The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity-Chapter 642 - 605: Reversal (First Update)

Song Wei took out a letter, a commission letter.

The letter was very brief, and it wasn’t difficult to discern from the wording that it was written under urgent circumstances. The letter entrusted Wen Guangping to take care of his already pregnant wife.

The signer was Lu Xingzhou.

Song Wei handed the letter to Mrs. Xiao Liu, asking her to show it to the ladies.

Mrs. Xiao Liu glanced at the contents of the letter herself, her face showing some confusion, as if she didn’t quite understand.

Su Yi, with a pale face, said, "Give it to me, let me see!"

The facts were irrefutable; she didn’t believe that with the evidence so clear, that wretched Zhao Xunyin could still turn things around!

Mrs. Xiao Liu took two steps forward, but Su Yi, eager to know the contents of the letter, couldn’t wait for her daughter-in-law to approach, so she stood up to receive it directly.

Because it was a critical moment, everyone consciously overlooked Su Yi’s somewhat abrupt action, and pairs of eyes fell on that yellowed paper.

After looking at it, Su Yi first narrowed her eyes and frowned, then looked at Song Wei with sarcasm, "What does Mr. Song mean by this? Trying to trick us with a casually forged letter?"

Song Wei responded calmly, "Whether it’s a forgery or not, in a moment let the Duke identify the handwriting and the era of this letter to find out."

Su Yi couldn’t respond, so she could only glare at him angrily.

Then, Mrs. Xiao Liu took the letter from her mother-in-law’s hand and passed it to the ladies.

The contents of the letter indeed were a commission, and the tone was quite urgent. It was unknown what exactly Lu Xingzhou had encountered at that time.

After reading the commission letter, Mrs. Ruan was full of confusion, "If this letter was indeed penned by the former Prince Consort, then the person entrusted is Wen Guangping. Why would the letter appear in Mr. Song’s hands? Doesn’t this seem unreasonable?"

By this time, the ladies in the room had almost finished reading the letter, and it returned to Song Wei. He looked at Aunt Song and explained, "Aunt didn’t lie. When Wanwan was three years old, the Eldest Princess indeed personally handed her daughter to me, and at that time, she told me everything."

"The Eldest Princess once had a mutual affection with Second Young Master Lu of the Lu Family, but this feeling was not approved by the Empress Dowager, mainly because someone had been obstructing it all along. Later, they even resorted to using the Empress’s family influence to request the Empress Dowager grant a marriage. That’s how the Su Family and the Lu Family’s marriage alliance came about."

As soon as the words fell, someone couldn’t help but gasp.

The younger generation may not know, but the older ladies had all heard about this marriage back then, and they even attended the wedding banquet of the two families at that time.

Although the groom should have been Lu Xingzhou, Second Son of the Lu Family, he ran away halfway, leaving the Lu Family no choice but to have the eldest son, Lu Pingzhou, who had not yet married, take his place.

"Halfway groom," this matter had caused quite a stir back in the day.

Lu Xingzhou was scorned for being irresponsible and causing trouble to his family, delaying the bride.

Regarding this matter, the "bride" Su Yi had always been portrayed as the victim.

Now, hearing Song Wei reveal the inside story, it turns out that the facts were not so? Su Yi wasn’t the victim but rather the obstacle between the lovers? She requested the Empress Dowager to grant her marriage without Lu Xingzhou’s knowledge, which was essentially forcing him. If the person Lu Xingzhou cared about wasn’t her, wouldn’t he naturally flee?

The mystery from back then received an answer, and everyone’s eyes on Su Yi became very complicated.

Su Yi never expected that with just a few words from Song Wei, she would become a scheming villainess. She was embarrassed and humiliated, and she slammed the table with her palm, pointing angrily at Song Wei, "What nonsense are you talking?!"

Song Wei glanced at her, "I am merely recounting what the Eldest Princess said back then. Why doesn’t the heir’s wife wait to hear the full story before reacting?"

Only then did Su Yi realize her overreaction. Her eyelids twitched fiercely, and she sat back down, feeling suffocated and short of breath.

Song Wei continued, "Later, the marriage between the Su and Lu families, many of you may have heard to some extent, the groom ran away."

Mrs. Ruan sighed, "Indeed it was so. I attended the ceremony back then, and the groom was changed halfway."

Since she said so, the younger ladies who didn’t know the truth naturally believed it completely.

