"This servant wouldn't dare! This servant just feels that the princess has really suffered. Not only has the little princess passed away, but her own body has also been so badly injured." Cuiyun said with her head down, but she was still very shocked and even a little afraid to look at Wuya at this moment.
"Raise your head and look at me!" Uya shouted sternly, but tears were already streaming from her eyes.
“Do you think I, Princess, would willingly kill my own child? I so longed to have a child with him, and now that I finally have one, I have to end her life with my own hands. My heart is breaking, do you know that?” As she spoke, Uya began to weep uncontrollably.
“Princess, please stop crying. It’s all my fault. If you keep crying like this, it might be bad for your eyes,” Cuiyun said immediately.
Just then, the sound of people paying their respects to the Fourth Master rang out from outside. Upon hearing this, Lady Uya burst into tears again.
Before the Fourth Prince even entered Wuya's room, he could already hear her painful sobs, and his heart sank immediately.
"How do you servants treat her like this? Why do you let her cry?" Fourth Master walked in and frowned.
"Your Highness, it's all my fault. The princess has been heartbroken over the loss of the little princess and hasn't stopped talking. We servants don't know how to comfort her anymore," Cuiyun said quickly when she saw the Fourth Prince scolding her.
"What else are you saying? Go and serve the master some tea!" Uya sobbed, quickly wiping her tears with her handkerchief.
Cuiyun immediately withdrew and also informed the other maids to leave.
Fourth Master walked to the bedside of Lady Wuya, sat in the spot where Lady Nian had just been sitting, and said to Lady Wuya, "Don't cry anymore. I will definitely seek justice for you and for that child."
Seeing that the Fourth Prince hesitated, Lady Wuya covered her face with her handkerchief and said, "My lord, I don't need you to uphold justice. In this inner courtyard, there may not be any justice to speak of. It's all because my child is unlucky, and was plotted against before even being born."
Upon hearing this, and seeing Wuya's heartbroken state, the Fourth Prince's hesitation gradually subsided. Wuya's mother in the palace cared for this child, and now that the child was gone, he didn't know how to tell Consort De.
"My lord, I don't want to put you in a difficult position. After all, the sisters in this inner quarters are all your concubines. It's common for them to feel uncomfortable seeing me receive some of your favor! But what can I do? I'm your cousin, and I was married before!" After saying this, Wuya Shi pinched her handkerchief and started crying again, as if she were deeply wronged!
The Fourth Prince's anger was reignited by what Wuya said.
"Don't worry, using such methods to harm people is truly insidious! I will never tolerate it!" Fourth Master said.
After offering this reassurance, Fourth Master went to the torture chamber to question Zhao Mingcai.
As Uya drank the ginseng chicken soup from Cuiyun's hand, she said, "Cuiyun, do you know why I was so heartless yesterday and personally killed my own child?"
Cuiyun shook her head.
“Because this child definitely wouldn’t be born, she was eight months premature, maybe she could have been born! It’s just a pity she still couldn’t be born safely. Niohuru, this time you will definitely pay the price for my daughter!” said Uya.
"So that's what you were planning, Master. I was wrong!" Cuiyun said.
“The Nian family originally intended to kill two birds with one stone, but unfortunately, this princess came back to life!” said Wuya.
“Princess, yesterday Doctor Lin asked Master whether to save the mother or the child, and Master said to save the mother!” Cuiyun said.
Upon hearing this, Uya's expression shifted slightly, and she said, "Niohuru was present at the time!"
"Yes, she stood there with a cold face the whole time. It was only when the master said that Song was foolish that she came out to speak up for Song!" Cuiyun told Wuya about what had happened yesterday.
Meanwhile, Fourth Master had already arrived at the execution chamber. As soon as Zhao Ming saw him, a look of fear immediately appeared on his face!
"Have you thought it through? Who exactly ordered you to do this?" Fourth Master asked.
"My lord, I beg you to spare my life! I have an elderly mother to support and younger siblings to take care of!"
Fourth Master stared coldly at Zhao Mingcai and said, "You have no right to negotiate with me!"
Seeing that Fourth Master was unwilling to forgive, Zhao Mingcai lowered his head and remained silent.
"It seems you won't talk properly unless we torture you!" Fourth Master said.
"This servant wants to go back and see his family! As long as this servant agrees, after I see my family, I will definitely tell my master the truth. Then I will accept whatever punishment I may receive without complaint," Zhao Mingcai said, still unwilling to give up.
"I've said it before, you have no right to negotiate! Torture him!" Fourth Master seemed unwilling to listen to this servant any longer, so he said to the executioner.
After giving these words, Fourth Master walked out. He looked at the sky; it was already noon.
"Master, would you like to dine in the front courtyard?" Su Peisheng asked.
"Go to the South Courtyard!" Fourth Master said.
Just as the South Courtyard was preparing to serve the meal, the arrival of the Fourth Master slightly startled Ling Lanqin and her maids. They naturally assumed that the Fourth Master should be with Lady Wuya at this time.
"My lord, it's time for your meal!" said Cui Niang.
Seeing that Lanqin remained silent, Fourth Master said, "Go and set out the meal!"
This was the first time that Fourth Master and Lanqin sat facing each other, unlike in the past when they seemed to be lost in their own thoughts and unable to see each other.
"Your Highness is here, why didn't you ask me anything?" Fourth Master finally couldn't hold back and spoke first.
"I have nothing to say. If Your Highness insists that I speak, then I will!" Lanqin said.
"I want to ask you a question. Will you answer me truthfully?" Fourth Master said.
Hearing this, Cui Niang was startled. Why did the Fourth Master come to ask his master? The events surrounding Lady Wuya these past two days had naturally spread throughout the inner quarters, and even the fact that the Fourth Master had arrested Zhao Mingcai was known to everyone.
"What do you want to say, sir? Just ask!" Lanqin said. Looking at the man in front of her, whom she used to know so well, she suddenly felt that her past self was really ridiculous.
"Is Zhao Mingcai one of your men?" Fourth Master asked Lanqin this question for the first time.
Lanqin looked at Fourth Master and felt as if the man before her was no longer the one she had always treated with such devotion. His face was still the same, but his heart seemed to have suddenly changed; he was no longer the Fourth Master she knew!
"I have no one! Those who serve me were all arranged by Master. Only Nianxue and Xicha came with me!" Lanqin said. At this moment, her heart felt as if it had been deeply slashed by the Fourth Master, and then red blood gushed out!
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