Chapter 1655: Everyone is a Villain, Truly Disgusting

Marchioness Zhang slumped to the ground, crying and covering her face, ashamed to be seen.

Chen Guanlou stood to the side, examining her with a cold and disgusted gaze!

Li Tou frowned tightly. Given the current situation, how should this be handled? He couldn't make the decision, nor could he take the lead, so he could only look at Chen Guanlou, hoping the other party would hurry. If the commotion here alerted the monks in the temple, it would easily cause controversy.

"Prison Warden Chen, does she count as admitting it or..."

"Whether she admits it or not is no longer important. We have already pieced together the truth."

"Nonsense, there is no such thing as the truth." Marchioness Zhang suddenly stood up again, shouting and yelling, "She died; that is a fact, but I didn't harm her. Everything was her own choice."

"Marchioness Zhang, do you dare to say that again in front of Third Miss Mei's corpse? Do you dare to say it in front of the Mei family's elders? Why are you hiding? I won't eat you. You can't even face me, so how can you keep saying everything was her own choice?"

Chen Guanlou pulled Marchioness Zhang's hair, forcing her to look up.

The exquisite makeup on Marchioness Zhang's face was ruined because of the tears. Her hairstyle, which hadn't had a single strand out of place, was also messy. She looked both wretched and ugly.

Chen Guanlou had never had a good impression of these middle-aged women who were vicious inside and thought they were smart, and he wouldn't pity the other party.

"Marchioness Zhang, I didn't use means to force a confession from you; did that make you mistakenly think I was soft and could be deceived?"

"Chen Guanlou, my surname is Zhang; I am a person of the Marquis's Mansion. Be polite to me." Marchioness Zhang gritted her teeth, still arrogant and stubborn to the end.

As long as there was no evidence, and as long as she didn't admit it, who could do anything to her?

She laughed.

Chen Guanlou laughed along with her, laughed in anger.

His hand rested on the top of Marchioness Zhang's head. "I originally didn't want to use force; bullying women and children as a grown man is immoral. However, you have successfully provoked my anger. So, you should feel it too."

He let go of the other party.

Marchioness Zhang didn't understand, intending to mock the other party, when suddenly her expression stiffened and she was in extreme pain. Her head felt as if it had been struck with force, as if a knife were drilling into it.

She was in agony, clutching her head and rolling on the ground. She opened her mouth wide wanting to scream, but no sound could come out.

Her whole body was already soaked with sweat.

Li Tou watched this scene, shocked. "What happened to her?"

Chen Guanlou stared coldly at Marchioness Zhang and said, "She brought it upon herself!"

Marchioness Zhang banged her head against the ground; she wanted release, an urgent release. She would rather die than endure this pain.

Chen Guanlou wouldn't let her die.

He stopped the punishment.

Marchioness Zhang slumped to the ground, gasping for air like a fish on the shore, with only one breath left.

"Can you tell the truth?"

Chen Guanlou looked down at the other party.

Marchioness Zhang was now filled with fear, without a trace of anger. She didn't dare to be angry, didn't dare to hate. She trembled all over and nodded, indicating she was willing to cooperate.

"How exactly did Third Miss Mei die?"

"She was abused to death!"

"Are you an accomplice?"

"I am an accomplice."

"Tell the whole story exactly as it happened."

Just as Chen Guanlou had pieced together, the noble person had taken a fancy to Third Miss Mei, so he borrowed the Marquis's Mansion's territory to fulfill his wish. The Marquis's Mansion was willing to cooperate because the other party could bring benefits to the Marquis's Mansion.

Marchioness Zhang was willing to cooperate because the Marquis's Mansion promised to find a position in the yamen for her son and help him find a marriage in the noble circle.

Third Miss Mei was pretty, had a strict upbringing, and had a resilient personality.

Suddenly encountering the scheme, she wouldn't submit, only resisting with all her might.

Marchioness Zhang muttered: "If she hadn't resisted, she wouldn't have died; at most, she would have been injured. Afterward, the noble person would naturally have taken her into the mansion, letting her enjoy glory and wealth for a lifetime. If she could have had a son or daughter, she wouldn't have had to worry for the rest of her life. But she insisted on going against him, insisted on not listening to advice..."

Li Tou frowned tightly and asked: "Were you at the scene?"

"I wasn't! I was in the front greeting guests." Marchioness Zhang shook her head and denied it.

"Who sent her into the noble person's bed? Did you feed her drugs?" Li Tou continued to pursue.

"No drugs were fed! The noble person said, feeding drugs was no fun. He wanted the original flavor. If drugs had been fed, perhaps she wouldn't have died."

Chen Guanlou was very curious. "How could she have fallen for it?"

Marchioness Zhang hesitated for a moment before saying: "I said she intended to climb high, which wasn't entirely slander. It's just that she wasn't that firm herself; she could climb or not, all listening to her mother. Her mother had a strong personality and wanted her to climb high; she was obedient, so naturally, she did whatever her mother arranged. To scheme against her, just bringing up her mother was enough. I didn't expect this dead girl to be disobedient at the critical moment, resisting so fiercely."

Chen Guanlou felt a wave of disgust inside, but still insisted on asking: "Does her mother know about this?"

"Perhaps she guessed one or two." Marchioness Zhang lowered her head. "I schemed against her; it was my fault. But I didn't intend to harm her life! The Mei family's family status belongs to neither high nor low, very awkward. I also wanted her to marry into a good family."

Upon hearing this, Chen Guanlou scoffed immediately.

At this time, Marchioness Zhang still didn't forget to gild her own face.

Clearly, she hadn't learned her lesson.

"Who is the noble person?"

Marchioness Zhang shivered and didn't dare to say.

"Do you want to die again? I can fulfill your wish."

Marchioness Zhang shook her head repeatedly; she never wanted to experience it a second time; she was scared to death.

She said with a crying voice, "You must not say it was I who told you; that noble person is Prince Zhao."

It was actually him.

"When did the Marquis's Mansion hook up with Prince Zhao?"

"I don't know either. Eldest brother had contact with that noble person; I just acted on orders. I am a married-out daughter; the Marquis's Mansion's affairs are not for me to ask about."

Marchioness Zhang cried and cried, as if she had a great injustice.

At this moment, she still felt a headache and just wanted to lie down.

"Is the person serving by Prince Zhao's side a maid or a servant?" Li Tou suddenly asked.

Marchioness Zhang was clearly stunned for a moment, recalling it once. "I remember the person serving by his side at the time was a maid. Why are you asking this?"

"We are interrogating you, not you interrogating us. What is the situation with Zhu San?"

"He just had bad luck."

"I want to hear the truth!" Chen Guanlou scolded impolitely.

Marchioness Zhang shivered. "At first, I really wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law; I didn't lie. It's just that no one expected her to die! So, it was a spur-of-the-moment decision to make Zhu San the scapegoat. Someone had to be responsible for the wounds on her body and give the Mei family an explanation."

"The Mei family's second branch didn't find trouble with you?"

"The Mei family's second branch took three thousand taels from me, plus a spot at the academy." Marchioness Zhang gritted her teeth. "Don't think the second branch doesn't fight or grab; in reality, they are just as greedy for profit. They don't care about the Third Girl's life or death at all; they only care about the future of their two sons! Black-hearted!"

Everyone is a villain!

Chen Guanlou only felt disgusted! ===== CHAPTER 1656 =====