Chapter 160: The scumbag father sacrifices the car to save the master, and Aunt Sun wakes up
Du Yutang was in his early thirties, with a calm expression. He first bowed to the prince and Xie Yao, very politely saying, "This humble official has greeted the prince and princess, but I haven't yet congratulated you on your wedding."
Then, he turned to Sun Yaoling, who was kneeling on the ground, and spoke in a deep and authoritative tone:
"I already knew the whole story on the way here. This is related to the innocence of the imperial concubine, so I have the responsibility to investigate the case. Not to mention Mr. Sun's medicine box, even if it is the warehouse of the Shang Pharmacy, as long as there is suspicion, I have the right to inspect it."
Sun Yaoling's lips trembled and he was unable to speak.
The Jingzhao Yin was an official appointed by the imperial court to investigate cases in the capital, so what else could he say?
Imperial Physician Zhou didn't even wait for anyone's instructions. He stepped forward tactfully and took Aunt Sun's pulse.
"What did my aunt feel when she was first poisoned?" he asked.
"At first, I had unbearable abdominal pain and weakness in my limbs."
Aunt Sun answered with a sad face.
"search!"
At a command from the judicial officer next to him, two officers held Sun Yaoling on the left and right and searched him, while the other two opened his medicine box and poured all the contents onto the white cloth.
They all looked like medicine bags, medicinal herbs, and bottles and jars.
Soon, the judicial officer found a hidden paper package from Sun Yaoling's sleeve. Inside was some medicine powder. "What is this?"
Sun Yaoling said in a trembling voice, "It's just ordinary medicinal powder."
Du Yutang: "Imperial Physician Zhou, could you please take a look at these medicines? Is there anything wrong with them?"
After checking them one by one, Imperial Physician Zhou picked up one of the white porcelain bottles, poured out the pills inside, and pinched the powder in the medicine bag.
"Sir, I dare not hide the truth. Aunt Sun took a medicine similar to safflower, and this pill is the antidote!" Imperial Physician Zhou shouted.
"Similar to safflower?" The Second Wife asked doubtfully, her eyes falling on Aunt Sun's abdomen. "Is it safflower?"
Imperial Physician Zhou explained, "No, I took Madam Sun's pulse and confirmed that she is fine."
"The poison she was poisoned with should be similar to the one used by a pregnant empress in the palace last year who falsely accused Concubine Jia of pushing her. Ahem, but that empress later had a miscarriage and was banished to the cold palace."
He looked at Sun Yaoling, his appearance serious, but his tone could not hide his gloating.
"This poison does cause unbearable abdominal pain and blood gushing from the mouth. The symptoms are similar to those caused by taking safflower. But it only looks dangerous. As long as the antidote is taken in time, the symptoms will be relieved in half an hour. It will not be fatal. It was because that person did not take the antidote in time that the fake became real."
Imperial Physician Zhou specifically reminded the Jingzhao Yin: "I remember that the Empress's affair was exposed by Sun Yaoling."
He was so happy that he said that he had taken the prince's pulse, which must be good news.
My medical skills are indeed average, but catching the Shangyaoling poisoning outside the palace is a great achievement.
Du Yutang's face darkened. "Sun Yaoling is Aunt Sun's father. If that's the case, Aunt Sun must have orchestrated all this."
Aunt Sun's eyes were red as she stared at Sun Yaoling: "Dad, why, why are you trying to hurt me?!"
Sun Yaoling didn't dare to look at his daughter's eyes. He already regretted it.
Aunt Sun struggled to get up, but the pain in her abdomen pulled her back to the ground. She raised her head with tears streaming down her face, filled with grief and anger.
"I am innocent. How could I poison myself? The child in my belly is my life!"
"Since the imperial physician said that if I don't take the antidote, I will really have a miscarriage. How could a mother be willing to harm her own child?"
"And that maid!"
Aunt Sun pointed at Fang'er again.
"I haven't seen her since I kicked her out of the yard. How could I have asked her to identify the lady?"
Sun Yaoling lowered his head, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Fang'er said, "It's true that Auntie hasn't seen me again, but you wrote me a letter and left me some money. Besides you, who else knows that I can read?"
When Lord Du heard this, he was moved and asked, "Where is the letter now?"
Xie Yan said calmly, "Your Excellency, I have already sent people to search the maid's residence."
Xie Mingan stood aside, listening to Aunt Sun's explanation, and became more and more flustered.
Du Yutang has arrived, and Imperial Physician Zhou has produced irrefutable evidence. If Aunt Sun is still unwilling to accept this and starts making random accusations...
He originally wanted to make Aunt Sun the sharpest knife in his hand without her knowing it, but now that things have come to this, he can only sacrifice the rook to save the king.
