Chapter 216.2

Li-shi didn’t suppose there was something fallacious with giving out loans at excessive curiosity. The officers from Shuntian Prefecture had come to her door, so what? In the event that they wished to arrest her, they might have carried out so way back. So long as Su Yaoniang was nonetheless the empress, these officers wouldn’t dare to the touch her. Her son was the empress’s brother-in-law, and the Yao Household was now a part of the imperial family members.

It needed to be stated that Su Yaoniang was actually fortunate!

Each time Li-shi thought of it, she couldn’t assist however sigh. On the similar time, she couldn’t assist however consider her personal daughter, Yan Jie.

Though Li-shi didn’t know the place Yan Jie was, in her coronary heart, she had already thought-about her to be useless. Whereas admiring Su Yaoniang’s success, she naturally didn’t spare her criticism. If it weren’t for Su Yaoniang’s interference, she could be sitting within the place of the emperor’s mother-in-law as we speak.

It was all of the fault of the Su Household and Su Yaoniang for robbing her and her daughter of their success!

Li-shi gritted her enamel on the thought. Happily, she was alone within the room now. In any other case, it was unknown how these maidservants would react.

Li-shi was misplaced in thought when out of the blue the sound of unlocking the door got here from outdoors. She instantly stood up together with her palms on her hips, aspiring to scold Su Huiniang the second she entered.

Sadly, it wasn’t Su Huiniang who got here in, however a number of maids.

“Previous madam, the grasp requests your presence.”

“Is it as a result of Su Huiniang intends to apologize and admit her mistake to this previous woman?” Li-shi had already began to think about in her thoughts how she would reprimand Su Huiniang when she arrived. She should make Huiniang humble herself and please her to be forgiven. Regardless of her fierce scolding earlier, it was all simply speak. She knew very nicely whose face it was due to that the household might have such wealth now.

Together with Yaoniang, whom Li-shi had all the time regarded down upon, she might nonetheless act humble when going through her. Through the New 12 months’s greetings on the palace, Li-shi wore a big smile the complete time she was going through Yaoniang. So, those that bullied the weak and feared the robust had been like this, making one couldn’t assist however really feel chilly inside.

After experiencing varied elements of the capital, Li-shi was not the identical because the Li-shi who had no scruples in entrance of Jin Wang.

The meals was additionally scarce, with solely skinny porridge and rock-hard flatbreads to eat for each meal. It was stated that this was already thought-about good, as different inmates had been served spoiled meals, they usually solely ate as soon as a day, simply sufficient to maintain them from ravenous to loss of life.

Li-shi was tormented, and each time she noticed a jailer, she would both plead or threaten, however these jailers had been like stone males, by no means paying her any consideration. She ultimately realized why she heard these unusual sounds. It turned out that every one these individuals had been pushed insane by the torture.

On the similar time, officers from Shuntian Prefecture didn’t overlook to interrogate her. Li-shi, scared and determined, revealed every little thing. She didn’t disguise something and poured out all the data she had. She wished to clear her identify and keep away from additional punishment.

She collaborated not solely with the third madam of the Marquis’s household but in addition with two different wives from totally different households. Nonetheless, because the Marquis’s third madam had talked about, Li-shi was not concerned within the precise operations and may not have recognized the small print. She solely knew they had been doing enterprise collectively, and she or he didn’t want to speculate some huge cash. She solely wanted to attend and gather her share of the earnings.

These confessions had been written out in duplicate, one copy despatched to the palace and the opposite despatched to the Yao Household.

Yao Cheng completed studying his mom’s “confession” and fell into silence.

Huiniang’s perspective had modified from earlier, and she or he didn’t say something, even avoiding him. However, as all the time, Yao Cheng didn’t disappoint her. After Li-shi was despatched away, he started making preparations for her return to their rural house in Jinzhou.

Li-shi was naturally unwilling. The one factor that stored her going within the jail was the hope that every little thing would return to earlier than as soon as she survived this ordeal. Sadly, regardless of how a lot she pleaded, cried, or cursed, she couldn’t cease Yao Cheng from deciding to ship her again to the countryside.

After lastly sending Li-shi away, Yao Cheng breathed a sigh of reduction and stated to Huiniang, “You had been proper; preserving her within the capital would have precipitated our household’s downfall.”

Huiniang comforted him, “Don’t say that. It was a essential step. If we had stayed within the capital, she would have precipitated hassle a method or one other. However right here within the capital, underneath the emperor’s watchful eye, hassle might come up at any second. I did take into account going again house with you to maintain your mom till her previous age, however first, my mother and father and older brother are all right here, and I can’t bear to go away them. Second, Ming Ge’er and the others are staying within the capital, since their future might be higher right here with the training. This manner, I’ll additionally be capable of maintain the kids.”

“You’re proper.”