The imperial concubine is charming and charming, and only seeks power and wealth

"My wife said that she doesn't want to be buried in your Wang family's ancestral tomb. We are still husband and wife and I beg you to grant us our marriage."

His last wish, which he could not reveal before because of his master's plan, was now spoken out without any scruples.

Peirong lowered her eyebrows and repeated Xie Anning's last words three times outside the door.

Seeing that the door remained closed, he continued, "Now that you know the cause of Madam's death, you should understand how much she wanted to sever ties with the Wang family and would never be willing to lie in the Wang family's grave. Please show mercy and allow Madam's soul to return to the Xie family."

Wang Yong and Wang Wu were terrified when they heard this. Seeing that Peirong had no intention of stopping and wanted to continue talking, they hurriedly pulled her out.

"You're courting death!" Wang Yong shouted angrily.

Did you still think that his master was the gentle gentleman who didn't get angry easily?

This year, his mistress passed away, and his master's temperament changed drastically. He was so murderous that it was really frightening.

All the close confidants who serve him have to do their jobs with caution and humility.

Not to mention blocking the door and saying such outrageous words, even if he accidentally heard the servant say something extra, he would be punished with blood.

If you want to commit suicide, don't implicate others.

Peirong was also a stubborn person. Facing the two guards' anxious faces, she showed no fear and said calmly, "I just want to fulfill the last wish of the late master."

After he finished speaking, both Wang Yong and Wang Wu were speechless.

Who is not a loyal servant?

At this moment, there was a 'squeak' sound.

The tightly closed door slowly opened.

Wang Shaofu staggered out, looked at Peirong, and asked, "Did she have anything else to say?"

Peirong slowly shook her head. "No, the madam's only wish before her death was not to be buried in the Wang family's ancestral tomb. Apart from that, there was nothing else."

Nothing else.

Wang Shaofu looked dazed.

It was not until this moment that I finally understood how wrong I was.

How badly he hurt her.

That's why he would let the girl he had been guarding since childhood, waiting for her to grow up wholeheartedly, and when she reached the age, he would insist on marrying her despite his parents' opposition, and she would not leave him a word until her death.

She was heartbroken by him.

No longer believe in him, no longer love him.

Wang Shaofu slowly raised his head and looked at the dark sky.

He asked himself how they had gone from being in harmony and loving each other to this point.

The sky turned completely dark.

After this day, rumors in the capital became more and more intense.

The cause of death of Xie's daughter, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family, was in doubt, and it was a common knowledge among almost everyone in the capital.

Everyone was wondering whether this was a fabrication or whether it really happened.

Everyone's eyes were on the Wang family, waiting for what would happen next.

The rumors that were rampant damaged the Wang family's century-long Qingming Festival. Old Master Wang was so miserable that he even stopped going out to meet guests.

Old Madam Wang had been in poor health because of Madam Li's incident. This time, she had a slight change in her health. Perhaps it was because she felt guilty and short of breath, but she fell ill and refused all visits.

The century-old clan became deserted within a few days.

Wang Shaofu, as the eldest son of the Wang family and the next generation in power of the Wang clan, not only did not try to clarify the rumors for the Wang family at this time, but instead did something earth-shattering.

He pried open the graves of his wife and daughter, and despite the criticism and gossip of thousands of people, he insisted on burying his wife and daughter's coffins in the Xie family's ancestral tomb.

This action can be said to have directly acknowledged the Wang family's guilt of murdering their eldest daughter-in-law.

After all, apart from discovering that his wife's death was caused by his parents.

There is no reason that would make a man who loves his first wife so deeply as to betray his family and move her grave.

When the news reached the Wang family, Mrs. Wang, who was already bedridden and showing signs of a stroke, rolled her eyes and fainted.

When he woke up again, his mouth was crooked and half of his body was unable to move.

After saying "it's unfair", Mr. Wang vomited blood, but he still forced himself to ask his other two sons to ask their eldest brother.

No fruit.

No one knows where Wang Shaofu went.

After moving the graves of his wife and daughter, he disappeared from everyone's sight.

The last thing he did was to move the graves to force the Wang family to admit the crime of murdering their eldest daughter-in-law.

This incident caused such a big stir that it directly alarmed the emperor.

Xie Anning is the descendant of a hero.

And it is the only bloodline.

The cause of her death is in doubt, so of course it needs to be thoroughly investigated.

However, Wang Shaofu disappeared without a trace. Apart from the rumors and Wang Shaofu's crazy behavior of moving his wife and daughter's graves, there is no other evidence to prove that her death is related to the Wang family.

Therefore, the Wang family was not punished.

Even so, the reputation is ruined.

The carefully trained successor turned into a sword that destroyed the family.

Everyone has been talking about it since then, and even the most important Qingming Festival has disappeared.

Although they had no solid evidence and were able to escape punishment, His Majesty the Emperor still issued several imperial edicts to refute the Wang family.

Mr. Wang's body could no longer bear the strain and he fell ill.

Less than a month after recuperating, the emperor issued another decree, allowing him to retire and return home.

The other collateral relatives of the Wang family were all rich and idle people. Without Old Man Wang to support them, there was no one in the Wang family who had a say in the court.

The decline was visible to the naked eye.

All of this was within Wang Shaofu's calculations.

Although, in the end, he did not take action against his parents and relatives.

But in Xie Anning's opinion, what he did was no more merciful than taking direct action.

Compared to the pain of being cut in half, cutting flesh with a blunt knife is more painful.

The Wang family values ​​reputation the most and is always talking about etiquette and rules, but he has damaged the Wang family's century-long reputation.

What Mr. and Mrs. Wang want most is to have successors and hope that their family will continue to prosper.

He let his parents watch the Wang family decline.

Even Mrs. Wang was so shocked that she was paralyzed in bed and could not maintain the prestige of her mother-in-law for the rest of her life.

There is nothing more cruel than making someone lose everything they care about most.

If it were Xie An Ning himself, the means of revenge he would use would not be able to achieve this level.

Wang Shaofu, who did all this, is now at the Xie family's ancestral tomb.

It should be said that he has never left since Xie Anning's coffin was dug out from the ground and sent back to the Xie family.

These days, apart from his close confidants who kept coming to report news, he remained silent, like a wooden man.

The weather is getting colder and the wind is biting.

The last piece of news came.

When he heard that Mr. Wang was allowed to retire by the emperor and that the Wang family had no one to support it anymore, his long eyelashes trembled slightly.

Frost flowers melted into water and slid down my eyelids.

Xie Anning sat beside him, staring at him blankly.

She has been looking at him like this these days.

Watching him frantically digging her and her daughter's grave.

Seeing him secretly adding fuel to the fire of the Wang family's situation.

Watching him guarding her all the time.

And now, she watched him calmly dismiss all his confidants.

Except for the attendant who was given the surname Wang and refused to leave, everyone else left.

Wang Yong, Wang Wu and others had red eyes and kowtowed continuously, begging their master to cheer up.

Wang Shaofu opened the coffin lid without even turning his head.

Inside was a rotting skeleton wrapped in silk. He walked in without changing his expression. "Since you don't want to leave, then stay and seal the coffin and guard the tomb for us."

He gave one last order, "Your mistress likes quietness, so don't let anyone get near here."