The poisonous girl becomes a phoenix

Chapter 470 Du Ruoyun's Sorrow
The imperial study room was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop on the ground. Lin Sitong, who was kneeling on the ground, did not respond for a long time after the emperor finished speaking.

The prince stood aside with an angry expression on his face: "Lin Sitong, father is asking you something! Why are you pretending to be deaf or dumb! Do you think that if you don't say anything, the prince will have nothing to do with you? I will tell you! What happened to Imperial Doctor Li was witnessed by this palace, but you have conclusive evidence!"

"Since that's the case, then His Royal Highness just killed me directly, and why do you ask so many questions?" Lin Sitong finally opened his mouth, but what he said made the prince want to kick him hard.

At this time, the emperor who was sitting behind the case said coldly: "Zhen'er, didn't you say that he has already confessed in the clan mansion?"

Hearing this, the crown prince hurriedly turned around and replied, "Father, yes, it was interrogated by Mr. Liu himself."

"Is it a confession to be tortured?" Lin Sitong, who was kneeling on the marble floor, suddenly sneered and yanked off his clothes!Immediately, his body covered with whips and scars appeared ferociously in front of everyone.

"If I don't confess, will there still be a day when I can face the saint? I'm afraid he would have died in the prison of the Zongren Mansion!" Lin Sitong said coldly, because he has been served by various tortures in the prison, His body and bones are not as good as before.After saying these two sentences, he lowered his head and coughed violently.

"Cough cough!" That heart-piercing voice could literally pierce a person's eardrums.It took a long time to stop.

There was silence in the room.

After a long time, the emperor who was sitting behind the writing desk slowly spoke: "Lin Sitong, aside from the arson case, you have been serving as governor of Fuzhou for three years, embezzled a total of 200 million taels of silver, colluded with the ministers of the court, and deceived the emperor. The guilt, no matter what it is, is enough to make you die once!"

Lin Sitong's expression suddenly changed after hearing this!

He finally lost his composure. The emperor asked about arson and he could deny it to death, but he couldn't deny the matter of corruption and bribery no matter what. In the past, he was lucky enough to think that the emperor didn't know about it, but now, the emperor has said it face to face. What else can he deny?The emperor is going to condemn him!
"Your Majesty! Please be merciful! I know my mistake!" Lin Sitong immediately knelt down and begged after his complexion changed drastically.But he already knew in his heart that since the emperor had told the matter, he would definitely not let it go, and now he had only one death.Please forgive me, nothing will change.

The prince stood aside, seeing Lin Sitong's pleading appearance, smiled coldly, and said, "Lin Sitong, you should quickly tell the story of how you colluded with Du Shangshu's daughter and murdered the emperor's eldest grandson on the way back to Beijing. stop!"

"Your Majesty, this humble minister is just taking bribes, but he has never colluded with Du Shangshu, please check clearly!" Du Shangshu knelt down and kowtowed.

"Well, you Lin Sitong! I have already sent people to Jiangnan to collect the letter of your secret collusion with Du Shangshu, and you still refuse to bow your head and plead guilty?" Gong knows it very well, do you think you can’t do anything with Dushang’s book if you deny me? Hmph! You’re wishful thinking!”

"Zhen'er!" The emperor scolded in dissatisfaction, when will the prince's frivolous, irritable and irritable temperament change for the better?She doesn't even know how to restrain herself in front of him, and how arrogant and domineering she is in front of others!
Hearing the emperor's scolding, the prince finally calmed down.

Then the emperor turned his eyes on Lin Sitong, and said, "What kind of benefits did Lin Ruhai give you, to make you work for him like this?" In fact, these words are almost the same as what the prince said just now, but what the emperor said Just a little more refined.

Lin Sitong knelt there and began to remain silent again, acting like a mute.

Seeing this, the prince was about to run away again. The emperor quickly stopped him and said, "Zhen'er, go back first! Don't worry, father will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

Hearing what the emperor said, even if the crown prince wanted to stay and scold Lin Sitong, he could only stand up and say, "Yes, father, my son obeys the order." Then he stared at Lin Sitong fiercely. Only then strode out.

On that day, Lin Sitong did not know how the emperor interrogated him. In short, in the next two days, Dushang's calligrapher was confiscated.

