Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, Sui Jiyun was probably afraid that I would not admit my mistake after I had used up my strength, so he immediately jumped out as a werewolf and blew himself up. I didn't know how sure I was to win, but since she looked a little taller than Fu Yunyan, she immediately took his side.

But that’s okay. I need to delay for a while and let them fight among themselves.

It took Fu Yunyan a while to come back to her senses. She covered her chest and almost died of anger. She collapsed to the ground. She thought that Sui Jiyun's words would wake her up. If it was really one of her students who defected to me, then she would naturally have a way. The poisoning was done by everyone together, and no one wanted to be crazy and expose it to cause everyone to die together. Even if the traitor wanted to surrender to reduce the crime, besides poisoning, she also had other handles because of their long-term contact. But Sui Jiyun was different. According to her, Sui Jiyun would just go along with her, and her vanity would be satisfied. She would not doubt Sui Jiyun at all, and she would not have any handle.

I saw Fu Yunyan sweating profusely, but since there was only witnesses and no physical evidence, she would just deny it. She clenched her fists and ran to her uncle's feet, pulling at his trouser legs and crying, "Third Grandpa! Third Grandpa, save me... They have all framed me in front of me! I am your granddaughter! Sui Jiyun just jumped out to say that I was wrong, but no one believed my aunt's words. How can her words be trusted as she is a traitor who mocked me? Who knows if they are not ganging up to bully me!"

"Bullying? Miss Yun Yan, what you said is interesting. You only said that when you accused Shishi of lying. If Shishi didn't know that you poisoned her, why didn't she plead for Lin Song? This shows that Shishi has always been nice to you. Now I have to ask you the opposite question. If Shishi didn't know that you poisoned her, why did she do this? What benefit does it bring to her to make fun of you other than it being fun? So much so that she would take such a big risk." Pei Zhen chuckled.

Yun Yan was almost fooled by him. She was stunned for a moment and wiped her tears: "No, it's not bullying. She just wants Lin Song to take the blame for her! Her main purpose is to kill the second wife..."

"What you said doesn't make sense and it's a joke." Pei Zhen lowered his head and fiddled with the toy in his hand. After hearing this, his uncle felt even more disgusted with Fu Yunyan. He no longer had any pity for a child and just kicked her away.

Fu Yunyan did not lose confidence, and continued to cry on the ground: "Third Grandpa, even if others don't believe me, you have to believe me. I have always been loyal to the Third House. How could I do such a foolish thing? Isn't it obvious that the First House and the Second House are not satisfied..."

"Loyalty? It's disgusting to hear this word coming out of your mouth." Sui Jiyun snorted coldly, turned his gaze to his uncle and bowed: "Third Master, I have spoken out of turn. The truth of the matter is a joke to this idiot, but to you... I really can't say it, it might offend..."

My uncle waved his hands irritably: "Just say it, what could be more offensive now?"

“Yes.” Sui Jiyun frowned and bowed, “I have been with Fu Yunyan for five years. Although I have never met Brother Yunjin, he is already a household name among the students in the old house, so I have also heard about the cause of his death… Brother Yunjin was originally a student by your side, but when you and the third wife had a disagreement a few years ago, the third wife ordered the former stewards Yang Yue and Yang Bin to go to Shenghuating and the territories of other students from the third house in the South Courtyard to stir up trouble all day long, causing Brother Yunjin to gradually become weak and seriously ill and finally die. The second wife was also involved in this matter, so Fu Yunyan has always had a hurdle in her heart and has long been planning to take revenge…”

"Even if I want revenge, I should go after the Third Madam first. The Second Madam was strict with us but she didn't kill us. How could I care about that!" Fu Yunyan shouted anxiously, her face darkened and she sneered: "I think you are just looking for an excuse for your betrayal. Even if it was really me who poisoned the Second Madam, why didn't you tell the Second Grandfather? Why didn't you tell Young Master Shuchen, but found the eldest lady! The eldest lady said herself that she was separated from our Second House! How could she treat us sincerely? It's obvious that you did something wrong and you feel guilty, so you came up with so much evidence to refute it!"

