Chapter 367 Personally Teaching Them a Lesson
Today's tea is Biluochun, which Wei Xun has never liked. It's obvious that this pot of tea is meant for the mother and son to drink, in order to poison them.
Wei Xun shook his head and said, "It shouldn't have been done by my mother."
Madam Wu asked in confusion, "Why?"
Wei Xun squatted down and looked at the poison on the ground, slowly saying, "My mother suffered greatly from the persecution of the women in the palace and hated this kind of intrigue the most. Before I came, she advised the ministers that she would no longer select concubines for me in the future, and that having you as her queen in this life would be enough."
Madam Wu stood there, filled with emotion.
After a moment of contemplation, Wei Xun stood up and said, "However, I have guessed who it is."
Madam Wu quickly asked, "Who is that person?"
Wei Xun looked out the window and whispered, "My aunt."
"Aunt?" Madam Wu asked, puzzled.
Wei Xun continued, "During the time my mother was imprisoned, my aunt brought her two daughters to Xuan Yue Kingdom. They only recently returned to Bei Di. She wanted to marry her eldest daughter to me, but my mother did not agree. I guess she must have bribed these two maids to poison you and Qing'er and then marry her daughter to me."
Upon hearing this, Madam Wu suddenly realized that she used to be a princess, and now she suddenly had an aunt.
She gradually understood that Zhou Ruiyuan's identity was different from that of ordinary people, yet he had been carefully hiding it all along. It turned out that in addition to protecting himself, he was also protecting Du Wanchun and the children.
She also understood why Wei Xun had stayed with her at the Zhou family home earlier.
Lady Wu, no longer displaying her usual timid demeanor, slowly said, "Husband, since that's the case, you can leave these two girls to me to manage."
Wei Xun asked in confusion, "What do you mean, my lady?"
Wu Niangzi looked out the window and said, "I want to show them that although my son and I have always lived in this small village, we are not to be trifled with."
Wei Xun took her hand, embraced her, and said slowly, "Never mind, let me handle it."
Madam Wu shook her head, "Since I have chosen to return to Beidi with you, I cannot stay under your protection forever. I must have the ability to protect Qing'er."
After thinking it over, Wei Xun nodded. "Okay, whatever you want to do, I'll do as you say."
After hearing his agreement, Madam Wu began to plan for tomorrow.
In a courtyard not far from them, Du Wanchun bent down to feed a stray kitten.
The little wildcat ate very happily, rubbing its head against Du Wanchun's hand from time to time.
Du Wanchun stroked its head and said with a smile, "Good boy, I'll reward you with a big fish head tomorrow."
The little wildcat meowed happily twice.
Du Wanchun withdrew her hand, slowly stood up, glanced at Wu Niangzi's room, and then returned to her own room.
The next day.
The two maids waited in their room all night, but when they saw that there was still no news of Madam Wu's poisoning, they immediately packed their things to leave. However, before they could even leave the room, Madam Wu stopped them.
Holding the teapot they had brought yesterday, Madam Wu smiled and said, "You two young ladies must be tired from your journey. This is Tieguanyin tea that I just brewed."
As she spoke, she placed the teacup on the table, saying, "Please, both of you, have a taste."
The two maids immediately recognized it as the pot of tea they had brewed yesterday; it was poisoned.
After exchanging a glance, the older maid knelt down and said, "Thank you for the tea, Your Majesty. We cannot accept it."
Madam Wu poured a cup for each of them, saying, "No need for the Queen to call me that. Here, I am just a village woman."
As she spoke, she pushed the teacup toward them, saying, "If you keep refusing like this, I'll think you're looking down on the tea I've served."
The two young maids looked at the tea in the teacups in front of them, their faces pale and their hands trembling slightly.
Madam Wu smiled and said, "What? You two don't like to drink?"
The maidservant quickly replied, "No, no, how could we let the Queen pour tea for us?"
Lady Wu stood up and said, "It seems you still look down on me. I'll go and tell the king about this. It's better not to go back with him."
The maids' faces clearly turned panicked, and they all called out to her, "No, that's not what we meant."
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