Du Shangshu was also dismissed from office.

All of a sudden, everyone in Beijing looked sideways.

Su Xiyun was sitting in her own yard, listening to the news brought back by her servants, she was at a loss for a while, but there was still a tinge of joy in her heart.

The fact that the Du family has collapsed does that mean that in this life, the Cheng'anbo Mansion, which no one can harm, will collapse, and she will never have to go on the miserable path of her previous life?
In fact, she was worrying too much. Long after she was married to Qi Ye by the imperial decree, her fate in the previous life was no longer possible. Moreover, in this life, the unlucky person who married into Prime Minister Yan's family , has become Bai Ruiqi, the third miss of the Bai family.That idiot from the Yan family has nothing to do with her, Su Xiyun.

The Du family fell, Du Ruoyun, a woman as proud as a peacock, how does she feel at this moment?
Su Xiyun supported her chin with her hand, remembering that she had always been afraid of Du Ruoyun, the only confrontation between the two of them ended in the other's defeat, this time, without her taking action, Du Ruoyun had already come to such a tragic end, in her heart There is a trace of joy, but also a trace of regret.

After all, Du Ruoyun is actually a very good woman, but it's a pity that she blindly fell in love with Qin Xiao, and did so many evil things by any means. Now that the Du family has lost, I don't know how Du Ruoyun lived in the Marquis of Anguo. ?She had already been demoted from wife to concubine, and Su Xiyun could imagine her current situation even with the tips of her toes.

Anguo Hou Mansion, in front of the gate of Ronghua Courtyard, there was a woman kneeling upright. Although the woman was slender, but her waist was straight, she knelt there and stared, ignoring the people passing by her at all. Those servants and maids are as strong as they are strong.

A gust of wind blew, and the voices of the servants and women came along with the wind: "Oh, the Du family has been raided, what is Aunt Du doing here kneeling here? Do you want your wife to return the young master to her? But she doesn't Look, Madam loves Eldest Young Master so much, how could she give him to Aunt Du?"

"That's right! That's right! The Du family was raided. Fortunately, Auntie Du has married into our family, otherwise, she would have been appointed as the secretary of the Jiaofang! It's a good thing if she hasn't been kicked out, and now she's delusional about his wife Return the young master to her, isn't she afraid that her unlucky appearance will tarnish the young master?"

"Who says it's not! Now even Shizi rarely goes to her yard..."

The voice of this discussion was extremely sharp, and the speaker deliberately turned up the volume very high, not caring at all for the woman who was kneeling there to hear it.

Du Ruoyun knelt there, the expression on his face gradually becoming colder.

Ever since she returned to An Guohou's Mansion, Qin Xiao had never been to her yard once. Now Du Ruoyun finally understands the despair Su Daiyun felt when she was sold into the theater troupe.She also finally understood that she was so naive back then, since Qin Xiao was able to sell Su Daiyun, whom she had loved for a long time, without hesitation, it proved that this man's heart was already as hard as a stone. In this world, the only person who can make him treat him well is himself.

When the Du family was prosperous, this man might pamper her infinitely, but when the Du family was defeated, she, Du Ruoyun, would be abandoned as well.

The facts in front of him prove that Qin Xiao didn't want to marry Mrs. Zhang's daughter so much at the beginning, and even spent the wedding night in her room, but now, he has been nestled in Mrs. Zhang's room for several months. Never came out.Even if she, Du Ruoyun, wanted to find him, she could only come to this Ronghua courtyard and kneel here straight, waiting for Qin Xiao to pass by, so that she could beg him, let him look at his past affection, and let him beg him. She met her son.

The cold wind blew past, and Du Ruoyun, who was already completely chilled, suddenly heard a burst of children's laughter from the high courtyard wall in front of her. She, who had always been expressionless, suddenly had a trace of With an excited expression, this voice belongs to Brother Yu!
Brother Yu is almost five years old now, lively and cute, the silver bell-like laughter spread through the high room to the ears of Du Ruoyun who was kneeling there.Letting her be a mother suddenly burst into tears.How long has it been since I heard this voice?Du Ruoyun couldn't remember.

At this moment, she suddenly heard footsteps coming towards her.

Du Ruoyun raised her tear-filled eyes, and at a glance, she saw a pair of brightly dressed men and women walking towards each other not far away, and the woman was already pregnant.

