Fake concubine, real queen

Wan Shu'er's mind was blank, her lips and tongue were swaying, and she wanted to argue forcefully, saying that Wei Wu'er stole her Bu Yao, but Wei Wu'er was Miss Yan's personal maid in the main courtyard after all, so how could she? Steal into the yard of one of her aunts?

It's okay if you don't say these words, but it's five points more suspicious if you say it, so Wan Shu'er suppressed it when the words came to his lips.

She was feeling hopeless and panic-stricken, but she heard Mr. Fu Yin Qi asking in the hall, "Oh? So, is this golden step really belonging to the Wan family?"

Qi Su paused, thought for a moment, and said: "Madam's things are in the hands of Wei Wu'er, and they are still such precious things. The physical evidence is solid, and it can be seen that they have been bribed and given to each other in private. Wei Wang, you The letter left by my daughter is presented to the court, and I want to examine it."

Wei Wangshi answered yes tremblingly, and raised his hand to enshrine the letter to the Fu Wei. Unexpectedly, the Fu Wei received the letter and before it was delivered to the hall, Wan Shu'er suddenly rushed forward and pulled it away. He took the letter in the hand of the Fuwei, and said: "My lord, this letter is unbelievable. Who knows where this old woman got this letter? Who did she instigate? They intend to frame the concubine, of course. It’s so embarrassing and sensational!”

He Gu was at the side, and when he heard her words, he laughed instead of anger, and said, "Oh? Ma'am, what do you mean, could it be that I bribed Rue Xiang, Yunqian, and Wei Wang's to frame you?"

"If madam says so, why don't you explain why that Bu Yao appeared in Wei Wu'er's hands first?"

As soon as he said this, Wan Shu'er's body froze, and He Laohou, who was holding the step shaker next to him, just looked down at her in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

The Third Highness sitting in the hall said: "Wan Shi, in the courtroom, you are crying and snatching evidence, is it possible that you are afraid that Master Qi will give you a lighter sentence? Chengwei, go."

Cheng Wei bowed his head behind him and answered yes, walked down the hall in a few steps, snatched the letter from Wan Shu'er who was stunned, Wan Shi was startled, but Cheng Wei How can she compare to her micro skill reaction?

Even though she intended to stop it, it was already too late.

She was in a hurry and wanted to pull Cheng Wei's sleeve, but Cheng Wei said coldly: "Madam Hou, please respect yourself."

Wan Shu'er froze. After hearing Cheng Wei's words, her first reaction was not to feel embarrassed, but to turn her head to look at He Nanfeng. However, when she turned her head from this side, she found that Master He was also looking at her——

At this moment, Master He looked at her like this. For so many years, Wan Shu'er had never seen him look at her like this, and his body froze in place.

Cheng Wei took the letter back to the hall.

The third prince said: "Give it to Lord Qi."

Cheng Weiying, according to his words, handed the letter to Qi Su in the hall. Qi Su took the letter, opened it, took out two thin sheets of paper inside, and took a closer look. He frowned without reading two lines. Jump, and said in surprise: "This... this..."

However, Qi Su didn't continue to be surprised for a long time. He watched, and his brows gradually knit into a ball. At the end, his brows were already tightly furrowed. After a long while, he raised his head and frowned at Wan Shi in the hall. , then turned to Pei Zhaoheng and said, "Your Highness, let's take a look too."

The Fuwei took the paper and presented it respectfully in front of Pei Zhaoheng. He took the letter, glanced at it with lowered eyes, and said, "I don't think it's the most important thing. Let's take it down and show it to He Houye."

The Fuwei then delivered the letter again and handed it to Mr. He Laohou.

He Nanfeng looked at the letter handed over by the palace guard, but did not move for a long time. Seeing this, Wan Shu'er thought that he was still willing to believe in herself, so she hurried forward with small steps, grabbed He Nanfeng's sleeve, and said sadly: "Master Hou, they must have forged this thing to harm my concubine, Lord Hou must never..."

