Chapter 179 - Face Change (1)
Li Shuqiao sat on the dry grass, her figure reflected on the dusty black wall by the dim candlelight, and remembered what Li Shuci said before sending her into the Shen Mansion, "I only want to save your life, as for how Shen Yuan treats you, you can only rely on your own ability." But she had been in this cage for some length of time, not seeing the sun rising and the moon setting, and only occasionally hearing the cries of the other prisoners. The soldiers delivered water and food on time, but no news was delivered, no one answered, no one paid attention, no one beat and bullied, and she entered a long wait.
When Li Shuci entered Dali Temple to visit Li Shuqiao, he saw such a scene. Although Helian Tao has been transferred to the front of the palace, he has a lively temperament, and he does not have the frame of the son, he can be called a brother wherever he goes, and he still has a little face in Dali Temple, and it is not difficult to bring Li Shuci here, not to mention that Li Shuci is still the 'Lord of Anning' and the future Confucian princess.
Jiang Kuan, the young secretary of Dali Temple, politely sent the two of them inside, and he didn't care much about this matter, whether the prisoner was Li Shuqiao or Li Shuwan, in short, they were all sisters of the county lord of Anning, and they came to visit and said the past. He didn't stare at Li Shuci all the time, so he had to keep his eyes on Helian Tao, as if asking, why did it turn out that it was you, not the Confucian king, who accompanied the Confucian princess? ”
Helian Tao exchanged a few polite words with him, and his tone was obviously answering Jiang Kuan, she is not a Confucian princess now!
The cell door creaked softly in the darkness, Li Shuqiao heard the voice, looked back suddenly, and saw that it was Li Shuci, the deep disappointment in her eyes couldn't be hidden no matter what, "What are you doing here." It wasn't a question, it wasn't an exclamation, it was just a calm tone like stagnant water.
Li Shuci paused and put the jacquard food box in his hand on the low table, "If I don't come again, the Gu worms on your body will attack, and when the time comes, no matter whether Shen Yuan saves you or not, you will die." ”
Li Shuqiao was silent, as if he didn't want to talk more, Li Shuci smiled faintly, "What's the matter, this prison is the one where Li Zheng once stayed, did he come to you to reminisce about the past? Want you to avenge him? He is dead without a body, very miserable!"
"Why!" Li Shuqiao looked at Li Shuci resentfully, "What are you doing all this for? I have designed to harm you countless times and want to kill you, why do you save my life again and again? You killed my eldest brother and killed my mother, why did you just leave me! You also fulfilled me and sent me to Shen Yuan's side?"
"Why?" Li Shuci smiled lightly, different from the ancient well's waveless look and deep pool-like eyes in the past, there was a kind of excitement and even excitement in her expression today. "You've been scheming all these years, isn't it just to marry Shen Yuan? For Shen Yuan, you can do whatever it takes, you can turn your back on everything? Now that I've helped you achieve it, and I can guarantee that you will soon get out of the shackles and go back to be your young lady, what are you not satisfied with?"
"I don't understand! I want to know the answer!" Li Shuqiao stood up, clenched her fists with both hands, and trembled at her sides.
Li Shuci was extremely relaxed at this time, she said: "I just want to fulfill you. "I want to fulfill you, see what the final result of everything you have been planning will be, see what kind of ending your invincible and lowly pair will eventually go, see how your big sister, who has always called herself Shen Yuan's sweetheart, will be treated by Shen Yuan, and see if your child is worthy of being a member of the Shen family in Shen Yuan's eyes...... Until I see you and Shen Yuan's final misery! Use everything you have to bury my Youyu!
Li Shuqiao hated Li Shuci to the core, but at this time, he relied on her to survive, and the contradiction that was burned at this moment caused great pain that Li Shuqiao felt unable to extricate himself. "If you don't kill me, one day, I will give you a taste of what I have today!"
"I'm relieved to have your words! Energetic prey is interesting!" Li Shuci smiled wickedly, "The pill to relieve Gu pain is in this food box, don't forget it." To live well, to be with Shen Yuan well...... "Death!"
Looking at the back of Li Shuci leaving, Li Shuqiao only felt that the cold hairs all over her body stood up, what did she mean!
Three days later, Jiang Kuan, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Yin Qi Huantian of Jingzhao, and His Royal Highness the Confucian King, who has his share of everything, lined up on the upper seat. Shen Hao, Shen Yuan, and Li Yu sat on one side to listen, all with gloomy faces, no matter what Li Shuqiao's guilt was, they all lost a lot of face! Helian Tao and Li Shuci were barely counted as a fraction of the heads standing behind Jiang Kuan and Li Yu respectively, and the most relaxed at this time belonged to them.
Li Shuwan brought the dowry from the Li Mansion, the two big girls Duchun and Duyi, and the two little girls Qiushui and Qiuhua, all stood on the side trembling with bated breath, Li Shuwan's biological mother Aunt Xu described Wei Dun, her face was sallow and thin and she was carried and kneeling under the hall, in a trance, even more haggard than the prisoner Li Shuqiao.
