On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Su Xinhe said this, but there was no expectation in her tone.

She certainly didn't expect it.

From the moment Liang decided to give her to Zhang Guocheng as a dowry and Su Qishun ignored it, she no longer had any expectations for the so-called "family affection".

The maid's voice was too loud, and soon the entire Changping Marquis' Mansion knew that Su Qishun had killed someone.

In an instant, the back door and various secret doors of the Changping Marquis Mansion kept opening and closing like an unlocked chicken coop.

I don’t know which big shot behind the scenes gave the order.

The guards from the capital's government office arrived quickly.

Su Qishun didn't even realize why he lost control of his mind before he was caught covered in blood and thrown into the Gyeonggi Prison.

Unlike Su Kang's Tianlao, the place where he was thrown was a place in the capital city where death row prisoners were held.

Most of the people imprisoned here are convicted of murder.

Whether they acted impulsively or deliberately, their hands are stained with the blood of others.

Among those death row prisoners, there is a small group of people who will not cry until they see the coffin.

There are also a large number of people who start to get scared before they even see the coffin.

However, most of those on death row will repent and reflect before they die, thinking that their plans at the time were not perfect enough, which led to their death.

But without exception, the death row inmates would cry bitterly out of regret the day before their death, and some would even suffer from incontinence due to fear.

Therefore, there was always a stench of feces mixed with various foul odors in the prison.

When Su Qishun was pushed into the prison, he couldn't help but retching.

After finally steadying his body, his hand touched a sticky mass.

When I raised my hand, a foul odor filled my nose.

He couldn't help but vomit again.

Changpinghou Mansion.

Su Qishun was taken away too suddenly.

Before Liang had the chance to see Su Qishun off, Su Qishun had disappeared, and the scene of his murder was left with only a large, shocking pool of blood.

After waiting for a long time, Su Kang was finally sent to prison for embezzling military pay. He was about to receive this huge wealth and have a glorious seat in Prince Yun's palace.

In the end, all was lost after being howled by that nagging old woman.

Not only that, she might also ask for help from Prince Yun because of something like this, and be rejected by Prince Yun...

However, Su Qishun is her biggest reliance at the moment.

She had to ask King Yun for help...

Thinking of this, Liang couldn't help but want to kill someone.

She shouldn't have been so soft-hearted at the beginning. She should have killed that damn woman secretly.

"what is going on?"

Because she was angry, her face, which couldn't hide the fine lines, looked a little more hideous.

The servants fell silent and dared not say anything more.

The servant who was running and crying was pushed out trembling with handcuffs.

When she was pushed to the ground, she was still begging for mercy noisily.

"Madam, please spare me, Madam, please spare me, I am also frightened..."

It was this old woman who ruined all her expectations.

Liang didn't even want to spare a glance, "Drag him away..."

The words "beaten to death" lingered in Liang's mouth, but she swallowed them back in the end. "First cut off her tongue and lock her up."

It was such a coincidence that even she couldn't help but wonder if someone was causing trouble during this period.

When she arrived, she already knew the cause and effect of some things from the servants' narration.

According to the description of the servants in the mansion, a servant bumped into Su Qishun, and then Su Qishun went to the cold courtyard.

It was such a coincidence that the maids didn't notice Su Qishun's appearance. When Su Qishun was about to go to see Qin Qing, he was still so tactless...

And the shout happened to scare the two people in the room, so Su Qishun caught Qin Qing's adultery in the cold courtyard...

All the accusations seem to be directed at Hong...

Apart from Hong, who used to be the head of the family, Liang couldn't think of anyone else who could make the servants in the mansion cooperate so seamlessly.

Can...

Could it really be Hong?

Liang felt a chill down her spine - rather than guessing that it was someone from the second house, Liang was more willing to believe that it was Hong who arranged all this.

At least the Hong family knows everything about us and is easy to deal with.

After a struggle between her conscience and her desires, Liang finally called for her servants.

"Open Fuyao Hall."

