Chapter 79 Killing Zhang Sheng
Hearing the impatience in Pei Anqing's tone, Jiang Wanru's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
“I was afraid the young master would be bored, so I came along to check on him.”
"Today I was ambushed by my sister, and almost implicated the Crown Prince."
Jiang Wanru spoke emotionally, taking two steps forward, "It's all Ru'er's fault, Ru'er is too much of a big sister."
"Wasn't it you who framed Jiang Wanning first?" Pei Anqing said coldly.
Jiang Wanru bit her lip and trembled slightly, "Your Highness, Your Highness would actually think of Ru'er like this."
"Ru'er has suffered countless grievances in the Marquis's mansion these past few days. She has finally gotten a chance and is hoping to see the young master."
Others may misunderstand Ru'er, but Ru'er is not afraid. However, even the young master thinks of me this way...
She started to sob as she spoke.
Pei Anqing frowned. "Since it's not that, then I'll ask you, who exactly is that person?!"
"Didn't Ru'er just say that he is my brother?"
"If he is your elder brother, how come I have never heard you mention him before?"
"At first, Ru'er didn't know either; it was her aunt who told me later. Ru'er thought that he was, after all, her own brother."
We happened to meet here, and somehow, my brother offended my sister and even framed Ru'er.
Pei Anqing stared into Jiang Wanru's eyes, "If what you say is true..."
"She is your brother, so I will not blame you for it."
"But if not, do you know what it would be like to tarnish my reputation?!"
After saying that, Pei Anqing turned and left, ignoring Jiang Wanru who was standing to the side.
Jiang Wanru felt a pang of sorrow as she watched Pei Anqing's resolute back.
Everything was fine before, and everything was under my control. The Crown Prince treated me even better than this.
But why? Why is it suddenly different?
Jiang Wan Ning! It's all Jiang Wan Ning's fault!
Why was she born as the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family? Why was she more noble than her?
"Jiang Wanning! I will definitely drag you into the abyss!" Jiang Wanru looked at Jiang Wanning's back in the distance, her eyes filled with venom.
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The Ningyuan Marquis's Residence.
Marquis Jiang Zheng sat in the head seat with a livid face.
Aunt Liu, dragging her injured body, was helped to the front hall by Granny Zhang.
Upon seeing Zhang Sheng kneeling, his face turned even paler.
"Auntie, do you recognize this person?"
"Reporting to...Reporting to the Marquis..." Aunt Liu stammered, "How could I possibly know a man outside the marriage?"
“If he doesn’t know her, then his affair with Ru’er is true.”
"Guards!" Jiang Zheng shouted, "Drag him away and beat him to death with sticks!"
Zhang Sheng was gagged and tied up, and upon hearing this, he kept making "mmm" sounds.
His eyes were wide open, as big as copper bells.
"Wh...what? Adultery?" Aunt Liu's lips trembled as she asked the question in a shaky voice.
"Auntie doesn't know yet, does she?" Jiang Wanning recounted the events at Huguo Temple in detail.
"This person also has his sister's personal belongings. If he is not the illegitimate child that his aunt had with someone else before she married into the Marquis's mansion, then he is the one they are talking about."
"Then it can only be my sister's..." Jiang Wan Ning deliberately hesitated before speaking.
Then she continued, "Father, in either case, this man has ill intentions, and it seems we cannot let him live."
Zhang Sheng kept calling out as he crawled little by little toward Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu looked flustered, her hands clenched tightly. "This...Lord Marquis...this person..."
"What? Is this person trying to damage the reputation of the Marquis's mansion? Is Madam going to plead for him?"
"I didn't," Aunt Liu denied vehemently.
Jiang Zheng's face darkened. "Guards, drag him away!"
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Granny Zhang rushed forward to protect Zhang Sheng, pleading, "My lord, spare my life!"
"Granny!" Aunt Liu called out urgently.
"What are you doing, Granny?"
"My lord, this man is my son. It's all my fault. Please, for the sake of my many years of devoted service to the Marquis's mansion, please forgive me."
Please spare my son's life.
"The nanny said this is your son?" Jiang Wan Ning asked.
"Yes, Miss, it is my son."
"But I've checked. You've always been by the concubine's side, and you've never married. Where did this son come from?"
"It might be understandable if the man said he had one or two sons outside, but it's impossible for a woman to be pregnant for ten months without being discovered."
"How did the old woman get pregnant with Zhang Sheng without anyone finding out?"
"I...I...this..."
"I understand, it must be that the old woman was trying to protect her mistress."
"Even if Zhang Sheng is your son, do you think he can escape today?"
"Today at Huguo Temple, they first used my sister's personal clothing to frame me."
He also claimed to be his aunt's child, and that he and his sister were siblings.
"At that time, the families of all the wealthy people in the capital were present."
"My sister's marriage to the prince was bestowed by the Emperor. If this were to reach the Emperor's ears, what do you think he would do, Aunt?"
Aunt Liu collapsed to the ground.
Only now did she realize that Jiang Wan Ning was forcing her to admit that Zhang Sheng was her son.
If he admits it, Zhang Sheng has tarnished the Marquis's reputation today and will not escape death.
If they don't admit it, Zhang Sheng and Jiang Wanru will have disregarded the imperial decree and offended the Langya Prince's Mansion. The Marquis's Mansion will have to give an explanation, and neither of them will be able to save themselves.
Aunt Liu closed her eyes, two lines of clear tears falling, and weakly bowed to Jiang Zheng, "Reporting to the Marquis."
“Zhang Sheng, it is indeed true that he was born to someone else before I entered the household.”
"Absurd!" Jiang Zheng raised his hand and swept the teacup off the table.
The teacup smashed at Aunt Liu's feet.
"Back then, although you were on the pleasure boat, you were a courtesan." A courtesan sells her art, not her body.
"That is why I feel so guilty towards you."
"Over the years, we've used up all our money to compensate..." Jiang Zheng said, then suddenly realized, "That distant relative you mentioned, is he him?"
"I knew it. How come a distant relative suddenly appears when someone who sold himself into prostitution has been all alone all these years?"
"So all these years, I've been raising someone else's child!"
“No, no, Your Highness,” Aunt Liu hurriedly said. “I didn’t give Zhang Sheng much money.”
"Then how do you prove all of this?!"
Jiang Zheng raised his hand, and the butler immediately brought forward a box.
“Aunt, before I went down the mountain, I specifically looked into this Zhang Sheng and found that he often pawns certain items.”
"It's in this box next to you. It's full of things from the Marquis's mansion. Your concubine has been in charge of the household for many years, so she should recognize it."
Aunt Liu knew at a glance that Jiang Wan Ning had made thorough preparations this time.
Today she is determined to give up one of her children.
“Father, when I sent people to investigate, I also heard Zhang Sheng occasionally drink and say that he would be a marquis in the future.”
"Yet he neither took the imperial examination nor received a hereditary title, yet he was so certain."
Jiang Wan Ning didn't continue speaking, but Jiang Zheng naturally understood.
"My lord, please investigate! I would never dare!"
"Kill him!" Jiang Zheng gritted his teeth and ordered in a deep voice, "Let Aunt Liu witness the execution."
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