Gu Qianying’s words startled everyone.
Gu Mingyue, held by two servants, looked at Gu Qianying in shock. "Eldest Sister, why did you have them capture me? What wrong have I done?"
Before leaving, Crown Prince Nan Rongqi had specifically instructed the household to take good care of her, the second young lady. Once she gave birth to the prince in a few days, His Highness the Crown Prince would bring her into the palace and grant her the status of a concubine.
As for who was the murderer of the young lady from the outer manor, although she had not succeeded in framing Gu Qianying for the murder as planned, ensuring Gu Qianying would spend her life in prison, or even face the death penalty, directly causing Gu Qianying’s demise.
However, Gu Qianying had managed to escape death. She wondered who had helped her.
But she thought that there would be plenty of time in the future. If she couldn’t kill Gu Qianying this time, she definitely would next time.
With this thought, Gu Mingyue’s gaze towards Gu Qianying grew even more intense.
"What wrong have you done? Heh! Second Sister, you probably don't know yet that all your evil deeds, your people, no, it should be the governess left by His Highness the Crown Prince, have confessed for you."
As she finished speaking, Gu Qianying turned to Gu Yumei, her voice cold. "And you! The maid who was ordered to go to my mother’s place just now to have a fake physician defile my mother has been captured by the Ninth Prince’s men and locked in the woodshed. She has been brought here specifically."
Saying this, Gu Qianying walked up to Gu Yumei, grabbed her hair, and leaned down, forcing Gu Yumei to look at her. "At this moment, you should pray that my mother is safe. Otherwise, do you think you would still be alive?"
Gu Qianying’s eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Gu Yumei’s face turned pale. She trembled at Gu Qianying’s appearance but said, "Eldest Sister, what… what are you talking about? I don’t understand what you’re saying."
"Heh! Don't understand!"
If Gu Qianying had still been in the mood to "play games" with Gu Yumei and the others before, she now had no desire to entertain them.
These people had dared to go to her mother’s courtyard to harm her.
Fortunately, her mother had been saved by Guard Bai. Otherwise, she didn't know what unexpected consequences would have occurred.
In that case, why should she still deal with these beasts!
"Grandfather, Gu Yumei and Gu Mingyue conspired not only to frame your granddaughter with a murder case but also tried to send a fake physician to my mother’s courtyard to accuse my mother of having an affair with an outsider! Such vicious means, and they actually did it. Grandfather, your granddaughter implores you to uphold justice for your granddaughter and my mother!"
"What!"
Old General Gu stood up in shock.
"Grandfather, your granddaughter is wronged."
"Grandfather, your granddaughter is even more wronged. How would your granddaughter dare to do such a vicious thing? Eldest Sister, what is your intention in slandering me like this?"
Gu Mingyue and Gu Yumei were both eagerly defending themselves.
"Heh! Wronged?" Gu Qianying sneered coldly, then looked at Gu Mingyue and Gu Yumei. "It seems you truly won't give up until you hit rock bottom!"
Saying this, Gu Qianying shouted towards the door, "Guards, quickly drag that audacious slut in!"
Two servants dragged in the maid Cai Guo, whose hands were tied.
At the same time, they also brought in the fake physician, who was bound like a mummy.
The maid Cai Guo was thrown to the ground. Upon seeing the Old General Gu seated above, she trembled all over. Before the Old General could ask any questions, she confessed, "Old Master, spare me! It was all the Fourth Young Lady's idea. The Fourth Young Lady instructed this servant to, at the end of today's banquet, when everyone's attention was on the Eldest Young Lady, quietly go to the courtyard where the Eldest Madam resides and falsely claim that the Eldest Young Lady had been arrested by the Crown Prince's men for poisoning others, in order to deceive the Eldest Madam.
The Eldest Madam has always doted on the Eldest Young Lady. The Fourth Young Lady said that once the Eldest Madam heard that the Eldest Young Lady was in trouble, she would surely panic. The Eldest Madam is not in good health. If she heard about the Eldest Young Lady's situation and couldn't handle it, she might faint in her panic. If that happened, this servant could take the opportunity to bring the fake physician, whom the Fourth Young Lady had found earlier, into the manor and have this fake physician defile the Eldest Madam, thus creating the false appearance of the Eldest Madam having an affair with an outsider for others to see. This way, the Eldest Madam would have no face to face anyone."
The maid Cai Guo pushed all the blame onto the Fourth Young Lady, Gu Yumei.
After hearing everything Cai Guo narrated, everyone looked at Gu Yumei in disbelief.
Gu Yumei, the illegitimate fourth young lady of the Gu manor, was so vicious.
"No, I didn't! Grandfather, your granddaughter is wronged! No matter how bold I am, I wouldn't dare treat the Eldest Madam like that."
Gu Yumei cried and knelt before the Old General Gu. She turned and pointed at the maid Cai Guo, who was kneeling on the ground, afraid to look up, and quickly said to the Old General Gu, "Grandfather, this slut is not someone who belongs to me. She is… yes, she is the personal maid recently promoted by the Third Concubine. Yes, it is her! It must be the Third Concubine who instructed her to frame your granddaughter. I hope Grandfather will investigate thoroughly."
Recently, Gu Yumei had been visiting the Third Concubine, Madam Han, to pay her respects, and she was naturally aware of the recent events around Madam Han.
"Ha, framing you? Fourth Sister, you jest! You are merely an illegitimate daughter. If the Third Concubine wanted to deal with you, why would she go through so much trouble? She could have simply punished you for disrespecting her, why would she need to instruct her maid to frame you? Moreover, these past few days, I have seen very clearly that you often visit the Third Concubine. It is said that the Third Concubine dotes on you very much. In that case, why would she instruct a maid to frame you? Could it be that she dotes on you too much, and cannot bear to see you well?
Haha, Fourth Sister, at this point, stop quibbling. Second Sister knows you hate our Eldest Sister, and even more so, you hate the Eldest Madam. You always feel that your mother's death was caused by the Eldest Madam, which is why you want to retaliate against the Eldest Madam at all costs. That is why you would use such vicious methods to retaliate against the Eldest Madam.
Fourth Sister, you are the Fourth Young Lady of the Gu manor, and the Eldest Madam is the matriarch of our manor, and also our mother. How could you be so cruel?"
Gu Mingyue was delighted when the maid Cai Guo pushed all the blame onto Gu Yumei, and immediately spoke words of adding insult to injury.
In this way, her suspicion would be cleared.
"I didn't! I really didn't! Second Sister is framing me. Grandfather, you must believe your granddaughter."
Gu Mingyue’s words were well-supported, leaving Gu Yumei with no room to explain.
She could only continue to cry out her innocence.
"Whether you are wronged or not, Grandfather will decide later."
Saying this, Gu Qianying clapped her hands towards the door. "Lu Zhu, bring the items in."
As Gu Qianying's voice fell.
Her maid, Lu Zhu, walked in carrying a tray made of fine wood.
On the tray was an object, covered with a red cloth.
"Miss, the items are here."
Lu Zhu stood to Gu Qianying's right, not lifting the red cloth from the tray.
Everyone looked over.
Gu Qianying swept a glance at everyone, then, in front of the Old General Gu, slowly lifted the red cloth from the tray.