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Such a scene was too terrifying for her. Even Sheng Hong, the man in charge of the family, was so frightened that he could not sit still. He stood up and looked at Kang Wang who was being force-fed in horror.

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Chapter 1172: Aunt Kang Dies with Unrepentant Eyes

Under Cao Er's forceful control, several pieces of lotus seed pastry were stuffed into Kang Wang's mouth.

Kang Wang was force-fed without any water and almost choked to death. After eating, she coughed violently and wanted to vomit out the hibiscus lotus seed cake.

"Shut her mouth."

Cao Er immediately tore off the scraps of cloth from his body and stuffed them into Kang Wangshi's mouth, blocking her mouth tightly.

"Woo woo, woo woo..."

Queen Kang was in pain, despair, and resentment, but she could not make a sound. Even though her mother and brother, her supporters, were there, no one could save her.

The old lady of the Wang family watched her daughter eat those pieces of lotus seed cakes and cried out in despair.

"Duke Jingguo, you are taking advantage of your power to bully others. This is really too much."

Zhou Chen looked at her coldly: "I am bullying others by taking advantage of my power. Is this too much? The old lady is really good at confusing right and wrong. She conspired to poison the Duke of the current dynasty. It is not too much to be executed by slow slicing. I just let her eat a few pieces of lotus seed cakes. It's already very cheap for her."

Old Lady Wang retorted angrily: "She never intended to poison you. She originally..."

"Originally what?"

Zhou Chen's questioning left Old Lady Wang speechless. She couldn't say that she originally wanted to harm Old Lady Sheng.

Although the crime of poisoning Old Mrs. Sheng was not that of poisoning Guogongda, it was almost a capital crime. The most important thing was that if she said that, it would be equivalent to a confession.

Old Lady Wang said in a deep voice: "No matter what the reason is, my daughter is a government official's wife. Even if you are a duke, you cannot torture her in private and kill her."

"Cough cough, cough cough..."

Zhou Chen coughed again for a while, and Hua Lan patted him gently on the back to smooth out his breathing.

"I did capture her and torture her. If you are not satisfied, you can go to Kaifeng Prefecture to complain to me, or you can go to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager to complain to me. I want to see if an official's wife who poisoned a duke should be put to death, and if I am wrong to take revenge myself."

"By the way, when I asked someone to investigate her, I found out a lot of secrets. How many lives did she take?"

Yuan Cai replied very cooperatively: "According to our investigation, Kang Wang's men had five lives, and there may be others we have not investigated."

Zhou Chen looked at Old Lady Wang and said, "Did you hear that? Five lives. I wonder how she managed to suppress these five lives. If these things are exposed, who will be unlucky?"

Old Mrs. Wang's face changed drastically in an instant, and so did Wang Shiping and his wife, especially Wang Shiping, who even had cold sweat on his forehead.

The murder lawsuit caused by Queen Kang was settled by him and his mother. If it was exposed by Zhou Chen, he would definitely be impeached by the censors. At that time, his official position would be greatly affected and he might even be dismissed.

Thinking of this, he became even more panicked, and even more panicked than him was his wife.

Aunt Wang said hurriedly, "Duke Jingguo, this has nothing to do with our Wang family. She wants to harm you, which is an unforgivable crime. You can deal with her as you wish. We, the Wang family, will not care. We will not care."

"you……"

Wang Shiping glared at his wife angrily, but she said confidently: "My lord, it was okay for you to help her before, but now she has offended the Duke. Do you want to drag the Wang family to be buried with her? After all, she is just a married daughter. It's fine if she doesn't bring honor to her family. Every time something goes wrong, she asks us to help her clean up the mess. We have helped her enough."

Wang Shiping's angry expression suddenly turned into dejected. He understood this truth, but after all, Kang Wang was his biological sister and the apple of his mother's eye. So even if he was dissatisfied, he had to help every time.