Her voice was trembling, tears were on her face, she still had the pear blossoms with rain, and I felt sorry for him. He Nanfeng didn't answer the letter, but just looked at her without saying a word, and asked for a long time: "... ...What happened to Bu Yao?"

Wan Shu'er's back stiffened, and she said in a low voice: "...This matter...I will wait for this matter to go back to the mansion, and Shu'er will explain it to Lord Hou..."

He Nanfeng said: "...explain now."

Wan Shu'er: "..."

Seeing that she was still speechless, He Nanfeng finally understood something in his heart. A strong sense of absurdity and disbelief, mixed with strong disappointment, pressed down on him. The palm-sized face that he couldn't bear suddenly became a little strange in his eyes, and He Nanfeng's heart throbbed violently.

He didn't know where a strong force came from him, and he raised his hand fiercely to shake Wan Shu'er away. After falling a few steps, I almost didn't fall into a somersault.

He Nanfeng didn't care about her, he took the letter by himself, lowered his head and looked carefully——

It was a letter of regret.

Wei Wuer, a sinful slave, because of 1000 taels of silver bills and a few pieces of precious jewellery, betrayed his master and neglected his virtues, resulting in restless conscience and sleepless nights.

The ink marks on Wei Wuer's penitential book dried early, and the curly hair on the side of the paper turned yellow. It has obviously been preserved for a long time. She recounted in the penitential book how she was bribed by Wan Shu'er and changed her baby. The process happened to match what Yun Xiang and Yun Qian said just now, and even the time was not bad at all.

Wei Wu'er's writing was rather scribbled, her wording was upside down, and she was babbling. She seemed to think that she had malaria because she had betrayed the Lord, so she was punished by God. The last few lines were written in a mess. Namo Amitabha, just by looking at the scribbled words, one can imagine that when Wei Wuer wrote this letter of repentance, the appearance of crying and begging God for forgiveness must have been foolish and insane up.

After reading this letter of repentance, He Nanfeng's mind went blank for a while, only to feel dizzy before his eyes, and his throat was sweet. I don't know how long it took before he suddenly heard Qi Su in the hall asking him: "... Lord Hou, He Laohou Grandpa? Have you finished reading it?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Qi Su's words fell, he didn't wait for He Laohou's reply, but saw He Nanfeng's throat suddenly and without warning, "Wow", he vomited a big mouthful of blood.

He Nanfeng was wearing a light blue cross-neck thin shirt today, the color was very light, and it was stained with dark red blood at the moment, which was extremely shocking. Everyone in the hall was startled by his sudden vomiting of blood, and Qi Su was even more stupid——

He didn't intend to try a case to kill someone!

For a while, not only the yamen was noisy, but the people outside the yamen were talking about it.

Seeing this, Pei Zhaoheng frowned slightly. He paused for a while before saying, "...Give Changyang Hou a stool."

Qi Su asked: "Do you want to invite a doctor for Lord Hou?"

He Nanfeng heard this in the hall, but said: "...Thanks to His Highness the Third Highness and Lord Qi for their kindness, I can still bear it, so there is no need to ask a doctor."

He didn't wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, nor did he sit on the stool brought up by the guard just now. He just turned his eyes, stared at Wan Shu'er for a moment, and said: "...you tell me, Cheng'er, it's your child ?"

When he asked, Wan Shu'er's palms were instantly cold when he asked directly. She wanted to force a smile and fool around like she used to, but in the end the smile on her face was uglier than crying.

"Cheng'er...Cheng'er is naturally the child of my concubine and Lord Marquis..."

He Nanfeng closed his eyes and said, "I'll ask you one last time—"

"Is Cheng'er born to you?"

Wan Shu'er lowered her head, her eyes were at an angle that no one could see, she turned around, and finally gritted her teeth and said cruelly: "Cheng'er is naturally my own flesh and blood!"

"Then what's going on... what's going on?!"

