freenovelworld Chapter 342 Crazy, crazy
Chapter 342 Crazy, crazy
Su Li's words were so powerful that they struck Xu Jing's heart like the sound of gold and jade.
Her eyes were red, and she looked up at Su Li fiercely.
"All these schemes? Su Li, what qualifications do you have to criticize me?"
Xu Jing stood up from the ground and pointed at Su Li.
"You've been unlearned and unskillful since childhood, spending your days eating, drinking, and having fun. Even though you get into trouble every day, act arrogantly and spoil yourself, and have a terrible reputation in Shengjing City, you're still the legitimate daughter of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. You're respected wherever you go. Even if they deeply dislike you, they can only pretend to respect you."
"Your aunt loves you, and your uncle, though he beats and scolds you, still pampers you. You are the apple of their eye, and they protect you in every possible way! Even if you caused an embarrassing incident like remarrying on your wedding day, your aunt and uncle helped you clean up the mess."
"Su Li, you were born with everything. Status, respect, wealth, and now you have a husband who loves you and two children! Why? You idiot, how could you have all this!"
"Because you have a scheming mother!"
Xu Jing's face was ferocious, and his mouth was spitting. Qin was frightened and shook her head repeatedly.
"Jing'er! What are you talking about!?"
"Am I wrong, my dear aunt? If you hadn't schemed against my mother and instigated her to elope with my father, would you have been able to marry into the Yong'an Marquisate and become his wife? Aunt, when it comes to scheming, I'm no match for you!"
"Shut up!"
Seeing that Xu Jing had gone crazy, Qin stepped forward and slapped her.
"Your mother is stubborn and determined to follow your father. She even said that your father is extremely talented and will definitely become the top scholar in the imperial examination one day, allowing her to become a first-rank imperial consort! Jing'er, she got what she wanted. It was never my plan!"
"Your father repeatedly failed the imperial examinations, eventually going insane and setting himself on fire, implicated you and your daughter. I traveled thousands of miles to find you and brought you back to the Marquis' Mansion! After your mother died, I raised you as my own daughter. Jing'er, how could you say such words and hurt your aunt's feelings!"
"Hmph! Aunt, are you expecting me to be grateful to you? Obviously, everything in this mansion should belong to my mother! Su Li has taken everything that belongs to me! I am the noble lady of the mansion who should be admired by everyone!"
Xu Jing covered her red face and sneered,
"For so many years, I have lived under someone else's roof, bullied and oppressed by Su Li and Su Zhe, and suffered a lot. In order to survive in the Marquis' Mansion, I tried my best to please you. I studied hard and mastered the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, just so that everyone could see me. But they are all blind!"
"In their eyes, hard work, diligence, and talent are far less important than family background. I'm not even as good as one of Su Li's toes!"
"Aunt, why?"
"Crazy, crazy!"
Faced with Xu Jing's accusation, Qin almost fell down.
She never imagined that the niece she had raised with all her heart would be so suspicious of her! For so many years, she had actually treated her kindness of raising her like this!
Qin wiped her tears and said fiercely:
"Jing'er, I never knew you hated and resented me so much! Fine, fine, fine. I'll just pretend that all these years of conscience have been thrown to the dogs!"
"Someone, come! My cousin is seriously ill. Lock her up in the yard. Don't let her come out without my order!"
As soon as she finished speaking, several old maids rushed in and twisted Xu Jing to go out.
Xu Jing laughed wildly.
"Mother, you see! She has pretended to be virtuous for so many years and finally can't pretend anymore. Mother, hahahaha, mother..."
At first, Xu Jing was still laughing, but gradually she started crying and walked away from the main hall to the backyard.
Qin covered her head with her hands and shook her head angrily.
"Why is she so paranoid?"
"Mom, she's always been like this, just pretending to be perfect in front of others. Mom, it's good that after all this commotion today, you finally see her true face. Don't let her deceive you anymore."
Today, Su Li deliberately provoked Xu Jing with words, which finally caused her to have an emotional breakdown after her engagement was broken off and she had no chance to become Queen Su.
But it’s good too, this way my mother won’t be fooled by her anymore.
Su Li looked at Shuang Hong who was still kneeling on the ground and trembling, and said sternly:
"Shuanghong, you've seen it too. Nothing has happened yet, and she's already impatiently giving you up. Do you still want to continue working for her?"
Shuanghong kowtowed to Qin.
"Madam, please spare me! Madam, those things were all done by the young lady. I had no choice."
"Those! Which ones?"
Qin also calmed down and grasped the key at once.
Shuanghong was shaking like a sieve, revealing everything about Xu Jing's past one by one. Qin and Su Li were more and more shocked as they listened. They didn't expect that Xu Jing had done so many evil things over the years.
"In order to avoid marrying Sun Zhonghuai, she spread rumors about Mr. Sun's reputation. And Shen Yanqing, I didn't expect that the robbery at Huguo Temple was caused by Jing'er."
Qin thought about all these things one by one and felt a throbbing pain in her head.
"Mom, it's not just these. Think about Su Zhe and Song Ci. Although their unhappy marriages had their own reasons, if it weren't for Xu Jing's bad advice and instigation, how could they have ended up like this?"
After hearing Su Li say this, it is true.
Qin only felt that everything in front of her eyes was getting darker and darker.
"Li'er, you once told me to be wary of her, but I was mistaken. I felt sorry for her, an orphan, but I never imagined she could be so vicious! Our mansion is so sorry to the Sun family, the Shen family, the Song family, and even more so to the Lin family!"
"Fortunately, she once entered Prince Su's mansion. Otherwise, wouldn't she cause even bigger trouble when she grows stronger?"
It scares me just thinking about it.
Qin waved her hand and had Shuanghong taken away and kept under good care.
She and Su Li were the only ones left in the main hall.
"Mom, what are you going to do next?" Su Li asked.
"Do you have any idea?"
Su Li said, "Mother, Miss Lin told me yesterday that if someone kills someone, they must pay with their life. I'm afraid the Lin family won't let this go. Instead of letting the Lin family handle it privately, why not let the government handle it?"
"No!"
Qin couldn't bear the thought of the Lin family taking Xu Jing's life. Moreover, this was related to the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion!
Su Li angrily said, "Mother, are you still going to protect her? She is so cruel and ruthless and has done so many evil things. Shouldn't she be punished accordingly? Mother, human life is at stake. As for the reputation of the Marquisate, if we wait for the Lin family to come and investigate, wouldn't it be even more disgraceful? It's better to hand her over voluntarily! If father knew, he would definitely do the same!"
"Li'er, she is my sister's only child after all! If she dies, the only bloodline my sister has left in this world will be gone!"
"That's her own fault!"
"Li'er, let mother think about it carefully, think about it again!"
Qin was hesitant to make up her mind.
"Three days! Tomorrow is the day the two countries sign the treaty. Your father is very busy. I'll talk to him when he's done. If your father says to report it to the authorities, then we should report it, okay?"