Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 1269 - 1275: The Truth Revealed (4)

Nanny Wang knelt in the center of the courtyard, before Young Master Mo Zili, and produced a purple jade pendant, saying, "Reporting to Young Master Li, Wang Cai’s words are entirely true. This is the jade pendant Miss Du bribed me with. She also gave Nanny Zhang a pair of purple jade earrings, which Zhang has given to her daughter-in-law. You may search for them."

Mo Zili turned his face, eyeing Du Wanqing with a venomous gaze filled with loathing, and said coldly, "We’ve come to this point, what more do you have to say?"

Seeing this, Du Wanqing knelt down, crying, "Zili, I’ve always been generous with the servants when I was at home. Even if I gave them a few pieces of nice jewelry, how does that prove anything? Could giving them a little something count as bribery, as evidence of my engagement in criminal acts? If you want to convict me, you need to produce some decent evidence at least!"

"I have evidence!"

An elderly yet authoritative voice came from outside, and everyone looked in its direction. At the door, four maids carried in a sedan chair; the Old Madame sat within, her face thin with anger.

Behind the sedan chair followed a smaller chair carried by two people, with Lady Wu, the Eldest Madam, sitting in the middle, and behind her a dozen maids and nannies flooding into the Cool Autumn Pavilion.

Mo Zili, seeing his grandmother and aunt had arrived, dropped the malevolent look on his face, rose to greet them, as Yingyu hurriedly led a little girl into the room to move chairs for these two influential figures to sit.

Wang Cai, seeing the Old Madame, cried loudly while crawling over, kowtowing continuously, "Grandmother, I know you are a devout Buddhist, I beg for your kind and merciful leniency on my behalf, I know my mistake, and I dare not do it again..."

The Old Madame shot Wang Cai a harsh glance and said, "Was it you, you dog slave, who colluded with that gang of cursed bandits and tried to kill my granddaughter-in-law?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Cai hastily pointed at Du Wanqing and said, "Old Madame, it was all her, she instructed me to do it, she said the Young Master disliked the Young Madam and has already tacitly allowed me to take action. Otherwise, not even ghosts dragging my hands could make me commit such an atrocious act!"

Du Wanqing, in a panic upon hearing this, retorted, "You’re talking nonsense. It’s because I did not plead for you after you were demoted, you’ve held a grudge in your heart, and you’re deliberately framing me..."

"Quiet, all of you!"

Old Madame commanded with full authority, slowly taking a seat, speaking coldly, "It takes two hands to clap; neither of you are good, and there’s no use in denying; even if you try to clear your name, you can’t; I have already thoroughly investigated the affairs you two have meddled with, and neither of you can run. It’s laughable to me; I’ve lived for over seventy years and this is the first time I’ve heard of slaves and concubines daring to kill their masters. What an eye-opener, and the people all over the world have gained insight as well."

Upon hearing this, Mo Zili quickly knelt down, with a pained heart, saying, "I am guilty, I failed to discipline my household strictly, once again tarnishing our Mansion’s reputation!"

The Old Madame scolded, "Of course you are guilty, as a descendant of the Mo family, you have violated our ancestors’ teachings, indulged in lust for women, causing the century-old reputation of our Duke Li Guo’s Mansion to be destroyed, drawing public condemnation; through your foolishness and lack of judgment, your daughter-in-law suffered greatly and fled the house, nearly suffering a tragic death outside; your negligence led to the innocent death of Nanny Xie, and the century-long friendship between the Mo and Wu family is nearly ruined by your hand, today I shall let you open your eyes and see, the woman whom you’ve betrayed your ancestors’ instructions and turned against your wife for, what kind of goods she truly is."

After speaking, she turned to her leading maid, Ming Yue, "Go, bring out the evidence!"

"Yes!" Ming Yue agreed, giving a look to another maid, who immediately went out.

Du Wanqing’s heart pounded with apprehension; she didn’t know what evidence the Old Madame had found, but she knew one thing, the Old Madame had spent a lifetime in the back house, acquiring wisdom, her tricks might deceive Mo Zili, but it’s probably impossible to deceive the Old Madame!

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