The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Xia Younan looked at Qu Xiaoyou sympathetically, knowing that she was deeply shocked at the moment and needed to digest it slowly on her own.

"Are you sure Liu Zhenzhen stopped breathing before the fire?" She confirmed with Li Qiu on behalf of Qu Xiaoyou.

Li Qiu covered his aching heart, nodded with tears in his eyes, "Yes, I'm sure! When I went in, the fire was not strong enough to kill anyone, but I just couldn't wake her up.

"If she had been conscious at the time, I could definitely have gotten her and the young master out of the sea of ​​fire."

"Then your hands and feet, it turns out that..." Xia Younan looked at her hands again, and then he understood where the strange scars came from.

This kind of injury can only be caused by the "clamp" in the court.

And her feet, probably the aftereffects of torture.

It has been more than ten years, and the wounds are still so clear. How cruel must they have been at that time!

Li Qiu stretched out his hands tremblingly, crying, "If they hadn't tortured me in every way, how could I have been forced to confess?"

Xia Younan was speechless and his heart was twitching.

Since ancient times, there have been countless unjust cases in every dynasty, but if she had experienced it personally, she would still be terrified.

"You...you're talking nonsense!"

Qu Xiaoyou seemed to have just reacted at this time, and suddenly she roared in a shrill voice, her delicate body shaking like a sieve, and her pair of bloodshot eyes were like a mad bull enraged by the color red!

She raised her finger and pointed at Li Qiu, her face pale as she screamed, "You are talking nonsense, you actually said that my father is the murderer, how is that possible?

"Even if he doesn't love my mother anymore, my brother is his biological son! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, so how could he possibly kill them?"

Li Qiu replied with anger in his eyes: "That's why no one doubts him!"

"You dare to say that? I'll kill you!" Qu Xiaoyou seemed to be crazy, veins bulging on his forehead, and he drew his sword to stab her.

"Xiao You!" Xia Younan hurriedly hugged her and consoled her distressedly, "Xiao You, don't be like this. Let's talk it over. I understand how you feel."

She understood her, but she couldn't understand what it felt like.

The father who raised me and loved me so much is now said to be the murderer of my mother and younger brother.

How can anyone accept this? Any flesh-and-blood person would collapse.

"Impossible! Impossible! It's impossible that my father did it. She is talking nonsense. She is falsely accusing my father!"

Qu Xiaoyou repeated this sentence excitedly, her lips trembling, like a madman.

"Xiaoyou..." Xia Younan's eyes turned red and he hugged her tightly.

Qu Xiaoyou grabbed her hand as if she had found a lifeline, and asked pleadingly, "She's a liar, and everything she said is false, right? You Nan, you know my father is such a good person, how could he do such a heartless thing?"

"I..." Xia Younan was speechless.

To be honest, she and her husband had already had their suspicions.

There were many things about Qu Zhengyan that didn't make sense. Now that they knew the whole story, all their doubts were cleared up, and they couldn't help but believe it.

"You... do you believe what she said?" Qu Xiaoyou looked at her in disbelief, then turned her gaze to Chan Mu and the others without giving up, questioning them frantically.

"What about you? Do you also believe what she said? My father treats you so well, he is a kind man! How can you doubt him?"

Everyone was silent and looked away tacitly, unable to bear to see her despair.

"He's just an actor. Everything he does is an act!" Li Qiu was a little angry that she kept calling the thief "dad" and couldn't help but raise her voice to argue.

“I’ve heard it all. He used the death of his wife and children to create public opinion, win sympathy from the world, and make a fortune from it.

"He also planted peach trees on both sides of the grave. This is clearly a legendary method of suppressing ghosts. If he has a clear conscience, why would he do this?"

"What do you know? That's because my mother likes peach blossoms!" Qu Xiaoyou retorted harshly.

"I have been with your mother since I was a child, and I never knew that she liked peach blossoms!" Li Qiu replied angrily.

"You silly girl who mistook a thief for your father, everything he said about your mother was a lie!

"For so many years, he has never come to worship your mother, and he has created such weird things. It's not because he feels guilty or can't bear it. It's all because he is guilty! He is afraid that your mother will turn into a ghost and seek revenge on him!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Qu Xiaoyou was almost driven crazy by her. She didn't believe it. She didn't believe it no matter what. She didn't believe that her father would be the murderer.

"Just wait, I'll go find my father to confront you. He must be innocent!"

After saying this, Qu Xiaoyou turned around and was about to run out.

Xia Younan stopped her and frowned, saying, "Xiaoyou, we don't have any evidence yet. If this is really what he did, you will definitely alert the enemy if you go there, and you may never be able to redress your mother's grievances again."

Qu Xiaoyou suddenly stopped and looked at her in panic, like a frightened deer, shaking her head with tears in her eyes, "It's not him, it's definitely not him..."

Xia Younan patted her shoulder and sighed, "We know it's hard for you to accept, and we don't want to wrongly accuse your father.

"Since you don't believe it, let's re-investigate the arson case. When the truth comes out, we'll know whether your father is innocent or not."

Qu Xiaoyou thought for a while, forced herself to calm down, and nodded.

Xia Younan walked towards Li Qiu and asked his doubts, "You said you came back this time to overturn Liu Zhenzhen's case. Do you have evidence? How do you plan to investigate?"

Li Qiu nodded hurriedly, "The only doubt about what happened back then is the autopsy report.

"There must be something wrong with the report. Either the report is false, or there is something wrong with the coroner who performed the autopsy. As long as we follow this clue, we will definitely find something."

Xia Younan understood and asked, "If it was really Qu Zhengyan who did it, then do you know what his motive was? Isn't it said that they have always been in love with each other?"

Li Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "Love between husband and wife? If the young lady hadn't discovered those two things, perhaps he could have continued the drama of love between husband and wife with his superb performance."

"What did Xiaoyou's mother discover?" Xia Younan asked in surprise.

Li Qiu took a deep breath, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and told her what happened that year.

One month before the fire, Liu Zhenzhen had just given birth. One day when Qu Zhengyan was not at home, a woman came to Qu's house with a little girl of two or three years old, asking to see Liu Zhenzhen to tell her something important.

Out of curiosity, Liu Zhenzhen met the woman.

When she saw the little girl that the woman was holding, she was shocked at first glance that her facial features were very similar to Qu Zhengyan, and she had bad thoughts in her mind at that moment.

The woman did not hide it from her and told her frankly that she was Qu Zhengyan's mistress. She and Qu Zhengyan had been together not long after Liu Zhenzhen and Qu Zhengyan got married.

The three-year-old girl was the illegitimate child between Qu Zhengyan and her.

One can imagine how Liu Zhenzhen felt at that time. She felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She was shocked and in pain, and she simply couldn't believe what the woman in front of her said.

However, this was not the cruelest thing. After confessing her identity to Liu Zhenzhen, the woman's next words almost made Liu Zhenzhen burst into tears and vomit blood and die.