Wishful Things

"Father! No..." Xia Xuan turned pale and shook her head in disbelief.

This is his biological mother, the first wife of his father who shared weal and woe. How could his father...

"Your mother claimed to have been ill for a long time, but in fact she was suffering from madness." Xia Tingzhen's tone seemed to be narrating, more like confessing: "Since your second brother was convicted, this madness has been born - ordered someone to hang you in private It is precisely because of this that I killed Mrs. Lu. Today, I learned that the matter was exposed, and my condition was even worse. I was completely insane. I came here to kill me but failed, so I committed suicide."

At the end of the sentence, he looked at the eldest son and said, "Just tell the official what happened."

"..." Xia Xuan wanted to shake her head, but when she met those eyes, her whole body froze, and the blood in her body seemed to be frozen in the endless cold.

Xia Tingzhen was still looking at him, and said in a concentrated voice: "As long as I'm here, the Xia family will never fall!"

Hearing this almost obsessive tone, out of the corner of her eye she could see scarlet blood gushing from her mother's direction, Xia Xuan shuddered all over, opened her mouth, and answered in a voice that she couldn't even hear clearly: "Yes... "

With his father around, the Xia family would not collapse...

But now that the second brother is gone, what the father owns will sooner or later be his!

He tried to persuade himself like this, but the turmoil in his heart finally overwhelmed all of this.

Thinking back when his mother gave birth to his second brother, he was already at the age where he could remember. He clearly remembered that as the second brother grew up, the father and mother's preference for the second brother became more and more obvious.

It was clear that he was the eldest son, but the person who took all eyes away was the second younger brother.

Before the accident happened to the second brother, even the rough servants at home knew that the second brother was the heir carefully cultivated by his father, and that everything in the Xia family would be handed over to the second brother in the future...

Of course, he was jealous and unwilling.

Even when his second brother had just had an accident, the first thought in his mind was...Finally no one will rob him anymore!

He felt very happy—the second younger brother, who seemed to be impeccable in every way, has become an unbearable person who is spurned by others, and has become the biggest shame in the family.

But this feeling didn't last long.

After the overwhelmed excitement faded away, all he had was a bottomless fear.

The father treats the second younger brother with so much love and value, yet he can do this...

And next, it was the fourth sister.

Even mothers these days...

The reason why he is afraid of this is because he can clearly perceive that the reason why his father did this has nothing to do with righteousness and killing relatives. Just like what his mother said just now, if his father really cares about the word righteousness, under restraint the two My brother will never go that way...

From the beginning to the end, the father's plan... only has the word benefit.

"As for the two wives who made the move at the beginning, they can be handed over to the yamen. They should know what to say and what not to say." Xia Tingzhen finally ordered: "If they don't know, just remind them——"

Xia Xuan didn't know how she responded.

From the corner of his eye, blood was everywhere, and he knelt down with trembling legs.

Xue's breath was still on, his thin body was still heaving slightly, his dilated eyes were wide open.

Xia Xuan wanted to cry, but she couldn't shed even a drop of tears under the pressure of chills.

Maybe my mother was right...

They shouldn't have gone to Beijing at all. In ordinary days, there might be dissatisfaction between brothers, trivial matters at home, and even disturbance of livelihood, but they never came to the point where they are today!

All of this... is because of my father's insatiable desire!

Taking one last look at Fa's wife, Xia Tingzhen turned around slowly, stepped up the stone steps step by step, holding the pair of scissors tightly in her hand, and walked into the study.

His back was straight, his eyes were red but unwavering.

As long as he doesn't fall, the Xia family won't fall——

Yes, so many people want him to die right now, even that idiot emperor wants him to die...

But as long as he can turn the situation around and control the real power, then all of this will be nothing to fear!

No one can decide life or death for him!

...

died.

Another suicide.

In the courtroom, Ji Dong listened to the news brought back by the official, but there was no surprise or ups and downs in his heart.

He has already had people confirm that Mrs. Xue of the Xia family has indeed not appeared in front of people for a long time, but when it comes to madness, he does not know whether it is true or not.

And people are gone, true or false, it doesn't matter anymore.

At this time, the two women in the hall have confessed to the murder of Mrs. Lu, but they did not forget to point out that this was ordered by Mrs. Xue, and the rest of the mansion did not know about it.

unaware...

Ji Dong nodded.

That being the case, he can close the case after a little sorting out.

As for the others, although he has no right to ask more questions, he guessed that Ming Yushi would have a new book to write——

Even though the lord Chief Assistant didn't know about it, he was also responsible for his negligence.

Don't need to think about it, tomorrow morning, with this matter in play, there will inevitably be another encirclement and suppression against Xia Tingzhen...

Oh, no, the emperor may not necessarily attend the early court.

Thinking of this, Mr. Ji couldn't help but sigh.

If the emperor wants to leave political affairs behind, he can leave them alone. If he doesn't want to go to the morning court, he won't be able to go to the early court, but he has to work hard every day for the sake of Xie's family. Is it fair?

Not only was it unfair, but it was even very easy to make people think that the emperor was not worthy of the lives of his subjects - but he didn't have such an idea.

Whether the value in Mr. Ji's eyes is worth it depends entirely on whether the salary can be paid on time.

Those who are loyal to their salaries are nothing more than ordinary beaters.

The two women took the bet, and when they were about to be taken down, the Lu family's wife who had just woken up from the cubicle ran out.

At the same time, there was the sound of the medicine bowl shattering.

"Snapped!"

The master quietly glanced at his lord.

he heard...

Undoubtedly, it was the sound of an adult's heartbreaking.

"How could you!" Mrs. Lu rushed forward, stretched out her hand to pinch the neck of one of the women, and repeatedly asked heart-piercingly: "How can you!"

The yamen servant hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the man away.

The people gathered outside the hall either cursed the Xia family, or left a sigh.

After Xu Mingyi heard the matter from A Li, he just listened to it, and didn't intend to delve into other things.

This matter was not arranged by their Xu family, nor was it ordered by the Wu family.

But it doesn't matter who it is. Xia Tingzhen has offended people and owed more debts than the hair on Tianmu's body.

And their Xu family will leave the capital soon, there is no need to distract yourself from these trivial matters, just watch the show.

The next day, as expected, Xue's matter was prepared as a memorial and presented to the imperial court.

Even though Xia Tingzhen was not in charge of this matter, it is impossible to get rid of the relationship completely, and the faults in personal morality such as connivance and negligence cannot be concealed.

However, just halfway through the discussion on this matter, the eyes of all the officials were diverted——

Dali Siqing entered the palace and brought Yue Pei's confession.

Good evening, everybody.