Quick Wear Beauty

Chapter 957 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (79)

Chapter 957: The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (Seventy-nine)

Zhou flatly denied it: "Your Excellency is wronging me! I have never given birth."

"I've discovered that shortly after the Cai family incident, your servant, Manxiang, secretly left the house to buy pregnancy-preserving medicine. She wasn't pregnant, so who else could she have bought the medicine for if not you?"

"Your Excellency may have misunderstood. My maid, Manxiang, was pregnant. She bought it for herself to drink, but she was unable to give birth to the child."

"Bold Zhou, you are telling lies all the time! The medicine for prenatal maintenance uses the best medicinal materials, and a dose costs ten taels of silver. How can a maid afford such expensive medicine?" Zhou was not panicking at this moment. She wiped her tears with an embroidered handkerchief, as if she was talking about something sad.

"Manxiang and I were like sisters. She was showing signs of miscarriage, so for her health, I was willing to give her a reward of silver so she could take good care of the baby. Unfortunately, just as the baby was about to be born, she fell and miscarried. Alas, fate played such a trick on her. She was devastated and overwhelmed with grief, she became depressed and died."

When Lord Du saw that Zhou refused to admit it, he asked Prince Consort Zhou if he knew that his sister had been pregnant before?

Prince Consort Zhou shook his head and said, "Master Du, you are crazy. How could my sister be pregnant? You are slandering my sister's innocence."

"Wow, Master Du, please don't wrongly accuse me. I admit that I was impulsive and wanted to kill my ex-husband to prove his betrayal. Although Aying was just a slave, I shouldn't treat her life as worthless. Fortunately, Miss Song's men are highly skilled in martial arts and prevented me from making such a big mistake."

Qingli watched the two perform and didn't know whether she should tell Lord Du the whereabouts of the midwife Yu.

Just as Zhou said, she didn't think she had done anything wrong by killing a slave. What she said now was just sarcasm.

The nobles did not regard the lives of slaves as their own lives. The laws of this dynasty did not impose severe penalties on masters who beat slaves to death. Masters could even be exempted from punishment by paying 200 taels of silver to the slave's relatives.

For the slave's family, two hundred taels of silver was a large sum of money, and it was not a bad idea to use it to buy their lives and keep the peace. If a real quarrel broke out, the lives of the whole family would be in the hands of the master, and any accident would result in their death without knowing why.

Even if Zhou really killed Aying, as long as Qingli, the owner of the house, did not pursue the matter, Zhou would not go to jail, not to mention that Aying was still alive.

Prince Consort Zhou even stood up and saluted Qingli, saying, "Miss Song, I was confused for a moment and am sorry for offending you. I hope Miss Song will not take my mistake into consideration for your sake. I will have someone prepare a generous gift to apologize for Miss Song and this girl later." Aying knelt on the ground, looked at the Prince Consort in disbelief, and then lowered her head in disappointment. The Miss should not fall out with the Prince Consort for a slave.

Qingli was not willing to close the case at this point. If everything was settled privately, then what was the point of having the Jingzhao Yin?

She shook her head and said, "My Lord, this is Jingzhao Prefecture, and everything should be done according to the Jingzhao Yin.

Didn't Zhou dare to kill Ah Ying simply by borrowing the power of the Great Lord? She now dares to kill people at will, but that doesn't mean she hasn't killed innocent people in the past. In my opinion, we need to investigate further.

Besides, Aying is mine, and as the daughter of the Prime Minister, I don't need the two hundred taels of silver. If Zhou dares to touch my people, she should be held accountable for her actions."

Upon hearing this, Aying suddenly looked up and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

"you you……"

Prince Consort Zhou looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and felt that she was too ungrateful. She was beautiful but had a black heart. After all, his sister was his elder, so why should she be so fussy?

Qingli was determined, but Prince Consort Zhou stopped making a fuss. After all, the Prime Minister's Mansion was quite powerful, and Qingli's future husband's family was the Marquis of Annan's Mansion, so Prince Consort Zhou didn't dare to offend her.

"Master Du, there's no need to investigate this case any further. My sister made a mistake, and I will make amends for her. She's willing to accept the punishment, so we can close the case. What do you think?"

"Don't worry, Prince Consort. There are still many issues in this case that need to be investigated further."

"What's there to investigate? Lord Du has a lot on his plate. Why not just close the case and get busy with other things?"

Lord Du dare not close the case at will, the emperor is watching.

"Don't worry about my affairs, my Lord."

The interrogation reached a stalemate, and Gao Song happened to come to pick up Qingli, so Lord Du announced that the trial would be resumed tomorrow.

Before leaving Jingzhao Prefecture, Prince Consort Zhou stopped Qingli in the corridor.