Chapter 334: Cheng’s Secret

Chapter 334

"Please don't get angry, Granny." Hai Tang said awkwardly, "I've passed on everything I should. As for the Madam's side, I'm just a lowly little maidservant who can't persuade her. Over the past few days it seemed like Madam kept sending Granny Wang over to make arrangements and move about, but the last couple of days I haven't noticed any activity. I don't know what Madam is thinking in her heart. Granny should just listen and wait patiently."

Granny Sun narrowed her eyes, "Could it be that Madam thinks this old lady has let slip something?"

Hai Tang shook her head, "I don't know about that. I just pass messages between you two to earn a little money. I don't want to get involved in anything else."

Hai Tang didn't say anything further, making the doubts in Granny Sun's heart grow heavier.

"I should get going first. Be careful we get discovered later. Hurry and eat, Granny. All this tasty food and drink was prepared under Granny Wang's instructions."

Hai Tang got up to leave. As soon as she stepped out of the woodshed, the door was immediately closed behind her. Standing guard outside were two martial arts experts dressed in black. No matter how much she pounded on the door, it was useless.

Granny Sun clenched her sleeves tightly, glaring at the bowl of pigeon soup with murky, piercing eyes. For some reason, her heart was beating very quickly.

At that moment, an ailing old rat somehow scurried into the woodshed, gnawing nosily at people's patience. Clenching her teeth, she grabbed the rat in her palm and used a spoon to pour a mouthful of hot soup down its throat.

After the time it takes to burn one stick of incense, the rat foamed at the mouth and died in front of her.

Granny Sun's eyes widened in shock, her whole body frozen stiff, as if struck by lightning.

By this point, what more was there for her to not understand? It must be that Madam sent someone to silence her!

Madam was always so suspicious. Back then, she had already taken the lives of four or five people. Now that she had been kept in Changfeng Pavilion for so long, even if she hadn't said anything, Madam would never believe her.

Granny Sun's throat tightened as she shoved away the food violently. Glaring fiercely with reddened eyes, she cried hoarsely, "Come quick! Come quick! I want to see the Eldest Young Madam!"

...

When Gu Ying arrived, they had just lit an oil lamp in the woodshed, instantly brightening the gloomy room.

A spring rain was falling, pitter-pattering on the eaves, blowing damp air in through the window lattices.

Granny Sun swallowed again and eyed Gu Ying for a good while before slowly saying, "The reason this old slave was poisoned by the Baomo Hall Madam is because...this old slave knows all her secrets..."

"Oh?" Gu Ying lightly arched her brows. "What secrets could Mother have?"

Granny Sun furrowed her brows tightly. "As long as the Eldest Young Madam promises to protect this old slave's life, this old slave will tell you everything without reserve."

Gu Ying gently pulled up the corners of her lips in a gentle smile. "Mammy hasn't done anything wrong, so of course I will protect you."

Granny Sun knew Gu Ying was greatly favored by the Eldest Young Master. Now pregnant with the little prince, her status was rising with the tide. How could the aged and feeble Baomo Hall Madam compare?

Thinking of this, she steeled herself and spilled everything she knew in a torrent, like pouring beans from a bag.

After hearing it all, Gu Ying was slightly stunned, turning deathly pale. She tightly gripped the armrests of her chair and stood up in shock. "What did you say?"

Granny Sun's old eyes narrowed as she gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "The Eldest Young Master's birth mother Mrs. Lin did not commit suicide. She was driven to death step by step by the Baomo Hall Madam!"

"Do you have any proof when you say this?"

"This old slave is the living proof. Many things back then were done by this old slave's hands. Eldest Young Madam, think about it, who else would know if not this old slave?"

Gu Ying's heart thumped violently as her lips pressed in a tight line and her elegant brows knitted tightly together.

Her heart was somewhat flustered as she looked at Granny Sun kneeling on the ground, eyes complicated.

To survive, Granny Sun had already abandoned all restraint and wouldn't lie to her.

After quite a while, Gu Ying finally digested Granny Sun's words and calmed down. "Are you saying that back then, in order to climb up to the Duke, not only did Cheng plot to drug the Duke, she took advantage of the chance to fake a pregnancy and coerce the Duke into marrying her? But the Duke refused, so she pretended to be ill and pitiful to force the Duke to keep her outside, is that it?"

"Yes."

"So whose child is Zhao Changxing?"

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