After Shen Nian said that, Marquis Wu'an's expression became even uglier.
He looked at Mrs. Li who was kneeling on the ground with cold eyes.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"
Li Pozi shuddered with fear and kowtowed in reply, "My Lord, it is true that I, an old servant, saw it wrongly because of my poor eyesight. No one ordered me to do this. Please trust me, my Lord."
"You're not telling the truth, are you? Come, take this slave away and beat him to death. Sell out all his family members."
Marquis Wu'an had no patience at all now. Since the servant was disobedient, he would deal with him directly.
When Mrs. Li heard that the Marquis was serious, she immediately cried and begged for mercy, "Marquis, Marquis, I really didn't mean to do this. Please have mercy on me!"
As he spoke, he tried to move forward, but his hands and feet were still tied, and he fell to the ground as soon as he moved.
When the guards heard Marquis Wu'an's order, they immediately came over to drag Mrs. Li away. Mrs. Li was really scared at this moment. She cried and begged Liu, who was sitting next to her, "Madam, Madam, please save this old slave, save this old slave and my family!"
Liu was extremely nervous at this moment. She clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, and her nails were almost digging into her flesh.
Faced with Li Po's cry for help, he could hardly maintain his composure, but he had to speak out.
"My Lord." Liu just opened her mouth to speak when she was interrupted by Marquis Wu'an with a wave of his hand.
"Drag him out."
The guards immediately dragged Mrs. Li out. Mrs. Li saw that Liu was not going to help her anymore. If she was dragged out, she would really be beaten to death.
Suddenly, he cried out in a heart-wrenching voice, "My Lord, I have something to say, I have something to say."
Marquis Wu'an waved his hand, and the guards let go, and Mrs. Li was thrown to the ground.
Mrs. Li's hands and feet were tied, and she tried to turn over for a long time without success. Marquis Wu'an frowned and said, "Untie them."
The guards stepped forward and cut the ropes from Li Pozi's body. Li Pozi immediately climbed up and knelt down. Just as she was about to speak, Liu spoke up, "Li Pozi, we in the Wu'an Marquisate have always treated you well. How could you do such a foolish thing? Don't you think about your family?"
Mrs. Li looked up and met Liu's cold eyes. She shuddered and didn't dare to say the words she was about to say.
He quickly turned his eyes away and kowtowed to Marquis Wu'an before saying, "My Lord, no one has instructed me to do this. I just couldn't stand the Crown Prince's wife, so I wanted to harm her. It was all my idea alone. Please understand, my Lord."
When Liu heard what Mrs. Li said, she felt a little relieved. It seemed that Mrs. Li understood what she meant.
Before Marquis Wu'an could speak, Liu asked again, "Mrs. Li, what conflict did you have with the Crown Prince's wife that necessitated such a thing?"
"When the Crown Prince's wife was following the Madam as the housekeeper, she mocked the old servant because I made a mistake in reporting the accounts. She also said that she asked the Madam to replace the old servant. So the old servant held a grudge against her and wanted to take revenge on her." Mrs. Li replied calmly.
In just a moment, the tension from before is no longer noticeable.
Xia Tian sneered, "Mrs. Li, you are already in your forties, a mere servant. Just because I said you weren't serious about your work and wanted to replace you, you want to destroy my innocence and put me to death. Do you think anyone would believe that?"
Xu Jun, who was waiting for the explanation, also found this reason absurd and started to sneer, "You are just a servant, and you want to kill your master just because he said a few words to you. Where is your face?"
Everyone in the room is smart, who would believe such a statement?
But Liu had to go along with it and said, "Mrs. Li, it seems I've been too indulgent with you. You've held a grudge to this extent just because the master said a few words to you. You're really vicious and ungrateful! I still want to give you a chance because I appreciate your hard work over the past ten years."
Xu Jun frowned and looked at Liu, "You believe this kind of nonsense?"
Liu was stunned. She didn't expect this scoundrel to speak so disrespectfully. So she looked at Wu'an Hou with self-blame and said, "My Lord, this old woman Li did this because she was worried that her embezzlement would be exposed.
It's all my fault for being soft-hearted. I thought I was an old man in the mansion, so I gave him another chance. I didn't expect that I would plant the seeds of disaster. It's because I didn't manage these servants well that this happened. Please punish me, my lord."
Xia Tian complained in his heart, how good at flattering herself and being so soft-hearted, as if he couldn't hear the threat in her words!
The old lady said unhappily, "Liu, please tell me clearly what happened?" Today was her birthday, and she had caused such an incident, and was laughed at by the ladies of other mansions.
The old lady was so angry when she thought of this that she even gave Liu a cold shoulder.
Liu then recounted the story of how Xia Tian discovered Mrs. Li was embezzling money after the New Year but she stopped her from doing anything.
Everyone in the room looked at Liu with complicated expressions. This reason was too far-fetched.
The second wife tightened the handkerchief in her hand. It seemed that the person who ordered this was Liu.
Mrs. Li had already given up hope. After hearing what Liu said, she kowtowed to her and said, "Madam, you are kind-hearted. I did this because I was afraid that the matter would be exposed.
I only wish to die. I only hope that the Marquis and his wife will consider my life's hard work and not bring trouble to my family."
After saying this, Mrs. Li glanced at Liu, hoping that Liu would treat her family well and not actually sell them out because she had not betrayed them.
She knew how cruel Liu was. If she dared to expose them today, her family would have no hope of a good ending.
Shen Nian also saw that it was impossible to bring down the Liu family today, and he couldn’t tell Mu Chen what he overheard.
Then he said with a gloomy face, "Then let's have Mrs. Li beaten to death and sell all her family members out!"
Marquis Wu'an was also tired and didn't want to listen to the woman's excuses, so he waved his hand and asked her to take the person away.
Liu didn't say anything else.
Mrs. Li saw that the prince didn't believe her and wanted to implicate her family. She could die, but if her little grandson was so smart, he would be sold like this...
In a hurry, he blurted out, "It was Madam Qi. It was Madam Qi who ordered this old slave to do this."
Liu's heart, which had already been put at ease, was suddenly lifted up again by Li Po's shout.
Aunt Qi, who was standing behind Liu, froze, knowing that she could not avoid what happened today.
Mrs. Li still had some concerns and did not mention Liu directly.
But if she didn't say it now, her family would really be betrayed by the prince.
When Xu Jun heard that Mrs. Li had changed her mind, he immediately responded sarcastically, "That's what I was saying. How could an old servant do this? There must be someone behind this!"
Marquis Wu'an thought it was all over, but unexpectedly someone appeared to instigate him.
This was provoked by Xu Jun again, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire, "If you lie again this time, your whole family will be beaten to death, without a single person left alive."
Liu's face turned pale, her limbs instantly turned cold, and she panicked as she sat on the chair.
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