From Bizhi, Lin Luoling learned that after Zhou Quan and Nanny Dong were taken to Yunfangyuan, they were severely interrogated by Marquis Yongning.

Zhou Quan only said that Nanny Meng heard from somewhere that Nanny Dong was on duty in Yunfang Courtyard tonight, so he went to bed early. Nanny Meng quietly came into the room, took off her clothes, and climbed onto his bed. In a daze, he thought it was Nanny Dong who came back.

It was not until a fire broke out that people could see in the light that it was not Nanny Dong, but Nanny Meng.

Anyway, Nanny Meng was beaten to death on the order of Marquis Yongning, and there was no evidence to prove her wrong, so Zhou Quan naturally refused to admit it.

Zhu Jingzhong, who was standing nearby, pointed at Zhou Quan and cursed, "You bastard slave, you are full of lies. I saw you hugging Aunt Meng in the middle of the night a few days ago."

Zhu Jingzhong did not say that it was Zhou Jiaoling who saw it, because he trusted Zhou Jiaoling would not lie to him.

Secondly, if he said that Zhou Jiaoling saw it, Marquis Yongning and his wife had always looked down on Zhou Jiaoling, who came from a brothel, and might not believe that Zhou Quan hugged Meng Po in the middle of the night.

This story was made up by Zhou Jiaoling. There was nothing unclear between Zhou Quan and Nanny Meng at all.

So Zhou Quan listened and said in bewilderment: "Did the Second Master drink too much? When did I hug Meng Po in the middle of the night?"

Seeing that Zhou Quan denied it, Zhu Jingzhong insisted that he did not drink that night and he clearly saw Zhou Quan hugging Meng Po late at night. At that time, he wanted to tell this to Yongning Hou, but because he was holding Zhu Qingyao, he did not want the child to see or hear this shameful and dirty thing, so he thought of finding a time to talk to Yongning Hou in private.

Marquis Yongning knew that Zhou Jiaoling's hand was burned these days, and that Zhu Jingzhong was in Lanxiang Courtyard every day and did not go out to make trouble. He also knew Zhu Jingzhong's character. Although he was greedy and unruly, he had never slandered anyone.

Therefore, Marquis Yongning determined that Zhou Quan was lying.

Seeing that Zhou Quan refused to tell the truth, Marquis Yongning lost his patience and ordered his servants to torture Zhou Quan.

Ten needles pierced into Zhou Quan's nails, and Zhou Quan screamed in agony. Aunt Dong, who was standing by, trembled all over and whispered:

"Why don't you tell the truth? You even dare to lie to your master. I think you don't want to live anymore."

Nanny Dong didn't feel sorry for Zhou Quan, but the moment she saw the wife of Marquis Yongning beat Nanny Meng to death with her own hands, she knew that Zhou Quan would definitely not survive. Even if Marquis Yongning was soft-hearted and spared Zhou Quan's life, the wife of Marquis Yongning would not let Zhou Quan go.

Nanny Dong also knew that what Marquis Yongning and his wife wanted to know was whether Zhu Xianrun's death was caused by Zhu Jingzhong or Lan Wanshuang.

Husband and wife are birds of a feather, but they fly away separately when disaster strikes. Nanny Dong was afraid that Zhou Quan would implicate her, so her persuasion was futile and she started yelling at Zhou Quan.

"Why would I marry someone as evil-hearted as you? Because of Mrs. Meng, you don't want to die. Do you want your sons and daughters to be buried with you? Are you crazy?..."

No wonder Nanny Dong said that. If she and her husband died, their son and daughter would not have a good ending.

She was anxious, and Nanny Dong, who was tied up with a hemp rope, tried to hit Zhou Quan with her head.

She was also crazy. In order to survive and to save her son and daughter from this disaster, she hit Zhou Quan's chest harder and harder, hitting her entire scalp numb and painful, and her eyes went black for a moment.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Quan suddenly fell to the ground in pain.

