Chapter 83: Is Su Luo his bottom line?
Those who meddle in other people's business deserve to die. Li Ziyan felt so angry that her teeth itched.
The Inspector Censor and the Marquis of Jing'an served in the same dynasty, and their ranks were not much different. Therefore, the situation was no longer under Zhou Zhizhang's control.
After the two greeted each other.
The Inspector-General sighed, and with a considerate and filial attitude, he supported Madam Feng and said to Zhou Zhizhang:
"An old man in the family is like a young one. As a son, I cannot stop my mother from doing what she wants. Of course, she will not make trouble. She just wants to uphold justice for this orphan girl from the Su Mansion. Please don't mind, my lord."
Li Ziyan's face turned pale: "Justice is in the hearts of the people. How can you, an outsider, preside over the affairs of my mansion?"
The Inspector Censor touched the back of his head awkwardly. He was a high-ranking official after all, so who wouldn't give him face?
He was suddenly confronted by this woman and felt a little unhappy. He said with a chuckle, "I'm sorry. We outsiders just want to butt in."
"you--"
"Shut up." Zhou Zhizhang glared at Li Ziyan irritably, what a fool she was. Then he turned to the Inspector Censor, "We're all colleagues, don't you know me? If it weren't for Su Luo's face, I really want to tell everyone about it."
It was because he knew Zhou Zhizhang too well that the Inspector Censor wanted to interfere.
Zhou Zhizhang said sadly, "There's nothing I can do. This is my daughter-in-law, and family disgrace shouldn't be aired publicly. She's always disliked my wife, so she deliberately fabricated this outrageous story about the mother-in-law instigating her mother to commit suicide! I guess your mother was deceived by my daughter-in-law's sweet words and flattery."
If Old Madam Feng had not told the Inspector-General on the way here, he would have believed it.
"I'm sorry, Marquis Jing'an, your wife deceived you about this!"
Madam Feng was furious and sneered, "I was there when your wife instigated Madam Su to commit suicide! If you want to say I was dizzy and misheard, then you can go confront the Madam of the Imperial Household Department, the Madam of the Minister of Rites, and the other seven ladies!"
Zhou Zhizhang's face suddenly turned extremely ugly, he lost control of his expression and couldn't even pretend.
At this moment, Li Ziyan wanted to die and closed her eyes in despair.
She stood behind Zhou Zhizhang and silently tore the handkerchief into pieces!
Zhou Zhizhang gritted his teeth, and not only did he fail to make a small matter, but he also made a big deal out of it, so big that the whole capital heard about it.
Why didn't Li Ziyan tell him the truth about these situations?
"Did you hear that? It's your wife who did something wrong! Why don't you let my dad go?" The little girl cried with joy and shouted happily.
"My father is not slandering me! There is no slander!"
When the truth was revealed, everyone exclaimed.
"After all this time, that vicious woman is even more vicious than we imagined!"
"Not only did he instigate his in-laws to commit suicide, he also wanted to wipe out the entire family, and he even slandered his daughter-in-law!"
"I don't know where Marquis Jing'an got the nerve to make his daughter-in-law kneel down. Is he trying to force a confession out of her?"
Harsh words kept coming, and Marquis Jing'an couldn't shut them all up.
The road to denial is blocked.
So, the couple must save one person's face.
Zhou Zhizhang can't be dragged into this by Li Ziyan!
Afterwards, Zhou Zhizhang angrily scolded Li Ziyan, "I didn't expect it was you who was causing such trouble. Fortunately, Madam Feng told me the truth, otherwise I would have aided and abetted the evil."
Li Ziyan's eyes were filled with dismay.
As expected, Zhou Zhizhang wanted to sacrifice the rook to save the king.
No matter in the past or in the future, Zhou Zhizhang treated her like this, pushing her out to take the blame and leaving all the good reputation to himself.
For example, when lending money, Zhou Zhizhang would pretend to be rich and tell those poor relatives that they didn't have to pay it back. Now that the Marquis's Mansion is in deficit, Li Ziyan can only ask for it back with a flattering face.
So, gradually, everyone felt that he, Zhou Zhizhang, was generous, selfless, benevolent and charitable, while I, Li Ziyan, was selfish, narrow-minded, and vicious.
Countless sorrows and grievances surged in her heart. Li Ziyan suddenly looked at Su Luo viciously: "Why are you here? Did you deliberately let the storyteller tell this story? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence!"
"If it were me, I wouldn't be here."
That's right, Su Luo didn't even know that she was going to talk about the library.
