Chapter 14 It's over, it's all over
"I do." The little girl was naive after all. She nodded and chose to believe Chu Ci.
However, as soon as the girl finished speaking, Liu angrily accused Chu Ci. "Chu, are you trying to sow discord between us and everyone else? Why are you doing this? Are you a spy deliberately planted in the Fan family?"
When such an accusation was made, not only Fan Jingrui, Old Madam Fan and others were surprised, but even Fan Qianxue noticed something was wrong.
But after all, they had been with Liu for more than ten years and had a certain understanding of her personality and character. So they all turned their attention to Chu Ci, hoping that she could give a reasonable explanation.
Seeing this, Chu Ci rolled his eyes and almost flew to the sky. He snorted and said disdainfully, "Where's the evidence? Liu, you don't think that any fool will believe your nonsense just because of a few words, do you?"
Hearing Chu Ci's words, Fan Qianxue straightened her back, stood up, and said firmly: "Yes, I can testify."
Fan Qianyan was not to be outdone. He imitated Fan Qianxue and said loudly, "I didn't do those things. It was my father and mother who wronged me before."
"I didn't. It's just that Fan Qianyan did something wrong, and I was just punishing him. Licun, Licun, tell everyone."
After more than a decade of smooth living, Liu had long lost the ability to deal with emergencies. In a panic, she sought medical help from all directions, and with just a few words, she dragged her husband Fan Zengzhi into trouble.
Upon hearing this, everyone in the Fan family looked embarrassed.
Only then did they realize that they had never witnessed Fan Qianyan's actions. They had simply believed Fan Zengzhi and Liu's one-sided accounts. Were they not fools, fooled?
Rui Ge'er, the new daughter-in-law, is really amazing. Not only is she good at talking, but she is also very good at scolding people. She scolded everyone in the Fan family.
Fan Zengzhi, however, seemed oblivious. He actually placed Liu in front of him and declared righteously, "Yinzhang is right. That rebellious girl is a stain on my life. We simply wanted to make this stain go away! I didn't expect such a bastard to have such a tough life."
He was a thief before, but now he has been upgraded to a stain.
Chu Ci was already furious, and hearing Fan Zengzhi's shameless words made her even more furious. She really wanted to take out a knife and kill this shameless man Fan Zengzhi.
Unfortunately, she didn't have a knife in her hand, so she could only look around for something useful. Finally, her eyes fell on the whip in Fan Jingrui's hand.
"Give it to me!" Chu Ci stretched out his hand and asked Fan Jingrui for the horsewhip in a threatening manner.
Fan Jingrui was startled by her appearance, subconsciously retracted the whip behind him, and asked nervously: "You, what do you want to do?"
Chu Ci's patience had been worn out, and a hint of threat flashed in his eyes: "Do you think he shouldn't be beaten? Give it to him or not?"
Fan Jingrui felt that if he didn't give it to Chu Ci, he might be the one to be beaten. So, he offered the horsewhip to Chu Ci instead of letting his friend die.
Chu Ci took the whip and lashed Fan Zengzhi without hesitation. "The first whip is for being an unkind father. You said Qianyan was a stain. Did you ask her opinion before you gave birth to her?"
"Can things be calculated this way?" Since childhood, Fan Qianyan was taught that there are no wrong parents in the world, and no one has ever considered her from her perspective.
Liu had never expected that Chu Ci would actually hit her if he said so! She was really scared and screamed in horror, "Ah, Chu, how could you treat your elders like this?"
Moral kidnapping? As long as she has no morals, no one can kidnap her. "Elder? One lock and one key, how many does he have?"
Another lash of the whip rang out, and Chu Ci continued, "The second whip is for you not knowing right from wrong. You framed a child of a few years old, you're really capable. I'm afraid all the books you've read over the past twenty years have gone to waste, haven't they?"
Fan Qianyan had never been protected like this before. Listening to Chu Ci's words, her heart was filled with gratitude. Naturally, she didn't want to make things difficult for Chu Ci, so she stood up and said firmly, "If possible, I don't want to."
Everyone knows what they don't want.
"You rebellious daughter..." The mindsets of ancient patriarchs were strange. They could abandon their daughters, but if they disobeyed their wishes in the slightest, they would consider them rebellious. Even Mr. and Mrs. Fan couldn't sit still and said, "In a thousand words, there are no parents who are not right."
"Chu, you've overstepped your bounds."
Oh, the same old rhetoric again, can you come up with something new? Chu Ci turned around and pulled Fan Jingrui out: "It seems that even the great Grand Tutor has his shortcomings. Come on, Fan Jingrui, tell us what the saying 'There are no parents who are not right' means."
"Why me again?" Fan Jingrui regretted making an agreement with Chu Ci.
"What else? Qianxue and Qianyan are not important enough. Your grandpa, grandma, and uncles should all be on Fourth Uncle's side. So, are you willing?" Chu Ci's words made everyone in the Fan family blush.
Fan Jingrui stopped refusing and began to explain, "From ancient times to the present, all parents in the world have had good wishes for their children. However, as human beings, parents can make mistakes, and as children, we should understand and tolerate them, because the kindness they have given us in raising us is something we can never forget or offset."
"Then is Fourth Uncle's wish for Qianyan good? Everyone, speak honestly." Chu Ci's eyes swept over everyone. "Everyone, you have seen what Fourth Uncle and his wife did. Qianyan was wronged."
"She didn't drug her own father. She didn't do anything wrong. On the contrary, someone deliberately framed her and wanted to make her a target of public criticism. So, don't you want to know why?"
"It's Concubine Ming, I don't know the details." Fan Qianyan was simply a god-like assist! And everyone in the Fan family was stunned!
Chu Ci, however, understood that Concubine Ming's identity was unusual; she was a Tatar spy carefully cultivated from childhood. As for how she entered the palace as a daughter of the Liu family, the book does not describe it in detail, but there are only a few possibilities.
What Chu Ci could think of, the Fan family naturally couldn't fail to understand. At this moment, Old Master Fan looked at Fan Zengzhi not as a son, but as an enemy. "Fourth Brother, I want you to speak out in person and explain clearly."
At this point, Fan Zeng finally let go of Liu. After struggling for a while, he finally said in a muffled voice, "The title of Imperial Concubine Ming originally belonged to Qianyan's mother?"
"It's over, it's all over." As soon as Fan Zeng said this, Liu could no longer maintain the image of a virtuous wife and fell to the ground.
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