The daily life of a cold and aloof general raising his wife

Marquis Dongping was speechless for a moment.

Jiang Shuwan wanted to expose her second aunt's true colors today, but she didn't expect that the Marquis of Dongping would be involved. After Gu Shi fell into a coma, Jiang Shuwan suddenly understood many things.

"Outside the door, I still couldn't figure out what deep-seated hatred my second aunt and grandmother had that made her wait so many years before finally taking action against my grandmother."

Marquis Dongping was completely bewildered. "What did you say? Your second aunt poisoned your grandmother?"

"Yes, Father, my grandmother was poisoned when she was sick last time, otherwise she wouldn't have been so seriously ill."

Marquis Dongping scolded, "Why didn't you say so sooner!"

“At that time, I didn’t know who the murderer was, and I didn’t want to alert him.” Jiang Shuwan looked at her second aunt.

The second aunt looked completely innocent. "Shu Wan, what are you saying? I don't understand."

Marquis Dongping also suspected Jiang Shuwan because his second sister-in-law had never even been to the Grand Princess's residence.

"Second Aunt, does this look familiar?"

Feiyue took out the handkerchief embroidered with a special pattern and handed it to her second aunt.

Second Aunt's face remained unchanged, but the old nanny behind her changed her expression. However, she was old and had served Second Aunt for many years, so she was still steady and composed.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the master and servant, Jiang Shuwan chuckled and said, "The owner of this handkerchief was very stubborn. She committed suicide by poisoning herself before I could get anything out of her."

The old woman behind my second aunt lowered her eyes, and if you looked closely, you could see that her body was trembling slightly.

“I’ve never seen a handkerchief before, but today I’ve witnessed my niece’s ruthlessness. Your own mother is still lying in the room, and you can sit here so calmly.” The second aunt tried to disrupt Jiang Shuwan’s conversation.

“I’m sitting here to seek justice for my grandmother and mother.” Jiang Shuwan finished speaking and looked at the old woman behind her second aunt, saying, “If you want to know where her body is, you can atone for your crimes by doing good deeds. I know everything you’ve done…”

Her second aunt interrupted her excitedly, "Don't talk nonsense! I want to see my sister!"

"In that case, Scarlet Moon!"

Upon receiving the order, Fei Yue walked to the nanny next to her second aunt and had the other maids hold her down. They searched her and found a similar handkerchief; apart from the different fabric, the pattern and embroidery were exactly the same.

“Father, Grandmother suddenly fell ill, and after trying many medicines, her condition did not improve. It wasn’t until I went to the Grand Princess’s residence to investigate thoroughly that I found an extra ingredient in the medicine residue. Although that medicine was not non-lethal, long-term use would do more harm than good to the body, especially since Grandmother is young and old and cannot withstand the torment.”

Marquis Dongping stared at the handkerchief, lost in thought.

Second Aunt said angrily, "It's just a handkerchief, and you're saying I harmed the Grand Princess? You're being too arbitrary."

Marquis Dongping also felt that Jiang Shuwan's statement was too arbitrary.

"The maid who died was the daughter of the nanny who serves you. If it wasn't you, then who else could it be!"

The old woman beside my second aunt knelt on the ground, saying, "This servant has no daughter, Your Highness, please understand. This servant only has one son."

Jiang Shuwan never expected that she would abandon her own daughter.

"Alright, my men should be on their way with your short son. We'll hear what he has to say later."

The old servant reacted quickly, immediately kowtowing to Jiang Shuwan, "Princess, please spare my son. I will do anything you want. It was me, it was me who harmed the Grand Princess. As long as you spare my son, I will confess my guilt."

Her words implied that Jiang Shuwan was using her power to coerce her into confessing.

Jiang Shuwan really underestimated her second aunt, and also underestimated the people around her.

My second aunt also started crying, "Now you've got what you wanted. Not only will the people around me confess, but I will too."

Marquis Dongping frowned and said, "Shu Wan, stop fooling around."

Jiang Shuwan never expected that the Marquis of Dongping would distrust her so much.

“I’m not being silly. She sent someone to poison my grandmother and then sent someone to seduce you and drive a wedge between you and my mother.”

Second Aunt said, "You said I'm trying to drive a wedge between your father and mother. What good will that do me?"

Marquis Dongping chimed in, “That’s right.”

"It's revenge, of course. Has Father forgotten that more than a decade ago, my second aunt's entire family was executed, leaving only my second aunt alive?"

Marquis Dongping was taken aback. This happened fifteen or sixteen years ago, when Jiang Shuwan was only four or five years old.

The second aunt's emotions had calmed down considerably, and she said coldly to Jiang Shuwan, "You have no direct evidence; this is just your guess."

Jiang Shuwan said calmly and composedly, "Alright, Aunt, let's see if my guess is right."

After she finished speaking, she asked the Marquis of Dongping, "Father, do you still remember what happened back then?"

Marquis Dongping nodded, "I still have some recollection." After saying that, Marquis Dongping began to recall.

“Your second aunt’s father was actually a traitor. At the time, the investigation was very strict. If anyone in the family was involved in treason, the whole family would be executed.”

My second aunt suddenly became agitated and said, "No! A-Yuan didn't treason; he was framed!"

"My sister-in-law had irrefutable evidence at the time; her husband's family was indeed..."

Before the Marquis of Dongping could finish speaking, his second aunt interrupted him.

"No! It was you who killed A Yuan and my children by standing by and watching them die! As the son of a princess, you could have saved them, but you stood by and watched them die!" Second Aunt glared at Marquis Dongping.

Jiang Shuwan pressed on, "So you harbored resentment towards my grandmother, which is why you poisoned her?"

"Yes."

My second aunt admitted it, and then said viciously, "It's a pity that you discovered it but didn't poison that old woman."

Jiang Shuwan retorted indignantly, "What does your family's business have to do with my grandmother!"

“How can it not matter? She is the Grand Princess. As long as she opens her mouth, my husband and children will not die.”

Marquis Dongping never expected that she harbored resentment towards them.

"At the time, the evidence was conclusive. How could my mother have saved the entire Wen family?"

My second aunt didn't believe it. "Excuses! They're all just excuses!"

The Gu family was just a small, insignificant household in the capital, incomparable to those with deep roots. However, all three of their daughters married well. In particular, the eldest daughter became the wife of a marquis, and the second daughter also married into an official family. Her second aunt's husband was a talented scholar, and although his family background was not as good as that of the Marquis of Dongping, her second aunt was very satisfied with him.

After marrying her second aunt's husband, her second aunt lived a very good life. She even gave birth to a son and a daughter, and her family was happy and fulfilled.

One day, a group of soldiers came and ransacked the house of the second aunt. The whole family was imprisoned. After Gu Shi found out, she begged the Marquis of Dongping for a long time before the second aunt was finally released.

After her second aunt came out, she begged her older sister and brother-in-law to save her child and husband.

Marquis Dongping was powerless to help. The reason he was able to rescue his second sister-in-law was because her husband produced a letter of divorce in prison, meaning his second sister-in-law was no longer his wife. That's how Marquis Dongping was able to rescue her.

Two weeks later, my second aunt's entire family was beheaded. My second aunt was watching from below, watching her husband and children being beheaded one by one...