Chapter 13 The truth behind the murder
After hearing what the old lady said, Du Xueyi's first reaction was that the old lady couldn't get pregnant because of his grandfather's concubine, that is, his grandmother.
Otherwise, he couldn't think of any reason why the old lady was so vicious to their family.
But he never expected that this matter would be related to the late emperor.
"Brother Shi and I grew up together, and everyone believed I would be his wife, including him and me.
He said he wanted to make a difference in the troubled times and asked me to wait for him. I willingly rejected other people's proposals.
He started an uprising and said that his great cause was not yet accomplished and he could not marry me for the time being. I understood and had no complaints.
He came to see me near the march and said that the war was dangerous and he might lose his life that day. I took the initiative to climb into his bed and wanted to leave him some incense, and he never refused.
Two months later, I found out I was pregnant. I happily wrote to him, hoping for a reply. But no matter how much I waited, what I got was that he asked me to have an abortion.
The baby in my belly is already five months old. If I wait another two months, he might survive. But he said that it would be hard for the child if he was born in such a troubled time. He said that if the enemy knew about the existence of me and the baby, he would have an additional vulnerability.
I believe it.
But how could I have imagined that when I drank the abortion drug and was in excruciating pain, he was happily discussing marriage with the daughter of the Xie family, and I would no longer have the qualifications to be a mother."
Madam Du laughed at herself, "The Xie family of Wuyi Lane (this is a fictional book, no need to delve into it) is no match for a woman of ordinary background like me. With the support of the Xie family, his great cause can be realized faster.
I compromised again. I couldn't be his legal wife who supported him, but I was willing to be his gentle and considerate concubine. However, he married me to your grandfather.
It was because his great cause needed brave and skilled soldiers like your grandfather, and because on the march home, Du Changyuan, who was traveling with him, took a liking to me."
Du Changyuan is the name of Du Xueyi's grandfather.
Wei Qingyan's originally calm eyes were now filled with ripples.
The late emperor that Mrs. Du mentioned was completely different from the wise king she had in mind.
Was the late emperor good at disguise, or was Madam Du lying?
Du Xueyi's face was gloomy. "If you don't want to, you don't have to marry me. Besides, what does all this have to do with my family?"
"Your grandfather also told me at the time that if you don't want to, you don't have to marry." Old Madam Du smiled sadly, "How hypocritical! If he really didn't want to embarrass me, he shouldn't have let Brother Shi see his feelings for me.
He knew very well that I was Brother Shi's woman, and he knew very well that Brother Shi would give me to him in order to win him over.
I am a woman who has lost her virginity, and Brother Shi refuses to marry me. Who else can I marry? I can only marry him, Du Changyuan.
I got married, and Du Changyuan, that rough man, was not without his merits. Knowing that I had hurt my body due to the abortion and could no longer have my own children, he held his concubine's child in his arms on my knees.
Although my husband is a rough man, he treats me with great care. Although the child is not my biological child, he is cute and well-behaved. I have accepted my fate again.
But, the short-lived Du Changyuan died early, leaving me alone to watch other couples loving each other, watching others enjoy the glory and become the most noble woman in the world.
But I have become a widow and have to raise a child born to someone else for him. Why?
There are so many women in the world, why does he choose me?
He destroyed me, so why are his descendants still alive and well?
If it weren't for him, I would have been a noble woman in the harem instead of an old lady in the Anyuan Marquis's mansion."
Oh!
Old lady.
She was only in her early thirties, but she had already become the old lady of Anyuan Marquis's Mansion.
The child she had raised with all her heart, now that his wings had grown strong, wanted to leave her behind to pursue his own career. How could she bear to be abandoned again and again? To be let down again and again?
That would clip his wings and let him stay at home, at least he would still retain the title of Anyuan Marquis.
If he died in battle early like his father who died early, the Anyuan Marquisate would not even have an heir, and she would have nothing.
The world is so unfair to her that she can only make her own plans.
"Don't make excuses for your viciousness." Wei Qingyan looked at her coldly, "If possible, wouldn't Grandfather Du want to live? Wouldn't he want to see the peace he fought for?
It's just that you feel unfair, thinking that he died early and couldn't bring you more wealth and honor. That's not a reason for you to harm others."
"So, who are you?" Madam Du looked at Wei Qingyan, "and what is your purpose in coming to the Marquis' Mansion?"
Wei Qingyan's dark eyes were strangely calm as he spoke word by word, "The one who wronged the Fang family."
"Fang?" Madam Du was slightly startled. "Did you find out something else because of Fang's matter?"
No wonder the servants said that someone around her was beaten by Du Xueyi. So that's what happened.
If she had not been unconscious, and with her calming him down, how could Du Xueyi dare to touch her people, and how could he ask about what happened that year.
No, if she was awake, she would not let this woman in at all.
Wei Qingyan saw through her thoughts, and a hint of sarcasm appeared on the corner of his lips. "So, I said that your retribution has come. You murdered Fang, and after her death, she became a grudge. The resentment entangled you, which is why you fell into a coma."
Madam Du was thinking of something, and there was a moment of fear in her eyes, but it soon faded away. "Then were the three people who died in the mansion earlier responsible by her?"
"Yes, it's your turn." Wei Qingyan looked at the black air behind Mrs. Du and answered straightforwardly.
If it weren't for the fact that Madam Du was a noble lady and Madam Guo had been with her for a long time and had picked up some of her nobility, they would have been dead by now.
Madam Du smiled, as if she understood everything. "No, she can't do anything to me, otherwise you wouldn't be here. And you, too, can't do anything to me."
"Murder means death. You have harmed many people in my Du family. I will hand you over to the authorities and punish you according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty." Her indifferent expression made Du Xueyi furious.
There was a glint of satisfaction in Madam Du's cloudy eyes. "You can't report me to the authorities. If I am arrested, I will tell everyone that the late emperor betrayed me and used me to win over his subordinates. This will humiliate the late emperor's reputation, and the Anyuan Marquisate will be buried with me.
By then, everyone in the capital will know that your sister, Du Xueyi, was a prostitute of the lowest kind, and you couldn't bear to see her being laughed at after her death.
You can't kill me in private either. If I die, my family will definitely come to see my body. Then you will be guilty of murdering my grandmother, and you will be buried with me."
She regained her former kind expression and said, "Xueyi, grandma is old and won't live for many more years. Let's just let the past go.
Listen to your grandmother, marry Yu'er and have a few sons to continue your grandfather's family line.
Grandmother promises you that the past grudges are over now, and I will not do anything to you anymore."
"How stupid am I to listen to you again?
The hatred for my parents is irreconcilable, the hatred for my wife's murder and my daughter's abuse will never fade. My little sister died in agony, and if I don't avenge this, how can I be worthy of being her brother?
Du Xueyi was extremely angry that she had casually dismissed several lives of the Du family.
He pinched the old lady's neck again, "Even if you give up your life, I will punish you according to the law."
Before she could exert any force, her hand was pulled away by Wei Qingyan.
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