That bowl of boiling water, even if it didn't kill, would make life worse than death.

Qin Yiliu's face turned pale. She swallowed hard and looked at the brothers Shen Lin and Shen Ke for help, her eyes filled with even more tears.

Like a pear blossom in the rain, she was pitiful, enough to make anyone's heart ache.

Sure enough, the next moment, Shen Lin stepped forward.

"Yu Qingwu! Don't go too far!" He put his arms around his wife, looking at her tearful face, and felt his heart break. For a moment, his anger grew even more.

With one arm around Qin Yiliu, he comforted her while glaring at Yu Qingwu, "Qingwu, Yiliu is still your sister-in-law. Are you trying to force her to death by being so aggressive?"

"It's funny how the eldest son of the Shen family puts it. It's clear that Qin was in the wrong first, so how can it be my shijie's fault in your mouth?"

Shen Lin gritted his teeth, looking righteous, but the next moment, Xie Jin Yan's cold questioning made him choke.

Shen Lin's face turned green, and he didn't answer.

Xie Jin Yan sneered, slowly got up from the chair, walked to Yu Qingwu's side, and took the bowl of boiling water from her hand.

Then, he handed it to Shen Lin.

Shen Lin was stunned…

"What does His Highness the Crown Prince mean by this?"

"What do I mean? Naturally, I'm asking the eldest son of the Shen family to take the blame for his wife."

"Qin tried to murder an elder first, and then framed a Liangdi (title for concubine), which is punishable by law."

"However, considering that the Rongguo Duke's (official title) Mansion and my Liangdi are relatives, as long as Qin drinks this bowl of boiling water, this matter will be written off."

Xie Jin Yan said expressionlessly, then walked back to the table, poured out the slightly cooled boiling water in the teacup, replaced it with a bowl of scalding water, and placed it in front of Shen Lin and Qin Yiliu again, smiling faintly, "Since the eldest son of the Shen family feels so sorry for his wife, then you drink this bowl of boiling water for her."

Shen Lin was shocked, and his face turned pale instantly.

Qin Yiliu's face was full of disbelief. She did not expect that Xie Jin Yan, who had praised her for being delicate and charming, would be so ruthless.

For that bitch Yu, he actually directly convicted her!

If he forced her like this, the Shen family would definitely not let Shen Lin suffer.

That was boiling water that could scald people to death! If she really drank it...

Qin Yiliu's lips trembled violently, and she dared not continue to think about it.

Shen Zongyuan and Xu frowned. The two looked at each other, as if they had decided something, and looked at Qin Yiliu, "Qin, since it was your mistake, there is naturally no reason to let the eldest suffer for you."

"You, drink it." Shen Zongyuan made up his mind, ordered someone to pull Shen Lin back, and instructed the maid beside him, "You, pour it down her throat!"

Pour it down!

As soon as these three words came out, Qin Yiliu couldn't hold it in anymore!

Shen Lin was even more stunned. He looked at his father in disbelief and said angrily, "Father, Yiliu has been wronged!"

Shen Ke also stepped forward, glanced at Yu Qingwu, and said meaningfully, "Father! Eldest sister-in-law has always been gentle and virtuous! There must be something else going on!"

"Yes, Father, eldest sister-in-law must have been wronged! You can't listen to other people's slander!" Shen Rou had always had a good relationship with Qin Yiliu. Seeing that her father was getting serious, she panicked and shouted and stepped forward to protect Qin Yiliu.

Looking at her protective behavior, Yu Qingwu felt a burst of sarcasm in her heart.

"Whether or not she has been wronged, wouldn't it be clear if we report it to the authorities?" Just as Qin Yiliu and the three siblings were putting on a show of deep affection, the woman's clear and cold voice suddenly interrupted them.

Her gaze mockingly swept over the weeping Qin Yiliu, and Yu Qingwu raised her voice and coldly laughed at her, "Qin Yiliu, your methods of selling pity and pretending to be pitiful may work on Shen Lin and Shen Ke, but the Dali Temple Minister (official title) won't be swayed by your crying, or by calling him 'good brother' in a charming voice, and bend the law for you..."

The air suddenly solidified.

Qin Yiliu's crying stopped abruptly.

Shen Ke was shocked, a look of panic flashed in his eyes, and he stammered, interrupting Yu Qingwu, almost angrily, "Yu Qingwu, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"It's nothing." The timing was just right, and Yu Qingwu didn't continue the topic.

But Shen Ke's reaction made everyone in the room vaguely have an extremely absurd suspicion.

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely strange...

Even Shen Rou, who was usually oblivious, seemed to sense something, and her eyes kept shifting between Shen Ke and Qin Yiliu.

Qin Yiliu felt guilty when she was looked at, and immediately avoided Shen Rou's gaze.

Seeing her expression, Shen Lin's already ugly face instantly became even uglier...

Needless to say, Xu and Shen Zongyuan both looked embarrassed, but they were still trying to hold back.

Only Liang Ruowei, she looked at Shen Ke, then at Xie Jin Yan, then glanced at Qin Yiliu, and finally looked at Shen Zongyuan, as if she had seen through something, and said meaningfully, "Husband, this matter is already very obvious. I'm afraid what Qin wanted to harm was not mother, but..."

As she spoke, her eyes slowly fell on Yu Qingwu, and she didn't continue.

Even if Liang Ruowei didn't say it, Shen Zongyuan immediately understood what was going on.

Compared to murdering an elder, murdering a Crown Prince's Liangdi was much more serious.

Shen Zongyuan's face was gloomy, he glared at Qin Yiliu fiercely, then cupped his hands at Yu Qingwu, and said respectfully, "Liangdi Yu, Qin is at fault and should be punished. I will ask her to drink that boiling water now. I also hope that Liangdi can forgive the Rongguo Duke's Mansion this time, considering that your mother and I are siblings."

Considering his mother? How could Shen Zongyuan say such a thing?

Yu Qingwu sneered in her heart, and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.

However, when she met Shen Zongyuan's eyes again, she was extraordinarily calm and quiet, waving her hand, with a tone as if she really regarded him as a relative, "Alright, for the sake of my uncle, I won't report it to the authorities."

"I thought about it, although Qin is vicious, she is still the eldest cousin's wife whom he married with proper ceremony. If we really make her drink that bowl of boiling water, it's indeed not appropriate."

As she spoke, Yu Qingwu glanced at Qin Yiliu out of the corner of her eye.

Sure enough, Qin Yiliu looked grateful and stepped forward to thank her...

But how could Yu Qingwu give her the chance?

Qingwu frowned and immediately said again, "However, she did try to murder her maternal grandmother, so she still has to be punished. How about this, uncle."

"Let Qin slap herself a hundred times and send her to the manor in her hometown."

As soon as these words came out, Qin Yiliu instantly felt as if she had fallen into an abyss of ice, and her whole body froze.

She had finally married into the Duke's Mansion! If she was sent back to that remote countryside like this, she would probably never have a chance to get ahead in this life! Not to mention killing that bitch Yu!

Thinking of this, Qin Yiliu's legs went weak, and she hated it even more.

With red eyes, she grabbed Shen Lin's thigh and cried out to him in a shrill voice, "Husband, I... I can't go to the manor! If I return to my hometown, who will take care of you? Who will help mother manage the inner courtyard!"

Seeing her like this, Shen Lin, who had been suspicious just now, suddenly softened again. He looked at Yu Qingwu with shifty eyes and stammered, "Qingwu, your cousin-in-law already knows she's wrong. Can you..."