Chapter 81 Aunt Sun reveals her trump card, the prince arrives
Mr. Xie had just been pulled out by Aunt Sun and was almost suspected of murdering his brother. Upon hearing this, he immediately took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"Brother, this is for you."
Stop it, stop it quickly. He is afraid of Xie Yao and Aunt Sun.
Both of his sons were bullied by the open and secret struggles between these two women. The Earl of Wenchang divorced his concubine Sun and waited for Xie Yao to marry again, and then the Earl's family had peace.
Mr. Xie hated Xie Yao, but he was used to living a cowardly life. He had finally tried to find a marriage for his second son but it fell through. He had no choice but to be more submissive and obey only the orders of Earl Wenchang.
Xie Yan's eyes were clear as he glanced at Xie Yao. "Father, you're wrong, aren't you? Sun is just your concubine, not even a side room. If she makes a mistake, you can just buy her off. Does she deserve a divorce from you?"
Upon hearing this, Madam He was astonished at the young master's cruelty and said, "Sun is the daughter of Sun Yaoling, a high-ranking official in the imperial court. If you hate her for poisoning, just send her back to her husband's family. That would also give the Sun family an explanation."
Xie Mingan nodded slightly, and the servant was about to pull Aunt Sun away.
"Father, Father, don't do it!"
Xie Zhi knelt forward, grabbed the corner of Xie Mingan's clothes, and cried and pleaded for his mother.
Aunt Sun didn't say anything, but just stared at him blankly, unable to believe that he was so heartless.
Xie Mingan lowered his head and looked at Xie Zhi with a sullen face: "You are pleading for this vicious woman. Could it be that you also want to harm me? Are you blaming me for not facilitating your marriage?"
Xie Zhi froze, shaking his head tremblingly: "Zhizhi dare not."
Aunt Sun looked around at everyone and saw Xu Susu who was safe and sound, and Xie Yao who was as graceful as a bamboo, and she felt extremely unwilling.
She raised her head, her eyes full of resentment, and her voice was extremely shrill: "My Lord, I am pregnant with your child again. I would never dare to murder you!"
Originally, she wanted to wait until the baby was firmly in her womb before telling her uncle.
But now, since Xie Yao was pressing her step by step and Xie Mingan didn't believe her, she had no choice but to use her trump card to turn the tables.
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall suddenly became quiet.
Even Xie Zhi was stunned. As the daughter of Aunt Sun, she didn't even know that Aunt Sun was pregnant.
Xie Mingan's breathing became heavier, and the anger and hatred in his eyes slowly faded away, and his gaze fell on Aunt Sun's abdomen.
Aunt Sun said, "Master, I have asked my father to come and treat me. I am two months pregnant and the baby is stable."
Without Madam Zhu's reminder, Xie Mingan was sure that she was not lying to him.
A few days ago, Aunt Sun's father, Sun Yaoling, came to the Bo's Mansion and talked to him about other things. At that time, he noticed that Sun Yaoling had a happy look on his face, as if something good had happened.
Now, Aunt Sun didn't need to say anything, he already knew that she was pregnant, and it was a boy!
No one noticed that when Xie Zhi heard the words "two months pregnant", his hands at his side suddenly clenched.
No wonder since Xie Yao returned to Beijing, she was almost bullied by Xie Chengyu, but her aunt not only did not care, but also wanted to keep the peace.
She was being held accountable by the King of Jingbei during the day, and her aunt wasn't around at all...
She thought about the afternoon tomorrow when Anping Hou's men told her that the Marquis was fishing in the Bian River. This was an opportunity she had fought for herself. Her aunt probably no longer cared about her daughter's future.
Xie Zhi fell silent and stopped speaking for Aunt Sun.
Aunt Sun saw the hesitation in Xie Ming'an's eyes. She thought that she had been married to him for many years and knew him best.
When Uncle showed this expression, it meant that he needed a way out.
She suddenly turned around and gave Matron Liu a resolute look.
Nanny Liu finally understood that no matter what, she could not escape this.
The aunt just mentioned her nephew specifically to threaten her. If she didn't confess voluntarily, her nephew would be finished too.
She never married in her life. Before that, she was just hanging out with Manager Wang. She had only a child left by her eldest brother. In her early years, her aunt helped her find a job as the manager of Ji'antang for her nephew.
Her forehead hit the hard ground with a loud bang, leaving a bloody mark.
"This matter was done by me alone, and has nothing to do with Aunt Sun!"
She was sobbing, but her voice was clear.
