Madam Min raised an eyebrow and sneered: "That's the question I should be asking you. I heard from the eldest young lady that you've been treating Aunt Liu all along. I just came in and she's already like this. You have no grudge against her, so why do you want to kill her?"
The timing of Xiang Si Zi's intrusion was perfect. Aunt Liu died right in front of him, and he was skilled in using poison and silver needles. Anyone who saw him would assume that he was the real culprit who killed Aunt Liu.
Madam Min looked at Xiang Si Zi provocatively, but when she met Xiang Si Zi's angry eyes, she remained calm and composed, her expression quite smug.
"I couldn't kill you at Ningcui Pavilion before, but now I can!"
Madam Min felt both pleased and pleased.
Xiangsi Zi clenched her fists tightly, making a cracking sound, and tensions were running high between her and Madam Min.
The atmosphere outside the courtyard is equally impressive.
Ye Cunjin arrived at Guanju Courtyard with twenty guards, but was taken hostage by Dong Bai, who was lying in wait in the shadows.
A sharp dagger was pressed against Ye Cunjin's throat. The twenty guards behind him held their breath and retreated step by step, not daring to step forward.
Ye Cunjin was filled with rage, veins bulging on his forehead, and he gritted his teeth: "You dare to take me hostage? Don't you want to live either?"
Dong Baiyan said coldly, "My young lady told me to wait here and take Minister Ye to see a grand show, a show about how Madam Min killed Marquis Zhongyong nine years ago."
She took Ye Cunjin hostage and led him toward the east wing.
Ye Cunjin found it utterly absurd. Although his birth mother loved money and power, she was not stupid. As long as the Marquis of Zhongyong was alive, the glory of the Marquis's mansion would remain unshaken. How could she be so foolish as to kill the Marquis of Zhongyong?
"Such a thing is absolutely impossible!" Ye Cunjin said viciously. "Your young lady's attempt to use this incident to offset her treasonous crime is doomed to fail. Just wait for the Emperor's men to come and arrest her!"
It's better to make him believe that the Marquis of Zhongyong was killed by Lady Min than to make him believe that the sun rises from the west, pigs can fly, dogs can speak human language, and cats catch mice to lose weight!
It's absolutely ridiculous!
Dongbai grabbed Ye Cunjin by the back of the neck and pressed his face against the wall. Through the hole, he saw what was happening inside the east wing.
Madam Min stood before the bed, looking at Xiangsizi defiantly, as if Xiangsizi were already at her mercy, her expression extremely arrogant.
Ye Cunjin didn't know what had happened in the room before, but seeing his mother like this, he firmly believed that his mother could not have killed the Marquis of Zhongyong nine years ago.
However, when he saw Aunt Liu sit up on the bed, his mother shuddered, and the smug look on her face disappeared at a visible speed, his heart still jumped.
Yes, Aunt Liu on the bed suddenly sat up, which startled Madam Min. Just now, her silver needles had clearly been stuck into Aunt Liu's neck. Why would this happen?
Just as she was stunned, Aunt Liu, who should have died from poisoning and was sitting on the bed with her back to her, suddenly spoke:
“Madam Min, nine years ago you used a rusty silver needle to pierce the Marquis’s wound and then quickly pulled it out, causing him to have a secondary infection and a persistent high fever. This led the imperial physician to mistakenly believe that the rotten flesh inside his body had not been completely removed, which caused this consequence.”
"His body was already weak and could not withstand the virus carried by the rust. It was you who caused the Marquis, who was beginning to recover, to have his condition deteriorate rapidly and ultimately take his life."
Aunt Liu was stating facts, not questioning, as if she had truly witnessed the whole thing back then.
Madam Min collapsed heavily to the ground!
Ye Cunjin, who was still desperately trying to break free from Dongbai, suddenly fell silent.
The surging energy hidden beneath the surface seemed to be instantly suppressed, and all those eyes widened, as if no energy was surging at all.
The entire Guanju Courtyard fell into an extreme silence, giving one the illusion that one could hear the sound of darkness falling.
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