Chapter 2361 Suspicion Arises over Chengwu
With Ronghou's defection, things became much easier for Shuyu, and the other plans could be temporarily shelved.
The most immediate benefit is that the food will no longer be spiked with drugs.
This kind of small thing is not difficult for Rong Hou. He just needs to secretly switch the medicine, and no one else will notice anything.
At the same time, Shu Yu also told Lord Cheng about Wang's alleged treachery. She had no evidence and did not say that Rong Hou had provided it. Whether Lord Cheng believed her or not was up to him.
When Lord Cheng first heard this, he was shocked; of course, he didn't believe it.
His harem was relatively simple, with only his legal wife and three concubines. One of them had died in childbirth more than a decade ago. Although Wang had no children, she had been by his side for many years.
Especially when Chengjia got into trouble, Wang stood by his side and almost got stabbed.
Upon hearing that she was an internal traitor, Lord Cheng's first reaction was that it was a joke.
But Shu Yu wouldn't joke with him, especially not at a time like this.
Therefore, despite his inner turmoil, he managed to calm himself down. Some things are better left unthought; once recalled, they reveal their underlying patterns.
The process of taking down the Cheng family was too smooth and too fast. Admittedly, Cheng Wu betrayed them, but the vast Cheng family was not something Cheng Wu could completely control, such as... the inner quarters.
Chengwu stayed by his side, and their daily activities were limited to the front yard and outside the mansion. It wasn't easy for him to reach out to anyone in the back courtyard.
Therefore, there is also an inside agent in this inner quarters.
After eliminating the impossible candidates, only the Wang family remained.
Shu Yu didn't care how Lord Cheng handled the matter. All she knew was that Lord Cheng called Wang aside for a private talk, and later, Wang died—strangled by Lord Cheng.
When Wang's body was carried out, the guards outside were stunned for a moment, then realized that she had been exposed.
They didn't say anything. In their eyes, Wang was just a pawn, and he was quickly taken away and disposed of.
With no inside help, and no longer eating the food that had been drugged, everyone gradually regained their strength and no longer aroused suspicion. They guessed that something might have happened at the Cheng residence, and they tacitly waited for the right opportunity.
Two days later, Meng Yunzheng was also released.
Chengwu couldn't understand this at all, and he needed Ronghou to give him an explanation.
Rong Hou simply said, "Young Master Meng and County Princess Lu are both the type to respond to gentle persuasion but not force. If they can work together in the future, there's really no need to strain their relationship. We'll just let them meet so they won't be constantly on guard against us."
Cheng Wu scoffed lightly, "Work together? Several days have passed, and they still haven't given in. It's hard to say whether we can work together in the future. Manager Rong, we don't have much time left. If we can't get the abbot of Dongqing Temple to talk, we're all finished."
Unfortunately, he didn't know what the higher-ups wanted the abbot of Dongqing Temple to say. If he had known, he could have easily replaced Ronghou.
In Chengwu's eyes, Ronghou was indecisive and incompetent; he was just lucky to have followed Lord Gong in his early years.
Ronghou was displeased. "I know what I'm doing. I don't need you to remind me."
After saying that, he turned and left, but then he found an opportunity to say to Meng Yunzheng, "This won't do. Chengwu seems to be starting to suspect me. He's been looking down on me for a long time."
"Hold on for a few more days."
(End of this chapter)
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