The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1633 - 1636: The New Witness

Prime Minister Zhang glanced lightly at Jin Zijin, with a hint of schadenfreude, and said, "Gu Wu insists that the Princess Ning is his daughter. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Is there any way to prove otherwise?"

How could this be proven? In their view, even blood tests would be useless, as they were, after all, a family with blood ties.

At this moment, the old Madam Lin trembled as she stood up. After listening for a long time, she finally understood that her daughter and son-in-law were not killed by accident, but murdered by the person in front of her?

Those were her elder brother and sister-in-law; how could this beast have the heart to kill them?

It was the first time Madam Lin heard the true cause of her daughter and son-in-law’s death. She no longer cared whose child Youyou was, only that her daughter was dead, not by accident but murdered.

If so, she must avenge her daughter! Her heart was pounding violently, wanting to rise and tear Gu Wu apart, but she simply couldn’t stand up.

Everyone feared she couldn’t bear the truth, so they hadn’t dared to tell her. Now, hearing it, she was heartbroken, wishing she could immediately bite Gu Wu to death, drink his blood, and pull out his sinews.

Lin Xingyi feared his mother couldn’t take it and disregarded even the emperor above. He hurried to help old Madam Lin, aiding her to breathe.

"Mom, don’t rush, you mustn’t rush. At your age, you should..."

"Shut up!" Madam Lin loudly rebuked him, "Did you already know how your sister died? Why is this person, who ought to be executed a thousand times, still alive?"

Lin Xingyi was speechless, unable to say anything, only softly comforting his mother and apologizing.

Jin Zijin glanced at Prime Minister Zhang and then at Gu Wu, slowly saying, "Don’t worry, you all probably want to know the true circumstances under which Gu Wu murdered my father-in-law and mother. Rest assured, the witness will arrive shortly."

A witness? Could it be that there was an eyewitness when Gu Wu committed the crime back then?

Impossible. If there was an eyewitness, they should have come forward when Gu Wu was sentenced back then, right?

Everyone speculated about who this witness Jin Zijin mentioned could be.

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Meanwhile, Gu Youyou went out early with Jin Zijin and Searcy. After entering the palace, they parted ways. They went to check the Empress Dowager’s pulse for peace, a morning routine. Jin Zijin headed straight to Taihe Hall.

Now that Gu Youyou had finished her tasks, she also planned to go to Taihe Hall to take a look.

"Searcy, you go back with the things first. I need to go to Taihe Hall!"

Searcy raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Don’t you trust your Prince?"

Gu Youyou replied helplessly, "It’s not that I don’t trust him; I just want to watch the spectacle."

When she arrived at Taihe Hall, she saw a somewhat familiar figure entering the hall, but it passed quickly, and she didn’t see clearly who it was.

Gu Youyou cautiously approached the outside of Taihe Hall, listening to the intermittent voices coming from inside.

The acoustics of Taihe Hall were quite effective; other people wouldn’t be able to hear a thing.

Gu Youyou quietly asked a eunuch, "Who just went in there?"

The eunuch was new and did not recognize them. He could only shake his head at Gu Youyou.

Inside Taihe Hall, everyone finally awaited the arrival of this mysterious witness. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Huo Li?" Everyone knew Huo Li, but after the Dao Family’s departure, it was said that Huo Li became a proper Taoist, no longer drinking wine, eating a simple diet, and never leaving the mountain to marry, spending his life serving the Sanqing deity statues.