After Transmigration: Building a Kingdom in Turbulent Times-Chapter 536 - 531 Conclusion

Fang Gu lowered her eyes dejectedly, tears falling one by one. She dared not look at Mrs. Wu in the ancestral hall and cried, "It was the first lady, all of this was done by the first lady."

"You’re talking nonsense!" Mrs. Wu’s voice was sharp. "It was clearly the eldest lady who did it. Why do you blame it on me?"

"Mother—" Zhao Hewan knelt on the ground, crawling forward two steps, looked at Mrs. Wu in disbelief and asked, "Are you trying to kill me, mother? Are you trying to kill me?"

"Shut up, you are a descendant of the Zhao Family, you have Zhao Family blood in you. Your grandfather won’t let you die, he will protect you, he will definitely protect you. But I’m different, I’m different! How could you, this fool, not understand?"

"Mother," Zhao Si Niang hurriedly interrupted her, dashed into the ancestral hall, knelt in front of her, tightly gripping her hand and said, "Please don’t talk nonsense anymore, it’s not Big Sister’s fault, how could Big Sister make random accusations? Third Sister, Third Sister only wants the truth, please tell her."

Mrs. Wu widened her eyes, looking incredulously at her most beloved youngest daughter. She was so furious she slapped her in the face, "Shut up, what truth, the truth is your elder sister was jealous of Third Lady, which is why she enticed the Second Son out of the city, and deliberately informed Third Lady, caused her to fall off the horse outside the city..."

"Is that so?" Zhao Hanzhang glanced at Zhao Si Niang, laughed loudly, turned her head and asked Fang Gu, "Is what she said true?"

Under her gaze, Fang Gu dared not say it was true, crying, "No, no, it’s not..."

Fang Gu closed her eyes and said in one breath, "It was the first lady, the first lady said in front of the eldest lady that the old master wanted to arrange a prestigious marriage for Third Lady, and once it was settled, the Second Son would inherit the family business, with Third Lady and the distinguished husband supporting the Second Son, and planned to separate our second branch..."

Mrs. Wu got up and rushed over trying to interrupt, shouting sharply, "You’re talking nonsense—"

Ting He, seeing this, handed the tray to Zeng Yue, took two steps forward, rushed up and grabbed Mrs. Wu’s hand, pushed her backwards, directly knocking her to the ground.

Fang Gu continued, "The first lady hinted to the eldest lady, as long as Third Lady’s reputation was ruined, the marriage would not happen, leaving the Second Son with nothing to fear, allowing the whole family to stay together."

"At that time, the first lady often spoke to the eldest lady about the many vagrants outside the city, very chaotic. If a lady from a family went out and was touched by those vagrants, even just a touch, her reputation would be harmed, though nothing serious, the distinguished marriage would be impossible;"

"Or, if something accidentally happened out of the city, losing an arm or leg, it’s even more impossible to marry into a prestigious family."

"Then the eldest lady began to find excuses to quarrel with the Second Son, provoke him to leave the city, and then had a maid inform Third Lady."

Zhao Hanzhang listened quietly, seeing that she fell silent, she smiled gently, "Is that all?"

Although her voice was gentle, Fang Gu shuddered, hesitated, and shook her head lightly.

So Zhao Hanzhang lifted her gaze to look at Ting He.

Ting He then went out, took the tray from Zeng Yue’s hand, knelt and presented it to Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang took a blade of grass from the tray and shook it in front of Fang Gu, "Although the coachman who fed the horse in the stable died at the time, do you know? My grandfather is not to be trifled with. He heard some interesting things from the coachman’s mouth and found some things in his room. Does this money pouch look familiar?"

Fang Gu trembled with fear, her lips quivered as she said, "And, the first lady bought off the coachman, made him feed several horses with the herbs, even if Third Lady was careful and didn’t ride her own horse out of the city, she would still use other horses."

"Come, tell my dear uncle, brothers, and sisters, what effects do those herbs have?"

Fang Gu: "It, it can drive the horses mad. If they encounter loud noises or pain, they will go even crazier. Third Lady practiced martial arts since young and has strong riding and archery skills. The first lady said this way it’s foolproof. Even the eldest lady didn’t know about this incident."

The three Zhao sisters instantly collapsed to the ground, their faces pale, even Zhao Yi suddenly knelt on the ground, looking incredulously at Mrs. Wu in the ancestral hall.

Only then was Zhao Hanzhang satisfied, got up, threw the herbs onto the tray, and turned to leave, "Let’s go, report these matters to Uncle Grandfather."

"Wait," Zhao Ji had already regained his composure, his eyes red as he looked at Zhao Hanzhang, "What are you planning?"

Zhao Hanzhang turned to look at him, and said warmly, "I have already gotten the truth, the rest naturally lies with you, Uncle, and Uncle Grandfather."

Zhao Hanzhang said, "I await your resolution to vindicate my injustice."

With that, she led her people out of the ancestral hall.

The personal soldiers inside the ancestral hall instantly withdrew completely, only the soldiers still guarded the path outside the gate.

Zhao Hanzhang stopped, "Zeng Yue, keep watch over the ancestral hall, should any message be leaked outside the mansion, I will hold you responsible."

"Yes!"

Zhao Hanzhang was satisfied, turned, and left.

After Zhao Hanzhang left, Zhao Ji slowly walked into the ancestral hall, Mrs. Wu laying on the ground, crying bitterly. Seeing Zhao Ji enter, she climbed forward to hug his leg, looked up at him with a face full of tears, "Husband, husband, save me, save me, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong, I, I am willing to serve Buddha for life, eat vegetarian, chant the Buddha’s name, beg you to plead with father-in-law, I beg you, I beg you."

She cried, "Father-in-law will kill me, he will kill me."

Zhao Ji kicked her away, dragged her in front maliciously, "You know you were wrong, if it weren’t for you, why would Uncle secretly leave so many people and assets to her? Do you know, those were supposed to be mine!"

"I did all this for whom, I did it for you and the eldest son, look how fierce she is now, it proves she was pretending before, if only you had helped me, let the doctor kill her directly, we wouldn’t have this much trouble today..."

"Mother!" Zhao Yi, kneeling outside, couldn’t help but shout, interrupting him. He painfully held his head and said, "At this point, don’t you know where you went wrong?"

Mrs. Wu broke free from Zhao Ji’s grasp, staggered out, and clung to Zhao Yi, "Yi’er, Yi’er, I did all this for you. You are the only male heir of the legitimate line, the Second Son is silly, he is nothing, it’s Zhao Hezhen, it’s her, if she hadn’t supported her brother, this family should have been yours..."

"Mother, stop talking, stop talking..." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Zhao Hewan, with tears, asked, "This family is Big Brother’s, what about us, mother, for Big Brother, would you harm us?"

"Shut up, how would you die, you are Zhao Family bloodline, your grandfather won’t let you die."

Ting He asked Zhao Hanzhang, "My lady, what will Second Grand Uncle do with them? Will he execute the first lady?"

Zhao Hanzhang stopped, exhaled a breath and said, "Who knows?"

"But you handed them over for him to deal with, isn’t this, isn’t this allowing them to show favoritism?"

Zhao Hanzhang laughed and then said, "I bet, he won’t."