"Who favors the eldest house? I am loyal to the second house. Fu Yunyan, you should understand clearly that I am a student of the second house. It was the second master who sent me to you. I stayed there naturally as a spy. I originally planned to be with you for the rest of my life. Who would have thought that you would do such a thing to harm my wife? You also instigated so many students from the third house to take risks with you. What are you thinking? Do you think that if you are discovered in the future, the family rules will be able to make a 'no one is responsible for everyone'?"

Sui Jiyun spoke a series of words with such logic and evidence that he almost laughed himself out.

"Besides, what if I tell Miss Xishi about this? I also think that the Second Master and Young Master Shuchen will be concerned and confused if they know about it. Miss Xishi is much better. She is a daughter of the eldest house, but she also recognized our second house in the past, and she was the head of the eldest house with the responsibility of managing the whole family. What qualifications do you have to criticize her? Let's talk about the third wife. You want to take revenge on her, but do you have the opportunity to harm her? You can only take advantage of the second wife's illness to kill her!"

Fu Yunyan was unable to utter any more words of rebuttal, as Jiang Chulan and You Yijie rushed back with spices, flour and well water from Yifengyuan. They threw them heavily on the ground and returned to me panting. The doctor beside my second uncle came forward to check.

I bowed towards the second house again: "Second uncle, brother, I still want to say sorry after thinking it over. Although I have been taking care of the second grandmother's poisoning all these years, I mixed the antidote into these things according to the dosage, but I didn't expect that the murderer was coming for me. So even though there is an antidote, it still can't cure the murderer. When the murderer saw me, he poisoned and killed people... I was not in my yard last night. Sui Jiyun came to tell me that the medicine had been changed, so I hurried up the mountain to save the second grandmother. Because there was not much medicine left, I went to ask the third grandmother, and caught Zhou Linsong who was investigating the situation in the middle of the night. The third grandmother can testify for me on this matter, and Dean Zhang Mo also participated in the whole process. If you think Sui Jiyun's testimony is not enough, you can ask them. I also swear that I didn't say a word of disrespect to the second grandmother. After I fed the second grandmother the antidote last night, she recovered. She can also solve many doubts."

The doctor from the second room checked the flour and other things and nodded, proving that what I said was correct.

Now that there was physical evidence and witnesses were more authoritative, the brother couldn't help but kick over the bucket of well water in anger, pouring half of the bucket onto Fu Yunyan: "Look for yourself! Is this a false accusation against you? With two years, she could have framed someone else, but she chose to frame you few close friends in the old house. Just because you are stupid, do you think Shishi is stupid too!"

"The more she exchanges the people she hates for the people she is close to, the more compassionate she appears, isn't it? Second Master, Uncle, Aunt keeps saying that she has the power to manage the family because she was the head of the family. Where do she put you and Uncle Shu Yu? Isn't she getting a good reputation again besides my brother! Is she trying to seize power by killing two birds with one stone? What's more, the source of the medicine has not been investigated! We just delivered the medicine! The Second and Third Madams are old, who dares to say that they won't be deceived by a few words from her? It is even more obvious that Zhang Mo is Aunt's person!" Fu Yunyan was knocked down and immediately got up to defend herself.

It seems that the second uncle was somewhat touched when he heard the word "seize power". He glanced at Chengcheng secretly, but unfortunately Chengcheng was indifferent.

My brother was speechless and laughed: "According to what you said, there are no good people in the world. Repaying evil with kindness is also disgusting. How could the Fu family raise a saint like you?"