He Nanfeng threw the letter of repentance at Wan Shu'er, and said angrily, "Look for yourself!"

Wan Shu'er was yelled at so much that her calves were so soft that she could hardly stand up. The letter had been thrown on the ground by Master He, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and squat down in front of He Nanfeng, picked it up, and was strong. Boldly read a few lines——

After reading only a few lines, her face turned pale with fright, she plopped down on her knees, grabbed He Nanfeng's trouser legs, and cried, "This... this thing is just nonsense! She wrote nonsense. It's just to frame My concubine wrote it nonsense! Master Hou... Master Hou, you have to trust Shu'er! Shu'er was framed..."

He Nanfeng said angrily: "Framed? A dead person, whose life is not long, left such a letter of repentance before he died. How did she know that this letter of repentance would be found five years ago? A person's words are good when he is about to die, she Why should I frame you?"

"But... but this letter... What if this letter wasn't written by Wei Wu'er? What if someone...someone forged it, pretending to be the one who framed the concubine?"

Wan Shu'er was refuting with strong words, but an old woman's angry voice came from outside the yamen——

"Is it Wei Wu'er's handwriting? How can you, a poisonous woman, decide?! Wei Wuer is from my Yan family. If her handwriting is true or not, someone in my Yan family will know it!"

He Gu was slightly startled when he heard this voice, and turned his head to look, but saw that the people at the gate of the yamen had spontaneously made way for a group of people at some point, and the leaders were his grandfather, General Yan, and Nanny Qu Madam Yan, the grandmother who is helping her.

The two elders of the Yan family actually came.

Qi Su was slightly taken aback, originally wanted to ask who came, but just now the old lady mentioned the word "Yan Jia" in her words, so he naturally guessed who the old couple were.

Old General Yan cupped his hands far away outside the yamen, although he was old, his voice was full of spirit, and he said loudly: "My lord, this case involves the old man's relatives and grandchildren, my Yan family also has witnesses, I wanted to come earlier today, But Zhuo Jing and I are getting old, and our legs and feet are really inconvenient, so it's too late..."

Although Yan Jilang had been disarmed for many years, he was also a famous veteran who had served as a diligent king during the reign of the first emperor. Even now that he has no real power, he is still respected by others.

Qi Su turned his head sideways, and said to His Highness the Third Highness: "Since the case of changing babies involves the grandson of the old general, and the Yan family has witnesses, it's better... let them come to court."

Pei Zhaoheng nodded.

Qi Su waved his hand and said, "Let him in."

The mansion guard at the gate of the yamen heard the sound and took away the water and fire sticks, and he let Yan's family and his party come in as promised. As soon as they entered the hall, Nanny Qu knelt down at the foot of the hall, kowtowed to Qi Su, and said, "Master Fuyin, Back then, Wei Wu'er and I, as well as several other maidservants who served the eldest lady personally, signed the body contract together. We have known her for many years, and we all recognize her handwriting. If the adults don't trust us, my old lady will also keep Wei Wu'er's body deed, whether it is her handwriting or not, you can find someone who can read it, and you can know it as soon as you recognize it."

Qi Su said: "You don't need to look for it. I have decent eyesight in calligraphy and ink. I can tell whether it is the same person's handwriting. If so, you present Wei Wu'er's body deed. You can tell when you see it."

Nanny Qu answered yes, turned her head to see Mrs. Yan nodded towards her, then took the box in the hand of the little girl who was following her, opened it, took out a thin piece of paper, and handed it to the guard. Present it to Qi Su again.

Qi Su took the body deed and took a closer look. After a long while, his face finally turned cold, and then he raised his head, grabbed the gavel, slapped it hard, and reprimanded: "The letter of repentance is not related to Wei Wuer's body. The words signed on the contract were indeed made by the same person, and the evidence of changing the tire is now conclusive, Wan Shi! Can you plead guilty?"

Wan Shu'er was slapped by this gavel, and completely defeated the last line of psychological defense. She knelt on the ground without answering, and just started crying. It's so pitiful.

