Dao Cheng asked, "What plan? The plan to give them croton seeds?"
The woman laughed loudly: "Hahaha, croton? You still think it's croton? I saw you and Monk Daoyuan go to the room too. How was it? Weren't their deaths tragic?"
"I've heard that when poison takes effect, it turns a person's face purple and causes blood to flow from all seven orifices. It must be very painful, hahaha."
The woman laughed wildly and insanely.
Her voice sounded somewhat familiar to Gu Jiangli, but he couldn't quite place who it was.
Dao Cheng roared, "Are you out of your mind! You're plotting to murder the emperor in the temple, which means the death of all of us monks! This is a capital crime that could implicate nine generations of your family!"
The woman scoffed and sneered, "Tch, Daocheng, you're such a pig-brain. The plan is complete, the emperor is dead, who would bother to exterminate your entire clan?"
"His only child also died in the womb. Will he have any descendants to avenge him?"
"Hmph, think about it again. If the emperor hadn't been so incompetent and foolish, protecting that vixen and the disaster in her womb, why would Heaven have withheld rain for months on end, leaving the people to live in misery?"
"Only by killing that slut and the child in her womb can I bring peace and prosperity to the country! I'm doing this to rid the people of a scourge and to act on behalf of Heaven!"
The emperor couldn't listen to a word any longer. He kicked the door of the woodshed, and the two doors fell down.
"That's utter nonsense!"
The two people inside the door were startled.
Gu Jiangli was greatly surprised after seeing the woman's face clearly inside the door.
"Granny Du?"
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