The Marquis Is Innocent

“Madam, please come.”

A servant woman who served beside Mrs. Xu came over and said.

Mrs. Zhu stared hatefully at the servant who had prevented her from going out and headed for the main room.

When she entered, she saw Mrs. Xu was the only one sitting on the couch in the room, and her eyes closed as if she was meditating.

Mrs. Zhu stopped a few steps away and looked at her for a while but did not dare to make a sound. She couldn’t hold back any longer after a few moments and asked carefully, “I wonder why my mother-in-law has called me here?”

Mrs. Xu slowly opened her eyes and stared at Mrs. Zhu with one eye but never said a word.

Mrs. Zhu’s heart jumped with fear.

“If you don’t know, I’ll tell you as an elder. Bring everything in and show it to her, Old Zhong.”

Mrs. Xu said lightly.

Old Zhong answered, went inside, and laid the things on the floor in front of Mrs. Zhu.

On the left was a plate with a dead fish, and on the right was a human doll. Dark blood tinged the brow’s doll, looking odd and eerie.

As soon as Mrs. Zhu glanced at the doll, her face turned pale.

“These fish have been kept in the tank in the courtyard for several years. I poured your Dragon Beard noodles into the tank, and the fish died of poison and turned white.”

“This voodoo doll also found in your house matches Old Madam’s birth date!”

“How dare you attempt to harm Old Madam like this? Your malicious intentions are unbelievable!”

Old Zhong’s voice came out coldly word by word.

Mrs. Zhu’s eyes opened round. Her eyes moved several times from the dead fish to the doll and then back to the dead fish. She began to tremble, shaking, and almost could not stand her legs. Suddenly, she let out a sharp cry and fiercely threw herself to the ground.

“It’s not me! Mother-in-law! How could the noodles I brought here have poisoned the fish? It must be a mistake! The birth date on the doll, I was framed too! You’re not the one I wanted to kill! How dare I do anything to you? I didn’t want to harm you, mother-in-law, believe me.”

Mrs. Zhu kept crying out.

Mrs. Xu’s face had no trace of anger, her expression was calm, and she only looked at her with pity.

“I didn’t make the noodle! The poison in the noodle is not mine! Old Jiang asked me to bring the noodle for you to eat!”

As if she suddenly thought of something, Mrs. Zhu hurriedly said, “Get Old Jiang over here! She must know! She can testify for me!”

Old Zhong said, “Old Jiang has confessed just now. The poison in the noodles, it’s you who asked her to get it from the wife of the country marquis to put it in the noodles, to kill the Old Madam. She also confessed you were afraid of not being able to poison Old Madam and asked your niece to go to the Great Witch and ask for this doll and cast a spell on it! What else do you have to say?”

As if struck by lightning, Mrs. Zhu paled, couldn’t catch her breath, and fell to the ground. After regaining consciousness, she cackled twice in her throat and hissed, “Let that old devil woman come! I’ll tear her apart! How dare she set me up like this! She told me to bring the noodles to you, mother-in-law! I clearly remember the doll had the birth date of the Qiao girl on it! It wasn’t you, mother-in-law! That old devil set me up!”

Suddenly, Mrs. Zhu got up from the ground with a bolt.

“I didn’t expect to curse Qiao’s girl, but that old devil woman urged me to do so! I wouldn’t dare to harm you, mother-in-law! Mother-in-law, you have to clarify for me! You can’t let me take the crime ……”

Once Mrs. Xu heard the words ‘intended to curse Qiao’s girl’ come out of her mouth, a shadow swept across her eyes.

She brushed her hand in the direction of the door.

Old Zhong understood. Two servants quickly entered and forcibly took Mrs. Zhu, whose rolling on the ground and crying out injustice, down.

The two servants were able to get her off the floor, but her cries seemed to circle in the room, echoing for a long time.

Mrs. Xu sat fixedly there, not saying a word. Suddenly, she closed her eyes, and her body swayed slightly.

Old Zhong kept looking at her. When she saw this, she went up in a panic and held her up.

“This servant will help you to lie down! Call Dr. Leling to come!”

……

At night, the Wei Manor seemed peaceful.

The doctor had come during the day.

Mrs. Xu woke up, and Old Zhong served her a few sips of water. Her spirit slowly recovers.

The cat curled up on the edge of her bed, drowsy with its eyes closed.

Mrs. Xu lifted her hand to pet the cat and asked Old Zhong at her side: “Before Old Jiang killed herself in fear of sin, she insisted Mrs. Zhu instruct her?”

Old Zhong said: “This servant had done a great deal of torture. The only thing she said was Madam instructed her. This servant also sent someone to detain Zheng Shu. Zheng Shu confessed Madam intended to seek the great witch to impose the cursed method.”

“It is this servant’s negligence. I didn’t think Old Jiang would die so soon after touching the wall.” Old Zhong blamed herself.

Mrs. Xu’s hand rested on the cat’s back for a moment and suddenly said, “Do you think, with Mrs. Zhu’s courage, she would dare to plot against me like this?”

Old Zhong hesitated and said. ” Old Jiang confessed Madam instructs her to obtain the snake poison from the Country Marquis’ wife surnamed Li. However, according to Lady, it seemed Old Jiang intended to manipulate Madam.” When she saw Mrs. Xu looking over, she said, ” I sent someone to detain the Country Marquis’ wife, but I didn’t expect she didn’t wake up this morning. The maids thought she was asleep and went into the room. They saw her eyes were open, and her mind seemed clear, but her hands and feet were paralyzed. She couldn’t speak like she was suffering from a wind disease. They called a doctor, but the doctor could do nothing about it. Now she is lying like a living dead person.”

Mrs. Xu frowned: ” How could there be such a coincidence?”

“This servant also thinks it is a coincidence. I have ordered the Yuyang Magistrate to investigate the case.”

Mrs. Xu’s hand slowly continued to touch the cat. The cat woke up, stretched, leaped out of bed, and went out of the room.

Mrs. Xu watched the cat’s back, and a hint of softness gradually appeared in her gaze.

“Where is my granddaughter-in-law?”

She suddenly asked.

Old Zhong said: “When Old Madam went to sleep in the evening after drinking the medicine, Lady was still here. I persuaded her to go back and come back in the morning.”

“If she hadn’t come in time this morning, alert and prepared, I’m afraid I would have been killed by the hand of my foolish daughter-in-law!”

Mrs. Xu looked away for a moment and said.

“It’s good for Old Madam to be positive, don’t get angry and hurt yourself.”

Mrs. Xu slowly shook her head: “You do not know. What anger did I have? Although I have lost my children and grandchildren, my family is miserable, and I am getting old. But not only do I have Shao’er, but I also have such a Qiao daughter as my granddaughter-in-law. There is a loss, there is a gain, and the way of heaven is always turning. I should be content.”

……

The day started in the morning, and one after another, too many things happened.

Xiao Qiao dragged her tired legs back to her room. She took a bath, flung herself onto the bed, and closed her eyes.

Grandmother’s death in her previous life had finally passed without any danger.

After this disaster, Grandmother and Old Zhong must be careful of the future. It would be difficult for the black hand to reach the Wei family to strike again.

Although there are still regrets about the outcome, at the very least, she doesn’t have to worry someone will kill Grandmother in the future.

Xiao Qiao felt satisfied.

She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.