latelenovela Chapter 171 Confession
Chapter 171 Confession
Aunt Yuan's face changed drastically, and her heart almost stopped beating.
According to Madam Min, if she admits that the medicine is problematic, then she has poisoned Min Siyue. If she doesn't admit it, she has to drink the medicine to prove her innocence. But after drinking it, she doesn't know what will happen to the child in her womb.
"I...I have a stomachache..." Aunt Yuan panicked and just wanted to escape.
"Stomach ache?" Madam Min sneered. "Don't rush, it won't take up much of your time. Confess sooner rather than later, and we'll let you see a doctor. Don't try to delay. If you still don't confess, I'll take it as a denial and force this bowl of medicine down your throat."
"Don't underestimate Madam Changyang. This is an agreement between the Min and Pei families. She can't deny it or stop it. If she dares to come up here, I'll slap her for being shameless."
Lady Changyang was so angry that her face turned red. She was about to get up and settle accounts with Lady Min, but the Earl of Changyang turned around and glared at her, so she had no choice but to grit her teeth and sit down.
The Earl of Changyang said, “Tell me the truth, whether it is right or wrong. You should bear whatever punishment you deserve. If you refuse to speak, then drink this medicine. Madam Min, the Pei family will not interfere with this matter.”
Lady Changyang nearly screamed upon hearing this: "Lord, you're confused! This is the bloodline of our Pei family!"
The Earl of Changyang closed his eyes and ignored her. The Earl's wife was anxious, seeing that Madam Min was already impatient and had someone come forward to hold down Aunt Yuan and try to force-feed her medicine. She was so anxious that her forehead was covered in sweat.
"Tell me now, admit it! If anything happens to the baby in your belly, I'll never forgive you."
Madam Min reached out with the medicine and stepped forward: "She's got a tough bone to stick out. Does she think she can get away with just keeping her mouth shut? Pinch her jaw open."
As the medicine was brought to her lips, Aunt Yuan's mind went blank, and her stomach ached terribly. She felt as if she were curled up in a ball, trembling, and about to leave her at any moment.
Aunt Yuan's eyes reddened.
Her baby is already five or six months old. If it is born in another month, it will be able to survive.
After this bowl of medicine, I don't know if I can survive...
"I'll talk! I'll talk!" Aunt Yuan was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she no longer dared to try to deceive her.
“It should have been done long ago.” Madam Min placed the medicine bowl back on the tray beside her and then gestured to the maid to release Aunt Yuan.
You'd better behave yourself. If you dare to try anything again, I'll force-feed you the medicine without a word. If anything happens to this child, it's because you, as the mother, have no good karma. The child will have to pay for the mother's sins; you deserve it."
Aunt Yuan's body went limp, and she slumped down from the chair. The maid beside her quickly helped her up and helped her sit down again.
Aunt Yuan touched her belly, comforted the child inside, and then confessed: "This medicine is indeed problematic. I was sold into a brothel when I was young and grew up in a brothel. How could I possibly have any ancestral secret recipe?"
"The visible tonics are fine, but the powdered ones are a mix of many cooling herbs I bought, all of which have contraceptive effects..."
Even she herself was unsure whether the medicine would affect the baby in her womb, or whether she could keep the baby.
For the sake of her child, she has no choice but to plead guilty.
"Then how did you tell Prince Pei?" Lady Min asked him.
“At that time, I had just given birth to my child, and I was thinking... thinking about how to make plans for the child. So I told the prince that my sister had been married into the family for half a year and had not conceived. I also mentioned that there was a family secret recipe. The prince probably also wanted to have a child with my sister, so he asked me to get the medicine for him.”
Therefore, Pei Yutang did not want anyone to know about Aunt Yuan's existence, so the two of them lied to Min Siyue and said that the medicine was prescribed by a very good doctor outside.
Knowing that Pei Yutang had been deeply in love with Min Siyue before his affair was discovered, and that he could recognize several medicinal herbs that were indeed tonics, Min Siyue naturally had no doubts about him.
So, without really understanding what was going on, I ended up drinking the medicine for so long.
Upon hearing these words, the Min family members' fists hardened.
Alright, alright, so the reason why Min Siyue hasn't been pregnant for three years is really this—she was harmed by someone.
That bitch is truly hateful!
Pei Yutang, that idiot, is even more hateful.
Madam Min sneered, "You've got some skills."
While outside the mansion, she managed to use Pei Yutang to render the mistress infertile, making the child she bore Pei Yutang's only child.
"I just want to live a better life, and I just want my child to live a better life." Aunt Yuan bit her lip. At this point, she might as well just give up. "Madam Min, you don't need to blame me too much. If you have to blame someone, blame the young master for being too stupid, which is why he harmed your daughter."
"Yes, he was indeed too stupid, but you are not innocent either. If we are to assign blame, you devised the plan to poison him and he was shameless and stupid and was used by you. You are responsible for six parts, and he is responsible for four parts."
"Siyue has been married into the Pei family for three years, serving her husband and being filial to her parents-in-law. She has worked hard without complaint, yet you have wronged her like this. Tell me, how do you intend to resolve this? If you do not give me justice today, our Min family will never let this go."
"And the child in Siyue's belly..." Madam Min felt a pang of pain in her heart when she thought of the child that Min Siyue had lost so soon after becoming pregnant. "It was all your fault, wasn't it?"
"Madam, why do you wrong me? I truly did not know my sister was pregnant!"
"How could I be wronging you?" Madam Min sneered. "You say you didn't know Siyue was pregnant, but Siyue's maid said you saw Siyue feeling nauseous a couple of days ago. How could you, a woman pregnant with your second child, not have any suspicions?"
"You don't need to say you didn't see it. You should have had maids with you at the time, right? Should we invite them up to confront you?"
Aunt Yuan's face paled again, and her lips trembled as she couldn't speak.
"You really have guts." Madam Min's eyes were full of coldness. "You are pregnant, so you know about the unsavory relationship between Prince Pei and you. My Siyue has never laid a hand on you or the child. You, a pregnant woman, have plotted to kill an unborn child."
"With such a vicious heart, aren't you afraid of the retribution coming on to the child in your womb?"
"Lord Changyang, Lady Changyang," Lady Min said, turning to the two of them finally, "what do you think should be done about this matter?"
"To poison the mistress of the house and murder the legitimate heir is a grave crime punishable by hanging."
"If the Pei family doesn't come up with a plan, don't blame the Min family for making a trip to the capital. Then we'll see what face you have left to stand in Qin Capital."
The distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children may not be so strict. They are all brothers and sisters, but legitimate children are more honored, receive more benefits, inherit more property, and have better marriage prospects.
However, the distinction between wives and concubines is one of master and servant. The wife is the master and the concubine is the slave. If a concubine harms the wife, it is like a slave killing his master, which is a grave crime.
Any family with a modicum of sense would not tolerate keeping such a person around.