Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 604

Lady Linyuan was pale and her hands were trembling, but she still pretended to be shocked and angry and shouted.

"You're making baseless accusations! When did I ever ask you to do those things? Do you have any proof?"

As she spoke, she quickly said to Lord Linyuan, "Lord, it must be Cheng Wu who specially found this old woman to try and frame me!"

She clearly ordered someone to kill this old woman Rui to silence her! How is she still alive and even found by Cheng Wu!

Granny Rui gritted her teeth and said, "I have evidence!"

As she spoke, she took out several pieces of old-fashioned jewelry from her bosom: a ruby ​​hairpin, a gold bracelet with a twisted design, and a pearl hairpin.

"These were all gifts you gave me back then! I was just a lowly maid in the courtyard, how could you possibly have given me so many valuable pieces of jewelry for no reason! This is the evidence that you bribed me!"

In the past, Granny Rui helped Lady Linyuan with many things, and in addition to cash, she also received many good things from Lady Linyuan.

Later, after the eldest son of the Marquis of Linyuan died young, she and the other servants in the Xing family's courtyard were sold off. The Marquis of Linyuan promised to redeem her and find her a good place to live out her old age, but in reality, she sent people to kill her to silence her.

She was lucky and narrowly escaped death, but she was seriously injured and her health collapsed. For many years, she has been living in hiding, struggling to survive.

She has never dared to sell the jewelry that Lady Linyuan bestowed upon her, for fear of attracting attention and being hunted down by Lady Linyuan again, so she has kept it until now.

Two days ago, the Seventh Prince's Consort found her and offered her a huge reward to testify.

Her body was already completely broken, and she felt she was nearing the end of her life. Although testifying would be a capital offense, given that she was going to die anyway, it would be worth it to ensure her family's future wealth and prosperity.

Granny Rui recounted in detail how the Lady of Linyuan had bribed and instructed her back then, speaking with great clarity and detail.

Lady Linyuan's face turned pale and then red, and she broke out in a cold sweat. For a moment, she didn't know how to defend herself.

She could only hold tightly to Uncle Linyuan: "Uncle! Don't listen to what she's saying! It's all slander! I didn't do any of these things!"

The Earl of Linyuan was dumbfounded, his gaze shifting back and forth between Granny Rui and the Earl of Linyuan, growing increasingly astonished and uncertain.

He certainly didn't want to believe it, nor dared to believe it, that Lady Linyuan would do something so ruthless, but what Granny Rui said did sound too real.

He recognized the jewelry she took out; it was indeed from Lady Linyuan many years ago, all valuable items, and she wouldn't have given it to a lowly servant girl. If it had been stolen, Lady Linyuan wouldn't have remained silent.

Lady Linyuan could not explain how these jewelry pieces ended up in the hands of Granny Rui. She kept crying out that she was innocent, but could not come up with a convincing explanation to prove her innocence.

If his deceased wife and eldest son were indeed killed by Lady Linyuan, then she is absolutely terrifying!

Seeing that Lin Yuanbo was still hesitating, Shen Lingjun sneered, glanced at the old monk, and gestured for him to step forward.

The old monk was dressed in a magnificent robe made of fine fabric. He had a dignified and graceful face, with a full forehead and a square jaw, looking every bit the enlightened monk.