Chapter 304: The Qu Family's Plot Exposed, Daughter Killed Mother!?

You Shi's words slipped out, and by the time she realized it was wrong, it was already too late.

She turned pale instantly: "You little slut, you dare to put words in my mouth! What I just said isn't all true……"

Li Qingluo glanced at Zhui Yu.

Zhui Yu stepped forward and gave You Shi a hard slap across the face.

You Shi let out a miserable cry, fell to the ground, spat a mouthful of blood, and also a tooth.

Half of You Shi's face swelled up instantly; in pain she lifted her head to curse Li Qingluo for gross impropriety, but Zhui Yu gave her another slap.

You Shi cried out in shock again.

And she lost another tooth.

But this time she finally behaved, covering her face and weeping silently, no longer daring to utter foul language.

Li Qingluo's thunderous methods, and You Shi's miserable state, shocked everyone into obedience once more, and they all became honest in an instant.

Li Qingluo then continued staring at You Shi and said, "What the Qu family really wants is my grandmother's firm, right?"

"My birth mother, this incredibly foolish woman, doesn't know your true intentions and still wants to marry me off to the Qu family to curry favor with you."

"Too bad she still doesn't realize that what the Qu family has been scheming for all these years is the entire Jiangjun Fu's wealth!"

Qu Shi heard this and finally let out a despairing wail: "No——!!"

"Mother, this isn't true, Luo'er's words aren't true at all!"

But seeing You Shi's guilty, ashamed expression, Qu Shi felt as if a thousand‑jin stone had dropped in her heart, instantly leaving her breathless.

"Mother…… back then, did you really know that Luo'er had been swapped?"

"Why didn't you stop it? Why didn't you speak up?"

"Are you really after the money in your mother‑in‑law's hands? Are you after the Jiangjun Fu's wealth? What exactly do you want to do?!"

"Mother, I am your daughter, and Luo'er is your biological granddaughter. Why on earth are you doing this——"

You Shi wept and said, "Third Aunt, it's not Mother—these ideas, these things, were all made by your elder aunt."

"You know, she is the matriarch of the Qu family, considering the whole clan, and Mother must obey her."

Qu Shi wailed, "Mother, even if she gets that money, would she give it to you?"

"No, it's to take everything from the Qu family and give it to the main branch for their enjoyment!"

"How could the firm in your mother‑in‑law's hands possibly go to the Qu family?"

"Even if it's not Chuan'er's, it can only be Luo'er's…… Ah, I see now—you've long seen Mother‑in‑law's affection for Luo'er, so you made this bet to marry Luo'er into the main branch."

"So her scheming really was all these things!"

"Haha, hahaha——we're all stupid, played for fools by He Shi——"

"Haha, hahaha……a whole family of idiots, idiots——"

Qu Shi lay on the ground, sobbing helplessly, unable to get up.

Heaven's justice is clear; the truth will eventually come to light.

Li Qingluo coldly surveyed the scene before her—the Qu family, He Shi—she would let none of them off!

You Shi: "No, Third Aunt. Over these years your father has been able to rise steadily, thanks also to your elder uncle's wholehearted effort."

"Your brother's early studies, and your nephew's future prospects, all depend on your elder uncle……"

"Our second branch truly relies on your elder uncle and his lot to stay afloat; the Qu family shares weal and woe, honor and wealth as one—Mother really has no choice!"

"Mother doesn't want to treat you this way either, but you are merely a married‑out daughter……"

"A married daughter's spilled water—can Mother ignore the Qu family for your sake?"

"Mother can only follow your elder aunt's wife's schemes against you, otherwise how would our family survive under the main branch?"

Qu Shi hoarsely shouted, exhausted: "So I really deserve to be sacrificed, huh?!"

"Your so‑called honor and wealth—is it just leeching off others, sucking them dry?"

"Mother——!"

"You and your father, the whole Qu family, truly have a vicious heart——"

"You have ruined a daughter's entire life."

"I also blame myself, Qu Saniang, foolish all my life, ruining the entire Jiangjun Fu, my birth daughter, and my mother‑in‑law!"

"Today all this is my karmic retribution—my retribution!!"

"Haha, hahaha……"

Qu Shi seemed on the verge of madness, sitting on the ground crying and laughing.

You Shi jumped in fright.

Tears streamed down her face, mixed with scratches and blood, falling like those of an evil spirit, hideous.

She lunged forward and hugged Qu Shi: "Third Aunt, Third Aunt, don't scare Mother. You still have Chuan'er; you must think of him—you can't come to harm."

"Mother won't scheme against you anymore; this time she'll go back and lay her cards on the table with your elder aunt's wife and your father, telling them you are also her daughter—she can't really drive you to death——"

Qu Shi's eyes suddenly turned cold.

She turned her head to look at You Shi.

She asked, full of hatred: "I just don't understand—what good could swapping Luo'er possibly do for the Qu family?!"

"Could it be just to watch our flesh and blood be torn apart? She does have Qu family blood, after all—could Mother really not cherish this biological granddaughter of hers at all?"

"Would you like to see how my mother‑in‑law dotes on Luo'er?"

You Shi avoided Qu Shi's gaze, evading with guilt: "Third Aunt, our Qu family isn't lacking in granddaughters. As for me, Mother, what feelings could I possibly have for her?"

