Chapter 528: 528
“What is Queen Rui talking about? I don’t understand, and I don’t know what I’m supposed to explain.” Bai Family’s Mada Bai couldn’t bear to et Wei Ruo’s gaze, her heart filled with guilt.
Wei Ruo continued, “It seems like you knew that the dicine was given to King Yu’s concubine. Was it you who administered it? You’ve hard King Yu’s Concubine, what is your intention?”
“I…” Mada Bai was so intimidated by Wei Ruo’s gaze that her heart palpitated, “No… It wasn’t … How could I harm King Yu’s Concubine?”
“If it wasn’t you, then how did you know King Yu’s Concubine had been given dicine? And how did you know about the man inside the Yifang Pavilion, that sothing would happen if he arrived late?” Wei Ruo asked.
Bai Family’s Mada Bai was left speechless by Wei Ruo’s questioning.
Mada Yun quickly stepped forward, seized Mada Bai by her clothes, and demanded, “Why did you harm my Wanwan? What are you trying to do?”
“I did not! I did not want to harm King Yu’s Concubine! I originally intended to…” Mada Bai looked at Wei Ruo, almost blurting out the truth.
“It’s a misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! The dicine was ant for !” Mada Bai changed her statent imdiately.
“For your own use?”
“My… My marital joy with my husband is a private matter and should not be discussed in public!” Mada Bai, in order to save herself, couldn’t care less about her dignity.
Better to lose face than to lose her life.
“How did the dicine end up in Wanwan’s hands then?” Mada Yun questioned.
“That… That’s because King Yu’s concubine wanted to use it… to use it on her and King Yu… You as a mother should know, the concubine is in a difficult position in the King Yu Residence and needs to find ways to win King Yu’s favor. How could I have known that an accident like this would happen out of the blue?”
Mrs. Bai’s mind was working quickly, before Mada Yun could ask again, she thought of an almost perfect explanation.
“You…you…you guys are so confused!” Mada Yun released her hold on Mada Bai’s clothes.
A sigh of relief escaped Mada Bai’s heart.
Just then, Wei Ruo spoke again: “I don’t believe that Aunt Bai is telling the truth. If that really were the case, how would you explain the man in the Yifang Pavilion? Was it a coincidence that King Yu’s concubine accidentally drank the aphrodisiac, just like the appearance of the man there was a coincidence?”
“This man was brought in to trim the plants in the Yifang Pavilion. If you do not believe, Queen Rui, you can ask the butler. He knows about these arrangents,” Mada Bai imdiately retorted.
Having thought about this beforehand, Mada Bai had already prepared her excuse.
The man kneeling on the floor also quickly admitted, “Indeed, I am a gardener! I heard soone sighing in pain in the room. I thought there was danger, so I rushed in. My ladies, I have no ill intentions and I never dared to covet the noble lady’s beauty, I just wanted to save her!”
The man had been bought off early on, and even though the target in the Yifang Pavilion had changed, his excuse had been thought out well in advance.
If Wei Ruo were the one compromised today, she wouldn’t dare to publicize it, and others wouldn’t delve deeper, thus allowing the situation to be easily muffled up.
Wei Ruo laughed: “I see. So this is the ruse Aunt Bai had arranged for .”
“What is Queen Rui talking about? I don’t understand.” Mada Bai replied, her heart filled with apprehension.
“Aren’t you wondering why it was Wei Qingwan lying there instead of ?” Wei Ruo asked.
Mada Bai was imdiately shocked, her eyes wide open.
“The cup of jasmine tea you intended for was accidentally drunk by Wei Qingwan.” Wei Ruo stated.
Lin Fang was not just skilled in disguise, her hands were also extrely quick, she easily switched the tea in front of Wei Ruo when no one was looking.
Then, she went to a corner in the garden where nobody was around, changed into Wei Family’s maid’s clothing, blended into the crowd, and when the maid who was pouring tea for Wei Qingwan was not paying attention, she poured Wei Ruo’s tea into the teapot.
“I… I don’t know what you’re talking about…” Mada Bai turned her head away, no longer daring to look into Wei Ruo’s eyes.
“You can deny it, but I will get to the bottom of this.”
Wei Ruo turned and ordered: “Mada Bai of the Wei family attempted to harm King Yu’s concubine and had ulterior motives. Take her to the governnt office for questioning!”
What? To the governnt office?
The color drained from Mada Bai’s face.
Imdiately, Lin Fang and Xiui stepped forward to apprehend her.
Xiui held Mada Bai while Lin Fang helped Wei Qingwan up from the couch.
Wei Qingwan was still dazed and allowed Lin Fang to guide her outside.
“Stop!” Mada Yun commanded in a loud voice.
She strode over to Wei Ruo: “We can’t report this to the officials. If we do, your sister’s reputation will be ruined! Not only can we not report this incident, we cannot ntion it to anyone outside!”
“Without reporting the incident, we can’t find out the truth.”
“You’re ruining your sister’s future by causing such a commotion! Even if you don’t get along with her, you can’t harm her like this! You’re going to be the death of her!”
“Aunt Bai didn’t tell the truth, and I want the truth.” Wei Ruo replied.
“Absolutely not!” Mada Yun replied, her gaze tense, her expression uncompromising.
Both mother and daughter stood firm, neither willing to back down, making the surrounding servants unable to breathe in the tense atmosphere.
Just then, the Old Lady Wei, who had been notified, hurried over with the assistance of her maid.
The two guards at the courtyard gate imdiately swung the gate open.
As Old Lady Wei entered, she saw servants kneeling all around the courtyard. Mada Yun and Wei Ruo were glaring at each other, unyielding, at the main house entrance.
Old Lady Wei strode to the room’s entrance, noticing Wei Qingwan inside, unconscious on the couch, her face as red as rouge, and Mada Bai pale as a sheet.
“What happened?” Old Lady Wei asked anxiously.
Both Mada Yun and Wei Ruo remained silent, so the accompanying maid Cuiping had no choice but to report the events faithfully.
“Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!” Old Lady Wei was furious.
Old Lady Wei scolded Mada Bai, “Your rambunctious behavior at ho is one thing, but this involves Queen Rui and King Yu’s Concubine and you still dare to act recklessly? You fool!”
Mada Bai shivered in fear, and quickly interjected, “Mother, I was wronged, I was just trying to help the Concubine!”
Wei Ruo turned to Old Lady Wei and said, “Grandmother, there are suspicions about the incident today. I suspect that Aunt Bai wanted to drug and arranged a man here to ruin my reputation. I want to take her to the Governnt Office to let them investigate clearly.”
“Please calm down, Queen Rui! There is indeed suspicion in this matter, but if this gets out of hand, not only will Mada Bai and King Yu’s Concubine get hurt, but also the entire Wei Family’s reputation! Grandmother promises you that I will have this thoroughly investigated. If Mada Bai really intended to harm anyone, I won’t let her off!” Old Lady Wei tried to diate.
“What if I insist on doing so? Can you stop , Grandmother?” Wei Ruo retorted.
In the courtyard, the maids who had accompanied Wei Ruo stood ready to move at her command.
All of them weren’t ordinary maids, but highly skilled individuals. They weren’t afraid of the maids and guards from ordinary wealthy households.
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