Chapter 741: Chapter 741 Chapter 741: Chapter 741 Standing by, Cai Xia, upon hearing these words, trembled and with a thud, knelt before the bed, hastily saying, “Madam, this maid followed the usual practice, personally went to the pharmacy to get the medicine, and then, handed it over to Nanny Zhao in the kitchen to decoct. What happened in between, this maid really doesn’t know, Madam, please spare my life!”
Having said that, she fiercely kowtowed on the ground.
Lady Tang’s face was furious, she had intended to poison Madam Xie, but unexpectedly, she nearly lost her own life: “Call Nanny Zhao here to be questioned.”
Cai Xia knelt on the ground without moving, timidly saying, “Replying to Madam, because of this matter, Nanny Zhao has already been severely injured by Prince Pu, and is still lying in bed, unable to get up!”
Lady Tang was taken aback: “How did Prince Pu get involved in this matter?”
“This maid is also not clear, perhaps the Prince happened to visit the mansion, and it was a coincidence.”
“Did Nanny Zhao say anything? Who exactly switched this lady’s medicine?”
“Nanny Zhao didn’t say, she said she didn’t know what happened either. After the medicine reached her hands, it never left her sight. Somehow, it ended up being Madam Xie’s medicine!” The maid said, while her eyes drifted towards Doctor Wang, implying something yet hesitating to continue.
Seeing the maid stammering, Lady Tang was completely infuriated: “Stop the evasive talk, if you have something to say, say it quickly.”
“Doctor Wang, he…” Before the maid could finish,
Doctor Wang took a quick step forward, knelt on the ground, and started wailing loudly, “Madam, for over a decade, this lowly one has been loyal to you, as you well know. If not driven to desperation, this lowly one wouldn’t have betrayed you.”
Lady Tang was confused: “What exactly did you do?”
“Prince Pu wanted to kill me! His knife was already at my throat, and I had no choice but to tell him about the lady’s plan to poison Madam Xie.” Here Doctor Wang struck his own head hard with his hands and said, “Ever since I said it, I have been filled with immense regret, I should have just let Prince Pu kill me and not implicated you, Madam. Please, take my life, I am in the wrong, I have let you down!”
Lady Tang trembled with rage, now understanding why Situ Yongjie had taken back her control over the General’s Mansion. Clearly, it was all Doctor Wang’s doing.
“You… you… get out of here.” Lady Tang lay on the bed, her hand shaking violently as she pointed at Doctor Wang, her body nearly overwhelmed with anger as she gasped for breath on the bed. After being unconscious for several days, her body was weak, and Doctor Wang’s torrent of words only made her breathing more labored.
“Madam, if you are angry, please get up and hit me a few times.”
“Madam, this lowly one has been loyal to you, truly not intending to harm you,” Doctor Wang continued to ramble on.
“Cai Ba, you take him out.”
Three maids stepped forward: “Doctor Wang, please leave.”
“Madam, this lowly one has been loyal to you, without a second heart.”
With no other option, Doctor Wang could only cry out as he retreated.
Lady Tang’s relationship with Doctor Wang was no ordinary one.
Even he had betrayed her.
Lady Tang was extremely angry.
Ironically, at the time when she needed people the most, there was not a single person by her side. She could only wait a few days to recover from her injuries before going to Prince Pu’s Mansion to find her parents and carefully plan for the long term.
Late at night, the autumn coolness was like water.
The searing heat of summer had passed.
Now it was October, during the day, the weather in the Capital was still pleasant, but at night, an autumn breeze blew, causing chills to sweep through one’s entire body.