This scene hurt Du Ruoyun's eyes. Her hands on her knees couldn't help pinching the flesh on her thighs tightly, and her nails almost sank into the flesh. hurt her heart.

Soon, the man and woman who walked slowly surrounded by all the attendants also saw Du Ruoyun.

Qin Xiao's eyes immediately tightened, he really wanted to turn around and leave, Du Ruoyun's face covered with tears, seemed to be silently telling his own heartlessness, silently accusing himself, Qin Xiao especially didn't want to face her , Just like Su Daiyun back then, since these women are no longer useful, what are they still doing by their side?Do you have to force yourself to leave?

For a moment, a gloomy look flashed in Qin Xiao's eyes.

He looked at Du Ruoyun, who was kneeling there silently, and wanted to go over and tell her to get out, and tell her to leave An Guohou's mansion. Shangshu's mansion has been confiscated, and even Du Shangshu himself has become a person who is nothing. It's just ordinary people, what qualifications does Du Ruoyun have to stay in Bo's mansion?
Maybe it's time to give her a divorce letter.

As soon as this idea appeared in Qin Xiao's mind, it was out of control.Even Zhang Minyao, who was standing beside him holding his arm, felt something strange, and couldn't help asking, "Husband, what's wrong with you?"

This greeting alarmed three people at the same time.

At that time, Du Ruoyun knelt under the bluestone steps, his eyes passed through the bustling courtyard like water, and fell on the hands of the two holding each other in front of him, and Qin Xiao, he finally had to avert his eyes Come here and see the person who doesn't even want to face now.

"Husband, what's wrong with Auntie Du?" Seeing Du Ruoyun's desolation, Zhang Minyao showed a cold smile on her face, turned her head and said softly to Qin Xiao, "Husband, I should give Auntie Du a share. A lot of them have been given to her, and the cotton coats and silver silk charcoal that have entered the winter this year have already been sent over early, who is she showing such a pitiful appearance now?"

Hearing this schadenfreude, Du Ruoyun finally moved away his eyes that had been staring at Qin Xiao, and glanced at Zhang Minyao who was standing beside Qin Xiao.Not only was she not angry, on the contrary, there was a trace of pity on her face.

The pity stung Qin Xiao's eyes, he suddenly strode forward, and said coldly to Du Ruoyun, "Du Shi, it's cold today, what are you doing here if you're not staying indoors?"

After waiting for so long, but what he received were such cold and piercing words, Du Ruoyun's already bruised heart was stabbed again, and blood dripped immediately.

"My son, I want to see Brother Yu. It's been several months and I haven't seen him." Du Ruoyun said these words slowly.The sadness on his face also subsided a little.Now she will never call him husband again, because Qin Xiao, he is not worthy!

She already understood his cold heart and indifference, so what's the use of being so disappointed and sad?But it's just a joke.

Sure enough, Qin Xiao frowned deeply when he heard this, and he said impatiently: "Why didn't you miss him when you went back to your mother's house? Now that the Du family is defeated, you only think of him? Du Shi , do you want to blackmail me to save the Du family through my son? That's impossible!"

"My son, you are thinking too much. I just want to see brother Yu. I don't want anything else." Du Ruoyun tried her best to pretend to be calm, but only she knew how deep the grief in her heart was.

After hearing this, Qin Xiao flatly refused: "You'd better go back and stay there! No one will bring the decadent atmosphere of your Du family to my son!"

Du Ruoyun's face turned cold when she heard this, and she was about to refute a few words, when Zhang Minyao, who was standing beside Qin Xiao, suddenly stroked her belly and said to Qin Xiao with a smile: "Mr. Your child, they should meet each other, so why do you refuse?"

After Qin Xiao heard this, he immediately fell silent. Obviously, he had to obey Zhang Minyao's words.

Du Ruoyun knelt there. Hearing this, she looked at Zhang Minyao in confusion. She didn't know what she meant when she said that. This woman will help her?

Du Ruoyun didn't believe it.

But at the next moment, Zhang Minyao personally beckoned to a servant and told him: "Go to the Ronghua Courtyard and bring the eldest young master. If the wife asks, you can say that I miss him."

(End of this chapter)