Old Mrs. Wang was very angry at her daughter-in-law's words. She pointed at her and yelled, "Shut up. This is my Wang family's business. It's not your turn to interfere."

Normally, Aunt Wang would have been too scared to refute, but at this time, when the Wang family and her own glory were at stake, she couldn't care less.

"Mother, I know you have always loved her, but you have to distinguish between the primary and the secondary. Now that she has done such a vicious thing, it is only natural for Duke Jingguo to want to punish her. Do you still want to destroy the Wang family's century-old reputation because of her?"

"What do you know? If you dare to say another word, I will let Ping'er divorce you and make you get out of the Wang family." Old Lady Wang roared angrily.

Perhaps the words of divorce were too powerful, and Aunt Wang didn't dare to speak for a moment.

Mrs. Kang Wang also glared at her sister-in-law with vicious eyes. She knew that her sister-in-law had always disliked her, but she was the eldest daughter of the Wang family, and the Wang family was her maternal home. If the Wang family did not protect her, could she still count on that husband who had never even shown up?

"Woooo..."

She struggled violently, making whimpering sounds in her mouth, trying to express her emotions.

But suddenly, her expression twisted and she looked extremely frightened.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

She was seen trembling all over and twisting her body wildly. Cao Er took one look and asked the two people who were controlling her to let go.

Kang Wang, who had just broken free from control, did not bother to remove the cloth stuffed in her mouth. She covered her abdomen with both hands, fell to the ground, and rolled and twisted her body with a painful expression, as if she was enduring severe pain and torment.

"My daughter, my daughter, what's wrong with you?"

Old lady Wang rushed to Mrs. Kang and wanted to pick her up, but Mrs. Kang was about to lose her mind due to the severe pain. She twisted her body wildly and kicked Old lady Wang down. Then she continued to roll over while holding her stomach.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts me to death..."

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chen said directly: "Drag her out, don't dirty the floor."

Cao Er and others did not hesitate and immediately dragged Mrs. Kang Wang outside. Mrs. Wang finally got up and ran over crying. Wang Shiping and his wife also chased after them, and a group of people rushed outside.

"Officer."

Hua Lan clenched her hands so tightly that her fingers turned white. She was indeed furious and wanted to kill Kang Wangshi, but seeing how desperate and miserable Kang Wangshi looked, she still felt a little nervous.

Zhou Chen looked at her and said calmly, "My lady, you have to remember that people should be kind, but not too kind. You must be on guard against others. I will not offend others unless they offend me. The result she has now is her retribution. In fact, killing her like this is actually a bargain for her. The things she has done are enough to make her die several times."

Hua Lan whispered, "I didn't feel it was cruel, I just felt a little uncomfortable. After all, she is my blood relative, my aunt. I really didn't expect it to turn out like this."

Outside, screams and cries came one after another.

Zhou Chen's expression was indifferent. To him, this was just a small scene. Any small war he had experienced was much more terrifying than this scene.

"Sir, if we kill her in public, my grandmother will definitely not let it go."

Hua Lan said with some concern: "Although the Wang family is not as prosperous as before, my grandfather's influence is still there. Will it cause trouble to you, sir?"

Zhou Chen said coldly: "It's just the wife of a 16th-rank official. It's not a big deal. As for your grandmother, hehe, even if she really sues, it won't have much impact on me. Don't worry."

The noise outside had not stopped yet, especially the screams of Queen Kang, which continued one after another, but the sound was getting weaker and weaker.

The cries of Old Lady Wang and others became louder and louder, their voices filled with fear.

Zhou Chen was of course not joking with them. He used his own method to treat them. The lotus seed cakes that he gave to Kang Wang were infused with ginkgo bud juice. This juice was naturally what he got from the old Taoist who made medicine.

He was able to survive because of his anti-poison physique skills, as well as the Yangzhou slow internal force detoxification, and his body inside and out was far superior to that of ordinary people.

