Chapter 1012: Uncle and Sister-in-law’s Murder of the Original Wife (4)
"Madam, we will investigate it carefully, but all the evidence now points to your son committing suicide for love, unless there is other evidence to overturn this conclusion, but there is no other evidence at present..." Lord Du cannot conceal the truth of the case and comfort the Earl of Yong'an and his wife just because they are sad.
"So my husband really betrayed me?!" Yue Shichu asked Lord Du with tears on her face, "No wonder he has been so cold to me since we got married. No matter how I tried to please him, I thought I did something wrong and that's why he didn't like me... But I didn't expect that he just already had someone in his heart! And that person is his sister-in-law! He is a beast who disregards human ethics! I despise him! I will never forgive him..."
After Yue Shichu said these words angrily, he seemed to collapse. He turned around and rushed out of the inn, got on the carriage, and repeatedly told the coachman to drive away, looking like he was deeply shocked.
Others also heard her complaints and felt very sorry for her. They thought Zou Hongyi was really heartless. Since he already had a lover, why did he waste the life of an innocent woman? Since he already had a wife, why did he get involved with his sister-in-law? He treated his wife coldly!
"Tsk tsk, this Zou guy is really dishonest. I think his wife is pretty and has a good family background, but he just doesn't like her and insists on having an affair with his sister-in-law. What do you think he is thinking?"
"What are you thinking? They say a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover. How exciting is it to steal a sister-in-law..."
"What a beast that doesn't care about human ethics. How can he be worthy of his elder brother and his wife by doing this?"
"Hey, you don't know? His eldest brother has been weak since he was young. He has to stay in bed for most of the year to recuperate. I heard that he married this wife for the purpose of getting good luck."
"No wonder, that woman must be unwilling to marry a sickly man, so she started to cheat on her brother-in-law, right?"
"The Zou family caused such a scandal, and they are a noble family. It's true that there is no telling how filthy the rich and powerful families are."
"It's just pitiful for Zou Er's wife. I heard she was the daughter of a great general, and she was of noble status, but she lost her husband at a young age, and because of the love affair with her sister-in-law, she was so unlucky!"
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The crowd outside the inn was talking about this scandal that was immoral, cursing Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu, and sympathizing with the innocent Yue Shichu and the sickly Zou Hongxin who was cuckolded by his own brother.
Yue Shichu took advantage of the chaos to scold Zou Hongyi, put on a good show of being heartbroken, and took a carriage back to the Yong'an Earl's Mansion. As soon as she got back, she immediately ordered her dowry servants to pack up her dowry and all her luggage, and then she went to Zou Hongyi's study and began to search.
After searching the entire study, she indeed found a stack of love letters between Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu, a beautiful portrait of Murong Liu painted by Zou Hongyi, and a handkerchief belonging to Murong Liu with the word "Liu" embroidered on it. These were the clear evidence of their affair. Zou Hongyi was so unscrupulous and overconfident that he even dared to keep them in the study. I don't know if he didn't take the original owner seriously or was sure that the original owner wouldn't dare to come to his study.
Just as Yue Shichu was about to put away the evidence, she heard weak footsteps outside the study door. She looked up and saw Zou Hongxin, who was pale, extremely thin, and even had no strength to walk - another victim of the uncle-sister-in-law suicide scandal.
"Sister-in-law, I know everything." Zou Hongxin smiled bitterly on his thin face and said, "Is everything that's been said outside true? Did they really commit suicide together for love?"
"It's true. These are the evidence." Yue Shichu pointed at what she found on the table, "If you don't believe it, you can come and see for yourself."
Zou Hongxin walked in slowly. He lowered his head and looked at the affectionate letters and the familiar signatures of his younger brother and wife. His already bloodless face turned even paler, and his eyes showed embarrassment, pain, and sadness... but there was no anger or resentment.
"Aren't you angry? The two people closest to you betrayed you." Yue Shichu stared at Zou Hongxin's expression carefully and suddenly asked.
Zou Hongxin shook his head slowly: "Don't be angry, Murong Liu doesn't like a sickly me, it's normal for her to like a strong, handsome and high-spirited man like my second brother."
Yue Shichu sneered and said, "You are really generous, but I am very angry. If Zou Hongyi didn't like me, he could have chosen not to marry me, but he compromised for the sake of his own interests. After compromising, he treated me coldly and had an affair with his sister-in-law. Having an affair would be fine, but he chose to commit suicide for love, making it known to the world. They are not afraid of being pointed out and ridiculed by others after they died, but I am still alive and have to endure the ridicule and contempt of the world, saying that I can't win over my husband, and that my husband doesn't even like me when he has an affair with his sister-in-law... People are harsh on women, and after they died, it was me who had to endure the ridicule... My life was ruined by him, Zou Hongyi! What right does he have to be named 'Yi'? He should be named 'Shame'!"
Yue Shichu roared at the top of her lungs, tears continuously falling from her red eyes. Anyone who saw her would have felt that she was deeply heartbroken by her husband's betrayal.
Seeing her crying so hard, Zou Hongxin was at a loss. He wanted to comfort her but didn't know how. He could only mutter, "They are shameless..."
"I can't continue to be the wife of the Zou family. I feel disgusted. I want to break off all ties with Zou Hongyi." Yue Shichu wiped away her tears and said fiercely.
"What? No, a sworn brotherhood is too serious. It is our Zou family that has wronged you. We can compensate you, but we cannot break off a sworn brotherhood. Sister-in-law, our family can no longer withstand too many blows..." Zou Hongxin looked at Yue Shichu pleadingly. He knew that there was such a scandal in his family, and people who valued their reputation would not be willing to associate with them anymore. If Yue Shichu's mother's family broke off a sworn brotherhood with their Zou family again, then their situation would be even worse.
Yue Shichu said expressionlessly, "What does it have to do with me? Isn't Zou Hongyi the culprit of all this? Zou Hongyi was raised by your family. He did such a shameful thing, so shouldn't you bear the consequences? But I was innocent from the beginning to the end. My family did not force Zou Hongyi to marry me. It was your family who came to ask for my hand in marriage. I have never done anything to let you down. It was Zou Hongyi who did something to let me down. What qualifications do you have to ask me to understand the difficulties of your family now?"
After all, Zou Hongxin was not as shameless as his brother Zou Hongyi. When he heard Yue Shichu's words, he was so ashamed that he was choked and speechless, and he no longer had the face to persuade her.
(End of this chapter)
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