Yun Shang took the tea cup from Qian Yin, and put it in her palm.
"It is said that I am a sinister woman who want to be the legal wife of my husband, so I tried every means to murder his old wife and young kids. I didn't get the position of his wife but a side lady, so people all thought I deserved it. But no one knows what the truth is. " Tears welled up in Nuxi's eyes, and her face paled even more. "I didn't know why his first wife and his kids died before. I thought it was just an accident. Once, I heard something that I shouldn't have heard. Then I knew the truth."
"Oh? What is it?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "the truth?"
Nuxi nodded her head fiercely, gnashing her teeth, "yes, the truth. That night, he thought I was sleeping soundly, so he quietly went out of the room. A moment later, a voice came from the courtyard. I was a little surprised, so I got up and moved close to the door, listening to it. A man dressed in black praised him for his good job. He said, 'a real man will never love a woman who will get in the way of his career. It's a good deal to trade his wife and kids' life for wealth and status.' He even said he would marry his master's daughter to my husband one day. "
Recalling what had happened that night, Nuxi trembled, and answered in a trembling voice, "I was so scared. I heard my husband say that the man don't need to worry. Everyone believes that it was me who I killed his wife and kids out of love and hatred, and people would never doubt him."
Nuxi bit her lips, and smiled bitterly. "I've been in love with a person like him for so long. That gentle and polite scholar killed his own wife and kids for the sake of glory and wealth. I really can't accept it. Later, I began to pay close attention to him. I forced myself to be sober every night. That's why I heard a lot of things, I realized that my husband had done so many bad things.
I was discussed in the public by so many people. Until that day when your highness helped me to my feet even when you heard what they said about me, you didn't look down upon me like others. That's when I knew your highness could save me." Then Nuxi looked up at Yun Shang, sprang to his feet and knelt on the ground, face covered with tears.
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