After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 232 The truth comes out
"Su Xiaoxiao, your jam is deadly! How dare you open your business so grandly? And why haven't you sent the money to our family yet? Where is that five thousand taels of silver?"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao asked him, "Five thousand taels of silver? Are you crazy?"

"And another thing, are you saying I can't open a shop just because you don't want me to? May I ask who you are?"

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at the man in front of her with utter disdain, and Wang Fugui immediately exploded.

"You brat, don't you recognize me? Your jam killed people! My wife died from eating your jam, along with her unborn child. And I told you back then that you couldn't continue doing business here, don't you remember?"

Old Mrs. Wang, Wang Fugui's mother, chimed in, "Yes, and you should return the money to us, a total of five thousand taels of silver. Give it to us!"

"I didn't forget!"

Su Xiaoxiao walked down the steps of her jam shop, saying as she went, "However, there are some things I still want to ask you, Wang Fugui, to clarify!"

Now they don't call him Master Wang anymore, they just call him Wang Fugui. Although Wang Fugui was feeling guilty, he still pretended to be calm and asked Su Xiaoxiao.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

In fact, he had already begun to reveal his true feelings, which were that he was very nervous and scared.

Su Xiaoxiao stared directly into Wang Fugui's eyes, as if she could see right through him, a cold smile playing on her lips.

"I'm asking you one last time, how exactly did your wife die? Did she eat our jam, or was she poisoned by you?"

When Su Xiaoxiao said those words, the surrounding crowd erupted in uproar.

"What? Is there such a thing?"

Su Xiaoxiao then bypassed Wang Fugui and came to the crowd of onlookers. "You've all eaten our jam, haven't you? If any of you have gotten diarrhea from eating it even once, it's our family's responsibility. We'll pack our bags and leave immediately, and never open a shop in this town again!"

The people around nodded in agreement. "Indeed, we've never heard of any problems with their jam. We eat it often and have never had any stomach upsets, let alone food poisoning."

Su Xiaoxiao sensed that everyone's tone was now turning in her favor, so she said, "As for compensation, didn't you receive five taels of silver from me a few days ago as funeral expenses? Did you go back and give your wife a grand funeral?"

"I'm not talking about those five taels of silver, I'm talking about five thousand taels of silver!"

“Five thousand taels of silver? I don’t have that!” Su Xiaoxiao said calmly.

"You fool me?"

"Heh, I was just messing with you. Even if I had it, I wouldn't give it to you."

"You killed my wife, and you still say it has nothing to do with you?"

"The person who killed your wife wasn't someone else, it was yourself, okay?"

Su Xiaoxiao took out a prescription from her bosom. It was from Ci'an Hall, the largest pharmacy in town, and it contained medicine that could cure miscarriage. Su Xiaoxiao had a good relationship with the owner of Ci'an Hall.

Getting this prescription was not difficult at all. "You prescribed too much of your wife's medication to induce an abortion, and ended up poisoning her to death."

"You bullshit!"

"You are so slanderous!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? The coroner from the yamen is waiting right here. Didn't you want evidence? You've brought your wife's body with you, so let the yamen's coroner examine it and we'll know."

The coroner from the yamen was sent by Magistrate Huang. A few days ago, Su Xiaoxiao helped the neighboring town get rid of pests and was commended. When Magistrate Huang found out about this, wouldn't he quickly send someone over to help Su Xiaoxiao resolve the matter?
"No, you are not allowed to touch my wife's body!" he shouted, but the coroner ignored him and rushed over to examine his wife's body on the spot.

Of course, it wasn't an autopsy; it was a silver needle test for poison. Based on the color of the silver needle and the strength of the toxicity, an analysis was conducted to determine the toxicity of the abortifacient.

"Your wife did indeed die from poisoning after taking an excessive amount of abortifacients."

"Did you hear that? You were the one who bought this medicine. What's your explanation, Wang Fugui?"

The surrounding crowd immediately pointed and whispered about Wang Fugui, "Isn't this man too ruthless?"

"You thought your wife was going to kill you because she was pregnant with another daughter, but the real reason you did it was because of your lover, the courtesan, at the brothel, right? She always wanted to marry into the family as the legal wife."

"This matter has also been confirmed at the Lichun Courtyard. Their people saw it. Your wife had caused trouble for Hua Niang more than once. The two of you were in cahoots. In order to help Hua Niang rise to power, you ruthlessly killed her."

At this moment, Wang Fugui collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon. However, Su Xiaoxiao did not reveal Liu Shangshu's affair, and it is believed that Wang Fugui would not dare to reveal the mastermind in front of so many people. If he did, he would probably be silenced on the spot.

The yamen not only sent a coroner, but also officers, who took Wang Fugui away.

His mother, Old Mrs. Wang, didn't dare to speak either. She knew in her heart that her son was absolutely capable of doing such a thing.

She had been hoping her daughter-in-law would give birth to a grandson, but she kept having daughters, one after another, and never had a son.

Grandma Wang was very anxious and would beat and scold her daughter-in-law, becoming increasingly dissatisfied with her.

But can this daughter-in-law still be divorced? On what grounds can she be divorced? Well, that's perfect, she just dies, and that will end it all.

Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law died in this way, murdered by her own son.

The truth finally came out, and Su Xiaoxiao's shop gained an even stronger foothold in the town after this incident.

After resolving the matter, Su Xiaoxiao felt great.

Pei Yuan also felt that Su Xiaoxiao had become more cheerful these past few days, insisting on going hunting in the mountains, saying that she couldn't calm herself down without bringing back a big tiger.

Helpless, Pei Yuan had no choice but to accompany Su Xiaoxiao up the mountain.

The two parked the carriage at the foot of the mountain, walked over the flowers and grass, and went up the mountain via a narrow mountain path.

The weeds on both sides were taller than a person, and at the end of the weeds was the mountain.

"The scenery here is beautiful!"

Su Xiaoxiao said to Pei Yuan.

"Yes, didn't you want to fight the tiger?"

A breeze brushed against Su Xiaoxiao's cheek, and she smiled gently.

"Going up the mountain to hunt tigers? I don't have the energy for that. Besides, I have a jam business now, do I need to hunt to make a living?"

After a pause, Su Xiaoxiao said, "I just wanted to get out and relax. I've been feeling really depressed these past few days."

Pei Yuan gazed tenderly at Su Xiaoxiao, then walked to her side and gently took her hand.

(End of this chapter)