It's a pity that this time in the yamen, Old Master He didn't say a word, Young Master He watched coldly, and the people outside the yamen pointed and talked a lot, and no one felt sorry for her and was tolerant to her because of her pear-blossoming complexion. up.

Qi Su was still handling the case impartially, now seeing her like this, and remembering what this Mrs. Changyang Marquis did secretly under her fragile skin, he really felt seven points of disgust in his heart for a moment, frowned and said: " Above the court! After all, you are also a noble wife, so how can you be so dignified? Hurry up and be quiet!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a small yamen guard ran in at the back of the yamen, whispered something in his ear, Qi Su was startled, and said: "When did you come? Seriously?"

Xiao Yawei said in a low voice: "He just came, and now he is sitting in the back hall."

Qi Su whispered in his ear: "I know, you go down, I'll be nice to entertain you, don't neglect me."

Xiao Yawei nodded, and then retreated.

The words of the two of them were not heard by other people, they only saw that the little yamen guard reported a letter, and the governor's lord looked solemn, Wan Shu'er thought that the governor had obtained some new evidence, and all thoughts were lost for a moment. There is no longer any thought of rebuttal.

He Gudao: "Lord Qi, Wan Shu'er's change of fetus is already conclusive evidence. My second brother He Cheng was supposed to be my brother from the same mother, but she dropped him off and lied that he was her child. He was even more vicious back then. Heart-hearted, with the excuse that there is no medicine or doctor in the mansion, and he wanted to see my mother first, which blinded my second younger brother, but my father still regarded her as kind-hearted. "

"As a concubine, Wan's house was replaced by the mistress' wife and son. It was even more difficult to raise her upbringing. He died of illness, which caused my second brother to become blind. Later, he was promoted to be the first wife. If such a poisonous woman is indulged lightly, what is the law of heaven that no evil will be rewarded?"

"I implore my lord to give a heavy sentence according to the law."

After saying this, he knelt down and gave Qi Su a heavy kowtow.

As soon as he said this, there was a lot of discussion outside the yamen for a while, and the sky was full of excitement.

After all, a concubine changing his wife is a strange case that has been unheard of for a century, and this concubine even blinded the eyes of his original wife and children. The dispute between wives and concubines of a high family may be far away for these ordinary people, so we only put The story of Yizi is a strange tale to listen to, but the imperial examination is the first good way out for men, and it is the only way to reach the sky that ordinary people can see. Blind one eye not only makes people disabled, but also It is to cut off a person's future, this truth is also understood by women, so even these ordinary people were shocked by Wan Shu'er's vicious behavior for a while, and they whispered and talked endlessly.

The He family really lost a lot.

He Gu originally thought that if he showed his eyes like this, the old man would probably jump his feet angrily and become angry from embarrassment, but who knows that he has been silent from just now until now, until now——

He Nanfeng suddenly walked up to Wan Shu'er, lifted Wan Shu'er who was kneeling on the ground, looked at her expressionlessly and asked, "...Why did you use the step I gave you to do that?" wait?"

Wan Shu'er saw He Lao Hou Ye walking towards him just now, and instinctively thought that he had softened his heart again, but after thinking about it carefully, all her actions today were exposed by He Gu, and He Nanfeng could never be soft-hearted again, just He heard him asking himself in doubt.

Wan Shu'er was taken aback by his question and didn't answer.

Mr. He's ravine face seemed to be ten years old suddenly, his face trembled again and again, he grabbed Wan Shu'er's shoulder and asked, "Why did you use that step? Why! "

Wan Shu'er saw that the matter had been exposed, and she also knew that she probably would not end well today. She was already upset, but now that He Nanfeng forced her to question her, she felt ignorant in her heart, and finally couldn't hold back anymore. , Continuing to pretend to be obedient and selling miserably, he simply broke away from He Nanfeng, and said sharply: "I have done what I did, now that Lord Hou knows it, you know, if you want to kill or cut, Shu'er is just without father and mother. No children and no daughters, just a cheap life, hahahaha, am I still afraid?!"