"My aunt has been so kind to me, but ever since the Second Miss returned to the capital, I and the eldest Miss have been constantly bullied and wronged by her. I was confused for a moment and wanted to vent my anger on my aunt's behalf!"
Madam He couldn't help but say, "You wicked slave, you are still trying to excuse yourself even now. You clearly harmed the uncle, yet you say you want to harm the second young lady."
Aunt Liu quickly came up with a clever idea and explained, "I really only wanted to harm the Second Young Lady. I put the anti-calamity tea in it because I was afraid that the Second Young Lady wouldn't eat fish. Or, perhaps, the two poisons conflicted and accidentally harmed Master."
"I knew that Master didn't like fish, but who would have thought that Master would eat fish!"
"I felt regretful and ran to the tea room to change the tea leaves. But before I could do that, I was stopped by Miss Sang Ruo."
She cried heart-wrenchingly, as if she regretted her decision.
Xie Yao: "Maybe? You were the one who poisoned me, but you didn't know how toxic it was?"
Nanny Liu was eager to take the blame, and although her speech was clear and logical, she made a fatal mistake.
——She didn’t know the toxicity of the two poisons in the fish sashimi and the disaster-removing tea.
At this moment, Xie Mingan clutched his chest and raised his hand with great effort: "This wicked slave is harming his master. Drag him away... and beat him to death."
Nanny Liu closed her eyes in despair.
Aunt Sun let out a breath quietly.
"Wait."
Xie Yao walked up to Xie Mingan.
"Father, Madam Liu couldn't explain what poison she had administered. This is suspicious. If we beat her to death, I'm afraid it won't convince the public."
Xie Mingan looked around slowly. Seeing Madam He and the others, his head hurt even more: "Then you, what do you want to do?"
"Let's wait for the doctor to come and examine us before making a final conclusion."
Madam Liu stopped crying suddenly and glanced at Aunt Sun in panic.
Xie Yan said sinisterly, "You old fellow are quite good at talking. You've been explaining everything for a long time, and it turns out you did it all by yourself, and Aunt Sun is completely clueless? Do you think my father is a fool who would believe your lies?"
The corners of Xie Mingan's mouth twitched.
He really believed what Madam Liu said, of course, only part of it.
He believed that Nanny Liu had poisoned Xie Yao and Xu Susu but accidentally hurt himself.
What is unbelievable is that Aunt Sun was unaware of this.
But he knew that Aunt Sun had no intention of harming him.
The most important thing is that Aunt Sun is now pregnant with his child.
She wanted to be promoted to a co-wife and her son to be the legitimate son, so there was no reason for her to harm herself.
As soon as Xu Susu died, he would make Sun Xinlan his legal wife. His youngest son would definitely be far superior to Xie Yan, the spoiled playboy.
Seeing that her daughter and son had spoken, Xu Susu also forced herself to stand up and said, "The key to the tea storehouse is in the hands of Aunt Sun. It only passed through the hands of the maids along the way. How could Aunt Liu have gotten hold of it?"
Aunt Liu: "My aunt trusts me, and the key to the storehouse is usually in my hands."
She knew she would definitely die today, so she steeled her heart and swore fiercely: "Every word I say is true. If I say even a single lie, I will destroy my body!"
"Then this king will grant you a death without a complete corpse."
A figure in a frost-white robe, sitting in a wheelchair, was pushed in by the guards.
Behind King Jingbei followed an imperial physician in official uniform and a doctor in plain clothes carrying a medicine box.
Xie Yao was stunned when she saw Xiao Yizi appear.
Then, she saw Qiliang winking at her from behind, and her uncle Xu Zhixing, dressed as a scholar, hiding at the back.
She asked Qiliang to go to Shengjitang to invite two doctors because she was afraid that Shengjitang would be infiltrated by Ji'antang. One doctor might be bribed, while two doctors could corroborate each other's evidence.
Now that I see my uncle, it must be that when Qiliang went to find a doctor, my uncle thought he was in crisis, so he invited Xiao Yizi, who was about to marry him.
At this moment, Xu Susu saw her brother whom she had not seen for many years. She opened her eyes wide in shock, her lips trembled, and her body shook slightly.
When Xu Zhixing saw how haggard she was, his eyes turned red, his throat choked, and he raised his sleeves to quietly wipe away his tears.
"I heard that the Duke of Wenchang died of poisoning. I happened to be nearby, so I brought Dr. Zhou here."
Xiao Yizi's face was stern, his eyes swept across the mess in the hall, and finally fixed his gaze on Xie Yao, as if he was explaining to her.
"However, it seems that Wenchangbo is alive and well."
Xie Mingan: ...
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