Chapter 335 - 335 Confrontation
335 Confrontation
Upon hearing Song Minghui’s question, not only Yu Niang, but even the expressions of the old madam and Marquis Beining changed. They didn’t pay much attention to it previously, but now that Song Minghui reminded them, they realized that there was someone missing.
“Mei’er might be resting in the room. She has always been timid, so after what happened today, she must have been frightened.”
Yu Xiaoniang’s lips quivered as she explained with a forced smile.
However, Song Minghui didn’t give her a chance to explain and said with a smile, “In that case, why did you arrange for people to search the residence?”
“I-I didn’t search for anyone. You’re mistaken.” Yu Niang was shocked, but she tried her best to maintain her composure and retorted, “Since something like this happened today, I just arranged for servants to clean and check the courtyard to prevent people from taking the opportunity to cause trouble. Is there a problem?”
“Yu Niang, I advise you to think carefully before saying anything.” Song Minghui stared at Yu Niang as he said word by word, “This concerns our ministry’s survival. If you continue to hide things, the consequences are not something you can bear.”
“I know you’re dissatisfied with us and think that as long as anything bad happens, it must be related to us!
I’m already used to this.
But you can’t take the opportunity to use your position for personal gain during such a crisis!”
This wasn’t the first time Yu Niang had encountered such a crisis. Previously, when Zhou Ningqian, had a miscarriage, Song Minghui had all the evidence, but in the end, didn’t she brush over the matter by making a fuss?
She assumed that she only needed to use her usual trick to get away with it.
Unfortunately, her plan was going to fail this time.
Marquis Beining doted on her, but since it concerned the future of Marquis Beining’s ministry, her trick was simply useless.
“What’s going on? Tell me!” Marquis Beining glared at Yu Niang and gritted his teeth as he shouted in a low voice, “If you dare to hide things, I won’t let you off easily!”
“Marquis, I…” Yu Niang was shocked by Marquis Beining’s attitude. She had been in the Marquis’s residence for so long, but this was the first time she had seen Marquis Beining treat her so fiercely. For a moment, she was stunned and didn’t know how to respond.
Song Minghui couldn’t be bothered to put on an act with these people in front of him anymore and signaled his subordinates, who were already waiting outside, to arrest a few servants who had been arranged by Yu Niang to search for people in the residence. Then, he stood up and turned to look at Marquis Beining as he said word by word, “After Eldest Brother decided to set up a trap with Princess Ning Fu at my grandmother’s birthday banquet, he told Yu Niang about this.
After all, Yu Niang is in charge of the Marquis’s estate now, so without her help, it definitely won’t be possible to set up everything without anyone knowing with just Eldest Brother alone.
After knowing that this plan could ruin the reputation of the general’s wife, avenge her sixth sister, curry favor with the fourth prince and pave the way for her brother’s future, Yu Niang naturally agreed.
However, as she carried out the plan, she added some even more vicious details.
She wanted the general’s wife to never be able to make a comeback, instead of using this opportunity to enter the fourth prince’s inner residence and climb up the social ladder.
Therefore, she wanted to give this opportunity to her third sister. In her opinion, the fourth prince was indeed a prince, but with Marquis Beining’s ministry’s prestige, once the deed was done, no matter how unwilling the fourth prince was, he would have no choice but to arrange a high position for her in the back residence!
Therefore, she arranged for her third sister to wear clothes similar to that of the general’s wife and enter the fourth prince’s courtyard.
Yu Niang asked her brothers to pay a few bandits to secretly kidnap the general’s wife from the courtyard.
This way, even if General Wei Bei pursued the matter, she could use the bandits as an excuse!”
Song Minghui’s words made Yu Niang’s face gradually turn pale. In the end, she knelt on the ground and turned to look at the ashen-faced Marquis Beining as she begged for mercy while trembling. “Marquis, I…”
“Yu Niang, you thought that everything was within your control, but you’ve forgotten the most important thing. Who arranged for the extermination of the mountain bandits inside and outside the northern region?
Those who escaped the net entered Cloud Mountain City, but how can you be so sure that this isn’t an attempt to lure out bigger fish?
Aren’t you afraid that when others see your brothers interacting with them, it will become evidence that your family colluded with the mountain bandits?! They let the mountain bandits kidnap your third sister. They even gave you guys a taste of your own medicine and implicated your sister-in-law.
“Moreover, with your arrangements and Grandmother revealing this matter in public, what will happen when the word reaches the fourth prince? Do you need me to remind you?”
Song Minghui didn’t give Yu Xiaoniang any chance to explain and he continued to expose everything.
He wanted to see what his father, who had always been devoted to Yu Niang, would do after Yu Niang made such a mistake this time.
“Since you already knew, why didn’t you stop her?!” When Yu Niang heard this, she could roughly guess what had happened to her and her heart couldn’t help but ache. She glared at Song Minghui as she roared, “Third Aunt is your sister! How can you be so ruthless as to see her get screwed over? How can you…”
“Didn’t you screw my third sister over? If you can do it, why can’t I? Besides, I only found out about this after the incident.
General Wei Bei told me everything because I used to be friends with him. He wanted me to be prepared so that I wouldn’t be scapegoated!” In the face of Yu Niang’s accusation, Song Minghui was very calm. “Therefore, I just found out that you actually have such abilities and courage. I’ve really underestimated you.”