Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 148 - I Want to Tear Your Mouth Apart

Chapter 148: Chapter 148 I Want to Tear Your Mouth Apart

“Wretched servant! She’s slandering me!”

Before Nanny Fan could finish, Lady Wang scolded angrily and fiercely kicked her. Had it not been for someone holding her back, Lady Wang might have beaten Nanny Fan to death.

Lady Wang’s expression was truly ferocious, and the flesh tumors on her face appeared even more disgusting.

Xu Darong heavily struck the judgment mallet, “Lady Wang! This is Yamen, not your home! You may not administer private punishment here!”

Nanny Fan cried out in pain.

Lady Wang gritted her teeth and said, “Lord Jia, Lord Xu, you cannot believe this old servant’s words; I have never instructed her in anything, she clearly belonged to the late General’s wife! What does she have to do with me!”

“Madame, you had this old servant switch the identities of the two young ladies and also had me take care of Miss Treasure Bead. Over the years, I quietly stole a substantial amount of gold, silver, and jewels from the General’s Mansion, most of which I gave to you. You also let Miss Treasure Bead enjoy the most enviable life in the Capital City, and now you deny knowing me. The old servant may not have accomplishments, but I surely have had my share of hardships!”

The public outside, upon hearing this, loudly berated Lady Wang for her shamelessness.

It was one thing to let her biological daughter enjoy luxuries at the General’s Mansion but to have a servant steal the General’s Mansion’s gold and silver jewelry to subsidize her household expenses?

Had the Marquis Mansion fallen into such poverty?

This was something neither General Fu nor Fu Heng and the others had expected; they thought Nanny Fan had only started stealing in recent years to support her family.

They had never imagined that Lady Wang had been having Nanny Fan steal for quite some time.

After all, they were men; whatever Fu Baozhu liked, they would buy for her. Sometimes they even let her pick from the storehouse where items like gold and silver were in such abundance that Nanny Fan could casually take handfuls without anyone keeping track.

With no main wife managing the household, they were not particularly concerned about their money.

If not for Nanny Fan’s confession today, they would have never known that their wealth in the General’s Mansion was being taken by Nanny Fan to be spent by Lady Wang.

Even the Second Prince was at a loss for words. How could the Marquis Mansion be so impoverished?

Murong Man’s face was full of embarrassment as she clenched the silk handkerchief in her hands.

The Minister of Punishment, Jia Shibai, suddenly spoke, “Words alone are no proof; this is just this old servant’s side of the story. Where is the evidence?”

Fu Baozhu quickly said:

“Exactly! Nanny Fan! You have no evidence! You’re clearly being bribed to frame us, aren’t you? What benefits did others offer you? Is our sixteen years of servant-master relationship truly so cheap? Nanny Fan, you have truly disappointed me!”

With that, Fu Baozhu even started wiping away her tears, a look of heartbreak and disappointment on her face.

Nanny Fan, seeing Fu Baozhu playing the victim, felt truly disappointed herself, especially since her entire family was under Prince Ling’s control.

She said, “Evidence? Of course, there’s evidence!”

Nanny Fan pulled out a heap of written letters, along with some silver bracelets, silver hairpins, and silver rings.

“You would definitely claim the letters are forged, but what about these silver ornaments? Madame, to win over this old servant and keep me by Miss Treasure Bead’s side, every year at the lantern festival, while I accompany the young miss outside, you would meet her briefly and then give me one piece of jewelry. Ridiculously, these ornaments still bear the mark of Yongning Marquis Manor, as if you feared I would sell them!”

The crowd outside burst into laughter upon hearing this, finding Lady Wang incredibly stingy for subsidizing her expenses with stolen treasures from the General’s Mansion and only giving such small tokens in return, marked with the manor’s stamp, provoking a roar of laughter.

The mocking laughter seeped into the room.

Lady Wang, enraged, turned red-faced and neck-thick:

“Nonsense! Utter nonsense! I never gave you any silver ornaments!”

Lady Wang cursed furiously, becoming even more like a shrew.

Murong Man clenched her lips tightly, feeling utterly humiliated.

The Second Prince frowned deeply.

Although Lady Wang did not admit it, Xu Darong personally examined the silver ornament and nodded, saying, “Indeed, it bears the mark of Yongning Marquis Manor. It’s simple, by questioning the silversmith from the Marquis Mansion, we can confirm whether it originated there and even determine the exact date.”

After speaking, Xu Darong had his subordinates bring the silversmith from the Marquis Mansion.

The Second Prince gave Xu Darong a cold look as his expression gradually darkened.

He realized that Xu Darong was acting on his own, contradicting him, and had been bought off by Jun Yuyan!

Very well then!

He nearly crushed the jade ring in his hand.

“Your Highness! This is a meticulously planned trap! They are trying to kill my mother!”

Murong Man said anxiously.

She was afraid that Lady Wang would be convicted, afraid of becoming the daughter of a murderer.

If this verdict were passed and Lady Wang were convicted, the entire Yongning Marquis Mansion would not be able to hold its head high. How could she then smoothly marry into the Second Prince’s Mansion?

The spit from everyone in the Capital City would drown her.

“Rest assured, I will not let the Marchioness suffer an injustice,” the Prince replied.

At that moment, Nanny Fan spoke up loudly:

“Injustice? The most venomous one is Lady Wang. The General’s wife was the one who died unjustly. Until her death, she didn’t know that her beloved sister and close friend was consumed with jealousy, desperate for her life! She was jealous because the General’s wife was more beautiful, more talented, and had a better marriage than her. Originally, Lady Wang loved the General, but the General wouldn’t even glance at her! And the Marquis, he also adored the General’s wife. Lady Wang, seeing no other option, set her sights on the Marquis and deliberately schemed to make the Marquis marry her!”

The flesh on Lady Wang’s face, covered in tumors, shuddered with rage as she heard Nanny Fan reveal her deepest secrets, a mix of shock and anger: “Shut up! You’re spouting nonsense! I will tear your mouth apart!”

That was her deepest secret; she was indeed jealous of Murong Shuang, jealous that Murong Shuang married into the General’s Mansion and was cherished, living everyday carefree. Her in-laws also treated her extremely well, and not long after entering the mansion, she gave birth to three sons in succession, making everyone in the Capital City say she was lucky.

As for Lady Wang, she schemed to marry the Marquis; it was only after getting pregnant that she married into the family, but she lost her first child due to a fall, and the second child she bore was Murong Man, a girl. The Old Madam favored boys over girls and didn’t give her any peace, even purposely allowing the Marquis to take concubines to expand the family tree.

Murong Shuang lived so happily, while she was in constant turmoil, only appearing glorious on the surface. How could she not be jealous?

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She fantasized that the General had married her, which left her feeling even more unbalanced.

So, she secretly consulted several physicians, who all said that she was carrying a girl, and she then came up with a sinister and venomous plan. By then, the Marquis Mansion was already in decline. She shared this plan with the Marquis, who had his grievances against General Fu, and upon hearing it, immediately agreed.

This led to the actions that followed; otherwise, how could a mere woman alone manage such a big ordeal?

However, the Marquis thought he could win Murong Shuang, thinking the mountain bandits would abduct her to be his canary, whereas she merely wanted to kill Murong Shuang.

Thinking of the past, Lady Wang’s expression twisted.

Yet Nanny Fan sneered, “Old servant speaks nothing but the truth. What’s this? These are merely the tip of the iceberg of the lady’s deeds, and old servant has not even begun to speak of the rest! Marquis, why don’t you speak? Surely you aren’t yet aware that the Old Marquis’s death is also related to the lady!”