Now you're preventing me from sending her out of the capital for treatment. Could it be that you were the one who poisoned her?
Ye Wantang hurriedly retorted, "She Gu is loyal to me, how could I poison her? She was away for a long time before, she might have been plotted against outside."
"But then I remembered that the imperial physician Ye Wantang hired for Shegu was the same Imperial Physician Li who was instructed by her to secretly learn smallpox inoculation techniques at the Marquis's residence."
Ye Zhen said slowly, "If Imperial Physician Li can steal your skills, he should also be able to cover up the truth for you."
That's where you went wrong. Although your aunt instructed you to advise her when you went astray, you shouldn't have treated her so cruelly.
Passersby outside the door criticized Ye Wantang.
Recent events have severely damaged the public's impression of her; she treats human life with contempt, so it's not impossible that she might harm her own steward.
Once the truth was revealed, Ye Wantang lost her composure. "Ye Zhen, you're spouting nonsense! You've already ruined me to this extent, and now you're pulling this stunt to try and harm me again..."
Ye Zhen ignored her and gestured for the maids to carry She Gu away, so that She Gu wouldn't see Ye Wantang being humiliated and then regret her decision to stay.
After hearing Ye Zhen's words, the maids became increasingly convinced that Ye Wantang had poisoned She Gu, because they knew best how impatient Ye Wantang was with She Gu's advice.
He dared not stay in the general's mansion any longer, and ran away with Shegu on his back.
The servants in the general's mansion looked at Ye Wantang, as if asking whether they should go after her.
Ye Wantang was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth to powder. Chasing after her now would only make people more suspicious of her.
He had to think of another way, while cursing Wang Shi in his heart, thinking she was truly useless and hadn't yet come up with a way to retaliate against Ye Zhen.
Just as he was thinking this, he saw Wang Shi rush over with her hair disheveled and looking very miserable, about to kneel down in front of Ye Zhen.
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