He Xingyun: "Whether it's a fire or not, we'll know once we go and see."
Upon hearing this, the servants in the courtyard grabbed sticks and surrounded the area menacingly, looking as if they would fight to the death to get away with it.
He Xingyun had never seen such an unruly servant before, and angrily said, "Have the people of your General's Mansion gone too far?"
Gu Yurong was also somewhat bewildered.
She had instructed the servants to mistreat Jiang Wan in private, but she hadn't allowed them to be so audacious.
Have these lackeys gone mad?
Before she could react, the maidservant from before knelt down in front of Gu Yurong, crying.
"This servant is useless. The task you entrusted to us has not been completed... We have tried every means, but Madam Jiang refuses to change her mind!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Gu Yurong sensed something was wrong and frowned.
"What did I ask you to do?"
Just then, a slender figure ran against the thick smoke.
His hair was disheveled, and his face was covered in soot; he looked quite disheveled.
"Jiang Wan! Isn't that Jiang Wan?!"
Someone immediately recognized her.
"So it really was on fire! Did the Song family intend to burn her alive?!"
Jiang Wan lifted the hem of her skirt, her bright, watery eyes filled with the panic of surviving a disaster.
She bit her lip and knelt before He Xingyun, bowing deeply.
"Someone is forcing me to change my testimony. I beg you, Your Excellency, to do justice for me!"
The guests who witnessed it were stunned.
After the initial shock came anger and disbelief.
In the past, everyone had seen how much effort Jiang had put into managing the General's Mansion.
General Song, however, repaid kindness with enmity, and for the sake of his new favorite, he even wanted to kill his original wife.
After the truth came out, they forced her to change her testimony and even ordered her to be burned alive.
Madam Sheng was so angry that she trembled all over, wishing she could hit Song Ziyu with her cane.
But she can't.
Because she remembered that Jiang Wan had written a letter a few days ago asking her to do something.
She snorted angrily, quietly slipped away from the crowd, and headed towards the back door.
Old Madam Sheng spoke up for Jiang Wan at every turn today, which caught Gu Yurong's attention. As soon as she left, Gu Yurong noticed her.
However, she couldn't get away at the moment, so she called Song Lin, who had come to watch the commotion, and whispered a few words in his ear.
At this moment, He Xingyun had helped Jiang Wan up, learned about the situation from her, and then angrily addressed Song Ziyu.
"What else do you have to say!"
Some of the women felt indignant on behalf of Jiang Wan.
"That's right, everyone saw it with their own eyes. If we hadn't arrived early, Jiang would probably have been burned to death!"
"General Song, when you were guarding the border, your widowed mother and orphan were left at home. It was Jiang who took care of everything for you. Even if you were fickle and tired of her, you shouldn't have been so heartless as to take her life!"
Song Ziyu was scolded and his face turned red and white.
He glared at Jiang Wan, his eyes filled with such rage that he wanted to devour her whole.
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