Chapter 249: Complete Collapse

poisoning her stepson cannot be brought to court. Unless there is a new turn of events, even if she is sentenced to death, I, an innocent person, will be punished with twenty lashes and three years in...Over there, Mrs. Meng, as the guest of honor, was enjoying everyone's birthday wishes and laughing from ear to ear.

Sun's mind was foggy. Facing the guests, he had to force himself to be alert and put on a smile to entertain them. Occasionally, he would lose focus and not hear what the guests were saying, so he simply wouldn't rush to respond, waiting for the next person to speak before joining the conversation. Thankfully, nothing had gone wrong so far.

Meng Jinyu took the young women who came to the birthday banquet to play elsewhere. Meng Chengzhang and Meng Chengxing also took other young masters to another place. After all, they were all young people, and they couldn't play with their elders.

As for the older male guests, they were all being entertained by Meng Dongyuan. Here, there were only Mrs. Sun, Old Madam Meng, and the ladies who had come to celebrate her birthday, chatting and laughing.ing approached, night fell, lanterns flickered on, and the lake presented a different scene altogether.Song Xining proposed having dinner on a pleasure boat and admiring the night view after nightfall...