Chapter 132: My Mother is Having an Affair?

Nanny Zhu’s words shocked Xie Yao.

After coming to my senses, I was delighted.

Seeing Xie Yao's strange expression, Nanny Zhu's eyes rolled.

"Back then, before she even got married, Xu Shi was unfaithful to her husband and had an affair with someone else. After she became pregnant, she secretly ran away to Chengfo Temple to give birth to you. She tricked Master Bo into marrying into the Xie family and cuckolded him for eighteen years!"

"If she was innocent and only had an affair with Uncle, why didn't she tell the Xu and Xie families about her pregnancy? It's because the pregnancy was not in the right month."

Xie Yao rubbed her chin. She hoped that what Nanny Zhu said was true, but how could her mother, who had been cowardly for half her life, cuckold Xie Mingan?

As Nanny Zhu recalled the scene of that year, she became angrier and angrier as she spoke, as if she was standing up for Xie Mingan and making convincing arguments.

"My uncle has endured for eighteen years for the sake of peace in his family. He has done the most he can!"

"Why does the old uncle dislike you and your daughter? Because you were born prematurely and are weak, but you have been naughty since childhood. This proves that Xu was unfaithful before marriage. You are not the uncle's daughter."

Xie Yao's face was calm, but her eyes were still cold.

My mother did say that she ran away from home to Chengfo Temple because she got pregnant before marriage, and she was born prematurely. Fortunately, thanks to the Bodhisattva's blessing, she was born so healthy.

"I really want to believe what Mammy said."

Xie Yao curled the corners of her lips, and the smile on her red lips actually deepened.

"I am still my mother's daughter, but I am no longer Xie Mingan's daughter. Isn't that better?"

The smile on her face, reflected in the moonlight, made Nanny Zhu feel even more uneasy.

This girl doesn't believe what she says and doesn't even care about her background.

Nanny Zhu had no choice but to pull out her trump card: "Xie Yao, you've spent so much effort trying to find an antidote for Xu, but you don't know that she is the most ruthless woman in the Bo's Mansion. She killed Xu's dowry nanny because she told the Bo's uncle about the incident! I remember that nanny's surname was Su."

When Nanny Su was mentioned, Xie Yao's expression suddenly changed and she lowered her head.

Her long eyelashes hid the emotions in her eyes, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

It was like he finally believed what the other person said.

Seeing this, Nanny Zhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Mrs. Xu was only pretending to be weak and sick to deceive you, but she actually has deep ulterior motives. You know, every year, Uncle wanted to write you a letter, praying for you and hoping that you would be safe and sound at the border, but Mrs. Xu repeatedly stopped him. After all, he is the head of the family, and there are some things he is destined to keep unsaid."

Xie Yao remained silent.

Is it Xu Susu, the one with deep scheming?

Nanny Zhu's tone softened, "Second Miss, listen to this old servant's advice and keep the secret room and what happened tonight to yourself. The uncle has treated you like his own daughter all these years. Even if you don't tell me, I will keep the secret. You are still the second daughter of the uncle's family."

She thought to herself that by moving out Xu's dowry, Nanny Su, she was finally saved.

Even if Xie Yao was a heartless person, she would be at a loss when she first learned about her life experience.

After Xu did such a shameful thing and it was exposed, she could only rely on her father, Uncle.

As he was speaking, he saw Xie Yao slowly raise her head.

"Are you done?"

Those sharp phoenix eyes were even colder than before, like the quiet surface of an iced lake, which made Nanny Zhu's heart skip a beat.

"Second Miss, are you going to let this old slave go?" She forced a smile on her face.

Xie Yao said, "You said that Mother killed Nanny Su."

Nanny Zhu was about to nod, but before she could react, she saw Xie Yao flip her wrist and the dagger stabbed into her heart!

"puff--"

The blood instantly dyed Madam Zhu's clothes red. Her eyes were bloodshot and full of disbelief.

"I'd better send you down to ask her who killed her."

Xie Yao pulled out the dagger without hesitation, and blood splattered on her face, but she didn't even blink.

At that time, Nanny Su was my mother's dowry nanny, and she was also the only person who was with her when she gave birth.

She did die in vain, but it was impossible for her to die at the hands of her mother who was afraid to kill a chicken.

Nanny Zhu's words were mostly false and partly true. When Xie Yao first heard them, she was indeed a little surprised.

However, when she heard Xie Mingan write letters to her every year, she felt that he was treating her like a fool.

If Nanny Zhu didn't lie, then she could die.

Given her loyalty to Xie Mingan, he would not be able to pry her open in a short period of time.

As for what she said, the only explanation is that she is not Xie Mingan’s biological daughter, nor is she her mother’s biological daughter.

Even the mother didn't know what happened at that time.

Otherwise, when she was dying in her previous life, she would definitely ask Xie Yan to tell her so that she would not be too sad.

Perhaps only the deceased Nanny Su knows the truth of the matter.

No matter if she is cowardly, weak, or unfaithful, even if she is not her biological mother, Xu Susu is the mother that Xie Yao recognizes and the best mother in the world to her, and this will never change.

If Nanny Zhu lied, then she could just die.

She will show no mercy to those who poisoned her mother and assisted the evildoer.

Xie Yao stared at the middle-aged woman on the ground and asked calmly:

"Madam Zhu, you are not even afraid of death, and you still speak loyally for Xie Mingan, but do you still remember your own name?"

"Xie Yao...you...I..." Nanny Zhu stammered, blood gushing out of her mouth.

There seemed to be thousands of words in her eyes. She wanted to express her feelings for Xie Mingan, and perhaps she wanted to leave something for the person she had protected for half her life, but in the end, she couldn't even call out her own full name.

His head tilted and he was completely dead.

Xie Yao looked at her gradually cooling body for a while, then squatted down and began to search her body.

There was a green porcelain bottle in Nanny Zhu's arms.

When the porcelain bottle was opened, a bitter medicinal smell spread out.

There are about ten pills inside, which are the antidote to Mantuo Powder.

Xie Yao put away the porcelain bottle and found a short blade at Nanny Zhu's waist, which was the weapon she had not had time to draw.

Xie Yao stuffed the short blade into her hand and asked her to hold it tightly, pretending that she saw someone coming to the study, drew the blade to fight back, but was killed in return.

The study was turned upside down, Zhidai's purse was destroyed by her, no trace was left in the secret room, and Nanny Zhu died there.

She believed that Xie Ming'an would blame everything on Yuyingsi, thinking that Yuyingsi had searched his study but did not find the secret room.

The destruction of his purse was a warning to him from the emperor.

Not only will he not make it public, he will also take the initiative to treat everything as an accident.

Xie Yao glanced at the messy study, turned around and opened the window.

The sound of the fire outside had not stopped yet. The firelight and moonlight reflected her bloody profile, and her eyes were calm.

Xie Yao escaped from the Earl's Mansion and quickly traveled all the way to the Princess of Jingbei.

At this moment, there were still guests in the palace. Xiao Lanzhou, the youngest son of the third master of the Xiao family, was drinking with Su Huai'en.

I don’t know if it’s because they knew about the fire in the Xie family ancestral hall, but the front hall is a little quieter at this moment, and there are no servants guarding the backyard of the palace.

Xie Yao came to the outside of the bridal chamber, hesitated for a moment, and chose to return the same way.

As soon as I opened the window, the door of the bridal chamber was opened from the inside.

"The princess is finally back," Bai Su said, respectfully stepping aside. "The flowers your Highness has been waiting for have all withered."