Another slap landed on his arm, this time with real force.
The old lady roared, "Don't you have a conscience? Do you still have any conscience?"
What have I done for you? I've lost all face and almost lost the wealth and status of the old lady of the Marquis's mansion. How can you still blame me?
"How dare you speak to me like that? You were in the wrong first."
You stole the jade pendant, contacted Princess Kangle behind my back, and impersonated the descendant of the Grand Princess. I still need to protect you. How dare you hold a grudge against me?
Fu Jiang understood what she meant; he did need the old lady's help. He softened his expression and said, "Yes, I was wrong."
But that Liu woman took the initiative to seduce me, and I'm a normal man..."
He still insisted on the same story he told on the day he was arrested, claiming that Liu had used her power to coerce him when she went to Qingzhou.
However, after entering the palace, he was out of touch with the news and did not know that Marquis Zhongyong had already announced Xie Yunzhou's true identity.
When the timing doesn't match, the lie falls apart on its own.
The old lady interrupted him, taking the opportunity to remind him, "You still dare to argue? Yunzhou, the servant, has already told my son that Yunzhou is your and Liu's child. You two colluded so early on."
Fu Jiang's heart sank.
A response came quickly: "He's slandering me. What kind of good person do you think your son is?"
Lady Liu is dead, Yunzhou is dead, it's just a servant's testimony, and a servant's testimony at that, it's not enough to prove anything.
He took the opportunity to reveal the events of that day to the old lady.
"The Hou Mansion is a deep courtyard. How can a mere county magistrate like me enter without an invitation?"
It was clearly Xie Bang who had planned this in advance, deliberately setting up a trap between me and Liu Shi.”
The old lady couldn't understand why Fu Jiang had entered the mansion that day, or how he had gotten in.
Hearing his words, my heart skipped a beat.
Did Xie Bang actually scheme against Fu Jiang?
He confirmed, "You're talking nonsense. My son is a grown man. How could he throw such dirty water on himself?"
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