The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

"Bring the person up!" Seeing her sit down, Li Zhengkang felt that his dignity was challenged again, so he simply sat down as well.

He also said to Li Qingqian: "Don't just stand there like an idiot. Sit down."

Finally, he was able to sit down. Li Qingqian didn't hesitate and sat in the seat closest to Li Zhengkang.

As soon as he sat down, the attendant brought a skinny old maid back to the main hall.

As soon as Madam Zhao saw Liu, she knelt down in front of Li Zhengkang with resentment in her eyes, "Master, it is I who want to plead my case."

"Hurry up and say what you want to say."

"I want to sue you for killing my little daughter!"

After hearing this, Liu couldn't sit still any longer. She stood up suddenly, pointed at Madam Zhao and yelled, "What nonsense are you talking about, you wicked slave? When have I ever harmed your daughter?"

Li Shuyue was also a little annoyed at this moment. How many people had her mother harmed without telling her? She didn't even tell her. How could she help her now?

Besides, these servants in the Li Mansion are not lowly slaves. If a life is lost in the hands of my mother, she will also be punished!

It wouldn't matter if she was charged with murder and executed, but that would implicate me. If her future as a ruling mother of the country was ruined because of this, I would never let her go even if I became a ghost!

Thinking of this, Li Shuyue's eyes couldn't help but darken when he looked at Liu.

But Liu really felt that she was wronged. In her eyes, these servants were no different from cows, sheep, pigs and dogs. If she wanted to deal with these people, she could just sell them directly. Why take the risk of killing them?

Li Zhengkang was shocked. This was no small matter! "Tell me the truth about what happened!"

Zhao Ma stood up and said, "A year ago, Madam ordered me to add abortion drugs to Aunt An's meals, and said that she would give me a generous reward after the task was completed and let me take Ying'er back home. But how could I dare to do such a thing that would damage my virtue? So I found a reason to refuse."

She looked at Liu again, her eyes as if filled with poison. "Who knew that Madam was so angry that she withheld a year's share from me! Master, I have been working in the Li Mansion since Madam was alive. We have a sickly little girl at home, who relies on my and Ying'er's monthly allowance for medical treatment. But Madam is so cruel that she even withheld this little money! A few months ago, due to a shortage of money, my daughter stopped taking medicine and passed away before she was even ten years old..."

Liu was shocked. Yes, she remembered that it was true.

But she never expected that the old woman's daughter would have such a miserable life. Just because she stopped taking medicine for a few months, she... just died?

Nanny Zhao spoke so sadly that she started beating her chest and crying, which made Li Qingqian feel sad and angry.

Liu met her eyes, feeling guilty and dissatisfied, and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you going to contradict your stepmother for the sake of a maid's daughter?"

Li Zhengkang was about to turn around and reprimand Liu, but Li Qingqian got there first and said, "You also know that you are the stepmother? But are you worthy of your position as the mistress of the Li Mansion by doing this?"

When his mother was alive, Li Zhengkang did not take concubines in order to consolidate his position. Later, when Liu married into the Li family, she also took in several beautiful concubines for Li Zhengkang in order to consolidate her position.

Although there is a concubine in the mansion, Li Qingqian has no illegitimate brothers or sisters. It is easy to imagine who is responsible for this.

She didn't want to get involved in the affairs of her father's harem, but now Liu wanted to harm not only the concubine in the mansion, but also her unborn brothers and sisters!

Li Qingqian asked Aunt Zhao: "You said you didn't poison her, but why is the baby in Aunt An's belly still not saved?"

Madam Zhao shook her head with tears in her eyes, "Miss San, please understand. I have a young daughter who is ill for a long time. How can I harm someone else's child? As for why Aunt An's child was not saved, I don't know."

Li Zhengkang was furious and grabbed Liu by the collar. "Tell me! What did you do?"

Liu was afraid, but she clenched her teeth and refused to speak.

Li Shuyue was also anxious when she saw this, but she turned around and yelled at Li Qingqian: "Third sister, now that father and mother are arguing, not only do you not try to persuade them, but you are also fanning the flames. What kind of heart do you have!"

Li Qingqian's gaze suddenly turned from Liu to Li Shuyue.

Li Shuyue was frightened by her aura and felt a little scared by her fierce gaze.

"That's why I want to ask what kind of heart Fourth Sister has," Li Qingqian stood up, her aura fully showing, "It's natural for you to feel sorry for your mother, but now she is killing the unborn child in the mansion, are you going to protect her too? They are your brothers and sisters too!"

Li Shuyue was disdainful and spat fiercely: "They are just bastards, why should we take them seriously? It would be better if they died!"

"Pa!" Li Qingqian stepped forward and slapped her hard, knocking her to the ground. Veins bulged on her slender white neck. "Shut up!"

"You're crazy!" Li Shuyue covered her red left cheek with her hands, eyes full of disbelief, "How dare you hit me for a worthless life?"

At this moment, Li Qingqian exuded an unchallengeable majesty, and even Li Zhengkang was a little surprised.

"What if I beat you? Fourth sister is now talking nonsense, and father can't teach her a lesson. As the eldest sister, can't I teach you a lesson?" She took a step forward, trying her best to suppress her anger. "You are now waiting for your fiancé to pass the imperial examination in the future, right? But think about it carefully, which noble official in the capital would keep a mistress who doesn't treat bastards as human beings?"

Li Shuyue finally reacted. Yes, ordinary officials could not tolerate such a mistress, let alone Jiang Lin becoming a prince in the future?

She didn't dare to speak, but how could Liu tolerate her daughter suffering such injustice? After breaking free from Li Zhengkang's hands, she pushed Li Qingqian away and held Li Shuyue in her arms.

"You said that my Shu Yue doesn't treat illegitimate children as human beings, but what about you? You beat your sister just because of an unborn child whose gender you don't even know? You are really crazy!"

Li Qingqian snorted coldly, "Mother, instead of blaming your daughter, why don't you explain clearly to your father what you have done. After all, there is a saying that if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. If your daughter is unruly, how can you, as a legitimate mother, stay out of it? Mother, which one do you choose first, harming the illegitimate children or withholding the wages?"

Who should I recognize? Liu can’t recognize any of them!

She raised her chin high and denied it outright: "I didn't do anything. This cunning slave deliberately framed me! She obviously said that just to get more money. This cunning slave should be beaten out!"

After hearing this, Aunt Zhao said angrily, "I didn't lie! I have kept records of all the money I lost this year! Master and Miss Three can also send someone to check the place where my daughter was buried!"

"Don't bother with that," Li Qingqian said to Li Zhengkang. "My daughter started checking the accounts yesterday and found many discrepancies in the public accounts. Father can also ask other people to find out which of the monthly allowances distributed by mother over the years are not right."