Chapter 777 Unyielding (2)_1
"You lowly wretch..." Lady Zhu cursed at her.
Pei Qian clenched her fists, wishing she could rush forward and tear the old woman’s face off, "Keep cursing you old hag, and I’ll break off all your remaining teeth!"
Lady Zhu’s breathing hitched, and seeing the fierce hatred in her, she dared not curse loudly again, "... Don’t you have any respect for the law! The heavens will sooner or later take you all!"
"No one’s plotting against us, the heavens won’t take us that quickly! It’s you people who should be worrying—if you’ve murdered someone, the law won’t let you go! Just wait and see how the murderers die!" Pei Qian took a deep look at Qian Wanxiu and Pei Zongli and turned to leave.
On her way out, she didn’t forget to tell the Government Officials, "Didn’t the wet nurse say she saw Lady Chen in the yard when she went out to fetch water? The murder only could’ve happened at that moment. Perhaps Lady Chen witnessed it and is protecting the murderer! Interrogate her thoroughly; you might just find evidence!"
Several Government Officials hurriedly followed suit, "Third Young Lady Pei is truly as attentive as she is sharp-witted, to discover such an oversight! If others won’t confess, it’s likely Lady Chen saw something. Just scare her with some torture tools, and she might just spill everything!"
"Protecting a murderer also calls for prison!" Pei Qian remarked before striding back to her courtyard with her entourage.
Qian Wanxiu, Pei Zongli, and the others all looked extremely unsightly. If Lady Chen broke down and confessed, Pei Wensheng wouldn’t be able to escape the charge of murder.
"Father! Mother! I have a plan..." Pei Wenchen said to Pei Zongli and Qian Wanxiu after everyone else had left.
At the Government Office, Jiang Benxin had already ascended the court and was conducting a public interrogation of Lady Chen and the wet nurse, "Both of you, recount the events of that day once again. Should you dare conceal anything, do not blame this official for severe punishment. You will be charged with complicity! You can spend years in prison!"