Her demeanor suddenly changed, it was obviously broken, He Nanfeng stared blankly at Wan Shu'er, suddenly felt that at this moment, her face seemed to have become strange, not like the weak love he loved for many years, Rather, she looked like those unreasonable shrews in the busy city east of the city.

He looked silly.

After a long while, He Nanfeng finally came to his senses. Wan Shu'er's appearance is equivalent to admitting that all He Gu's complaints against her are now true, and it is true that she embezzled Meiruo's dowry back then. What he defended and didn't believe she would do, Wan Shu'er actually did it...

How about adding something to Rong'er's snacks and deliberately blinding Cheng'er?

She didn't even bother to deny it, so could it be true?

What's more, Rong'er's dystocia and Meiruo's death have something to do with her?

The more He Nanfeng thought about it, the more he felt cold in his palms and behind his back. His expression gradually became tearful, and he rushed forward and grabbed Wan Shu'er's arm, saying: "I always think it's good...I always think it's good , Shu'er... I gave you the Bu Yao, so you will always think it is good... You use this Bu Yao to do such unconscionable things? Is this how you repay me? How can you call me so embarrassing? How can you be so embarrassing?!"

At a young age, he used to fight on the battlefield and kill enemies like hemp, but today in this mansion, He Nanfeng was already tearing up and down, and there was no dignity at all. He questioned Wan Shu'er, but It seemed to be questioning herself again, asking her over and over again: "Why? Why are you doing this?! Am I not good enough for you? Why are you..."

After listening to his question, Wan Shu'er was stunned for a moment, as if she never thought that he would ask such a question, but when she came back to her senses, she suddenly laughed out loud, and for some reason, there was a three-pointed look in her eyes. Expressing revenge, he taunted: "Master Hou asked me why? I... I am the daughter of a criminal minister and a weak girl. I was bought when I entered the Hou's mansion. I am not even considered a person. I have nothing. No, all the things are thrown away to me like rewarding cats and dogs because others don't want them."

"I don't have any good things. Even if I become the concubine of the Marquis, they all look down on me. What do I have? I only have the silver that the Marquis gave me, and only the jewelry, gold hairpins, and jade hairpins that the Marquis gave me." , Dongzhu, Buyao... What else do I have without these bribers? What else can I use?"

"Does Hou Ye remember? When I was pregnant with the child, apart from these jewelry, Hou Ye gave me a silver note of 500 taels."

"If Master Hou and Yanmei quarreled, she would buy me and make an additional room for Master Hou. She was unhappy and lost her temper. No one ever asked me if I was happy, so she decided my life , I am a bought concubine, a thing, even if I became a good concubine, everyone told me that it was my wife who praised you, so you didn't become a cheap concubine... I thought, right, I should be grateful Should I?'

Wan Shu'er looked at the dazed old He Houye, tears were streaming from her eyes as she spoke, but her demeanor was no longer that pear blossom with rain, but with a bit of sarcasm and cruelty.

"I'm a concubine, a bitch. If Yanmei is a wife, she is different. She is the daughter of the Yan family, the only daughter of the general family, and the jewel in the palm of Old General Yan. Her father is a veteran of the two dynasties and has a great reputation. We Her father was beheaded by the court, and there was not even a grave. Everyone said that the two elders of the Yan family doted on her, that Mrs. Yan ran the family well, and that the Yan family were all loyal servants. My servant sometimes betrays his master, 1000 taels of silver, Wei Wu'er can't get so much for the Yan family for a few lifetimes, how can she still be loyal?"

"I would like to thank Lord Hou for giving me the 500 taels of personal money. At that time, I only had such little possessions. If I hadn't taken the 1000 taels from it, I wouldn't have been able to do such a thing of stealing a beam for a post, and a civet cat for the prince. Ha ha ha ha."

