Taking the blame for the fake daughter: After being released from prison, she went on a killing spre

"Poisonous woman Liu, if you confess your accomplices today, I can make sure you die quickly. Otherwise, I will send you to the Ministry of Justice to suffer the ultimate punishment."

"You can't kill me. My daughter is a saint. You dare not kill me." Liu hugged the table leg tightly, looking crazy.

"Oh, how foolish! How could the mother of the Holy Maiden of the Great Yin be a prostitute who is not worthy of being on the stage? You are an official, like your brainless lover, who can throw away your dignity when the pillow wind blows?"

When Xu Zhang said this, Liu's face turned pale.

The identity of the saint is related to the fortune and reputation of the Great Yin. How could Emperor Jing Zhao allow her to have a mother who is a prostitute?

Therefore, even if the Su family and the Xu family did not take action, unless there were special circumstances, Emperor Jing Zhao would not leave the stain of her becoming a saint in this world.

Su Yunling watched the show quietly. In the original plot, Liu was poisoned to death by Su Yueying after her death.

How could the empress's mother be a prostitute who sold her smiles in a brothel?

Therefore, Liu's past destined her to have a bad ending.

Except for Su Zhaohong, no one would really want her to be alive.

But Su Yunling wanted to see whether Liu would betray the only man who had ever been sincere to her.

When Xu Wanhua gave birth to Su Yunling, the two trusted maids around her were sent away by Su Zhaohong. As soon as Su Yunling was born, the two maids took her to be cleaned. One of the bribed maids used a trick to send away another midwife, and then replaced her with Su Yueying, who was two days older than Su Yunling.

It can be said that it was done perfectly. Unless Liu pointed out Su Zhaohong, no one would believe that Su Zhaohong was also one of the masterminds.

Before Liu could say anything, Su Zhaohong had already gone up and grabbed Liu's shoulders.

"I have failed you in this life and failed to give you dignity and honor as a wife, but you really shouldn't vent your hatred for me on the child. You are so confused..."

Su Zhaohong even shed tears when she said this.

Liu looked at his face, the fear in her eyes gradually turned into determination, "That's right! I bribed the midwife who delivered Xu Wanhua that day, stole her daughter and replaced her with my daughter. The midwife died of illness not long after that..."

"Are you sure that there was only the midwife and no one else involved?" Xu Zhang asked coldly.

Liu looked at Su Zhaohong deeply, "...It's gone."

Xu Zhang and Xu Hantang looked at each other, then looked at Su Zhaohong, "Sir Su, you heard it too, please personally order the punishment of this vicious woman!"

Su Zhaohong slowly stood up, staggering, as if heartbroken but helpless, "Shut her mouth, drag her out and beat her to death!"

Su Yunling watched Liu, who was too lazy to resist, being pushed out like this. She always felt that this calmness was not normal.

The dull sound of sticks was heard in the courtyard. Su Yueying, who had been silent all this time, looked as if she could not bear it any longer, covered her face and ran out. Her three brothers immediately chased after her.

Su Yunling sneered. It was obvious that they didn't dislike their half-sister, they just disliked her.

Her grandmother dragged her out to watch the execution in person.

As the sticks fell alternately, Liu on the torture bench gradually lost her breath.

In order to ensure that it was not a fraud, Xu Zhang personally went up to check her breath. After confirming that she had really died, she took Su Yunling away.

Su Zhaohong looked at Liu, who had a lifeless face, and leaned against the pillar, feeling exhausted.

At night——

Su Yunling had a reunion dinner at the Xu residence with her grandparents, uncle, aunt, and cousins.

In order to make up for the grievances Su Yunling had suffered over the years, everyone prepared valuable gifts for her.

Especially when the grandmother learned that Su Yunling hadn't even had a coming-of-age ceremony, she cried uncontrollably.

She took out the golden hairpin given by the late queen and personally pinned it into a bun for Su Yunling.

Other relatives also took out the gifts they had prepared. Su Yunling looked at the box full of gold, silver, pearls and jade, and her eyes smiled into crescents.

"Lingling looks just like her sister when she smiles." The uncle sighed sadly.

"They look alike not only when they smile, but also when they don't smile," said my second uncle.

"Our Lingling is much more beautiful than that fake daughter. Although Su Yueying can barely be considered outstanding, she is just uncomfortable to look at." The second aunt said gently.

