Wanfu, the Reborn Empress

Chapter 17

Naturally, Gu Yanxi didn't know about the conversation between her mother and her elder brother, let alone her elder brother's words would cause such a big change in her mother's state of mind.

At this moment, the only person who really caught her attention was Tao Nanny who was kneeling in the corner.

Compared with the trembling and panic of the other slaves kneeling on the ground, Mother Tao seemed much calmer.

As expected of an old man in the mansion, he can still maintain a basic calmness in such a situation, no wonder he was spotted by her second aunt and became her minion in the kitchen.

Moreover, the reason why Nanny Tao is so calm now, is she also sure that her relationship with Jiang will not be known by others, so she is so calm?
The corner of Gu Yanxi's mouth twitched into a sneer, because soon, she would reveal the true nature of Tao Nanny, a despicable and shameless slave.

Nanny Tao knelt on the cold floor tiles. Because of the cold winter, a thin layer of frost formed on the cold floor tiles. As soon as she touched her warm knees, it quickly turned into ice water and soaked her trousers.

Feeling the cool air continuously seeping into her body, Nanny Tao felt as if she had been thrown into the icy water, and her whole body was about to be frozen, except for trying to keep her face The calmness on the table has turned into a mess in the mind.

She didn't understand, the second wife clearly told her that the bag of powder was hazelnut powder, why would the plum blossom cake made of hazelnut powder poison the third girl's parrot?
Moreover, according to what the second son said just now, she learned that arsenic was added to the plum cake.

God!That is arsenic that can kill people, no wonder the Second Young Master is so furious, wishing he could eat everyone present alive.

Looking at the sudden situation that was out of control, and thinking of the methods used by the Second Young Master to govern others, Tao Nanny felt dizzy for a while; right now, she can only pray that she can get out of this incident completely, She prayed that the powder given to her by the second lady was really hazelnut powder, and even prayed that besides them, there were others who wanted to murder the third girl.

Gu Yanxi stared keenly at Nanny Tao who didn't even dare to lift her head, with an imperceptible sneer on the corner of her mouth, the little she paced slowly in the courtyard, making a crisp sound with every step she took.

And that sound was like an alarm bell beating on everyone's heart, as if a steel knife that could kill someone was hanging above everyone's head, so the silent Gu Yanxi was even more frightening than the angry Gu Yanchao.

Gu Yanxi seemed to be unable to see the distressed expressions on everyone's faces, and after walking around slowly for two laps, he said in a soft voice: "This kind of thing happened in Furong Courtyard, it still makes me a little hard to think about it. I believe it; but, looking at the blackened silver needle and the dead parrot, even if I can’t believe it, I have to face the reality; are you right?”

As soon as these words came out, the maids and women who were kneeling on the ground immediately shouted their grievances, and the courtyard that was as quiet as a chill for a while became boiling again.

Faced with this messy situation, Gu Yanxi was not in a hurry to stop it, but stared at Nanny Tao closely.

Seeing Nanny Tao secretly raised her head and looked around with a guilty conscience, she smiled at her; sure enough, when the guilty old woman saw her smile, she immediately shrank in fright, and barely maintained her expression on her face. Cracks also appeared in calmness at this moment.

Gu Yanxi said: "I know that most of you are innocent, gathering you here is not to punish all of you; I want you to do me a favor and save yourself; You should remember carefully, who brought the poisonous pastry to Furongyuan, who brought it to me, and how many people passed through the hands before it was sent to me."

Nanny Tao was already trembling at the sight of the meaningful eyes of the third girl, but after hearing what the third girl said, her legs felt weak for a while.

I thought that as long as the second son did not interrogate them, she might have escaped this catastrophe; but I didn't expect that the seemingly immature third girl was also a master who was not easy to provoke, and she took that snack to make it in such a short time. The breakthrough, this time she wants to get through it safely, but it may be a bit difficult.

Compared to Nanny Tao's uneasy mind, the other maids and women breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Gu Yanxi's words.

It seems that the three girls are quite clear in their hearts, and they will not be mad at all of them because of this dish of poisonous dim sum. On the contrary, those who have been exposed to this dish of dim sum will be unlucky.

"Girl, this plate of dim sum was brought to the girl by the servant girl."

A little girl with a double-ringed bun knelt timidly and walked out, "Girls have a habit of eating dim sum, so whenever the cooks in the mansion cook up new flavors of dim sum, they will send a portion to the Furong Courtyard; As soon as I came back from the outside, I was worried that the girl was hungry, so I brought the snacks that I had prepared earlier from the small kitchen; but the servants never thought that this plate of snacks would not be eaten."

Speaking of this, the little maid shed tears in fright, kowtowed and confessed: "Girl, it's all the slave's fault, it's the slave who wasn't careful enough to send the dirty snack to the girl, almost hurting her." girl's life."

