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Chapter 67 Give Me Back My Daughter's Life
As soon as he said this, a chorus of curses erupted from the surrounding crowd.

"How can this person be so ungrateful? The General's Mansion has already dropped the lawsuit, yet she's acting innocent after getting the benefit."

"We should sue her, make her admit her mistake and learn her lesson. We can't let her get away with it."

“I think what she said makes sense. If the matter is left unresolved, the person involved will feel guilty for the rest of their life and will continue to carry the stigma of murder. If one truly has a clear conscience, then an investigation is necessary.”

General Tong's expression was somewhat grim: "I've said before, the child might have died from another cause."

Lady Liang tugged at Liang Jiang's sleeve: "Liang Jiang, General Tong has already said so."

Liang Jiang insisted, "We have a clear conscience about this matter. Once the body is examined, everything will be clear."

General Tong was somewhat angry: "I only decided to let this matter rest because I was thinking of the kindness my wife had shown me, and also because I didn't want my child to die and still be tormented by you."

If you insist on doing this, then let's proceed officially. Madam, I'm sorry.

Madam Liang pulled Liang Jiang aside and lowered her voice: "The pill will dissolve if it stays in the trachea for too long. The child has been dead for almost an hour now. What if it has completely dissolved? We won't be able to clear our name no matter what we do."

Lady Liang's concerns were not without merit; Tong Zhao'er would absolutely never agree to have the child's trachea cut open for an autopsy.

If Liang Jiang insists on doing so and publicly performs an autopsy, and still cannot determine the cause of the infant's death, the situation will inevitably become unmanageable.

How could Liang Jiang swallow her anger and let her mother bear the suspicion of harming others, and feel guilty towards Tong Zhao'er? How could she have the face to take Tong Shouliang to court in the future?

Judging from Grandma Fang's reaction, this matter is definitely not simple.

She looked at Madam Liang and said, slowly and deliberately, "Mother, I heard my master say that when a person has just died, there is still a breath left in their stomach, right?"

Madam Liang was taken aback: "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to bet on whether the pill will be easier to excrete after it dissolves slightly."

As soon as she finished speaking, she stepped forward, picked up the baby on the table next to her, turned the baby over so that its face was down, pressed its abdomen across her arm, and used a special technique with her other hand to accumulate internal energy and send surging true energy into the baby's back.

My child, I'm so sorry!
Her sudden action surprised everyone.

The Prefect of the Capital shouted, "Insolence!"

Tong Zhao'er lunged forward: "Give me back my child!"

Fang Chengxu and General Tong attacked Liang Jiang simultaneously without hesitation. General Tong, though arriving later, struck first, his attack like a tidal wave, heading straight for Liang Jiang.

"Stop it!"

Although Lady Liang did not approve of Liang Jiang being so serious, she would absolutely not allow anyone to harm her daughter.

She was closest to Tong Zhao'er, and immediately rushed forward to stop the crazed Tong Zhao'er.

With Liang Jiang focusing all her energy on the baby, she was bound to be attacked by General Tong.

In the nick of time, a piece of black jade pendant, accompanied by a sharp gust of wind, flew straight towards General Tong's face. General Tong had no choice but to temporarily withdraw his hand. The black jade grazed past his temple, struck a stone pillar, and shattered into pieces.

General Tong turned his head and glanced at the crowd outside. It was a huge, dense mass of people; how could he possibly tell who was who?
In that brief moment, the baby made a soft "gurgling" sound in its throat, a burst of air escaped, and a thing the size of a mung bean fell out.

At the same time, Fang Chengxu's hand arrived, snatching the baby with one hand and delivering a vicious slap to Liang Jiang with the other.

Liang Jiang neither dodged nor avoided the blow, taking it head-on. She cried out in pain and was sent flying, landing on the ground with a thud.

Lady Liang rushed over: "Jiang'er, are you alright?"

Liang Jiang clutched her chest, wishing she could cough up another mouthful of blood to demonstrate the ruthlessness of Fang Chengxu's palm strike.

She secretly squeezed Madam Liang's hand to reassure her that she was alright, then struggled forward to pick up a half-melted black pill from the ground with a handkerchief. With difficulty, she raised her arm. "Cough cough, Mother, the pill hasn't completely dissolved yet. The child really did choke to death on the pill."

The situation took a sudden turn, and everyone was caught off guard. After a moment, a wave of surprise washed over them.

"It really looked like it came out of the baby's mouth; I saw it clearly just now."

"Didn't the child's grandmother just say that the pills were dissolved in water and then fed to the child?"

"She changed her story at the last minute; she initially insisted that the child hadn't drunk any water. It seems that the old lady of the Fang family knew the cause of the child's death all along, but was just trying to extort money from him."

"That's why her family was so adamant about not agreeing to an autopsy. They were afraid the cause of death would be exposed. If the princess hadn't taken that risk, she would have been in deep trouble no matter what."

“I never believed it in the first place. Even if the pills didn’t work, they shouldn’t have killed someone in the blink of an eye. Even arsenic isn’t that poisonous. Besides, she’s the Duchess of Liangguo.”

Grandma Fang vehemently denied it: "Impossible! This must be a trick. How could a dead person vomit anything? It's all a lie!"

With the help of Madam Liang, Liang Jiang "struggled" to get up and walked to Old Madam Fang.

"I have a few questions for you, Madam Fang."

Before Old Mrs. Fang could speak, she asked seriously:

"You keep saying that I hate you all, but there are many famous doctors in the capital, and the General's Mansion has a relationship with the head of the Imperial Medical Academy. Why did your Fang family specially come back to Fucheng today to ask my mother to treat the child?"

Did you plan all of this today?

Grandma Fang retorted sharply, "What kind of question is that? Do you think I would frame you with my granddaughter's life?"

Liang Jiang sneered: "As far as I know, three doctors, including the head of the hospital, have diagnosed the child's condition. The child's condition is not optimistic. Isn't that a fact?"

"so what?"

"I remember when Tong Zhao'er asked you for a single nitroglycerin pill to treat her child's illness, you were reluctant to part with it and wanted to save it to sell for money. Now, with money flowing like water to treat the child's illness, you must be feeling very distressed, right?"

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Fang immediately became agitated: "You're making baseless accusations! This child is my own granddaughter. Would I harm her just because I'm worried about a little money?"

"You didn't do it on purpose?"

"Of course not! How would I know that a few tiny pills could choke someone to death!"

As soon as Grandma Fang uttered the words, she realized something was wrong, but it was too late to take them back.

Madam Liang was shocked: "How many pills? How many pills did you feed the child at once? Didn't I tell him to only give one or two at a time? Too many can also kill a person."

Grandma Fang stammered in defense, "How would I know? You didn't tell me yourself."

Tong Zhao'er, who had been repeatedly provoked and was already hysterical, immediately pounced on her upon hearing what she said.

"Give me back my daughter's life!"

Fang Chengxu immediately stepped forward to stop her and hugged her around the waist.

Tong Zhao'er's limbs were weak and she had no strength left. She couldn't use her martial arts skills and just acted like a shrew, tearing off a lock of hair and scratching a bloody mark on Fang's face.

"From the very beginning, you've favored boys over girls, looked down on this granddaughter, and ignored her completely. How could you be so heartless!"

Fang Yuan stood there stunned, unsure how to mediate the fight.

(End of this chapter)