Chapter 129 Death of a Son
When Aunt Cui saw that the old lady was going to spare Aunt , she was about to step forward to speak to her, but a little maid came in and reported that Huang Ju had hanged himself.
When Bai Ju heard this, she fainted. The old lady hurriedly asked the maids to help her up and send her out. Seeing this, Aunt Li took the opportunity to step forward and said:
"Old Madam, please understand. Huang Ju must have become ill because she heard that the two young ladies ate her candied haws. She felt guilty that she had harmed the two young ladies and committed suicide because she couldn't get over it. If she knew that brown sugar and beef were taboo, she would never cook them for me. It's all my fault. I killed Huang Ju. She wanted to eat candied haws all day long. This must be a coincidence. I and Huang Ju are innocent. Please, old madam, help me."
Seeing Huang Ju commit suicide out of guilt, the old lady began to believe what Aunt Li said. Although the Xiao family was powerful, they could not take human life lightly. After all, nothing serious had happened to the two young ladies. Seeing that someone had been forced to death, she did not want to make the matter worse, so she said to Aunt Li:
"Ms. Li, please get up. Considering that you are usually timid and cowardly, I don't think you would be so scheming as to do such a thing. It's just that Jun'er's generation has always had difficulty in having children. Although it was an unintentional mistake this time, it almost killed two young ladies. We can't just forgive you. I punish you by confining you to your room for half a month and requiring you to copy the female code 100 times. Go back and reflect on your mistakes. Be more careful in the future. If you do this again, I will never forgive you. Since Huang Ju is dead, let's forget about it. Notify her family, give them some silver, and take her back for a proper burial."
After hearing this, Aunt Li kowtowed in thanks and breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did she realize that the clothes on her back were sticking to her body. She had just escaped a disaster. She moved, but could not get up. She had fallen to the ground. Baiju and Huangju were gone. A little maid standing by came over and helped her up.
Mengxi felt sorry to see Huang Ju commit suicide. After all, the two young ladies were fine. Besides, how could a maid dare to murder the young ladies? She must have been working for her master. If she was really found guilty, she would be expelled from the mansion, but she would not be sentenced to death. But now she died in vain, and the mastermind is still at large. Seeing that the old lady had sent away a young life with only a few taels of silver, and said that she would not be held accountable because she was dead, he could not help but sigh at the cheapness of human life in ancient times.
Although Mengxi knew that this was definitely not a coincidence, when she looked at Xiao Jun and the first wife, she gave up the idea of standing up for her two daughters. After all, her daughters were not her biological children, and her biological father and grandmother believed that the people who harmed them were good people. It was not her turn as a stepmother to seek justice for her daughters.
Although the eldest aunt did not believe it, she was well aware of the vicious methods used by Aunt Li on a daily basis. However, she had stayed in the Xiao Mansion for a long time and had become quite scheming. When she heard the eldest wife speaking for Aunt Li and saw her disgusted look at Aunt Cui, she knew that she could not bring down Aunt Li this time, and could not seek justice for her daughter. She could only make up her mind secretly and find another opportunity to get rid of Aunt Li.
After a whole afternoon of tossing and turning, just when everyone was ready to leave, especially the eldest aunt, who was worried about her two daughters and wanted to go into the house early to take a look, the old lady was also tired and was about to tell everyone to disperse, when the second aunt rushed to aunt Li like crazy, strangled aunt Li's neck fiercely, and screamed heartbreakingly:
"You bitch, it's you, it's you who killed my Ming'er. My poor Ming'er, he was just a child less than two years old, how could you be so cruel! He is Second Master's biological child! Ming'er also ate beef on the night he passed away, and later he ate candied haws made from mountain dregs made by Huang Ju. The symptoms before Ming'er's death were exactly the same as when the two young ladies first fell ill. You bitch, give me back Ming'er, my poor son, why is your life so miserable? If Second Madam had come in a year earlier, the medicine could have saved you. My son, your mother will not live today either, I must avenge you..."
The Second Aunt had . The only sounds in the hall were her heart-wrenching screams and incoherent shouts. The crazy cries of a mother who had lost her son made everyone cry.
Several maids had already hugged the Second Aunt, pried her fingers apart, and pulled her out of the living room. Only then did they save Aunt Li. Aunt Li broke free from the Second Aunt's hand and started coughing desperately. Her face was blue and purple, and there were two red marks on her neck from being pinched by the Second Aunt.
After hearing what Second Aunt said, the old lady dropped the cup in her hand to the ground with a clang. She stood up tremblingly and pointed at Aunt Li:
"you you……"
The old lady kept saying "you, you" for a long time but couldn't utter a word and her lips were trembling.
The secretary hurriedly supported the old lady, and the eldest lady and Xiao Jun also hurried forward to support the old lady, and slowly let the old lady sit down. Xiao Jun hurriedly said:
" Grandma , don't get excited. Aunt Wang is a bit crazy and often says nonsense. She was just confused by the phlegm and talked nonsense. Don't believe her. You will get angry for nothing."
In fact, Xiao Jun did not disbelieve the Second Aunt's words. After hearing what the Second Aunt said, he was also in great pain. The scene of his son's death was still vivid in his mind. How could he not believe it? Moreover, when his son left, he felt the pain of his soul being pulled out of his body, which he did not want to experience again in this life. To this day, his son's babbling and childish way of calling him was still in front of him. But seeing his grandmother like this, he thought of settling his grandmother down first, and then investigating the matter himself. However, he panicked and said nothing. It would have been better if he hadn't said it. As soon as he said this, the old lady was so angry that her hands trembled. She slapped him twice and cursed:
"You beast, what kind of magic potion did that vixen stuff you with? You still believe that she didn't harm your flesh and blood. I remember clearly what happened on the day Ming'er left. What the second aunt said was true. That's the descendant of our Xiao family. Ming'er is your eldest son and the only male among the younger generation. You just believed that vixen and let this woman cut off the roots of our Xiao family. Our Xiao family doesn't have an unfilial descendant like you!"
The two slaps stunned Xiao Jun and the first wife. How could the old lady be willing to touch Xiao Jun when he was so old? But she hit him like this today, which showed that she had lost her mind at this time. The mother and son knelt on the ground:
"Grandma is right. It's Jun'er's fault. He made Grandma angry. Jun'er deserves to be beaten. Everything is up to Grandma. I just beg Grandma not to get hurt by your anger."
Xiao Jun said this and slapped himself a few more times.
"Please calm down, old lady. It is my fault that I did not educate Jun'er well. I will punish Jun'er severely when I return. Please don't get angry and hurt yourself, old lady."