"After Second Young Master Lu ran away from the marriage, he was pursued and hunted," Song Wei said. "When the Eldest Princess heard of this, she used the excuse of recovering at an estate to find him. Since they couldn’t return to the Capital, the two hastily conducted a private ceremonial marriage. Not long after, the Eldest Princess became pregnant, and it was at that time they were found by assassins.

To protect the Eldest Princess and her unborn child, Second Young Master Lu acted as bait to divert the assassins and wrote a commission letter before leaving, entrusting a peddler he knew to look after the Eldest Princess.

And that peddler was Wen Guangping.

Second Young Master Lu was forced to flee to the border and joined the military. When he returned in triumph after performing meritorious deeds, it was three years later. Upon his return to the Capital, the first thing he did was to search for the Eldest Princess.

The waters in the Capital were deep, and the Eldest Princess feared her daughter would be caught up in them. So before leaving, she entrusted Wanwan to me. Since she was a princess, she couldn’t reveal her identity and could only escape by pretending to be dead. That’s why, twenty years later, people saw the supposedly dead ’Mrs. Lu’ again."

As he spoke, he raised the envelope in his hand, "As for this commission letter, it was transferred to me by Wen Guangping. Due to the circumstances back then, many people in the village believed he and the Eldest Princess were husband and wife, but in fact, they were not. He feared that someday someone would use Wanwan’s background against her, so when I passed the Advanced Scholar exam and went to Beijing, he gave me this letter for safekeeping.

I didn’t expect that attending a banquet at the Lu Family would drag this matter out. Earlier, when things were tumultuous here, I returned home to fetch the letter to show you all, hoping you’d serve as witnesses."

Song Wei’s account seamlessly matched the witnesses’ testimonies, leaving almost no flaws.

Moreover, the paper and handwriting on this letter looked aged, and unless Song Wei could predict the future, he couldn’t have forged it.

Besides, these are personal details between the Eldest Princess and the Prince Consort. Without someone telling him the truth, how could Song Wei possibly fabricate this?

Mrs. Ruan sighed, "Who were the people chasing after the Eldest Princess and the Prince Consort back then?"

Song Wei smiled and looked at Su Yi, "For that question, we might have to ask the heir’s wife."

Su Yi was already stunned by Song Wei’s words. Clearly, Zhao Xunyin had conceived after an affair with Lu Xingzhou at Old Mrs. Lu’s birthday banquet. When did it turn into her using an excuse to go out and hold a clandestine wedding with Lu Xingzhou?

"No, it’s not like that!" Su Yi loudly refuted, "Song Wei is lying. He has no basis and is trying to confuse the truth and turn things upside down. Everyone, don’t be fooled by him!"

Mrs. Ruan said, "If Mr. Song’s words are fabricated, then why do they tie in with the witnesses’ testimonies? Does that mean the witnesses’ accounts are also baseless fabrications?"

Su Yi was suddenly at a loss for words.

At this time, Jinbao pointed at Mrs. Miao and then looked at Su Yi, blinking his eyes with an innocent and inquisitive look, "Isn’t it right? It’s not like he’s making nonsense, is it?"

The look on Su Yi’s face immediately hardened, resembling a mother cat forced into a corner and ready to strike.

Her mind was in turmoil. To set up this trap, she had spent so much effort and planning. Yet, at the critical moment, a commission letter that shouldn’t have existed suddenly appeared.

This isn’t possible. It’s impossible!

She couldn’t believe it. How could Zhao Xunyin have run outside under the pretense of finding Lu Xingzhou, and when did they perform a secret marriage and Lu Xingzhou used himself as bait to lure the assassins away to protect her?

Determined not to go down without a fight, Su Yi scoffed, "Quite the silver tongue you have, Song Sanlang. Do you think making up a story on the spot like this will confuse everyone and overturn the facts?"

Mrs. Ruan said, "If Mr. Song is fabricating a story, does that mean the testimonies we heard are also fabrications and falsehoods?"

Su Yi was at a loss for words.

At this point, Jinbao and the Young Master Lu Pingzhou had been standing outside for some time, and upon hearing this, the Lord cast a glance at his eldest son.

Su Yi became flustered, fearing how much her husband had overheard, "My lord, I..."

Her voice was firm as her gaze remained unwavering, "It’s not my fault... It’s Song Wei’s slander against me..."

Of all the people in the world, Su Yi feared Young Master Lu Pingzhou before her the most.