But Kang Wangshi is different. She is just an ordinary person. How can she resist the toxicity of this large amount of ginkgo bud juice?

After a while, Wang Kang could no longer make any sound. She was poisoned to death, and vomited blood and various mixtures all over the floor.

Until her death, Kang Wangshi did not close her eyes. They were wide open, filled with hatred, anger and unwillingness...

Old Mrs. Wang hugged her daughter's body, wailed in despair, and then glared at Zhou Chen and Hua Lan in the room with resentment.

"Duke Jingguo, I gave you my daughter's life as compensation. Do you think you got what you wanted now?"

Zhou Chen said coldly: "Her life is worthless in my eyes, so there is no such thing as getting what you want. Considering that we are still somewhat related, take her body away and don't dirty the land of my country's mansion."

The faces of the Wang family members turned extremely ugly, but the situation was weaker than them, and they had no way to fight against Zhou Chen, so they could only humiliatingly let their servants come and take Kang Wang's body back.

It was Kang Jin, the son of the Kang Wang family, who suddenly shouted at Zhou Chen: "Zhou Chen, I will never forget the revenge for my mother's death today, and I will repay you double in the future."

Zhou Chen's eyes suddenly flashed with coldness. He hadn't threatened him yet, but Kang Jin actually dared to threaten him in return. He really didn't know how to live or die.

"Beat him up and throw him out."

Zhou Chen would naturally not be polite to someone who hated him. Although Kang Jin was just an insignificant little person, he was responsible for what he said.

Cao Er and others could no longer bear it, and upon hearing Zhou Chen's order, they immediately rushed towards Kang Jin. Kang Jin wanted to run away in fear, but how could he escape? He was soon caught, severely beaten by the guards, and then thrown onto the street at the back door of the Duke's Mansion.

Among the group, only Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu were left.

At this time, the couple were already frightened, especially Wang Ruofu, who was so frightened that her whole body became limp. She had to rely on Liu's mother to support her to sit on the chair. She lowered her head and didn't even dare to look at Zhou Chen.

The scene just now happened right in front of her eyes. Her own sister was killed by the pain and poison. The screams scared her so much that she almost lost her life.

She had never imagined that her brother-in-law could be so cruel. Just looking at him was enough to scare her to death.

Now that the culprit's sister is dead, she is very afraid that Zhou Chen will target herself. Seeing Zhou Chen poisoning her sister Madam Kang without hesitation, she has no doubt that if Zhou Chen really wants to kill her, neither her daughter nor her husband can save her.

Sheng Hong was also frightened to the point of sweating all over. The last time he was so frightened was a few years ago, when the late emperor kept him in the palace for two days and one night.

At that time he was nervous and frightened, and had extreme fear of the unknown future.

But now, he was more filled with fear. This was a completely different concept from when he beat his servants to death. The scene of someone being poisoned to death in pain was really too cruel and vicious for him.

"Xian, Xian son-in-law."

Sheng Hong spoke with a trembling voice. When Zhou Chen turned his gaze, he couldn't help but shudder. It was the first time he realized that his brother-in-law was so scary.

"Don't be nervous, father-in-law."

Zhou Chen noticed Sheng Hong's nervousness at a glance, so he smiled. However, when Sheng Hong saw Zhou Chen's smile, he did not feel relieved, but became even more nervous.

"I, I'm not nervous. It's just that you, you have dealt with the culprit. That lady, she..."

Although he did not have deep feelings for Wang Ruofu, they had been married for more than 20 years after all. He certainly did not want to see Wang Ruofu get into trouble, so he pleaded with Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen said slowly: "Although my mother-in-law was bewitched, she had evil intentions and wanted to hurt my grandmother. This is an indisputable fact. It's just that due to some strange combination of circumstances, she didn't hurt her. Instead, she Hurt me."

No matter how frightened Wang Ruofu was, she had no choice but to speak up as her life and safety were at stake.

