Chapter 162: Guilty conscience? The scumbag father loses face
Xie Yan cut Fang'er's throat with his own hands in front of everyone!
Warm blood splashed on the boy's fair face, staining his goose yellow robe red.
Even Xie Mingan and Du Yutang, who were closer, were covered in blood.
Fang'er opened her eyes wide, her eyes filled with shock and pain.
It was clearly an hour ago when the young uncle came to her and told her with a smile that he would protect her as long as she told the truth.
But now, he...
Fang'er wanted to say something, but her throat was cut, so she could only make a "chi chi" sound, and then her head tilted and she died.
The hall was filled with dead silence, with only the sound of the Xie family members gasping for breath.
Du Yutang was the first to recover and shouted, "Xie Yan, how dare you kill someone in front of me? Do you know your crime?"
Xie Yan seemed not to hear his words. He calmly threw away the dagger and let the blood drip down his face.
His eyes were cold, and the corners of his lips rose slightly. He said, "Master Du, I am only punishing a slave who deserves to die. What crime have I committed?"
Xie Yan said it lightly, as if he was not killing a person, but gently brushing away an annoying insect.
Of course he wouldn't let Fang'er continue talking. The letter was given by Aunt Sun, and Fang'er wouldn't lie.
She continued to say that confronting the fainted maid would only make it more clear that it was Aunt Sun who did it.
But Xie Yan had already guessed that his sister and mother were targeting his father.
In that case, he can help his sister.
He is a person who has no sense of fatherly love and filial piety, or respect for the elderly and the young. He just wants his sister to care about him, and he only needs his sister.
Xie Yan looked at the pale Xie Ming'an and smiled maliciously: "Father, do you think your son has done a good job? This kind of slave who aided the tyrant and betrayed her master for glory does not deserve to live. I will kill her to prevent her from making up lies and implicating you."
Xie Mingan: “…”
Originally, there would be no implicate.
But his son killed a maid as a witness for him, which made him look guilty!
Now, how can I explain it clearly?
"You——" Xie Mingan was about to retort.
"Xie Yan, you actually think about your father."
Xie Yao interrupted him and said deliberately, "Master, you don't have to be afraid now. Fang'er is dead and will never say anything you shouldn't say again."
Xie Yan didn't care about his sister's prickly tone.
He is Wenchangbo's biological son, there is no doubt about it, so now everyone will think that he is killing the witness for Wenchangbo.
He just wanted to make everyone suspect Xie Mingan and create opportunities for his mother and sister.
Combining Xie Yao's words, Du Yutang frowned.
Fang'er's death made it seem even more suspicious that there was something wrong with Wenchangbo.
He also noticed that Wenchangbo's legitimate son killed Fang'er, but apart from his pale face, he did not feel any discomfort.
How could Wenchang Bo be as innocent as he seemed, raising a son who wantonly killed servants and did not take human life seriously?
However, when he asked the judicial officer to wake up another maid who had fainted from kowtow, the maid just said that everything was ordered by Aunt Sun.
But when Du Yutang looked at Wenchangbo, his eyes became thoughtful, and deep disgust flashed in his eyes.
"Uncle Wenchang, you beat my mother in public. This matter cannot be covered up by the death of one person." Xie Yao suddenly changed the subject.
Xiao Yizi: "The princess's mother is also my mother-in-law."
Du Yutang coughed and said in a cold voice, "Lord Wenchang, the laws of Dayan stipulate that anyone who disrespects the imperial edict will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane. If they hold an official position, they will be demoted by one rank. If they hold a noble title, their nobility will be reduced by one rank."
Xie Mingan immediately argued: "I said that I was deceived by that vicious woman Sun and made a mistake in the heat of the moment."
Xie Yao: "In a moment of impulse, you can disrespect the imperial edict. It seems that in a moment of impulse, you can also disrespect the laws of the court. In a moment of impulse, you can also disrespect the emperor!"
Master Xie said, "Princess, you can't say that. My brother was just anxious and confused. Besides, quarrels between husband and wife are common. How could it involve the court and Your Majesty?"
