usatvline Chapter 130 Suspicion
Chapter 130 Suspicion
Chapter 130 Suspicion
Marquis Anshi returned to his room, sat down in a chair, and stared at the sunlight streaming through the windowpane, his face unusually somber. He could still hear Ye Pianran's clear, melodious, yet slightly cold words echoing in his ears:
Six years ago, my mother gave birth prematurely and gave birth to Kang'er, who was born with intellectual disabilities. Gradually, she lost my father's favor. Although my mother's health was not very good afterward, she was not bedridden and unable to walk. We don't know when it started, but my mother's health deteriorated day by day. It wasn't until a few days ago that we learned that my mother had actually been poisoned.
In addition, there was Bijun's sister going mad for no reason at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, her grandmother being "possessed" for no reason, Aunt Meng giving birth prematurely... All of these things seem unrelated on the surface, but they are all linked together and all caused by "poison".
These past few days, my daughter has wondered more than once what sins the Marquis's mansion has committed to cause such unrest. Is it truly as that fake Taoist priest said, that the Marquis's mansion's fate is sealed? Only today has my daughter realized that all of this is likely due to someone lurking in the shadows, attempting to stir up trouble and seize the Marquis's mansion entirely for themselves.
Did Marquis Anshi never consider that Ye Yankang's mental disability wasn't innate? No, he did consider it, but ultimately blamed the premature birth on Gongsun Yuan's failure to properly care for the child. After all, at the time, he couldn't imagine who would dare to lay a hand on the Prime Minister's daughter and the head mistress of the Marquis's residence.
Until he truly witnessed Aunt Meng's other child come back to life, and saw the poison known as "Child Destroyer," doubts began to creep into his heart—
Perhaps Ye Yankang's mental instability was indeed caused by someone tampering with his body?
But who wanted to kill Gongsun Yuan and the child in her womb? And who wanted to cut off Ye Xingguan's lineage, making him childless and without descendants?
He had held the title of marquis for sixteen years, and now he only had two sons, Ye Yanxun and Ye Yankang. Compared to other marquises in the capital, or even other officials, he was far less fortunate. If he died, the title would have to fall to these two sons. Ye Yankang was in a daze; he had never expected that only Ye Yanxun could shoulder the burden of succeeding to the marquisate…
Could it be... that Xun'er did all this? In order to maintain his position and firmly grasp the right to inherit the Marquis's mansion, Xun'er started eliminating potential rivals a long time ago?
No, that can't be. He has been grooming Xun'er as the heir apparent, and Xun'er's status has long been accepted by the outside world. Now, Xun'er only lacks the title of legitimate son. As long as he can successfully bring Xu Pingyue back to the Marquis's mansion, everything will fall into place. The position of heir apparent is within his grasp; it couldn't possibly be Xun'er's doing!
Besides, when Kang'er was born six years ago, Xun'er was only ten years old. Where did he get the mind to do such a thing? Moreover, when Gongsun Yuan later became "sick" to the point that medicine was ineffective, wasn't it because that evil servant Chunxiao poisoned her?
Thinking of this, Marquis Anshi's breath suddenly stopped. He suddenly remembered the scene of Gongsun Yuan vomiting black blood containing deadly poison and Chunxiao committing suicide out of fear of punishment, and he also remembered things that he had always overlooked.
Chunxiao was once the personal maid of Ye Yanxun's biological mother, Xu Pingyue.
Because of that old incident, he knew that Xu Pingyue harbored resentment towards Gongsun Yuan for taking everything that should have been hers. She stubbornly refused to enter the Marquis's mansion, unwilling to submit to Gongsun Yuan as a concubine. So he indulged her wishes, allowing her to live a carefree life as a mistress outside the palace. Over the years, she never complained about her situation; instead, she always comforted and consoled him, sharing all his sorrows and joys. He felt guilty towards Xu Pingyue, but he also loved and cherished her deeply, wishing he could hold her in his hands and pamper her.
But who knows if her act of compromise was partly motivated by ulterior motives?
With a slight narrowing of his eyes, Marquis Anshi suddenly stood up and strode out, saying, "Someone, quickly prepare a carriage, I'm leaving the manor!"
On the other side, at Lanxin Courtyard.
"Ran'er, is what you just said to your father true?" Inside the room, Gongsun Yuan gripped Ye Pianran's hand tightly, her knuckles turning white. "Is it true that Mother was poisoned by the 'Child-Slaying Poison,' which is why Kang'er has become like this?"
Ye Pianran sighed, loosened Gongsun Yuan's tightly clenched fist, and held it in her palm to warm it:
"My daughter has never lied."
Gongsun Yuan felt a sudden dizziness and collapsed onto the couch, her face instantly streaked with tears: "Why is this happening? Ran'er, you cured Aunt Meng of the poison, but what about Kang'er? Can the poison in Kang'er be cured?"
"Ran'er swore to cure Kang'er, have you forgotten, Mother?" Ye Pianran comforted her gently. "Don't worry, Ran'er has found a way to cure Kang'er's poison, but the poison has penetrated deep into Kang'er's bone marrow, and it will probably take a day or two to cure. Mother just needs to wait patiently, and Kang'er will recover one day."
"Good, good." Gongsun Yuan gripped Ye Pianran's hand tightly in return. "Good Ran'er, it's good that your mother has you by her side."
"Mother needs to take care of Kang'er, and it's always inconvenient to have one less maid in the house. It just so happens that Ran'er has an extra month-old maid by her side, so let Ling Shu come to serve Mother. She grew up in the Marquis's mansion since she was a child, and she is kind, intelligent and quick-witted. Most importantly, she has always been loyal to Ran'er and even to Mother. It would be best to have her by your side to serve you."
Ye Pianran wiped away Gongsun Yuan's tears, then turned to look at Ling Shu. Ling Shu immediately understood and stepped forward, curtsied to Gongsun Yuan, and said with a smile, "Yes, Madam, let Ling Shu serve you."
Gongsun Yuan said to Ye Pianran with a mixture of helplessness and comfort, "Alright, alright, whatever you say."
After comforting Gongsun Yuan, Ye Pianran returned to her room and collapsed into a chair, exhausted. She drank three cups of cold tea before she could recover.
In his mind, 666's strange tone came again: "Host, your acting was just too good! Your acting skills are enough to completely crush those popular stars in our world, you know! 666 has filmed the whole process of the host from setting up the scheme to catching the bad guys. When 666 reaches the maximum level and can return to the original world, it must upload the video to the Star Network and let everyone admire the host, chu chu chu!"
666 was so excited that it chirped three times in a row. Ye Pianran rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming on, and said weakly, "666, can you say something I can understand?"
"Ahem, sorry, 666 got a little excited." 666's voice inexplicably became a little shy, then it said, "Host, quickly look at your attribute panel, the values have changed!"