After being sentenced to death, she came to her senses.

“Your mother has not been divorced or divorced. She is still a member of the Fang family. She insisted on taking you away without permission and has not returned since. The Fang family has already been more than kind to her. What more do you want?” Fang Zhengyong said angrily.

Fang Xiaoran gave a bitter smile and said with some sadness, "Even now, Father still thinks it's Mother's fault. No matter how much evidence is presented, you can turn a blind eye. I really don't understand why you hate Mother so much."

Faced with Fang Xiaoran's question, Fang Zhengyong didn't know how to answer. He had his own selfish motives, but he couldn't say them.

Before Fang Zhengyong could speak, Fang Xiaoran continued:

"Fine, I don't care what Father thinks. Today I just want to ask you all to clear Mother's name. The culprit is right in front of us. If you insist on protecting her, then I will have no choice but to take this to court. We'll fight to the death then!"

Upon hearing this, the old lady angrily retorted, "Are you trying to drag the entire Fang family down with you?"

"Grandmother is joking. It's just about revealing the truth. How could there be any talk of being buried alive with someone? There's still something I don't understand. Since you care so much about the Fang family's reputation, why was the matter of Mother poisoning her spread so widely back then? Did you never even consider giving Mother a way out?"

These words left everyone speechless. Even the old lady didn't know how to explain. After a long silence, she finally said, "I don't know why this matter got out. Anyway, it has nothing to do with the Fang family. Sixth girl, I'm begging you, please don't pursue this matter any further."

Fang Xiaoran said sternly, "Grandmother, you have quite the nerve. You think you can make me let go of the culprit who persecuted my mother with just a plea? Let me tell you, that's impossible!"

"Then what do you want? Why don't you invite your mother back, and we'll make it up to her properly. We did wrong her in this matter, but since things have come to this, for everyone's sake and for the good of the Fang family, let's each take a step back. She will still be the matriarch of the Fang family and can still take charge of the Fang family."

The old lady had no choice but to compromise. Right now, she had to appease Fang Xiaoran's emotions and prevent her from making a bigger scene. Everything else was negotiable.

But it was precisely these words from the old lady that completely enraged Fang Xiaoran. A tear slid down her cheek, filled with endless grief and despair. She trembled as she said, "How can Mother come back? Her bones are buried in the yellow sand, her soul has nowhere to rest. I haven't even found her remains. Tell me, how can she come back!"

"What!? Qiqi, she...she..." Upon hearing this, the old man's face changed drastically, and he gripped the armrest tightly, instantly aging several years.

Fang Zhengyong stared at Fang Xiaoran in disbelief, shaking his head incredulously. "No way, how could that be? How could she be dead? You must be mistaken. She's definitely still alive; she just got separated from you..."

“Back then, my mother received a letter from the Bai family saying that my maternal grandfather was in trouble. So she didn’t care about anything else and took me away from the Fang family. My father probably didn’t understand why my mother took me with her, because at that time, the Wang family was always eyeing me and wanted to kill me. My mother was sure that my father and grandmother couldn’t protect me, so she kept me by her side.”

"Since we left the Fang family, we have been hunted down and have been on the verge of death several times. We finally returned to Lingnan, but then the Bai family suffered a change. My mother was kicked out of the house and took me to live temporarily at Yunlai Manor. Unexpectedly, a few days later, a group of men in black broke in. My mother and Shuilu died tragically at the hands of the men in black while trying to save me. Yunlai Manor was also engulfed in flames and turned into scorched earth."

Those deep-seated memories and scars buried in Fang Xiaoran's heart were reopened, and she could no longer control her emotions, breaking down in tears.

At a young age, she had already experienced the despair of seeing her loved ones die before her eyes. Later, she was forced to wander and was forced to return to the Fang family. What awaited her was prejudice and indifference, with no warmth whatsoever.

"Were those men in black bandits or assassins?" Fang Zhengyong's eyes were filled with shock, and he hadn't recovered for a long time. Even now, he couldn't believe what Fang Xiaoran had said, that Bai Qiqi still had a chance of survival.

"Who is it?" Fang Xiaoran asked him in despair, while looking at the old lady. "Grandmother should know best. After all, she can poison herself to frame her daughter-in-law, let alone kill someone to cover it up."

The old lady stood up in shock and shouted angrily, "Stop talking nonsense!"

"Grandmother, don't worry, I have evidence. You sent a maid named Yaqing to the pharmacy to buy crape myrtle, and the pharmacy gave you a receipt. After all, crape myrtle is not an ordinary poison and cannot be sold casually. You had no other way to get it, so you could only buy cinnabar from the pharmacy and make your own. People who don't know medicine can't make it, and if you're not careful, you might really die from it. So you found a pharmacist named Zhao Heng to help you mix it and reduce the poison."

As she spoke, Fang Xiaoran clapped her hands, and a man in blue robes who was nearly fifty years old walked in, bowed, and said, "I am Zhao Heng. I greet Lord Fang, Grandfather Fang, and Madam Fang."

The moment she saw that face, the old lady was horrified. Her chest heaved, and she couldn't even utter a word. She just stared coldly at Zhao Heng and shook her head in anguish.

Judging from her performance alone, it was enough to prove that what Fang Xiaoran said was true. Madam Wang also breathed a sigh of relief, and her stiff body finally relaxed a little.

Grandfather was on the verge of exploding, but he suppressed his anger and asked, "Is what the Sixth Miss said just now true?"

Zhao Heng cupped his hands and said, "It is indeed true. I have the receipt from Qingchuan Pharmacy and all the records of how the Hundred Days Red was made back then. If you don't believe me, you can find the doctor who treated the old lady to compare the use of the Hundred Days Red."

"No need." Now that things had come to this, the old lady didn't want to argue anymore, because she knew that the more she argued, the more evidence Fang Xiaoran would produce that could harm them. Originally, Fang Xiaoran was just trying to clear her mother's name, but if she continued to pressure her, things would probably get out of hand.

Therefore, the old lady had no choice but to step forward and admit what she had done. She sighed and said helplessly, "This matter was indeed planned by me and has nothing to do with the Wang family."

"You actually framed your own daughter-in-law? What are you trying to do?" The old man was furious, utterly disappointed in them.

The old lady closed her eyes and said in a deep voice, "It was a momentary lapse, and it's too late to regret it. I don't want to argue for myself; I'll leave it all to Father to decide."

"So Father knew about this too?" Fang Xiaoran raised her icy eyes to look at Fang Zhengyong, asking each word clearly, "Those men in black were also related to you? Mother's death was because of you!"

"No, Yong'er knew nothing about this. It has nothing to do with him, and I have never sent anyone to assassinate you or your mother."

“I cannot believe what my grandmother said.”

Fang Xiaoran's attitude was firm, and the old lady had nothing to say. She could only sigh and say, "Fine, if you don't believe me, there's no point in saying more." After saying that, she looked at her great-grandfather and knelt down. "I will take full responsibility for what happened back then. Please punish me, Father."

Seeing that the old lady had extricated herself from the situation, Madam Wang finally felt relieved.

"Are you trying to distance yourself from the Wang family?" the old man asked.

The old lady replied, "It really has nothing to do with her, and there's no need to involve innocent people."

No sooner had the words been spoken than Liu's voice came:

"I have an account book here, please take a look, sir."