Chapter 21 — The day my mother wanted to reconcile, I tore up her letter of reconciliation

“Yes… yes…”

“So you say, when the child was born, was it premature?”

The midwife's whole body trembled and she reflexively looked towards Lieu Nhu Nuong. Lieu Nhu Nuong stared at her, her eyes seemed to be consumed with hatred. I said lightly: "You just say the truth. Today in the temple, above your head is the ancestral tablet, who dares to silence you?" As soon as these words ended, the midwife seemed to be cornered. She suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying and saying:

"No! It's not a premature birth! The baby was clearly born at full term, his arms and legs were long, his cries were loud, not like a weak seven or eight month fetus!"

The street was quiet at first, then completely exploded.

“Full term?”

“So isn't that——”

“If it's a full month, then the timing is even more inconsistent!”

Lieu Nhu Nuong rushed forward and wanted to grab the midwife: "You talk nonsense! You received so much money from them, and you dare to harm me like that!" As soon as she rushed up, her hair came out a few strands, her previous appearance as weak as a rain-soaked pear flower immediately shattered. I stood to the side, watching her lose her temper, only to find it funny. Still not enough. There's one last shot missing.

“Thank you sir.” I turned around and looked out the door.

Everyone froze. Right after that, Ta Hanh slowly walked in from outside the door. Today he was wearing an official uniform, the hem of his shirt was dark-colored with hidden patterns, and he had a seal on his waist, as cold as a blade just unsheathed. As soon as he entered, even the noise from before seemed to be suppressed by three parts. The old lady's face finally completely changed. Obviously, she did not expect that the events in the house in the street would alarm him. Ta Hanh didn't look at anyone else, just placed a scroll of documents in front of the incense burner.

"The border army's old case hasn't been resolved yet. I conveniently looked up a few things and thought the Bui family would use them."

He spoke very softly. But the lighter it is, the colder it makes people feel. I know, this is the final hammer blow. Ta Hanh opened the remaining scroll, his voice calm and cold.

“Han Hanh, Bui Triet's former subordinate, voluntarily left the camp three years ago.”

“After that, people saw him many times at night going in and out of Thanh Phong Trang.”

"There is also the testimony of a former servant, proving that before and after Lieu Thi was pregnant, he interacted with her very often."

“And ——” he raised his hand and pointed to another page, “the amount of silver used to silence, went through the books of the old manager at the Bui family farm, and completely matched the secret book from Mrs. Tham's dowry.”

“Witnesses and material evidence are all there.”

Every sentence is like an iron hammer falling. The beating made Lieu Nhu Nuong's face turn gray little by little. There was no longer a stir in the hall, but shock. The eyes of the clan elders looked at her, at first there was some pity, but now it was like they were looking at something dirty. A woman on the outside having an affair with someone else, giving birth to someone else's child, yet still has the delusional idea of inserting it into the family tree of the National Duke family - This is no longer a bad family matter. But when the army violates the group. The second master's first reaction was to almost take a step back, afraid of getting caught in the slightest bit. The old lady's sick face seemed to freeze for a moment, the rosary in her hand made a "pop" sound and broke, the beads rolled all over the ground. Lieu Nhu Nuong still wanted to struggle, crawl to the ground and move forward, crying bitterly.

“No! Not so! They colluded to frame me! The lady has long been intolerant I, the second lady, don't want Thua An to be at peace, they——"

I looked down at her, her expression cold, her voice slow but sharp:

“Can't tolerate you?”

“Are you… worthy of saying that?”

“You appropriated my mother's dowry, faked her pregnancy, bribed the midwife, conspired with outside men, married an unknown child and impersonated the bloodline of the National Duke.”

"At this point, do you still want to rely on a few tears to make yourself a victim?"

Every time I said a word, her face turned a little paler. At the end, the whole person seemed to be picked up from the water.

“Liu Nhu Nuong,” I looked at her, word by word, “you lied, not just the Bui family.”

"It's the ancestral tablet, it's the whole clan's elders in the temple, it's the deceased National Duke."

As soon as the sentence ended, even Uncle Tam hit the table and stood up.

"Don't arrest her yet!"

The ladies and their families immediately rushed forward. When Lieu Nhu Nuong was grabbed by the arm, she finally completely collapsed. She screamed and struggled, her hair was a mess, tears and nose were smeared all over her face, and she no longer had the weak appearance she had before.

“Let me go! What are you basing on to arrest me?

"Bui Triet was already a disgraced person, causing so much debt on the outside, why did it all fall on me!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the whole hall was silent. Even the family pulling her was stunned. She herself also stopped. Perhaps unexpectedly, the most unspeakable sentence would pop out at this time. I squinted my eyes slightly. That's enough.