Upon hearing Jiujiu say that she couldn't help, Jiang Wanwan, who was still crying and appearing weak, instantly revealed her ferocious side. "What do you mean you can't help? Are you still holding a grudge against me and your father? He's your blood-related younger brother."
"Pfft ~"
Jiujiu was directly amused by Jiang Wanwan's words.
Jiujiu's waist was about to bend from laughing. She finally sat up with great difficulty and used her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes as she said, "You're saying this to me. Don't you have a guilty conscience?"
Being stared at by Jiujiu, Jiang Wanwan shrunk her neck guiltily. But thinking of her son who was still locked up in the Supreme Court, she straightened her back and said righteously, "Which word did I say wrongly? Could it be that Yuan-er isn't your blood-related younger brother? "
"He is my blood-related younger brother." Jiujiu used her handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes as she said, "But, what does that have to do with me?"
Jiujiu's smile was as brilliant as a summer flower. "He and I are both father and mother's children, but the treatment we receive is vastly different. He's a treasure that you dote on in your hands, but I'm a chaff that you tossed aside like a shoe. My days in the Xiao Family are even worse than a servant's. If it weren't for you marrying me to Nie Lve, who knows where I would be suffering right now. Would you have come to find me?"
When Jiujiu hit the nail on the head, Jiang Wanwan had a guilty expression. But when she thought of her son, she could only grit her teeth and say, "No matter what, it's all our fault. You can't mistreat your younger brother because of our mistakes. Furthermore, your younger brother says that he's innocent. Can't you plead for leniency?"
"Plead for leniency?" Jiujiu waved her hand. "I'm only a woman and child. How can I plead for leniency?"
"Nie Wei holds a post in the Supreme Court. As long as you speak, he will naturally listen." Jiang Wanwan finally revealed her purpose for coming.
"You still have the face to talk about Nie Wei." Jiujiu was amused by Jiang Wanwan's shamelessness. "You didn't know anything on the day I returned to my family. You didn't know anything on the day I gave birth. You didn't know anything about Nie Wei's first birthday. If it wasn't for Father seeing Nie Wei in the imperial court, he's afraid that you wouldn't know what your grandson looks like."
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The son he liked couldn't even pass the county level examination, but the son of the daughter he didn't like became the top scholar.
For a scholar like Xiao Zhen, he didn't care about your family's wealth at all. However, if you crushed him in his field of expertise, he would definitely feel extremely miserable.
Xiao Zhen lowered his gaze and didn't reply to Jiujiu. However, Jiang Wanwan, who was familiar with Xiao Zhen, knew that he regretted it.
Xiao Zhen raised his eyebrows and told her that if he hadn't been so absolute back then, Nie Wei would have been his biological grandson.
Now that his son was no longer like his son, the grandchild of the top scholar was estranged from him.
"Mother dotes on Little Brother more than your own life, but in the end, you raised him into a good-for-nothing who only knows how to go to brothels and fight for the top courtesan. Mother, don't you feel any regret?"
After Jiujiu said that, she chuckled. "I forgot that Mother's heart has always been very hard. Naturally, you won't regret it. After all, no matter how ridiculous Xiao Yuan is, he's still your favorite son. Am I right?"
Jiujiu poked at Xiao Zhen's sore spot. He said directly, "If you want to help, then help. If you don't want to help, then don't help. Why do you have to ridicule people like this?"
"I don't want to help." Jiujiu propped her chin up with one hand and looked at Xiao Zhen and Jiang Wanwan with interest. She said slowly, "When did I say that I wanted to help you? Furthermore, Xiao Yuan beat someone to death on the streets. There are more than ten people who saw this. There are witnesses and evidence. You're thinking about Xiao Yuan, but I'm still thinking about Nie Wei.
If I help a murderer get off the hook, does Nie Wei still want her future? "
"You want to save your son, but my heart also aches for my own child." Jiujiu looked at Jiang Wanwan, whose face had turned ashen because of her words, and said softly, "Now, you understand what it means to spoil a child is like killing a child."
Jiujiu's last sentence was like the straw that broke the camel's back. Jiang Wanwan broke down completely.
Jiang Wanwan hugged Xiao Zhen's arm and kept shaking her head. "Hubby, I didn't. I didn't do it. Yuan 'er wasn't harmed by me. I really didn't do it on purpose. I really liked him too much. If I had known that this was bad, I definitely wouldn't have …"
Xiao Zhen, who had already aged more than ten years, aged again because of Jiujiu's words.
Xiao Zhen looked deeply at Jiujiu, then supported Jiang Wanwan and left.
After Xiao Zhen and Jiang Wanwan left, Nie Wei, who had been hiding at home, finally appeared in front of Jiujiu.
Nie Wei casually picked up an apple and bit into it as she said, "Mom, I was really afraid that you would say that you would help them just now."
Jiujiu looked askance at Nie Wei. "In your eyes, am I the kind of person who can't differentiate right from wrong and help her relatives?"
Nie Wei smiled embarrassedly. "Mom, of course you're not. It's just that I'm worried."
"If you have the time to worry about me, why don't you think about how to judge this case?"
Although Jiujiu said that the evidence of Xiao Yuan's murder was conclusive, in Jiujiu's opinion, there were still some suspicious points in this case. For example, Xiao Yuan was a good-for-nothing who had been hollowed out by alcohol and women. Yet, with a light knock with a small stick, the other party directly fell to the ground and died. It was really strange.
Nie Wei thought of the same thing as Jiujiu and said, "Although there are both witnesses and evidence, I've already asked the doctor to take a look at Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan has been hanging around brothels for a long time. His body has long been hollowed out by alcohol and women. His strength is even weaker than a child's. How could he have beaten an adult man to death? In my opinion, there are many suspicious points in this case. We need to think about it at length. "
"I feel that instead of continuing to keep an eye on Xiao Yuan, why don't you check if the deceased has quarreled with anyone recently? At the same time, get the coroner to check if the deceased was poisoned."
Jiujiu's words instantly opened Nie Wei's mind. The more Nie Wei thought about it, the brighter her eyes became. She hugged Jiujiu and kissed her, shouting, "Mom, you're really my biological mom." Then she strode away. From the looks of it, she probably wouldn't be back for at least ten days to half a month.
Looking at Nie Wei's back view, Jiujiu chuckled softly before getting up and returning to her room to rest.
Xiao Zhen couldn't plead with Jiujiu, so he turned to plead with the Emperor.
Coincidentally, Nie Wei came to report that she had discovered some suspicious points and requested for the deadline to be extended so that she could reopen the case on another day.
The two of them met again. Nie Wei didn't have any familial affection for Xiao Zhen. When she saw him, she nodded as if she had seen a stranger. Then she turned to continue telling the Emperor about the suspicious points she had discovered.
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