Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

The torture benches and sticks were placed in the courtyard, and these people were dragged out one by one. Soon they began to wail one after another.

"As long as one person tells the truth, you will all stop suffering." Gu Yankai stood on the high platform in front of the courtyard, looking down at everyone.

Finally, a female voice sounded: "I admit it, I admit it, I admit it! It was...I lied..."

Gu Yankai lowered his eyes and saw that the person who confessed was the maid who went to call Youji.

Gu Yankai stopped the thugs from beating him with sticks, walked over to the maid, and asked, "What lie did you tell?"

"It was me... I went to find Youji on my own... not to my mother..." She raised her head hard, trying to see Gu Yankai's face.

The thug next to her slapped her on the head and shouted, "How dare you look at the Marquis!"

The maid screamed and a tooth fell out.

Gu Yankai: "Go on. Why did you go to find Youji?"

"It was me who wanted to seduce him..." the maid said with a thick tongue.

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole yard fell silent.

"He is always outside, and I wanted to find an opportunity to spend more time with him, so that night I went to call him in the name of my mother..." This maid was originally plain-looking, and now her face was covered with tears and snot, and she was missing a tooth. She was as ugly as she could be.

Youji lay on the Xingdeng and yelled, "Shame on you! I don't even know you!"

Maid: "I'll recognize it if we see it in one place!"

Ariyoshi: "Get lost!"

The thug standing nearby tried to hold back his laughter.

"Go on." Gu Yankai said to the maid.

"I wanted to get close to him that night, but I didn't expect him to come back soon..." The maid cried and begged, "But I really didn't poison him. I wouldn't dare to poison him even if I had eight hundred guts!"

Gu Yankai turned to look at Youji: "Did you know each other before?"

Youji: "My Lord, I only met her that night. Normally I work for Dalang outside. I don't even know many of the maids in Dalang's room, let alone her!"

Gu Yan asked the maid: "Is what he said true?"

Maid: "He really doesn't know me... but isn't it said that fate brings people together? The fact that we can meet in the Marquis' Mansion is fate!"

Gu Yankai: "Since you like him, why did you testify against him last night?"

Maid: "Buddha said that hatred arises from love..."

Hearing this, the onlookers frowned and held their foreheads. One of the thugs finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"I think this way he will always notice me..." The maid said, and even tried to stretch her head to look at Youji.

Youji was so disgusted that he shouted, "Even if the Marquis kills me today, I will never even look at you!!!"

Gu Yankai was dizzy from their noise. He raised his hand and said to a thug, "Drag her away and interrogate her to see if she was the one who poisoned her. As for the others," he looked at the people lying on the ground, "untie them all and go back to the warehouse to get medicine for their injuries and an additional pension as compensation for today."

He walked back under the eaves and said in a deep voice: "In the future, as long as you are loyal to the Marquis' Mansion, I will not treat any of you unfairly."

He was tired both physically and mentally, and just wanted to end this farce quickly.

No matter what the truth is, it is enough to close the case like this. He doesn't want this matter to ferment further.

……

Xiang's mother dragged her injured leg to find Xiao Qin, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw her burning something.

"Madam, I'm back!" Xiang's mother felt like she was reborn.

Xiao Qin hummed, but there was no joy of reunion on her face. It was obvious that she already knew that Xiang's mother would be released.

Xiang Mama guessed that the maid's sudden confession must be Xiao Qinshi's doing, so she kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Madam, for saving me! Otherwise, I would have died under the stick of the Marquis."

"Who told you to be stupid? You can't even beat Youji?" Xiao Qin looked at her sideways, looked her up and down, frowned and said, "You are so dirty, why don't you go wash up before coming here?"

"I was worried about Madam, so I came to check on her first." Mama Xiang knew that she loved cleanliness, so she only spoke to her from a distance across the table. "Why did Madam let Youji go so easily this time?"

"I'm sacrificing the pawn to save the driver. If I don't do this, do you still want to come back? I, your good nephew, personally spoke for Youji in front of his father, blocking our way." The flames burning in the charcoal basin seemed to be spewing from Xiao Qin's eyes. "I wanted to take this opportunity to beat Gu Tingyu, but I didn't expect that he would eat one of his pieces instead... I really underestimated this sickly guy!"

To my mother: "Then should we find another opportunity..."

Xiao Qin raised her hand to stop her: "In this game, I only lost an insignificant idle piece, and not only did he not take advantage of the victory to kill you, but he also made it clear that he would not inherit the throne and handed over Erlang's marriage to me. I think this is his sincerity in making peace with me. If I make another move, I'm afraid he will really be forced to do something desperate. This kind of person is too scary to be an enemy, it's better to be an ally. With his help, Gu Tingye will be finished sooner or later. What really bothers me now is Gu Yankai."

Xiang's mother was slightly surprised: "Marquis? How could it be? Madam, no matter what, you are his legitimate wife, and you have also helped the Gu family to expand. No matter what, he will never treat you..."

Xiao Qin sneered, "Why not? In his heart, he can abandon anyone except my elder sister and her son. He embarrassed me in front of so many people and dragged you away and detained you. Isn't this a slap in my face? Have you ever seen him hesitate or say a word of comfort to me?"

Xiao Qin threw the last piece of paper in her hand into the charcoal basin: "It was my impatience this time that made me forget that my husband loves him and my elder sister's son the most, which caused him to become suspicious of me... I must find a way as soon as possible, otherwise, my life in this marquis' mansion will not be easy in the future..."

Mother Xiang looked at Xiao Qin with distress and said, "Don't be afraid, young lady. I am here. I will always be with you."

Xiao Qinshi: "In this Gu family, you are the only one who truly loves me. Even my stupid son is speaking for the Gu family and doesn't understand my difficulties at all."

To his mother: "Third brother is still young. When he gets married and has children in the future, he will naturally know how good mother is."

Xiao Qinshi: "Marry? Haha, I still have to find a wife for his second brother first. His father loves his son dearly, but he wants me to be the one to choose a wife. He feels really comfortable being a stepfather."

A line of people walked past the door. They took a step toward my mother and lowered their voices, "Girl, keep your voice down. Don't let anyone hear."

Xiao Qinshi waited until the figure outside the window disappeared, and then continued, "I am the head lady of the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion, but I have to be so cautious even when speaking in my own home. If I tell others about it, it will really make people laugh. If the second child really gives birth to a legitimate grandson first in the future, I will never be able to hold my head up in this life."

To my mother: "What are you talking about? Don't you have a third brother?"

Xiao Qinshi: "My useless son? Count on him? Humph, let alone whether he has the ability or not, even if I say that, I won't let him get married before the second son."

To my mother: "Who says you have to get married after having a child?"