Hearing the little girl admitting her mistake, another woman who was doing errands in the small kitchen also came out on her knees, and hurriedly said: "Girl, this plate of dim sum is not made in Furongyuan, the old slave has been in Furongyuan for many years. Li is in charge of the small kitchen for the girl, as long as the food is made in this small kitchen, the old slave can recognize it at a glance, and I ask the girl to check it out."

If this plate of poisonous dim sum was not made by the small kitchen of Furongyuan, then who would have made it?
The maids and women kneeling on the ground all looked at each other in dismay, each with a puzzled look on their faces.

Especially Nanny Tao, who was kneeling in the farthest corner, no matter how calm she was at the moment, she couldn't help but start to wobble.

Because the situation has become more and more uncontrollable, and if this continues, the things she has been painstakingly hiding will be exposed.

Luo Mei has been waiting by Gu Yanxi's side. After hearing the maids kneeling on the ground reporting important information to the girl, she seemed to have thought of something, and immediately turned white in surprise, and turned towards the girl in surprise. Madam Tao looked over in a ball.

Originally, she had already begun to have some doubts about Nanny Tao, but after she saw Nanny Tao's pale face and terrified expression as if facing an enemy, she was even more certain in her heart that what happened in Furong Courtyard was certain. It has something to do with Nanny Tao.

Luomei still has a little friendship with Tao Nanny in private, because Tao Nanny has always been kind to others, and greets everyone with a smile, so in the mansion, whenever someone mentions Tao Nanny, they will praise a few words .

But such a kind woman is now the biggest suspect in the murder of the third girl.

In Luo Mei's heart, Gu Yanxi almost occupied the most important position. After suspecting that all this had something to do with Tao Nanny, although Luo Mei struggled, she quickly made a decision.

She knelt down in front of Gu Yanxi with a plop, and her eyes, which used to look clear and innocent in the past, were now shooting fierce sparks, pointing at Nanny Tao who wished she could dig a hole to hide herself, and said, "Girl, This servant knows who sent this poisonous snack, it was from Mother Tao who is in charge of the kitchen."

As she said that, Luo Mei grabbed the corner of Gu Yanxi's clothes and shook it gently, reminding her: "Miss, do you still remember that when we came back from the East Courtyard, we saw Mother Tao leaving from the back door of the Furong Courtyard from afar?" When she came out, the girl asked the servant out of curiosity, and the servant told the girl that Madam Tao, as the steward of the kitchen, must have come to deliver delicious food to the girl. Recently, the dim sum chef in the kitchen has made several new dim sum tricks. Since this plate of plum blossom cake If it wasn't made in the small kitchen of Furong Courtyard, then it must have been sent from the big kitchen of Gu Mansion."

Mother Tao never expected that she would be named out so quickly. Almost when she heard her name, she immediately raised her head in surprise. After seeing everyone casting strange glances at her, , her whole body trembled, and she almost collapsed to the ground from fright.

Madam Tao is indeed an old man in the mansion, and she has seen quite a lot of troubles.

Although Luo Mei's identification made her panic for a moment, she calmed down the panic in the blink of an eye.

I saw her with a pale face showing a pitiful appearance of being wronged, and she shouted at Gu Yanxi for grievances: "Third Miss, the old slave is wronged, and the old slave has no grievances or enmity with the third girl, so what? Maybe you will give this kind of harmful food to the third girl? Someone must have secretly poisoned this snack, and then delivered it by the hand of the old slave; third girl, please be aware of the details and give it to the old slave. One is innocent."

Nanny Tao cried so loudly that immediately many people present felt sympathetic to her; just because her reputation in the Gu Mansion over the years was not bad, no one would easily believe that such a vicious method would come from a The hand of a mother-in-law with a fairly good reputation.

Gu Yanxi listened to Tao Nanny's cry, but his expression was indifferent, "Tao Nanny, you mean that you admit that you brought this plate of dim sum to Furongyuan?"

Nanny Tao rolled her eyes cunningly, knelt down on the ground and said repeatedly: "Returning to the girl, this plate of plum cakes was indeed brought by the old slave, and the old slave dare not deny it; but the girl also asked, this plate of cakes From the hands of the old slave to the girl's, several people's hands were passed along the way, and there are so many servants in the Furong Courtyard, if someone secretly added some ingredients to the pastry after the old slave delivered it Didn’t the old slave suffer for others when he cheated on the girl? Girl, the old slave is really wronged, please stand up and uphold justice for the old slave.”

"Don't worry, if the poison really has nothing to do with you, I won't wrong a good person for no reason."

Gu Yanxi glanced at Nanny Tao indifferently, and silently scolded her as an old godmother in her heart.

Unexpectedly, this old godmother is really smart enough, knowing that the scene of her serving the pastries was seen by others, so she simply confessed, but insisted that she was only responsible for delivering the pastries, and had nothing to do with the harmful things added to the pastries.

Then he pointed the finger at her Furong Courtyard with a few words, and told everyone in a cryptic manner that it was the slaves in her yard who wanted to harm her master, and it had nothing to do with her.

(End of this chapter)