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After all, First Madame Tang was just a woman in the inner courtyard, and she was neither shrewd nor scheming. Being suspected by Tang Yueshan like this, her heart surged with grievances and she couldn’t help but refute, "It’s not like that... I have no intention of killing Ming’er..."
"Then that dagger..." Tang Yueshan's gaze fell on the dagger that was shining with cold light in First Madame Tang’s hands and suddenly realized something. With a quick turn of his head, his gaze shifted to the servant boy kneeling on the ground with dull eyes, then he landed a kick on him, "Scoundrel! Did you try to kill Ming’er?"
The servant boy, who was already delirious, fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood, but he just continued to smile foolishly, "Kill... Hehe... Kill the young lord..."
The servant boy was a servant’s son born within the estate. It was Tang Ming himself who assigned the other party to wait upon himself. How could he have known that he was keeping an evil by his side?
"Who ordered you to kill the young lord?" Tang Yueshan asked coldly.
The effects of Gu Jiao's drug hadn’t yet worn off and his consciousness was still very weak at the moment. In short, he would subconsciously answer whatever he was asked.
He said blankly, "First... Master... It’s First Master..."
Gu Chengfeng had already expected this answer, but hearing it again felt different. He wanted to know what Gu Jiao was thinking at this moment, so he turned his head to look at Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao's expression was as calm as tranquil water.
In the end, did this girl have a heart or not? Was she really a human?
After he was done slandering someone in his mind, Gu Chengfeng once again focused his attention on Tang Yueshan.
The door of the room was wide open, and the moonlight and candlelight of the lantern shone in together, illuminating the room brighter.
Tang Yueshan and First Madame Tang's faces changed when they heard the words of the servant boy.
Tang Yueshan was shocked, First Madame Tang was also stunned, but there was also a trace of anger, only that anger was quickly covered by great sadness and guilt.
She went limp, and the dagger in her hand fell to the ground with a loud clatter.
The next moment, she covered her face, fell to her knees and sobbed bitterly, "He knows... He knows everything..."
She trembled as tears ran through her fingers, and her suppressed voice was full of pain.
Tang Yueshan, who was in a state of great shock and anger, was startled to hear her crying.
He restrained his anger, slowly came in front of First Madame Tang and went down on one knee, his expression becoming a little softer.
Gu Chengfeng vaguely sensed something odd when he saw this scene, but he had never experienced such a thing and also heard little about it, so he didn't have much reaction for the time being.
Gu Jiao, however, almost understood what was going on.
Tang Yueshan stretched out his hand, hesitating for a moment. Ultimately, he dropped his hand down and just tapped it on her shoulder, "You, don't cry."
First Madame Tang cried even louder.
It was like she was crying all her life's grievances at once.
"It's my fault... It's my fault... I no longer have any face to live in this world... It's all my fault..."
Gu Chengfeng asked Gu Jiao through his eyes: What is going on?
Gu Jiao: See for yourself.
Gu Chengfeng: "..."
See for yourself his ass. Stingy!
First Madame Tang cried her heart out.
Tang Yueshan showed a rare look of bewilderment. He simply didn’t know how to comfort the other person. He was speechless for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a few words, "It's not your fault."
First Madame Tang cried till she was out of breath, "No, it's my fault... I shouldn't have... I shouldn't have..."
Shouldn't have?
Even on a night like this, at the scene where the old scars were already uncovered, she was still unable to talk about what happened at that time.
She married into the Tang Family when she was sixteen, and became as good as a widow when she turned seventeen. In the first year of their marriage, they also had some enviable times, but heavens failed the person’s wishes. Her husband fell off a horse and became bedridden.
One day, two days passed, she didn’t feel anything. However, after a year, after two years...
She was also a human being who needed somebody’s comfort. She was unable to bear the loneliness...
Tang Yueshan was more thick-skinned than she was so he was able to say some things. He sighed and said, "How can you blame yourself for what happened in those days? It was I who forced you."
It was a long story. On his way back home, he accidentally came across her eldest sister-in-law watching a play with another man. Their behavior was a little too intimate, and at a glance, he could tell that there was something fishy.
At that time, he was also a young man full of youthful vigor, and he happened to have drunk with his colleagues, so his brain wasn’t so sober either. He rushed to beat the man, and asked why his eldest sister-in-law betrayed his brother?
She couldn’t stand being alone that much?
She liked hooking up with other men so much?
She was so...
In short, the wench said a lot of stuff. In the end, he didn’t know whether the struggle of his eldest sister-in-law muddled his head, or whether the strong wine destroyed his intellect.
By the time he came back to his senses, the big mistake had been made.
Afterwards, his eldest sister-in-law became pregnant, and in order not to let his eldest brother find out about their transgression, they gave his eldest brother some medicine, telling him that it would help him leave an heir.
His eldest brother believed it.
He really thought that his eldest sister-in-law was pregnant with his child.
During pregnancy, his eldest sister-in-law regretted it more than once and wanted to abort the child. Even after giving birth, she was very cold to the child.
It was only when Ming'er slowly learned how to laugh and call her' mother' that her heart softened.
Nevertheless, because there were precedents, the worry that his eldest sister-in-law would not want to see the child, that in her heart, she just thought of him as a bastard, hadn’t faded, so he brought Ming’er to his own courtyard.
... Just when did his eldest brother find out?
Was it those few times that he went to force his eldest sister-in-law again after Ming'er was older?
Tang Yueshan clenched his fists, leaped to his feet and strode out the door.
First Madame Tang's expression changed, as if she realized what he was about to do. She jumped over and hugged Tang Yueshan's legs. "Don't kill him! Don't—— "
Tang Yueshan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning with flames, "I admit that I have wronged him, but you have seen how I treated him over the years. If he had sent someone to kill me, I would not have cared about it! But he wants to kill Ming’er!”
First Madame Tang cried and begged, "I beg you, I beg you... Let him live... He is already as good as dead... Spare him this life..."
Tang Yueshan sneered, "Heh, maybe he's begging to die too. Instead of continuing on living such a miserable life, he might as well have a quick death.”
First Madame Tang clung to Tang Yueshan's leg tightly, tears streaming down the hem of his clothes, "He is Ming’er’s father... If you kill him... What about Ming’er..."
Tang Yueshan coldly exclaimed, "I’m his father!"
Gu Chengfeng was so absorbed in watching that he failed to notice that his headband had come loose. A lock of long hair suddenly fell down, brushing his face and scratching the tip of his nose.
The tip of his nose itched and he shuddered, "Ah-choo!"
It was over!
They were done for!
Gu Chengfeng shut his eyes tightly. How he wished he could become bald like Gu Chenglin!
Tang Yueshan and First Madame Tang were also startled by the sudden sneeze, causing First Madame Tang's crying to stop abruptly.
The servant boy was beside the bed, and the sneeze came from the opposite closet.
First Madame Tang stood up, her face paled!
Tang Yueshan shielded her behind him and looked warily at the closet, "Who is it? Come out!"
There was no movement in the closet.
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