sjar Chapter 121 Arousing suspicion
Chapter 121 Arousing suspicion
The moonlight was getting darker. Old Madam Pei was leading the way. When she turned around, she lowered her head and hid her viciousness. She pointed to the wooden door in front and said, "Madam, the person is inside."
Murong didn't think too much and walked a few steps inside, and suddenly felt a chill behind him.
"boom!"
"Ouch!"
Old Madam Pei was still holding a dagger in her hand. She was smashed to the ground with a clang and rolled on the ground, holding her chest.
Murong turned around suddenly.
She was so scared by this scene that she broke out in a cold sweat and stared blankly at Old Madam Pei.
Swish!
The dark night was suddenly illuminated by a burst of torches. Old Madam Pei looked at the person who came and her pupils shrank: "Big...Big ***?"
Lu Jingning walked out of the darkness, the outline of a shadow slowly emerging. She stepped on Old Madam Pei's shoulder with one foot, looking down from above: "Do you want to say it yourself, or do you want me to say it for you?"
"What is the lady talking about? I don't know." Old Madam Pei stammered and turned her eyes away.
"You have already deceived me once during the day, so I will not pursue the matter for now. But if you don't tell me tonight, I will let you experience the feeling of being buried alive!"
Old Madam Pei was stunned. Xue Yuan raised her hand, picked up Old Madam Pei, threw her into the big pit that had been dug long ago, and filled it with soil herself.
Soon, only Mrs. Pei's head was left exposed, and she was breathing with difficulty.
"Your household registration is in Lin'an. You have an older sister and two younger brothers. You have a son and a daughter. Your daughter married a man from a Lin'an village, and your son passed the exam to become a scholar last year..." Lu Jingning spoke slowly, but it was enough to make Mrs. Pei's soul leave her body. She turned pale with fear: "Big bastard?"
"Which is more important, the promise or saving the lives of the whole family? Madam Pei, I don't have the patience for that."
Madam Pei had heard of the reputation of the big prostitute in the capital, so she dared not keep the secret and quickly confessed: "The old lady did hide Miss Liao, but not in the manor. Miss Liao was taken away as soon as she showed her face on the first day. The old lady ordered the old servant that if anyone came to find Miss Liao and showed the jade ring, she should be killed."
Murong, who was standing by, came to her senses, still tightly clutching the jade ring that the old lady had given her before she left the house, her heart sinking to the bottom.
For a moment I didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Lu Jingning took a deep breath and felt powerless. If he killed the old lady at this critical juncture, it would be more like silencing her.
She raised her head and glanced at Murong.
Murong knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please be wise. I know nothing."
"I know."
The atmosphere is quiet.
"You go back first."
She did not make things difficult for Murong, she would rather let Murong deal with the old lady.
It was already dawn when we returned to Shangguan's house.
Murong didn't even wash her face and went straight to pay her respects to the old lady. The maid who was helping her with her hairdressing was so frightened when she saw Murong.
"lady?"
How could Murong not hear the fear and terror in his tone?
This means that the old woman in front of me also knows about it.
She was woken up by the old woman, who heard some noise coming from the inner room. The old woman hurriedly turned back to serve, and Murong followed her in.
"What's making so much noise so early in the morning?"
"Yes... yes, Madam is back."
As soon as the old woman finished speaking, the old lady saw Murong standing in front of the screen in a disheveled state, her hair slightly disheveled, and a red hairpin hanging diagonally on her temples, about to fall off. Her face was pale, her eyes were full of coldness, and there was a creepy aura all over her body.
The old lady was also frightened by Murong: "Why did you become like this?"
Murong smiled slightly, "We were in such a hurry on the road that it didn't matter if we bumped a little. Mother, I searched the whole farm but couldn't find Miss Liao. And old Madam Pei fell into the pond and drowned in the afternoon."
"Dead?" The old lady frowned and looked at Murong with confusion. She wanted to ask something from Murong, but she saw that Murong's expression was frank and his answer was flawless.
"Mother, if Miss Liao dies outside, the Shangguan family can't afford to offend the Eastern Palace. It's almost dawn. If you don't hand her over, my husband will be beaten to death."
Murong's tone was gloomy.
"Alas!" The old lady covered her eyes and wiped away tears, looking at a loss: "What can I do?"
But Murong felt that the old lady was a little hypocritical.
After being married for so many years, Murong always thought that the old lady was easy to please, but in fact, it was not the case. The old lady was too vicious.
She had served the old lady diligently for decades and had given birth to so many children for the Shangguan family. Even if she had no merits, she had worked hard. But the old lady actually wanted to die?
Murong couldn't figure it out.
"Mother, are you really not going to save your husband?"
The old lady just kept crying and almost fainted from crying. Looking at this scene, a bold idea suddenly popped up in Murong's mind.
Why would the old lady rather let Shangguan Si die than reveal where Liao Han lived?
Even if Liao Han gives birth to a child and promotes the Shangguan family in the future, it will be at least twenty years later. Now that the Shangguan family has offended the Eastern Palace and has fallen to this point, it is still unclear whether the Shangguan family will still exist in twenty years.
Although it is said that Madam Shangguan does not value family affection, she even treats her illegitimate daughter Shangguan Wan the same as the Crown Princess, the legitimate daughter.
He usually eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures. He is reluctant to kill any living beings and even has compassion for all living beings, donating money to the disaster areas. Why would such a person watch people die without helping?
"Madam, please don't provoke the old lady. I am your biological son. Can you just watch me die?" the nanny advised.
A thought flashed through Murong's mind, so fast that he couldn't catch it in time.
"Over the years, the old lady has been thinking about the master and the Crown Princess. Because of a misunderstanding, the Crown Princess was angry with the old lady. Who can understand the old lady's dilemma?"
Murong thought of the Crown Princess.
Lu Jingning and Lu Jinglang were only half a year apart in age. The Crown Princess became pregnant soon after her marriage, so the old lady decided to send Shangguan Wan to Prince Shen's mansion.
It's more like a boxing match. Every time the Crown Princess comes back, the old lady will definitely remind her that she is unable to have children and that she will have to rely more on Concubine Wan in the future. She must be nicer to Concubine Wan so that the two of them can help each other.