The skin on Shu Liu Niang's body was peeled off.
Ye Zhen and Cai Yueya did it together.
They also politely turned their backs to the emperor and empress, afraid of offending their eyes.
Zhongyong Hou and his son Xie Tingzhou stood behind the two men in perfect unison, forming a human screen.
When Cai Yu learned that Shu Liu Niang had harmed Cai Yue Ya, he limped over to stand beside the Marquis of Zhong Yong, and the head of the Cai family followed his uncle.
Everyone tacitly approved of Ye Zhen and his group's actions.
Shu Liu Niang screamed incessantly, so much so that the old princess dared not utter a sound, her eyes filled with terror, fearing that the silver hairpin would fall on her at any moment.
"Stop, stop..."
Shu Liu Niang begged for mercy.
Nobody paid any attention to her.
Ye Zhen said to Cai Yueya, "She hurt you so badly, yet you kindly helped her pick out the burnt dead skin. Granny Cai, you are truly too kind. Good people will be rewarded."
Grandma Cai always said she didn't have many days left to live, but when Xie Tingzhou helped her up just now, he took her pulse and found that her body was severely depleted. If she was properly cared for, she could live for many more years.
Cai Yueya retorted, "You're a good daughter too. I heard from your father-in-law that she's always plotting against you, yet you're still so filial."
Look, after you removed the dead skin, you even scraped off the pus for her. How thoughtful of you…”
The two whispered to each other as if they were having a private conversation.
The emperor and the Marquis of Loyalty met in mid-air.
The former said, "These two people you brought in are a bit crazy."
But it looks so cool.
The latter said, "Your Majesty cooperated very well today. If you had cooperated like this earlier, you would have suffered much less injustice."
The former nodded slightly, realizing that he had been too concerned about his status in the past.
The Empress calmly observed Xie Tingzhou, who remained composed, thinking that once these matters were resolved, he would take Ye Zhen out for a few days.
Prince Ning squatted down directly next to Ye Zhen.
When he saw Ye Zhen peel off a layer of skin and scrape the tender flesh inside with the hairpin, he felt his own flesh hurt. And these two called it kindness?
He really is inexperienced.
Shu Liuniang couldn't take it anymore and cried out, "I was wrong, Cai Yueya, I shouldn't have taken revenge on you, please stop."
Ye Zhen stopped what she was doing and asked gently, "Who are you?"
Cai Yueya chimed in, "Yeah, who are you?"
"I...I am the old man of the Marquis's mansion...ah..."
The hairpin scraped hard again, and Shu Liuniang dared not hide it any longer. "I am Shu Liuniang, the wife of Butcher Fu, but I am also the old lady of the Marquis's mansion, and the wife of Zhou Dashan."
“No, the marriage certificate of my grandfather says Shen Qi. You are not Shen Qi, so how could you be the old lady of the Marquis’s mansion?”
The hairpin scraped hard against the tender flesh, and Shu Liu Niang felt a sharp pain in her scalp. She felt lightheaded, as if her soul was leaving her body.
But Cai Yueya forcefully jabbed her back with a hairpin, and she cried, "Yes, I'm not Shen Qi. The real Shen Qi is dead. I'm Shu Liu Niang, Fu Jiang's biological mother. I've already told you, please spare me..."
Ye Zhen then moved to face the old princess, saying with exasperation, "Did you hear that? Fu Jiang is her son, not your grandson."
The Shu family was formerly a prefectural government, but they were exiled for embezzlement. This person didn't even have a proper name; she was only given the title of Sixth Sister according to her birth order. She was an unfavored illegitimate daughter of the Shu family.
During her exile, fearing hardship, she lured the constables into a grove of trees, thus gaining a chance to escape. She also seduced Butcher Fu, giving birth to that scoundrel Fu Jiang.
You, with your own perfectly good children, are eager to be an elder to this kind of son. Aren't you afraid that after you die, your children will come after you?
These were all pieces of information that Marquis Zhongyong had found out, and he told Ye Zhen about them.
Therefore, Ye Zhen took the initiative to stand up tonight. The Marquis of Loyalty and Courage is not only a man, but also a hero. Ye Zhen did not want her to be taken advantage of and condemned by those with ulterior motives in the future. Ye Zhen felt that it was more appropriate for her to handle the conflict with the old lady and the Grand Princess.
As the old princess grew older, her greatest fear was facing her children after her death. When Ye Zhen spoke to her, she trembled slightly.
She looked at Marquis Zhongyong, "Grandmother was deceived by Fu Jiang and the others. I was just too concerned about Xi's child..."
Marquis Zhongyong turned his face away.
He knew very well that the Grand Princess acknowledged him now not because she truly regarded him as her grandson, but simply to win him over and secure her own survival.
But why would he help someone who abandoned his mother and repeatedly harmed the Marquis's mansion?
Blood ties are not that important.
The two children who remain with him now are not his biological children, yet they treat him with genuine affection.
Even Old Lady Cai would ask him from time to time along the way if he was tired, thirsty, or hungry.
The two on the ground, one clearly guessed his identity but refused to admit it, and the other was outwardly hypocritical but secretly wished to kill him.
He turned and walked to the old lady's side, asking, "Did you kill Tinglan?"
Seeing that the Emperor and Empress were indulging Ye Zhen and the others, and seeing that the Grand Princess had fallen into such a state, the old lady knew that the situation was hopeless.
Not wanting to suffer any more physical pain, she admitted, "Yes, I did it, but I did have feelings for you, otherwise I would have done it to you long ago."
Marquis Zhongyong, his face expressionless, kicked the old lady, saying, "I don't hit women, but you're not even human."
At this point, if I still say those things to him, does he expect me to thank him?
His kick was very heavy, and the old lady immediately vomited blood.
The old lady was suddenly filled with anger. Although the Marquis Zhongyong was not her son, she had treated him as her son.
She couldn't accept being beaten by the Marquis of Zhongyong. "You heartless bastard, I was the one who raised you."
"I've made you the old lady of the Marquis's mansion for so many years, and I've already repaid that debt of gratitude."
Without the constraints of family ties, Marquis Zhongyong was perfectly clear-headed.
“What about my daughter’s life? If it weren’t for saving you, she wouldn’t have died.”
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