"Mrs. Uncle, we will investigate carefully, but now all the evidence indicates that the son committed suicide and died in love. Unless there is other evidence to overturn this conclusion, but there is no other evidence at present..." Mr. Du cannot be sad because of Yong Anbo and his wife. Just conceal the truth to comfort them.
"So my husband really betrayed me?!" Yue Shichu asked Master Du with tears on his face, "No wonder he has been so cold to me since we got married. No matter how I try to please him, I thought it was because I couldn't do anything. Well, I didn't like him... But I didn't expect that it turned out that he already had someone in his heart! And that person was his sister-in-law! He is such a beast who has no regard for human ethics! I despise him! I will never forgive him... "
After Yue Shichu said these words angrily, he turned around and rushed out of the inn as if he had collapsed, got on the carriage, and ordered the coachman to drive away in a loud voice, as if he was shocked.
Others also heard her accusation and sympathized with her very much. They felt that Zou Hongyi was really evil-hearted. Since he already had a sweetheart, why did he waste the life of an innocent woman? Since you already have a wife, why do you want to get together with your sister-in-law? Treat your wife coldly!
"Tsk, tsk, this guy named Zou is really unkind. I think his wife is quite good-looking. I heard that she has a good family background, but he just doesn't like her. He insists on having an affair with his sister-in-law. What do you think he is? What do you think?"
"What do you think? They say a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief. Stealing a sister-in-law is so exciting..."
"A beast who has no regard for human ethics, how can he be worthy of his elder brother and his wife?"
"Hey, you don't know, do you? His eldest brother has been weak since he was a child and has to stay in bed for most of the year to recuperate. I heard that he married this wife just to celebrate the occasion."
"No wonder, that woman would not be willing to marry a sick man. Wouldn't she be stealing her brother-in-law?"
"The Zou family is responsible for causing such a scandal. It's true that a wealthy family is so dirty."
"I'm sorry for Zou Er's wife. I heard she was the daughter of a great general. She had a distinguished status, but she lost her husband at a young age. She died because she and her sister-in-law died in love. What a bad luck!"
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The crowd outside the inn talked about this immoral scandal, scolded Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu, and sympathized with the innocent Yue Shichu and the sick man Zou Hongxin who was cuckolded by his brother.
Yue Shichu took advantage of the chaos and scolded Zou Hongyi, put on a heartbreaking show, and took a carriage back to Yong'an Bo's Mansion. As soon as she returned, she immediately ordered her dowry servants to pack up her dowry. and all the luggage, and then she went to Zou Hongyi's study and started searching.
After searching the entire study, she found a stack of letters in which Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu expressed their love for each other, a portrait of Murong Liu's beauty painted by Zou Hongyi, and a handkerchief belonging to Murong Liu with the word "Liu" embroidered on it. This was the clear evidence of their affair. Zou Hongyi was so unscrupulous and overconfident that he dared to store it in his study. I don't know if he was too disrespectful of the original owner or because he was sure that the original owner didn't dare to come to his study.
Just when Yue Shichu was about to put away the evidence, there was suddenly the sound of empty footsteps outside the study door. She looked up and saw Zou Hongxin, who was pale, extremely thin, and even unable to walk - this case Another victim in the scandal involving the death of an uncle and his sister-in-law.
"Brothers and sisters, I know everything." Zou Hongxin said with a wry smile on his thin face, "Are all the rumors true? Did the two of them really die for their love together?"
"It's true. These are the evidence." Yue Shichu pointed to the things she found on the table, "If you don't believe it, you can come and see it for yourself."
Zou Hongxin walked in slowly. He lowered his head and looked at the affectionate letters and the familiar signatures belonging to his brother and wife. His already bloodless face turned pale. , embarrassment, pain, sadness appeared in his eyes... but there was no anger or resentment.
"Aren't you angry? The two closest people have betrayed you." Yue Shichu stared at Zou Hongxin's expression carefully and asked suddenly.
Zou Hongxin shook his head slowly: "Don't be angry. Murong Liu doesn't like me when I'm sick. It's normal to like a strong, handsome and high-spirited man like my second brother."
Yue Shichu sneered and said: "Then you are really generous, but I am very angry. If Zou Hongyi didn't like me, he obviously didn't have to marry me, but he compromised for the sake of his own interests, and after he compromised, he became indifferent to me. Go I had an affair with my sister-in-law, it was just an affair, but I still had to die for my love, and the whole world knew about it. They are not afraid of others' criticism and ridicule after they are dead, but I am still alive, and I still have to endure the ridicule and scorn of the world, saying that I can't win over my own. My husband, my husband even had an affair with my sister-in-law and I don’t like me... The world is harsh on women, but I am the one who endures ridicule after they die... My life has been ruined by Zou Hongyi! What qualifications does he have to be named' Righteous'? He should be named 'Shame'!"
Yue Shichu roared at the top of her lungs, tears kept falling from her red eyes, and anyone who looked at her felt that she was heartbroken by her husband's betrayal.
When Zou Hongxin saw her crying so hard, he was immediately at a loss. He wanted to comfort her but didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only say, "It's them who are shameless..."
"I can't continue to live with this wife of the Zou family. I feel disgusted. I want to end my relationship with Zou Hongyi." Yue Shichu said fiercely with tears in his eyes.
"What? No, Yi Jue, this is too serious. Our Zou family is sorry for you. We can compensate you, but Yi Jue cannot. Brothers and sisters, our family can no longer withstand too many blows..." Zou Hongxin looked at Yue Shichu pleadingly. He knew that there had been such a scandal in his house, and people who valued reputation would not be willing to associate with their family anymore. If Yue Shichu's natal family continued to quarrel with their Zou family, then their Zou family's The situation is even worse.
Yue Shichu said expressionlessly: "What does it have to do with me? Isn't Zou Hongyi the culprit of all this? Zou Hongyi was raised by your family. If he did such a scandal, then you should bear the consequences yourself. Should I? But I was innocent from beginning to end. Our family did not force Zou Hongyi to marry me. It was your family who came to ask me to marry me. I have never done anything sorry to you. It was Zou Hongyi who did something sorry to me. , what qualifications do you have now to ask me to understand your family's difficulties?"
After all, Zou Hongxin was not as shameless as his younger brother Zou Hongyi. Hearing Yue Shichu's words, he was so ashamed that he was choked to silence and had no face to persuade her anymore.
