The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 248 Revenge for killing mother

"No! You're spouting lies!" Madam Ge scrambled to her feet, rushed to Yu Niang, pointed angrily at her round belly, and demanded sharply, "Didn't you miscarry? Didn't you give birth to a stillborn child? Why are you still pregnant?"

Yu Niang was so frightened that she hid behind a yamen runner, exclaiming, "Sir, my lady has gone mad!"

Fortunately, she was clever and knew that Madam Ge would not let her off the hook, so she deliberately bribed a servant to stage a miscarriage for Madam Ge to see, making Madam Ge believe it to be true.

She was clearly heavily pregnant, yet Madam Ge claimed that she had given birth to a stillborn child. What else could this be but madness?

Remembering that someone had reported the incident, the constables dared not be careless. Two of them immediately grabbed and restrained Ge, while the others quickly ran into the house.

"No—" Ge Shi thought of You Jianbin's stiff and grotesque body lying on the bed, and struggled and screamed frantically, "I didn't kill him—it wasn't me—"

Soon, You Jianbin's body was carried out.

Seeing that Madam Ge was acting like she had gone mad, the bailiffs, fearing she might harm someone again, immediately shouted, "Take her away!"

"No—I didn't kill anyone—I didn't—" At this moment, Ge only wanted to prove that she had nothing to do with You Jianbin's death, and she didn't care about Yu Niang next to her at all.

Watching her being taken away, Yu Niang couldn't help but curl her lips into a smug smile.

She then waved behind her.

The steward and an old woman immediately stepped forward.

Yu Niang took out two silver coins and two silver notes from her person.

"This silver is for the servants' severance pay, and these two hundred taels of silver notes are for you. Madam has committed such a serious crime, and to avoid you being implicated, you should leave as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Aunt Yu!" The steward and the old woman thanked her as they accepted the silver and banknotes.

After they left, Yu Niang lowered her head and stroked her belly, smiling tenderly.

She's done everything she needed to do; it's time for her to retire gracefully...

……

In the dark prison cell.

Ge was locked in a corner. At first, she cried out that she was innocent, but she had to quiet down after being whipped more than a dozen times by the jailer and was on the verge of death.

Hearing the sound of the cell door being opened, she, lying on the ground, didn't even have the strength to lift her head.

Until she heard a familiar voice, "Madam Wei, how have you been?"

She jolted, and with a sudden burst of strength, she lifted her head and exclaimed, "You...you weren't missing?"

Ye Shishu, dressed in black and carrying a lantern, had a bewitching smile on her lips illuminated by the dim light.

Seeing Ge's body go numb, she subconsciously moved to the corner, "You, you don't come any closer... I have no grudge against you... you... get away from me..."

"No enmity? Heh!" Ye Shishu laughed, but in this dark and damp atmosphere, her laughter sounded like a horn from hell, piercing Ge Shi's eardrums. "Ge Shi, you conspired with Wen Shi to poison my mother. Have you forgotten all that? If killing your mother is called no enmity, then tell me, what is enmity?"

"You...you're making baseless accusations! I did nothing, your mother's death has nothing to do with me!" Madam Ge denied vehemently.

"After all these years, whether you admit it or not is not important. All I know is that you and my aunt, Madam Wen, were jealous of my mother's enormous wealth, and you went to great lengths to please her. But at most, you could only be sisters; you had no reason or opportunity to embezzle my mother's wealth. So, after I was born, you used sweet words to persuade my mother to arrange a marriage between me and your son, Wei Yonghuai. That way, once I grew up, I could bring a huge dowry to your family. Once I arrived, you would then find a way to poison me, and then legitimately embezzle my dowry."

“You’re talking nonsense! I didn’t—” Ge couldn’t help but roar again.

"Wen confessed everything before he died." Ye Shishu smiled wickedly and coldly. "I'm not here today to ask you for confirmation, but to send you down to the afterlife."

"you--"

"Oh, right." Ye Shishu suddenly remembered something, walked up to her, bent down and smiled as he said, "I forgot to tell you, Yu Niang was someone I personally selected. Are you and Lord Wei satisfied? Not only Yu Niang, but all the women Lord Wei has been with since were arranged by my second brother and me."

"What?!" Ge's eyes widened in disbelief. Seemingly forgetting the whip marks on her body, she got up from the ground and lunged at Ye Shishu with her sharp claws outstretched.

Ye Shishu turned to her side.

She fell to the ground in a disheveled state.

Ge tried to get up, but her legs wouldn't give way. She could only reluctantly prop herself up, glaring at Ye Shishu with a ferocious expression, and said through gritted teeth, "Ye Shishu, I never thought you would be so insidious and despicable! You're the one who ruined my family, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Ye Shishu walked up to her again and kicked her in the face, knocking her down effortlessly.

"Hmph! How dare you talk to me about your family being destroyed and your people dying? Your whole family poisoned my mother for money, causing her to be separated from her husband and children. Your family's destruction and death today is what you deserve!"