Ji Mingwei got up and rushed forward, grabbing Ye Qingxue's arm again: "Miss, there are many people here. My aunt is the mistress, please give her some face."
Ye Qingxue glanced at Ji Mingwei and noticed the pleading look in her eyes. Ye Qingxue immediately understood.
There are too many people here. No matter how she asks, Madam Wan will never tell her the truth, as that would only bring trouble upon herself.
Ji Mingwei reminded her that if she wanted to ask such a secret, she should ask it quietly behind closed doors. Only when her life was no longer in danger would Madam Wan tell her the truth.
"You want to maintain appearances, don't you? You are, after all, the Third Madam of the Marquis's Mansion. I can grant you this much dignity! Dongbai, bring the earthworms into the room later!"
Ye Qingxue grabbed Madam Wan and dragged her into the side room. After throwing her inside, Ye Qingxue kicked the door shut.
Madam Wan was terrified and kept backing away until she was under the table. With nowhere left to retreat, she put her hands in front of her body and said, "I'll tell you anything you want to know, young lady, I'll tell you everything, just please don't feed me earthworms!"
That thing had no bones, it was wet and slippery, and just imagining it made Madam Wan almost vomit.
Ye Qingxue squatted down in front of her: "Third Aunt, don't worry. As long as you tell me the truth about how my father died nine years ago, I naturally won't do anything to you."
Madam Wan glanced at the door and the window to make sure no one was eavesdropping before she said tremblingly, "I don't know what happened. The imperial physicians all said he was fine, but your father suddenly developed a high fever and died."
“I remember the night before your father passed away, I heard strange noises outside, like ghosts. I was terrified and told the servants to go out and see what was going on, but they said they couldn’t see anything.”
"I became more and more frightened. I couldn't fall asleep without going out to see for myself, so I went out... I took my maid and servants and followed the sound for a long time, but I found nothing. I even began to doubt whether the sound was my hallucination."
"It turned out that it wasn't that. Two stray cats had entered the house and were howling strangely on the roof. Their howls were heart-wrenching and quite eerie."
"But once I was sure it was a stray cat, I was relieved. The old woman and the maid went to chase the stray cat away, and I waited where I was. Then I heard a sound coming from your father's room."
"The voice was filled with anger. I thought to myself, your father has a high fever right now, who would dare to make him angry? I quietly went over to eavesdrop, and it turned out to be your second aunt arguing with your father."
“I arrived too late; they had already finished arguing. I didn’t hear exactly what they were arguing about… Anyway, your father passed away the next day.”
Madam Wan remained huddled under the table, looking at Ye Qingxue with trepidation. "I told you the truth, without any falsehood. The imperial physician suspects that the pus in your father's body may not have been properly cleaned, since the sword grazed the edge of his heart, making it particularly difficult to clean."
"Too many people are wounded on the battlefield and die from their injuries. Your father was very unfortunate... Of course, his greatest misfortune was that he suddenly passed away when he was clearly recovering. It was like a bolt from the blue!"
“I once suspected that your second aunt was responsible, but after your father passed away, I went to her room to check and there was no murder weapon. However, it is true that she and your father had an argument.”
Ye Qingxue asked, "Weren't there many imperial physicians taking care of and treating my father at the time? Why was the Second Madam able to enter my father's room and argue late at night without anyone else knowing?"
"Although your father is powerful, he is away fighting all year round, and your mother has no sons. Your grandmother favors your second aunt, and your second aunt is in charge of the entire Marquis's mansion. It would be easy for her to enter your father's room and send away the people guarding outside, right?"
"No matter how capable a man is outside, when he comes home, everything is still decided by the woman. Your father is upright and honest, so naturally he wouldn't think of guarding against your second aunt, right?"
Madam Wan had an expression that yearned for Ye Qingxue's approval.
Ye Qingxue merely glanced at her indifferently without saying a word. She was pondering a question: Her father was the glory of the entire Marquis's mansion. As long as he lived well, he would always be the greatest protection for the mansion. No one in the entire mansion would be foolish enough to kill him on his own initiative.
But what if Madam Min has something on her father? Could Madam Min take advantage of her father's serious injuries and kill him?
As for Madam Wan's claim that she couldn't find the weapon Madam Min used to kill her, I ask you, who would keep a weapon by their side after committing murder?
But that doesn't make sense either. Even if his father had a high fever, he wasn't paralyzed in bed. There's no reason why Madam Min would kill him and he wouldn't be able to resist.
Moreover, when the imperial physician diagnosed him, he still suspected that the pus and flesh inside his body had not been completely removed, which shows that the imperial physician did not find the knife wound and that the father did not show any signs of poisoning.
If Madam Min killed her father, how did she manage to do it?
Ye Qingxue couldn't find any motive for Madam Min killing her father, nor was there any evidence to prove that Madam Min had killed him, but she had a hunch that Madam Min was the one who killed her father.
She doesn't have much time left, and she'll probably die before she finds out the truth. It would be better to rush to Ningcui Pavilion, capture Madam Min, and torture her directly. Perhaps that would force Madam Min to tell the truth.
Madam Min committed numerous evils, and in her previous life, she was the culprit who killed her. Even if Madam Min did not kill her father, it is not unjust for Madam Min to die at her hands!
If it was indeed Madam Min who killed her father, then her journey would be a way to avenge both the old and new grudges!
Ye Qingxue stood up, her skirt falling naturally to the ground, and strode out.
Madam Wan patted her chest and let out a long breath. As if she had survived a disaster, she collapsed to the ground, finally feeling that she had made it through.
She had always been afraid of Marquis Zhongyong, thinking that he killed people like flies on the battlefield, with such strong arms and a tall stature, killing a person was as easy as crushing an ant.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qingxue was just as formidable as her father. Despite her seemingly slender figure, she was surprisingly frightening.
When Madam Wan noticed that Ye Qingxue had suddenly stopped, she immediately tensed up and asked cautiously and ingratiatingly, "Does the eldest young lady have any other questions?"
Ye Qingxue stared at her intently: "How are you feeling right now?"
Before Madam Wan could react, a sudden abdominal pain struck, making her pale and sweat pour down her face.
Ouch, my stomach!
She remembered; it was the bowl of medicinal soup she had given Ye Qingxue earlier that was now taking effect.
"Help! It hurts so much! Weiwei, come help me back and get a doctor!" Madam Wan cried out, curling up and reaching out her hand towards the door, hoping Ji Mingwei would come in and save her.
Ye Qingxue stepped forward, felt her pulse, and looked at her complexion. She was not faking it at all; the medicine was indeed poisonous.
Ye Qingxue was not surprised that the medicine was poisoned. She probably didn't listen to Madam Zhou, which shocked Madam Min and made her want to kill her. Then she carried her body to apologize to Prince Ding and the royal family.
Ye Qingxue was surprised that Xiao Bao had figured it out.
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