C24 (1/2)

”Mother, just like what Mrs Liu said, a woman with a broken mouth like this can just be killed and sold. ”You must not let this anger ruin your body!”

Seeing that the matriarch's face had turned green from anger and her chest was heaving up and down, the duke of Yongning could only give An Su a look, ”Chang'er, your grandmother's health isn't good. She loves you and your brother the most. Hurry up and persuade her not to be angry.”

Seeing that An Su didn't move, Nie Tian's heart trembled.

Ji Zhan Hu's eyes widened as she turned his head to signal with his head, ”Hurry up and go!”

Let her persuade him? I hope they don't regret it.

Only then did An Su step forward, ”Grandmother, if they didn't mention it, they would've just killed them. Just like how I ordered my staff to kill jadeite and didn't even need to do it myself, if you go and get angry with them, you'll lose your health. Some people might even be secretly happy. Isn't that just letting those people off?”

Mrs Liu was secretly resentful. How was this persuading her? This was clearly adding oil to the fire, but did she think that she could do anything to her just because of this? That's ridiculous.

The duke of Yongning was also infuriated, how could he be so persuasive?

However, Matriarch Ji heard her words. She glanced at Lady Liu, the two women, and then at Yongning, before shifting her gaze to someone else. ”Pearl, tell me, did they say these things in front of Eldest Miss? Did they not teach your young lady? Who was it that secretly instigated the Eldest Young Miss to seek death? ”

Pearl only felt her throat go dry. ”Yes, yes, it was because young miss overheard these two women discussing this matter behind the fake mountain that she thought she could imitate them. Eldest Miss, several times, you were provoked and cowered by the jade and it had nothing to do with this servant. This servant has also advised Eldest Miss to tell the matriarch that if she had any deceit, she would rather die without a burial ground.” After saying that, he crouched down on the ground, his entire body no longer had any strength left, and the words he bit back could no longer be heard. In the future, he would completely break away from his wife, leaving no path of retreat.

”Boom ~ ~ ~”

Mrs Liu only felt a thunderclap that made her ears buzz. She had never dreamed that they would put the blame on a dead person's head.

Seeing Mrs Liu's shocked expression while staring at the pearl, An Su only stared coldly at her. It was really rare to see such an expression on Madam Hou's face. She didn't think that she would let Pearl testify against her, did she?

How stupid she would have to be.

Even if Pearl said so, Mrs Liu would not admit it, maybe she would even compensate her with the pearl. Pearl was the only person left at her side who could use it, and if not, she wouldn't dare to betray her again. She finally forced her to the point of no return, so how could she bear to break it so easily?

Jade? How useful was that name?

That was the senior maid chosen by Madam Liu for her eyes. Now that she was dead, there was no way to prove it. No one knew whether she was the culprit or not. The pearl didn't mention anything about Mrs Liu, which made it easier for people to accept. And it would be hard for Mrs Liu to distance herself from this matter.

She couldn't just save a dead person and check again, could she?

Who would have the ability to do so?

This made the people who Mrs Liu bought back bite back at Mrs Liu.

How good!

Of course, she didn't need the jade to identify Mrs Liu, nor did she need Mrs Liu's acknowledgement. She only needed to relate this matter to Madam Liu and make Old Lord Ji suspect her.

After all, her goal was not to take revenge for Ji Huaguang.

She just didn't want to play around with Madam Liu, nor did she want to see the mother and daughter hopping around in front of her, disgusted with her for always finding trouble with her. With Matriarch Ji watching over them like this, this Ji Clan's matriarch, her nominal grandmother, was no ordinary person!

She still had too many things to do, so she didn't have the time to care about the two of them.

An Su had a myriad of thoughts in her mind. In the blink of an eye, her gaze shifted away from Mrs Liu's face.