Chapter 40: I can testify

Lin Jiaojiao didn't intend to yield to Pei Aosong. Since he didn't want to admit he knew about this, she didn't have to pretend either. She feigned surprise and widened her eyes, "Husband, how can you say you don't know? Didn't you go to General Lu's Mansion a few days ago, telling me to take Tiezhu home quickly, and even said you would treat me well in the future?"

She said, taking Pei Tiezhu from the wet nurse Guo Shi, "You also said that when Tiezhu grows up, you will accompany him in martial arts practice every day. Poor thing, now you don't even admit it, but I don't blame you, who told you to be inferior to others."

Su Wanqiu heard this and couldn't help but look up at Pei Aosong: Her husband actually went to General Lu's Mansion privately to call her to take the child back to the mansion?

And even promised to treat Lin Jiaojiao, this cheap concubine, well, and accompany that little monster to practice martial arts every day in the future?

Her tears filled her eye sockets and flowed down her cheeks.

The Su Hongtu family's faces became even uglier. Pei Aosong wore a mask of pain. On one hand, he didn't expect Lin Jiaojiao to expose him in public, making him embarrassed. On the other hand, he really felt that he would not be able to hold his head up in the Su family in the future.

He could only go over and pick Su Wanqiu up from the ground, saying with a trace of apology, "Wanqiu, I'm sorry..."

Su Wanqiu pressed her slender index finger on Pei Aosong's lips, shook her head, and said, "Aosong, you don't have to apologize. I know in my heart that you did this for the sake of the entire Pei Mansion. After all, no matter how... he is still your child. How can your own child be raised outside?"

Pei Aosong knew she was giving him a step down, so he nodded slowly, "... Wanqiu understands me best."

The more "loving" they were, the more people around them discussed.

"This cheap concubine is truly too shameless. She was given face, but she is still so unappreciative!"

"She is a vixen after all, insisting on making the Pei Mansion and the Su family restless..."

Song Fu looked at the gossiping people with a scrutinizing gaze, and they all fell silent, no one daring to whisper again.

Pei Mu was so angry at Lin Jiaojiao that she tapped the ground hard with her cane, "You vixen, you must have given my son an aphrodisiac! That's why my son was bewitched by you and ignored the overall situation! Did you also give an aphrodisiac to Lord Song of the Dali Temple? So much so that Lord Song was bewitched by you and wanted to marry you into the Song Mansion!"

"Ah, you say I gave an aphrodisiac, do you have any evidence?"

Lin Jiaojiao paused and continued, "But even if there is no evidence, I know you will create some evidence for me. Didn't you do that last time? You ordered people to stuff things under my pillow, and then called the Dali Temple people to turn my room upside down. In the end, you didn't find the evidence you wanted. May I ask, was any aphrodisiac found in my room at that time?" As she spoke, she teased Pei Tiezhu, who let out a giggle, as if mocking the Old Madam.

"You! You!" The Old Madam pointed at her, so angry that she couldn't say a word to refute for a long time, and finally could only scold, "Sophistry!"

"If Lin Guniang really gave my son an aphrodisiac, I would like to see what that aphrodisiac looks like." Song Mu seemed very happy to see the Pei family Old Madam suffer, and she added with a smile, "It's just a pity that I haven't seen the aphrodisiac, but I have seen Lin Guniang use her own skills to save my son's life."

"Yes," Lu Zhenting nodded and said in a deep voice, "This is what I saw with my own eyes. She also cured my mother's leg disease of many years by half. I will not believe that my mother's chronic leg disease can be cured with an aphrodisiac."

"Yes, yes, yes," Guo Shi nodded repeatedly, "I can testify! That day, besides me, many people in the Dali Temple saw it!"

Many nobles in the court knew a little about the injury of the Dali Temple Junior Minister, but they never expected that a concubine of the Pei Mansion would have such great ability to save Lord Song back.

Not to mention that she treated Lu Mu. Everyone who knew Lu Zhenting knew that this General would not lie. If the words came from his mouth, even if others questioned it, most people would believe it a few points.

Song Fu snorted at the Pei Mansion Old Madam, "Since your family doesn't cherish such a good woman, then it is not unreasonable to give her to my Song family."

Hearing Lu Zhenting and Song Fu and his wife all saying that Lin Jiaojiao's medical skills were excellent, Su Wanqiu signaled Pei Aosong to hold her closer and asked softly, "Sister, since everyone says your medical skills are excellent, I have heard that a doctor has a benevolent heart, so I don't believe you pushed me on purpose just now. Right now, my ankle is very painful, can you help me take a look?"

Lin Jiaojiao looked at Su Wanqiu. She knew clearly in her heart that she couldn't get close to her anymore, otherwise, who knew what would happen in the next second.

And that fall Su Wanqiu had just now was at most a sprain. But if she said it was a sprain, who knew if she would cry and say she had a fracture in the next second?

No, absolutely cannot treat her leg injury!

After Lin Jiaojiao firmed up this point, she answered, "Your Pei Mansion has its own House Physician. Just let them look at it."

Su Wanqiu wiped her tears with her sleeve, showing a sad expression, "Then Sister dislikes me. Where did I do something wrong? To make you so distant and unwilling to look at this leg injury for me?"

"That's right, you clearly knocked down my sister, causing her ankle to be injured!" Su Chunyan stood up for her and at the same time raised a question, "Unwilling to look at my sister's leg, could it be that you don't know medical skills at all?"

The people around started discussing, "Su Furen has been accommodating to this concubine in every way, why is this concubine unwilling to even look at a leg injury?"

"Maybe she is a fake doctor!"

"I said, how could a concubine have such great ability to cure Lord Song? She must have taken credit for someone else!"

Lin Jiaojiao looked at the crowd discussing, and suddenly understood that the Su family people knew how to manipulate public opinion. But right now, no matter how she argued, it was useless. No matter what she said, the Su family would dig a hole for her!

Just as a group of people were discussing endlessly, a sound of horse hooves stepping on the ground suddenly came from the end of the street. The leading official saw that this road was blocked by the crowd and ordered, "Quickly get out of the way! The Dali Temple is going to arrest a criminal suspect! Quickly make way!"

"Why did the Dali Temple people come?"

"Just passing by to handle a case?" ===== CHAPTER 41 =====

"Just passing by while handling a case, right?"