Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Sun was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She glared at Song Zhi, who had caused the current situation, and said, "You are so sharp-tongued, even Yale can't compare to you with a finger. You..."

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, an extremely loud slap was heard.

Song Yang stood there with a dark face, "If I hadn't seen you give birth to Zhi'er with my own eyes, I would really doubt whether Zhi'er was your biological daughter."

His eyes were filled with disgust. "Even if you're upset about your niece's death, you shouldn't belittle a child and drag her down with you."

Sun covered her cheeks with tears in her eyes, but she stiffened her neck and shouted, "Song Yang! Why did you hit me? We've been married for decades, and you've disregarded my dignity in front of so many outsiders."

Song Yang sneered and looked at Sun with disdain, "Look at your behavior, what dignity do you still have?"

"You..." Sun was so ashamed and angry that her face turned red.

Li Yan cleared his throat and took control of the situation, saying, "Stop arguing, business is more important."

Sun quickly cast a hopeful look at Li Yan, "You've done your research, right? She's the murderer, right?"

Li Yan looked at Sun Shi with a puzzled expression, his lips twitching. "In the entire Sun Mansion, there is no clue pointing to Song Zhi. And after examining the surviving servants, all their injuries were caused by Lian Jiazi."

After a pause, Li Yan looked straight at Madam Sun, "Madam Sun, Song Zhi has been raised in the boudoir. You should know better than anyone whether she knows kung fu or not."

This sentence clearly tells Sun that the murderer cannot be Song Zhi.

Sun was stunned where she was, as if the faith that supported her had collapsed. She suddenly widened her eyes and said, "How could this happen? This is impossible."

Li Yan shook his head. "Madam Sun, although I don't know what made you go to such great lengths to make your own daughter take the blame, everything has its limits. If you do too much evil, you will eventually perish."

After that, he said to Song Zhi kindly, "I'm sorry for putting you through so much trouble these past two days. Since you're not a suspect, you don't have to wait for trial at the Dali Temple. Come home with your father."

Song Zhi bowed slightly, "Thank you, Shaoqing, for your keen observation."

In court, she did not call him uncle by such a private title.

Li Yan knew that Song Zhi said this on purpose to avoid suspicion. He did not take advantage of his relationship to be arrogant, nor did he make a fuss or cry out for grievance. He was calm and composed and was not easily surprised by praise or criticism. He felt a little more satisfied with this junior.

Just as she was about to leave, Sun grabbed Song Zhi's hand and asked, "You...your sister's death really had nothing to do with you?"

Song Zhi looked at Sun indifferently, and suddenly an idea flashed through his mind.

She shook off Sun's hand, turned around, knelt down, and said in a resounding voice, "I have another unwelcome request. I hope that the Shaoqing will be a witness."

Li Yan asked kindly, "What testimony?"

Song Zhi glanced at Sun indifferently.

For some reason, that glance made Sun's heart palpitate.

It was as if something was about to be completely lost from her life. She was very panicked and subconsciously wanted to stop Song Zhi from speaking, but she was a step too late.

"This humble servant has long since severed ties with Madam Sun, but it was only verbal. Today, while Madam Sun and I are both here, please have the Shaoqing write a document for this humble servant, affixed with the official seal, completely severing all ties with Madam Sun."

Everyone present was extremely shocked. There were many parents in the dynasty who expelled their unfilial children from the royal family, but this was the first time that a daughter had to sever ties with her biological mother in writing.

But everyone tacitly thought that she was right to do so.

“You deserve it.”

"This is what you deserve."

"It's really better to cut off ties with a mother like this."

Amid the whispers of the people, Li Yan looked at Song Zhi distressedly, "Have you thought it through?"

Although this matter should generally be handled by the government, he had selfish motives and didn't mind helping Song Zhi.

Tianqi attaches great importance to filial piety. Sun thought that if Song Zhi behaved like this, there would always be someone to speak up for her and reprimand Song Zhi. However, she did not expect that her several bizarre actions had already made the people lose all sympathy for her.

Not only did no one speak up for her, but they all cheered.

She knelt there stiffly, her face instantly pale. Ironically, the tears she had cried for Anya Song a second ago were still half-fallen and hanging on her cheek.

"No... No, I carried you for ten months and gave birth to you with great difficulty. If you do this, I will become a laughing stock for the entire Tianqi."

Song Zhi's face was cold, "Aren't you a joke now?"

Is there any mother in the world who would want to kill her own daughter as much as she does?

She said seriously, "If you can't raise a child, how can you be a mother? My Lord, I have made up my mind."

Sun said in a panic: "No, I don't agree."

In the past, Song Zhi had only said it verbally, but as long as she was alive, their blood relationship could not be severed.

But if the court issues a document and stamps it, then Song Zhike will have nothing to do with her in the future.

At this time, Sun had already put Song Yale's death behind her. She looked around as if asking for help, but found that no one was on her side.

Finally, he looked at Li Yan and said, "Your Excellency is also a parent, so you should be able to understand the heart of a parent. Song Zhi is young and naive. Do you think you are so cold-blooded as to help her do what she wants?"

Li Yan frowned. "Madam Sun, there's no need to accuse me of this. We all know what's right and wrong. I have children, but I can't understand why you'd go to such lengths to kill your own daughter."

As if she suddenly remembered why she was kneeling here, Sun's face turned even paler.

She glanced at Song Zhi awkwardly and defended herself in a low voice, "I just want the murderer to be brought to justice, I..."

Song Yang couldn't help but say, "Zhi'er is just a girl who is about to come of age. Why should she be treated like this by you?"

As he spoke, Song Yang's eyes turned red. "You never showed her any maternal love since she was a child, yet you always used your motherly status to make her compromise. When Song Yale was alive, you favored her and hurt her heart. Now that Song Yale is dead, you blame her death on her. What sin did she commit to have a mother like you? If you still have any conscience, don't say anything more and sever this relationship."

Sun was unable to utter a word in rebuttal, and tears fell from her eyes with redness.

Li Yan said impatiently: "Okay, stop crying. If you cry now, what were you doing before?"

He waved his hand and asked someone to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to write the document of severing ties. Sun moved to Song Zhi's side and said, "Zhi'er, after all, I am your mother. I..."

"Stop insulting the word 'mother'."

Song Zhi interrupted Sun, his voice smooth and even.

Sun was heartbroken and shook her head and continued to cry.

Song Zhi sneered, "You want me to die, right? After we break up, you can just treat me as dead."

Sun was speechless. She had been overwhelmed by Song Yale's death before, and only now realized that she had actually sent her daughter to the court and kept asking her to pay with her life.

She had a happy family, loved her husband, was filial to her daughter, and cared about her son.

Whenever she goes out, she is always in the limelight and popular.

But now, she is alone, and outsiders look at her strangely.