Song San restored Liu Qiao'er's severed arm, and she was trembling with pain, her face ashen.
At this moment, Cui slapped her hard across the face, causing her to fall backward and burst into tears, crying out, "Madam, that Su deserved to die! If it weren't for her seducing the Prince and harming me, why would the Prince have sent me to Mingxiu Garden to suffer so much?"
"The princess is not even human... I can't defy the princess, but I can't even ruin that vixen Su's face?"
"How dare she, a shameless woman who sleeps with anyone, catch the prince's eye? I refuse to accept it! I refuse to accept it!"
To Cui's astonishment, Liu Qiao'er appeared completely deranged, her eyes glazed over, as if she were possessed.
"What's wrong with her?"
Madam Cui couldn't help but take a few steps back. Song San turned to look at Liu Qiao'er, and as she stared at Madam Cui with an increasingly frantic expression, he chopped her unconscious with a single chop: "Madam, quickly summon the family physician!"
The news that Liu Qiao'er had gone mad quickly spread throughout the entire Prince's mansion.
Upon hearing the news, Cui Yun'er quickly rushed to the courtyard where Liu Qiao'er was.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, she heard a series of sharp screams coming from inside the house.
Inside the room, Liu Qiao'er was tied to the bed by several strong old women, but her eyes were fixed on everyone who approached the bed.
"You slut, you vixen, I'll ruin your face, gouge out your eyes, so you can never seduce the prince again..."
Cui Yun'er has not seen Liu Qiao'er since she came to Hangzhou.
In her memory, although Liu Qiao'er had some ulterior motives, she was still an innocent and pretty young girl.
But now, seeing a person with messy hair and a distorted, ferocious face, she still couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.
What kind of obsession did she develop with Xiao Yuan to become like this?
Fang Ningzhu was equally astonished.
She even saw Fang Mingzhu's shadow in the mad Liu Qiao'er.
Fang Ningzhu was brought to the Prince's Mansion from Mingxiu Garden by Xiao Yuan in just over half a month. How did Liu Qiao'er become like this?
Fang Mingzhu has caused great harm to many people.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but mutter, "This was probably caused by my elder sister..."
Sitting to the side, Cui's eyes narrowed sharply.
Yes, we often receive news from Steward He.
Fang Mingzhu outwardly practices vegetarianism and Taoist cultivation, but she often goes mad, and her delirious behavior has long terrified the servants in Mingxiu Garden.
On the contrary, the servants from the Fang family who came to Hangzhou with them were already used to it.
At the time, Cui felt that Fang Mingzhu probably already had hysteria, but the Fang family kept the news a secret and did not let it out.
Seeing Liu Qiao'er's appearance now, she had a pretty good idea of what was going on.
Cui Yun'er frowned and said, "Auntie, this kind of mental illness can't be cured if it gets too serious..."
But I've never heard of insanity being contagious.
Cui's face turned ashen.
The Fang family is going too far, actually marrying their daughter, who has a mental illness, to the dignified Prince of Fenyang!
Not only did he go crazy himself, but he also dragged others down with him!
Cui Yun'er learned about today's events from Song San and was very glad that Su Xuerong had escaped a calamity. The next day, she found an excuse to leave the mansion and go to the Su family.
When she arrived, the wound on Su Xuerong's wrist had been continuously washed by the well water, and the redness and swelling had gradually subsided.
Cui Yun'er felt a wave of fear and looked at her face: "It's a good thing you were quick-witted. If this had been splashed on your face, not only would you have been disfigured, but you probably wouldn't have been able to save your eyes either."
Su Xuerong smiled and said, "I noticed her expression was unusually strange, so I became suspicious."
Cui Yun'er recounted what happened after she was sent back to the Prince's mansion, and sighed, "I really don't know how Fang Mingzhu tortured her, she even drove her crazy..."
Su Xuerong was silent for a moment before saying, "Madness is not contagious. The only possibility is that Liu Qiao'er was given a drug that would make her lose her mind beforehand."
Anyone who can easily obtain mercury is no ordinary person.
She probably had a picture of someone in her mind, but there was one thing she didn't understand.
Cui Yun'er said that Liu Qiao'er was sent to Mingxiu Garden by Xiao Yuan half a month ago, where she was tormented by Fang Mingzhu every day and was treated like a lowly maid who couldn't even leave the house.
How did she get her hands on the mercury?
"It's most likely Fang Mingzhu who gave it to her." Cui Yun'er sneered. "I don't know what kind of drug Fang Mingzhu gave her. She clearly hates her to death, but she still works for her."
Su Xuerong felt that something was not right.
Fang Mingzhu, the eldest daughter of the Fang family who is cherished and even looked down upon by Cui Shi, would she collude with someone like Liu Qiao'er?
If she really valued Xiao Yuan that much, why had she been living at her parents' home for the past two years since marrying into the royal family?
Fang Mingzhu had no marital feelings for Xiao Yuan. This time, she came to Hangzhou because Chen Siyi suddenly interfered. The Fang family was worried that the princess's position was in jeopardy, so they asked her to bring Fang Ningzhu with her.
By all accounts, Fang Mingzhu doesn't seem like an ambitious person who is scheming to seize the position of princess.
Especially since her health won't last more than a few years.
"I think Fang Mingzhu, although proud and arrogant, is not a kind-hearted person. It's really ironic that she's wearing that Taoist robe!" Cui Yun'er sneered.
Su Xuerong knew little about Fang Mingzhu; she learned most of her information from Chen Siyi.
Chen Siyi...
Su Xuerong suppressed her doubts and listened to Cui Yun'er recount the story of how Xiao Yuan married Fang Mingzhu.
"...If the Prince of Xiangyang hadn't gone back on his word and placed his hopes on his cousin and the Prince of Duan, the Fang family wouldn't have been able to use this opportunity to climb up to his cousin and marry Fang Mingzhu into the family."
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