The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 768: Vengeful Spirit Seeking Vengeance (1)_1

Chapter 768: Chapter 768: Vengeful Spirit Seeking Vengeance (1)_1

The townspeople were all speculating and discussing; those who had gone to Yuanyang County to fetch a cart returned, and soon the news that Pei Zongli’s concubine’s son had been smothered to death spread back, "...they say it was the wet nurse who smothered him, and that wet nurse acted under Pei Qin’s orders, which is why the Master County came here to arrest people for questioning!"

The villagers suddenly burst into an uproar, "Pei Qin ordered the wet nurse to kill Pei Zongli’s concubine’s son!? Impossible! If she wanted to harm anyone, it would be Lady Qian’s son! If it wasn’t for Lady Qian, Pei Zongli and Old Pei’s House wouldn’t have driven Pei Qin and her mother to their deaths."

"Could it be that Lady Qian herself couldn’t stand the sight of the concubine and, fearing her son would later vie for the inheritance, killed her own son, and then framed Pei Qin!?"

Was it Pei Qin who ordered the wet nurse to kill the child, or Lady Qian who committed the murder and framed Pei Qin for it? Without other people involved, it’s hard to say. But the fact that Lady Chen was also brought into this, and she was thrown into prison along with the wet nurse, sharing the charge of murder, led many to speculate whether it was because Pei Qin had heard about Kong’s family and Pei Houli opening a noodle shop in Capital Jingcheng, selling helao noodles, sesame paste, and griddled pancakes, which angered Pei Qin, so she had Pei Zongli’s youngest son killed and then framed Lady Chen for it!?

The various speculations in Yuanyang County were endless, and some even said that Zhao Liniang had killed her own son and then tried to frame Qian Wanxiu for it.

Pei Qin and several others arrived in the main hall.

Qian Wanxiu, Pei Zongli, Zhao Liniang, and Lady Zhu also all came.

The government officials brought chairs over for Pei Qin and Mo Heng to sit. Pei Qian just watched coldly as they arrived; they had harmed her several times before, each time more viciously than the last, and this time she wanted to see how the despicable animals of Old Pei’s House would try to frame them!

Seeing Pei Qin and Pei Qian being offered chairs by the officials enraged Lady Zhu, who glared with bitter fury, "You’re a murder suspect and you dare sit down!?" Even she, the elder lady, had not been offered a seat.

"If you call this lady a murderer, where is the evidence?" Pei Qin looked at her disapprovingly.

"The evidence is that you ordered the wet nurse to come here and kill someone! After the killing, you even had the audacity to incriminate Lady Chen, hoping to exact revenge on our family!" Lady Zhu said through clenched teeth.

"You yourself are pregnant, raising a child, just a tiny baby born a few months ago, how could you be so heartless to harm him!?" Qian Wanxiu accused.

Pei Zongli’s face clouded over with anger and loathing, "Pei Qin! Even if our relations are severed, I am still your biological father, and Wenjie, he’s still your own brother, yet you went to the extreme of hurting him to death! You... you’re utterly heartless, devoid of any humanity!"

Pei Qin’s gaze swept over the three of them, settling on Zhao Liniang, who looked pale, haggard, and full of resentment.

Zhao Liniang didn’t know whom to believe since they all seemed capable of being the murderer of her son, and so she hated them all!

"It can be understood that ignorant women slander recklessly, but I didn’t expect the senior official to be the same as them. It seems you are unaware of the Great Chu law regarding slander," Mo Heng said coldly, glancing at Pei Zongli.

Pei Zongli snorted in anger, "Don’t think we don’t have evidence. Just because you’ve killed someone doesn’t mean you can escape the law! Even a prince who breaks the law is to be punished like any commoner! Better confess quickly! Otherwise, I’ll take this to the Emperor, and we’ll see that you’re brought to justice!"

Pei Qian huffed, "We’ll see if you have the ability to wrongly accuse us again this time! Wait for the charge of slander, the previous Magistrate Huang who falsely accused us, it’s only been a year since he died!"

Pei Zongli’s face turned exceedingly grim, and in anger, he flung his sleeves and had Jiang Benxin begin the questioning.

Jiang Benxin took to the bench and had the wet nurse and Lady Chen brought out.

Lady Zhu pointed at Pei Qin, "She’s the accused murderer, so why is she still seated during the questioning? Even if she’s a Lady of the Imperial Enjoin, she should still kneel!"