Xia Furong was almost furious. Not only did she get nothing, but she also gave the second lady a vicious reputation.
A concubine enters the palace to force the eldest daughter to die. What is this?
"You...Chu Shanggong, you can't confuse right and wrong like this." Xia Furong grabbed the arm of Marquis Changyang: "Master Marquis, please tell me, my mother doesn't have the guts to enter the palace and force Xia Qingyi."
"What are you afraid of for the sake of the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Chu Yunning said in a calm tone, as if he was too lazy to argue with you, and said: "This matter has been settled, please don't bully Mrs. Xia's orphans and widows, Your Majesty
I will never be lenient."
Chu Yunning glanced at Changyang Hou meaningfully, turned around and left, but Xia Furong wanted to chase her out and demand an explanation. Mrs. Changyang Hou grabbed Xia Furong and said, "You are crazy, that's Chu Shang Palace!"
Who dares to offend the famous man in front of the emperor?
Xia Furong swallowed back the words she almost cursed, clenched her teeth and watched Chu Yunning's back walking further and further away.
After what Chu Yunning said just now, everyone believed that Prime Minister Xia was an infatuated man who actually committed suicide for the sake of the second lady.
The second wife of the prime minister's house was even more audacious and actually forced the eldest daughter to death. The drama after scene made everyone present almost dropped their jaws in shock. The funeral of the prime minister's house was held in a hurry.
The people who came to express condolences left one after another.
Mrs. Changyang Hou left the Prime Minister's Mansion with her son and daughter-in-law. As soon as she returned home, Mrs. Changyang Hou made a cold face and was extremely displeased: "Kneel down!"
This roar frightened Xia Furong to the point where her legs went weak and she knelt on the ground, but her face was still unconvinced.
"Do you know that you almost killed the Changyang Marquis Mansion!" As soon as Madam Changyang Marquis saw Chu Yunning coming, her heart suddenly skipped a beat for some reason. It wasn't because he looked scary or was imposing.
Just hearing this name, her eyelids couldn't stop twitching.
"Mother, where did I go wrong?" Xia Furong cried angrily. Her parents were gone and her husband didn't understand. Now her parents have the reputation of being ridiculed by the world. One is an ungrateful and infatuated prime minister, and the other is a bold and vicious concubine.
.
How can she have the nerve to continue to stay in the capital in the future?
"What Chu Shanggong said was full of mistakes. If my mother wanted to force Xia Qingyi into the palace, how could she bring her two younger sisters with her? Moreover, there are no traces of fighting on my mother and two younger sisters, so how could they drink poison?
?" Xia Furong didn't understand it just now, and she racked her brains all the way to find the flaw.
"It means that my mother was tricked into entering the palace, and Xia Qingyi had already prepared the poison, luring my mother and two younger sisters to drink it when they were defenseless!"
Xia Furong was sure that in order to protect Mrs. Xia and Xia Lianzhou, Xia Qingyi would not hesitate to eliminate them, and reached some kind of agreement with Xiao Jingheng in private.
That must be the case!
Madam Changyang Hou wished she could stop Xia Furong's mouth: "That's enough for you!"
At this moment, the maid reported the arrival of Zhao Yin, so Madam Changyang Hou immediately signaled the maid to help Xia Furong up.
After a while, Jing Zhaoyin came with a brocade box in his hand. He first expressed condolences to Mrs. Changyang Hou, and then said: "These are some jewelry found in the palace. They should belong to the second lady. I am here to bring you a gift."
Returned to its original owner."
Inside is a top-quality green jade pendant, with a transparent texture and excellent water color. It is worth a lot at first glance.
"This is indeed my mother's jade pendant." Xia Furong recognized it at a glance. Prime Minister Xia got this jade pendant by accident and specially gave it to the second lady to make her happy.
There is no second one like it in the world.
Xia Furong reached for the jade pendant, but found that it was stained with blood, so she wiped it with a handkerchief.
