EBE Chapter 133: Wen Xiashu's murder of Miss Sang is exposed
Chapter 133: Wen Xiashu's murder of Miss Sang is exposed
As a last resort, Sang Hongwen had to bite the bullet, enter the mansion, and follow Tian Zhen to the main house in the backyard.
Seeing Yan Heng, who was still as cold and indifferent as before, Sang Hongwen began to sweat, "Yan... His Royal Highness Prince Yan."
"It's Lord Sang. How have you been recently? How come you have time to come to my house today?" Yan Heng said in a light tone.
How could Sang Hongwen dare to say that he was coerced by Empress Dowager Ji?
He lowered his head anxiously, "Your Highness... Your Highness was passing by here, and saw the door of the prince's house was wide open. I also heard that the prince had returned to the capital, so I wanted to come in and pay my respects, that's all."
"Is that all?" Yan Heng smiled. "It seems to me that Lord Sang is here to call for punishment."
"No, no, no, I don't dare, I don't dare..." Sang Hongwen hurriedly explained. Halfway through his words, he saw Zhu Yun, the head maid beside Yan Heng, walking over from the side hall supporting a beautiful young woman.
Yan Heng saw the woman and reached out her hand, "Xiao Rou, this is Lord Sang."
Xia Xiaorou was in the back hall just now and heard Zhu Yun introduce this Lord Sang.
He was the Minister of Guanglu Temple. Two years ago, his daughter was betrothed to Yan Heng, but she suddenly died a few days later.
No cause found.
Some said Yan Heng killed her, others said Miss Sang committed suicide.
Some people said that it was a third person who killed her, while others said that Miss Sang died suddenly of a strange disease.
In short, since the Sang family doesn’t tell the reason, outsiders have no way of knowing.
Because of this incident, Yan Heng was blamed by the Queen Mother and the Emperor.
No one in the capital dared to propose marriage to Yan Heng anymore.
There was only one Wen Xiashu who kept pursuing Yan Heng, but Yan Heng did not show any reaction.
Xia Xiaorou bowed to Sang Hongwen, "Master Sang."
Sang Hongwen hurriedly returned the greeting, "Madam Xia."
He was even more surprised when he saw Xia Xiaorou up close.
Everyone said that Yan Heng had found a rough woman in the village, but this woman was actually better than Fourth Miss Wen, and his daughter who died early was not even half as good as this woman.
How could he dare to stay here any longer? He lied that he had something important to do, said goodbye to Yan Heng in a hurry, and left.
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Sang Hongwen entered the palace and reported back to Empress Dowager Ji.
Upon learning that he did not scare Xia Xiaorou away, but scared herself away instead, Empress Dowager Ji scolded Sang Hongwen severely.
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The next day, the Dali Temple tried Wen Xiashu's case.
The Wen family naturally wanted to protect this daughter.
Empress Dowager Ji also didn't want the person she had trained for many years to be imprisoned.
He also sent people to the Dali Temple.
When the people of the capital heard that Yan Heng was going to sue Wen Xiashu for death for a country woman, they all came to the Dali Temple to hear the whole story.
One is to find out whether Wen Xiashu has done anything wrong, and the other is to find out what kind of woman Xia Xiaorou is that could make the dignified Prince Yan give up the noble lady of the capital and marry her.
When people crowded into the Dali Temple lobby and saw Xia Xiaorou in her Jiashang clothes, they were so surprised that their eyes widened and they began to talk in low voices.
No wonder Yan Heng wants to marry her, this woman is many times better than Wen Xiashu.
Although Wen Xiashu fell to her knees, she was unwilling to admit defeat now that she had arrived in the capital. She first asked for help from the Wen family, then from the people sent by Empress Dowager Ji, and cried out that she was wronged.
The Wen family listened to the charges read out by the Dali Temple and immediately said, "It must be a misunderstanding. This was all done by the servants. It has something to do with the fourth lady's husband."
"Then Miss Sang's death has nothing to do with her?" Yan Heng spoke again in a cold voice.
Everyone looked at each other.
Miss Sang didn't commit suicide or die of illness? Was it Miss Wen who killed her?
Wen Xiashu's expression suddenly changed, and she shouted, "I didn't kill anyone, it's not me, you are wrongly accusing me!"
Yan Heng waved his hand and said to Tian Zhen, "Bring people up!"
Tian Zhen shouted to the door, "Bring the witness forward."
The onlookers made way for him.
I saw Madam Luo and another person being brought up by Yan Heng's men.
Wen Xiashu immediately got up from the ground and said angrily, "Luo Jinniang, An Cheng, what did you say? You two are traitors!"
Madam Luo glanced at Yan Heng and said with a bitter face, "Fourth Miss, we have no choice. If we don't tell her, I will be the one to die."
"So, since you are afraid of death, you should support me?" Wen Xiashu sneered and gritted her teeth.
Madam Luo was still a little afraid of Wen Xiashu, but she had to admit it because her man urged her to do so.
Her man An Cheng refused to admit defeat.
Because Yan Heng found evidence of their murder, if they did not reveal the mastermind, the couple would have to die for Wen Xiashu.
But why should they die?
The Wen family did not promise them great wealth and honor.
They agreed to help Yan Heng to expose Wen Xiashu.
"Miss Fourth, you are afraid of death, so you want us to take the blame for you?" An Cheng replied in a loud voice.
Wen Xiashu was choked by the question.
The onlookers shouted, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. Fourth Miss Wen, why don't you admit what you did? Why do you want your servant to admit it for you?"
The other members of the Wen family also scolded Madam Luo and An Cheng for being treacherous.
"We are not born slaves of your Wen family. We are just servants hired by your family. We will leave when the contract expires. Last year, my husband and I's contract expired. It was because the fourth young lady asked us to work for another year that we stayed. So, we stayed to take the blame for the fourth young lady?" An Cheng said loudly.
The Dali Temple official glanced at the noisy people and slammed the gavel, "Silence!"
People stopped making noise.
"Tell me your names, both of you!" The Dali Temple Minister pointed at Madam Luo and An Cheng.
The two men stated their names respectively, and then went on to talk about how Fourth Miss Wen had ordered them to kill Miss Sang, and how she had done it perfectly.
It turned out that Miss Sang was born timid, so the two men sneaked into the Sang family late at night, disguised as evil ghosts, and chased Miss Sang away.
Miss Sang was so scared that she ran for her life.
The two men forced Miss Sang into a small pavilion next to a lotus pond.
Miss Sang had no way to escape, so she climbed over the pavilion to hide, but she slipped and fell into the pool below the pavilion.
The pool was filled with water and Miss Sang drowned.
Then, the two men stuffed a letter written in Miss Sang's handwriting, which contained the words "sadness for not being liked by Yan Heng", into Miss Sang's clothes.
After doing all this, they quietly escaped from the Sang family.
"The letter was given to us by the Fourth Miss. We have no grudge against Miss Sang, so there is no need to kill her. It was the Fourth Miss's order, sir." After An Cheng explained what happened that year, he kowtowed to the Dali Temple and confessed his guilt.
Madam Luo continued, "It was the Fourth Miss who arranged for us to sneak into the Sang family. She said that the Sang family nanny who guards the back door has already arranged everything. At night, when we get to the northeast corner gate of the Sang family, we only need to knock three times, two times, three times, and four times, and the nanny at the gate will open the door. If you don't believe me, you can bring the nanny who was guarding the door that day here."
When people heard the two men's confessions, they were all shocked.