"One hundred thousand taels, why don't you ask to rob it?"

Nanny Dou had also helped manage the household, so she naturally knew that one hundred thousand taels was not a small amount of money, so she immediately cursed when she heard this.

Wu Lang's wife's face was pale. She wanted to lose her temper, but she knew that if she angered Du Jingyi and the servant, she would not get the money. So she sat down with a grin on her face, as if waiting for Du Jingyi to speak.

Du Jingyi chuckled and said to Butler He.

"Please trouble Steward He to go and get the banknotes for Sister-in-law Wu."

She agreed so easily that Wulang's wife was a little unconvinced, so she swallowed and said.

"You...you don't bargain?"

Du Jingyi looked at her with amusement and said.

"Why should I bargain? It's only 100,000 taels. Compared with the cause of my mother-in-law's death, it's nothing. Tell me, what did you hear?"

Wulang's wife looked at her suspiciously, as if she wouldn't say anything unless she got the money. Du Jingyi also ordered someone to serve tea, and she drank it in sips, looking very calm and relaxed.

Butler He was quick to act and quickly brought over the silver note worth 100,000 taels.

Fortunately, although the money was a lot, it was nothing in the general's mansion account, so he took the silver note and handed it to Wulang's wife, and then said.

"You can withdraw money from any of the four major banks in Sui'an City, but if Madam Wu wants to use it outside of the city, she can only go to Huitai Bank."

Wulang's wife had never received such a large amount of silver bills since she was born, so after counting them, she felt like she had received a windfall, so she quickly put the silver bills in her arms, fearing that Du Jingyi would change his mind and snatch them back.

"Now, Fifth Sister-in-law is willing to speak."

"Speak, of course I will speak."

"I think you know about the exile of the second uncle. Yesterday, our family was discussing how to help the second uncle so that he can get some care on his way to exile. But you also know that the fifth branch has not been doing well since it moved out of the Duke's Mansion. Now it is in a period of transition, so how can we find connections to smooth things over? So father-in-law and your fifth brother put this idea into the Dingping Marquis Mansion, saying that they want to use this secret in exchange for some future for the fifth branch."

She spoke slowly, and Madam Dou was a little impatient, but there was nothing she could do. She could only suppress her temper and listen. Then she heard her start talking about what happened that year.

"When my aunt entered the mansion, Madam Wei soon became my uncle's concubine. They lived in peace for more than ten years. But after my eldest brother succeeded to the position of the young master of the Duke's Mansion, my aunt began to feel unwell. At first, she just took two doses of medicine, but gradually, she had to take medicine every three or five days. The reason was that Madam Wei poisoned her yard."

Poisoned?! Butler He and Nanny Dou were a little bit unbelievable when they heard this. At that time, they were in charge of the entire Duke's Mansion, especially Madam Gu's courtyard. All food and drinks, even the silver charcoal in the incense burner, were carefully checked. How could someone poison it and they knew nothing about it?

"You're talking nonsense. We've always been careful, especially since my wife got sick. We've searched the yard many times. How could we not find it?"

Wulang's wife sneered and said.

"Aren't those the places you searched in? Have you ever thought that there was something wrong with your aunt's shoes?"

shoe?

This question confused Madam Dou, and she quickly recalled the past.

"That's impossible. We checked Madam's clothes, shoes and socks carefully. There is nothing wrong with them."

"The drug that Madam Wei gave was not an immediate life-threatening one, so the dosage was naturally very light, just a little bit at a time, sprinkled inside the shoes, leaving no trace. Day after day, every time my aunt wore shoes, the poison would slowly spread through the soles of her feet and spread throughout her body, so she bled to death in the end."

When the words "bleed to death" were uttered, Nanny Dou took two steps back in shock.

Of course she knew that when Mrs. Gu died, she was unable to stop bleeding.

Each menstrual period lasted longer and longer, and gradually the body became deficient in energy and blood every day. In this situation, no matter how many medicines they took, they could not cure the problem fundamentally.

Therefore, she had always thought that the lady had blood stasis, and then she received the news of the death of her son and other family members one after another, which was why she could not bear it and passed away. However, she did not expect that she was drugged. The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, so she spoke viciously before Du Jingyi could even open his mouth.

"Mrs. Wei can't stay in our yard every day. Who did she bribe? Who poisoned me? Tell me!"

"It's Jiayun."

Jiayun was a servant girl who served in the courtyard after Madam Gu married into the Duke's Mansion. She had never served the Duke closely, so Madam Dou did not expect that she could poison the Duke.

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"How could it be her? She has never even entered the inner courtyard."

"Jiayun was bribed by Madam Wei a long time ago. Every time she cleaned up my aunt's shoes, she would sprinkle some of the powder inside. Over the years, every shoe you can think of has been poisoned by her. Naturally, my aunt couldn't stand it."

When Madam Dou heard this, she instantly recalled many things from the past. It was indeed as Wulang's wife said, Madam Gu had at least a hundred pairs of shoes, so they were kept under the care of someone separately.

At first, Jiayun had nothing to do with it, but over the years she had behaved very honestly, so from time to time she could also come along to deal with the shoe uppers. She didn't expect it would turn out like this, so she started wailing all of a sudden.

"Madam, I am sorry for not being able to find out that Jiayun was such a traitor and caused you to die of illness. I am guilty!"

She was crying uncontrollably, and Du Jingyi felt distressed when he heard it, so he quickly asked a few maids to come in and take her downstairs to rest. Then he turned to look at Wulang's wife, his expression much more serious, and asked in a deep voice.

"When did you know that my mother-in-law was poisoned?"

Wulang's wife was flustered for a moment, but soon told the truth.

"You still remember Manager Qi, right?"

Du Jingyi nodded.

"He accidentally saw Jiayun stealthily taking a package, so he told grandfather and father-in-law about it. They investigated for half a year and found out that Jiayun was actually Madam Wei's man. Later, he used this to make a deal with Madam Wei and took out 100,000 taels of silver from the account office as hush money. So our fifth room lived a good life in those years!"