"Did Jing Zhaoyin come here specifically to return the jade pendant?" Mrs. Changyang Hou asked.
Jing Zhaoyin shook his head: "No, I came to see Mr. Hou to learn about other cases, and I just happened to drop by to deliver it. I will leave such a good jade pendant to Mrs. Hou as a thought."
"I see."
Then Xia Furong suddenly remembered that Jing Zhaoyin was the person who investigated the scene, and immediately asked: "Sir, I have a question, can I ask it?"
"Fu Rong!" Mrs. Changyang Hou immediately interrupted Xia Furong with a warning tone, but Xia Furong pretended not to hear and said again, "May I ask, sir, are there any signs of struggle on my mother and two younger sisters?"
Jing Zhaoyin nodded without hesitation: "Wu Zuo and the imperial doctor have already checked. There are obvious marks on the wrists of the second lady and the two Miss Xia. They should have been poured into poison. The poison is powder and stained with it."
It was a little bit on the second lady's clothes. If the guess is correct, the poison should have been brought into the palace by the second lady."
"How is this possible?" Xia Furong suddenly felt that the sky was collapsing. She had clearly heard that none of these people were injured, so why were they injured again?
"That's enough!" Madam Changyang Hou interrupted Xia Furong, turned to the maid and ordered, "Take Madam down to rest."
Two maids came to drag Xia Furong, but Xia Furong was already stubborn and wanted to find out the real reason why her parents died.
"Mrs. Hou, to be honest, it was indeed the second lady who took the initiative to come to the palace for an audience.
It belongs to the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine only sent someone to deliver a letter to her home the day before to collect some money."
After talking about this, Xia Furong's heart grew cold a little bit, wondering why her mother could be so restless.
Xia Qingyi's status was embarrassing and she had no way out, so why go into the palace and force her to death.
Jing Zhaoyin added: "According to the little maids, the second lady's original intention was to ask Concubine Xia to die in two days. I don't know what she said later. There was a dispute. Concubine Xia called someone. After half an hour, Prime Minister Xia
I just came here in a hurry..."
Xia Furong's little face turned white inch by inch.
Mrs. Changyang Hou took a deep breath: "Since you are here, you might as well be a witness."
Well, Xia Furong has been childless for many years and has repeatedly contradicted her elders. Today, for the sake of her many years of service, I, the Marquis of Changyang, want to reconcile with Xia Furong."
"Mother!" Xia Furong panicked and knelt at the knees of Mrs. Changyang Hou and kowtowed. It was Prime Minister Xia who had no choice but to change marriages back then. Mrs. Changyang Hou didn't like this concubine at all.
She was petty and refused to take a concubine to the Marquis of Changyang. If any maid approached the Marquis of Changyang, that person would definitely die in a few days.
It happened once or twice by chance. As time went by, Madam Changyang Hou understood what was going on.
Xia Furong turned around and begged the Marquis of Changyang again: "Husband, it was my fault. I shouldn't have taken any chances. I was just carried away. I didn't mean to contradict my mother. After this incident, I am willing to accept it for my husband."
concubine."
Changyang Hou glanced at Xia Furong with a complicated expression, showing no emotion at all towards this woman.
So he turned to Jing Zhaoyin and said, "Just kidding, let's go to the study and chat."
Jing Zhaoyin nodded repeatedly and left impatiently.
Behind her, Xia Furong shouted at the top of her lungs. Changyang Marquis did not even look back. Instead, Mrs. Changyang Marquis revealed some of the past events with serious words, and said: "Today you should never contradict your mother. Now you are like this
Wouldn't fame bring trouble to the Hou Mansion?
The Hou Mansion has not divorced his wife, it has opened up a wide range of things, so don't make trouble so that everyone will know about it, and you will end up losing face!"
Mrs. Hou of Changyang will never allow such a daughter-in-law to live in the house. If word spreads, how will the Hou family behave in the future?