Chapter 297 A Letter
The legendary healer Gui Liu is back!
This means that Grandma can be saved.
Li Nanke looked at Gui Liu with a mixture of surprise and delight.
Mr. Guiliu glanced at him and casually tossed the bundle in his hand onto the table.
He opened the bundle and took out his silver needle bag.
"Fetch me water, I need to wash my hands."
Li Nanke hurriedly instructed Ziyu, "Quickly, fetch some water, the sooner the better."
After washing his hands, Mr. Gui Liu immediately began to administer acupuncture to Mrs. He without any delay.
With one hand inserting a needle and the other waving impatiently, he said, "Leave one person here, everyone else go out to avoid disturbing us."
Li Mu quickly replied, "I'll stay."
Li Nanke took Ziyu out.
Nangong Qiang stood under the eaves, her arms wrapped around the wall, looking up at the dark night sky.
The sky had darkened sometime earlier, and thick clouds obscured the moon.
Li Nanke gently tugged at Nangong Qiang's sleeve and smiled slightly.
"Master Nangong, thank you very much."
Mr. Guiliu arrived so promptly; he must have just returned and been brought here by Nangong Qiang.
Only Nangong Qiang could achieve such speed.
Nangong Qiang glanced down at her, then looked up at the sky again.
Her expression remained as aloof as usual, but the curve of her lips softened slightly.
Zilan returned from the front yard and reported to Li Nanke.
“The Sun family has already taken everything away. I’ve been keeping an eye on things with the steward the whole time.”
Every crate and every item that was taken away was registered and checked one by one.
“Li Zhenxuan and Li Xinyou cried so hard when they left; they were forcibly dragged away by the Sun family.”
Li Nanke was not surprised.
Li Zhenxuan and his sister grew up in the Marquis's mansion; in their hearts, this was their home.
Li Zhenxuan, in particular, was instilled by Madam Sun from a young age with the idea that he was the only legitimate eldest grandson of the Marquis's mansion and that the entire mansion would belong to him in the future.
Therefore, Li Zhenxuan developed an arrogant and domineering personality.
Overnight, he was suddenly told that the Marquis's mansion had nothing to do with him anymore, and he could no longer even live there. No wonder Li Zhenxuan cried!
At this moment, Song Yi and Tao's mother returned.
Li Nanke went up to her, "Mother, have you found out anything?"
Song Yi nodded, her expression somewhat unpleasant.
Tao's mother took out a piece of paper from her bosom and handed it over.
"This was found on a cleaning woman in the old lady's courtyard. She had been taking a walk in the courtyard that afternoon before she vomited blood and fainted."
Originally, Ziyu had been staying by the old lady's side, but the old lady felt cold and sent Ziyu back to her room to get a cloak.
The cleaning lady seized the opportunity to come over and give the old lady a letter.
Li Nanke took the letter and glanced at it; her little face immediately tensed up.
The letter contained only one sentence.
"Your biological child was smothered to death at birth, and then Li Yongfeng took Li Yao back to take your place!"
Li Nanke clenched the letter tightly, trembling with anger.
No wonder Grandma suddenly vomited blood and fainted!
The sudden discovery that Li Yao was not her biological child was not too shocking, after all, her grandmother had long suspected the matter.
But she suddenly learned that she had a biological child, but the child had been smothered to death right after birth. Her husband replaced the child with Li Yao and raised him with love and care right under her nose.
How could Grandma bear this?
"Where is that rough-around-the-edges woman, Mother?"
Song Yi said, "I had him beaten with a board and locked in the woodshed. Madam Tao has already questioned him."
The old woman said that Old Wang, the gatekeeper, had given her one tael of silver and asked her to take this letter to the old lady when no one was around.
A hint of annoyance flashed in Song Yi's eyes.
"So many things have happened these past few days. It's my fault for not having sorted out all the servants in the house in time."
The secret we've been so painstakingly keeping has been slipped through, and the letter has been delivered to your grandmother.
Song Yi felt that if something happened to her mother-in-law, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
“I have already had Old Wang arrested as well. Old Wang said that the letter was given to him by a maid, who also gave him ten taels of silver.”
For ten taels of silver, he betrayed the Marquis's mansion; this kind of servant is an ungrateful wretch!
Song Yi scolded Old Wang for a while, and then said, "I wonder who is behind this. Ke'er, do you think this matter might be related to that Bai San Niang?"
Li Nanke: "It's definitely related to her."
Song Yi's face was extremely pale.
"How could she be so vicious as to expose this to your grandmother? It's obvious she's trying to drive her to her death!"
She stole someone else's husband and took her place as their son, and she still thinks she's right?
Song Yi became angrier the more she thought about it.
"If she can bribe Old Wang, she can definitely bribe others too. No, I'll have Aunt Tao take the roster and go through all the servants in a bit."
"Clear out all those with disloyal intentions and expel them from the manor."
Li Nanke grabbed Song Yi's hand.
"Mother, don't rush. It's not too late to do this tomorrow."
Song Yi looked puzzled.
"This can't be delayed any longer. If we wait until tomorrow, what if they pull another stunt..."
"Mother, just listen to me. All you need to do is arrange for trustworthy people to guard Grandmother's courtyard and our Fanghua Garden."
Make sure strangers don't get close, and then check again tomorrow.
Li Nanke whispered.
Song Yi stared at her in confusion for a while, then tapped her forehead.
"Alright, I'll do as you say."
Li Nanke smiled with narrowed eyes, a flash of coldness passing through them.
She will make those who harmed her grandmother pay the price!
As night deepened, a group of men in black were lying in ambush in a dark alley at the corner outside the Marquis of Anping's residence.
The man in the lead peered outside and said in a low voice, "Father, it's almost midnight, why is there still no news?"
"Will anything change? I saw the imperial physician leave just now; it seems Lady He can't be saved."
Upon hearing this, the man standing against the wall twitched his beard slightly and rebuked softly.
"What's the rush? You have to be patient. We managed to get out of a place like the Dali Temple dungeon safely, so what are you afraid of?"
The speaker was Li Yongfeng, who was "burned to death" in the Dali Temple dungeon yesterday.
The man peeking out was Li Yao.
The father and son faked their deaths to escape, and are now hiding here to retrieve the gold and silver hidden in the study of the Marquis's mansion.
"When Madam Sun went down to lead people to the study to move things, our people had already confirmed that the bookshelves had not been moved."
No one will ever discover the secret room in the study.
Li Yaodao.
Li Yongfeng sneered, "That secret room was designed by me personally, and then I had someone build it. It's hard for ordinary people to find it."
Moreover, everyone's attention is on Madam He right now. As soon as Madam He passes away, the Marquis's mansion will surely descend into chaos.
Most of the people in the front courtyard of the Marquis's mansion are my men. We can take advantage of this opportunity to go in and carry out all the gold and silver without anyone noticing.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yao straightened up excitedly, his eyes fixed intently on the alleyway outside.
"Father, someone's coming!"
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