Poison Genius Consort

br>Lady Tang had to accept it even if she didn’t want to.
She only wanted to fight for her son’s innocence now so Ning Jing would believe that this was all a plot of Tang Zijin and Fifth Elder.
Tang Li was the victim in this case.
She had found them last night with those motives in mind.

If they could prove that Fifth Elder, Xiao Lan, and Tang Zijin all had a hand in this, then Tang Li didn’t need to assume any responsibility.
But if Tang Zijin was the sole mastermind and the Xiao family victims of their own, then Tang Li would have to take responsibility for Xiao Lan!

Lady Tang hadn’t planned on speaking out when they arrived, but she never thought things would develop to this point.
Tang Zijin actually took all the blame and used all sorts of ways to force Tang Li into taking a concubine!

Everyone fell silent, each lost in their own thoughts and ulterior motives.
Whether or not anything happened between the man and woman, only Xiao Lan would know for certain.
In the end, Lady Tang opened her mouth.
Her voice wasn’t angry, but unusually calm and tinged with a touch of despair.

Her sentence was very simple.
She said, “Tang Zijin, I’ll ask you one last time.
Did Fifth Elder and Xiao Lan play any part in drugging him?”

Tang Zijin’s heart seized up as he looked at his wife.
After being married for so many years, he knew her best.
Her heart was like cold ashes right now as she gave him a warning.
This finally caused Tang Zijin’s conviction to waver.
But just as Tang Zijin decided to admit the truth, Ning Jing suddenly spoke up.

“Forget about who’s involved first,” she said, “Let’s first verify whether Tang Li’s touched her or not! I refuse to believe this!”

Lady Tang grew helpless.
What she feared most of all was Ning Jing’s objections! Before she could coax her, Ning Jing shot her a reassuring look.
“Mother, Tang Li is a man after all.
Whatever he did, we should ascertain first, right?”

Lady Tang felt that Ning Jing’s words sounded off, but she couldn’t tell why.
She only nodded and withdrew to let Ning Jing take the reins.
But Tang Zijin was against this.
Still rude, he protested, “Ning Jing, you don’t need to talk! I’ll give Tang Li an explanation myself!”

Tang Zijin still had room to retreat.
He could admit to the drugging and say that Fifth Elder and Xiao Lan were both involved, thus placating his wife.
Then he could use the fact that Fifth Elder had sacrificed his life for the Tang Clan and the merits he’d incurred in the construction of the royal capital to plea for mercy on his and his daughter’s behalf.
At the very least, it’d prevent the Xiao family from being kicked out of the Tang Clan.
As long as Xiao Lan could still stay, then her skills would mean she’d have more chances in the future.
Of course, if Xiao Lan could get pregnant from this time alone, then things would be very different indeed!

At last, the silent Tang Li lost his temper.
“If NIng Jing has no right to speak up here, then who does? Ning Jing is my official wife.
Even if it’s a concubine, she has to nod and agree first.
Father, there’s nothing wrong with such etiquette, is there?”

Lady Tang laughed.
“A’Li, don’t be rude to your father.
Of course he knows about such etiquette.
Back when your grandfather forced your father to take a concubine, he told the entire Tang Clan that no one should think of stepping through the doors without a nod from me!”

Tang Zijin flushed to the tips of his ears.
All that aside, his wife’s family was a different case from Ning Jing! Feeling extremely helpless, he didn’t explain and only said, “Ning Jing, there’s clear evidence in this case.
You have to believe it even if you don’t want.”

“If Tang Li said nothing happened, then nothing did!” Ning Jing insisted, her voice cold.
“Unless we inspect Eldest Miss Xiao’s body, I won’t believe a thing!”

Tang Li tightened his grip on Ning Jing’s hand again, but he didn’t speak.
Lady Tang looked at Ning Jing’s aggrieved state and felt her heart ache.
Tang Zijin and Fifth Elder were probably secretly laughing to themselves.
Why is Ning Jing forcing herself? She won’t cry until she sees a coffin, is that it?

Nobody knew that Ning Jing was making a bet by going to extremes!

Xiao Lan bit her lip before looking pitifully at Tang Li.
Finally she murmured, “Alright, do the inspection.”

Tang Li grew flustered at those words! Xiao Lan was an unmarried virgin.
If they inspected her body, there would be no more room to argue.
He must have been a bastard and done those things to her.
But Ning Jing’s eyes only flashed with a cold smile that nobody else noticed.

“Mother, I’ll have to trouble you,” Ning Jing intoned.

Lady Tang sighed, then told Xiao Lan coldly, “Come inside with me!”

The time they spent waiting felt interminable.
Ning Jing could clearly sense Tang Li sweating in his palm, but she simply held him tight without a word.

Clack.
The door finally opened.

Lady Tang and Xiao Lan came out one after the other.
Lady Tang looked nothing except hopeless, while Xiao Lan had her head bowed to hide her blushing face.

“How is it, mother?” Ning Jing asked.

Lady Tang looked at Ning Jing with an aching heart as she told the truth.
“Xiao Lan’s body isn’t intact anymore.”

Tang Li abruptly let go of Ning Jing’s hands, but she immediately took it back with a cold smile.
“So what if it isn’t? Who can prove she was a virgin in the first place?”

The crowd was shocked by her words.

Xiao Lan couldn’t stand it and demanded angrily, “Ning Jing, what do you mean by that?”

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