Chapter 1: Hou Fu's eldest son【21】
The Marquis of Weining sat on the throne and looked at Aunt Zhang indifferently: "Miss Zhang, do you know the guilt?"
Aunt Zhang knew that what she had done was found out by her wife, and there was absolutely no possibility of denial, but she glanced at her silent son Fu Yuanze, who was kneeling beside her. After all, she did not have the courage to admit her crime in front of her son.
So Concubine Zhang's silent resistance made Wei Ninghou feel angry, and he said coldly, "Someone! Lock Mrs. Zhang in the woodshed!"
Mrs. Weining Hou asked, "Master Hou, with all the evidence, why not deal with it earlier?"
Wei Ninghou said, "It's impossible for Aunt Zhang to do this alone. There must be a lot of people helping her. I want to pull out these guys who dare to murder my son one by one!"
Although Mrs. Weining Hou found out about Aunt Zhang, the evidence was not so complete, because as soon as she found out about Aunt Zhang's suspicion, she couldn't wait to start the interrogation of Aunt Zhang, the culprit, and didn't care about checking those little scumbags.
Wei Ninghou, however, was unwilling to let go of those little scoundrels who were making things easier for Aunt Zhang.
After all, this Marquis Mansion is Weining Marquis Mansion, and Weining Marquis is the owner of the entire Marquis Mansion.
This investigation has really uncovered a lot of servants who took advantage of Aunt Zhang to inform her about the convenience of the business. These servants may not know what Aunt Zhang is going to do, but they just see that it is convenient for money eyes to open up, such as helping Aunt Zhang brought back some medicinal materials from outside the mansion, and the convenience of this trip gave Aunt Zhang the opportunity to poison the prince.
These people are all accomplices. After Weining Hou found out, one of them was counted as one, and they were all arrested without letting go.
These servants signed a death contract with the Hou Mansion, and their lives were in the hands of the Hou Mansion, so Wei Ninghou did not have to send them to the officials, and could directly punish them.
Wei Ninghou spelled out the whole process of Aunt Zhang's assassination of Yuan Jia from the confessions of these servants. Aunt Zhang, who was a little proficient in pharmacology, knew what herbs were compatible with the herbs for the treatment of wind and cold, so she entrusted someone to bring in some of them from outside the mansion. Harmless medicinal herbs, and then take out the remaining medicinal herbs from the medicinal herbs he has accumulated, grind them all into powder, and send someone to put the medicinal powder into the medicinal soup while the kitchen is making soup for Yuan Jia.
Aunt Zhang was the maid beside Weininghou's deceased mother, and was given to Weininghou as a concubine by the old lady when Mrs. Weininghou was pregnant.
After the death of the old lady, the people who served by the old lady also had a bit of face in Weining Hou, so those people still have a position among the servants of the Hou mansion, and Aunt Zhang relied on the relationship with them who served the old lady together. , I begged them to be convenient, and transferred the person who was guarding the medicine soup in the kitchen at that time...
After the Weininghou found out the ins and outs of the matter, the anger in his heart grew more and more.
At this time, the big butler of the Hou residence came to report: "Master Hou, the second master is still kneeling outside and has not gotten up."
Wei Ninghou, who was burning with anger in his heart, sneered: "He thought he could threaten me with this method? Then let him kneel!"
The big housekeeper bowed his head and sighed secretly in his heart. The second young master just bumped into the most angry moment of the Hou Ye, and he couldn't ask for mercy.
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Ever since she learned that Mrs. Weining Hou was furious and investigated who was behind the drug Fu Yuanjia, Luo Qing knew that Concubine Zhang would be finished soon.
She didn't feel sorry for Aunt Zhang, but she was just glad that she knew that the mother-in-law of the previous life was not easy to fool, so she did not dare to take action herself, but suggested that Aunt Zhang would take action.
If Aunt Zhang failed, she could not be implicated.
It was after learning that Aunt Zhang had failed to take action against Fu Yuanjia, and Luo Qing felt that Aunt Zhang was really stupid. If she wanted to take action, she should take action against the child of Brother Yuan. Died, and as soon as Brother Yuan died, could Fu Yuanjia's condition worsen and then die?
Concubine Zhang was arrested after the incident. Luo Qing kept her safe and hid away in her own room. She took care of the children in her own room.
On the other hand, Fu Yuanze still had some mother-son affection for Aunt Zhang, so he couldn't afford to kneel down in Weininghou's study, just to plead for his biological mother.
Fu Qinglian also wanted to ask her father Weininghou to intercede, but unfortunately Mrs. Weininghou stopped her. She didn't even have the chance to see Weininghou, let alone go to the study and kneel outside the study like her brother Fu Yuanze to beg for mercy.
Fu Qinglian had to secretly go to the firewood room to visit Aunt Zhang. There were not many guards outside the firewood room. After all, Aunt Zhang had nowhere to go when she ran out of the firewood room. Weininghou and Mrs. Weininghou were not worried about her escaping.
Fu Qinglian quietly avoided the guards and brought some snacks to Aunt Zhang.
When Aunt Zhang saw her daughter, she was also a little excited: "Qinglian, why are you here? Be careful if the lady catches you to visit me, and the lady takes this opportunity to punish you!"
Fu Qinglian looked at her biological mother's messy appearance with messy hair and clothes, and whispered a little choked up: "Don't worry, auntie, I got it secretly, I'll leave right away, and I won't be found."
