When Song Zhaoyang arrived at the courtyard of Lady Wen, Lady Wen was already lying on the bed.
There were still traces of Lady Wen's blood on the ground.
On Lady Wen's pale face was a look of self - reproach. She said weakly, "I didn't expect her to be such a person. I trusted her wrongly..."
Seeing this, Lord Luo said, "Madam Xue, please don't speak. Let the doctor take a look."
The doctor in the mansion asked the medical maid to examine Lady Wen's wound and then felt her pulse.
The doctor said, "Fortunately, the knife didn't hit any vital organs. The external injury is quite serious, but it's not life - threatening."
When Song Zhaoyang came in, she happened to hear this. Her eyes turned a bit colder.
She said, "Nanny Shi still had some loyalty as a servant to Mother. She didn't hit Mother's vital parts."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lord Luo gave Lady Wen a deep look.
Lady Wen's heart skipped a beat. She was annoyed at Song Zhaoyang for speaking out of turn, but on the surface, she looked extremely angry.
"Who said that? Just now she tried to kill me. If I hadn't noticed in time and dodged her fatal blow, I'd be a corpse by now."
While speaking, she got a bit emotional, which pulled at her wound and made cold sweat break out on her in pain.
Lord Luo fixed his sharp eyes on Lady Wen and asked, "Madam, why did she try to kill you?"
Lady Wen calmed her emotions a bit and said weakly, "Lord Luo came to visit and said that I had instructed Steward Qiao to distribute moldy rice for the porridge. I was very puzzled."
"Because I've never even met Steward Qiao. When I was feeling strange, Nanny Shi dismissed the maids serving in the room and then tried to kill me."
"That's when I realized that Nanny Shi had pretended to be me and wanted to ruin the entire Xue Mansion. I regret it! I really raised an ungrateful wolf by my side."
As she spoke, her face showed great anger.
A look of confusion appeared on Song Zhaoyang's face. She timely interrupted and said, "Mother, you don't look like Nanny Shi at all. Nanny Shi is tall and big. How could she pretend to be you and deceive Steward Qiao?"
Lady Wen looked up at Song Zhaoyang. "Because she knows the art of disguise?"
"The art of disguise?" Lord Luo's face showed shock.
Lady Wen lowered her eyes, as if lost in memories.
"Nanny Shi comes from the martial world. When I was young, I went to a temple to offer incense and met her when she was being chased and killed. She was covered in blood back then, and I took pity on her and saved her life."
"She said that she would repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring. Since then, she has served by my side as a rough - working nanny."
"If Nanny Yu hadn't been beaten to death and I had no one else to use, I wouldn't have transferred her to my side. I never thought that she had evil intentions."
Just as she finished speaking, a male voice came from outside.
"My lord!"
Hearing the voice, Lord Luo walked outside.
Soon he walked back in and said to Lady Wen and Song Zhaoyang, "I sent people to search Nanny Shi's room and found some human - skin masks for disguise. With this mask on, one can resemble Madam Xue by 70 - 80%."
Lady Wen propped herself up and said angrily with gritted teeth, "She's simply an ungrateful wolf! I saved her back then, and this is how she repays me?"
Because of her anger, her face turned an abnormal shade of red.
"Madam, lie down. The wound is bleeding again." The medical maid quickly stopped Lady Wen's movement.
Song Zhaoyang watched Lady Wen's exaggerated performance. There was nothing but mockery in her eyes.
She never thought that her good mother - in - law had the potential to be an actress.
She turned to Lord Luo.
"Lord Luo, does Mother still need to go to the Kaifeng Mansion for investigation?"
This question made Lady Wen, who was angry, freeze and become extremely nervous.
Lord Luo also looked a bit embarrassed.
According to the rules, Lady Wen should indeed go back to the Kaifeng Mansion for investigation, but now she was injured.
Moreover, evidence had been found that someone had pretended to be Lady Wen.
But before the real culprit was caught, Lady Wen was still a suspect.
He thought for a while and then said, "I have to go to the palace to report this to His Majesty. Madam can stay in the mansion to recuperate for now. After His Majesty makes a decision, I'll come back."
After Lord Luo left, Song Zhaoyang stood by the bed and looked at Lady Wen with a mocking look.
"Mother, don't worry. I've already ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave the mansion. Once we catch the chief culprit, Nanny Shi, we'll definitely send her to the Shuntian Mansion."
"According to the law, she pretended to be you, passed off moldy rice, harmed the common people, slandered the reputation of the Xue Mansion, framed a court official, and even tried to kill you to cover her tracks. She deserves to be torn apart by five horses. Don't you think so?"
Hearing Song Zhaoyang's words, Lady Wen, who was lying in bed, tightly clenched her hands under the quilt. Her body trembled with anger.
She glared at Song Zhaoyang with gritted teeth and said hatefully, "Get out! I don't want to see you now."
Song Zhaoyang pulled her cloak closer and said indifferently, "I'll take my leave. Please recuperate well."
After saying that, she turned around and left. Before she could walk out of the room, she heard the sound of porcelain breaking behind her. She sneered.
When Song Zhaoyang returned to her own courtyard, little Yaoyao was crying loudly.
Nanny Xia was holding the baby and trying to comfort her non - stop.
When Song Zhaoyang stepped into the room and saw her daughter with a flushed face from crying, her heart broke.
"Why is Yaoyao crying so much? Is she hungry?"
The wet nurse replied nervously, "Reporting to Madam, I just tried to feed Miss, but she didn't drink."
"Nanny, give her to me. I'll hold her." Song Zhaoyang stretched out her hands.
Nanny Xia put little Yaoyao into Song Zhaoyang's hands.
The moment little Yaoyao was placed in Song Zhaoyang's hands, she stopped crying instantly. She opened her tear - washed eyes and looked at Song Zhaoyang.
At this moment, Song Zhaoyang's heart melted. She pressed her face against her daughter's tender little cheek and said lovingly, "My little Yaoyao, be a good girl."
Nanny Xia watched with a smile on her face and said, "Miss misses Madam."
Song Zhaoyang sat down holding her daughter. Looking at her daughter's cute little face, she wished she could present all the best things in the world to her daughter.
Just as Song Zhaoyang was immersed in this warm moment with her daughter, Magpie walked in with an unhappy look on her face.
"Madam, the Second Madam is here with the Second Miss. She wants to see you!"
Hearing Magpie's words, Song Zhaoyang's face darkened. She said indifferently, "I won't see her!"
Song Zhaoyang didn't need to think to know that Lady Wen the younger must have come to plead for Xue Chuzhong.
Magpie said angrily, "I told her that you're not available, but the Second Madam said that if you don't see her, she'll kneel here with the Second Miss until you do."
Nanny Xia frowned and said unhappily, "The Second Madam is really a heartless mother. It's so cold. She's still in the confinement period and had a serious hemorrhage a few days ago. She's not afraid of ruining her own body and making the Second Miss sick."
There was undisguised mockery on Song Zhaoyang's face. "What is she afraid of? She wishes this daughter would get sick!"
Thinking of how Lady Wen the younger had abused her own daughter in the previous life, hatred welled up in Song Zhaoyang's heart. She wished Lady Wen the younger would just kneel to death outside and atone for her sins in the previous life.
But...
She looked at the daughter in her arms.
Lady Wen the younger was indeed hateful, but if she really died here, Lady Wen would surely pour the blame on her again, and she would get into trouble.
"Let her in. I'd like to see what she wants to do!"
Saying that, she handed the daughter in her arms to the wet nurse and said, "Take Miss away."
The wet nurse respectfully carried the baby and retreated.