Chapter 33 Confession
The old lady's eyes darkened.
It would be difficult for her grandson to continue the family line, and if that girl is really pregnant...it would be something to think about carefully.
"Old Madam!" The court doctor's eyes flashed with a strange light, and the words on his lips became an uncontrollable exclamation, "The Marquis's qi and blood are gradually returning to normal, and his pulse has become stable! I think the acupuncture that girl just gave him has taken effect!"
"Are you serious?" The old lady hurried to the bedside and lightly stroked her grandson's face with her trembling hands.
"Replying to the old lady, I dare not speak nonsense."
"Then why is the Marquis still unconscious?"
"Don't worry, old lady. The Marquis is just suffering from the combined effects of the two poisons. He is weak and exhausted, so he hasn't regained consciousness yet. Wait for me to prescribe some medicine. After two days of rest, he will be fine."
After hearing the court doctor's repeated assurances, the old lady seemed to come back to life.
She closed her eyes and sighed, "Buddha bless you...Buddha bless you..."
Upon hearing this, the two maids in the room kowtowed three times in joy.
The old lady wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, her voice still trembling, "Madame Xue, go and bring that girl to my room. I have something to ask her!"
Nanny Xue nodded in agreement, then stood up and walked towards the yard.
Although she was eager to save people, she did not dare to lose her composure in front of her master.
In the yard, as the stick fell with the sound of wind, a limping figure suddenly pounced on him.
Cai Huichun didn't understand any rules or etiquette. He just knew that since the girl was nice to him, she couldn't be beaten.
He clung tightly to the waist of the executioner with his skinny hands, and remained unmoved even when the executioner tore at his gray hair.
Wen Ning screamed loudly when she saw this, "Master! No! Don't touch my Master!"
Tangli dug her nails deep into the back of her neck, grabbed her hair and pulled it back hard, forcing her to look up.
“Snap! Snap!”
The two slaps were fast and hard, and blood immediately seeped out of Wen Ning's lips.
Tangli snorted coldly and said viciously, "No one can save you today! Just wait to be beaten to death!"
While struggling, Wen Ning suddenly smelled the faint scent of realgar wine and the faint smell of snake emanating from Tangli's cuffs.
Although the smell was so faint that it was almost non-existent, her sense of smell, honed through years of collecting herbs, would never be wrong.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she suddenly thought of the white-browed snake last night.
The white-browed snake hates realgar the most. Snake trainers often use realgar soaked in wine to smear their limbs so that they can approach the snake without scaring it.
Thinking about today's lunch, when the two maids in the kitchen handed over the food boxes, Tangli was afraid that the two masters' lunch would be taken by mistake, so she insisted on opening it to check.
All the strange things connected together, and she now had to suspect that the people who released the snake and poisoned the food were all related to Tangli.
"Stop!" Madam Xue shouted, startling everyone. "The old lady has ordered that the young lady come over immediately."
When Tangli heard this, the cruel smile on her face suddenly froze.
This bitch finally fell into my hands, how could I let Madam Xue take her away so easily?
She raised the corners of her lips and stepped forward, saying in a tactless manner, "Madam, I'm afraid you've made a mistake. This wicked maid has caused the Marquis to vomit blood, and we haven't taught her a lesson yet..."
When Nanny Xue saw the red and swollen fingerprints on Wen Ning's face, her eyes suddenly became fierce, and she raised her hand suddenly -
“Bang!”
A hard slap landed heavily on Tangli's face, causing her to stagger back two steps.
"You!" Tangli covered her face with her hands, her eyes filled with shock and anger.
Madam Xue shouted, "It's not your turn to decide whether the young lady is guilty or not!"
She turned around, pointed at the two stunned women, and said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and untie the girl!"
Wen Ning slowly straightened up and tucked her messy hair behind her ears.
She quickly stepped forward to comfort her master, then stabbed Tangli and the other two with a cold glare like a knife. "Although the master is old and confused, he can still diagnose the Marquis's pulse. If you frighten him again, you will have no intention of saving the Marquis!"
Tangli watched Nanny Xue help the person away, covering her face and biting her red lips almost until they bled.
The old lady sat upright in the room, the wrinkles between her brows becoming deeper and deeper.
Although she worships Buddha all year round, when it comes to the safety of her grandson, even the kind heart of a bodhisattva will turn into the angry eyes of a vajra.
If it weren't for Nanny Xue's suspicion that the girl was pregnant, she would never let her go even if she was suspected.
She looked at Wen Ning, who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Although the Marquis has escaped danger, the poisoning has not yet been investigated. Considering your meritorious service in acupuncture, the previous suspicion will be put aside for the time being.
But now, you need to tell me the truth, are you pregnant?"
The old lady asked directly and clearly, with a sharpness in her eyes that brooked no deception, and a barely perceptible expectation.
Wen Ning's fingertips trembled.
For many days and nights, she was worried and treading on thin ice, fearing that this matter would be discovered.
But now that it was exposed in public by the old lady, I felt a sense of relief.
She had known for a long time that the baby in her belly could not be concealed after all.
Her fingertips gently stroked her belly, and she confessed to the old lady, "This servant... is indeed more than four months pregnant."
The old lady stumbled to her feet upon hearing this, staring at Wen Ning's belly, and asked in a trembling voice, "This child... is it the Marquis's?"
Tears welled up in Wen Ning's red eyes. How did this child come about... She couldn't even say it.
She lowered her head, her throat tightening. "This child... is from the Liu family. I only discovered I was pregnant after being sold to the Marquis' Mansion."
At this point, it seems that the only explanation is that it is the bloodline of the Liu family.
"you--!"
Upon hearing this, the old lady fell back heavily into her chair, and the veins on the back of her old hand that was holding the chair were bulging.
Nanny Xue's legs went weak and she fell to her knees with a thud.
I didn't expect that my eagerness to save people would cause such a big mess.
She rested her forehead against the cold ground, her dry lips trembling violently.
"This old slave...this old slave was confused for a moment and mistook the posthumous child for the Marquis's bloodline." She knelt to the old lady's feet and kowtowed deeply. "This old slave spoke too much and not only pushed the young lady to a dead end, but also brought shame to the Marquis's mansion. This old slave deserves death. Please, old lady, kill this old slave! I only beg you, old lady, to spare the young lady's life..."
These words seemed to take all the blame on himself.
"No! This matter has nothing to do with Mammy..."
Tears welled up in Wen Ning's eyes. "This matter has nothing to do with Madam. From the day I concealed my pregnancy, I knew this would happen."
She choked up and immediately continued, "I also drank an abortion drug, but fate played tricks on me. I vomited it out before it even went down my stomach. I felt sorry for the innocent child in my belly, so I didn't have the heart to do it again..."
Under the carved window lattice at the back of the house, Tangli stroked her pounding heart, feeling both surprised and delighted, as every word of what had just been said entered her ears.
"What a despicable bastard," she cursed in her heart, but a cold smile appeared on the corner of her lips, "It turns out that there is a posthumous child in your belly. I want to see if you can save this cheap life this time!"
She stared at the scene through the window, waiting for a good show to begin.
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