, I would have fallen off the cliff and been disfigured.
How dare you be so shameless and blame me for killing Gu Wanru? I'm afraid it was you, her own mother, who killed her."
Mrs. Gu quickly shook her head, looking dazed.
Seeing that Mrs. Gu still refused to plead guilty, the prefect of Shuntian ordered the execution to continue.
Madam Gu's shoulders trembled with fear when she heard this. She tore at her bloody hands and endured the severe pain as she spoke, "I plead guilty. I plead guilty."
According to the law, the Shuntian prefectural governor sentenced Madam Gu to a tattooed face and exiled her three thousand miles away for the crime of intentionally harming someone but failed.
"Wait!" A young eunuch came running and stopped the Shuntian prefect who was about to close the case.
Everyone was puzzled. When they turned around and saw the queen's procession, they all knelt down in greeting.
The Queen and the wife of Marquis Xuanping entered the yamen. Princess Yanyang laughed in her heart. If the Queen wanted to save people, she was too late. This vicious woman confessed her crime herself.
Shuntian Prefecture Governor was really sweating this time. He welcomed the Queen to the main seat, but the Queen politely declined:
"I have come here to accuse this criminal woman of kidnapping my young sister. I will sit in the side seat as the victim. Lord Li, I hope you will conduct the trial impartially."
A dark light flashed in Mrs. Gu's lowered eyes. How could this matter be discovered? However, everyone who knew about it was killed by her, so it would not be discovered.
As everyone knows, the youngest daughter of Marquis Changping was lost on the Lantern Festival when she was three years old. The Marquis's family persisted in searching for her for thirteen years but there was no news.
The wife of the Marquis of Changping woke up from her sleep this morning. On the one hand, she went to the palace to find the queen, and on the other hand, she asked her servants to inquire about the maidservants around Gu Wanru in the Gu Mansion according to the situation in her dream, and asked her confidant to bring her little daughter over.
At this moment, Danruo walked slowly towards them with a veil on her face, and her exposed eyebrows and eyes were vaguely similar to those of the Queen.
Lady Xuanpinghou burst into tears and hurried forward to hug Danruo, "This is my little daughter."
Madam Yanyang's eyes cracked. Wasn't this the maid Danruo whom she had brought into the mansion? How did she become the youngest daughter of the Marquis Xuanping's mansion?
Madam Gu concealed her panic, "How is this possible? This was my former maid. How could she be the youngest daughter of Marquis Xuanping? How can this prove her identity?"
Lord Li glanced at the wife of Marquis Xuanping and said carefully:
"This girl hasn't revealed her full appearance yet. Has the old lady recognized her clearly?"
The people outside the door were also suspicious. Dan Ruo lifted the veil, and her face was somewhat similar to the queen. A series of blooming pomegranate flowers were painted on her face. It looked strange, but it did not detract from the beauty of the woman in front of her.
But Lady Xuanping Hou was close enough to see the scars beneath the paint on Danruo's face.
Her eyes were filled with heartache, and her tears fell like beads that had fallen off the string. It was her fault for not judging people well and harming her daughter.
Dan Ruo helped the poor mother wipe away her tears. She spent merit points to let the wife of Marquis Xuanping see the past, so that the original owner's mother could end the pain of losing her child as soon as possible.
As for the scars on her face, she naturally wanted to avenge the original owner.
Madam Gu gritted her teeth and said, "There are many people in the world who are not related by blood but look very similar. Maybe it's just a coincidence."
She had checked at the time and found that Danruo had no birthmark on her body. All the clothes and accessories she had on her were burned by herself, leaving nothing that could prove her identity.
Seeing that she was still struggling to survive, Dan Ruo proposed a blood test to determine their relationship, and the result was naturally reunion.
Danruo's identity was no longer in doubt, so Mrs. Gu had to pretend to be confused.
"I really don't know how the youngest daughter of Marquis Xuanping came to be a maid in my house."
Seeing her like this, Lady Xuanpinghou controlled the urge to slap her. For the sake of her two daughters' image, she had to find a place where there was no one around so that she could beat this bitch hard.
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