I just want to live a happy life

Of course, Old Madam Sheng knew that something had happened in the main courtyard, but she didn't know what it was.

When she saw Mother Liu coming to ask her to go to the main courtyard, she knew that this matter must be related to Minglan.

When they arrived at the main courtyard, Mrs. Sheng saw Minglan kneeling on the ground.

Wang Ruofu and Sheng Hong hurriedly bowed: "Mother."

Rulan: “Grandma.”

No matter what time it is, this etiquette cannot be abolished until the situation becomes most tense.

Old Lady Sheng: "What happened?"

Sheng Hong did not hide anything and told her everything.

Old Madam Sheng didn't believe it: "This is impossible. Minglan was taught by me to be well-educated and well-mannered. She would never do such a cruel thing."

Wang Ruofu said coldly: "Mother, do you think Ru'er is framing Sheng Minglan?"

"Mrs. Wu has seen this. If all else fails, you can ask Xiao Tao. She will know the answer, too."

Xiao Tao was originally kneeling outside the yard. When she heard the lady coming to question her, she hurried in.

When she heard the question, she glanced at Minglan and said nothing, but her expression showed that what Wang Ruofu said was true.

Old Lady Sheng looked at Minglan with disappointment in her eyes, but she still had a glimmer of hope. She didn't want to believe that Minglan was such a person. Minglan was not like this in front of her.

"Ming'er, grandma doesn't believe you did this on purpose. Do you have any difficulties?"

Wang Ruofu: "Have you any hardship? Sheng Minglan does have one. She said that I was the one who killed Wei Xiaoniang, and she wanted to use Rulan to avenge me."

Old Madam Sheng's face froze and she looked a little unnatural.

Wang Ruofu raised her lips and said softly, "Mother, something will happen to Wei Xiaoniang. Don't you know it better than me? Sheng Minglan, if you want to know the truth, you can ask your grandmother."

Sheng Minglan was a little confused: "What?"

How did my grandmother know about this?

Old Mrs. Sheng remained silent but was not panicked. After all, Wang Ruofu was just suspicious and she had no evidence.

Sheng Minglan knelt down and moved in front of Old Madam Sheng, grabbed her clothes with her hands, and pleaded, "Grandma, how did my mother die? Please tell me the truth."

Old Madam Sheng sighed and said, "Ming'er, your mother died of a normal dystocia. No one harmed her."

Sheng Minglan shook her head and insisted, "Grandmother, just tell me, my mother must have been murdered. If I don't know, how can I be willing to accept it?"

It is a fact that she harmed Rulan. If she doesn't want things to get worse, she can only claim that her mother was harmed, preferably by the eldest lady. Only in this way can she say that she had her reasons for harming Rulan and that she was not cruel.

But Old Madam Sheng still insisted that Wei Xiaoniang died of normal childbirth complications.

At this time, Wang Ruofu said slowly: "Mother, don't hide it anymore. Sheng Minglan wants the truth, so you can tell her so that she won't keep accusing me. I don't want to bear the blame."

Old Madam Sheng's face darkened: "I am telling the truth."

Wang Ruofu nodded indifferently: "Okay, since mother won't say it, I'll say it for you."

Afterwards, Wang Ruofu looked at Sheng Minglan who was kneeling on the ground and crying: "Your mother was indeed murdered. The one who murdered your mother was your grandmother. She wanted to have the right to speak for the Sheng family, so she wanted to raise you. But with your mother around, you could never stand on her side, so she added medicine to your mother's food, which led to her death during childbirth."

Upon hearing such a secret, Rulan's eyes widened in shock. She had never expected her grandmother to be such a person. She had never shown that at all when they were together.

Old Madam Sheng glared at Wang Ruofu: "Even if I'm not Hong'er's biological mother, I'm still your elder in name. How dare you frame me? I made a mistake when I asked Hong'er to marry you. I made a mistake in choosing you."

Wang Ruofu was not angry: "Mother, why are you so angry? I wonder if mother still remembers Cuizhu?"

When she heard the name Cuizhu, Mrs. Sheng was speechless and stopped talking immediately, like a chicken with its neck strangled.

How could she not remember? Cuizhu was the person she ordered to drug Wei Xiaoniang. Wasn't she sent out of the Sheng Mansion? She should have died long ago. How could Wang Ruofu know that?

Wang Ruofu seemed to know what Old Lady Sheng was thinking and said, "Don't worry, mother. Cuizhu is not dead. I saved her. Mother, do you want to see her? I can ask someone to bring her to the Sheng Mansion."

Old Mrs. Sheng quickly refused. She didn't want to see the person she thought was dead appear in front of her at all.

At this point, everyone present understood that Wei Xiaoniang was really harmed by Old Madam Sheng.

Sheng Minglan sat on the ground with a sad face, dazed and completely stunned.

How could this happen? Her mother was killed by her grandmother, and the murderer who killed her mother had raised her for so many years.

Minglan was torn between her own conscience and her own desires. On the one hand, her grandmother had harmed her mother and she wanted revenge, but on the other hand, her grandmother had taken care of her for so many years.

She didn't know how to treat her grandmother.

Now that we know who killed Wei Xiaoniang, we should talk about how Minglan harmed Rulan.

Wang Ruofu said coldly, "Go, take Sheng Minglan to the ancestral hall and make her kneel before the ancestors to admit her mistakes. Xiaotao and Danju beside her knew that it was wrong to do such a thing, but they didn't know how to persuade the girl. Beat her with thirty sticks and drive her out of the house."

Xiao Tao knelt on the ground with a pale face, she cried and wailed: "Madam, I know I was wrong, girl, girl, please save me, I don't want to leave you."

Sheng Minglan also came back to her senses and quickly pleaded, "Madam, mother, mother, I know I was wrong. If you want to punish me, punish me. I forced them to do this. Please forgive me, mother."

Wang Ruofu didn't buy it, so she had them taken away and punished accordingly.

This Sheng Minglan is really...

She doesn't care about the word "mother".

Sheng Hong had no objection to such punishment. He didn't care much about the affairs in the backyard, as they were basically decided by the eldest lady.

Old Madam Sheng has been sent back. As for how Minglan treats her in the future, that is their business and she will not interfere.

Minglan was punished by the eldest lady, and the people around her were driven out of the mansion. Soon, everyone in the mansion knew about this big news, but because Wang Ruofu had blocked the news, no one knew the details. The people around Wang Ruofu kept their mouths shut, so they couldn't find out anything and could only guess.

Just watch quietly how what happened today will develop.

Sheng Minglan knelt on the ground, looking at the tablets of the Sheng family ancestors placed on it. Her mind was very confused. How could her grandmother harm her mother? She didn't want to believe it, and she didn't want to believe it.

How would she face her grandmother in the future?

What should she do?