Liang Xinrong is dead.
He hanged himself under the mimosa tree in the East Market, with a white cloth hanging next to him bearing seven large red characters written in blood: "I wish to leave behind a pure reputation in the world!"
The whole city was in an uproar!
"This woman has a truly strong character! Could she really be innocent?"
"They've already pledged their lives to prove their innocence, how could it be fake?"
"So who exactly conspired with Lin Shikang to frame the Yang family?"
...
The people were talking about it.
In this era, it is a commendable act for a woman to risk her life to preserve her chastity. Therefore, with Liang Xinrong's death, the direction of rumors immediately changed, and the rumors that Lin Shikang and Liang Xinrong had an affair were disproven.
With the help of the Liang and Wan families, Liang Xinrong actually gained a good reputation!
Yang Cui didn't expect Liang Xinrong to die. She wanted to take revenge on Liang Xinrong, but she never intended to kill her. Yang Cui felt somewhat guilty about her death.
Cen Xiao: "You don't need to blame yourself. Liang Xinrong deserved what she got. If she had succeeded in harming you back then, you would be the one dead now."
Sold to a brothel, Yang Cui and her three children's lives were ruined.
"If I had agreed to Yao Bingjie's request yesterday, Liang Xinrong probably wouldn't have chosen this path," Yang Cui sighed.
“Not necessarily,” Cen Xiao said. “If you had agreed to the Wan family’s request yesterday, Liang Xinrong would have died anyway; it was only a matter of time.”
Yang Cui looked at him with surprise: "Why do you say that?"
"After the rumors came out, the Wan family immediately conducted a blood test to confirm that Wan Simin was not Wan Jiahao's child and that their blood did not mix."
Yang Cui was stunned.
Yang Cui quickly realized that, as a modern person, she knew that blood kinship testing was unreliable, but people in ancient times believed in it very much.
Wan Simin and Wan Jiahao are not blood relatives. In the eyes of the Wan family, Liang Xinrong is unfaithful and has betrayed Wan Jiahao and the Wan family. However, at this critical moment, they cannot punish Liang Xinrong, otherwise it would be tantamount to confirming the rumors outside.
The Wan and Liang families could not confirm the rumors, so Liang Xinrong could neither retire nor suddenly "die of illness." Since she had not agreed to their request yesterday, they could only force Liang Xinrong to create an incident of "death to prove her innocence."
If he agreed to the requests of the Liang and Wan families, their reputations would be preserved, and Liang Xinrong wouldn't have to die such a "spectacular" death for the sake of her reputation. However, the Wan family would still remember her for not being a virtuous woman. Once things had calmed down, the Wan family would settle accounts with her. By then, Liang Xinrong would either have "died of illness" or "accidentally," because they could not accept a daughter-in-law who was not a virtuous woman!
Suddenly, Yang Cui felt very sorry for Wan Simin, the little girl. In the original story, Wan Simin later recognized Lin Shikang as her godfather. With Lin Shikang, the male protagonist, as her godfather, she lived a very smooth life. Now that this has happened, what will become of her fate?
...
county seat.
Is Lin Tanhua here?
"Who are you?"
The man didn't say anything, just threw down a bag and ran away.
Before Lin Shikang could react, the man had already run far away.
Driven by curiosity, he opened the bundle, and Lin Shikang was dumbfounded! It was full of silver coins and banknotes!
Lin Shikang roughly estimated it to be seven or eight hundred taels!
There was a letter on the silver note that read: To Lin Lang.
The handwriting looked very familiar.
When Lin Shih-kang opened it, he was surprised to find that it was a letter Liang Hsin-jung had written to him before she died!
After reading the letter, Lin Shikang was unable to calm down for a long time. If it weren't for Liang Xinrong's letter, he wouldn't have known that she was forced to commit suicide and that the people who took her life were actually the Liang and Wan families—her closest relatives!
Liang Xinrong knew she was doomed, but for the sake of both families' reputations and her child, she had no choice but to take this path!
The money in this bundle was all her private savings. She wrote this letter for two purposes: first, to ask Lin Shikang to take good care of Wan Simin, because Liang Xinrong knew that her daughter Wan Simin's future would not be easy due to the blood test incident, so she entrusted her daughter to him on her deathbed!
The second was to have Lin Shikang kill Yang Cui to avenge her!
She ended up in this state entirely because of Yang Cui. Liang Xinrong is dead, but she died unwillingly!
Lin Shikang slowly closed the letter, then lit it. Watching the letter gradually turn to ashes, he was filled with many thoughts.
Since confronting Yang Cui, he has gained no advantage whatsoever, but has instead suffered repeated defeats. Ji Fenfang is dead, Liang Xinrong is dead, and two women who had been with him have both died at her hands. Yang Cui is too evil!
However, it must be admitted that Yang Cui is indeed calm and wise, much better than the average woman, and this makes her attractive.
Kill her...
Lin Shikang had never thought before that he truly hated her. If Yang Cui hadn't been so aggressive, his situation wouldn't be so difficult. Why was this woman so heartless? She didn't care about any past feelings at all. Had she been "seduced" by that man surnamed Cen?
If she doesn't want to reconcile with him, then he can only...
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Kyoto, the Golden Palace.
"Minister Chen is back. How is the investigation into the matter of Lin Tanhua progressing?" the Emperor asked.
Chen Shaoyun stepped forward, bowed slightly, and replied, "Your Majesty, the various rumors circulating in the capital about Lin Tanhua have been investigated and found to be true!"
The moment the words "it is true" were uttered, the entire audience erupted in uproar!
Chen Shaoyun continued, "The Yang family's situation is even more difficult than rumored. Lin Shikang's mother, along with her relatives, doesn't even spare six- or seven-year-old children..."
Chen Shaoyun then truthfully reported the findings of his investigation in Wan'an County to the emperor.
Everyone was shocked after hearing this!
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