kingnovel Chapter 496: Cold and shameless, eye-opening
Chapter 496: Cold and shameless, eye-opening
Duke Anguo Fu Peng's petition shocked all the civil and military officials in the court, and also frightened Leng Xian, who was lying on the ground.
Leng Xian was speechless for a moment.
Listening to the whispers of the civil and military officials in the hall made Leng Xian fall into despair.
"No wonder!
Thinking back to the time when Miss Baozhen passed away, many people in the capital questioned the cause of her death;
However, the Anguo Mansion has always ignored the Qinxing Marquis Mansion.
At the time, I thought it was strange—
The Anguo Mansion regards Miss Baozhen as a treasure, so how could they let her die in obscurity?
It turns out that the Anguo Mansion has been looking for evidence all along!"
"Yes, everyone else is suspicious, so how could the Anguo Mansion not be suspicious?
There is just no evidence!"
"Yes, who can bear the thought of a precious daughter suddenly passing away at such a young age, leaving the elderly to die before them?
Besides, at that time, the situation in the Marquis of Qinxing's mansion was like this—
With a greedy and shameless concubine causing trouble, it is unlikely that the wife died of natural causes."
"That's exactly what I said!
Come to think of it, it’s hard for the Duke’s family to have endured for so many years!
The Duke also loves his little granddaughter.
After all, the young lady is still in the Marquis Qinxing's Mansion!"
“That little lady is a poor child too!
My biological mother was killed by my biological father, stepmother, and grandmother. Although I am a legitimate daughter, I am bullied by my vicious stepmother and vicious stepbrothers and stepsisters every day. Life is really not easy!"
"That's right!
Today, the Duke filed an impeachment complaint and finally obtained evidence and found a witness.
Didn’t the Duke just say that the witnesses and the complaint have been sent to the Shuntian Prefecture Government Office?
It seems that Miss Baozhen of the Duke's Mansion was definitely killed by Marquis Qinxing and his vicious mother and concubine! "
"Alas! What a pity!
Such a good girl was ruined by the hands of the wolves and tigers in the Marquis Qinxing's mansion!"
"Who says it's not?
This is the Duke's little granddaughter being picked up.
Otherwise, it will probably be destroyed by them sooner or later!"
"I am very sure of that!
However, if you kill someone, you must pay with your life, and if you owe a debt, you must pay it back.
God knows your evil deeds and you will be punished for them!
The truth will eventually come to light, and those who do evil will never be able to prosper forever!
The evidence is now clear;
There are also witnesses.
Just look at Marquis Qinxing and his mother, concubine, oh, yes, and the concubine who dreamed of marrying into the royal family and becoming a princess, and the concubine who took pleasure in bullying the young lady, and see what their final fate would be! "
"..."
Leng Xian heard every word of the civil and military officials' discussions.
Leng Xian's sweat was dripping in large drops, and had already gathered into a pool on the ground.
His vision went dark and Leng Xian felt like he would pass out if he closed his eyes.
So he dared not close his eyes...
He was afraid that he would faint and before he could wake up, he would be charged with the crime of deceiving the emperor, the crime of killing his wife, the crime of coveting his deceased wife's dowry, the crime of abusing the legitimate daughter who was engaged to the royal family...
All these charges have been confirmed!
He wants to defend himself!
He must defend himself!
If these charges are proven, I will lose my head!
Leng Xian gathered his strength and kowtowed to Emperor Hongde, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I am wronged! I am wronged!
All these charges that the Duke of Anguo listed against me... are... are all false!
I admit that I did use the dowry of my late wife Baozhen.
That's because... that's because after my late wife Baozhen passed away, the income from the Marquis of Qinxing's mansion alone... uh... was really meager and could not support the daily expenses of the mansion;
Moreover, there is a daughter in the mansion that Baozhen left for me;
I cannot bear to see Yue'er without her mother and having to live a frugal life.
Therefore, I think that for the sake of my daughter, even if I embezzle some of Baozhen's dowry, Baozhen will be able to understand me!
Oh, even if I have to use the dowry of my late wife Baozhen, I will try to be as frugal as possible!
Unfortunately, this time the mansion was robbed and the dowry of his late wife Baozhen was also lost!
I am now speechless and speechless! "
Hey!
This is really like a knife stabbing your butt - it really opens my eyes!
After hearing Leng Xian's words, the emperor and his ministers in the Golden Palace all wanted to express the same sigh!
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone so shameless!
Kou Xun, a member of the literary class, could no longer bear to hear this, and stepped forward and said, "Marquis Qinxing, according to what you said, you privately used your late wife's dowry to raise her daughter!
Just now, the Duke mentioned that the two ladies of the Duke's Mansion came to visit their niece and saw with their own eyes -
In order to force Miss Rongyue to destroy her innocence and agree to marry the concubine's rogue nephew so as to achieve the goal of marrying a concubine into the royal palace, the mansion locked Miss Rongyue in the yard and did not give her food or water for several days.
I dare to ask the Marquis of Qinxing, why did you lock a weak girl in the courtyard and not give her food or water for several days...
Marquis Qinxing, are you trying to say that this was to save the dowry for his deceased wife?
Let me ask Marquis Qinxing again, during those days, did you, my mother, my concubine, and your illegitimate children have any food or drink?
Does it mean that saving the dowry of my deceased wife means starving her own daughter?
And you, my mother, concubine, and illegitimate children can enjoy the dowry of the late wife at will?"
"No...it's not like that..." Leng Xian wanted to explain.
"If it's not like this, then what is it like?
Come to think of it, if you were caught by the two ladies of the Duke's Mansion once, then how many times had Miss Rongyue been starved when the two ladies were unaware because you wanted to "save the late lady's dowry"?
It turns out that Marquis Qinxing's so-called plan to use the late lady's dowry to raise the late lady's daughter... is exactly this method of raising her!
The so-called saving of the late wife’s dowry by Marquis Qinxing is this saving method! "