Chapter 768: Vengeful Spirit Seeking Vengeance (1)_1
The townspeople were all speculating and discussing; those who had gone to Yuanyang County to fetch a cart returned, and soon the news that Pei Zongli’s concubine’s son had been smothered to death spread back, "...they say it was the wet nurse who smothered him, and that wet nurse acted under Pei Qin’s orders, which is why the Master County came here to arrest people for questioning!"
The villagers suddenly burst into an uproar, "Pei Qin ordered the wet nurse to kill Pei Zongli’s concubine’s son!? Impossible! If she wanted to harm anyone, it would be Lady Qian’s son! If it wasn’t for Lady Qian, Pei Zongli and Old Pei’s House wouldn’t have driven Pei Qin and her mother to their deaths."
"Could it be that Lady Qian herself couldn’t stand the sight of the concubine and, fearing her son would later vie for the inheritance, killed her own son, and then framed Pei Qin!?"
Was it Pei Qin who ordered the wet nurse to kill the child, or Lady Qian who committed the murder and framed Pei Qin for it? Without other people involved, it’s hard to say. But the fact that Lady Chen was also brought into this, and she was thrown into prison along with the wet nurse, sharing the charge of murder, led many to speculate whether it was because Pei Qin had heard about Kong’s family and Pei Houli opening a noodle shop in Capital Jingcheng, selling helao noodles, sesame paste, and griddled pancakes, which angered Pei Qin, so she had Pei Zongli’s youngest son killed and then framed Lady Chen for it!?
The various speculations in Yuanyang County were endless, and some even said that Zhao Liniang had killed her own son and then tried to frame Qian Wanxiu for it.
Pei Qin and several others arrived in the main hall.
Qian Wanxiu, Pei Zongli, Zhao Liniang, and Lady Zhu also all came.
The government officials brought chairs over for Pei Qin and Mo Heng to sit. Pei Qian just watched coldly as they arrived; they had harmed her several times before, each time more viciously than the last, and this time she wanted to see how the despicable animals of Old Pei’s House would try to frame them!
Seeing Pei Qin and Pei Qian being offered chairs by the officials enraged Lady Zhu, who glared with bitter fury, "You’re a murder suspect and you dare sit down!?" Even she, the elder lady, had not been offered a seat.