Chapter 723 What don’t you know?

Shuntian Prefecture Governor frowned, then quickly relaxed his brows: "Send it!"

A skinny man came over with a woman.

The woman was clean and her hair was neatly combed, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with her. However, her face was terrified and she walked unsteadily, and it was obvious that she had been tortured.

Obviously it has been adjusted.

The capable man cupped his fist and reported, "Sir, we are from Chaoyang Tower. We accidentally discovered that this woman had violated the law, so we sent her here to turn herself in. Among her numerous crimes, there is an old case that is somewhat related to what happened today. I think she can be used as a witness in this matter."

The woman knelt down tremblingly and confessed a lot of things.

The Shuntian prefect's expression became more serious as he listened, as there were actually quite a few old cases that had not been resolved!

Jiao frowned at first, but as she listened, when she heard the confession that "in the tenth year of Qingzhao, she accepted 30,000 taels of silver from the Zou family and exchanged their daughter with the newborn daughter of the wife of the prince of Xinguogong", her whole body began to tremble violently!

Yu Mingzhu’s face turned pale!

Jiao rushed over excitedly and pushed the woman's shoulder: "What did you say, you——"

The kneeling woman was pushed and fell down. Her face turned pale and she struggled for a few times, but she had no strength to get up.

Xingxing and Sun Qiyi knew at a glance that this woman had probably been severely tortured and had many hidden injuries on her body.

The agitated Jiao was pulled away by the yamen runners. The paralyzed woman on the ground took a long time to get up, her breathing trembling, but she shook her hands and took out an account book from her arms.

"This account book records the crimes I committed over the years. Your Excellency can take a look at it and see if there are any discrepancies with my confession." The woman's voice trembled.

Although she knew in her heart that what was recorded in this account book was enough to make her behead him later, sometimes death was a relief.

The most frightening thing is to be unable to live or die.

The woman knelt there, her whole body trembling slightly.

Compared to the excited Jiao, Xingxing was calmer.

She even listened to the woman's story as if she was listening to someone else's. She calmly described how she bribed the groom, how she manipulated the route that Jiao had to take, and how she got through the entire process - in the end, she was taken away from her biological mother and sent to a "thief" to be tortured.

——To Xingxing, it was like someone else’s story.

There is no sense of reality.

The old couple of Duke Xin were even more excited - this kneeling woman was the last link in the whole process!

This Chaoyang Tower actually delivered this last link to us so easily!

Although she didn't know their intentions, the old lady of Duke Xin knew that all the links had been connected, which was enough to prove that Xingxing was their granddaughter!

Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng were both stunned!

Although they had felt it before, but...

Now the truth was laid out before them so unexpectedly, and their biggest feeling was - heartache.

I'm trembling with heartache!

That is to say, their daughter Xingxing could have grown up in the Duke's Mansion in luxury and become the most noble young lady in the entire capital. However, due to the evil intentions of some people, she was abused at a young age and was even thrown into the surging river by that vicious woman!

Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng covered their mouths and couldn't help but tremble their shoulders.

I really couldn't help crying!

As for Jiao, she seemed a little dull.

"Mother, I, I don't know--" A burst of crying came. It was the first time that Yu Mingzhu cried in front of so many people without caring about her image. She stumbled to Jiao's side, tears flowing like a spring, "Mother, I really don't know..."

Jiao turned around woodenly and looked at Yu Mingzhu.

This was the daughter she was most proud of.

This was the daughter she had always loved the most.

Although she knew early on that Zhuzhu was not her biological daughter, she still loved her as always.

She thought, after all, this was the daughter she had raised for so long.

But now, now!

Jiao Mumu looked at Yu Mingzhu who was crying without any image at all, pulling her sleeve hard.

If it were in the past, she would have been so distressed that she would have hugged Yu Mingzhu in her arms and coaxed her non-stop.

But now, one thing after another seemed to hit her in the face.

First, she found out that her daughter had taken drugs to deceive her. Although it was not a big deal, it greatly shook the impression of Yu Mingzhu in her mind as a sensible person.

Then she found out that Xingxing, who was suspected to be her biological daughter, had such a miserable childhood and was even thrown into the river and almost lost her life.

Jiao couldn't help but wonder what kind of life Zhuzhu was living in the Duke of Xin's mansion at that time?

She had four wet nurses to feed Zhuzhu since she was a child. Not to mention that as soon as Zhuzhu was born, there were twelve maids serving in the house, and even more maids doing chores and sweeping in the outer courtyard.

This is the first girl in the mansion, and everyone likes her very much.

But what kind of life was her own daughter living at that time?

Being thrown into the river and almost losing your life?

Jiao shivered all over.

For the first time, she looked at Xing Xing without moving her eyes away and said hoarsely: "I, I don't know... I really don't know..."

Xingxing didn't have any special emotions at first.

But when she heard Jiao's words, a surge of sour anger suddenly arose in her heart.

Xing Xing spoke up: "What don't you know? Don't you know that when I was two or three years old, I was treated like a dog in the Zou family, and was beaten and kicked at any time? Or do you not know that when I was in the Zou family, I never had a full meal, and I was able to survive until I was thrown into the river by the Zou family only because the kind maids fed me some soup and rice? If you don't know, you can ask me. But you... don't seem to have thought about these things?"

Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng couldn't cry anymore, so they ran over and hugged Xingxing and cried.

The old lady of Duke Xin turned her head away and tears fell.

Even the old Duke Xin's eyes were blurred by tears.

Jiao seemed to be struck by lightning.

She didn't even know how to look Xing Xing in the eye, and could only keep mumbling, "I, I don't know... I really, really don't know..."

Xing Xing looked at Jiao and asked seriously, "Really?"

She smiled and said nothing more.

Jiao stood in the court and felt extremely cold from the cold wind blowing through the hall.

It was so cold that it seemed like ice chilled to the bone.

It seemed as if every breath carried ice chips.

Jiao seemed to be crying and laughing at the same time: "Xingxing, please believe me, I, I really..."

She took a step forward, but her sleeves suddenly tightened.

Only then did Jiao remember that her sleeve was still being held by Yu Mingzhu, who was crying bitterly.