Chapter 18: Jasmine Poisoning
Li Bai was completely stunned, what the hell was she talking about? But you know that this is a capital sin! Xing'er watched her expression change, from initial distrust to later surprise and then to shame!
Master Chen was shocked, his expression was serious, and he was not angry: "Li Zhang, do you know that this is a public court, everything is evidence-based, no false words, no nonsense, everything you say, but the truth?" ”
"My lord, it is indeed the sin of the guilty woman, and now, a human life has been wrongly harmed, and the guilty woman is willing to take the sin and let the adult deal with it!" Jasmine kowtowed, her voice was more poignant, everything was her sin, harming her cousin and the Li family.
Lord Chen's eyes were like lightning, staring at Li Bai's, "Li Bai's, is what Li Zhang's said true?" But a trace of panic flashed in people's eyes, thinking of the scene of ten thousand people scolding, I couldn't help but be shocked, thinking of Jasmine harming the child in her womb, a trace of guilt in her heart disappeared, she gritted her teeth and said: "My lord, what she said is all true." It is indeed an aphrodisiac drug from her! Xing'er smiled lightly and looked at her coldly, this woman, she really missed her eyes! Perhaps, people will not be destroyed for themselves!
Jasmine closed her eyes gently, and a cool tear slipped down quietly, as long as he can be exempted from the guilt, let her accept all the punishment!
"Take Li Xiuran!" Lord Chen looked at the lovely face, years of handling cases had made him sharp-eyed, and he knew that things must not be as they said!
"My lord, there is no need to take him, this matter started because of me, and it should be ended by me, you can execute me!" Jasmine's expression flashed a trace of panic, twelve years of husband and wife, she knew that he was a human being, and he would definitely not let her take responsibility for his mistakes!
"Li Zhang, what is the truth, it still needs to be investigated, this official will try the case, and he will never let go of a guilty person, nor will he wronged an innocent person!" Master Chen said with a pun!
"My lord, I do deserve it!" Jasmine looked defeated, tears slid down, and her shoulders twitched, hiding the great grief in her heart!
Li Xiuran knew that the trial would start today, so he waited at the gate of the yamen early in the morning, and Lord Chen summoned him, and he immediately followed the yamen to appear in the court!
He looked at the two women kneeling in front of the hall with a complicated expression, and knelt down himself: "The villain Li Xiuran has seen Lord Chen!" ”
"You are a talent of this dynasty, above the court, you can avoid kneeling!" Lord Chen said slowly!
"The villain is still kneeling!" Li Xiuran's face was ashamed, he didn't dare to face anyone, don't kneel, he is not worthy!
"Li Zhang said that she once gave you and Li Bai, that is, your brother and daughter-in-law, an aphrodisiac drug, so that Li Bai's pearl was secretly knotted, is what she said true?" Lord Chen asked majestically!
"Not true!" His words made Li Bai's face white, and also made Jasmine cry, he said slowly: "The real fact is that the villain has given an aphrodisiac to Li Bai's, my wife only found out after the fact, the beast is not as good as me, for the sake of a son's bloodline, I actually lost my heart, and I wanted to divorce my wife and remarry in vain for more than ten years, my lord, it is the villain who is guilty, please let my wife and Li Bai's go!" He finished speaking in one breath, and kowtowed heavily, over the years, it has been her who has sheltered him from the wind and rain, and let him call for wind and rain in a fighting room, Xing'er's face softened, and he has a little conscience, but this remark can't escape Lord Chen's eyes no matter what!
Sure enough, Lord Chen knocked on the shocked wood and was about to speak, Xing'er stood up and said slowly: "My lord, please remand a few suspects to prison first, what can I say to them!" "Maybe there are some things that you have to let them say clearly, and then consider whether to confess seriously!
Lord Chen's face was slightly embarrassed, Gao Zhutou stepped forward and whispered a few words, Lord Chen looked at Xing'er in surprise, and then said, "Everything is according to Niangniang's orders!" He ordered the officials: "First remand the suspect to prison, and ask Concubine Long to give a lecture!" Several officials stepped forward and said in unison: "Yes! After saying that, he escorted the three of them to retreat!
"Mother, please!" Lord Chen walked down the hall and made an inviting gesture to Xing'er, who smiled faintly: "My lord, you stay here for the time being, wait for my good news!" "He is an official of the imperial court, and he is awe-inspiring, and the little ghost naturally can't get close, he is here, and that merry genius will definitely hurt the yin!
The official moved a Taishi chair, and Xing'er sat on it lazily, maybe because of the day, she always felt sleepy, and the days when black and white were reversed had made her unaccustomed to the light!
The cell wasn't dirty, the sunlight was shining through the skylight on the wall, the skylight was the size of a brick, and there were four skylights in the whole cell, and the light was abundant, even a little dazzling! She narrowed her eyes slightly, and said to the servant, "Stand down, I have something to say to them!" The official withdrew and took the iron gate with him!
