You died to save me, I promise you a lifetime

The second old master had tears in his eyes, but his face was determined.

"Xue'er, in this life, you made mistakes, serious errors that cannot be rectified, and you must pay the price with your life. In your next life, remember to be a good person!"

"Grandfather, I am your granddaughter!"

"It is precisely because you are my granddaughter that I let you go quickly. If it were someone else, you would have to suffer a lot for what you did, even if you died ten thousand times."

Mu Qinxue felt as if her internal organs were being torn apart. Before she drew her last breath, she seemed to see herself in her wedding dress, and saw Lin Jinhao piercing Mu Yunge's chest with a sword...

The second old master looked at Li, who was lying on the ground and vomiting blood, with a cold face.

"I hope you will be kind to others in your next life. No matter who you marry, you must be a good wife and help her. Don't be so self-righteous and ruin your husband and children."

Li refused to give in and pleaded for mercy: "We will never again dare to covet things that do not belong to us. From now on, we must prioritize the honor of our family and behave well.

Maybe nothing has happened at the border yet, and there's still time. Dad, please forgive us this time."

The second old master watched her dying struggle coldly.

"The unscrupulous things you've done can't be solved simply by admitting your mistakes. Otherwise, what's the point of having laws in this country?

I just hope that in your next life you won’t come back to bring harm to our family, and won’t come back to bring harm to Yihui.”

Seeing the mother and daughter struggle until they were motionless, the second old master finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He hugged the silent Mu Qinxue in his arms, tears streaming down his face.

"Xue'er, Xue'er, don't blame grandpa for being cruel. In order to save some face and a way to survive for the other members of the Second House, grandpa had no choice but to let you die suddenly from illness."

The second old master held Mu Qinxue until she became cold and stiff, then he let her go.

"Somebody come!"

The situation in the dining hall shocked all the servants.

Hearing the old man calling for help, everyone pushed and shoved together to get the housekeeper into the house.

The housekeeper knelt down as soon as he entered the room and asked, "Old Master, what do you want?"

The second old master stared at him sharply and asked, "Were you involved in what the mother and daughter did? Did you know about it?"

The butler raised his hand and swore: "I was absolutely not involved and had no knowledge of it!"

The butler is a retired veteran. He is down-to-earth but lacks wisdom, so it is normal that he doesn't know.

The Second Old Master believed his statement and said, "Take the servants and go get Li and the servants from the young lady's courtyard."

The housekeeper should go down and do it.

Not long after, Xiao Cui from Mu Qinxue's courtyard, and the nanny from Li's courtyard were all brought to the dining hall.

The nanny was proud of being Li's dowry, so when she saw Li dying, she rushed over and cried for a while.

Like a madman, he shouted at the second old master without caring about anything: "Old man, one of them is your granddaughter and the other is your daughter-in-law. You actually killed them. Are you crazy?"

"You asked a good question! The Li family committed these unscrupulous acts, and I'm afraid you must have been involved in their planning."

The second old master pointed at the nanny and then at a few other people.

"As someone close to them, when your masters did something wrong, you didn't stop them and instead participated in it, causing them to go further and further, doing things that hurt the family and their loved ones. You deserve death."

Xiao Cui knelt beside Mu Qinxue's body and cried, "Old Master, I tried to persuade the young lady, but my words were insignificant and I couldn't persuade her."

The second old master glanced at her and said, "Can't you persuade me? Why didn't you tell me? If you had told me earlier, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out like this.

Do you know that it was because of your inaction that the mother and daughter acted recklessly, causing Yihui and the others to lose their lives?"

Xiao Cui was so frightened that she was stunned and stammered, "Something happened to my benefactor? How could this happen?"

The Second Old Master ignored her and ordered the housekeeper, "Bring them all to the yard and beat them to death in front of the servants!"

The other maids and old women begged for mercy: "Old Master, please spare us. We are just menial servants, doing menial chores in the courtyard. How could we have the chance to get close to the master?"

The Second Old Master thought about it and agreed. He nodded and said, "Maidens and servants below the third rank will each be beaten with twenty boards and expelled from the mansion."

Several maids and old women were taken out, and soon there were the sounds of "slapping" with a stick and "woohoo" sounds from people with their mouths blocked.

After the noise subsided, the second old master looked at the remaining people and said to the housekeeper: "Give them the chicken soup. Since they are loyal to their master, let them go down to accompany the master."

Xiao Cui shook off the servants who were holding her captive and kowtowed several times towards the north: "My life was given by my benefactor. I have an unshirkable responsibility for today's situation. Benefactor, I come to apologize to you!"

After saying that, he rushed to the table, scooped up the chicken soup and drank two mouthfuls. Seeing this, the nanny also let go of Li and went forward to drink the soup: "Madam, I am here with you!"

The remaining maids were so frightened at this that they collapsed to the ground.

The second old master closed his eyes and said, "Give them some to drink, too."

With the help of the housekeeper and the servants, the remaining maids and old women drank the chicken soup with added ingredients and were spared the pain.

By the time everything was settled, it was already past midnight.

The second old master stumbled to his feet and said, "After daybreak, the Mu family began to prepare for the funeral. They announced to the public that the wife and daughter of the family had contracted a serious illness and died suddenly."

The housekeeper agreed and asked the servants to clean up the bodies of the maids and old women, clean the dining room, and temporarily place the bodies of Li and Mu Qinxue on the door panels. They would be buried after the coffins were bought.

The second old master refused the servant's help, hunched over, and staggered out of the dining hall and knelt in the yard.

"The ancestors of the Mu family, the unfilial descendant Mu Shouyi failed to manage the family strictly, allowing such evil people and evil deeds to arise in the family. Today, this unfilial descendant has eliminated this evil from the family!"

After saying that, he kowtowed.

sudden.

His body tilted and he fell sideways.

The housekeeper who had been standing by hurried forward to support him: "Come, take the old man back to the courtyard to rest, and ask the palace doctor to take good care of him."

Several servants came forward and carried the man away.

As he watched the people walk away, the housekeeper felt sad as he looked at the Mu Mansion which was on the verge of collapse overnight.

Although the old man is old, his style of doing things is still the same as before. He is decisive in killing and will sacrifice his relatives for the sake of justice.

This move should be able to save the second house, especially the eldest son Mu Yiqi's family.

The Mansion of Duke Yongguo.

As soon as the funeral procession left the house, Lin Xiuye ​​could no longer hold on and collapsed. Aunt Wu in the mansion came forward to take charge of the situation.

In the afternoon, the people sent out to help Zhao Hongyi hurried back to the mansion: "Mrs. Wu, something happened in the palace. I must see the master."

"What happened?"

"The Third Prince and the Empress were captured. The people sent to protect them, as well as the Third Prince's men, were all eliminated by the Princess's men."

"What? The master is still unconscious. What should we do?"

"Mrs. Wu, please quickly ask the palace doctor to find a way to wake the master. The situation in the palace is not good."

Aunt Wu knew the severity of the situation and quickly called the palace doctor: "Whatever you do, wake the master up."

The court doctor used silver needles to prick several acupuncture points on Lin Xiuye, and he slowly woke up.

The servant quickly stepped forward to report: "Master, something happened in the palace. The eldest princess and Prince Zhan entered the palace today. The Third Prince and the Queen were both arrested. They are accused of patricide and regicide."

Lin Xiuye ​​felt dizzy after hearing this.

"Does the Princess have any evidence?"