Du Yaoyao looked over and saw that Zhang Yu was the maid who rowed the boat for them. She pretended to save Lin Shuwan, but actually wanted to drown her underwater.
At this moment, the woman's face was pale and tearful, without any of the fierceness and ferocity she had when splashing in the water.
The relationship between Zhang Yu and Qiu Yue was clear, so Madam Jiang did not need to interrogate them again. She asked, "Who ordered you to harm the young lady?"
Old woman Zhang shed tears silently, sobbing, "I and my daughter have been forced by others. I feel guilty towards the young lady. I am willing to die to atone for my sins!" As she spoke, she banged her head hard on the corner of the table.
The two guards held down Aunt Zhang, and Madam Jiang asked, "Who forced you?"
Mrs. Zhang bit her lip and didn't answer.
Shen Jie interrupted, “Aunt can send someone to their residence to see if there are any clues left.”
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she panicked and Mrs. Jiang ordered someone to go look for her immediately.
After a while, the guard brought a jar of pickled vegetables and placed it in the middle.
"What is this?" Mrs. Jiang asked curiously.
The guards lifted the lid of the altar, and a foul odor made people sick. Mrs. Jiang approached and Du Yaoyao stretched her head to look.
Inside the dark jar, there was a skeletal human hand!
The guard replied: "This was found under the woman's bed."
Madam Jiang looked at Old Lady Zhang, who covered her face and cried bitterly.
Ignoring the stench, Shen Jie looked closely at it for a while and speculated, "It looks like a man's hand, a young man."
He looked at Zhang Yu, "Is it your son's hand? Was it given to you by the person behind the scenes?"
Mrs. Zhang nodded imperceptibly.
"Maybe someone has caught him in some way and he has no choice but to do it." Chen Jie said to Madam Jiang.
He asked Madam Jiang to dismiss the servants and asked, "Is it the Prince of Chen?"
Zhang Yu held her head and trembled, begging in a trembling voice, "I didn't say anything... I didn't say anything..."
Chen Jie sat down, took a sip of tea, and reminded: "Prince Chen has always used shady methods. Last time he kidnapped Yaoyao, this time he targeted my cousin. Aunt needs to be more cautious in the mansion."
In the fight for the throne, both sides were devastated. Madam Jiang nodded and ordered her men to drag Aunt Zhang away and beat her to death with sticks.
Du Yaoyao had just seen Qiuyue committing suicide in front of the hall, and then Zhang Yu was about to be beaten to death. Although she knew that she deserved the punishment, she couldn't help but feel terrified by how cheap human life was.
"Husband, my cousin and I are safe and sound, can you let her go?" Du Yaoyao asked in a low voice, holding Chen Jie's hand.
"A country has its own laws, a family has its own rules, and those who betray their master..."
Before Chen Jie finished speaking, Du Yaoyao understood that the class interests in ancient times could not be violated, otherwise there would be a dead end.
People are divided into different classes, noble and humble, and many powerless people become victims of the royal struggle.
It is written in history books: One general’s success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers.
Du Yaoyao suddenly hoped that things in the capital would change faster and that there would be less bloodshed among the innocent people.
Chen Jie asked for his leave to Madam Jiang, and Madam Jiang asked Du Yaoyao to stay.
"You look much better than before." Madam Jiang looked at her. She was delicate and beautiful, pure as a lotus.
"Thank you for saving Shuwan today. I only have Shuwan as my daughter. If anything happens to her, I will ask that person to pay with his life, or even an eye for an eye. I hope that you, as cousins, can live in harmony and not have any estrangement."
The original owner had many conflicts with Lin Shuwan because of his low rank. Mrs. Jiang's warning came after she had become suspicious.
Du Yaoyao bowed and said, "Yaoyao understands."
When she stepped out of the door, her inner clothes were soaked.
Du Yaoyao suddenly realized: she seemed to know who in the book had attacked the original owner!
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