Now, everyone is talking about the Marquis' Mansion and blaming Li Ziyan.
Those words were like needles, piercing her and leaving her full of wounds.
Li Ziyan has never been treated like this in her life!
"Apologize! Apologize to Miss Seven!" I don't know who started the commotion, but more people shouted angrily:
"Marquis Jing'an and his wife should apologize to Miss Su!"
"It was clearly the Marquis' wife who made the mistake first, yet Marquis Jing'an still forced Miss Su to kneel!"
"They are confusing right and wrong, calling a horse a zebra!"
A triumphant smile flashed across Su Luo's lips.
Now all public opinion is in her favor.
She didn't take action directly, but everything was as she planned.
The support from the boss behind Kuangqilou only accelerated the plan.
What she wanted was to let everyone realize that the Marquis of Jing'an was planning to wipe out the entire family and ruin their reputation.
Su Luo looked at Li Zi Yan, who was so angry that she was fuming and in a state of panic, and then saw that Marquis Jing'an actually slapped Li Zi Yan in the face.
Zhou Zhizhang slapped Li Ziyan.
He gritted his teeth and cursed: "Stupid, stupid and bad."
He then withdrew his troops, hurriedly said goodbye to Mo Jin, and turned around and left, pulling Li Ziyan.
He threw Li Ziyan into the carriage in anger.
Half an hour later, he returned to the Marquis's Mansion and entered the house.
Zhou Zhizhang was the first to dismiss the servants, then rushed over and slapped Li Ziyan again: "I have never fought with you in my life, but that doesn't mean I allow you to do whatever you want!"
"You instigated Yun Xueya to commit suicide. How foolish! Do you think others can't see what you're thinking?"
"Look what happened now. You've ruined the reputation of the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion! And you've even made Su Luo suspicious!"
"What should we do next? We've already alerted the enemy. How can the Su family's property fall into the hands of the Marquis' Mansion?"
Li Ziyan resisted like crazy, pushing Zhou Zhizhang and crying in a low voice: "It's no big deal, it's no big deal..."
Her eyes were filled with sinister and murderous intent. Suddenly, she curled her lips and laughed through gritted teeth:
"At worst, we can stage an accident and kill both mother and daughter. Even if someone becomes suspicious, there's no evidence, and no one will seek justice for them. The inheritance will still fall on us!"
Outside the door.
Zhou Yan, who was about to ask about the storytelling pavilion, was shocked when he heard these words. He pushed the door open and walked in: "I don't allow you to do this!"
"Is it your turn to allow this?" Zhou Zhizhang slammed the table and scolded.
"It's all your mother's fault for turning you into such a soft-hearted and cowardly person! I never told you before why I forced you to marry Su Luo. To tell you the truth, you're not marrying Su Luo, you're marrying the Su family's enormous fortune that has been passed down for generations!"
Before they got married, Zhou Zhizhang saw through Li Jiaojiao's tricks to seduce Zhou Yan, but because she was his wife's niece and was pregnant with twins, and considering the heir, Zhou Zhizhang did not object, but only asked Zhou Yan to marry Su Luo as his wife.
Zhou Yan initially went on a hunger strike and even tried to commit suicide, but in the end he had no choice but to marry Su Luo.
Zhou Zhizhang was so angry that he wanted to laugh: "You rebellious son, don't you hate Su Luo? Her life or death has nothing to do with you!"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yan resolutely rebelled, "I don't care how you scheme against the Su family's assets! But you can't hurt Su Luo. This is my bottom line!"
"Why?" Li Ziyan asked earnestly, "Why is that? You don't like Su Luo!"
"Li Jiaojiao hurt Nan Jie'er, smoked banned cigarettes, slandered others, and sold slaves. She's unfit to be a wife. Meanwhile, Su Luo is generous and intelligent, beautiful, thoughtful, and understanding. Whether it was on my wedding night or when I ran away on the day of my return, she never complained. Where can I find such a virtuous wife?"
Zhou Yan sighed slightly, clenched his fists and said firmly: "Once married, husband and wife for life!"
He then added, "Why don't you be patient and wait for Luo'er and I to reconcile and give birth to a child. Then, when my mother-in-law dies, the Su family fortune will naturally pass to the Marquis' Mansion."
Outside the door, Li Jiaojiao happily carried chicken soup into the yard.
Upon hearing that her aunt, uncle, and the prince were all in the main courtyard, Li Jiaojiao, who had paid double the ransom to be released, sincerely prepared a large pot of century-old ginseng chicken soup, intending to apologize, but she didn't expect to hear these words...
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