Chapter 94 94 Shi Mansion
The affairs of the Shi Mansion cannot be concealed.
Although Shi Pei was still trying his best to block the news, there was no such thing as an airtight wall in the world. Moreover, two people had already died in the Shi Mansion.
Shi Pei did not stop Shi Baiwei.
He was also very curious about what his once beloved niece had experienced, why she was willing to stay in the courtyard, and why she had never shown up even though she was able to move freely.
Shi Baiwei said: "Ning Haitao was willing to be exchanged with me. She couldn't stand the insult and didn't want to live and suffer."
Chen Lian frowned, "Don't..."
"You know best whether I am talking nonsense or not," Shi Baiwei lifted Chen Lian's fig leaf and said sarcastically, "Second Uncle met Ning Haitao and fell in love with her at first sight. He brought her back to the Shi Mansion despite Ning Haitao's objection. He kept saying that he would protect her, but in the face of your bullying, Second Uncle chose to turn a deaf ear to it and only comforted her in bed."
Shi Pei frowned, "Bai Wei, you are too..."
Too rough, not like a lady from a noble family.
Shi Baiwei said: "I am telling the truth."
Su Yan supported Shi Baiwei crazily in his heart.
Su Yan: You are right! These stinky men! The young lady is awesome!
Shi Baiwei: "..."
She looked at the people around her, especially the women, in confusion.
What is happening? ?
Su Yan pretended to be serious.
Shi Baiwei didn't see the clues, and continued, "Although Ning Haitao was a prostitute before, she was good at singing and dancing, and she sold her art but not her body. Many young men were in love with her, and her life was not bad. Since she followed her second uncle, she has completely changed. Not only is she looked down upon, but she also has to endure bullying. When the second uncle was alive, Chen Lianshang didn't dare to take her life. Once the second uncle died, Ning Haitao had no choice but to die."
Chen Lian's face was gloomy. She looked at Shi Yangui and said, "You allowed her to frame your mother like this?"
Shi Yan Gui said: "Whether it is true, your Highness will verify it."
Liang Yi took the blame calmly, "I'll check!"
Su Yan: “…”
Su Yan: Stupid idiot idiot idiot!
Shi Baiwei: "I framed you? I have no grudge against you, why would I frame you?"
Chen Lian said angrily: "You also killed your grandmother and mother!"
Shi Baiwei smiled and said, "I said that I have no grudges against you, but that doesn't mean I have no grudges against them. Now I'm talking about you, don't look away."
Chen Lian: “…”
"You tortured Ning Haitao desperately after my second uncle died. Did you treat Ning Haitao as Concubine Qi and want to emulate Empress Lu? You are so vicious! Not only did you torture Ning Haitao, you also snatched her child and killed her! As soon as she gave birth, you threw her in the yard and deliberately gave her a cold shower, not allowing anyone to help her. She survived because of God's blessing!"
Ning Haitao gave birth to a girl, but the child was taken away by Chen Lian and her whereabouts are unknown.
She lost her child and was in great pain, and had to endure the torture from Chen Lian.
Ninghai Tao's life is worse than death.
Shi Baiwei wanted to live.
"After Ning Haitao was locked up, I secretly went to visit her. She wanted to die, so I swapped places with her. She scratched her face, put on my clothes and set a big fire. I stayed in the small courtyard and lived quietly alone."
Chen Lian was trembling all over. "Is she completely innocent? Has she never thought of replacing me?! Has her hands never been stained with blood?!"
Shi Baiwei asked: "What did she do?"
"she!"
Chen Lian suddenly put down her hand that was trying to accuse Ning Haitao, and after a moment of silence, she said, "It's all in the past. I didn't kill her, nor did I want her to die. Do you want me to pay for her life?"
Shi Baiwei said: "My brother is so promising. You are now the mother of the general. Who dares to ask you to pay with your life? It's just that this mansion thinks it is on the side of justice and wants to fight against Zhao Mingde, but it doesn't know that it is also dirty."
Liang Yi said: "I don't understand. Why do you want to exchange with Ning Haitao? Do you... like being locked up?"
Liang Yi's expression was distorted.
This hobby is too weird.
Shi Baiwei: "..."
She glared at Liang Yi and said, "I just wanted to hide!"
Su Yan asked: "Why are you hiding?"
The voice sounded familiar. Shi Baiwei softened her attitude and said with a smile, "I have no choice. They want me to die, but I don't want to die, so I exchanged with Ning Haitao."
"them?"
Shi Baiwei curled her lips and smiled, "Of course it's him, and her... Shi Zheng, Fang Niao, and the most authoritative Jiang Yun."
