Chapter 321: Intercession
Chu Xinyu left, Chu Jiaqi and Chu Jiating also got up and retreated. The room was left with the old lady Chu, four brothers and their respective wives.
After chatting for a while, the second wife had to be busy with something and left first. Chu Hong and Chu Tao and his wife sat down for a while and left, only Chu Zheng and Chu Xiao were left.
Yuqin walked forward at this time and brewed a pot of new tea again. Chu Zheng took it and poured a cup to hand it to the old lady Chu.
Old Mrs. Chu knew that he had something to say, so she took the tea and said, "If you have anything to say."
Chu Zheng thought about it for a while and said, "Mother, why don't you decide on Zhen'er's business before you come back?"
Old Mrs. Chu glanced at him and said calmly: "Are you referring to the matter of resignation?"
Chu Zheng nodded, "There is still a matter of sending him to the official position. Even if she commits a crime, there is no need to kill her?"
Chu Xiao said: "Brother, this matter is not decided by us. Concubine Kang has been collecting evidence over the years, and we have been deceived by Yuan. Even if you have feelings for her over the years, she has deceived her first. Do you still want to plead for her?"
Chu Zheng turned his head to look at him and blamed him, "I haven't talked about you yet! If you hadn't taken out your divorce from that year without authorization, she wouldn't have been divorced."
"Brother, are you protecting her?"
"She is my wife, who has given birth to children for me and has managed this family for more than ten years. She has worked hard without any credit. Shouldn't I say a few words for her?" Chu Zheng said excitedly. When he came back last night, Chu Zhiyi came to him and told him about Yuan's situation in the dungeon. It seemed that there was something wrong with his health, which reminded him of her efforts over the years and her affection for herself. He felt that the Chu family should not treat her like this.
When Chu Zheng heard this, he became a little angry and said, "Where is the eldest sister-in-law of the first generation? She also gave birth to two children for you, so she deserved to be killed by Yuan and the others. If it weren't for Yuan and the others, she would have the ability to manage this family for you in a neat manner."
"Son, my mother was wrong back then, and agreed to let you marry a woman with such a vicious personality."
Old Mrs. Chu thought that she treated her like a daughter, but she did not expect that for her own selfish desires, she would kill her grandson. If it weren't for the good people, she would have the appearance of heaven, and the ancestors would bless her to let her grandson escape the evil claws.
Although he returned from the disaster, he must have suffered a lot of hardships when he was alone outside over the years. Whenever he thought of this, she regretted her soft heart back then.
"Mother..." Chu Zheng was also inconsistent and annoyed that Yuan had done what he did back then. In order to marry him, he actually joined forces with Xin'er to murder Mei'er, and even colluded with a kidnapper and abducted his own son... Then what did he become? The accomplice who killed Mei Ruochu? The helper who instigated her to murder her son?
No wonder the King of Qin has always been indifferent to him over the years. When Mei was there, although he was not very kind and enthusiastic when he saw him, he would call him an uncle. However, since Mei passed away, he has never called him again.
It turned out that he and Concubine Kang had been doubting the cause of Mei's death. Even if there was a will written by Mei's handwritten, it did not dispel the doubt. However, as her husband, he believed that Mei's death was due to dyspawn and excessive sadness.
"Brother, I know that Yi'er went to see you last night and told you how Yuan's family was in the dungeon, but she deserved all these."
Chu Xiao didn't want his elder brother to continue to be confused, so he told him one by one the information he found these days. "Do you know? In order to marry you, Yuan did a lot of things that ruined your relationship with your sister-in-law. Those who said that his elder sister-in-law had already had a lover before he got married, and that after marriage, she had to have a letter exchange, etc. were all fabricated facts and deliberately slandered his elder sister-in-law, which made you feel estranged from your elder sister-in-law."
He felt strange at the beginning. In the years when his elder brother and sister-in-law got married, the two were so affectionate that they felt sorry for each other. After the elder brother and sister-in-law were pregnant, they became a little strange. However, at that time, he was often away and had no time to deal with other things. These things were also said by his wife.
Until the story of the sister-in-law's private meeting with the man came out, although the matter soon subsided, the elder brother's temperament changed at that time. The Yuan family, who had returned to the Yuan Mansion, always ran to the Hou Mansion, and his relationship with the eldest sister-in-law was closer than when he left the Hou Mansion.
It turned out that Yuan started to deploy everything at that time, and even imitated Mei's handwriting and wrote suicide notes. If it weren't for the fact that Concubine Kang suspected the cause of his sister-in-law's death and had not given up on tracing and collecting evidence for so many years, they would have been deceived by Yuan for the rest of their lives.
Chu Zheng looked ashamed and gray, and asked in disbelief: "Second brother, what you said is true? Is Zhen'er behind the scenes of Hei Ruochu?"
Chu Xiao said: "Brother, when did I lie to you?! If you don't believe me, I'll let you see the evidence."
After speaking, he immediately ordered Madam Sun to take out the evidence he collected and spread it in front of Chu Zheng.
Chu Zheng looked at the evidence and his face gradually paled. In order to marry him, Yuan planned to have an affair with other men before and after marriage, which made him lose peace with his wife, and even secretly took action to kill her.
He couldn't say whether he was hatred or resentful, or he felt guilty and blameless. He felt like he was knocking over a bottle of five flavors. He felt like he was floating in the clouds and was inaccurate, as if he would fall down from the clouds and fall to pieces in the next moment.
"Brother, you may not know something. The incense shop she managed for her former sister-in-law was doing legitimate business on the surface, but under the darkness, she colluded with the shadow to illegally operate banned spices. If the King of Qin had not discovered the burning shop in time, we would have been questioned." Chu Xiao looked at Chu Zheng and said, "So, don't blame me for taking out the divorce letter. I did this for the sake of your life and the lives of the Marquis' Mansion."
The room was so quiet that people couldn't sit still. When the old lady Chu saw her son's declining and pale face, she finally felt a little reluctant. She let out a heavy breath and said in a deep voice: "I know you have a good relationship with her, but if you think about Mei, the first Mei family, if it weren't for Yuan's interference and causing you to be in harmony, you and her will definitely be in love for a long time. Yuan's conviction is worthy of her!"
"You sympathize with Yuan, and you should think about your son and daughter..." Old Mrs. Chu said earnestly: "In order to marry you, she dares to abduct and hurt your son. There is also Yu Yatou. Yuan actually colluded with Shadow people and sent a killer to kill her. If it weren't... In short, Yuan is still alive, and you don't need to worry about anything for her, otherwise you really don't deserve to be a father!"
Chu Zheng tried to refute something with his neck in his arms, but in the end he didn't say anything. Everyone has seen the good things that Yuan has treated Chu Xinyu over the years, and it is simply meticulous. But now everyone says that she is a Buddha's mouth and a snake's heart.
Thinking of this, I remembered my son's plea last night: "Father, my mother can't stand it anymore in prison, I'm afraid she won't last three days..."
Chapter completed!