I sighed and spoke again: "Brother, the second and third grandmothers are old, but they are not the elders of ordinary people. They have been in the business world with grandfather, so how could they be confused by a few words from me? And Zhang Mo said that they are my confidants, and we are just good friends in private. In terms of the interests of businessmen, they should be more loyal to you. After all, they are Lu Zeyun's people. Sister Yining and Zhou Zhi are both on the side of our family..."

My voice gradually lowered as I spoke. After all, it was about my sister-in-law being wronged. Now that the mistress of the house had changed, it was not so appropriate to bring up the past. My brother let out a long sigh and came over to pat me on the shoulder: "Brother knows, I have wronged you."

I pretended to be pitiful and snuggled into my brother's arms. I hugged him and frowned again: "My grievance is small, it's the Second Grandma who is really suffering. Brother, let's go up and take a look as soon as we are done. As for the murderer behind the scenes, we still have to investigate, it will take some effort, we..."

"Shishi is right. Since we're investigating, we should investigate it thoroughly." Second Uncle interrupted me, as if he had made up his mind. After thinking it over, he pointed at Fu Yunyan and her group underground, looking very tired. "No one will listen to other words of discord. Just investigate the source and make her convinced. It would be good if she can tell the truth in the private execution in the future. Qi Cheng, go to the pharmacy and deal with those managers immediately. Bring me the records of these years. Search out any drug residues in recent days. Detain all of them and interrogate them one by one. Scare them to see if they can reveal anything. If not, Shishi is innocent."

I was shocked. What do you mean I am innocent if I can't vomit? It would be great if there was another false accusation. I really didn't have any preparations for the pharmacy. Ji Xuanze only delivered and picked up medicine every day. It's not possible that my second uncle was so accurate in his calculations and made all the preparations to frame me. My argument was useless.

Qi Cheng agreed and went out. I followed his gaze and signaled the people outside. You Yijie and the others followed me. Ming Tinglin was the back-up and was just guarding the door. He immediately understood and quietly followed Qi Cheng. Not long after, Third Grandma pushed the wheelchair to bring Second Grandma over. The two of them burst into tears and each held their son to say something good to me. It seemed that my efforts were not in vain. Second Grandma even asked Second Uncle not to investigate anymore, but unfortunately, how could Second Uncle listen to her?

Although he has a reputation for being filial in the outside world, filial piety does not mean "blind obedience". It is still easy to deal with the second grandmother. She always says that she must find out the truth so that no one inside or outside will have any suspicion about me.

At this point I knew completely that my second uncle had prepared a way out, and it was not just me that was being plotted against, but also the eldest branch. But there was no point in being anxious now, as they had set up a tight net. I might as well take a good rest before anything happened, so that I could swing my knife more quickly. Cheng Cheng asked someone to bring a stool for me to sit on. My younger uncle and my elder brother were tired after staying there for so long, so they asked for chairs when they saw me like this. But my second uncle frowned again, probably because I was in a hurry and forgot to respect him as his elder and the head of the family. He was still standing, but I sat comfortably.

I asked Chengcheng to bring him a chair personally, and he felt better. He comforted me that everything was fine and sat down with a sigh of relief. Finally, he asked other people in the ancestral hall to sit down and wait. Chengcheng refused to sit down and just stood behind me, not moving an inch.

Qi Cheng was out for an hour. When he came back, he brought people who bought medicine, boiled medicine, and even a steward who washed dishes. He also brought pottery jars, medicine baskets, and medicine residues. Everyone had bruises on their faces, but the pottery jars were neatly arranged. He took one of them and gave it to the doctor from the second room, who took it aside to study it. Ming Tinglin also sent me a message at this time, with just three words: First Madam.

My grandma? My grandma passed away 20 or 30 years ago, and I never met her. What does this have to do with her? I was puzzled, but the next second, the answer almost slapped me in the face.

