ng Qianqian t his piercing gaze head-on: "Before I answer your question, I want to know how the Thousand chanism Pavilion spoke of General Shang’s adopted son Shang Xu, as well as the Madam of the Shang family, in front of you and your sister."
Shang Wuyou frowned: "You’re referring to those two traitors?"
ng Qianqian was puzzled: "Traitors?"
Shang Wuyou sneered: "The true identity of Shang Xu is the Princely Heir of Loulan. He was sent to the General Mansion as a hostage, and General Shang raised him into adulthood. But in the end, he colluded with the Loulan King, inside and out, to wipe out the Shang family. If that’s not a traitor, then what is he?"
ng Qianqian let out a soft "oh": "And what about General Shang’s wife?"
Shang Wuyou flared up in anger: "She was a disciple of the Thousand chanism Pavilion. By seniority, I should call her Senior Martial Aunt. The old Pavilion Master treated her with great kindness, even intending to pass the title of heir to her. Yet she betrayed the marriage agreent with my father for the sake of a man, turned her back on the Thousand chanism Pavilion, and ultimately, to acquire the full set of the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles, ruthlessly murdered the old Pavilion Master. Such a faithless, ungrateful disciple who killed her master—if not a traitor, then what is she?"
ng Qianqian nodded thoughtfully: "So, this is how Gongsun Yanming explained it to you."
Shang Wuyou questioned: "Chen Long is Shang Xu, isn’t he?"
"He is."
It was clear ng Qianqian wasn’t surprised by his deduction.
If Second Uncle were alive, he too would have pieced it together from the clues.
Shang Wuyou said sternly, "Now you should understand why I cannot trust any of you. You conspire with the Shang family’s traitors; how do you expect to trust you?"
Lady Yan shook her head: "Young Master, Shang Xu did not betray General Shang. When the Loulan King sought revenge on the Shang family, he intended to kill him along with the rest. Shang Xu was one of the victims."
Shang Wuyou asked, "Then why is he the only one who survived?"
Lady Yan spoke with deep emotion: "If surviving automatically makes soone a traitor, then didn’t your mother also survive? Does that an she’s a traitor too?"
Shang Wuyou clenched his fists: "My mother is the Pavilion Master’s Wife of the Thousand chanism Pavilion!"
Lady Yan retorted sharply: "Your mother is the Second Madam of the Shang family!"
Shang Wuyou pointed at ng Qianqian, lashing out, "Elder Yan! Have you been bribed by her? Are you also betraying the Thousand chanism Pavilion now?"
ng Qianqian calmly took a sip of tea.
Seeing her composed deanor, Lady Yan truly felt that ng Qianqian carried a trace of the old deanors of General Shang from years past.
She turned to Shang Wuyou and countered: "If you and Changle are truly the Pavilion Master’s biological children, then why would he drug Changle?"
Shang Wuyou froze: "Drugged?"
Lady Yan sneered: "You don’t even know about the thods the Thousand chanism Pavilion uses to control its disciples, yet you think you’re secure in your role as Young Master? Tell , doesn’t your sister need to take one Great Nourishing Pill every month? Sotis, when it’s more severe, she has to take several in a single month?"
Shang Wuyou opened his mouth: "That’s no secret. My sister and I are twins. She was weak from birth, a condition she had in the womb. The Great Nourishing Pill is a formula my father obtained from the dicine King Valley. Without it, my sister would have died long ago."
Lady Yan stated: "The dicine King Valley operates on a life-for-a-life principle. Whose life do you think was traded for your sister’s formula?"
ng Qianqian’s brows furrowed slightly.
The Thousand chanism Pavilion exchanged Wuyou’s life for Changle’s!
She asked: "What will happen to Wuyou?"
Lady Yan replied: "Whether he survives depends on his luck. The dicine King Valley’s life-for-a-life isn’t about killing soone outright; they turn those people into dicine n instead. Otherwise, how do you think those bizarre dicines from the dicine King Valley are made? Becoming a dicine Man is a fate worse than death."
Speaking of this, she looked at Shang Wuyou, "If the Pavilion Master really went to the dicine King Valley to seek dicine for your sister, then you’d better worry about yourself. Perhaps it won’t be long before you beco one of their dicine n."
"Besides, your sister’s illness wasn’t congenital. It was caused by the Pavilion Master’s drugs. She was too young to bear the drug’s effects and nearly died."
Shang Wuyou gritted his teeth: "Then why am I fine?"
Lady Yan sighed: "You’re far more important than your sister. She was originally used as a test subject for the dicine. She barely survived; how would they dare use it on you? If you also died, what then? In this regard, it seems plausible that the Pavilion Master sought dicine for your sister. Once he controlled your sister, he could effectively control you, so naturally, there was no need to waste another pill."
"You’re lying!"
Shang Wuyou could not accept it!
He glared fiercely at ng Qianqian, "What did she offer you, to the point that even you, an Elder of the Thousand chanism Pavilion, would be bribed?"
Lady Yan shook her head again: "I have no familial or personal ties to her; there’s no reason for to lie for her. However, your mother, the Second Madam of the Shang family, once showed kindness. Today, I risk betraying the Thousand chanism Pavilion to reveal the truth to you. Consider this my repaynt of that kindness from back then."
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