Chapter 403
On the table in front of the window, the small medicine bottle had a faint reflected light. The light was actually a very light yellow color, and there was a bit of nobility in the mist.
Doctor Ming’s own bottle did not have this kind of color change. It looked exactly the same even under the light.
“L-L-L-Lord Marquis, this is not mine! This is definitely not mine!” Doctor Ming also discovered the difference at this moment. He was pleasantly surprised and almost jumped up in excitement.
It was actually not his medicine bottle. This made him heave a sigh of relief in his heart!
His medicine bottle was just an ordinary medicine bottle, so it did not have a unique reflection like the other bottle. At this moment, Doctor Ming was so happy that he almost burst into tears. He was excited because his concern dissipated.
“It’s not yours…” Wei Luowen sounded both doubtful and certain.
Doctor Ming did not understand what Wei Luowen meant, so he quickly restrained the excitement and said with a serious face, “Lord Marquis, it really is not my medicine bottle. My medicine bottle is just the most ordinary one, and the price is also cheap. At that time, I only ordered a batch for convenience, but I didn’t use all of them because I had a large number of bottles. Then, I stopped using them altogether, so it was impossible to have such a medicine bottle elsewhere.”
“You go back first!” The expression on Wei Luowen’s face was gloomy. He waved his hand, indicating Doctor Ming to leave.
Doctor Ming respectfully left. When he was outside, he wiped the sweat off his forehead. At that moment, he really thought that Lord Marquis would punish him severely. He didn’t expect that Lord Marquis only asked him to identify the medicine bottle.
After thinking about it, he decided to report this matter to Sixth Young Lady. She was still waiting for his news.
After wiping his sweat, Doctor Ming turned to Lotus Courtyard. Previously, Sixth Young Lady’s maid had already come to invite him, saying that Sixth Young Lady was slightly unwell. Now that he was in the mansion, he naturally went to see Sixth Young Lady.
Inside the study, Wei Luowen was still staring at the medicine bottle in front of him, motionless.
The lad servant stood at the door with his hands down and didn’t even dare to breathe. Although Lord Marquis was calm and quiet at this time, it was actually the most violent moment in his heart. Anyone would be digging his own grave if they dared to provoke Lord Marquis at this moment.
Sure enough, it went silent for a short moment before a loud commotion echoed inside the study. The lad servant shivered in fear and didn’t dare to move. After a long while, he heard Wei Luowen’s cold voice.
“Clean up this place!”
“Yes!” The lad servant hurried out and asked two bodyguards to come with him into the study.
As soon as they entered the study, they saw that the wide writing desk was smashed in half, and all the things on the desk fell to the ground. Lord Marquis gripped the two medicine bottles tightly in his hand. His face was as gloomy as the stormy cloud.
Not daring to bat an eye on him, the lad servant and the bodyguards quickly tidied up the place. They picked up the things that fell on the group and moved the broken writing desk out of the room. Then, they went to move a brand new writing desk over.
“Lord Marquis, Concubine Dong has made some snacks. Do you want some?” After cleaning up the mess, the lad servant asked carefully.
Wei Luowen was staring at the medicine bottle in a daze when Concubine Dong’s maid sent the snacks over earlier, but the lad servant did not dare to send them in. Only after Wei Luowen had vented his anger did the lad servant dare to inform him.
“No!” Wei Luowen snapped coldly.
“Concubine Dong asked if you wanted to go over for dinner tonight. She has prepared some tonic soup for you to nourish your body,” the lad servant informed him again with his head lowered.
Wei Luowen had been with Concubine Dong for the past few days. Every night, Concubine Dong prepared some tonic soup for him to nourish his body. However, since so many things had happened today, the lad servant felt that it was better to ask him.
Although Concubine Dong had given him a lot of money, he didn’t dare to annoy Lord Marquis, because he knew clearly that money could not buy his way out of Lord Marquis’ wrath or punishment.
“I have something to do. I won’t go!” Wei Luowen replied coldly. He pinched the bottle in his hand a little tighter.
Others might not know what the faint golden color in the bottle indicated, but he recognized it and knew it very well. Only things produced for the royal family could carry this faint golden color.
Ordinary craftsmen could not master this kind of technology. It was obvious that the two medicine bottles in his hands were not produced in the same place.
If the medicine bottles were similar, what about the medicines inside? Were they similar or…?
A trace of rage flashed across Wei Luowen’s eyes, and involuntarily, his eyes went teary. He suddenly felt weak and collapsed on the chair listlessly. What should he do if his speculation was right?
Rui’er was the woman he loved the most. He had inadvertently implicated her, but his heart would be utterly broken if she really died because of him!
This time, he would investigate everything clearly no matter what…
“What? It’s not your medicine bottle?” Wei Yuewu put down the book in her hand and asked in surprise.
“It’s not mine. That medicine bottle had a faint yellow color under the sun. Although it was not obvious, I could see it clearly when the two bottles were placed together. Before, I thought it was my medicine bottle, but now, I’m certain that it’s not mine,” Doctor Ming affirmed.
