On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness Chapter 495: 495 Aggressive and Pressuring
Chapter 495: Chapter 495 Aggressive and Pressuring
Suddenly being reminded of Lai Manting’s divorce, Mrs. Feng’s face turned ashen in an instant, “What’s the matter with you all? Leng Yu Yan is the product of Mrs. Zhang’s adultery, yet you do not talk about her, instead, you speak of my daughter.”
Outside the governnt office gate, a woman tapped on the horizontal bar and sneered, “Your daughter is said to have beco a concubine by climbing into Prince Liang’s bed, and now that she’s been divorced, she got what she deserved.”
Mrs. Feng retorted fiercely, “A daughter born of Mrs. Zhang’s adultery, how good can her character be? Yet she was granted marriage to the Crown Prince. If there weren’t so bewitching trick she used, I wouldn’t believe it.”
Soone who flips sides like a blade of grass in the wind spoke up, “Indeed, it was Mrs. Zhang who bore a child with another man, and the child was raised in Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion. This isn’t sothing pleasant to spread.”
Another person chid in, “Which respectable lady would bear children with another man? Unless there’s so hidden reason, could it be that Mrs. Zhang is truly unchaste?”
Leng Yu Yan laughed indignantly, “How exactly did I seduce His Highness the Crown Prince, when I didn’t even know? And while you can insult , you shall not slander my mother!”
All of a sudden, a commoner glared at the flip-flopping person and said, “We’re all born and raised by our parents, who among infants can choose their mother and father at birth? If we could choose, everyone would opt for the Tian Family. You speak of the Commandery Princess’s birth mother, and I cannot refute, but I feel it’s wrong to involve the Commandery Princess’s character in this. In my eyes, the Commandery Princess’s character is a thousand, no, a million tis better than the bed-climbing Lai Manting!”
A scholar-like man proclaid loudly, “At the outset of life, human nature is good.”
At this mont, an old lady squeezed through the crowd and walked next to the barrier, weeping, “Madam Zhang of Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion was such a good person, often helping the suffering common folk, just that alone makes her beyond comparison to Mrs. Feng of today. This old crone, when fleeing to the capital in destitution, survived through Madam Zhang’s kindness, and I did not expect that she’s no longer with us…”
As she spoke, the old lady was covered with tears.
Mrs. Feng scoffed, “Madam Zhang ca from a family of wealthy rchants in Jiangnan, she had plenty of money. If I had as much money as her, naturally I would also do so good deeds.”
“Look at what you’re saying!” the old lady shook her head, “When Madam Zhang was helping us poor folks back then, Aunt Feng was also present. You were afraid that we might accidentally touch your newly made clothes, and your disdainful face, this old woman still rembers it clearly to this day!”
Mrs. Feng laughed coldly at a high volu, “Who knows from which corner this old crone has crawled out, perhaps she’s been bribed by Leng Yu Yan. Ha ha, everyone’s eyes are open. The word of a single old woman is enough to confirm Madam Zhang’s goodness. Even if Madam Zhang often did good deeds, it doesn’t conflict with her adulterous activities in secret.”
Upon these words, the crowd split into two groups, one agreeing with Mrs. Feng’s view and believing that Madam Zhang indeed committed adultery, which sullied her reputation.
Soone even said, “Perhaps she knew adultery was wrong and hence did good deeds as penance.”
Ye Jiu, sitting in a chair, beca anxious, “What nonsense are you all spouting? One must base statents and actions on evidence; on what grounds do you claim your words to be factual?”
Leng Yu Yan spoke up, “Given Mrs. Feng’s argunt today, I suspect that you frad my mother and my Father King seventeen years ago, and even poisoned my mother six years back! You were well aware of my mother’s generous dowry; you poisoned her not only to seize the dowry but also to beco the primary wife.”
“You’re slandering !” Mrs. Feng clenched her sweaty palms, “The evidence of Mrs. Zhang’s adultery is you, Leng Yu Yan. What evidence do you have to prove I killed your mother?”
