Madam Bai swallowed nervously, unconsciously shifting her body slightly backward.
"What are you doing?!"
Mrs. Bai asked, stammering.
The little dumpling gave a cold snort and said, "What are we going to do? Don't you know?"
Madam Bai was stunned by the aura of the two men, and her mind went blank.
She shook her head blankly and said:
"Little princess, I...I don't understand what you're saying."
Mu Ting didn't have time to beat around the bush with her. He went straight to the point and said, "I already know that you are involved in the matter of my wife's disappearance back then. You'd better confess honestly."
Madam Bai froze, her hands and feet stiff and motionless. She suppressed her panic and tried her best not to show her fear.
"What are you saying? I don't understand anything, and I don't know anything!"
A hint of disgust flashed in Mu Tingzheng's eyes. He hadn't expected this woman to be so shameless, still refusing to tell the truth even now.
The little dumpling pointed to the raw beef on the table and said:
"Look, there are lots of little black worms on this piece of raw beef."
"They're called Corpse Demon Worms. If they burrow into your body, they'll eat your flesh and eventually make you bleed from all seven orifices and die."
Upon hearing the little dumpling's words, Madam Bai noticed a piece of raw beef in the room.
The raw beef was crawling with many twisted black worms, which looked disgusting and frightening.
Madam Bai curled up her legs in fear and roared:
"What? You and your daughter are trying to kill me together?"
Mu Ting sat calmly and said slowly, "If you don't tell me the answer, these Gu worms will definitely enter your body, and I will make you feel like you are being eaten away by the Gu worms little by little."
Madam Bai trembled all over as she looked at Mu Tingzheng, whose sharp eyes held no emotion.
She understood him and knew him well.
Since he said that, he will definitely do it.
Besides, he has a little dumpling by his side now, and the matter involves her mother. She might as well ask him to consider the bond they formed when they were young.
I'm afraid Mu Tingzheng won't let her go!
Left with no other choice, Madam Bai had to confess.
"On the day of the palace coup, the capital was in chaos, and even your Mu family was affected."
“I heard from my daughter that Princess Yuening is going to hide in a secret room in the suburbs.”
"So I spent a lot of money to bribe a team of assassins to take the opportunity to assassinate Princess Yuening."
"Later, I don't know what exactly happened that night, because all the assassins died, and Princess Yuening and Mu Jinnian also disappeared."
After Madam Bai finished speaking, the little boy's eyes had already turned red.
It turns out that his mother had been assassinated.
The little boy asked Madam Bai, "Why did you harm my mother?"
Madam Bai smiled sadly and said:
"Because I love your father, and I grew up with him. If it weren't for your mother, I could have married him."
"Your mother stole the man I loved most, tell me, am I ruthless to her or not!"
Mu Tingzheng immediately retorted, "I made it clear to you from the beginning that I only consider you a younger sister I know."
Mrs. Bai's tears streamed down her cheeks.
"I know! But I'm not reconciled! She's already Princess Yuening, showered with love and affection, why should she have you too! Why should all the good things be given to her!"
"That's why I want her dead!"
"Hmph! It all stems from your own unfounded jealousy! And you even use selfish love as an excuse." Mu Tingzheng said coldly.
"You are the daughter of a prime minister, which is already an extremely prestigious background. You have your own life, and you should have your own ambitions to realize your own value."
"Instead of constantly focusing on others and comparing their lives to influence your own, you will ultimately ruin your own potential by being consumed by meaningless jealousy."
Do you really think all of this makes sense?
Madam Bai looked at Mu Tingzheng with a confused expression. Her life? Her worth?
Madam Bai reflected on her past life and suddenly realized that everything she had done seemed to revolve around Mu Tingzheng and Princess Yuening.
Madam Bai smiled; she finally understood why she envied them so much.
Because they were all living for themselves, that was probably something she had never had.
Mu Ting was just remembering what Mu Jinnian had said. That night, they were attacked by a group of people, who should have been assassins sent by Madam Bai.
Mu Jinnian dealt with them at the time, but what truly led to their deaths were the people lurking on their inevitable route.
Who are those people? Are they also related to Madam Bai?
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