Cen turned her head and gave him a cold glance.
Marquis Zhongyi immediately smiled and explained in a gentler voice, "Madam, you must be careful. Don't underestimate this coward just because he's spineless. He's a real vixen. When the guards went to arrest him, he was flirting with a young girl. He was so close to her, and she didn't even react. She was completely captivated by him."
"He's spreading rumors and misleading people; don't be fooled by him."
Cen Ying pursed her lips, refusing to comment on his vixen-like remarks, and instead coldly warned, "Mu Wencheng, these two people who serve me, Su Yi and Liu Caihua, they climbed up from among a group of rough maids to this position and became the head housekeeper. They are both smart and calm people, but you have managed to fool them. This proves that you are smarter than them."
"You should know what I'm asking, so don't try to beat around the bush and waste each other's time. You probably don't want to witness just how terrible an angry mother can be."
"Yes, I want to hold your child. I finally managed to persuade Liu Caihua, but she said that it wouldn't work if only she agreed. Another head maid of the madam also had to be willing. Otherwise, even if it was managed to be done, it would be exposed. She went to Suyi several times to ask, but that woman disagreed and even said she would tell you."
"I thought Liu Caihua was useless and unreliable, so I took matters into my own hands. I don't have any other skills, but I'm very good at seducing women. I can even seduce Liu Caihua, a woman who is content with her husband, children, and a warm bed. Not to mention Su Yi, who is a lonely widow who has been lonely for many years. I seduced her after only a few meetings. When we first got together, we were like dry wood and raging fire. Naturally, whatever I say goes."
Mu Wencheng was frightened by the couple's repeated threats, and when he spoke again, his previous refined tone was completely changed, and he had a completely different attitude.
He used to look like a decent, weak scholar, but now he's a vagrant and slovenly vagrant.
Granny Liu stood aside, her disbelief turning into utter rage. She struggled fiercely, seemingly wanting to rush over and tear the man's mouth apart, but several guards stood beside her, and she was beaten for the slightest movement, so she could only stand still.
"Didn't Su Yi ever suspect you and Liu Caihua?" Cen Ying asked again.
"At first, no, but later she was harder to coax than Liu Caihua. She grew cold very quickly and even bumped into me eating Liu Caihua's mouth. I swore and vowed, but it was no use. I couldn't coax her no matter what I did. She even threatened to apologize to you and tell you about how I secretly hugged the young master back then. I was so worried that my mouth was full of blisters."
"Who knew she would suddenly be run over and killed by a runaway horse in the street, taking this secret to her grave. All I need to do is appease Liu Caihua." Mu Wencheng said, a hint of smugness on his face, relieved that he had solved a problem.
Cen Ying's lips twitched. She felt both disappointment and anger towards Su Yi, as well as amusement at the mysterious death of Su Yi.
Su Yi was killed by a startled horse. Her death was so sudden that Cen Ying had people investigate, but they found nothing useful.
Jingma was the son of a powerful man who had drunk too much. When he rode out on horseback, his horse was startled by firecrackers on the street.
The son of that powerful man was paralyzed from the waist down, and the incident also involved a series of power struggles and conflicts. The situation was very complicated. When Cen saw that something was wrong, she ordered the investigation to be stopped and did not pursue the matter any further. She simply ordered a proper burial for Su Yi.
Looking at it now, it's clearly not a coincidence, but rather someone deliberately lured Su Yi there, using someone else's big trouble to quietly resolve their own small problem.
"Where is the fortune teller?" Cen asked again.
"That person is most likely a fake. I was bribed to deceive Liu Caihua. I have never seen who the master is, but someone gives me money every month. If I do his thing, I will receive many benefits. I keep telling Liu Caihua that I want a son and that I want to hold the young master. These are all orders from the master. The fortune teller comes to the door the next day."
"Su Yi handed you the child, what did you do?"
“I didn’t dare do anything. After the child was sent to the side room, I opened the back window, then put on a blindfold, plugged my ears with corks, and stood facing the corner. I couldn’t hear or see anything. I counted to two hundred in my mind before taking off the blindfold and corks, and then sent the young master back. I hope the young master is alright. I heard he has made great progress over the years.”
After Mu Wencheng was arrested, he was first beaten, and then questioned about his relationship with Liu Caihua, as well as why he had hugged the young master.
From beginning to end, he was being beaten, interrogated, beaten again, and interrogated again, in an endless cycle. Although he had revealed everything, he was still completely clueless about what had happened, and only had some vague guesses.
When he shamelessly asked that question, Cen Ying was so angry that her eyes turned red again.
"How dare you ask! You've ruined him so badly!" Cen Ying practically spat out the words through clenched teeth, clenching her fist so tightly that her long nails snapped, and blood immediately flowed from her fingertips.
The severed fingernail traced an arc in the air before landing perfectly on the ground.
Mu Wencheng subconsciously looked up and saw Cen Ying's blood-soaked fingers, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Madam, please spare me! I truly knew nothing. These were all orders from my master. If anything bad happened, it was all done by my master. I just deceived women to earn some money; I didn't do anything else!"
He was so frightened that he burst into tears, and tears streamed down his face.
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