Fortunately, Aunt Sun is a smart person. She should have understood the whole story and will obey according to her own wishes.
Xie Mingan gritted his teeth, stepped forward, pointed at Aunt Sun and cursed angrily: "You vicious woman, how dare you slander me, collude with your father, and plot such a cruel thing. I am really blind to not see your trick!"
Aunt Sun was completely frozen.
The charcoal fire in the hall was burning so brightly, but she felt that Xie Mingan was exuding a deadly coldness from the bottom of his heart, making her feel like she was falling into an icy cave.
Xie Mingan glanced at Jiang Si, seemingly looking at Aunt Sun, but actually, he was staring at a serving maid behind her: "Tell me, when and where did you send someone to bribe Fang'er?"
Aunt Sun was still in a daze, so Jiang Si stepped forward, grabbed the maid and threw her out.
"You are Aunt Sun's personal maid. The truth has been revealed, yet you still refuse to confess!"
The maid screamed in pain. She was chosen by Guard Jiang to serve and monitor Aunt Sun, so she had no idea about Fang'er.
But who in the Bo Mansion wasn't afraid of Jiang Si? The lives of her family were in the hands of Guardian Jiang.
The maid kowtowed several times, and in an instant, a bright red mark appeared under her forehead.
"It was Aunt Sun who wrote a letter and gave me fifty taels of silver, asking me to put it in Fang'er's room. Fang'er was originally a servant in Aunt Sun's courtyard, and she deliberately drove her away. I know I was wrong, and I beg for your forgiveness, Master!"
At the end of her speech, she actually knocked her head and knocked herself unconscious.
Now, with both witnesses and evidence present, Aunt Sun could no longer refute it.
Aunt Sun watched this scene and murmured, "Since I deliberately drove her away, why would I write a letter and leave a handle for myself?"
No one listened to her anymore.
Suddenly, she felt nauseous and quickly got up and vomited.
Xie Mingan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the maid come out to cooperate.
He turned to Xu Susu, guilt and concern showing on his face, and he even wanted to go forward and hold her hand.
"Madam, I was foolish and deceived by this vicious woman. I even hit you. I'm so sorry!"
He said in a deep voice, "Madam, rest assured. I will have Lord Du handle today's matter impartially and will not let you suffer any injustice!"
Xie Mingan thought to himself that he would of course let Du Yutang handle the matter impartially.
Since everything was orchestrated by Sun Xinlan herself, why not handle it impartially?
Xu Susu avoided his hand in disgust: "Xie Mingan, stop acting. Even Sun Xinlan vomited. Aren't you disgusted yourself?"
Xie Mingan's face froze, but soon returned to normal.
Du Yutang stared at Sun Yaoling: "Sun Yaoling, do you have anything else to explain?"
Sun Yaoling looked at Aunt Sun, whose face was ashen, and burst into tears: "Uncle, this old man is for—"
Xie Mingan yelled, interrupting him:
"Sun, I have treated you well. You, a concubine, have been in charge of the household for over a decade. When you were pregnant, I asked your father to come to the mansion to take care of you and even sent so many maids to look after you. Yet, you colluded with your father to frame my wife!"
After Aunt Sun finished vomiting, she still felt sick when she saw Xie Ming'an's expression change faster than turning the pages of a book.
She stopped yelling and crying. She sat on the ground with empty eyes and a smile on her lips.
"What are you laughing at?" Xie Mingan asked.
"I laugh at myself."
"Crazy woman," Xie Mingan stared at her intently, afraid of any accidents, and asked again, "Sun, do you admit your guilt?"
This scene is so familiar.
Aunt Sun still remembered that Xie Ming'an had blamed her for the death of Xu Susu's dowry nanny.
She finally understood, Uncle, no, Xie Mingan didn't have her in his heart at all.
He wanted to act, and to make the play more realistic, he even asked his father to drug him, turning him into a mad dog that bit Xu Susu without him knowing it.
She contacted Fang'er by letter and placed a maid next to her, so that once the matter was exposed, she would take all the blame for Xie Ming'an!
Xie Zhi is the knife that Xie Ming'an uses to fight Xie Yao. If the knife is blunt, he can discard it without hesitation.
The two houses are more important than her daughter's entire life.
Aunt Sun originally thought that because of her twenty years of relationship with Xie Ming'an, even though she was just a concubine, the uncle would treat her differently.
But in fact, she was just another knife used by Xie Mingan to fight Xu Susu.
In this man's eyes, there was no difference between her and her daughter.
Perhaps the only difference is that she is pregnant with Xie Mingan's child and cannot really die.
"Yes, I did it."
Aunt Sun said softly, her voice was terrifyingly calm.
Xie Yao looked at her and thought: Sun Xinlan, please don't let me down.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
