Yu Rencheng stood there dumbfounded, feeling a little sorry for his youngest daughter, but when he thought about the current situation, the look in his eyes changed.
“Tell me clearly, what exactly is going on?”
Yu Jiaojiao found his appearance ridiculous. She dared to assert that Yu Rencheng’s anger at the moment was definitely not because of what Yu Jingjing had done, but to use this opportunity to avoid getting close to Yu Jingjing.
Otherwise, as a loving father, he would have gone over to help his daughter.
“Father, I couldn’t have done such a thing, I’m wronged.” Even at this time, Yu Jingjing still gritted her teeth and insisted.
She kept calling out, “Father, help me.”
Her voice was shrill, and Yu Rencheng’s expression became a little unbearable.
He looked at Jiang Xingyan next to him, “Wangye, do you think you can put the snake away first, what if there’s a misunderstanding?”
“This Wang’s snake is well-trained and will not easily cling to people. Marquis, instead of asking this Wang to take the snake back, you might as well ask your good daughter what she has done.” Jiang Xingyan snorted coldly and said impolitely.
Yu Jingjing was terrified when she heard this.
Finally, her eyes fell on Concubine Su not far away, and then she looked at the poisonous snake close at hand.
She screamed and shouted, “It’s Mother, Mother put the drug in the incense. I was close to her, so I was contaminated with the smell of the drug.”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked.
Concubine Su looked devastated, looking at Yu Jingjing in disbelief.
Yu Jingjing lowered her head guiltily and repeated again, “It was Mother who put the drug in the incense, it has nothing to do with me, please put the snake away.”
“If you don’t believe me, you can go to Mother’s room and see, there’s drug hidden there.”
Concubine Su smiled miserably, glanced deeply at Yu Jingjing, and then knelt down at Yu Rencheng’s feet.
“It’s this concubine’s fault, it’s this concubine’s jealousy of the mistress that caused me to make a big mistake. You can hit me or scold me, just come at this concubine, let Jingjing go, she’s innocent, she didn’t do anything.”
“She is our daughter, do you really want to watch her die?”
Yu Rencheng looked deeply at Concubine Su, a look of heartache flashing in his eyes.
He glanced at Jiang Xingyan and Yu Jiaojiao, and kicked Concubine Su in the heart.
“How dare you, you actually dared to harm the mistress.”
Concubine Su only felt her mouth full of blood, but she was forced to suppress it and remained kneeling on the ground.
She repeated, “As long as you are willing to let my daughter live, I am willing to die to atone for my sins.”
Then she looked up at Yu Rencheng, her expression sad and desperate.
“Lord Marquis, this concubine cares too much about you, that’s why I made such an unforgivable mistake. If there is a next life, this concubine hopes to see you earlier and become your legal wife. Let’s just leave it at that in this life.”
After leaving these words, Concubine Su looked at Yu Rencheng with reluctant eyes, and then gritted her teeth and crashed into the pillar next to her.
Yu Rencheng was startled and didn’t care about anything. He hurriedly hugged the person who was bleeding from the head in his arms.
“Why did you do this? I always knew you cared about me, how could I blame you?”
Yu Jiaojiao silently watched this scene, sneering.
She looked at Madam Yu behind her and saw that her eyes were full of pain. She sighed helplessly.
Even at this time, her mother still hadn’t seen Yu Rencheng’s true face.
She still had a glimmer of hope for him, it was ridiculous.
“Wangye, you see that this matter is already very clear, it really has nothing to do with this official’s daughter, can this snake be taken back?” Yu Rencheng looked at Jiang Xingyan with a flattering expression.
Jiang Xingyan saw Yu Jiaojiao nodded, and asked the dark guard to take the snake away.
Yu Jingjing watched the snake leave, slumped on the ground, and didn’t react for a long time, her back was covered in cold sweat.
After an unknown amount of time, she finally reacted and glanced at Concubine Su guiltily, not daring to say anything more.
“Now that the matter has been clarified, Father should fulfill your promise, right? How are you going to apologize to my mother? And how are you going to punish the person who framed her?” Yu Jiaojiao asked with a sneer.
Not giving Yu Rencheng a chance to escape, “You shouldn’t protect a concubine who drugged the mistress and framed her innocence, right?”
Jiang Xingyan also said from the side, “This Wang has always heard that the Marquis dotes on his concubine and destroys his wife, and has always thought it was a rumor, but seeing it today, I’m afraid it’s not that simple.”
These words successfully made Yu Rencheng’s face turn pale. If these words were spread, he was afraid that he would not be able to keep his official position.
In the end, he said awkwardly, “Wangye is joking, how could this official be that kind of person, and naturally I wouldn’t protect my concubine.”
“But you also saw that she has already admitted her mistake, and she did it for this official, and she almost lost her life, so let it go.”
He felt guilty saying these words himself, and his voice became lower and lower.
Yu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but laugh when she heard this, “Father, don’t you think it’s funny to say this? You misunderstood that my mother cuckolded you and called her a bitch, and even wanted my mother’s life.”
“Now that the truth has been found out that your concubine framed her, you want to let it go with a sentence of admitting her mistake. Since you are so biased, I will sue to the imperial court and ask the emperor to find out.”
“You dare.” Yu Rencheng trembled with anger.
He was used to being superior in front of Yu Jiaojiao, and even now he was unwilling to bow his head.
“What is there that this Wang’s Wangfei dares not do?” Jiang Xingyan snorted coldly.
These words successfully made Yu Rencheng’s face turn pale.
He murmured, “This official doesn’t mean that.”
“Then what do you mean? And how are you going to punish your concubine?” Yu Jiaojiao pressed closer step by step.