Chapter 337: The Thrill

Chapter 337

The Eldest Prince was busy with government affairs and had many matters to attend to at court. In addition, the borders had been rather unstable lately, which had caused the Tianqi Emperor to fall ill with worry.

After falling ill, the suspicious Tianqi Emperor would summon the Eldest Prince frequently, sometimes keeping him in the palace until late into the night.

Gu Ying was staying at home to nurture the pregnancy, and was quite free and at leisure. Thus, she persuaded the Eldest Prince to let her investigate the past events instead. Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

The Eldest Prince was originally reluctant, as he did not want her to worry. But Gu Ying was even more unwilling to let him be distracted and overexert himself alone.

The Eldest Prince had no choice but to agree to her request, and let Yin Lan wholeheartedly assist her.

Gu Ying was no ignorant housewife, nor was she the submissive type. Cheng had harmed the Eldest Prince's mother, causing the Eldest Prince to have trouble sleeping recently. How could Gu Ying allow Cheng to remain comfortably in the position of the Duke's wife?

She would block attacks and cover up schemes. Since Cheng was pretending to be ill, Gu Ying was determined to make sure Cheng was ill at ease.

Early in the morning, Yin Lan helped dress and groom her. After having breakfast, Gu Ying went to Baomo Hall.

Naturally, Baomo Hall's servants tried to stop her from going in to visit, but she was the daughter-in-law. With the mother-in-law ill, it was only right that she should attend to her. Even if Cheng wanted to continue ignoring her, there was no way around it, especially since Gu Ying was also pregnant. If she kept standing outside and it harmed the fetus, the Duke and Eldest Prince would question Cheng later.

Before noon, Cheng had someone invite Gu Ying inside.

Gu Ying silently sneered. Lifting her skirt, she walked towards the inner room. The windows were shut inside, and it reeked of medicine.

Cheng wore a headband embroidered with an auspicious cloud pattern and the blessing character “fu.” Lying crookedly on the gold threaded imperial-style pillow, when she saw Gu Ying enter, a fleeting trace of resentment flashed through her eyes. Then the corners of her mouth twisted up into a sickly smile. “Ying, you've come. You see, mother is muddled from illness. I just woke up and heard from the servants that you were still waiting outside... So I hurriedly had you come in.”

As she spoke, she prepared to sit up, and Gu Ying went over to support her as if concerned. “What illness does mother have? Has a doctor been invited to take a look? Don't delay taking care of your health.”

Cheng didn't know what medicine Gu Ying was selling in her gourd today. She stiffened and said, “It's not a major illness, just caught a chill from the rainy weather and cold.”

Gu Ying sat down by the bed and saw the medicinal bowl, now cold, placed on the nearby table. She picked it up filially and fed Cheng the medicine.

She smiled innocently. “Is it okay for your daughter-in-law to attend to mother taking medicine?”

Gu Ying tilted her head. “What if it's something interesting?”

Cheng gritted her teeth. “You--”

She couldn't continue. Just that one angry shout nearly made her lose composure. The twitching muscles at the corners of her mouth continued trembling for a long time after.

Gu Ying smiled without speaking. Cheng sat on the bed clutching the bedding, her knuckles white from force.

“I want to rest. You leave first.”

“Does mother really not need your daughter-in-law?”

“I don't need you!” Cheng angrily pointed outside. She gnashed her teeth. “Leave!”

It was clear, seeing an impatient woman like this, who wore her guilty conscience on her face, how could someone like her have schemed to harm the previous Duke’s wife to death?

Gu Ying had her doubts. Leisurely watching her for a while longer, she calmly brushed off her sleeves under Cheng’s exasperated gaze before slowly getting up from the bed and walking out.

Cheng’s fa?ade as a kindly mother had thoroughly collapsed. Half lying on the bed, she pounded the mattress forcefully. Her eyes flashed red for an instant. “She knows! She must know!”

Thinking this, she could no longer sit still. But looking around the enormous Baomo Hall, she could not find a single useful person!

Cheng was increasingly angry and afraid. Her complexion grew more and more panicked.

“Come! Come quickly!”

A servant girl ran in anxiously and knelt on the ground with a thud.

Cheng glared at her fiercely. “Go, go to the Huo family residence!”

The flustered servant girl ran out again.

Gu Ying had not left yet. She stood in a pavilion outside Baomo Hall, watching expressionlessly as the maid ran out. She turned lightly and told Yanzhi, “Yanzhi, follow her and see who she is summoning.”