After about a month of treatment and recuperation, the horrible scars on Su Yunling's face are almost gone. In just half a month, it will be completely restored to its original state.

But now she has become accustomed to wearing a veil, so she plans to continue wearing it even after her face has healed, mainly because her skin is sensitive and cannot be exposed to pollen.

As the family was wiping their tears and listening to Su Yunling telling about her past experiences, the people sent by the grandmother came back.

"Madam, as you expected, Minister Su went to the mass grave in person."

"Did you take the body away?"

"It's hidden in the abandoned City God Temple in the east of the city. The coroner is doing an autopsy and the results should be out by now."

Sure enough, within an incense stick of time, the coroner came over with the Xu family's servants.

After investigation, it was found that the real cause of Liu's death was poisoning, not caning.

How could Liu be poisoned?

Who poisoned her?

This is not difficult to guess. Besides the Xu family, the ones who want her dead the most are Su Zhaohong and Su Yueying. And Su Yueying has never been in contact with the Liu family, so the only murderer left is Su Zhaohong.

As early as when Liu was dragged out and beaten to death, Su Yunling noticed something was wrong from her overly calm attitude, and after Liu's death, Su Yunling smelled a hint of medicine on her that was not there before.

So Liu took the poison under Su Zhaohong's cover before being caned.

As for why she was willing to take poison, there is only one possibility.

That means you were deceived by Su Zhaohong.

The Su family had obtained a bottle of fake death drug earlier. Presumably, Su Zhaohong fed the poison to Liu by calling it fake death drug.

Liu also firmly believed that the lover she had loved for more than 20 years would not abandon her, so she believed it and accepted it.

There was only one reason why Su Zhaohong went to the mass grave to find Liu's body: to cover up the cause of her death.

Liu would never have thought that the man she loved most would love her more.

"That bastard Su Zhaohong, I knew he was involved in this!" Xu Zhang slammed the teacup on the table and jumped up.

Xu Hantang sighed repeatedly, "Let's not talk about the lack of direct evidence. Even if there is evidence to prove that he swapped his two daughters, the Great Yin laws cannot punish him for his crime. His biggest mistake is moral corruption. Besides, Su Yueying is the Holy Maiden of the Great Yin, so Su Zhaohong will be fine."

"Are we just going to let him go like this? Will Lingling suffer in vain? Listen to the name Lingling again. Ling means falling and withering. Those two beasts didn't even want to support her."

Xu Zhang was filled with anger and felt suffocated.

Su Yunling was busy helping her grandmother calm down. She originally wanted to tell them that their mother's death was also caused by Su Zhaohong, but seeing her grandmother's temper and the two elders' health, she decided not to tell them for the time being.

It won’t be too late to tell them once we get the evidence.

"Grandfather, grandmother, please be patient. I will pay more attention to my father's every move when I return to the Su Mansion. He has done a lot of illegal things during his years in the court. When I get the evidence, will I still be afraid that I can't deal with him?"

The two elders felt heartbroken when they thought that Su Yunling had to live in that den of tigers and wolves, but she was a daughter of the Su family after all, and they could do nothing about it.

Xu Zhang held Su Yunling's hand and repeatedly told her: "You must be careful of the old witch in the Su family courtyard who eats meat without spitting out bones. As for your unpromising brothers, although they are a little stupid, they will never have any bad intentions towards you. If you encounter any problems that cannot be solved, come back and tell grandma immediately..."

The matter of the Su family's real and fake legitimate daughter naturally alarmed Emperor Jing Zhao.

The next day at court, Su Zhaohong was, as expected, impeached by many parties for confusing legitimate and illegitimate children.

Fortunately, with the testimony of the Imperial Master Xuan Mo, even though Su Yueying was not a legitimate daughter, her fate as the daughter of national destiny was real, so the Emperor's wrath was calmed.

Emperor Jing Zhao did not punish Su Zhaohong severely because he was unaware of the incident and Su Yueying was the Holy Maiden of the Great Yin Kingdom. He only fined him three months' salary on the grounds of not managing his household properly.

As for the fact that Su Yueying is the illegitimate daughter of the Su family, it concerns the reputation of the entire empire. How can a saint have a mother who is a prostitute?

Therefore, Emperor Jing Zhao ordered that Su Yueying should still be known as the legitimate daughter of the Su family to the outside world, while Su Yunling should be known as the second legitimate daughter.

In addition, he rewarded Su Yunling with some gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins as a consolation.