Chapter 6 Interrogation

The small courtyard of Jingxin Garden was filled with kneeling servants. Chen He led the servants of the manor to bring in two women.

He waved his hand, and the servants forced the two men to kneel in the middle of the yard.

A woman in her early twenties, wearing a crimson-purple long gown, with regular features, though somewhat plump, was the wet nurse assigned by the old lady. Even when she was forced to kneel on the ground, she still looked arrogant.

Those who know her say she is a wet nurse, but those who don’t know her would think she is the real master of Jingxin Garden!

Su Junyao disliked the woman at first sight.

Her eyes were full of calculation and ambition; he had seen too many people like her.

"Let me go! Young Master, I was bestowed upon me by the Old Madam!"

Su Junyao glanced at her casually, not taking her words to heart.

Chen He understood, took a step forward, and brought his large, fan-like hand down. "If you weren't given this by the old lady, you would have been beaten to death long ago. Even now, you still dare to rely on your master's favor to talk nonsense!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two more slaps fell, which made Yang's eyes go black and her ears buzz. She could no longer hear what Chen He was saying as he opened and closed his mouth.

Su Junyao had a cold face and said nothing. He glanced at the maid kneeling behind him. The other party could not help trembling.

Ninglu knelt there, and it seemed that she was not as brave as Yang.

However, it only appears that the poison in Yun Jinglan's daily tonics was added by her!

"You are so brave! You dare to poison the lady!"

Su Junyao felt terrified every time he thought about it. He almost lost his wife and daughter. His blood rushed to his chest, and he kicked Yang, who was about to open her mouth to defend herself, to the ground.

"Tell me! Who gave you such audacity!"

Yang was kicked to the ground and scrambled to her knees, dragging herself to Su Junyao's side. Before Chen He could react, she had already grabbed his clothes.

"Young Master, I'm innocent!"

Although Su Junyao was already over thirty, he didn't look old at all; instead, he exuded the charm of a mature man. Yang stared at him for a couple of seconds, then blushed inexplicably, her voice softening, "Your Highness, I'm innocent. Please, Your Highness, do justice for me and don't let those malicious people frame me."

After Yang finished speaking, she burst into tears and half-paralyzed body, wanting to snuggle up to Su Junyao's legs.

Su Junyao stepped aside, immediately distancing himself from Yang Shi. Without any support, Yang Shi lost her balance and fell face-first to the ground. She looked up in disbelief: "Young Master?"

She was a master at manipulating men's hearts, but she never expected to be outmaneuvered by Su Junyao.

Seeing her affected and pretentious manner, Su Junyao felt disgusted and only wanted to go in and embrace his wife to cleanse his eyes. But then a doubt arose in his mind: could a good family's wet nurse be like this?

The woman's behavior just now clearly showed that she was trying to seduce him!

His face darkened, and he was about to angrily scold the woman for being immoral, but when he remembered that this wet nurse was hired by his mother, he held back. If the old lady of the Marquisate hired an immoral woman to be her granddaughter's wet nurse, the whole Marquisate would be embarrassed, and it would be an insult to the newborn little Jiujiu.

"Madam Yang, the imperial physician says you are poisoned. Do you have any explanation?"

Madam Yang froze, her face turned pale, and she stammered, "Young Master, this servant... this servant doesn't know what you're talking about!"

I can't tell anyone about this even if I die! If that person knew I had let the cat out of the bag, I'm afraid my life would be in danger!

Madam Yang stubbornly refused to speak: "I know nothing. If you don't believe me, feel free to send me to the authorities!"

She didn't sign a contract of servitude when she entered the Marquis's mansion as a wet nurse, so even if Su Junyao is the heir of the Marquis's mansion, he has no right to beat or kill her at will!

Su Junyao now has doubts about Yang's identity. What puzzles him most is that he didn't find any poison in Yang's room. He can only be certain that Yang is poisoned, but where the poison came from remains a mystery.

She could easily turn the tables and accuse the Marquis's mansion of poisoning her.

Su Junyao ignored Yang Shi and waited for the final interrogation. His gaze fell on Ning Shuang; he didn't recognize the girl. "Is she the one who serves in Madam's courtyard?"

Chen He nodded: "She is a second-class maid of the madam, which is why she has the opportunity to get close to the madam's food."

"I've never seen him before. Is he new?"

Chen He choked, unsure how to explain that Ningxiang was a servant born into a household, having served in the madam's courtyard since she was ten, and was taken by the madam to serve her two years ago.

However, this girl didn't seem to have a strong presence; Chen He only vaguely remembered her after seeing her a few times.

However, it is precisely because these inconspicuous people commit heinous acts that they are less likely to be discovered!

"She was unremarkable in daily life, but her mother served the old lady."

Su Junyao frowned. How did this have to do with his mother again?

Just as he was about to have an attack, a little maid suddenly stumbled in from outside and said anxiously to Su Junyao, "Young Master, go and see! The Old Madam has been poisoned!"

Su Junyao's eyelids twitched. What a coincidence?

Just after Jingxinyuan was found to have problems, his mother had an accident?

"Explain what happened!"

The round-faced maid glanced at Ningxiang, shrank back, and looked terrified: "Granny Qin, who is, the mother of Ningxiang, the maid who serves in the young master's wife's courtyard, poisoned the old lady. The Marquis has already sent someone to fetch the imperial physician."

"The Marquis is furious and orders you to tie up Ningxiang and go there immediately!"

Meeting Su Junyao's terrifying eyes, the little girl shrank back like a quail and whispered, "The Marquis suspects that the Heir Apparent's wife poisoned the Old Madam."

"What?"

Su Junyao asked sternly, which frightened the little maid so much that she almost cried. "Your Highness, spare my life! I didn't know! I was just following orders to ask you to come over."

Su Junyao was displeased and looked at the people in the courtyard with a warning, "I want you to know what you can and cannot say. If even a whisper of what happened today gets out, you'll be in for a world of hurt!"

"Chen He!"

"Your subordinate is here."

"Lock up Yang Shi and keep her under strict guard. Tie Ningxiang up and come with me to the bamboo garden!"

Yun Jinglan listened intently to the sounds outside. She had a bad feeling that today's events were definitely not simple.

Is it just suspicion that she poisoned him?

That's utter nonsense!

Chiu Chiu woke up at some point. The little one didn't cry or fuss. Her round eyes blinked, and if you looked closely, you could see that she was listening intently to the sounds outside.

Hearing her father leading people away, she became anxious; she hadn't heard the rest of the story yet!

This is driving me crazy!

[Father! Father! My dear father!]

Take me with you! I want to go too! Bring Chuchu along!

【Take your poor, incredibly cute chick with you!】

Yun Jinglan heard a hurried, childish voice in her ear, babbling a string of words. She rubbed her ears; her daughter seemed to be a gossipy chatterbox who loved listening to idle chatter.

Su Junyao was almost out of the courtyard when he suddenly froze, turned on his toes, and went back.

(End of this chapter)