Shi looked at her son who just wanted to get away with it, and she was chilled to the bone after hearing what he said, but she still nodded and said, "It was all my idea. Please investigate it, sir. It's all my fault."

Liu Yanyan looked at the situation in the court, her heart full of surprise. She thought it would take some effort to get them to confess, but who knew they would confess on their own.

Chen He looked at Chen Yi and said, "I clearly heard you say that yesterday. It was you who came up with the idea. How can you have the nerve to let your mother take the blame?"

Chen Yi looked at her fiercely and said, "He, shut up. Do you have the right to speak? I will deal with you when I get back. I think you are itching for trouble."

Chen Heshi suppressed her fear and said, "Sir, it was Chen Yi who came up with this idea. You must not let him go, or my child and I will not survive. Sir, help me! Sir."

Mr. Zhang looked at Chen He in embarrassment and said nothing.

Seeing that he was about to act like a coward again, Liu Yanyan coughed twice and said, "Take Chen Yiniang downstairs to rest." After watching the two yamen runners drag Chen Yiniang downstairs, she spoke again, "Chen Yi, tell me everything you talked about with your mother yesterday, bit by bit, slowly."

When Chen Yi saw this, his legs went limp and he fell to the ground. "Sir, help!"

Seeing that the princess wanted to investigate further, Zhang had no choice but to ask, "Tell me everything that happened last night in detail. Don't make any mistakes or omissions."

Chen Yi wiped his sweat and said, "Last night at midnight, my mother came into my room, pulled me to the main room, and said, 'I think your wife is not pregnant with a son. Her belly is round. I hope she will drown the baby when it is born! '"

"I don't want to. This is not okay. It's a life after all! Besides, my wife's belly is still small, how can I know whether it's a boy or a girl!"

"My mother said, 'How could I be wrong? Your wife is unlucky. If she gives birth to a boy, let her feed him for half a year, then sell her as a pawnshop wife and get some money for you. '"

"I tried my best to stop her, and only then did my mother give up the idea. If it was me who came up with the idea, I wouldn't have brought my wife to the city for shopping! My Lord, please see clearly!"

Chen He was so angry that her face turned pale. She pointed at Chen Yi for a long time before she spoke, "You are lying. You didn't feel sorry for me at all. You just fell in love with my only remaining silver hairpin. You tricked me into coming to the city and pawned it. The shopkeeper and waiter in the alley around the corner of the government office can testify to this. How could you possibly feel sorry for me?"

Chen Yi was about to scold, but Zhang said, "Don't say anything, let your husband finish his words."

Chen Yi said proudly, "Sir, she interrupted me and I couldn't say anything. It was really not my idea! It wasn't me."

Master Zhang said coldly, "How could your mother think of drowning a little girl? There are basically no such things now, and even fewer people pawn their wives. Tell me, how could she, a woman, know about this?"

Chen Yi rolled his eyes and looked at the neighbors nearby and said, "I don't know either! My mother is in the village every day. They must have told my mother. They just thought it was good."

As soon as this was said, several neighbors nearby were furious. "You, don't talk nonsense. I have five daughters at home. I raised them well. How could I possibly say that they drowned?"

"That's right. I have a daughter at home too, and I'm raising her well. Who told your mother this? Isn't this a sin?"

"It was you who came up with the idea. You wanted to frame your mother. Go ahead and frame your mother. Why drag us into this? It's disgusting."

"That's right! How can there be such a person! It's because you idle around all day, eat your wife's food, and use your wife that you don't have the ability to raise a child. You raise your wife, but you still want to sell her to make money. You are so shameless."

Chen Yi looked at the women, his face pale with anger. "What do you know? I don't have any! I am a scholar, and the people I make friends with are all famous people. How could I do such things? You are disgracing the civilized world."

Lord Zhang said coldly, "Shut up! It's inappropriate for you to make such a fuss in the court. Take Chen Yi away and bring Chen Yi's mother, Shi, up here."

Chen Yi was escorted down the courtroom and passed by Shi. He looked at her pleadingly and whispered, "Mother, save me."

Shi saw this, walked into the court, knelt on the ground, and said, "My lord, my lord, it was all my idea. My son never agreed to it. Please check it out. My lord, my lord, it was all my idea."

Seeing that Lord Zhang was hesitant, Liu Yanyan coughed twice to remind him softly, then picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip of tea.

Seeing that the princess had no intention of speaking, Zhang Zhishi continued to ask, "Tell us everything you and your son conspired to do yesterday from beginning to end. Don't miss a single detail."

Shi hesitated and hesitated for a long time before she spoke, "Yesterday my daughter-in-law fell asleep, and my son saw me mending clothes in the living room, so he came over to chat with me and said that his daughter-in-law had a round belly. I said, 'What's the big deal? You can just give birth to the girl and drown her.'"

"My son didn't dare to say, 'Mom, this is not good! This is not good. '"

"I then said, 'What's wrong with that? After the baby is born, I can sell your wife as a pawnshop and make money for you! You can live well for a few years at a time. '"

Zhang, the head of the department, said coldly, "Then who told you about the drowning of the girl and the pawning of the wife? How could you know these things from your village? You can only read."

Shi was silent for a long time before speaking, "My lord, I can't read. I heard about it when I came to Shangji last time."

Zhang continued to ask, "Who came to the market that day? Where did you hear about it? What does he look like?"

Shi's forehead was covered with sweat when he heard this, and he said nervously, "Yes, yes, 5 days ago, there was a meeting on that day."

Zhang then asked, "What time is it at the market? There are yamen runners patrolling the market. I will arrange for someone to ask."

Shi was even more speechless now. "Someone just passed by and heard it when I was buying vegetables."

Manager Zhang said, "What kind of vegetables did you buy? You don't even know this!"

"Yes, it's mushrooms. Yes, it's mushrooms."

Zhang said calmly to the yamen runners, "Go to the West Market and find the person who registered to sell mushrooms five days ago."

Upon hearing this, Shi quickly denied it, "No, no, I remember now, the cabbage I bought was Chinese cabbage."

Manager Zhang said coldly, "Oh, little white cabbages! Not many, usually only a dozen or so, go and invite them."

Shi collapsed and fell to the ground. "My lord, my lord, please believe me, it was really my idea, it was really me!"

Zhang, the head of the department, said, "Don't go yet. Shi, these are all confidential matters. How could you possibly know them in public? Tell me, who would risk going to jail to tell you? Explain clearly."

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