After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Pei Xiao didn't understand what he meant, and said:

"I concealed it at the beginning because I didn't want my uncle and father-in-law to blame Pei for not managing the family well and causing trouble for Jin. If the outside world knew about it, it would also affect my reputation as an official. Now I have done my best to make Jin recover. Why does my uncle need to bring up the past again?"

Zhang Jinghong said angrily:

"Just because Jin Ge'er was lucky enough to be cured, will we no longer pursue the culprit and let him continue to be trapped in the future?"

Pei Xiao said frankly:

"The culprit has been sent to Cihang Temple to practice and pray for Brother Jin. He is not allowed to step into the Bo Mansion again for the rest of his life and will not threaten Brother Jin's safety again."

Zhang Jinghong sneered:

"I have already found out everything about that concubine. Apart from other things, the poison that Jin-ge was poisoned with is very rare and peculiar. How could a maid like her who never leaves the house and has no money or favor in the mansion get it?"

"The real culprit is someone else!"

He was the one who personally investigated Pei Jin's poisoning. Chen had sufficient motives to commit the crime and confessed his guilt. Pei Xiao did not think there was anything wrong.

But what Zhang Jinghong said was not without reason, and he spoke so confidently. In order to give an explanation to the Zhang family, he had to bring up the old case again.

"Who did my uncle find out?"

Zhang Jinghong pointed directly at Zhang who was standing next to him.

Zhang immediately looked as if she had suffered a great injustice:

"Brother, the heavens can see my motherly love for Jin'er. In order to cure his leg, I would rather kneel for three days and three nights. How could you misunderstand me like this?"

Zhang Jinghong sneered and said:

"Last year, not long after your stepmother regained her fertility, Brother Jin was poisoned. How could such a coincidence happen in the world?"

Pei Xiao was shocked by the news and immediately asked someone to take Zhang's pulse.

Zhang said sadly:

"No need to take my pulse. I did inadvertently get my body back in shape. But just to prevent Brother Jin from thinking too much and to prevent you from being embarrassed, Uncle, I took the contraceptive soup on my own. I didn't expect that this would be my fault in the eyes of my uncle. Haha, it's hard to be a stepmother. People are not lying to me..."

Zhang Jinghong was not moved by these words at all, and blurted out a series of questions:

"You are all thousand-year-old foxes, stop pretending! If it wasn't you who did it, why would you repeatedly prevent the Zhang family from learning the truth, and even use 10,000 taels to bribe the doctor for this?"

"Also, why did your wet nurse's son insist that you were the one who ordered him to set fire to Cihang Temple? Wasn't it to silence the aunt who was practicing in Cihang Temple?"

"Later, your wet nurse was able to take away 10,000 taels of silver and the seal of the Marquis' Mansion under the strict supervision of the Marquis' Mansion. Before she was arrested, she was stabbed to death by Zhang Gui, your most trusted companion. What a coincidence!"

All the old memories came to my mind.

Pei Xiao doesn't think he is a confused person.

The initial doubts were immediately resolved by the key clue that Zhang Jinghong said that Zhang had regained her fertility.

The anger of being fooled and deceived burned in my chest.

He finally understood how vicious and scheming his beautiful step-wife was. She simply disgusted him to the extreme!

Zhang is still trying to argue:

"The old story has been explained clearly in court, and I don't want to say more. Big brother wants to convict me based on his own conjecture. Even if you report it to His Majesty, I will not accept it!"

"Shut up!"

Pei Xiao shouted angrily, wanting to smash Zhang's sweet-talking mouth.

She only dared to continue to deny so shamelessly because she had already killed the person and destroyed the evidence.

However, he couldn't even stand up from the wheelchair and fell back heavily.

It was this fall that brought him back to his senses.

Zhang Jinghong's expression eased a little because of his reaction, and he said:

"Brother-in-law, I still call you brother-in-law. As the head of the family, you must give me and the Zhang family a satisfactory explanation for this matter."

explain?

Judging from Zhang Jinghong's attitude, if he does not severely punish Zhang and ensure Jin'er's safety and status, the direct branch of the Zhang family will probably turn against him completely.

But the direct branch of the Zhang family was satisfied, so how could the Concubine Shu in the palace let it go?

He had to choose between the direct branch of the Zhang family and the Concubine Shu.

After pondering for a long time, he finally made up his mind, calmed his expression, and slowly spoke:

"Uncle, you can't slander my wife's reputation just because she has regained her fertility and might give birth to a child that would threaten Jin'er's status."

"Unless you can provide irrefutable evidence, I will always believe in my wife!"

Zhang Jinghong's expression suddenly became very ugly:

"Good! What a sycophantic Jingnan Lord!"

Zhang, who was standing by, immediately showed an expression of great emotion, which did not seem fake, and made Pei Xiao feel much better.

No matter what this woman's character and personality were, she really cared about her husband.

Even though he was declared by the most authoritative doctor in the field of bone and muscle surgery to have both legs crippled, she never showed any disdain and remained as gentle and caring to him as ever.

Zhang Jinghong was not someone who could be easily dealt with. Now that the two sides had already fallen out, he showed his true colors.

"Since you choose to protect this vicious woman, then give Jin Ge'er a chance to live!"

"Write down the contract. Brother Jin and your Jingnan Marquis's horoscopes are incompatible. He must be raised in another family until he is 20 years old and then set up his own family. Only then can his life be guaranteed."

"Otherwise, I will make this matter known to everyone in the capital. I wonder if the mothers' families of the ladies in the palace will let you off easily!"

The Concubine Shu is the only one who enjoys His Majesty's favor in the palace and has the most children, which is like oil boiling on a raging fire.

Those ladies who came from big families couldn't do anything to Concubine Shu for the time being, but once this matter got out and they got hold of some evidence, these people would rush forward and try every possible means to deal with the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion and cut off Concubine Shu's right-hand men.

No one can guarantee that this matter can really stand up to scrutiny.

After careful consideration, Pei Xiao finally signed the contract requested by Zhang Jinghong, which was equivalent to handing over his eldest son to the Zhang family.

She gave up her legitimate son, the support of the Zhang family's legitimate branch, and even her own dignity, all in the bet that the baby in Concubine Shu's belly would give birth to a healthy prince.

If he loses the bet, he will become a joke.