"Father! No..." Xia Xuan's face turned pale and he shook his head in disbelief.
This is his biological mother, his father's first wife who has shared the joys and sorrows with him. How could his father...
"Your mother has been claiming to be ill for a long time, but in fact she is suffering from madness." Xia Tingzhen's tone sounded like a narrative, more like a confession: "Since your second brother was convicted, this madness was born - he secretly ordered someone to be hanged.
It was precisely for this reason that I killed Mr. Lu. Today I learned that the incident was exposed, and my condition was even worse. I was completely crazy. I came here and tried to kill me but failed, so I committed suicide and died."
At the end of the conversation, he looked at his eldest son and said, "Just tell the official what happened truthfully."
"..." Xia Xuan was about to shake his head, but when he met those eyes, his whole body froze, and all the blood in his body seemed to be solidified in the endless cold.
Xia Tingzhen was still looking at him and said in a concentrated voice: "As long as I am here, the Xia family will never fall!"
Listening to this almost obsessive tone, Xia Xuan could see scarlet blood spurting in the direction of his mother from the corner of his eye. Xia Xuan shuddered all over, opened his mouth, and responded in a voice that he could hardly hear clearly: "Yes...
"
As long as my father is here, the Xia family will not fall...
But now that the second brother is gone, everything his father owns will belong to him sooner or later!
He tried to persuade himself in this way, but the turmoil in his heart overshadowed everything.
He remembered that when his mother gave birth to his second brother, he was already old enough to remember. He clearly remembered that as the second brother grew up, his father and mother's preference for him became increasingly obvious.
It was clear that he was the eldest son, but it was the second brother who stole all the attention.
Before the second brother's accident, even the house servants who swept the floor knew that the second brother was the heir whom his father had carefully cultivated, and everything in the Xia family would be handed over to the second brother in the future...
Of course he was jealous and unwilling to do so.
Even when his second brother's accident first happened, the first thought in his mind was... finally no one would rob him anymore!
He felt very happy - the second brother, who seemed to be impeccable in everything, became a despised person and the biggest shame in the family.
But this feeling didn't last long.
After the excitement that was dazzled faded away, all he had was bottomless fear.
The father loves and values his second brother so much, and how can he do so...
And then came the fourth sister.
Now even my mother...
The reason why he is afraid of this is because he can clearly realize that the reason why his father did this has nothing to do with the righteousness of annihilating relatives. Just as his mother just said, if what his father cares about is really righteousness, he should be restrained.
I will never take that path...
From the beginning to the end, what my father wanted... was only profit.
"As for the two women who took action in the first place, they can leave it to the Yamen. They should know what to say and what not to say." Xia Tingzhen finally ordered: "If they don't know, just give them a few reminders -"
Xia Xuan didn't know how he coped.
Everything he saw in his peripheral vision was bloody, and he knelt down with trembling legs.
Xue's breath was not gone, her thin body was still rising and falling slightly, and her eyes with dilated pupils were wide open.
Xia Xuan wanted to cry, but he was so cold that he couldn't shed a single tear.
Maybe my mother is right...
They should not have come to Beijing in the first place. In ordinary days, there might be dissatisfaction among brothers, troubles with trivial matters at home, and even troubles about their livelihood, but there was no way they would have reached this point!
All of this... is because of my father's unsatisfied desires!
With one last glance at his wife, Xia Tingzhen slowly turned around, stepped onto the stone steps step by step, and headed into the study, holding the pair of scissors tightly in her hand.
His back was straight and his eyes were red but unwavering.
As long as he doesn't fall, the Xia family will not fall -
Yes, so many people want him dead now, even the idiot emperor wants him dead...
But as long as he can reverse the situation and take control of the real power, then none of this will be a thing to be afraid of!
No one can decide life or death for him!
…
dead.
Another suicide.
In the courtroom, Ji Dong listened to the news brought back by the official, and there was no surprise or ups and downs in his heart.
He has asked people to confirm that Mrs. Xue of the Xia family has indeed not appeared in front of people for a long time, but when it comes to madness, she does not know whether it is true or not.
And the people are gone, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or false.
At this time, the two women in the hall had already confessed to the hanging of Lu, and they did not forget to point out that this was originally ordered by his wife, Xue, and the rest of the family did not know about it.
Unknown…
Ji Dong nodded.
If that's the case, then he can close the case after sorting it out a little.
As for the other matters, although he had no right to comment further, he expected that the imperial censor would have new information to write——
Even though the chief minister was unaware of the situation, he was still responsible for the oversight.
Needless to say, tomorrow morning, taking advantage of this incident, there will definitely be another siege against Xia Tingzhen...
Oh, no, the emperor may not necessarily attend the morning court.
Thinking of this, Mr. Ji couldn't help but sigh.
The emperor can leave political affairs alone if he wants to. If he doesn't want to attend the morning court, he can't go to the morning court. But he has to work hard every day for the sake of the Xie family. Is this fair?
Not only was it unfair, but it was also very easy for people to think that this emperor was not worthy of his ministers working so hard - but he did not have this idea.
Whether it's worth it in Lord Ji's eyes depends entirely on whether the salary can be paid on time.
They are just ordinary workers who are loyal to their salaries.
The two women signed a pledge and were about to be taken down, when Mrs. Lu's wife, who had just woken up in the compartment, ran out.
At the same time, there was the sound of the medicine bowl breaking.
"Crack!"
The master secretly glanced at his master.
He heard it...
Undoubtedly, it was the sound of an adult's heart breaking.
"How could you!" Mrs. Lu's wife rushed forward, stretched out her hand to pinch the neck of one of the women, and asked repeatedly in a heartbreaking voice: "How could you!"
The officer hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the man away.
The people gathered outside the hall either cursed the Xia family or sighed.
After Xu Mingyi heard this from Ali, he just listened and had no intention of delving into anything else.
This matter was not arranged by the Xu family, nor was it ordered by the Wu family.
But it doesn't matter who it is. The people Xia Tingzhen has offended and the debt she owes are probably more than the hair on Tianmu's body.
And the Xu family will leave the capital soon. There is no need to distract themselves from these trivial matters. They can just watch the show.
The next day, as expected, Xue's incident was prepared as a memorial and presented to the emperor.
Even though Xia Tingzhen was not the instigator of this matter, it is impossible to completely disentangle the relationship, and private moral mistakes such as indulging in negligence cannot be covered up.
However, only halfway through the discussion on this matter, the attention of all the officials was diverted——
The minister of Dali Temple entered the palace and brought Yue Pei's confession, which he had signed.
