The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 762: Desperately Smearing (3)_1

Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Desperately Smearing (3)_1

Indeed, as soon as the wet nurse saw herself being accused of murder, she immediately began to cry out in protest.

Pei Zongli knew that Lady Chen had no reason to harm anyone; the only possibilities were Qian Wanxiu and Zhao Liniang, who had complained more than once that she did not trust the wet nurse with her youngest son and resented her for the baby’s illness. But if it were indeed the wet nurse’s doing... was she bribed by Wanxiu? It was only her who could not stand him taking Zhao Liniang as a concubine and was jealous of the son she bore.

Seeing his suspicious gaze, Wanxiu felt a surge of hatred and shouted at the wet nurse, "Speak! You shameless woman, were you bribed by Pei Qin and the others!?"

The wet nurse sobbed, "No, no! I didn’t kill anyone! I nursed the young master myself, and I’ve been taking care of him for months. He’s just a little baby; how could I ever smother him?"

But as soon as Pei Qin’s name was mentioned, Lady Zhu quickly believed the accusation, "Wet nurse, confess the truth, did that despicable girl bribe you to do this!?" If it was truly the second son’s wife who couldn’t tolerate and killed her grandchild, she would have acted much sooner. Besides, she had been inside the room the whole time, sitting and talking with them, without ever leaving.

Pei Zongli also began to suspect.

As Wanxiu saw this, her eyes immediately reddened, and tears began to fall, "They are all Zongli’s sons, all capable of bringing glory to Old Pei’s House, and he called me mother too. How could I possibly harm him! I was in the room the entire time; it couldn’t have been me! Ever since Liniang entered our family, it feels like someone has been manipulating things from the shadows. Outsiders haven’t been able to harm us, but our own family has begun to fall into chaos. Wenjie’s... death was just too strange!"

She had already tried to make Pei Zongli neglect and distance himself from Zhao Liniang by whispering in his ear that Liniang was likely a scheme by Pei Yuan and Sister Peiqin, who had deliberately sent her over to harm their family. Although Pei Zongli did not entirely believe it, his enthusiasm for Zhao Liniang had cooled.

Hearing such talk now, Pei Zongli couldn’t help but look at the wet nurse and think, could it really be that Pei Qin bribed her to do it? To make their household suspicious of each other and start a quarrel within, and then she would find the opportunity to bring them all down?

The wet nurse’s words were becoming less trustworthy, for their greatest enemies were Pei Qin and her brother. They harbored hatred for them at all times, could not stand to see them prosper, and thought of harming and plotting against them. Was it not just because Kong’s had opened a noodle and sesame pancake shop in Capital Jingcheng that they wanted to go against anyone with the surname Kong?

Pei Zongli stared at the wet nurse with a chilling gaze, "You’d better confess the truth, or else once you enter the Government Office, you’ll face severe torture. You will still have to confess, only with the addition of unbearable physical pain!"

Magistrate Jiang had two beautiful concubines, both given by Wanxiu. But the wet nurse was truly wronged to death; she had not harmed anyone, nor did she know Pei Qin or been bribed by her to commit the deed. She knelt on the ground, continuously kowtowing and crying out for justice, "...I am innocent! Master! I truly did not harm the young master! Really, I did not!"

"Go call the doctor!" Wanxiu ordered, then turned and walked out the door, heading towards Pei Wensheng’s room.

The door was ajar, it was unclear if anyone was inside. Wanxiu was extremely worried and wanted him to leave quickly to create an alibi, to prevent anyone from noticing anything unusual. Otherwise, her Wensheng would be ruined!

Shu Hua quickly went to fetch the doctor.

"Let the doctor see Liniang first! This blow has been no slight matter, and her health isn’t too good. We mustn’t let this collapse her," Wanxiu explained as she turned back.

The doctor arrived shortly after. He was shocked beyond measure to hear that a life had been lost, especially that it was Pei Wenjie who had just recovered.

"Examine Maternal Aunt Zhao first! She fainted just now," Wanxiu sighed.

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