The other worshippers agreed.
“When the Marquis’s mansion held a banquet earlier, I personally witnessed Wang protecting Ye Wantang and framing Princess Zhaoning.”
"At the time, I found it strange that a mother would disregard her own child and instead protect someone else's child."
...
The truths that were guessed one by one made Ye Zhengqing stop thinking and kneel down by the river with a thud.
She burst into tears, crying out, "Madam, Madam, why did you think of such a thing?"
When you gave birth to Yunheng, your health was damaged, and you could no longer conceive. Your father was dissatisfied with you and wanted me to take a concubine to continue the Ye family line.
You threatened suicide to prevent your concubine from entering the house. As your husband, I couldn't bear to see you heartbroken, so I asked you to pretend to be pregnant to temporarily deceive your father.
On the other hand, I couldn't disobey my father's orders, so I could only keep that concubine outside, thinking that she would give birth to a child and raise it under your care.
It's because I didn't do a good enough job that you felt insecure and even bribed a midwife to steal a baby boy. But the midwife misjudged the baby; the boy actually gave birth to a girl.
Unfortunately, the other party was a passing merchant, and even though we wanted to return the child to them, we couldn't find them.
Since you dislike the baby girl, I'm worried that she'll end up like the midwife and be killed by you. So I have no choice but to send the child to the village in the south.
But because I saw that you didn't like other children, I haven't dared to bring those two children from outside to you all these years.
If I had known you would do something like this, I should have brought them back to the mansion sooner, so they could treat you as their mother and be filial to you. Then you wouldn't have to worry about being alone for the rest of your life and would have jumped into the river to commit suicide.
It's all my fault, my lady. If you're still alive, please come back. Without you, how can I live the rest of my life...
He wept uncontrollably, not only taking the opportunity to admit that Ye Zhen was not a daughter of the Ye family, but also shifting all the blame onto Madam Wang and the deceased Old Master Ye.
He thought to himself that many pilgrims saw Wang jump into the river, and the river was flowing so fast, so Wang must not have survived. He wasn't afraid that his lie would be exposed.
Wanxing clenched her fists, ready to step forward and beat the old bastard to death.
But she had no grounds to stand on right now, so she said, "Since Lord Ye and Madam Ye value things so much, let's all help get them out of here. Maybe Madam Ye is lucky and is still alive."
Those with discerning eyes could see that Ye Zhengqing was shirking responsibility. Some were laughing at him, while others despised him, and they all chimed in to help get the man out.
Ye Zhengqing's body trembled again.
He prayed in his heart that Wang would die.
The woman he was talking about, surnamed Wang, was right at their feet.
Ye Zhen also discovered the secret chamber beneath the riverbed behind Lingguang Temple when he sneaked out of the manor with Wanxing in his previous life.
Wang was bound hand and foot and confined in a secret room, where she could clearly hear the conversation above.
It was indeed her who repented and cried before the Buddha, and it was also her who wrote the blood letter, but she did not write anything about her biological daughter forcing her to her death.
She glared angrily at Qian You across from her. It was this man who had done this; he had lied to her.
Why would he do that?
But her mouth was gagged, and she couldn't get anything out of her.
Until the door to the secret room was opened, Ye Zhen's figure appeared before her...
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