Li Shuci looked at Li Shuqiao, who was silent, as if she was a completely different person from the one she had seen a few days ago, her heart was like ashes, her eyes were empty, she looked directly at the ground, she didn't say a word, she didn't even have any expression, like a marionette, without a trace of vitality. Li Shuci and Helian Tao behind Jiang Kuan glanced at each other, they all knew that there were many punishments that could make a person's appearance undamaged, but in fact they were tortured inhumanely. It seems that Shen Yuan is really not ordinary ruthless to Li Shuqiao.
Helian Tao was more familiar with Yu Fucheng standing behind Jing Zhaoyin, and asked in a low voice: "The truth of this case has been revealed?
Yu Fucheng gave Helian Tao a look that didn't want to set himself on fire, and said, "Thanks to Shen Hanlin, the truth of the matter can be revealed so quickly, and Shen Hanlin is also a poor person!"
Helian Tao was noncommittal to Yu Fucheng's painless words, and Jing Zhaoyin was shocked, and the scene was suddenly extremely quiet. Everyone turned their eyes to Li Shuqiao under the hall, and Qi Huantian said: "Li Shuqiao under the hall! You have committed all kinds of evil deeds, the crime is extremely heinous, and the evidence is conclusive. You can plead guilty!"
Li Shuqiao's face was ashen, still without any expression, two shriveled lips moved twice, and spit out two words: "Confession ......"
"I won't let you escape yet. ”
However, Li Shuqiao is still those two words: confession!
Qi Huantian and Jiang Kuan both looked at the Confucian King, and the Confucian King pondered for a moment and asked Aunt Xu, who was paralyzed on the ground: "Xu, the person next to you, but your daughter Li Shuwan?"
When Xu Shi heard someone call her, she shrank for a moment, and immediately shook her head and said, "No...... She's not my daughter......" Tears rolled down her already red and swollen eyes, "Your Excellency...... Tell me where my daughter is! My daughter ......."
Qi Huantian was shocked again, "The woman should say more, ask a question, say a word!"
Xu Shi suddenly held back the sound of crying and mourning, wrapped his hands around his shoulders, and shrunk into a ball.
The Confucian King asked again: "Are Li Shuwan and Li Shuqiao similar in appearance?"
Shen Yuan looked at Li Shuci quietly, but on his calm face, the two groups of eyes were full of pride. Li Shuci's eyes swept over his gaze, and the corners of his mouth moved imperceptibly. Below, Xu didn't dare to raise his head at all, and stammered: "Phase, similar...... Wan'er has looked like her eldest sister since she was a child......"
"So, Shen Hanlin did misidentify someone and mistook Li Shuqiao for Li Shuwan?"
Shen Yuan took a step forward, bowed down and said, "On the night of the marriage, Xia Guan did feel that Neiko was a little abnormal, but Xia Guan only thought that Neiko was a little shy and nervous, so it was different from usual, so he didn't have any suspicions. "This is indeed excusable, the mentality of girls and women is naturally different, and it is normal to have some changes in behavior after marriage, not to mention that men and women don't meet much before they get married, and they are not very familiar with each other's habits, etc., which explains why Abyss didn't find that Li Shuwan next to him had been dropped!
Seeing that the Confucian King was no longer asking, Jing Zhaoyin looked at Li Shuqiao and shouted, "Li Shuqiao, how did you escape from the execution ground!"
Li Shuqiao's expression was blank, as if she was in a hurry to end all this, and finally raised her eyes to look at everyone in the hall, and said happily: "Sinner girl...... At that time, he was in prison, suffering from a vicious disease, and was carried out of the iron prison for treatment, pretending to be delirious, and taking advantage of the jailer's unpreparedness to knock him unconscious. I stole the key, scratched the face and hair of another female prisoner who was dying, threw it into the cell where I was, put on the jailer's clothes and escaped......"
"Then why are you pretending to be Li Shuwan?"
"The sinner girl has nowhere to go, she needs an identity that can stand in the sun, so she remembered that the fourth sister in the family looks similar to me, so I moved my mind and took her side before the fourth sister got on the sedan chair, and exchanged identities with her. ”
"Where is Li Shuwan at this time?"
"She's dead, buried after I scratched her cheek ......"
Li Shuci listened to her lie, and knew in his heart that Shen Yuan must have arranged everything. The Confucian King nodded, "So has the real Li Shuwan been found now?"
Shen Yuan's face turned pale, and he said with great heartache: "I have found ...... Wan'er she ...... "The words didn't continue, everyone already understood, Qi Huantian and the others already knew that it would be such a result, and they guessed the answer long before everything was clear, and they didn't have any doubts when they heard such a result, and they didn't believe that a woman could do anything shocking in addition to being ruthless, so Qi Huantian saw that the matter could basically be confirmed, so he said to Li Shuqiao: "Since you have confessed, sign and draw the charge!"
Li Shuqiao picked up the pen, slowly raised his head from the confession, looked at everyone's expressions, and finally fell to Shen Yuan, the bone-chilling chill in his eyes was comparable to the cold winter of Sanjiu. At this moment, Shen Yuan suddenly twisted, his body seemed to be in great pain, the blood instantly faded from his face, beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his forehead, and after a huge tremor, he fell to the ground with a bang, unconscious.