Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Upon seeing the two people being brought in, the First Madam and Qi Jinglin's expressions changed drastically.

Those two people were none other than a servant in the household, one of whom was the gambling son of the kitchen maid.

The other was the madam who sold them the medicine.

The First Madam looked at Qi Jinglin.

Qi Jinglin's forehead began to break out in a cold sweat. He didn't know what was going on. Clearly, after he bought the infertility drug, he had his servant deal with the madam and then send the servant out to lay low for a while.

To everyone's surprise, the madam was still alive, and the servant was also brought back.

"You all speak," Qi Congming said.

The madam knelt down and cried as soon as she entered: "Heavens, my lord, I am innocent! It was your young master who spent a lot of money to buy the infertility drug from me. I had no idea what he intended to do with it."

"Moreover, the young master bought the infertility medicine from me and wanted to kill me. He had this servant push my head into a water vat, wanting to kill me. If it weren't for the people sent by the Marquis in time, I would probably have died at the young master's hands long ago."

"And you?" Qi Congming looked at the servant again.

The servant had clearly been tortured before; he lay on the ground, bruised and swollen, saying, "It was the young master! The young master arranged for me to go to the madam to buy medicine, and then kill her to silence her!"

The kitchen maid, who had been stubbornly refusing to confess, stopped struggling when she saw her son being arrested. She quickly kowtowed and confessed, "Old Madam, Lord Marquis, it was the First Madam and the Eldest Young Master who ordered this servant to do it."

"The young master ordered my son to buy medicine, and the madam ordered me to put the infertility drug into the soup. My son and I had no choice; we were forced into it!"

“You’re talking nonsense! This is slander! Slander!” Qi Jinglin stood up and shouted.

The First Madam also pretended to wipe away tears and cried to the Old Madam, "Mother, I don't know where I offended my second brother, that he can't tolerate us widows and orphans, and is blaming us for such a big crime?"

“After the incident of falling off the cliff last time, my second brother almost wrongly accused my mother and me to death. How long has it been? Now, my second brother has somehow found these people and is framing us with baseless accusations. Does he think my mother and me are an eyesore in the Marquis’s mansion and wants to drive us out?”

The old lady looked at the first wife with a slightly cold gaze, without saying a word.

The First Madam pulled Qi Jinglin aside again: "Son, come here and kneel down before your grandmother, beg her to do justice for us!"

Qi Jinglin also knelt down: "Grandmother, your grandson and mother have been wronged. You must do justice for us!"

The old lady stared at them for a while, ignoring their words, and instead looked at Qi Congming.

"Second brother, words are no proof. Do you have any evidence?"

Indeed, although there is physical evidence and witness testimony, it cannot be fully proven that all of this is related to the first wife and her son.

Qi Congming looked at the kitchen woman: "What about the things the First Madam bribed you with? Do you want me to send people to search for them myself?"

"No, no need." The old woman took out several silver notes from her bosom. "These are from the First Madam."

The other two also produced their own evidence, hoping that handing it over would lessen their punishment.

Qi Congming picked up a silver note and examined it, then said, "This silver note comes from the largest money exchange in the capital. Each one has the exchange's special mark on it. In addition, they will have the person who picks up the silver note register."

"Sister-in-law, do you want me to send someone to the bank with this bank note to check if you have sent anyone to collect it recently?"

Upon hearing this, the First Madam's already pale face turned even paler.

She had her personal maid retrieve the silver notes because she didn't want anyone to recognize her.

But she overlooked the fact that the money exchange marked the banknotes and required people to sign and register them.

If Qi Congming were to send someone to investigate, they would surely be able to find out who her personal maid was.

The First Madam collapsed to the ground.

The old lady looked at her coldly: "Eldest daughter-in-law, what else do you have to say?"

“Mother… your daughter-in-law acted foolishly for a moment, she acted foolishly to do such a thing to my second brother’s wife…”

"A moment of confusion?" the old lady asked. "Or was it premeditated, for the sake of the title? You wanted Jinglin to inherit the title, so you did this, didn't you?"

Qi Jinglin knelt beside the First Madam. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but the First Madam reached out and pressed his hand down.

"Mother, this is all my fault, it has nothing to do with Jinglin!"

She took all the blame upon herself, crying and sobbing, "I'm so wronged! My husband died on the battlefield, but he didn't get any benefit. The title should have been given to our son, why did it go to Qi Congming?"

"Just thinking of my husband, and how tragically he died, made me unwilling to let his title fall into the hands of others, which is why I did such a foolish thing..."

As she spoke, she brought up the topic of her deceased grandfather.

"Shut up!" the old lady snapped. "Who gets the title is His Majesty's decision. Are you questioning His Majesty's decision? Are you tired of living and want to drag the entire Marquis's mansion down with you?"

The old lady rarely spoke so sternly, which startled the first wife so much that she leaned back.

She thought that mentioning the deceased old man would soften the old lady's heart as before, but she never expected that the old lady would turn around and scold her.

"You short-sighted fool, that title was bestowed by His Majesty with boundless grace. He can give it to whomever he wants. Who are you to make fun of?"

"If it weren't for the second son redeeming his elder brother's crimes, our entire Marquis's mansion might have been executed along with our nine generations of relatives. Do you think you would still be the esteemed First Lady you are today?"

"You don't understand the principle of 'one prospers, all prosper; one suffers, all suffer,' you only see what's right under your nose. I've misjudged you all these years, you ungrateful wretch!"

The First Madam had never been scolded like this by the Old Madam, especially in front of so many younger people. Her lips trembled as she clutched her chest.

After a long pause, she finally spoke: "Mother, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please give me another chance..."

The old lady took a deep breath: "Give you another chance? Haven't I given you a chance? Last time, when Ning'er and Jingyu fell off the cliff, I didn't believe you were the one who did it. Now I understand, you were involved in that incident too!"

“I already gave you a chance last time, but you not only failed to learn your lesson, you have repeatedly done such vicious things. How can I give you another chance?”

"Mother!" The First Madam cried out in anguish, crawling to the old lady's feet and clinging to her skirt.

Qi Jinglin was also frightened by the old lady's furious appearance: "Grandmother, please don't be angry. I beg you, please forgive Mother this time!"

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