"I, a commoner named Li Niang, colluded with Lady Lin, the wife of Marquis Pingyang, to defraud the late Madam of her dowry. This is an unforgivable crime. I come here to confess my crime!"

A sharp and piercing sound exploded in front of the door of Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, followed by a commotion in the mansion.

Old Madam Shen was leading everyone in the Shen residence to drink tea and chat with family relatives and Old Madam Wen from the Yongchang Marquis Mansion.

Before I could recover from the sharp sound, I saw two doormen running in from outside, panting.

"My Lord, my Lady, something terrible has happened!"

"Li Niang from Yihonglou knelt in front of the mansion gate and said she came to the Shen Mansion to confess her crime!"

Everyone in the hall suddenly became chaotic.

"What? Li Niang?"

"Why is Li Niang here?"

Hearing Li Niang's name, Shen Feng stood up from his chair, glanced at Pingyang Marquis, and hurried to the door of Pingyang Marquis's mansion.

Pingyang Hou said: "Didn't Li Niang elope with someone? Why is she here?"

The doorman said, "He said it was because of the dowry for the late wife, and it was related to the wife, so he came to confess his crime."

Marquis Pingyang frowned and stood up from his chair angrily.

"She has the nerve to come here. I'm going to go out and see what's going on."

Seeing the situation, everyone in the hall stood up and went to the gate of Pingyang Marquis' Mansion.

The closer they got to the mansion gate, the sharper and more piercing the sound became, the louder it sounded.

Then, the voices of people talking around could be heard.

"Swindling the late wife's dowry, and it's related to the wife?"

"That's impossible. Madam is the daughter of the Duke of the Guard. How could she collude with a prostitute to defraud the late Madam's dowry?"

Shen Mi took Shen Li's arm and followed the crowd towards the mansion gate.

When Marquis Pingyang arrived at the gate of the mansion first, he saw a woman of about seventeen or eighteen years old kneeling on the ground.

The woman's right arm was stained red with blood, and the cut flesh on her arm could be vaguely seen. Her hair was disheveled, and hatred was clear in her eyes.

Shen Feng squatted beside her, looked at her with a face full of heartache, and tried to reach out to protect her in his arms, but was pushed away by Li Niang.

Li Niang said angrily: "Shen Feng, your stepmother arranged for me to get close to you. I have never liked you. I have been lying to you from the beginning to the end. I just wanted to cheat your stepmother out of your money!"

Pingyang Hou couldn't believe his ears and asked tentatively: "What did you say? Say it again, who ordered you to do so?"

Li Niang knelt on the ground with her body trembling slightly, her eyes were red, but her look was firm.

She was just a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. Although she had been in the brothel for half a year, she knew the dangers of the powerful people in Yanjing City.

But she was forced to confront the wife of a wealthy family. She was prepared to die today.

Under her sleeves, she clenched her fists slightly, her eyes were firm, and she said in a decisive tone: "Madam Lin, the Marquis of Pingyang!"

"Let me seduce your eldest son Shen Feng and steal the dowry left by your late wife Jiang from him!"

"He was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so he wanted to kill people to silence them. He brutally killed my brother, chased me to Huaiyang City, swindled all my money, and then cruelly killed my lover!"

"I know that I am guilty of defrauding my late wife of her dowry, so I come to the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion to confess my crime!"

"Please also ask Madam Pingyang to give me an explanation for the two dead family members of mine!"

A piercing sound was heard in front of the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion. The people around who heard the noise hurried over to watch.

Pingyang Hou's eyes suddenly widened and he turned around in disbelief, only to see Lin running over and immediately kneeling on the ground.

"Master, this prostitute is always full of tricks and lies. You can't listen to what she says."

"Li Niang is greedy for money. She flirted with Feng Er and cheated him out of a lot of money. She then eloped with him. Now that she has lost all her money, she wants to come to the Shen Mansion to cause trouble again."

"A prostitute, a person who is not presentable, is not worthy of coming to my Pingyang Marquis's mansion."

"Master, have the servants beat her to death with sticks and throw her out of the house!"

As soon as Lin finished speaking, Shen Feng immediately threw himself on Li Niang and held her tightly in his arms.

"If you want to kill Li Niang, kill me, Shen Feng first!"

Pingyang Hou was so angry that his face turned blue and he ordered his men to be beaten.

"You are a rebellious son, you are really possessed by evil spirits, someone come and pull the young master away!"

Several guards walked over and tried to pull Shen Feng away, but Shen Feng struggled desperately and held Li Niang tightly.

"Dad, if Li Niang dies, I won't live either."

"Rebellious son!"

At this moment, Shen Mi and Shen Li had arrived at the gate of the mansion.

Some relatives and a few people who were watching the show gathered in front of the door.

She walked out of the crowd and looked at Marquis Pingyang.

"Dad, Li Niang's arm seems to have been cut. It doesn't look like she's lying."

"If she really had an injustice, and two lives were involved, if our Pingyang Marquis Mansion beat her to death like this, how would the people of Yanjing City view our Shen family?"

"They would say that our Shen family bullies others because we have a title."

"Father, why don't you listen to what Li Niang has to say? If she is really wronged, we at the Pingyang Marquisate can give her an explanation."

"She said that it was her mother who asked her to seduce her brother and come to the mansion to defraud her mother of her dowry before her death. If such unclear words were heard by others, it would probably affect her mother's reputation."

"Dad, why don't you ask Li Niang to produce evidence to prove the truth of the dowry fraud so that mother can be cleared of all charges."

Li Niang's eyes were red as she stared at Lin and suddenly sneered.

She smiled bitterly and said, "There is a nanny beside Madam Shen, about 40 or 50 years old, with a black mole at the corner of her mouth. She often brings two maids to look for me through the back door of Yihong Building and pass on news to me."

"They told me to deceive the eldest son by saying that the Duke of the Guardian's Mansion could rescue my brother who was imprisoned in Tongxiang, and then told him to cheat Miss Shen of the dowry left by the late Madam by saying that he was losing money in business."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask that maid to come out and confront me face to face."

Marquis Pingyang frowned and clenched his fists slightly. If Lin had nothing to do with this matter, how could Li Niang recognize the nanny beside her.

Moreover, she even described Nanny Wang's general characteristics, which shows that she must have had many dealings with her.

Besides, the prostitutes in Yihonglou are not allowed to leave unless under special circumstances.

Thinking of this, Pingyang Hou said to the guard beside him: "Go and invite Nanny Wang."

At this moment, Lin, who was kneeling on the ground, saw that the situation was not right, and immediately grabbed Pingyang Hou's clothes and begged, "Master, please don't believe her. How could I do such a ridiculous thing? I don't lack money, so why would I take such a big risk to cheat the dowry of the late wife?"

"This woman didn't get any money, but she wanted to bring disaster to our Shen family and disrupt our Shen family."

Li Niang sneered and looked at Lin fiercely.

"Mrs. Shen, you just want to use me to kill people and silence them, so that the truth won't be exposed. You have already planned it out."

"If you don't give me an explanation, I still have a letter on me. If you don't believe me, you can take it and see who wrote it and what dirty deal it made my brother do."

After saying this, Li Niang took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Marquis Pingyang.

“I found this in my brother after he died.”

Pingyang Hou's face turned pale. He took the letter from Li Niang with trembling hands and slowly opened it.

After scanning the contents of the letter, his expression suddenly changed.

Suddenly he turned around, looked at Lin angrily, and slapped her hard in the face.

"You...what have you done!?"

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