He was a doctor who treated and healed the sick and injured, but he was inexplicably involved in the cause of Marquise Hua Yang’s death. For so many years, he had been uneasy, for fear that he would be implicated in this matter, and he could not prove his innocence.
“A faint yellow light?” Wei Yuewu’s attention was not on the meaning of Doctor Ming’s words. She frowned slightly, and a touch of coldness flashed in her watery eyes.
It was quite unique for a medicine bottle to have different light with or without the reflection of sunlight. This kind of skill was not something that ordinary craftsmen could master. Something unusual must have been mixed in the ingredients to produce the bottle. The person who had mixed the special bottle did not intend to do so, which meant that everything that had been taken over was handled in this way.
The special skill and the faint yellow light made it easy for people to relate the bottle to the royal family…
“What did Father say?” Wei Yuewu asked.
“Lord Marquis did not say anything. He just asked me to identify the bottle and then let me out. He didn’t ask any more questions.” Speaking of this matter, Doctor Ming was equally confused. Lord Marquis seemed to have realized something without needing him to say anything. The former called him over simply to verify his thoughts.
“Father did not ask anything?” Wei Yuewu asked again.
“No. Lord Marquis did not ask too much, and he just dismissed me,” Doctor Ming said with certainty.
“Jin Ling, send Doctor Ming back,” Wei Yuewu nodded and ordered.
Jin Ling responded and led Doctor Ming to the door. After a while, she returned to the room and saw Wei Yuewu sitting there in a daze. She asked in a low voice, “Miss, do you think there is something fishy about this matter?”
“Why?” Wei Yuewu blinked her watery eyes and mouthed.
“Shouldn’t Lord Marquis investigate the issue thoroughly? How can he be so certain that this matter has nothing to do with Doctor Ming with just a bottle? Who knows if Doctor Ming is deliberately deceiving him?” Jin Ling asked in confusion. “Or, does Lord Marquis already have an answer?”
An answer? Wei Yuewu was shocked, and her heart skipped a beat. In an instant, she seemed to have all the answers for all the things that could not be explained before.
“Miss, could it be that Lord Marquis suspected Concubine Dong and directly went to ask her?” Huamo inquired with a bit of innocence.
“No!” Wei Yuewu shook her head. Just now, she noticed that her father looked very strange.
“Jin Ling, go and keep an eye on Father and see where he goes,” Wei Yuewu instructed. After a short pause, she added, “If he leaves the mansion, let Yan Feng and the others keep an eye on him.”
“Yes, I had them wait outside the mansion long ago!” Jin Ling nodded.
“Miss, Concubine Dong didn’t do anything after returning besides punishing and firing several maids. Not long later, Lord Marquis’ people came over and seemed to ask who touched the things in Madam’s courtyard. After that, several people were beaten up. I think that there is no henchman available on Concubine Dong’s side now!”
At this time, the delighted Shufei came in from the outside and reported the situation.
“Did Concubine Dong do anything else?” Wei Yuewu asked with a leisurely smile while tapping the table with her slender fingers.
“No, she was very quiet. Only the maids and old maidservants, who had been beaten up, cried. The rest of them did not do anything. Nanny Dong looked like she was dying. When she was carried out, she was covered in blood. They only let Doctor Yu treat her for a bit. I bet that she will not live for long.”
Speaking of Nanny Dong, Shufei was still a little horrified. There were many people watching the scene. She only took a glance and felt her heart palpitate nervously. From the looks of it, she could tell that Nanny Dong was on the verge of death.
“She has to die no matter what. She knows too much!” Wei Yuewu smiled coldly. It was expected that Concubine Dong would somehow murder Nanny Dong, who had been her most trusted servant for years. With Concubine Dong’s temperament, she could not let her most trusted servant survive while knowing all her secrets.
“Miss, should we think of a way to save Nanny Dong?” Jin Ling’s eyes darted around as she suggested.
“It’s useless.” Wei Yuewu shook her head and rejected Jin Ling’s idea. “Concubine Dong is a stoic and scheming person. How could she give others an opportunity to take advantage of her? She must have left only after making sure that Nanny Dong is dead. Besides, we don’t have to waste too much effort on Nanny Dong. Most of Concubine Dong’s trusted servants have been eliminated one by one, so she must be anxious. Also, she is still in charge of the management of the backyard. She should be very flustered since she has so few people to use now.”
Wei Yuewu smiled and stood up. Her long eyelashes fluttered twice, and her delicate facial features became more charming.
“Let’s go. We will also go out to take a look!”
“Miss, is it appropriate for us to go out now? Will Madam Dowager let you go out?” Huamo asked in surprise. It was obviously not appropriate for a young lady to go out of the mansion at this time since such a thing had happened in the mansion.
“It is perfect to leave the mansion at this time!” Wei Yuewu smiled and slowly got up. The mansion was in a mess now. Madam Dowager had no intention of manipulating the event from behind the scenes. Concubine Dong was in chaos right now. The third branch, Lady Zhang, should be busy with Wei Qiufu’s dowry. She had no intention at all to intervene in the affairs that occurred in this period.
“Take out the list in the makeup box!”
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