"Everything I do is done with the help of Master Hou. Don't you understand that? Without the jewelry and silver taels given by Master Hou, how could I have such a great ability? Why does Master Hou have to do such a thing now?" , don’t you know Shu’er anymore?”

Wan Shu'er's voice became more and more piercing. She cried and laughed at the same time, obviously her spirit was not normal.

If it was half a year ago, Wan Shu'er's mentality would not have collapsed so easily, but after half a year, she lost all her personal servants, was locked in the yard alone, no one spoke, and ate clear soup and water all day long. He was already in a trance with his sanity, but when he went to the yamen today, he was completely agitated, and his whole body went wrong.

When He Nanfeng heard the last word, his teeth were trembling with anger. The back of the hand he was holding onto Wan Shu'er's shoulder was red with force, his voice was dry, and he wanted to curse but didn't have the slightest bit of strength. "You...why are you doing this? If Mei Ruo has anything to do to you? Even if you hate him and Cheng'er is by your side, how could you be so cruel and let him blind one eye? He was... still... Just a baby who doesn't understand anything, how can you be so cruel?!"

Wan Shu'er pulled his hand hard, and said sharply: "Then what does it matter to me? Why are you so cruel? He was blind in the womb, so what does it matter to me?! Master Hou, don't forget, he Insufficient in the mother's womb, and the eyes are not good when you come out, isn't it because of your brows? Why are you blaming me now?"

"Don't act like this. You are noble, so you are all right? Obviously it was Lord Hou who blinded his son, and I just didn't cure him. Why should you blame me?!"

He Nanfeng stared blankly at her, and after a while he realized that his neck was red all the way to the ears. He raised his hand to pinch Wan Shu'er's neck, but her face turned purple when he pinched her, and he cursed angrily, "You Poisonous woman! You poisonous woman! What can I do to you? I treat you well, I..."

Wan Shu'er was pinched by him and rolled her eyes, obviously she was going to hold her breath.

The quarrel between his husband and wife was like a big drama, and everyone in the hall and the audience were stunned and stunned.

It is also the first time Master Qi has seen this battle. Although it is common for husband and wife to quarrel, but like the old Lord He and his step-wife, half an hour ago they were still in their arms to protect the calf, and half an hour later the husband and wife turned against each other. I can't wait to strangle the other party to death, this... This is really too exciting, if he is not the presiding officer of the case today, I am afraid that he will be like those ordinary people at the Yamen Gate, eating melon seeds with a look of disgust while watching with relish.

Therefore seeing this situation at this moment, Qi Su had no choice but to cough dryly, and ordered the guards to urgently say: "What are you looking at! Go and pull it away!"

Only then did the guards come to their senses, and rushed forward to pull away Mr. He, who was about to strangle his wife to death.

In the back hall of the yamen, Eunuch Wang Zhonglu, who was sitting by the tea table, gave a "tsk" when he heard the movement, took a sip from the tea cup, and said to the little internal official behind him: "It's so lively, you have to take a good look at it." Remember, think about it, how to talk to His Majesty when you go back, so that the talk can be more interesting, don't just listen to the excitement, and then say back that Master didn't mention you."

The little internal official nodded again and again, saying: "Yes, yes, Master taught me, Zhai'er remembered."

The place where they sat, although separated by a door and a screen, couldn't fully see what was going on in the main hall of the yamen, but they could hear clearly, and the screen was also translucent, so one or two people could be seen slightly, and the two were talking. Suddenly, I heard Qi Su asking: "Who is in the hall, tell me your name."

Wang Zhonglu was taken aback, and said to the little internal official behind him: "Go and have a look, who is here?"

The little internal official bowed in response, and hurriedly walked past in small steps.

From the other side of the yamen came a clear answer from a young man.

"Returning to Mr. Fu Yin, He Cheng, who was born late in the Imperial College, is also the second son of the Marquis of Changyang."

Qi Su's voice sounded a little sympathetic: "Oh? Could it be...you are the child who was replaced?"