"Besides, she's just a little servant girl. Third Aunt, you don't dote on her at all, do you?"

"These years you have Zhu'er on your knees, and Mother hasn't deprived you of the joy of having a daughter…… after all, after all, aren't you the one who dotes most on Zhu'er?"

"Don't dwell on this, Mother—I merely witnessed it back then and didn't stop it; the one who really swapped the daughter certainly isn't Mother……"

Qu Shi's facial expression suddenly turned ferocious; she jumped up, lunged at Yu Shi, and grabbed her throat in a deadly grip.

You still want to deceive me! How long will you keep deceiving me—speak up! Why, as my mother, do you treat me and Luo'er like this!!

You could clearly have prevented all this tragedy from happening, you clearly could have—Mother!!

You could have kept Luo'er by my side; now Luo'er and I, mother and daughter, would not have become this hostile pair!!

Our Jiangjun Fu will not be brought to this ruinous state either!

Mother——!!

You harmed me, go die!!

Qu Shi is going mad.

Staring with a pair of blood-red eyes, she exerted force as if gone mad.

Pei Lao Furen shouted upon seeing the scene: "Quickly pull her apart!"

The instant Yu Shi was rescued, she wet her pants.

She just realized that her own biological daughter truly wanted to kill her……

Yu Shi felt both pain and bitterness in her heart; she broke down crying and shouted: "Because…… if Luo'er cannot be found, we can find an opportunity to control Liu Qiongzhu, using her as a pawn to also throw the entire Jiangjun Fu into chaos."

Luo'er has returned, and she can also, because of your favoritism and partiality, cause your entire Jiangjun Fu to be in turmoil……

San Niang, look, hasn't your Jiangjun Fu already been swiftly defeated?

It's just a pity that Luo'er is such a strong-willed person, and the Pei clan is not easy to deal with, so we have still not managed to grasp you completely……

But our Qu clan, regarding your Jiangjun Fu, already has victory in hand……

After Qu Shi was dragged away, she burst out laughing again with "haha": "haha, hahaha……"

Li Qingluo gave Zhang Mama a glance.

Zhang Mama accidentally loosened her grip, allowing Qu Shi to seize the opportunity to jump up again and lunge at Yu Shi, this time gripping Yu Shi's throat even more tightly.

Yu Shi's hand was also loosened.

She, in retaliation, also grabbed Qu Shi's throat.

The mother and daughter choked each other, seeing each other's faces grow redder and even purplish, on the verge of suffocation, when Yu Shi suddenly let go.

Qu Shi, meanwhile, gripped Yu Shi's throat even more fiercely.

Until Yu Shi completely stopped breathing in her hands.

She's dead.

Li Qingluo calmly reminded Qu Shi.

Qu Shi was startled.

She suddenly broke out in a sweat all over.

She looked in horror at her own hands, which had just strangled her birth mother, unable to believe what she had done.

I, I killed my own mother?

Li Qingluo: "Yes."

Qu Shi: "I truly hated her just now, feeling she deserved to be hacked to pieces and strangled to death!"

But, but I killed someone right in front of you! Why, why didn't you stop me? Why——

Li Qingluo: "Aren't there still more people you've killed?"

After saying that, she silently stepped back.

The clan elders' faces all turned dark with anger.

It's over, it's over!!

This time, the Jiangjun Fu is completely finished!!

For the lady of the manor to kill her natal mother is simply a heinous crime that overturns the natural order, losing all human morality and ethical virtue.

Quickly seize her!!

Pei Lao Furen also seemed to have just snapped out of her shock, pointing at Qu Shi and shouting loudly.

Someone, hurry and call a physician! See if this Elder Lady Yu can still be saved!

Physician Jiang arrived, took a look, and Yu Shi was completely cold.

Qu Shi was locked inside the Ancestral Hall.

Having witnessed everything today, the clan elders no longer dared to threaten Pei Lao Furen to do these difficult things; each one politely came to consult her on how to deal with Qu Shi, this venomous woman.

Divorce her!!

Exactly, such a venomous woman who harms the Li clan's posterity and has done every conceivable evil must be divorced!!

Then hand her over to the authorities——

No! Doing that would completely ruin our Li clan's reputation!!

If we don't hand her over, are we supposed to protect this murderer? The Qu clan won't let it slide!!

Pah! The Qu clan has schemed against the Jiangjun Fu for years, doing such vile deeds; now that this has been exposed, are we still afraid of these thieves?

Better to first take the person to the authorities, then send Qu Shi along as well; this way we could still earn a reputation of innocence and selflessness.

Finally, after the matter was settled, the clan chief personally wrote the divorce deed on the spot.

Then they brought in the dazed Li Chao Jing, took his hand, and pressed his fingerprint onto the divorce deed.

Li Chao Jing didn't care either; seeing that Pei Lao Furen was pleased, he rushed over, hugged her leg, and shouted: "Mother, mother, you're wonderful—you haven't left—Little Jing fears that if he wakes up from sleep, you'll be gone again."

Seeing Li Chao Jing like this, the clan elders all shook their heads and sighed.

By the way, what about that concubine Lady Deng Shi, Old Lady—how do you intend to deal with her?