Chapter 74 - Chapter 74: Chapter 74: No Evidence_l (1/2)

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: No Evidence_l

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Han’s Family motherhood set her eyes down, her heart in a daze.

She hadn’t even looked at the child when she found out it was a girl.

She had no idea what she looked like, let alone any evidence to prove it.

However, she seemed to remember the midwife Wu Sishen saying something in surprise, but she couldn’t remember exactly what it was.

What was it?

“I, I was a bit fuzzy at the time, I can’t remember…”

Jiang Sanlang sneered, “Then why don’t you tell us, how did your child end up with me?”

Han’s Family: .

She couldn’t tell the truth, even if she wasn’t the one who lost the child.

But to say it was her husband, that was even worse.

Her husband was a scholar, his reputation was crucial, she would rather be childless than ruin his chance in the imperial examination.

Seeing her daughter-in-law not saying a word, Chen Feng immediately responded, “Because the child was weak from birth and didn’t have any strength, so, so…”

“So you left her by the river Chuanhe?” Jiang Sanlang asked coldly.

Chen Feng quickly nodded, “Yes! We can’t keep a dead child at home, can we?”

“Then tell me, how did your child, who passed away as soon as she was born, end up with me?” Jiang Sanlang asked forcefully.

“I threw….threw her somewhere by the Chuanhe, I can’t remember the exact location, It has been so many years…”

Chen Feng looked to her daughter-in-law for help, “Han’s Family, do you know?”

Han’s Family was silent.

Her husband Chen Changping never said he threw the child by the Chuanhe. He only said he left her in North Mountain.

But why did Jiang Sanlang say the child was found by the Chuanhe? Was he trying to confuse them? Or was the child really not hers?

Regardless, the child had to be hers!

Jiang Sanlang turned to Sun Licheng and said, “Lizheng, Yingbao has never been weak since she was a child. If you don’t believe me, you can ask my neighbours if they have ever seen her been ill or used medications.”

Everyone shook their heads, “We never saw Yingbao fall ill, and we never saw the Jiangs invite a doctor for the child.”

“If my child has never been weak, how did she become Chen’s child who was weak from birth and died?”

Jiang Sanlang’s gaze was sharp, he turned to Han’s Family, “Or is it because you couldn’t give birth to a son, you listened to rumours, intentionally deceived and tried to steal Yingbao from us for your heir?”

Han’s Family avoided his gaze and mumbled, “I didn’t…”.

She began to doubt her previous judgement. Maybe… maybe the girl wasn’t hers after all. So what if that’s the case?

“Also, Yingbao wasn’t found by Chuanhe, I picked her up from South Slope, which is miles away from Chuanhe.” Jiang Sanlang asserted confidently.

Chen Feng and Han’s Family: ….

Old Chen angerly glared at his daughter-in-law.

Han’s Family wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Sun Licheng,

“Enough, you all quiet down now!”

Pointing at Old Chen, “You are the head of the family, you shouldn’t be making a fuss with two women. I won’t punish you today, but I can’t tolerate this unhealthy trend.

How about this, you give Jiang Sanlang two taels of silver as a compensation, let’s end this matter right here. Otherwise, I will have to take you to the county government and let Mingfu himself preside over this fraud case.”

He was really fed up with the families from Xichen Village, they didn’t do any actual work but kept doing these unlawful things.

The autumn tax collection deadline was approaching. There were still several families in West Village that hadn’t paid. If he didn’t issue a penalty, they would think they could get away with anything.

When he looked at East Village, several households that had difficulty paying tax last year, paid their taxes early. This saved him so much trouble.

When Chen Feng heard about the penalty silver, she became annoyed. “Lizheng, why should our family get penalised? Even if we mistook the person, the judgement shouldn’t warrant this.”

Sun Licheng slammed on the table, “What? So how should I judge? You defame others’ children again and again. Is there no law and order?”

Chen Feng shrunk her neck back and kept quiet.

She looked at her daughter-in-law once again with hardened eyes.