Cowardly, pathetic, shrinking back, a complete clown.
Upon seeing the unfamiliar face, the crowd began to speculate about who he was.
Han Zijin looked surprised. "Magistrate Fu Jiang? How could it be you?"
Someone couldn't wait to ask, "Does Prince Consort Han know him?"
Han Zijin then revealed Fu Jiang's identity.
Upon learning that Fu Jiang was actually the magistrate of Qingzhou County, some people thought, "Hasn't the old lady of the Marquis's mansion been in Qingzhou all these years?"
Marquis Zhongyong looked at the old lady, "Mother, do you have an explanation?"
The old lady was panting heavily, both frightened and angry.
What do you want your mother to explain?
She looked disappointed. "You'd rather believe two younger people than believe your mother who risked her life to give birth to you. What more do you want me to say?"
The old lady preemptively struck, instead blaming the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.
Then, pointing at Lady Liu, he said to Marquis Zhongyong, "Instead of questioning your mother, why don't you ask your good wife when she started having an affair?"
She turned her attention to Liu, plotting how to save Fu Jiang.
Lady Liu was also terrified by the Marquis of Zhongyong's sword; she was afraid that the sword would cut her neck at any moment.
However, she had been manipulated by the old lady for many years, and the fear of disobeying her was ingrained in her bones.
She explained that she dressed up to win back her husband's heart, but was taken advantage of and framed.
This was the strategy she had come up with along the way. She truthfully explained the purpose of her dressing up, but insisted that she had been drugged and denied betraying her husband.
She wanted to survive by not going against the old lady's wishes.
Marquis Zhongyong already understood that the old lady's favoritism towards Lady Liu over the years was just a pretense; her true favorite was Fu Jiang.
That night in the village, she stopped him from searching for people, and she was protecting Fu Jiang.
Now, for the sake of Fu Jiang, he has to abandon Liu Shi.
He was no longer willing to watch the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law put on an act; he just wanted to get justice for his eldest son as soon as possible and then get rid of the adulterous couple.
Xie Tingzhou knew what he was thinking and glanced at Fu Guang.
Fu Guang stepped out of the crowd and knelt before the Marquis of Zhongyong. "My lord, I want to plead for justice for my young master."
He loudly recounted the story of how the crown prince was murdered and disfigured years ago, and then pointed at the carriage.
“This carriage belongs to the lady. She must have hidden the young master in a secret compartment and taken him out of the temple, only to abandon him in the fire. I beg you, Lord Marquis, to let the lady confess her crimes and give the young master justice.”
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