Madam Xie even jabbed her cane a few times and said, "Xie Yao, we are all family. If you insist on pursuing the matter of that slap from Master Bo, it will not look good on both the Master's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion if word gets out."
"A family?"
Xie Yao sneered and turned to face Du Yutang.
"Master Du, you've seen everything today. This is the Wenchang Marquis's residence. Do you think they truly consider my mother a family member? The Wenchang Marquis favored his concubine over his wife, embezzled his wife's dowry, and today he disrespected the imperial edict. I hope Master Du will punish him severely according to the law and seek justice for the lady of the imperial edict!"
Xie Mingan panicked. He absolutely could not take the blame for disrespecting the imperial edict.
"How could Uncle Ben take your mother's dowry? Those dowries were given to her because she was weak and sick. Uncle Ben was just managing them for her. She gave them to Uncle Ben willingly!" He hurriedly defended himself.
"Whether you are willing or not, Lord Du has his own judgment in his heart." Xie Yao said.
Du Yutang was able to hold the position of Jingzhao Yin, so he was not a fool. He could see the filthiness of the Xie family.
Xie Yao is now the Princess of Jingbei. She got married a few days ago, and he and his wife went to the Xiao family to congratulate them.
In terms of closeness, the prince is his cousin, the princess is his sister-in-law, and Lady Xu is his elder.
Besides, when there was an earthquake in the capital last year, Xu's maternal family, the Xu family, donated money to Jingzhao Prefecture to repair the official residence.
Aunt Xu, you really shouldn't suffer such a great injustice.
"Miss, this old servant, Xu Liu, greets you!"
At this time, the hunchbacked old man brought by Xu Changsi stood up.
The old man's face was filled with emotion. He walked to Xu Susu and knelt down, tears streaming down his face. "Do you still remember me? Back then, it was the old master who asked me to follow you and take care of Chengyuan for you!"
Of course Xu Susu remembered Manager Xu.
He was born a servant of the Xu family. He used to be the right-hand man of his father, Mr. Xu, and managed Chengyuan and several shops for her. But ever since Xie Mingan wanted to leave Chengyuan, she had never seen Manager Xu again.
As early as when Xu Susu saw Manager Xu and a strange maid following the Jingzhao Yin in, she understood her daughter's plan.
Ayao’s return gift was to get Chengyuan back for her!
At this moment, Xu Susu's eyes turned slightly red when she heard Manager Xu's choked words.
"Please stand up, Manager Xu. You are old, so there is no need to be so polite." She helped Manager Xu up.
Jiang Si, who was standing next to Xie Ming'an, also lowered his voice and said, "Master, this man is the steward of the Xu family who is in charge of Chengyuan."
Xie Mingan gritted his teeth and said, "Waste, what did you do? Why do you still keep him?"
"Yes...I've seen him behave himself these past few years, and I never expected..."
Xie Yao sensed a hint of murderous intent coming from Jiang Si, directed at Manager Xu.
Do Jiang Si and Manager Xu know each other?
Steward Xu stood up and said to Du Yutang, "Sir, I am the steward of Cheng Garden in the suburbs of Beijing. I have the garden's account books. Seventeen years ago, when Earl Wenchang married my eldest daughter, he asked to borrow Cheng Garden for a banquet, but afterward, he never returned the garden to her."
"In addition, I was the shopkeeper of several of the eldest lady's shops. However, within two years of Wenchang Bo's marriage to the eldest lady, he repeatedly used the eldest lady's excuses to force me to hand over the shops to him. After that, the Xie family gradually appropriated 70% of the eldest lady's dowry!"
All the Xie family members fell silent.
Xie Mingan froze in place, his face turning pale.
Xu, and the rebellious daughter Xie Yao, actually found the old gardener whom he never took seriously, and told him the past stories of the Xu family's dowry in public, making him lose face!
Xu Susu took a deep breath, looked at Xie Mingan's hypocritical face, and walked in front of Du Yutang.
"Master Du, I can't live another day like this!"
She straightened her back and said in a clear and resolute voice: "Today, I, Susu, want to divorce Xie Mingan!"
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