Su Yan asked: "Is it related to your motive for murder?"
Shi Baiwei nodded.
Shi Pei said in confusion: "Bai Wei, you are the eldest brother's first daughter, and he has always loved you very much. Although the eldest sister-in-law is not your biological mother, she also treats you as her own child."
"Treating him like your own son?!" Shi Baiwei was enraged, her eyes blazing with fire, "You don't know what your good brother has done? Don't you know how he got to such a high position?!"
Shi Pei: “This…”
Shi Baiwei was born to a concubine. At first, Shi Zheng and Fang Niao had been unable to have children, so they were quite tolerant towards the child born to this concubine.
Fang Niao, in particular, was always worried that Shi Zheng would divorce her because she had no children, and she never dared to show any vicious side to Shi Baiwei.
Shi Baiwei also thought that she was luckier than most women in Beijing.
Until Shi Zheng found a way to climb up.
"On the surface, he appears to be a man of high moral character and integrity, but in reality, he is just a dog of Zhao Mingde. He can only climb up by following Zhao Mingde. Zhao Mingde kept him because he was obedient enough. As long as Zhao Mingde asks, he is willing to do anything!"
After entering the official career, Shi Zheng would rather die with honor than live in disgrace. He was the epitome of "rather break than bend". He was a role model for all the civil and military officials in the court. He devoted himself to the country and was loyal to it.
Shi Pei's face looked extremely ugly. He could already imagine what kind of predicament the Shi family would face after this matter was made public.
But now, it seems that it is irreversible.
Shi Pei said: "Bai Wei, if there is no evidence, your words should..."
"I am the evidence!" Shi Baiwei was unwilling to back down. "He didn't dare to offend any of Zhao Mingde's gang. In order to please them, he even..."
Shi Baiwei's voice trembled.
She tore at her collar, and Su Yan saw a shocking scar, which was an old wound that had remained for many years.
Su Yan walked over to stop Bai Wei, "You just need to say it."
Shi Baiwei looked at Su Yan.
Su Yan didn't talk much, but Shi Baiwei inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with him, and her emotions gradually calmed down.
At first, Shi Zheng was not even a dog in Zhao Mingde's eyes.
Zhao Mingde would not take seriously a person who had no status and could not threaten him, and he once humiliated Shi Zheng in the street.
Because of this incident, many people sympathized with him and thought that he was in opposition to Zhao Mingde.
Shi Zheng took this opportunity to curse Zhao Mingde and submitted memorials several times, demanding that Zhao Mingde be removed from his official position.
Because of these memorials, Shi Zheng's image in everyone's mind became increasingly prominent, even though he had not done anything.
Zhao Mingde began to pay attention to Shi Zheng because of the memorial.
He also discovered that Shi Zheng was the person who once wanted to join him.
Because of his high reputation among the officials, Zhao Mingde extended an olive branch to Shi Zheng.
He did not forbid Shi Zheng from interacting with other officials, so that he could easily find out their true thoughts.
During that period, all those who opposed Zhao Mingde were transparent to him, and Zhao Mingde knew everything they did.
However, Zhao Mingde and his group looked down on Shi Zheng from the bottom of their hearts, and there was no question of cooperation between them.
By chance, Zhao Mingde saw Shi Baiwei at a spring banquet. He stared at Shi Baiwei and casually said "beautiful". The next day, Shi Zheng brought Shi Baiwei to Zhao Mingde.
"From then on, I often went out, but I couldn't go through the main door. I had to sneak out and do shameful things. Shi Zheng, Fang Niao, and Jiang Yun all knew about this, but they all told me that for the sake of the Shi family and my father, I could just endure it."
Su Yan frowned.
Liang Yi said angrily: "He gave you to Zhao Mingde? Is he worthy of being a father?!"
Shi Baiwei sneered, "What can a eunuch do? It is precisely because they can't do anything that they are more perverted and disgusting. After a long time, Zhao Mingde got tired of me, so he sent me to someone else. When I got older, they got tired of me and kicked me out. My father didn't have any dissatisfaction, he only complained that I didn't serve them well."
Su Yan held Shi Baiwei's hand.
Her fingers were rough and her palms were cold.
Shi Pei and Ruyunxin were extremely shocked. "You mean big brother? Big brother... how could it be possible? Big brother... he is not that kind of person."
In Shi Pei's impression, Shi Zheng is kind to others and treats his brothers well. How could he disregard his daughter's safety and reputation in order to please Zhao Mingde?
Even if they were eunuchs, how would Shi Baiwei live in the future if so many people knew about this? How could she hold her head up high?
What's more, at that time, Shi Zheng was already...
