ebookland Chapter 210 Don’t shed tears until you see the coffin
Chapter 210 Don’t shed tears until you see the coffin
At a subtle moment, the officer who went to the Fan residence to arrest someone came back first.
All the maids who had served Fan Lin and the servants who had treated her daughter were brought here.
As soon as the two entered the courtroom, their legs began to tremble and they kept looking at Fan Ling for help.
But Fan Ling was also in a panic at this moment, not knowing how to cover up what she had done.
Anyone who was exposed by Lu Xinran could not escape punishment.
She knew it would be difficult for her to escape, but... she didn't want to die!
She gave the two of them a look that told them not to talk nonsense. They trembled and lowered their heads, each making their own plans in their minds.
Although Fan Ling had instigated everything they did, none of them had an innocent conscience and they all had lives on their hands. If they were not careful, they could die for their master.
Lu Xinran stood in front of the window across the street, and the situation in the court was somewhat unclear.
As soon as these two people came, she could open their booklets.
[Fan Lin's maidservant has been accompanying Peng Chunyang for many years, under the pretext of taking care of the girl left behind by her master, but in fact she is serving Fan Ling's illegitimate daughter.]
[Over the years, she has found excuses to drive out all the servants that Fan Lin brought to the Peng family. Now she is the only one in the Peng family who was brought there by Fan Lin.]
[She was nominally in charge of Fan Lin's dowry, but it had long been swallowed up by Fan Ling.]
[All Fan Ling has been eating and using over the years is her elder sister's dowry, and she even goes back to the mansion crying poor under the name of being a daughter.]
[Qi was concerned about her granddaughter and was afraid that she would abuse her, so she had to give her some benefits even though she felt like vomiting.]
[Each time she was able to ask for favors so smoothly, it was always because of the help of this maid. As long as she mentioned a few words in a subtle way that the young master was having a hard time in the mansion, Qi would have no choice but to grit her teeth and pay the favors.]
A series of inner thoughts made Fan Ling tremble as well.
She shouldn't have kept the maid for the sake of that little benefit. If she had gotten rid of her at once, there wouldn't be so many handles in Qi's hands now.
Lu Xinran was still flipping through the maid's booklet. This person had been able to stay safely in the Peng family for so many years, and had stayed with Peng Chunyang. She must have some scheming and tricks.
[If I find it, I will say that she must have something on Fan Ling, otherwise they wouldn't look so harmonious as master and servant.]
[The tonic prescriptions written by the doctor Peng Ruide had found were all in her hands, and the prescriptions written by the imperial physician after he examined Fan Lin were also in her hands.]
[She had these prescriptions hidden. If anything happens to her, they will be sent to Qi.]
[She used these prescriptions to threaten Fan Ling so that she would not dare to touch her. Not only did she escape death, but she also lived a very comfortable life.]
It is really a waste of talent for this maid to be only a servant. She should have been born into the royal family if she is so good at scheming. She could follow Song Junhua and others to turn the court upside down.
After sighing at this equally scheming maid, she turned her gaze back to the servant.
[Alas, I had hoped that this servant would have some compassion and give a chance to the little girl who lost her mother right after she came into the world. Unfortunately, he is such a cruel person.]
[He placed the child face down in a basin of water, filled the basin with water, and dumped it on the mass grave.]
[There are wild dogs and wolves over there. Even if the child didn't drown, the little one would be eaten by those beasts.]
[He went back the next day after he threw the child away and confirmed that only a mutilated body was left of the child before returning to report.]
Seeing this, her heart felt extremely heavy.
The child was innocent. How could Fan Ling and Peng Ruide treat that innocent little life so cruelly!
In the court, the two people who heard Lu Xinran's thoughts were panicked and scared, but neither of them regretted it.
Even now they still don't think that what they did was wrong, and only blame themselves for not being careful enough and allowing others to take advantage of the opportunity.
When Qi listened to these thoughts and combined them with the inside story she heard the day before, tears began to flow down her cheeks. She was shaking and was about to collapse.
Her Lin'er!
She was the one who hurt her.
At the beginning, she only thought about finding a suitable husband for her daughter and never thought that Peng Ruide was an evil ghost.
He had an affair with his wife's sister before getting married, and even had a child with her!
Poor her precious daughter, who was so innocent and kind, but actually fell into the trap of these two evil ghosts.
"Sir! Please interrogate these two people strictly. One of them killed my daughter, and the other killed my granddaughter. Such atrocities must not be tolerated."
Song Junyan nodded slightly. With the support of Lu Xinran's thoughts over the past two days, it would not be difficult to take the blame for these people.
Moreover, now as long as the dirty things are discovered by Lu Xinran’s system, they can be dealt with even if there is no evidence.
This was the tacit consensus reached by the court under the pressure of the emperor.
"Ms. Fan, do you plead guilty?"
Fan Ling knelt down with a plop: "My Lord, I am innocent. You cannot listen to those groundless rumors."
Peng Ruide also knelt down. He now regretted very much that he had designed to cause Fan Lin's death.
He had always felt that if he had not done this matter carefully enough, something bad would happen sooner or later. Now that the truth had come to light, he felt relieved.
"Sir, my wife and I have never done those dirty things. Please forgive me."
Both of them were determined not to admit anything, and now they were kneeling on the ground, looking innocent.
Although Lu Xinran couldn't hear, she had a booklet, and flipping through it was enough for her to hear all the arguments in court clearly.
[This couple is really shameless. They want to stick to their guns even though the facts are so clear.]
[This is a case of not crying until you see the coffin. The maid has been living a life of luxury in the Peng Mansion for many years and can't stand the threat of a big stick. And the servant has a family to take care of and dare not die. ]
[If you want evidence, drag these two out and give them 20 lashes each, and they will surely confess.]
Song Junyan looked at Fan Ling and her husband again with a gloomy look in his eyes: "Do you two admit your guilt?"
Fan Ling shook her head and continued to deny it. He didn't waste any more words with the two of them and had the two servants dragged away.
The maid was most afraid of being implicated and beaten with a stick, so she struggled and twisted her body.
"My lord, what do you want to ask? I will tell you everything. Please, please don't hit me."
As soon as she opened her mouth, the servant beside her immediately expressed her determination: "Sir, I have also confessed. Please take back your order!"
The moment they opened their mouths to betray her, Fan Ling immediately became nervous.
These two guys!
Have they forgotten that their family’s indentures are still in her hands?
Song Junyan slammed the gavel and said, "If that's the case, then tell us everything you've done. If you say anything wrong, I'll make sure you get punished."
Fan Ling grabbed the maid's skirt, and the maid took a step back and dared not look at her anymore.
She can't even save her own life, so let her family...let them figure it out on their own.
She told the story of her past one by one, and then the servant came forward and told how she abandoned the baby and the body.
Fan Ling collapsed on the ground, and the only sentence that flashed through her mind before she passed out was: They are completely finished.