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"It’s impossible, it’s impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Zhao Dong repeated these words over and over, like a fool.
"It is impossible! This letter is fake!"
"It’s all her fault for framing us!" Zhao Dong seemed to snap back to reality as he roared at me, "It’s her! She said the Li Family has three thousand acres of land. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have thought about getting rich, wouldn’t have borrowed money! I wouldn’t have killed Bai Zhi!"
"Zhao Dong!" Mother Zhao shouted.
"What are you talking about? When did you kill Bai Zhi?"
"It’s useless, Mother, sob sob sob, it’s useless. With this evidence, there’s no denying it."
Zhao Dong had essentially confessed.
They were taken away by the Yamen.
Taking advantage of the situation, I reported to the authorities the fact that Zhao Dong and his mother had harmed my son.
With irrefutable evidence and the fact that they had killed a pregnant woman—who was also a close relative living with them—all conditions warranted a heavier punishment.
Zhao Dong was sentenced to be executed by dismemberment.
Mother Zhao was sentenced to death by slow slicing.
In the water dungeon, I visited Zhao Dong one last time.
In the water dungeon, his fellow inmates likely didn’t treat him well. Coupled with his unhealed injuries, he looked as haggard as an old man.
He still hates me.
From behind the iron bars, he gritted his teeth and cursed at me, claiming that I had ruined him.
"Zhao Dong, I came to see you because I want you to calm down and think. While I may not be a noble lady, my family has assets worth tens of thousands. All of this was supposed to be yours.
I am carrying our child, a boy who will surely be very handsome. I love you wholeheartedly, treating you well, your mother well, and being good to Bai Zhi and Rui Rui. You once loved me deeply and were content. When did everything change? Who did you lose everything for? It was your mother! Your beloved mother!"
"I won't allow you to speak about my mom! She didn't harm me; she loves us the most. My father died early, and she raised us alone..."
I interrupted him.
"Do you know how your father died?"
"He didn't die by accident; your mother poisoned him herself." I enunciated each word clearly.
This truth was enough to shatter him.
Sure enough—
Zhao Dong looked as if he had been struck by something, staring blankly at me before his face twisted with rage.
"No! You're lying! You're deceiving me!"
"What would I gain from lying to you? Dr. Jia already confessed that it was your mother who paid a hefty sum to buy the poison from him that killed your father. Unable to bear the weight of his conscience, Dr. Jia committed suicide after confessing."
Of course, Dr. Jia's confession was something I had orchestrated from behind the scenes.
"Absolutely impossible! My mother has no reason to kill my father!"
"How could she have no reason? Your mother has always been a person who forgets loyalty for profit. Back then, she wanted to get rich overnight and colluded with some unsavory characters. She actively seduced your father's good friend, and when someone accidentally discovered it, she killed that person. She cried to your father, and his friend took the blame. Your father was a man of justice; he wanted to expose your mother, and then she poisoned him."
Zhao Dong realized that the root of all tragedy lay in his being a man without opinions. At this moment, he learned that the biological mother he had always obeyed had personally killed his father.
Zhao Dong completely broke down, repeatedly shouting that it was impossible until his voice became hoarse.
I merely glanced at him coldly for a few seconds before walking away.
I went to visit my good mother-in-law, Mother Zhao. Upon entering the prison, I saw that no one was living well; she looked very haggard.
At this point, she still thought I would help her and had been eagerly waiting for my arrival.
"Wan'er, you finally came! Did you find the marriage contract? You must think of a way to sell it to save us! I told Zhao Dong that I would never take a concubine again!"
I sat there, smiling at her.
"Do you really think I would help you at this point?"
"Why wouldn't you help? Do you not love my son anymore just because he’s in trouble? If he gets out this time, I guarantee he will love you even more."
"It seems that in your eyes, I've always been so foolish and easy to deceive." I chuckled lightly. "Oh, that's right; during this time, Zhao Dong probably didn't have the chance to tell you—there is no marriage contract."
"What?" Mother Zhao looked at me in shock. "Say that again?"
"Your expression is just like Zhao Dong's when he found out about this—surprised? Then I'll say it again: my dowry marriage contract cannot be given to you wolves and tigers!"
"Don't have a land deed? You said you had a land deed! If it weren't for that deed, we wouldn't have... So it was you who harmed us!"
She was gnashing her teeth in madness, unable to do anything but glare from behind the water prison.
"Don't say such things; I haven't done anything. What killed you was your own greed and selfishness. If you hadn't tried to get rid of the child in my womb, I wouldn't have thought of making a joke about a land deed."
"You! You wicked woman! Killing the child in your belly would serve you right!"
"You won't be able to give birth anymore, but the Zhao Family still has grandsons." She smiled broadly, feeling she still had something to make me suffer.
"I came here to tell you personally that Bai Zhi's son, Zhao Rui, is not your family's child. I've found his real father and will show him to you. After all these years, you have the right to know who raised the child."
I showed her the letter left by Bai Zhi, revealing who Zhao Rui's biological father was.
Although Zhao Dong had pampered Bai Zhi for many years and I had once hated her for taking everything from me, seeing her being forced to bear Zhao Dong's child made me feel some sympathy for her.
Mother Zhao's face twisted with anger; she didn't want to believe it. The man Bai Zhi claimed was Zhao Rui's father looked almost identical to her grandson, and she had no choice but to accept it.
She gritted her teeth and cursed me as a devil, trembling uncontrollably, on the verge of fainting from rage.
"Stay strong; there are still many things you don't know," I said calmly.
"The matter of you killing Zhao Dong's father has already been reported to Dr. Jia. Was that also my doing? Are you still thinking about the Li Family's fortune?"
"Wan'er! How ruthless you are! How ruthless!"
"By the way, I've already told Zhao Dong all of this. It seems he won't be listening to you anymore on the road to the underworld."
Mother Zhao was so furious that she seemed ready to explode, jumping up and down as she cursed at me, while guards forcibly dragged her away.
I was present when she faced her punishment.
Zhao Dong looked at her, filled with rage, wanting to rush over and strangle her to avenge his father.
Zhao Dong spat out countless venomous words. Mother Zhao could no longer bear it; she collapsed to the ground and died before her execution could take place.
Autumn is a season of harvest, but also a season of farewells.
I bid farewell to a marriage, said goodbye to my child, while they bid farewell to this world.
I gazed at the fish in the pond of the estate, closed my eyes, and inhaled the scent of flowers that seemed to have been absent for a long time.
It was time to let everything go; one must always move forward in life.
"Wan'er, are you alright?"
I heard a familiar voice calling from behind me...
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