Shipin Dalizheng

Mother Yao screamed, "Absolutely not. Yaohui is the real one. He is the real one."

Rong Tang didn't interrupt, but just watched Mother Yao screaming hysterically.

The three masters were the first to react. "That's right. You, a wicked servant, harbor hatred for your master. How could you possibly raise his child properly? Given your situation, it would be more reasonable to send the real young master away."

Rong Xiu found it hard to accept this assumption and shouted, "Three Tang brothers, don't listen to his nonsense. This is not the case. Mother Yao is a good person..."

The Third Master was almost mad with rage, "Sixth Brother, Eighth Brother, quickly restrain this idiot and shut her up. This evil servant said with her own mouth that she hated the Madam, and she still has the nerve to say that this evil servant is a good person..."

Rong Xiu burst into tears, trying to avoid the clutches of the Sixth and Eighth Masters. The more Mother Yao spoke, the more confused she became. This was completely different from before. The loyal servant had become an evil servant, and the truth was mixed with too many lies, which made her completely lose her judgment.

Nangong Jing stopped the Sixth and Eighth Masters, "Two elders, this is the court, you must not overstep the boundaries."

Several grandfathers looked at Rong Xiu angrily. Compared with Mother Yao's hateful behavior, Rong Xiu's words and deeds were even worse.

Nangong Jing said, "Yao, you have admitted to the crime of deceiving your master and you also admit that you deeply hate your master. I have reason to suspect that you committed murder in Madam Rong's death. You may plead guilty."

Mother Yao's face turned pale. There was a confession signed by her in the lobby of Jingzhao Prefecture. She said that it was Madam Rong who asked her to buy poison and commit suicide. Now she admitted that she hated her master, which undoubtedly provided evidence of poisoning and murder. No matter what, she could not clear herself of the blame.

She confessed everything herself. There was no beating or torture. She fell into the abyss step by step.

Yaohui suddenly stepped forward and tried to help Mother Yao up. "Mother Yao, we won't sue anymore. Let's go. Officials have always protected each other. We can't win the lawsuit."

Nangong Jing's temper flared up. "How dare you, a mere scholar like you, claim to be protecting one another in this court? Do you think you can defend your case, let alone in Jingzhao Prefecture, even if it were brought to the imperial court? This wicked servant of Yao is full of nonsense, confusing right and wrong, and can't even come up with a coherent argument. And yet you have the nerve to come and argue for a title? Have you read ten years of books and nothing to show for it?"

Yaohui was filled with shame and indignation, his face flushing red. "We are the plaintiffs, why should we be tried? And he is the defendant, but he is trying us while drinking tea in court. How can this be justified?"

Suddenly, a shrill voice boomed from outside, "I'm here to tell you the truth. He was a key figure in the Dai Viet effort to smoothly recapture Jiangnan. He was the Prince of Southern Xinjiang, the Earl of Annan, Dai Viet. Without him, the Jian'an Earl's Mansion would have been abolished long ago, and you idiots wouldn't be grabbing things here and there."

It turned out that Li Dequan had been waiting in the Earl's Mansion for a long time and came to check on the situation.

He was still holding the imperial edict in his hand, so he naturally got a seat. He sat down next to Rong Tang and said loudly, "I am watching here. I am representing His Majesty today. If you have any reason, please continue to speak. If you speak well, I will also learn from you and give Your Majesty a lively listen."

Rong Tang poured him some hot tea and said briefly, "This little scholar who popped up out of nowhere said he was the heir to the Jian'an Earl's Mansion and I was a fake."

Li Dequan rolled his eyes, "Then someone is deceiving the emperor."

Rong Tang pointed at Mother Yao and said, "She herself admitted to bullying and harming her master, and then she said she raised the child of her hated master. That's unbelievable."

"Oh? It's really hard to understand. If I hated someone, I would definitely kill her and her child together. There's no way I would kill the older one and then raise the younger one, leaving myself with endless troubles."

Seeing Rong Tang tearing everything apart and telling the whole story bit by bit without holding back a single thing, Mother Yao and Young Master Yaohui became even more uneasy and heartbroken.

Why, why is he not afraid of anything?

He is fake, he is fake!

Li De understood everything he heard and saw clearly. Where did he see it? From Rong Tang's hand!

He was also once the supervisor of the new army's special forces. Even if he didn't learn well, he barely passed. This was a gesture for him to cooperate.

He straightened his posture and asked Young Master Yaohui, "You have heard the whole story. We don't know the truth yet, so we will assume you are the real Young Master. We ask you, this evil servant hated Madam Rong and murdered her. As a son, what should you do?"

Mother Yao burst into tears, "Master Yaohui, I am sorry for you, but it is true that I have raised you wholeheartedly over the years! I am willing to sacrifice my life for you, Madam. I only ask that you burn some paper money for me during the holidays, and I will rest in peace in my grave."

Yaohui looked confused and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Yao Decai jumped up and said, "No, Yaohui, you can't do this. It's not easy for your aunt to raise you to this age. She is..."

Mother Yao shouted, "Shut up. The feud between Madam and me has nothing to do with Young Master Yaohui. I raised him purely because I love him. Yaohui, I only hope that after I pay for Madam's life, you will consider how many years I raised you and how much he has cared for you during my time with Decai. Will you help him take advantage of me?"

Young Master Yaohui's lips trembled violently, "Mother Yao..."

Li Dequan clapped his hands. "What a drama of love and hatred among wealthy families. It's enough to write a picture book. But the ownership of the title and property requires more direct evidence. It can't just be said by a wicked servant. Looking at all the testimonies, it seems more reasonable that Rong Tang is the real young master who was sent away. First of all, Madam Rong has a heart disease, and the child who was sent away also has a heart disease. There are a lot of witnesses and evidence. It's too incredible to say that you are the real young master based on the one-sided words of a wicked servant. Not to mention our family, no one will believe it if you tell others!"

Mother Yao cried for a long time, pointing at Yaohui and saying, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you anything else, but looks can't lie, right? When Master Yaohui and Rongtang stand together, who looks more like the biological son? Isn't it obvious?"

Rong Tang smiled. "That doesn't mean anything. He looks like my father, so maybe he's my father's child. But I don't look like him, so it doesn't necessarily mean he's not my biological son. Besides, my father has a lot of illegitimate sons and daughters, and they all look a little like him, but you can't say they're all my mother's children!"

Mother Yao said firmly, "You are not my wife's biological child. I swear on this."

"Then let me ask you one last time, is Yaohui my mother's biological son? If you lie, you will be torn apart."

Mother Yao hesitated for only half a second, as she seemed to have no way out. "I swear, Master Yaohui is Madam's biological son. If I lie, I will be torn into pieces by five horses."

From an angle invisible to everyone, Yao Decai's eyes were half protruding from his eye sockets.

Rong Tang slammed the table and stood up. "Alright, I've been waiting for you to say that. Yaohui, as long as you can prove that you are truly my mother's biological son, even if I lose everything, I will personally go to the palace to meet His Majesty and give you all my title and property. But if you are not, the consequences are too much for you to bear. Do you dare to gamble?"

Yaohui clenched his fists and his lips trembled. His natural composure had been gradually shattered by the truth. There were two roads in front of him, one bright avenue leading straight to the sky, and the other leading straight to the bottomless abyss, leaving him at a loss as to what to choose.

Mother Yao angrily crawled towards him, "Master Yaohui, remember what I told you. You were born noble, you are the chosen one. That is what you originally deserve. Don't be afraid. He is fake, and you are real."

Rong Tang's smile remained unchanged, revealing a coldness in his eyes. "Think it over, Jin Yaohui."