"What did you say?"
Madam Kong instinctively felt something rushing towards her. Before she could react, she found that the front of her robe was tightly grasped by Kong Ren.
"Vicious woman, what do you know?"
Just because he wasn't by his precious son's side when he died, she got the label of a "vicious woman". This was her husband, her so - called good spouse!
Enduring the pain, Madam Kong stared at the man in front of her and sneered continuously, "My lord, is this your attitude when asking for help?"
"Bitch!"
The collar was pulled even tighter, almost choking Madam Kong. But Kong Ren seemed not to notice and kept tightening his grip.
"White woman, I advise you to honestly tell me everything you know. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what I'll do to you!"
Suppressing his anger, Kong Ren loosened her robe and gave her a hard push backward. If it weren't for the quick - witted maid brought by Madam Kong, she might have fallen again.
Sitting back beside the coffin, Kong Ren looked solemn and said, "Speak!"
"Fine, you asked for this,"
The smile on Madam Kong's face gradually turned crazy, while her eyes were full of malice. "I'll tell you. The one who wanted to kill your precious son is your good master, the Regent King!"
Time seemed to stand still. The solemn look froze in that instant. Kong Ren suspected he had auditory hallucinations.
How could it be? How could the king want to kill Jiao'er?
Jiao'er's elder brother was the king's son - in - law. How could he kill Jiao'er? The king wasn't such a person. The king definitely wasn't such a person!
"Nonsense. I'll kill you!"
Losing his sanity again, Kong Ren rushed in front of Madam Kong. He made a gesture of clasping his hands, which was the gesture of strangling someone.
But this time, Madam Kong showed no trace of fear.
Enduring the pain, she stiffened her neck and stepped forward, almost offering her life to the hands of the Minister Kong.
"Aren't you going to kill me? Here's your chance. Come on!"
"I'll strangle you!"
He let out a roar, but that was just a roar. Kong Ren never took further action because his hands and even his whole body were trembling.
Seeing this, Madam Kong suddenly burst into laughter. After the laughter tugged at the wound on her chest, she grimaced in pain.
"Kong Ren, stop struggling. You actually believe it, don't you? Otherwise, why are you trembling now?"
"Impossible! Impossible!"
Avoiding Madam Kong, Minister Kong tried to cover his uneasiness with a loud voice. "I've served the king like a beast of burden for so many years. How could he bear to hurt Jiao'er?"
"It's all because of you! Idiot!"
At some point, the situation in the mourning hall had reversed. Madam Kong had become the aggressor.
She stepped forward step by step, while Kong Ren stepped back.
"Because of your precious son, don't you know how many stupid things you've done? And your eldest legitimate son, Kong Fang, don't you know how much he's suffered at your hands? You didn't even spare his wedding night.
Kong Ren, ask yourself. Is there any father in the world who would let his own son pick strawberries in the snow on his wedding day for his younger brother? Just because your Jiao'er said that the strawberries picked by his elder brother tasted the best!"
"How many times have you done things like this?"
"Kong Ren, you weren't just tormenting your son. You were tormenting the king's son - in - law!"
Seeing the color of her husband's face turning gray bit by bit, Madam Kong felt extremely happy. She had endured such a life for far too long!
"Forgot to tell you. When you were imprisoned in the Supreme Court this time, the Regent King didn't take any action either. Use your stupid brain and think. If he still valued you, would you have been forced to stay in prison for a few nights?"
No, Kong Ren subconsciously answered in his heart. If it had been in the past, the Regent King would not only not have let this happen, but would have even prevented him from going to the Supreme Court.
Leaning against the pillar of the room dejectedly, the all - powerful man in the Kong family had completely believed Madam Kong's words.
His Jiao'er's death was caused by the Regent King!
Prince Jing's Mansion
Shang Luoshu was looking at the gift list with a beaming face.
Ever since the lord came back from outside last night, he had been like this. Chen Guang had suspected more than once that his master had been possessed by something.
All the items on the gift list had been prepared and could be carried out at any time. The man put it away in his bosom contentedly and tried his best to straighten his face.
"How's the situation with Kong Ren?"
Hearing his master asking about business, Chen Guang immediately put away his complaints. "Madam Kong has already told Minister Kong those words as we intended.
As for the Regent King, we've eliminated all his spies left in the Kong family. For the time being, we haven't found any movement from them."
Everything was developing as expected. Shang Luoshu nodded as a sign of approval. Unexpectedly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Chen Guang's hesitant expression.
"Is there anything else?"
Chen Guang felt a bit embarrassed and bowed. "What about Miss Feng? Should we tell her?"
They had diverted Kong Ren's attention to the Regent King, so Feng Wan in the prison was temporarily safe.
"No need. It's just a few days of hunger. She should learn some lessons."
In order to avenge her sister, she almost dragged the whole family into trouble. Knowing that the other party had impure motives, she still acted willfully. Such a person should be taught a lesson!
"But, this doesn't seem right?"
Chen Guang tentatively advised, "After all, the Fourth Miss fainted because of her once."
Regarding the incident of Lu Yinxi fainting in the forest before, Shang Luoshu had already unified the statement. It was said that the Fourth Miss fainted when she saw Kong Ren trying to kill Feng Wan.
The man thought it over and felt that Chen Guang made sense.
It seemed that Xi'er really treated that Feng Wan differently from others. She saved her once at the spring banquet and used the power of words for her this time.
"Forget it. You decide."
Shang Luoshu simply left the matter to Chen Guang's decision and took out the gift list from his bosom again. He had to see what else he could add.
Regent King's Mansion
Hearing that all his secret agents buried in the Kong family couldn't be contacted, Shang Mo didn't even frown. He seemed not to care about their lives at all, or perhaps he had expected this day.
"This king underestimated this cheap nephew after all."
From the fermentation of the incident of Feng Wan kidnapping Kong Jiao until now, not only had his side exposed the secret agents buried in the Feng family, but all those in the Kong family had also been wiped out.
On the contrary, his nephew's side had only imprisoned a Feng Wan and injured a Feng Lixin. Feng Zheng, the one his nephew really wanted to deal with, had only suffered some damage to his reputation.
"Your Highness, we still have a trump card in our hands. Why should we be afraid of them?"
A staff member came out to offer advice.
In response, Shang Mo just shook his head. He wasn't the kind of person who would reveal all his cards at once. Moreover, he had a premonition that Shang Luoshu had more tricks up his sleeve.
So keeping that trump card might have unexpected effects in the end.
On the morning of the third day when Feng Lixin was staying in the Prime Minister Lu's Mansion, he finally woke up slowly under the eager expectation of Madam Mei.
Before this, General Feng had already visited the mansion in person with Madam Mei and a pile of gifts to express his gratitude. But due to his son's unhealed injury and the inconvenience of moving, he left his son in the mansion to recuperate.
On this day, Minister Kong Ren finally washed himself clean, changed into fresh clothes, and knocked on the door of the Regent King's Mansion.