Aunt Zhang urged: "Then go away! Don't worry about Auntie, and listen to your brother's words in the future, you know?"
Fu Qinglian's eyes were red: "Brother, he is still kneeling in front of the study to beg father, but father has never been willing to see him..."
Aunt Zhang felt a chill in her heart and was silent for a while before she said, "Go back! Don't come again..."
Fu Qinglian heard the voices of the guards walking outside, and she didn't care to say a word to Concubine Zhang, so she hurried away.
After Fu Qinglian saw her mother's embarrassed appearance in the firewood room, she felt more urgent to save her mother. Seeing that her brother Fu Yuanze's pleas had never progressed, Fu Qinglian summoned the courage to find her sister-in-law Fang Yan.
"Sister-in-law, I, I know my aunt is sorry for eldest brother, but isn't eldest brother all right? Please forgive my aunt!"
Fang Yan looked at Fu Qinglian with a timid expression in front of her, and almost laughed angrily after listening to her words.
In the past, she had no contact with Fu Qinglian, a concubine sister-in-law. She only felt that she was introverted and timid. Now it seems that she is not introverted and timid, but has a brain problem.
"Why do you beg me and my husband to forgive someone who almost killed my husband?"
Is attempted murder a crime?
Fu Qinglian's big bright eyes showed disappointment: "Auntie is already like this, what do you want from her? Big brother is all right, why don't you want your auntie to pay for her life?"
"How to deal with Concubine Zhang is up to my father! What do you mean by looking for your sister-in-law?" Yuan Jia pushed in the door, and her eyes fell on Fu Qinglian indifferently.
Her eyes that were as cold as a cold knife fell on Fu Qinglian, causing her to shiver for a moment, and then she left in a subconscious, uneasy farewell.
For some reason, in front of her eldest brother, she just didn't dare to talk much, she was more afraid than seeing her father.
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After Fu Qinglian left, Yuan Jia walked over to Fang Yan and sat down, and said with a smile, "If you don't want to see it, don't see it. No one will talk if you don't show her face at this time."
Fang Yan shook her head helplessly and said, "I thought Fu Qinglian was here to apologize on behalf of Aunt Zhang, but..."
At this time, Mo Yan suddenly rushed to report: "Master Shi! Young Madam! Concubine Zhang hanged herself!"
Yuan Jia was slightly startled: "Aunt Zhang committed suicide?"
Fang Yan was also stunned for a while before she regained her senses and sighed, "It seems that she did this for her children..."
Aunt Zhang attempted to murder Yuan Jia. According to Mrs. Weininghou's idea, it would not be an exaggeration to directly kill her, but Weininghou always had to take into account the feelings of Fu Yuanze and Fu Qinglian, and the treatment of Aunt Zhang would definitely not lead to death. At most, he would be imprisoned for a lifetime, or he would be exiled to Zhuangzi and never return to the palace.
But I didn't expect that before Wei Ninghou issued an order for punishment, Concubine Zhang committed suicide.
Fu Yuanze, who was kneeling outside the study, also received the news. After learning that Aunt Zhang had committed suicide, Fu Yuanze's eyes darkened and he fell down.
Wei Ninghou heard the news of Concubine Zhang's death, and sighed slightly: "Since everyone is dead, let her go to earth for safety!"
Originally, Wei Ninghou planned to keep Aunt Zhang's life in consideration of a pair of concubine children, lest the two children, Fu Yuanze and Fu Qinglian, resent him.
I didn't expect Aunt Zhang to commit suicide... At this time, Wei Ninghou had to consider what Fu Yuanze and Fu Qinglian thought after Aunt Zhang committed suicide. Would they think that Aunt Zhang was forced to death?
After Aunt Zhang died, there was naturally no funeral. After all, she had just drugged and wanted to assassinate Yuan Jia. Mrs. Weining Hou refused to give Aunt Zhang a funeral and wished to throw her bones at the mass grave.
After Concubine Zhang was buried, Hou Weining proposed to separate the family.
Originally, the parents were not separated, Weininghou and Mrs. Weininghou were still alive, and there was absolutely no reason for the Weininghou mansion to separate.
However, Weining Hou Xin knew that because of Aunt Zhang, his direct son and concubine could be said to be enemies. If the family is not separated, the relationship between the brothers will only get worse. It is better to separate Fu Yuanze from the house. Leave some incense here.
Yuan Jia and Fang Yan sat together and looked at Wei Ninghou who proposed to split the family, slightly surprised, but they accepted it well.
It would be good to separate the troubled second room, so as not to live under the same roof with the person who likes to be jealous of himself, and the other party may do something crazy at any time.
But this news was a bolt from the blue for Fu Yuanze and Luo Qing.
Luo Qing was a little shocked when she saw Yuan Jia, who looked so good and didn't feel sick at all. When she was still wondering why Yuan Jia didn't die early, Wei Ning Hou Meng suddenly threw a bolt from the blue.
Split up? Will she and Fu Yuanze be separated from the Hou residence by Weining Hou?
Now that Fu Yuanze has not taken the township examination, he is not even a master, but a little scholar. In this big capital, what is a little scholar? After the separation of the Hou Mansion, wouldn't she want to be a flat-headed commoner?
After Luo Qing recovered from the shock, she immediately objected: "We can't separate the family!"
When everyone's eyes were focused on her, Luo Qing said with an uncomfortable expression: "My parents are here, regardless of the family."