Ever since Hong went crazy and Hong Xiru came to cause trouble, Fuyao Hall has been locked from the outside, leaving only a gap so that the servants who deliver meals can stuff the meals into Fuyao Hall through the gap every day.

Not long after Hong Xiru's incident, Fuyao Hall had been very quiet, and the food sent by the servants was eaten up by Fuyao Hall...

If it is really Hong...

Well, that woman is indeed not a simple person.

but...

No matter how complicated it is, as long as she is still her daughter-in-law, she can still easily control her.

Thinking of this, Liang straightened her back.

With the support of Nanny Zhao beside him, he walked towards Fuyao Hall with a fierce look on his face.

The locked door opened.

The desolation and desolation of Fuyao Hall shocked everyone, including the Liang family.

I originally thought that the food in Fuyao Hall was eaten up every day, and at worst, Fuyao Hall was just a little dirty and messy.

Unexpectedly, the leaves of Fuyao Hall fell in a strange place, and there was no trace of living people here...

There seemed to be a faint stench in the air...

After walking around the field without seeing any trace of Hong, Liang held the hand of the nanny beside her and clenched it slightly.

Nanny Zhao looked at Liang, whose brows were knitted into a knot, and approached her cautiously and whispered to her.

"Madam, how about we go back and find a few trustworthy people to take a closer look?"

Aunt Zhao’s idea is very simple.

But he is just a lunatic.

It's not worth the whole government's trouble.

Compared to coming to Fuyao Hall to find Hong, Zhao Ma wanted to remind Liang that Su Qishun's "wrongful" murder could not be delayed...

Just then, a cat-like creature jumped out from a corner.

Jumped past Liang's feet.

Liang was horrified. Before she could react, the other maids and servants standing behind her screamed.

The other servants gathered around.

Then, the squeaking sound of mice filled the air among the servants.

After a while, one of the servants picked up the dead "cat" with a stick and brought it to Liang.

Liang was so frightened that she took two big steps back.

"Take it away, take it away, you are so blind, aren't you afraid of scaring the old lady?"

One of the servants hesitated and said, "Mammy, this rat has grown so big, it must be a spirit. I have heard some old people say that if a rat is too big, it must be a meat eater..."

Before he could finish, Nanny Zhao's patience had run out.

"Where did you come from, you blind man? I told you to take your things and leave, but you didn't listen to a word I said? Butler!!"

The servant's face changed and he quickly retreated.

It was just a small episode and many people didn't take it seriously, but Liang did.

She turned her head and asked Aunt Zhao, "Has anyone visited Hong's residence since they came in just now?"

Aunt Zhao shook her head.

"On the day when Fuyao Hall was sealed, all the valuables were moved away. The only things left were the most basic daily necessities to ensure that Hong could survive. Considering that Hong was once the wife of a marquis, not allowing servants to enter and leave her residence at will was also a way of giving her dignity."

Otherwise, if a maid or servant could freely enter and leave the residence of the former mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, what would that mean?

Listening to what Madam Zhao said and thinking of the big rat just now, Liang's heart sank to the bottom.

"Go, send someone to search carefully. Whether he is alive or dead, we must find any trace of Hong."

Careless.

The Hong family's "quietness" these days might just be a trick...

"No... no good... old lady."

A terrified and breathless scream broke the tranquility of Fuyao Hall.

Ding Dagui stumbled in from outside.

There was still a wound on his face, and the blood had not yet dried.

It was obvious that Ding Dagui had just been beaten not long ago.

"Someone from the Hong residence came and said that they had obtained the emperor's order and wanted to ask the old lady to release the person..."

Ding Dagui's words were trembling, and several of his pronunciations were unclear.

Madam Zhao became anxious and glanced at the servant beside her.

The servant kicked Ding Dagui hard and said, "Why don't you speak faster? You are hesitating and delaying your master's work. Can you bear the consequences?"

"If he can't afford it, do you think you can?" A voice as cold as if wrapped in frost sounded.