With such force, Nanny Dong fell forward out of habit, and her forehead happened to hit the sharp corner of the bronze heater in front of her. Her legs and feet fell on Zhou Quan's body, and she fainted.

Blood flowed down Nanny Dong's forehead and dripped onto the ground, quickly melting into a pool of blood the size of a palm.

Zhou Quan raised his eyelids and saw that the wife of Marquis Yongning was watching the scene indifferently. She did not instruct the maid standing behind to help Nanny Dong up. There was even a look in the eyes of the wife of Marquis Yongning that Nanny Dong deserved to be put to death. Zhou Quan knew that he would not be able to escape death tonight.

Death is the only option, so why would he tell others what happened?

Zhou Quan suddenly burst into laughter and said that Zhu Jingzhong not only killed Zhu Xianrun, but also secretly bought a dwarf slave and asked the dwarf slave to cry in the east courtyard in the middle of the night from time to time.

Zhou Quan knew that Marquis Yongning might not believe what he said, and Zhu Jingzhong would beat him up in anger.

But he couldn't die in vain. Even if he died, he couldn't let these two brothers have an easy time.

When Bizhi said this, a sneer broke out from Lin Luoling's lips. When she was setting up the chess game, she had thought of several possible outcomes of what her opponent would do.

This result was what she was most happy to see.

Marquis Yongning naturally would not believe that it was Zhu Jingzhong who did it. Instead, he would think that Lan Wanshuang asked Nanny Meng to collude with Zhou Quan in order to use Zhou Quan to do these things.

But the wife of Marquis Yongning would not think so. The pain of losing her son was an indelible wound in her heart. As time went by, the wound not only did not heal, but became deeper and deeper.

Hatred will become deeper and deeper.

When Zhu Jingzhong finally beat Zhou Quan beyond recognition, Yongning Hou shouted, "Stop!"

It happened that Fengying from Tianxiang Tower was wearing a nightgown and pretending to be a grain escort officer to talk to Yongning Marquis. Yongning Marquis then said to his wife, "I'll leave this matter to you."

Zhou Quan spat out a mouthful of blood foam, and threatened with a clear mind: "My Lord, you have been kind to me, and I have never done anything to let you down. I have done so much for you over the years, you should know, right?

I followed the example of the Marquis and secretly bought a private house and hired a secret guard. It doesn't matter if I die. If my children die, the secret guard will take all the secrets I have kept for many years and hand them over to His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin."

Upon hearing this, Yongning Hou stepped on Zhou Quan's face and said coldly, "Are you threatening me?"

Zhou Quan closed his eyes. This was the only way he could protect his children.

He said, "If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."

Marquis Yongning used all his strength to kick Zhou Quan in the heart. Zhou Quan spat out blood and fainted.

Without even turning his head, Marquis Yongning said to his wife, "You have dealt with these two heartless and evil slaves."

Zhu Jingzhong spat fiercely in Zhou Quan's face, and walked out of Yunfang Courtyard cursing, and went to Zhou Quan's yard. No matter how the servant tried to stop him, he carried the body of Granny Meng and went straight to Chunlan Courtyard.

Lan Wanshuang, who had a high fever, was beaten half to death by Zhu Jingzhong while she was in a daze. Zhu Xianzhi heard Zhu Jingzhong's scolding of Lan Wanshuang and knelt on the ground, not daring to step forward to stop him, let alone say a word.

He guessed that the evil things his mother had done must have been exposed.

Lin Luoling already knew what happened afterwards, so Bizhi didn't need to report it again.

Lin Luoling had just poured Bizhi a cup of hot tea when Biyou came back with a small cloth bag. She closed the door and asked, "Miss, take a look. Are these what you are looking for? If not, I'll look for them again."

Lin Luoling opened the cloth bag and found not only a secret letter but also many very detailed bills and even two secret letters, which shocked Lin Luoling.

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