"My lord, my good uncle, I, I know what I did was wrong, but I really didn't want to kill my mother. I just wanted to make her sick for a few days. I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong."

Although it was embarrassing to beg for mercy in front of her son-in-law and daughter, she couldn't care less at the moment. She just had to save her life and please her son-in-law first.

Hualan felt distressed and angry when she saw her mother's pitiful appearance. If it weren't for her mother's evil intentions, Aunt Kang would never have had the opportunity to poison, let alone harm her grandmother, and she would not have hurt her husband to this extent.

So she wanted her mother to be punished, but she really couldn't bear to let her mother be punished too severely, let alone take her mother's life.

She hesitated for just a moment, then spoke.

"Sir, my mother did commit a serious crime, but, but she is my mother after all, can you spare her life?"

Zhou Chen remained silent. He was not going to deal with Wang Ruofu himself. He believed that with Sheng Changbai's character, he would be able to handle it.

Although he was also disgusted by Wang Ruofu's stupidity, he had to admit that she was indeed being manipulated by Aunt Kang.

However, although he had no intention of killing Wang Ruofu, he could not let her go so easily, so he deliberately kept silent and put pressure on her.

Just when the atmosphere was stagnant, suddenly the concierge sent someone to report that someone was visiting. They were Mr. and Mrs. Qi, the Duke of Qi, and the fifth daughter and her wife of the Sheng family.

"Bring them here."

Two waves came one after another. The first wave was within Zhou Chen's expectations, but the second wave came at a coincidence.

Qi Heng supported Minglan, and Wen Yanjing supported Rulan, and they both walked into the hall. They came from the Sheng family and knew that Sheng Hong and his wife and the Wang family had come to the Duke's Mansion.

They also saw the Wang family members leaving at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, so they all knew what happened in the Duke's Mansion.

Minglan and Rulan were both pregnant, but Rulan was a little advanced in her pregnancy. She was less than two months away from giving birth, so she shouldn't have gone out at this time. However, for the sake of her mother, she had to go to the Duke of Jingguo's Mansion with her big belly.

Minglan was in a similar situation. Although Wang Ruofu was not her biological mother, she was nominally her stepmother and was quite nice to her. So when it came to Wang Ruofu's life, she naturally couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

After they met Zhou Chen and Sheng Hong and his wife, they began to get down to business.

"Eldest brother-in-law..."

………………

Two hours later, Sheng Hong and his wife, as well as his other two pairs of daughters and sons-in-law, left the Jingguo Mansion together.

When only Zhou Chen and Hua Lan were left, Hua Lan's eyes turned red and she said gratefully, "Sir, thank you for bypassing my mother."

Zhou Chen shook his head and said, "Don't be too happy too soon. I just gave the power to deal with my mother-in-law to your brother Changbai, but you should know what kind of person Changbai is. It's hard to say whether he will bypass my mother-in-law."

Hua Lan's face suddenly changed when she heard this. She knew her own brother well. He had a righteous character and could not tolerate any injustice. If she let him punish their mother, it might not be a good thing.

"Changbai, he shouldn't..."

"He may not want to kill my mother-in-law, but there will be other punishments that will make her uncomfortable. However, being able to save her life should be the result you want most."

Hua Lan remained silent. She naturally didn't want anything to happen to her mother.

"Help me back to my room. I'm exhausted from sitting for so long. I'll be closed to visitors starting tomorrow."

"it is good."

With Hua Lan's support, Zhou Chen returned to his room and lay down. Now, even if he was at home, he had to pretend to be seriously injured and not yet recovered to confuse others.

Zhou Chen poisoned his own daughter to death in front of her, which made Old Lady Wang unable to swallow this.

Especially when she thought of her daughter's eyes that were open until she died, the anger in her heart grew even more intense. So she thought about it for a long time, but in the end she was unwilling to give up, so she ignored the dissuasion of her son and daughter-in-law and decided to give it a try.