The Duke of Anguo immediately asked everyone in the mansion to gather in the banquet hall.
In the back hall, everyone was waiting quietly.
Soon, all the servants of the Anguo Mansion came and filled the entire hall.
The first one was Nanny Zhang, who kept the pendant. After the old man died, she went to serve the Duke of Anguo. But although she was called a servant, it was actually the same as retirement. She had no work to do, but only received a monthly salary, and lived a carefree life.
"My Lord, my wife, what happened?"
Nanny Zhang asked in confusion.
Duke Anguo looked at her. Aunt Zhang could say that she had watched her grow up, so she had a very high status among all the women in this mansion.
This also made her arrogant. She no longer knew how to show respect to the wife of Duke Anguo. She spontaneously regarded Duke Anguo as a junior from the bottom of her heart, not as a son.
"Mammy, this pendant almost killed my son. Do you know what's on it?"
The wife of Duke Anguo asked directly, her eyes were no longer as gentle as usual, but became sharp.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang's eyes widened in shock. "How is it possible? How could there be a problem with this pendant that I left for you? My dear, some shameless kid has been trying to sow discord between us. What I longed for most before my death was a legitimate grandson. I have not given this pendant away because I want to keep it for my son. When he was dying, he also told me to wait until your legitimate son was born before handing this pendant to him personally. How could there be a problem with the pendant that I gave you?"
Duke Anguo quickly scolded, "How dare you, Aunt Zhang, this Queen Mother Pei said there is something wrong, you are being disrespectful to her by saying this, why don't you kneel down and apologize."
Nanny Zhang was suddenly yelled at and was stunned for a moment. After she realized what Duke Anguo meant, she quickly knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't know that you were the Queen. Please forgive me."
Nanny Zhang didn't even know who the Empress was, she just knelt down and begged for mercy.
She had no doubt about what the Duke of Anguo said.
Duke Anguo asked hurriedly, "My queen, do you want her? Aunt Zhang is an old lady in our Duke's Mansion. She came to our Duke's Mansion as a dowry along with my mother. Logically speaking, there is no reason for her to murder my son."
Duke Anguo couldn't understand it, but no matter what, he didn't believe that his mother would harm her own child.
Nanny Zhang raised her head cautiously and looked at Qingli. She saw that Qingli's eyes seemed to be able to see through her heart, cold and sharp. She felt guilty subconsciously and dodged for a moment.
"My queen, I have absolutely no intention of murdering the young boy. I have devoted my whole life to the Duke's Mansion. Now that I am old, the Duke's wife has been so kind to me. How could I not know what is good for me and murder the young boy? Please, my queen, look carefully and clear my name."
Qingli sneered and said in a cold tone: "You have no motive? How could you have no motive? You want your niece to come in and be the noble concubine of the Duke's Mansion. Your mother is in poor health and it is difficult for her to conceive. If this child dies, it will definitely be impossible to have another one. At that time, the Duke of Anguo will have to take another concubine. As the dowry nanny of this old man, the Duke of Anguo will listen to your suggestions. You want your niece to be the noble concubine of the Duke's Mansion, or even the future mother, right?"
Aunt Zhang couldn't hide the panic in her eyes!
He quickly denied, "No, no, I didn't, my Lord, I really didn't!"
Duke Anguo frowned, "Madam Zhang, I remember you brought your niece to play in the mansion. Do you really have this in mind?"
Aunt Zhang wanted to quibble, but she heard Qingli say, "But she didn't do it alone. She conspired with him. They both had their own goals, so they cooperated."
Hearing Qingli's words, Liu in the corner trembled suddenly.
Aunt Zhang's eyes widened even more. She didn't expect that the queen knew everything.
In fact, at the beginning, her ambition was not so big, but she could not resist the pleading of her niece and the coaxing of her concubine Aunt Liu, and she slowly showed her ambition.
At this moment, she suddenly became afraid and felt a little regretful, but no matter what, she could only deny it.
"Your Highness, you have wronged me. I am just an old woman, how can I have so many ambitions?"
The wife of Duke Anguo asked hurriedly, "My queen, who else? Who else worked with Aunt Zhang to harm the child?"
Qingli began to chant a spell, crossed her hands and raised them up, then drew a picture in the air, and then pointed two fingers towards the sky, and in an instant, a ray of light spread out.
"Now, whoever you see with the same black mist as the one I wear, that's who you want to kill."
Hearing this, everyone hurried to look, and sure enough, Nanny Zhang had the virus on her. Everyone continued to look around, and when they saw the virus on concubine Liu, the husband of Duke Anguo was immediately furious!
"놆 you? Yanagi-shi!"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on Liu, only to see that the black mist on her body was even thicker than that on Aunt Zhang.
Qingli said, "This person is the one who came up with this vicious method, so she has more Yin energy than Aunt Zhang."
Liu's face turned pale and her legs felt weak. She couldn't understand how this happened.
She originally thought that this plan was perfect. After all, no one would suspect the old man of leaving the pendant behind. There were also such spooky things that generally no one would know about. Even if someone knew about it, they couldn't find out who did it. As long as Aunt Zhang insisted that she didn't know, the matter would not be found out.
By then, her son will be the only child in the Duke's Mansion, and he will be the eldest son. The title may go to her son.
However, not only did such a meticulous plan fail, but it also exposed himself.
Her body couldn't stop weakening and she almost fell down, but she still tried to explain, "Master, husband, I didn't do it. I am wronged!"
The sight of Liu lying with her eyes open made Duke Anguo so angry that he stepped forward and slapped her.
"Poisonous woman! You have such evil intentions, plotting to murder the legitimate son. You deserve to be put to death."
"Come, send this vicious woman to the Dali Temple and punish her for the crime of murdering her legitimate son."
Duke Anguo was furious! No mercy at all.
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