“The evidence certainly exists!” Leng Yu Yan replied with a clear, light smile, addressing the Capital Mayor Mansion’s Lord Zhao, “Please allow to summon a witness.”
“Of course, you are allowed!” Lord Zhao nodded his head, and imdiately dispatched a governnt official to summon the witness.
“Hold on a mont!” Li Yuyue intervened, “I oversee the capital’s defenses, and this witness had recently caused trouble and was detained by my n. Lord Zhao, before you bring in the person, let Gao Yuan, who is by my side, accompany you.”
Lord Zhao nodded respectfully to Gao Yuan, “Then, I thank you for your assistance.”
As he spoke, Lord Zhao turned to Leng Yu Yan and Li Yuyue again, “May I ask, who is this witness?”
Leng Yu Yan pinched her slender fingers, her voice crisp and clear, “Surely everyone has heard of the renowned Wu’s dical Hall in the capital, where both father and son are doctors.”
Soone said, “Yes, I’ve been there to fetch dicine before, but now that dical hall has changed hands.”
“Wu and his son had been in cahoots with Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion for over twenty years. During this ti, they deceived people of their money, sold off the dical hall, all in an attempt to flee for their lives.” Leng Yu Yan couldn’t help but smile, “And the individual who was duped is none other than the third young lady of Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, Lai Manting. With a fake recipe, Wu and his son tricked Lai Manting into paying 5,000 taels for a consultation fee, not to ntion tearing off her facial skin alive.”
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Feng was flabbergasted. “A fake recipe!”
Leng Yu Yan said indifferently, “Now, Lai Manting’s face reeks, and I’m afraid in a short period, it will be teeming with maggots.”
Mrs. Feng trembled all over, a chill running down her spine.
She found it hard to accept that the Wu father and son, whom she had trusted all along, could deceive them like this.
And what’s worse, she had watched them tear off Manting’s facial skin.
Mrs. Feng’s regret was imnse.
If only she had intervened at that mont, her daughter’s face would not have ended up like this.
Leng Yu Yan continued, “It’s not just that. Wu and his son have confessed that the disfigurent and damage to my figure when I was ten were caused by poison administered by Mrs. Feng and her daughter. What’s more, they also admitted to concocting lethal poisons!”
“Today, Mrs. Feng cos at relentlessly, repeatedly targeting my mother.” Leng Yu Yan suddenly turned around, raising her hand to point at Mrs. Feng’s face, “I have reason to believe that the poison from Wu and his son was put into the soup and food my mother consud!”
“Nonsense! Utter nonsense!” Mrs. Feng jumped up and rushed to Old Madam Lai’s side, “Mother-in-law, you must speak up, my involvent with Mrs. Zhang’s death is non-existent!”
Old Madam Lai dared not make a sound when others ntioned Mrs. Zhang.
For fear that the ghost of Mrs. Zhang would co looking for her.
And now with Mrs. Feng pulling her, demanding she speaks, she clamped her mouth shut, daring not to utter a single word.
Leng Yu Yan watched the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law before her with a cold gaze. The murder of her mother by Mrs. Feng was true, but what exactly had Old Lady Lai done?
If Old Lady Lai wasn’t feeling guilty, why would she be scared now?
An hour later, when Wu Liangjun was brought to the governnt office, Mrs. Feng’s face beca even paler, alternating between shades of green and white.
Like a madwoman, she charged forward, “Wu Liangjun, I have always treated you well, and yet you harm my daughter! Your father and son back then…”
She abruptly stopped mid-sentence.
Wu Liangjun shivered with guilt; Mrs. Feng knew about their father and son deceiving patients for consultation fees. As for the matter of the past, what exactly did she an?
At this mont, he still didn’t understand the situation and decided to bide his ti and adapt as necessary.
Seeing Wu Liangjun kneeling down with bowed head, Mrs. Feng’s mind raced, and she decided to strike first, thus loudly accusing, “It was your father and son who treated Mrs. Zhang back then, and when a life was lost, you should be the ones to take the bla!”
Wu Liangjun’s shoulders shook, Mrs. Feng was actually pinning the murder of Mrs. Zhang on him and his father.
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