After the examination, the doctor exclaimed that this was the poison that the Second Madam was poisoned with. The Second Uncle showed an expression that the problem was indeed at the source, which made Fu Yunyan and Zhou Linsong a little confused, but they soon put on a relaxed look, as if I had really wronged them. Now that the "circus" was over, the real protagonist had to appear. Qi Cheng shouted, and immediately someone pulled up an old lady in her sixties or seventies.

I didn't recognize her, but my uncle and the others all looked unhappy. After hesitating for a while, my uncle bowed slightly and called her Aunt Yaohua.

When I heard the name, it suddenly dawned on me that this was someone who was close to my grandmother when she was alive - Lu Yaohua.

It makes sense for Fu Yunyan to avenge her brother, so it makes even more sense for Lu Yaohua to avenge my grandmother. Second grandmother and third grandmother are her greatest enemies in this life. People are pissed off by them. It is so reasonable and in line with people's hearts to pour such a big basin of dirty water on them.

The second grandma thought it was perfect.

"Lu Yaohua? You really can't let go..." The second wife's eyes were red and she beat her chest and stamped her feet: "Forget it, forget it, I don't blame you, I deserve it, I feel guilty towards the first wife, I have nothing to say about what you do."

"Second Madam! You haven't said anything yet, but you're pushing the blame onto me. Are you so sure there's no hidden secret?" I retorted angrily. There was no trace of guilt in her eyes.

What a favor I've remembered. What I've remembered is that I just don't want my second uncle to wrongly accuse me of the crime, but I've given the entire eldest house to us. What a good plan, what a good method. I thought it was another self-torture trick by the mother and son.

Qi Cheng stepped forward and bowed: "Miss, I know you are upset. Mrs. Lu is old, so we can't ask her. But the facts are in front of us. Mrs. Lu is in good health, but she has been running to the pharmacy in recent years. She is the elder and has served the first wife, so no one dares to stop her. The people in the pharmacy can prove it, and she herself has admitted it."

"Admit it? How do you admit it? Admit it means you keep saying that Mrs. Lu is too old to be questioned, and then you immediately believed the nonsense of a few managers and put the crime on her? She is already in her sixties or seventies! No matter how healthy she is, can't she go to the pharmacy often to look for a prescription to treat her rheumatism?!" I turned away from Qi Cheng, turned around and couldn't help looking at the crazy mother and son in disbelief: "Second Uncle, Second Grandma, do you think this heinous crime should be pinned on a person who has been dead for twenty or thirty years? Can my grandma bear the good fortune of the Fu family!"

My second uncle and my second wife were both silent. The former couldn't bear to see me so anxious, so he replied coldly, "How can Lu Yaohua be compared with the first wife? She is just a servant. Even if she does something wrong, people won't think much of the first wife..."

"So Second Uncle thinks so?" I followed closely.

Second Uncle's face looked a little bad, but he tried his best to remain calm: "I know it's hard for you to accept it, but the facts are in front of you. You don't have to wrong your Second Grandma for a servant and protect the murderer, right? Besides, Lu Yaohua is old, and according to the family rules, she won't be a big deal. You are tired, go back and rest. Qi Cheng, take Mrs. Lu to the South Courtyard."

"Yes." Qi Cheng was about to come over.

I couldn't hold back any longer: "Let's see who dares!"

After the scolding, even Chengcheng couldn't help pulling me. I knew he wanted me to back down again, but if I kept backing down, I would fall into the sea sooner or later. Grandma and Old Fu were my bottom line. Second Uncle's face turned pale when he saw me challenging his authority. In front of the whole family, I had to give him a "way out", so I stood up and knelt on the mat again.

"If Second Uncle really thinks Mrs. Lu is guilty, then punish me. I can handle any number of family rules."

The second uncle sneered, "Stop fooling around. Do you know how you will be sentenced for poisoning? Besides, what does Lu Yaohua's mistake have to do with you?"

I sneered, unbuttoned my coat and threw it on the ground, and glanced over: "Forget about others, but grandma's affairs are naturally related to me, because I am the only heir of the entire Fu family."