The three of them looked at Xing'er in the cell, and they were afraid of this noble lady!
Xing'er asked Keren: "What Li Zhang said just now, but is it the truth?" For this delicate-looking woman, the last trace of pity in Xing'er's heart disappeared!
But there was nowhere to escape in Xing'er's lightning-like eyes, she knelt down, her face was pale, and she didn't dare to speak for a long time!
"Niangniang, don't ask her, it's all the villain's fault!" Li Xiuran also knelt down and burst into tears!
"Li Xiuran, you must be at fault, after all, it is your brother-in-law, you care about people, how can you have the face to face your younger brother under the spring?" Xing'er said coldly!
"Niangniang, it was indeed Li Zhang's who designed me and him at the beginning, not voluntarily, but now, I have no regrets, we love each other." But the man gritted his teeth and said resolutely!
"No complaints, no regrets?" Xing'er looked at her, "You love him very much?" "Xing'er doesn't understand love, let alone the intricate relationship between them! She has always thought that love is a very beautiful feeling, just like the sweetness of honey between her and the fool!
"Love!" One word, sonorous and powerful, Li Xiuran looked at the lovely person guiltily, he had lived up to the woman who loved him all his life!
Looking at the lovely face, the love of the past floated in his heart again, Li Xiuran couldn't help but look at Jasmine, Jasmine probably loved him too, but her love was too calculating, and she was indeed not as happy as when she was with Keren.
Xing'er smiled faintly and asked Jasmine, "Do you love him?" Jasmine smiled sadly, her eyes were dry, "The concubine will marry and plan to rest for the rest of her life, and she will be ruthlessly abandoned, so she can't be ashamed!" She groaned shallowly and glanced at Li Xiuran, in this life, he was all infatuated and wrong, how could he ever see her love?
Her words are more helpless, she doesn't say love or not love, the feelings between husband and wife can sometimes not be covered by love.
It's just that she has been keeping the promise she made quietly in her heart when she married him.
Li Xiuran looked at Jasmine in a daze, she was now no longer domineering when she was in charge of the house before, only a bleak and desolate face and a thin body remained.
And he has never paid attention to it, in fact, the traces of time have climbed on her face, in order to support him, for this family, she has paid a lot.
His eyes have been lingering on the faces of two women, one is a married wife, the other is a beautiful new favorite, and his heart is slightly tilted towards the lovely person.
Xing'er took out a pill from her arms, the pill was as bright as blood, she looked at Li Xiuran, and slowly spoke: "This is called the Broken Intestine Pill, after eating it, it will rot through the intestines, and the severe pain will be seventy-seven forty-nine hours, and the seven orifices will bleed to death." In my life, the most hateful person is a negative person, and this medicine will be given to Li Xiuran, so as to calm the resentment in my heart! ”
The faces of the three of them were pale, Li Xiuran sat on the ground, beads of sweat the size of beans dripping from his forehead, his lips trembled, and he couldn't say anything.
Xing'er suddenly smiled, "Since you have two women who love you, you ask them who is willing to die for you, as long as someone is willing to help you take this medicine, this palace will forgive you and the other person's sins!" ”
Li Xiuran looked at the two of them in horror, but the person knelt down and took a step back, his apricot eyes were full of panic, and tears quickly condensed, and soon burst out of his eyes!
A hand with an old jade bracelet quickly snatched the pill from Xing'er's hand, she raised her head and took a sip, and the pill slid down her throat, and there was mist in her eyes, and she looked at Xing'er pleadingly: "Niangniang, your words count!" Li Xiuran shouted miserably: "Lady, why are you suffering? Why are you bothered? He rushed over and hugged Jasmine's thin body, Xing'er looked at her thin lips, remembering the first time she saw her, the shrew-like woman in the market, and now, she actually has a beautiful brilliance, she knows, it is love, it is promise!
"Xianggong, take care!" Jasmine cried, "Do a good job, don't be confused in the future!" She loves his scholarly anger, his elegant demeanor, and his innocence and simplicity, in her eyes, he only has advantages, the only disadvantage, it may be that he doesn't love her!
"Lady, don't, lady, I can't live without you! Mother, please be merciful and give my mother an antidote, the villain doesn't want her to die for me................." For so many years, thanks to her by his side, he has never understood her goodness and ignored her efforts over the years!
Holding her thin body, he suddenly realized that the person who didn't know how to love was not Jasmine, but him.
"The road is her own choice, and she can't help it! This may be a good ending, if she dies, you and Li Bai's can live together, which is also a good thing! Xing'er hugged his chest and said lightly!
Jasmine had two lines of tears in the corners of her eyes, and she felt very painful in her heart, in fact, every time she took a concubine for him, her heart would hurt for a long, long time, but she had no choice, she had no children, and in this dynasty, unfilial piety was greater.
She hated Li Xiuran for a while, but she found that hating him didn't make her life better, this life was already like this, she could only deceive herself all the time.
It's best to be dead, and a smile finally appeared on Jasmine's lips.