The next day at noon, Sheng Wanwan ate her milk and then fell asleep.
Chu sat up in bed and ate a bowl of red date, white fungus and lotus seed soup.
At that moment, Zhu Cui walked in.
After finishing the last sip of soup, Madam Chu handed the bowl to another head maid, Tanxiang, and asked her to leave.
"how's it going?"
"Reporting to Madam, this servant did as you instructed yesterday."
When the servant girl walked into Chaoyang Lane, she encountered several little beggars who asked her for money.
Remembering what the lady said about doing good deeds and praying for the young master's well-being, the maid gave them some loose silver.
They took the money and left.
But for some reason, not long after, the horse went berserk, broke free from the reins, and ran off with the carriage.
Seeing that things were going wrong, I jumped off the carriage. As soon as I jumped off, the carriage fell apart!
The horse also disappeared without a trace.
That horse was incredibly fast; if the young master had been in the carriage, he would have been seriously injured, if not killed.
Zhu Cui patted her chest and continued:
"From the General's Mansion to Chaoyang Lane, no one approached the carriage. Only a few little beggars stood outside the carriage for a while when they were begging like servants."
If anyone were to tamper with it, only they would have the opportunity.
The servant realized what was happening and went after the little beggars, but they had already vanished without a trace.
"Madam, I suspect that it was those little beggars who did it, but I can't figure out how they did it."
After that horse was found, anyone who tried to lasso it would go berserk after a few steps.
But if no one touches it, it stands there obediently. That horse has been in our household for quite some years and has never shown any signs of going mad.
"I've had someone examine the horse, and it wasn't poisoned. Madam, if it was that little beggar who did it, how exactly did he do it?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Chu frowned and shook her head.
At this moment, Sheng Wanwan's inner voice rang out again.
It was those little beggars who did it. Those little beggars weren't actually beggars; they were assassins secretly trained by Mu Rou'er for her children. The horse wasn't poisoned; those little beggars used very fine gold needles to pierce a major acupoint on the horse's body.
The golden needle wasn't inserted too deeply, so although the horse felt uncomfortable, it only felt uneasy and didn't become agitated.
But as the horse moves, the golden needles will penetrate deeper and deeper, causing the horse unbearable pain, which will drive it mad!
[Tsk tsk tsk! This Mu Rou'er really went to great lengths to kill her mother's child!]
It's a pity I can't speak yet, otherwise I would tell my mother that those little beggars are in the peach blossom forest at Wulipo, on the outskirts of Yandu, where there is a big courtyard.
That courtyard belongs to Mu Rou'er, and it houses dozens of assassins, all of whom are beggars brought from various places.
They are so pitiful!
In order to control them, they were poisoned from a young age. If I can save them, not only will I accumulate merit and repair my primordial spirit, but I can also cut off Mu Rou'er's arm!
Unfortunately, I was too young and could only watch helplessly!
Sheng Wanwan thought to herself, yawned, and drifted off to sleep again.
"Cuizhu, go check the peach blossom grove five miles outside the city. If you find those little beggars there, go find Meiniang and ask her to find a way to get everyone inside..."
Chu paused here. She was not a very kind person. If she had known before that someone had harmed her son, those assassins would have been dead without a doubt.
Even if they were children, they wouldn't survive.
But Sheng Wanwan said that doing good deeds could repair her soul, and for her daughter's sake, she chose to release the children. So she paused and continued:
"Have Meiniang rescue everyone inside, and have Doctor Yun cure their poison! Send them far away!"
"yes!"
Zhu Cui accepted the order and withdrew.
Looking at her sleeping daughter's face, Madam Chu frowned.
Repairing the soul? Could it be that my daughter's soul is injured?
Is there anything wrong with that?
Thinking of this, Chu's gaze softened even more as she looked at Sheng Wanwan.
No matter what problems Wanwan has, she is a precious gift from God, and God will protect her, love her, and never let her suffer any harm!
Thinking of this, Madam Chu called over Granny Zhao and whispered a few words to her.
Granny Zhao nodded and turned to leave.
A cold glint flashed in Chu's eyes.
"Ha! Mu Rou'er, I'd like to see just who you are! A mere woman confined to the inner quarters, yet you manage to train your own assassins? I underestimated you!"
Late at night, in the West Garden of the General's Mansion.
"What? You're saying the person in the carriage isn't Sheng Wenze? The person inside is Chu's head maid?"
Upon hearing this news, Mu Rou'er was so shocked that the tea in her teacup overflowed.
"Yes, Madam." The little maid lowered her head, not daring to meet her mistress's gaze.
Mu Rou'er's eyes shifted, and after a moment of silence, she said:
"You can go now."
The young maidservant curtsied and then withdrew.
"Mother! Do you think that woman in the East Garden has discovered something? Otherwise, how could she have failed twice in a row? It's one thing that the little ghost inside the Soul-Locking Jade isn't moving; maybe the old Taoist priest you found is just a charlatan. But Sheng Wenze hasn't gone to school for two days in a row. Will Madam Chu allow that?"
Standing next to Mu Rou'er was a little girl. The girl was wearing a pink dress, with an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and slightly upturned cherry lips. She was a beautiful girl with delicate features.
But in the eyes of this beautiful girl was a maturity and ruthlessness that did not match her age.
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