Chapter 550 Who is the real murderer?
Lady Annan was filled with rage. She raised her foot and kicked Zhang Mama several times. "Tell me, were you lying to me from the beginning? Or did you secretly switch the medicine for the child?"
How dare you!?
Granny Zhang hugged Lady Annan's legs, her emotions agitated and aggrieved, and said, "Madam, I didn't lie to you! I really didn't do anything! I'm your wet nurse! I've been with you for forty years! Believe me, I would never betray you!"
Lady Annam took a deep breath, calming her turbulent emotions slightly, and raised her chin slightly. "Get up."
Zhang Mama, supporting her aching back, struggled to her feet and said cautiously, "Madam, you must believe Master. He did this only to distract Qiao Shi and keep her preoccupied. He absolutely did not intend to kill the children. After all, the two children are Master's bloodline!"
Lady Annam's brow remained furrowed. "But are the children... really alright?"
Granny Zhang nodded firmly and said, "It's definitely alright."
“But even the divine physician Mu said the children are beyond saving!” Lady Annam did not believe it.
Granny Zhang rolled her eyes and said with ill intent, "Perhaps it was Qiao who told her to scare you on purpose."
"Madam, have you forgotten that when Madam Zheng was poisoned, all the famous doctors in the capital, plus the entire Imperial Medical Academy, were helpless? In the end, wasn't it Doctor Mu who cured her?"
"The children's poisoning is only minor! Doctor Mu will surely be able to cure them!"
"The reason I said that in front of you was definitely because I was instructed by the Qiao family to make you sad and upset, and to throw you into a panic!"
"You're right." Lady Annam was completely convinced.
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For the next few days, Qiao Qinghe would go out early every morning to see the children at the third house and return home in the afternoon.
Hibiscus also goes there every day.
The third wife's family was shrouded in gloom every day, and the sound of a woman crying could be heard from time to time.
The neighbors all knew that the child in the family had an accident and feared things were going badly. They were all very careful when passing by the house, afraid of incurring the family's wrath.
Those who followed Qiao Qinghe also learned of this matter. Madam Zheng sent someone to deliver precious medicinal herbs, and Li Sanqi also suggested asking the imperial physician to take a look at the child. However, when he learned that Mu Jin was powerless to help, he gave up the idea.
During this time, the Duchess of Annam also came to see the child twice.
However, Feng Yuerou had already learned of the news beforehand.
Therefore, every time Lady Annam came, the child was unconscious, and his complexion became worse each time. His little face, which was originally bluish-black due to poisoning, was almost completely black.
Lady Annam's face grew increasingly ashen with each visit to the child.
Surprisingly, even though Qiao Qinghe and Feng Yuerou had put on such a performance, the person behind them still didn't react.
The two who escaped were also under the surveillance of Chen San and the others.
After escaping, the wet nurse returned home and took her entire family out of the city to stay with relatives.
The young maidservant sold herself on the street and hid in the home of an unknown minor official.
Qiao Qinghe did not interfere, but simply had someone keep an eye on them.
However, for several days in a row, no one contacted them.
Has the plan failed?
Qiao Qinghe was a little frustrated, but she still had to continue acting.
So, on the seventh day after the children were poisoned, both children died.
A deafening cry erupted from the third branch of the family mansion.
Before Lady Annam could arrive, Feng Yuerou also hanged herself in grief over the death of her child.
So when the Lady of Annam arrived, she found the bodies of the mother and her two children.
"This isn't real! It's not real!..."
After checking the three men's breathing, the last glimmer of hope of the Lady of Annam vanished in an instant.
She stared blankly at her two children, whose faces were still as black as the bottom of a pot, even in death. Then she looked at the conspicuous ligature marks on Feng Yuerou's neck.
After a long while, she finally rushed frantically toward Qiao Qinghe, who was standing silently weeping to the side.
"It's you! It's all because of you!" Lady Annan grabbed Qiao Qinghe by the neck. "You're the one who killed my daughter and my grandson!"
"It's all your fault!"
"It's all your fault!"
"I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"
Lady Annan grabbed Qiao Qinghe tightly with both hands, but before she could exert any force, A Shuang, who had just reacted, swiftly pushed her away before Zhu Xi could make a move.
Qiao Qinghe touched her neck, glaring angrily at Madam Annan: "You're saying I killed Yue Rou and the two children?"
"Pah! You're the one who truly killed that mother and her two children!"
Lady Annam froze, a hint of guilt flashing in her eyes, but then a raging fire ignited within them. "You're lying! How could I possibly kill them?"
"It's all because of you! Everything is because of you!"
Qiao Qinghe wiped away her tears and said, word by word, "As everyone knows, Doctor Mu is an expert in both medicine and poison. But she couldn't cure the poison in the two children!"
Do you know why?
Lady Annam was taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Why?"
Qiao Qinghe scoffed, "It's all because of you! The poison they were afflicted with wasn't difficult to cure."
"However, the smell emanating from you when you visited the children on the day they were poisoned combined with the poison in their bodies, creating an incurable and deadly toxin!"
"So, it was you! You poisoned the two children!"
"It's all because of you that the child died, and that Yue Rou couldn't bear it and wanted to die with the child!"
"You are the real murderer!"
Qiao Qinghe became more and more agitated as she spoke, and by the end, the hatred in her eyes was almost overflowing. She looked as if she wanted to rush up and devour Lady Annan alive.
Lady Annam collapsed to the ground, looking up at Qiao Qinghe in disbelief. "You're talking nonsense! How could it be me? How could this be?"
Qiao Qinghe gritted her teeth and said, "What is impossible in this world?"
"You care about Yue Rou so much, but didn't you make her suffer inhuman torture in Xicheng back then?"
"You cared so much about your two children, but in the end, they still died because of you?"
"Hehe, you don't know, do you? Yue Rou has been afraid of you two since she was a child. No matter how good you are to her, she rejects you from the bottom of her heart!"
"She saw it all: how you mistreated her brothers and sisters, how you hung them up and beat them!"
"The harsher you are to her siblings and the gentler you are to her, the more terrified she will be of you!"
"In her eyes, you are monsters with two faces!"
The Earl of Annam's eyes widened to their limit, her expression a complex mix of shock, fear, bitterness, and grievance, a truly captivating display of emotions.
"Hahaha...hahaha...I see! I see!..."
Lady Annam laughed for a while, then burst into tears.
She stood up unsteadily, and Granny Zhang, who was standing nearby, tried to help her, but she pushed her away.
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