Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Looking at Zhou's arrogant smile, Lu Siheng pinched his knuckles until they cracked. He really wanted to smash her disgusting smile with a punch.

Fortunately, he had not forgotten that this was in court, so he turned around and said, "Please help me find out where Qingyan is."

Minister Han looked at Zhou's expression and thought that he would not be able to get anything out of her unless he tortured her, and now was not the time to torture her.

So Minister Han turned his attention to Mother Wang, who was also present at the scene and should also know the whereabouts of the woman.

"Mother Wang, at this point, you don't have to cover up for Zhou. If you tell me the truth about where Qingyan is, I can give you a lighter sentence at the final judgment."

Mother Wang was persuaded by him. Now that the truth had been revealed, she didn't want to spend the rest of her life in that dark cell. But she was afraid that she would not be able to get credit for this achievement.

"My lord, I don't know where Lao Huo and Lao Fei buried Miss Qingyan..."

"What did you say?" Lu Siheng's expression changed drastically. He squatted down and stared at her and asked, "Buried? What did you do to her?"

Mother Wang was frightened by his eyes, realized that she had said something she shouldn't have, and quickly lowered her head.

"Speak!" Lu Siheng punched the ground in front of her, scaring Mother Wang so much that she trembled.

"Hahahaha..." Zhou laughed wildly again. "Now that she's dead, we'll have to find a place to bury her. How does it feel to watch the people around you leave you one by one?"

"Your lowly mother, the girl you like, your confidante, and your biased father, they all left you. Hahahaha... this is retribution!"

Lu Siheng couldn't bear it any longer, so he stood up and swung his bloody fist towards Zhou's face.

"Today I will make you pay for their lives—"

"Lord Lu, you can't do that!" the three adults in the hall said in unison.

Lu Wenchen was still shocked that Zhou had killed Qingyan and couldn't recover.

The two officers who were holding Zhou reacted quickly. They grabbed Lu Siheng's waist and pushed him away.

Seeing that there was no danger, Zhou started to provoke again, "Why, you still want to kill me in front of so many people? Come on, come on! You have been wanting to do this for a long time, right?"

"Come on, kill me, and we'll die together!"

“Mother—” Lawrence Lu finally came to his senses and rushed over to stop Zhou, “Mother, what are you doing?”

Zhou raised her hand and touched his face, muttering, "Son, if I take this bastard with me to death, no one will compete with you for the title. In the future, you will be the Marquis of Zhongjing, and everything in the Marquis's mansion will be yours. These should have been yours..."

Lu Wenchen shook his head with red eyes, "No, I don't want a title, I don't want a mansion, I don't want my mother to die for me..."

"Snapped--"

Zhou's caressing turned into a slap on his face. "What nonsense are you talking about? What have I done for the past twenty years? It's all for you to not lose to that bastard!"

"I want to let your father see that my son is much better than the bastard born to that woman outside. Only you can inherit the Zhongjing Marquis Mansion and bring honor to the family!"

Lu Wenchen turned around and smiled, which was uglier than crying. "It turns out that I am just a pawn in my mother's fight with my father and her mistress. My mother couldn't win back my father's heart, so she wanted me to win over her son. That way, you can feel relieved, right?"

"You..." Zhou put down her hand, "Isn't this what you want?"

"When did mother ever ask me what I wanted? I want you and father to praise me at least once. I want you to play with me. I want to be as reckless as Lu Siheng. I even want father to teach me a lesson like he did to him!"

Lu Wenchen sneered sadly, "But you guys, you only tell me to study, study, and I don't like studying at all! You've been telling me since I was a child that I'm the legitimate son of the Marquis's Mansion, I have a noble status, and I'll inherit the entire Marquis' Mansion in the future, so I must follow the rules in my words and deeds, and I can't let outsiders say anything wrong."

"I did all these, but I wasn't happy at all. When I grew up, I even had to listen to your arrangements about who to marry. I never knew what it felt like to like someone until Qingyan showed up..."

"That woman is using you, haven't you realized it? She approached you on purpose. She has been Lu Siheng's person from the beginning to the end. I really regret bringing her back to the mansion." Zhou said regretfully.

"So you killed her?"

"Yes, she deserves to die. Who allowed her to seduce you? And it happened at this critical moment when your father died in Xizhou and that evil creature made military achievements. I can't let her ruin your reputation and make you lose your title of Marquis."

"After all, mother is doing this for you!"

Zhou said sadly: "How can I do this for myself? That day when I asked you which one you would choose between her and the title, didn't you choose the title?"

"That's because mother said that if I can't inherit the title, you and I will be tortured terribly by my third brother in the future. What I chose was never the title, but you, mother!" Lu Wenchen said what was in his heart with all his might.

Zhou took a step back in shock, her eyes suddenly becoming confused, "If you don't want the title, then what's the point of me doing all these years? You are the only legitimate son of the Marquisate, you should inherit the title of Marquis, why don't you want it? Why don't you want it..."

From the moment he found the pearl earrings in Qingyan's room, Lu Siheng had prepared for the worst. Now, hearing Zhou admitting that she had killed Qingyan, he was filled with heartache and regret.

He questioned Zhou, "Tell me, where is Qingyan?"

However, Zhou seemed not to hear what he said and kept muttering something blankly.

"Third Master, please don't ask. Madam and I don't know where they buried Miss Qingyan either." Mother Wang said with tears in her eyes, "After executing Miss Qingyan that day, Madam asked Lao Huo and Lao Fei to take the body out and deal with it. As for where it was buried, Madam didn't care, and I didn't bother to ask."

At this time, Han Shangshu had come down and comforted Lu Siheng, "Master Lu, don't worry too much. I will order someone to find those two people. Once we find them, we will know the whereabouts of Miss Qingyan."

"I sent someone to look for her last night. When they learned that Zhou was brought to the Ministry of Justice, they knew things were not going well, so they hid with their whole family that day." Lu Siheng hated himself for rushing into action without investigating the matter thoroughly, which alerted the enemy. "But if someone sent someone to look for her together, it will be faster."

"That makes sense. Let's stop here for today. I will arrange people to search everywhere." Minister Han felt that Zhou's condition was not right and he could not continue the interrogation.

"Then I'll trouble you, sir. I'll go ahead."

Lu Siheng strode out of the court and went to find Qingyan.