lcionline Chapter 202 Good and evil will eventually be rewarded
Chapter 202 Good and evil will eventually be rewarded
Wen Shuyao frowned, not understanding why Old Madam Chu would say such a thing.
Under her gaze, Old Madam Chu said softly, "Yaoyao, the most important thing right now is not to avenge your mother, but to bring down Prince Xin."
"Only when Prince Xin falls can we reopen the investigation into this case," she said, emphasizing each word. "We must make the Dali Temple uncover the truth and get to the bottom of this!"
"I disdain using power to oppress people; otherwise, Zhang would have been dead fifteen years ago." Old Madam Chu's eyes were filled with anger. "What I want is to execute them openly and honestly! I want their heads to be hung at the execution ground as a warning to others!"
All of this could only be accomplished through the Dali Temple.
As Madam Chu murmured the words "Yixianhong," she said, "This long-lost drug must have been obtained by Zhang from Prince Xin."
Wen Shuyao nodded: "That's what the prince and I both guessed."
“Since you’ve brought it up…” Wen Shuyao frowned, and after a moment said in a low voice, “Then I will postpone this matter for a few more days, until… until the day when the Prince and my maternal grandfather return to the capital and capture Prince Xin…”
Her eyes flashed with murderous intent: "I will make Zhang Shi pay! I will make Duke Wen pay! I will make all those who harmed my mother pay with their blood!"
Old Madam Chu patted her shoulder and comforted her, "I waited for fifteen years without any rush, so you have no need to rush either."
"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end." Her voice was deep. "They will eventually pay the price for everything they have done."
"Yaoyao, it's all thanks to you." After saying this, Old Madam Chu looked at Wen Shuyao with satisfaction, "If it weren't for your intelligence, I'm afraid I would have spent my whole life searching for evidence of their poisoning."
As she spoke, tears streamed down her face: "At that time, I felt that Wanqing's death was suspicious. However, when we arrived in the capital, that vile woman, Duke Wen, had already buried her. No matter how many doubts we had, we could not dig up Wanqing's grave and ask a coroner to examine the body!"
"If I had been able to harden my heart and put aside my pride back then, the truth might have come out long ago!" she murmured. "A poison like Yixianhong is the easiest to verify."
By simply looking for marks on the bones, one can determine whether someone has been poisoned.
Hearing Old Madam Chu's words, Wen Shuyao's eyes welled up with tears: "Grandmother, this is not your fault."
“It’s Zhang’s ruthlessness that’s so cruel, and Duke Wen’s heartlessness that’s so cruel.” Wen Shuyao’s words were filled with murderous intent. “If they hadn’t colluded, why would you and your grandfather have been so late in arriving?”
She had long known how many obstacles there would be on the way back for Old Madam Chu and General Chu; otherwise, given their speed, they would have arrived in the capital from the border within three days.
However, the journey was fraught with troubles, and what should have been a three-day trip took a full ten days!
Once the seven-day mourning period was over, Duke Wen couldn't wait to bury Chu Wanqing.
Mentioning this matter, hatred immediately surfaced in Old Madam Chu's eyes, and she said coldly, "Indeed, these two deserve to be torn to pieces!"
"Once this major matter is settled, I will personally go and beat the drum to appeal!" she said through gritted teeth. "I will make the Court of Judicial Review thoroughly investigate this case, and make sure that Duke Wen and Lady Zhang die without a burial place!"
She wanted everyone to know the evil deeds the two had committed, so that their descendants would live in shame forever.
only……
"Yaoyao." She gently stroked Wen Shuyao's cheek. "You are also his daughter. If... if he..."
“So what if he’s my daughter?” Wen Shuyao replied resolutely. “It’s true that I am his daughter, but my mother gave me life, raised me, and loved me. The Chu family has been helping me all these years! Apart from this thin blood relationship, I have no other connection with him.”
"Once this matter is settled, I will go with you to beat the drum of appeal!" she said sternly. "I want him to know that good and evil will ultimately be rewarded!"
As for whether her reputation would be tarnished by Duke Wen, she didn't care.
They're just empty titles; what could be more important than a mother?
She wanted to avenge her mother; she wished she could kill the two despicable people with her own hands.
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Chu lowered her head and sighed softly, "But Yaoyao, your identity is Princess Consort of Jing, and the Prince..."
“Grandmother, you know the Prince’s character well,” Wen Shuyao said solemnly. “He would never stop me from avenging my mother for the sake of a few empty words from others.”
"Moreover..." Wen Shuyao's voice was firm and resolute, "Even if the Prince doesn't allow it, I'm still going to do it!"
"In my heart, my mother will always be the most important person!"
……
Inside the Duke of Wen's mansion, Madam Wen sneezed loudly.
Lin Mama quickly brought over the cloak: "Madam, the weather has been bad these past few days, please don't catch a cold."
Mrs. Wen nodded, but did not leave the increasingly windy corridor.
She looked at the square sky, feeling a strange unease in her heart.
"How is Wen Shuyao doing?"
She knew about Wen Yitong's underhanded tricks, but as Wen Yitong's mother who had always doted on her, she was happy to see Wen Yitong's actions happen—that little slut Wen Shuyao deserved to die anyway.
"Today, many people went to the gate of Prince Jing's mansion to make a scene, but they were all stopped by the guards of Prince Jing's mansion. However, many people threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at Prince Jing's mansion, and Prince Jing's mansion did not dare to send anyone out to clean them up."
"The words used to insult Wen Shuyao were extremely harsh, but the Jing Prince's Mansion, unlike its usual arrogant behavior, actually tolerated them all without alerting the Imperial Guards."
Hearing Lin Mama's words, Madam Wen sneered: "Of course they don't want to alarm the Imperial Guards. After all, the Imperial Guards are no longer under Prince Gui Jing's control. How arrogant can they be now?"
Madam Wen's eyes were filled with coldness and mockery: "It seems that there are not as many guards as before in Prince Jing's mansion. How many guards did Prince Jing take with him when he left?"
"The information our people gathered is that only one hundred guards remain in Prince Jing's mansion; the rest have all gone to the border with Prince Jing," said Granny Lin solemnly.
"Is the news true?" Madam Wen's eyes lit up.
Lin Mama nodded: "Our people counted them themselves outside the city, and our spies in the Prince Jing's mansion also risked leaking information that there are only one hundred guards left in the mansion. The source of the information is reliable, so it should be pretty much true."
"What about the Chu family?" Madam Wen's face darkened at the mention of the Chu family. "Have they made any moves?"
"Old Madam Chu moved to Prince Jing's residence, taking a hundred guards with her," Lin Mama replied. "Our people saw it with their own eyes."
"So what if we bring an extra hundred men?" Madam Wen sneered. "Tell your men to intensify their efforts and continue causing trouble at the gates of Prince Jing's residence."