Chapter 21: Confessions
Mrs. Hou's face turned pale instantly, without any blood.
She looked at the Marquis who was advancing towards her step by step with fear. In her eyes, he was like an enraged beast. It would pounce on her at any time and bite her to pieces. She involuntarily stepped back.
, until the body was blocked by the table in the hall, and the way back was blocked.
"Hou...Master Hou...I..."
"Pa", before Mrs. Hou could finish her words, she received a heavy slap on the left side of her face. It quickly became red and swollen, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, which looked very scary.
This was the first time that Mrs. Hou, who was proud and majestic, had been treated like this since she was straightened up. She was completely stunned for a moment, and her right hand involuntarily covered the place where she was beaten. The sudden anger in her heart made her temporarily ignore it.
The terrifying face of the Marquis disappeared.
Although the Marquis usually doesn't have a good look towards her, as a dignified Madam Hou, this is the first time that the Marquis's wife has been beaten. Why not make her feel resentful and angry?
"The Marquis is so majestic! I wonder what I have done wrong? I want you to beat me in front of all the maids and wives. Don't forget, I am the hostess of the Marquis Mansion and your first wife!"
"You still have the nerve to mention this!" Lord Qing, who was already extremely angry, became even more angry after hearing what she said and kicked him suddenly.
With a "boom", Mrs. Hou was kicked against the wall and bounced to the ground. Blood gushed out from the corner of her mouth. She lay on the ground for a long time and could not recover. All the maids and women in the hall knelt down in fear and lowered their heads.
I dare not and cannot bear to look directly at Madam Hou's miserable condition at this time.
"Mom, mother...what's wrong with you?" A figure flew over and asked with a cry.
Marquis Qingxing, who was originally furious, suddenly calmed down when he saw his little daughter crying so miserably. Looking around, he realized that there were quite a few people waiting in the hall. He couldn't help frowning and shouting angrily.
"Everyone, get out of here!"
After hearing the words of the Marquis, everyone hurriedly got up and ran towards the gate in a hurry. In an instant, only three people, the Marquis and his wife, mother and daughter were left in the hall. And Yun, who hurriedly arrived after hearing the news.
Wu.
"Dad, I wonder what mistake my mother made that made my father so angry?"
In Yunwu's impression, although his father was a military general with a cold heart unique to military generals, he treated his family well and rarely taught a few of their brothers and sisters a lesson. Not to mention doing it in front of many maids and wives like this.
He beat his mother in front of him. What’s more, she was his first wife, the noble mistress of the Hou Mansion.
"Hmph, why don't you ask your mother what good things she has done? Last time, she wanted to seize Jin'er's mother's dowry out of greed. Let's not talk about it. Now she is so vicious as to join forces with outsiders to smuggle Jin'er out of the city and sell her to such a
Go to a dirty and dirty place. Fortunately, you are still her nominal mother. This lets people in the capital know. Does our Hou family still have a foothold in the capital? Do you think our Hou family’s face has not been completely disgraced?
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Did the Marquis know? No wonder he was so angry!
"You...you just listen to what others say. Have you asked me? I am a woman, how can I know anyone outside? I am so busy running the affairs of the house every day. How can I have time to do this?
Is this immoral? Lord Marquis, you have really wronged me."
"You are still making it up when you are about to die. How can there be such a shameless person like you in the world?"
The anger that I had finally suppressed suddenly rose again. I stepped forward and reached out my hand to mention this bitch. However, I was stopped by Yunwu Yunping.
"Father, please spare mother this time. Maybe there is some misunderstanding? Mother is not such a person..."
"Everyone has been taken to the governor's office for interrogation. How can this be false? Do you think everyone is a fool?"
"Father, my mother is such a kind person on weekdays. She can't even bear to step on an ant on the ground. How could she do such an outrageous thing? Maybe it's those gangsters who are framed? "
In any case, this matter must not be admitted in front of his father. Who knows what his father would do in anger.
"Oh, Third Young Master, are you saying that I made a wrong judgment? Now that there are witnesses and material evidence, Third Young Master doesn't understand, so it's better not to say anything." A cool voice sounded, obviously quite dissatisfied in his tone.
"Prefect Shen, why are you here?" Marquis Qingxing looked a little unhappy. Since when has Qingxing Marquis' Mansion become a place where people can enter as they please without notice?
"Master Hou, it is unreasonable for me to be angry. Mrs. Hou's act of killing the children of the former wife of the Hou family has violated the criminal laws of this dynasty, and I must arrest her and bring her to justice."
With his righteous words, Qingxinghou was speechless.
When Mrs. Hou and her two children saw that something was not going well, they immediately panicked. They were no longer the same as when they were crying and complaining about their grievances.
You must not go to jail, otherwise your reputation will be ruined.
"Master Marquis, I'm wrong. But please have mercy on Wu'er and Ping'er. If I follow Mr. Shen Fuyin to the hall, what will Wu'er and Ping'er do?"
"Oh, according to what Madam said, my niece Yun Jin should be sold to the lowly place of a brothel by you. Doesn't she have a reputation that is taboo? People who do wrong things shouldn't be punished. How can this be justified? ?”
Yun Jin's uncle walked out from behind Lord Yin, clenching his hands into fists. He glared at Mrs. Hou who collapsed on the ground with an angry look on his face. If he hadn't been avoiding evil spirits, he would have wanted to rush up and beat Mrs. Hou severely. .
"Uncle, don't be angry and don't blame your mother. Maybe Jin'er shouldn't have taken away her mother's dowry before, causing her mother to lose face and hold a grudge against me. This is all my fault..."
Before she could finish her words, Mrs. Hou took over the topic: "Master Hou, you saw it too. Even this girl Yun Jin said it was her fault. The things that should be in our house after entering the door of our Hou's house .Why should she take it back?"
These words made everyone lose their temper. I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people!
Before everyone could digest what Mrs. Hou said, Yun Ping couldn't wait to praise her mother: "My mother is right, why did Yun Jin take the dowry from my mother? My mother is her elder. How could she do such a thing!"
"Shut up! If you don't know how to speak human words, don't speak." Mr. Hou was so angry that his whole body was shaking, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Haha, I have learned a lot about the family tradition of the Qingxing Marquis Mansion. No wonder others say..." The unfinished words were understood by everyone present.
"Mrs. Hou, no matter how you say it, how can you say it? The admonishment officer has informed the Holy Majesty of this matter."
"This...I..." Mrs. Hou suddenly seemed ten years older in an instant, with a look of despair in her cloudy eyes.
Chapter completed!