roccoschili Chapter 328 Another Plot
Chapter 328 Another Plot
Chapter 328 Another Plot
Chapter 328
Seeing the Marquis's wife's lost expression, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery felt deeply distressed. He sighed, reached out and patted her shoulder, and soothed her gently, "Don't be sad anymore. Just think of it as us not being able to judge people well over the years. From now on, you must be more careful when judging people and things, and never be fooled by superficial appearances again."
Upon hearing this, the Marquis's wife smiled bitterly and said, "I wasn't just misjudging people; I was clearly inviting a wolf into the house. What deep hatred did I have with her that made her so determined to kill me? Seeing that she couldn't do that, she plotted to give me a headache for the rest of my life. Even after death, she didn't let me go, and even instructed her daughter to deal with me. I was so touched by her, I thought she would miss me until her death. Because of this affection, I secretly made up my mind to love her daughter as if she were my own. But I never expected the truth... to be this."
Seeing her on the verge of collapse, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery once again soothed her gently, "It's all over. Fortunately, we discovered this not too late. If you had been deceived by them for the rest of your life, you would have truly regretted it."
Upon hearing this, the Marquis' wife could no longer hold back and, not caring that her son was still beside her, she leaned on the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's shoulder and began to cry.
Ye Yunzhou felt a little embarrassed and looked away uncomfortably. If he didn't have something important to tell them, he would have wanted to leave this slightly awkward situation immediately. Fortunately, the Marquis's wife quickly remembered her son's presence and, after crying for a while, tried to calm down. She raised her head, reached out to wipe the tears from her face, looked at Ye Yunzhou, and asked hesitantly, "Then have you found out... does she know the exact effect of the medicine her mother gave her?"
Seeing his mother's expression soften, Ye Yunzhou breathed a sigh of relief. After a moment's reflection, he said, "Her mother probably didn't tell her directly. Nanny Chu didn't quite understand the medicine's purpose, but assumed it was made to alleviate your headache out of remorse for harming you. But it seems to me that Lu Zhaozhao might have guessed something."
When the Marquis's wife heard him say this, she asked, "Lu Zhaozhao knows the use of this medicine. Is this just your guess, or do you have any basis for it?"
Ye Yunzhou glanced at Madam Hou before answering, "Mother, there was a time when you were suffering from a headache. Cousin Luo once taught you a way to relieve your headache, and it helped you get better. Do you remember this?"
"Of course I remember. My headaches did get better after the method Yao taught me. But after a while, maybe my body got used to it, and it stopped working. What's going on? Is there something wrong with this?" The Marquis' wife didn't understand what her son meant. Why did he suddenly bring up Yao when he was talking so calmly? Could it be that Yao was involved in her headaches?
Ye Yunzhou explained slowly, "The massage method is indeed effective. Your headache was relieved for a period of time after using it. But later, Lu Zhaozhao discovered it, so she increased the dosage of the medicine and made a new headband for you, which made the method ineffective."
The Marquis's wife thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. At that time, Luo Shuiyao went to the villa, and because of this headband, she remembered the kindness of Luo Zhaozhao's mother. In a moment of softness, she lifted the confinement of Luo Zhaozhao, but she did not expect that such a thing was hidden behind it.
The Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery listened nearby and noticed something suspicious: "If I remember correctly, that girl was under house arrest at the time, right? This is the Marquis's residence. How could she have known that your mother's headache had improved while under house arrest?"
“That’s another question.”
At this point, Ye Yunzhou's expression turned cold again. "During these years, my father and I have been away from home, and all the affairs of the mansion have been managed by my mother. Perhaps because there are no other masters in the mansion, my mother has lived too smoothly, and many people around her have become traitors. Lu Zhaozhao's mother has had a lot of influence in this. Moreover, my son has discovered something..."
At this point, Ye Yunzhou hesitated slightly, and after a moment he said, "And father, the death of your aunt was also closely related to Lu Zhaozhao's mother."
Hearing that there were so many traitors in the mansion under her jurisdiction, the Marquis' wife was initially filled with disbelief. But when she heard the last sentence, her expression instantly became one of surprise and doubt, and a hint of guilt was faintly revealed on her face.
The Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery glanced at his wife with a complicated and ambiguous look, then asked, "Didn't I personally execute that concubine? How could it be related to someone else?"
Seeing that his father was still trying to conceal the matter at this point, Ye Yunzhou didn't expose him outright. Instead, he said calmly, "That concubine has no power or influence. How could she have committed such a crime if someone in the mansion hadn't been secretly covering it up? And mother is the only female mistress in the mansion, and she and that concubine are already in competition, so it's understandable that she would do such a thing. But father, based on your understanding of mother, and given her mindset, could she have come up with such a sinister method as using you to kill someone?"
Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery suddenly understood. He had been furious when the incident first occurred, but after calming down and carefully considering it, he also noticed the suspicious points. However, when he investigated at the time, he only learned that his wife was involved, but he had not expected such a hidden secret. If what Ye Yunzhou said was true, then it would explain why his wife had come up with such a plan and had caught him off guard.
The Marquis's wife lowered her head lower and lower, listening to her husband and son lay out her most shameful past before her eyes. She felt so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. At this moment, she heard the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery ask, "Is this really as Yuan Zheng said? Was it that person who gave you the idea?"
She raised her head slightly, glanced cautiously at the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, then nodded and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "She told me that you don't value that concubine, but as a woman, how could I willingly allow my husband to have a concubine? Even if you have no feelings for her, I don't want to keep her. It was Yuanniang...she said there was a way to make you completely disgusted with that concubine and drive her out of the mansion. I never thought that you would be so angry that you would take her life."
At this point, she raised her head and looked at the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery with tearful eyes, "I really never thought of killing her."
"You didn't intend to kill her, but you must have known what that woman was up to. You thought she was just trying to clear the way for you, but you didn't realize her true purpose was to turn you and me against each other. Do you understand the stakes?"
The Marquis's eyes suddenly widened, her face filled with panic, "How could my husband and I become enemies because of her?"