Shi Pei's face turned pale. "Could it be that Big Brother's official position is also..."
"In the court, he is upright and respected. He also keeps passing on information to Zhao Mingde privately. With both sides supporting him, he can certainly rise to prominence. Of course, other people are nothing. What matters is who Zhao Mingde wants to take this position."
Therefore, he became furious when Shi Baiwei lost her effectiveness.
Shi Pei said with difficulty: "If it was Zhao Mingde twenty years ago... he would have had this ability."
Ruyun thought, "But he shouldn't have dragged you into this. Your subsequent illness was probably related to this incident?"
Shi Baiwei said: "I have never been sick, I just have injuries on my body and cannot see people."
"You hid in Ning Haitao's yard and exchanged identities with her to avoid this matter?"
"Of course not," Shi Baiwei said sarcastically, "Do you think that I can return to the mansion and stay there peacefully now that I am useless? You are dreaming. Zhao Mingde doesn't want to see me again. Only then did he remember the reputation of their Shi Mansion. They forced me to die!"
The house was completely silent.
Shi Baiwei walked towards Shi Pei and said, "I don't expect you to believe me. To me, you are no longer my relatives. I just need a place to stay. It doesn't matter where it is."
Shi Baiwei didn't want to die, nor did she think she deserved to die.
The ones who really deserved to be damned are Shi Zheng, Fang Niao, and the old lady who pretended to be serious in front of outsiders.
She didn't want to die for these people.
But she had no other choice.
There are too few roads, and even fewer roads prepared for women. If she leaves Shi Mansion, she may not even be able to leave the capital safely.
After careful consideration, Shi Baiwei decided to stay in the Shi Mansion.
Ning Haitao was almost tortured crazy because she couldn't face people, but Shi Baiwei was not afraid. She didn't want to see these hypocritical faces.
So she chose to exchange with Ning Haitao. For Ning Haitao, death was a relief.
For Shi Baiwei, she will live longer than others.
In the small courtyard, that is Shi Baiwei's happiest time.
Chen Lian was too lazy to torture "her" anymore and would ask someone to deliver meals to her on time.
At the beginning, Shi Baiwei's life was very difficult. She couldn't see the sun, could only eat leftovers, and couldn't take care of herself.
But she soon found the "way" to the second floor, and she trained herself every day, climbing higher and higher.
Once on the second floor, Shi Baiwei tried to live a normal life.
She could sneak out of the courtyard at night and wander around the mansion, where she could find clean food and water. She could also dress herself up by the pond in the moonlight, just like everyone else.
Later, Shi Baiwei was not satisfied with just sneaking out at night, she began to steal the maids' clothes.
The maids lost their clothes and headdresses, but no one would suspect her in the courtyard, so Shi Baiwei went out openly wearing the maids' clothes.
The Shi Mansion became larger and larger, and the maids were replaced by a new batch, and no one knew Shi Baiwei.
She made up an identity for herself, and many people believed it. She was even able to hang around outside for several days in a row.
As long as she didn't see Shi Pei, Fang Niao and the others, no one would recognize her at all, and those people she didn't want to see wouldn't even look at the maid.
After a few years, she was too old to play the maid, so she started to play the nanny. Some young maids were afraid of her.
For Shi Baiwei, getting along with them was much more enjoyable than getting along with other people in the Shi Mansion.
Shi Pei couldn't believe it. "You mean, you have been in the mansion all along? We never found out?"
Shi Baiwei asked, "With Third Uncle's current status, will he pay attention to us?"
Shi Pei looked embarrassed.
Ruyun thought, "But why did you kill my sister-in-law and mother? Do you hate them?"
Liang Yi said: "If you hated him, why didn't you kill him in the first place?"
"I have never hated them, but that day..." Shi Baiwei said coldly, "Four days ago, they had an argument, and I happened to be nearby, and I heard them mention my name. Fang Niao threatened Jiang Yun with my matter, and Jiang Yun actually said that I was not disciplined... I know that I am just a chess piece, but they can still speak ill of a chess piece that has been dead for many years, and have no intention of repenting. Do they deserve to live?"
Shi Baiwei regretted not killing them at the beginning.
If she had taken action earlier, she could have reunited them with Shi Zheng sooner, which could be considered a good deed for her.
"Just because they said a few words..."
Shi Baiwei looked at Ruyunxin, her eyes like sharp scimitars.
Ru Yunxin didn't dare to say anything more.
Su Yan asked: "Why do you have to use poison?"
"Oh, my old man likes these things. I took some from his study and accidentally found that this thing seems to be poisonous. Isn't it interesting to kill her with her son's things?"
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