"Brother Li..."
Chai Qiao’er’s voice trembled a bit. At first, she didn’t believe it when they said Li Qingmu massacred the whole village. Until her brother told her himself, he killed their parents!
At that mont, it felt like the world collapsed for Chai Qiao’er, and she was completely bewildered.
She didn’t know how to face Long Yue, so she could only remain silent and indifferent.
Indifferently watching them fall into trouble, quietly watching Li Qingmu being executed...
But now, telling her it wasn’t true!
How devastating is that? How would she face Yue’er in the future?
"Father, Mother, Father and Mother... no!"
Over there, Chai Tieniu muttered to himself, suddenly sat up, and scread in panic.
His expression was very confused, his gaze sowhat unfocused, he looked around blankly, and saw a handso man in white clothes resembling a celestial being, and a young woman with a fearful and guilty expression.
He recognized her, it was his sister Qiao’er.
"Qiao’er, why are you here? Where is this place? I, I..." Chai Tieniu looked bewildered, at a loss of what to do.
He scanned around, trying to grasp sothing, but remained confused.
"Brother, this is Shengjing City, this is my ho; what happened to our parents?"
Chai Qiao’er still held a glimr of hope in her heart and pretended to ask curiously.
Chai Tieniu, already bewildered, crumbled emotionally when asked about their parents.
"Ah, ah!" He wailed miserably, wishing to slam into a wall, "Father and Mother... they are all dead! Killed by bandits! I... I am useless, I was unable to protect them! I am useless!"
"Brother, don’t be like this, calm down, do you know who did it?"
"I... I don’t know! Those masked n were all in black, I couldn’t see anyone clearly; one stabbed in the stomach and then left laughing."
Chai Qiao’er stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
Big brother didn’t know? But he said firmly before that it was Li Qingmu who did it, so was it so kind of parasite controlling his speech?
The worst outco occurred, and Chai Qiao’er felt she had no face to et Long Yue.
"Right, I rember now! Later on, soone saved , and I heard a voice that sounded like A Mu, I was almost unconscious, my mind was blurred, but I really heard A Mu and his wife’s voices.
Qiao’er, can you tell why I heard their voices, why I am here? Right, where is A Mu? Where is Yue’er, where are they?"
The last illusion shattered, Chai Qiao’er’s face twitched violently, and her body trembled.
Wrong! She was wrong!
Both she and her brother were wrong, they falsely accused a good person, the killer wasn’t Brother Mu, it was soone else. They just happened to pass by to save people and were wrongly accused as murderers!
Thinking of that day, Li Qingmu’s miserable appearance at the execution ground, Chai Qiao’er felt like she could bash her head to death!
"I’m sorry, Brother Mu, truly sorry."
She cried out in her heart but knew it was utterly aningless now.
"Qiao’er, what exactly happened? Why are you..." Chai Tieniu looked bewildered, not knowing why his sister was in such pain?
Qiao’er slowly raised her head, recounting the past events honestly, and instantly Chai Tieniu stood as if struck by lightning, unmoving.
It was A Mu who saved , but I was manipulated into framing him and got him killed!
I deserve to die!
"Brother!"
Chai Qiao’er cried bitterly, the siblings clung to each other, and Duanmu Nan silently watched the scene, gently shaking his head, "If you hold any guilt towards Yue’er in your hearts, you should go and testify at Jingzhao Mansion on her behalf now!"
Chai Tieniu was stunned, yes, he should appeal the case, even if A Mu is gone, he shouldn’t leave with this stigma, his na should be cleared!
Chai Tieniu said nothing more, dragging his still unhealed body, staggeringly ran out.
"Brother, wait for , I’m going too!"
Duanmu Nan watched their departing figures, squinting.
At this mont, good drama should have already started at Jingzhao Mansion, could it be they arrived at just the right ti?
Duanmu Nuan’s lips curled into a slight smile; his disciple was truly perceptive, to discern that the executed Li Qingmu wasn’t the person himself!
Could this be the telepathy between husband and wife?
Thinking of this, his eyes flashed a trace of lancholy and loneliness.
...
At Zhao Mansion’s, public court.
Long Yue had already been brought in, next to her were two corpses. Just by looking at the body shape, one could tell it was Huanhuan and Wang Xiaoliu.
Only because they had been soaked in the water for a long ti, the bodies were already swollen beyond recognition, their original appearance couldn’t be seen.
"Reporting to my lord, these two were poisoned to death," a forensic doctor stepped forward to report his findings.
Zhao ngran’s eyes were cold, having just suffered the pain of losing a son, he had no pleasant deanor for anyone, especially with a murderer, his fury was extre.
He slamd the gavel violently, angrily rebuking, "What a vicious woman, daring to retaliate against witnesses with such a cruel hand! Who gave you the courage?"
"Lord Zhao, these two were not killed by , why fra ?"
Long Yue stood below the court, unafraid, and said calmly.
Zhao ngran was in a bad mood, and being contradicted by Long Yue made him even more irritated. He slamd the gavel twice again, shouting: "You vile citizen, why do you stand to speak to this officer? Kneel down!"
Long Yue: "Lord Zhao, as a Minister’s Wife, I do not need to kneel before you!"
"Minister’s Wife? Hmph, your husband has already been executed for public display, what noble wife do you still claim to be?"
Zhao ngran sneered repeatedly, full of disdain.
Long Yue said in surprise, "Though my husband has been executed, has the Emperor ever dismissed him from his post?"
Uh, just one line, and Zhao ngran was dumbfounded.
He turned back to look at his assistant chief clerk, who hurried off to check records, then reported: "Master, indeed there hasn’t been!"
Really strange indeed.
Logically, such a death-row criminal should have been dismissed from their post first, then tried, jailed, and ultimately executed.
But Li Qingmu went straight to jail without dismissal or trial, so his post remained, and Long Yue’s title as Minister’s Wife remained, she truly didn’t need to kneel before him.
Zhao ngran felt a bitter anger stuck in his chest, neither able to rise nor dissipate, he really wanted to hit soone.
What kind of ss is this!
He got angry, stood up, and scolded: "Soone, this wretched woman dares to quibble! Beat her with the paddle imdiately!"
Just a weak woman without any support, he really wasn’t afraid!
If I hit you, so what?
As Zhao ngran finished speaking, two Governnt Officials stepped forward ready to paddle Long Yue.
Long Yue’s eyes turned icy: "Who dares? The Emperor has not stripped of my title as Minister’s Wife, but you dare to administer a death sentence, does this an you disregard the Emperor? I want to know, who gave Lord Zhao such boldness?"
"You, you..."
Zhao ngran was so enraged he trembled all over, despite her downfall, she was still so fierce, this woman... truly formidable!
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