Yu Wan’s expression was so calm that it was as if she was discussing the weather today. She broke another gardenias. It was not easy to cultivate gardenias at this time. Just this alone made Yu Wan feel that Uncle Wan was quite rare.
“What else do you want to ask?” Yu Wan said.
From the beginning to the end, Yu Wan never looked at Zi Su, but Zi Su was inexplicably nervous. She was even more nervous than when she entered the palace that day.
“Did Su Mu really throw herself into the lake?” she asked.
“Of course not,” Yu Wan said.
Zi Su clenched her handkerchief even tighter. If Su Mu hadn’t thrown herself into the lake, then Young Madam wouldn’t have saved her. Everything…
“Everything is a means for me to deal with her.”
Zi Su’s eyebrows twitched when her thoughts were exposed again.
It could be said that she thought highly of her after knowing so many secrets, but it could also be said that it was not a good thing. Once she leaked the secret, what awaited her was Young Madam’s thunderous anger.
Yu Wan did not tell Zi Su about Su Mu’s crime, nor did she clarify that she was giving her a taste of her own medicine. Nanny Wan was right. She should not be a good person, but a smart person. At this moment, she was a smart, bad person. The price of betraying a bad person was much higher than betraying a good person.
Zi Su was smarter than those maidservants. There were some things that could not be hidden from her, but her status as a good person could not suppress her. If she did something wrong, she would only feel that she had forgiven her, so it was necessary to let her know the price of offending her.
A trace of deep fear flashed across Zi Su’s eyes. “Don’t worry, Young Madam. I’ll keep my mouth shut.”
“Young Madam.” Fu Ling came over.
“Come in,” Yu Wan said.
Fu Ling pushed open the door and entered with a food box in her hand. “The porridge for Su Mu is ready.”
Yu Wan cut a gardenia. “Very good. Go to Zhuyue Pavilion and feed it to Su Mu so that she can eat it all.”
Zi Su’s eyes paused as she looked at the food box in Fu Ling’s hand.
“You go too,” Yu Wan said.
Zi Su was stunned. When she realized that Yu Wan was instructing her, she bowed and left the Qingfeng Courtyard with Fu Ling. She was not stupid after all. In fact, she was very smart. She could guess the second half of Yu Wan’s words.
Feeding Su Mu was the first step to expressing her loyalty to Yu Wan. This was because the food in this box might not be anything good, and Su Mu had once saved her by the lake. If she was soft-hearted and refused to let Su Mu eat it, she would be going against Young Madam’s orders.
The two of them entered the Zhuyue Pavilion.
Ban Xia was taking care of the pale Su Mu.
They had both fallen into the water, but Su Mu’s situation was much worse than hers that night. Perhaps Young Madam had not only pushed her into the water, but had also done something else to her. At this thought, Zi Su’s fear deepened.
“Fu Ling and I are both here. There’s no one by Young Madam’s side. You guys hurry back to the Qingfeng Courtyard to serve Young Madam,” Zi Su instructed, her tone relatively gentle.
In the end, she felt guilty and even her usual arrogance was gone. However, the maidservants were young, so no one thought too much about it. They only felt that Zi Su was quite good today.
Ban Xia and the other two left. Zi Su said to Fu Ling, “Help her up.”
Fu Ling put down the food box and walked to the bed to help Su Mu up.
Su Mu’s vital energy had been greatly damaged because Yu Wan had hit her acupuncture point. She was weak all over and could not resist Fu Ling, who could eat ten bowls of rice.
Zi Su looked down at her. “Young Madam gave you porridge. Eat it. Open the food box and give her the porridge.”
The last sentence was directed at Fu Ling.
Fu Ling quickly brought out a bowl of steaming red date yam porridge and handed it to Su Mu. “Here.”
Su Mu turned her face away. “I don’t want to eat.” Who knew if that woman had drugged the things she gave!
Zi Su said, “You have to eat even if you don’t want to. Young Madam said that not a single bite should be left.”
Su Mu looked at Zi Su coldly.
Zi Su thought of the expressionless face under the moon again. It gradually overlapped with Su Mu in front of her, but it was only for a moment. It was so fast that she thought she was hallucinating. Su Mu returned to her weak expression.
“Leave it there for now. I’ll eat it later,” Su Mu said weakly.
Zi Su gripped her handkerchief tightly and said expressionlessly, “Young Madam asked us to watch you eat it.”
Su Mu frowned slightly.
Fu Ling lost her patience. She scratched her head, grabbed Su Mu’s chin, and poured a large spoonful into her mouth. “Just eat when I tell you to! What are you babbling about!”