Chapter 291: Yes, It’s You I’m Torturing (1)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Su Mu was stunned.
Tao’er was guarding outside the door when she heard the commotion. Her face turned pale as she walked in. “Young Madam, what’s wrong?”
Yu Wan turned her face away and said, “See for yourself.”
Tao’er looked at the strong tea on the table and the black silver hairpin beside the tea cup. Tao’er was dumbfounded. “This… this tea… is poisonous?”
Su Mu clenched her fists and looked at Yu Wan coldly. “Young Madam!”!!
Yu Wan said with a sorrowful expression, “Su Mu, oh Su Mu, I didn’t expect you to be so vicious. I just don’t agree with you returning to the Qingfeng Courtyard, yet you’re so ruthless to me.”
At this moment, Li’er, Zi Su, and Ban Xia also heard the commotion and rushed over. The three of them happened to hear Yu Wan’s words and could not help but be stunned.
Su Mu wanted to return to the Qingfeng Courtyard? But Young Madam doesn’t agree, so she had ill intentions?
The three of them looked at each other, not understanding what had happened.
Zi Su walked in first with Ban Xia and Li’er following behind her.
The three of them came to Tao’er’s side. They looked at the sorrowful Young Madam and then at Su Mu, who seemed to be trying her best to endure something. They gently pulled Tao’er’s sleeve.
“What’s wrong?” Zi Su asked softly.
Tao’er thought about what Young Madam had said when she led Su Mu into the room just now. She naturally thought that Young Madam had summoned Su Mu because Su Mu had made the request first. Coupled with Yu Wan’s accusation that Su Mu had poisoned her, she roughly sorted out the “incident”.
She said, “Su Mu wanted to go back to the Qingfeng Courtyard, but Young Madam didn’t agree. Then, Su Mu poisoned Young Madam.”
The three of them were shocked. Su Mu poisoned Young Madam? How, how was this possible? Su Mu was such a kind person. Could there be a misunderstanding?
Su Mu opened her mouth.
Yu Wan did not give her a chance to refute. “What? You don’t admit it? Only you and Tao’er have entered this room. If you didn’t poison me, could it be Tao’er?”
“I didn’t!” Tao’er said seriously.
Of course, Tao’er didn’t do it, but Su Mu didn’t either, right? Yu Wan was the one who put the poison, but did Su Mu have the guts to say it? Would anyone believe her if she did? Would the dignified mistress of the Young Master Manor poison herself just to frame a mere maidservant?
After a while, Uncle Wan pushed Yan Jiuchao’s wheelchair over.
“What happened?” Yan Jiuchao asked indifferently.
Yu Wan looked so aggrieved that she did not want to speak.
Zi Su was the first-class maidservant. She reported generously, “Young Master, Young Madam saw Su Mu poison herself with her own eyes.”
Yan Jiuchao’s face darkened.
Uncle Wan was stunned. “Su… Su Mu poisoned her?”
“I didn’t,” Su Mu said.
Yu Wan said in confusion, “You didn’t, and neither does Tao’er. Could it be that I do?”
With that said, Yu Wan could be considered to have cut off Su Mu’s path of retreat. If she were to say that she personally saw Yu Wan poison herself would probably be treated as an excuse to clear her name in the eyes of others.
Su Mu’s nails dug into her flesh, and the perfect mask on her face finally revealed a trace of expression. “…I really didn’t.”
“Young Madam, did you see Su Mu poison you with your own eyes?” Uncle Wan asked.
Yu Wan snorted. “No, but she was the one who poured this cup of tea for me. I’m afraid she doesn’t know that I’m a doctor. I could smell that something was wrong the moment I smelled it. The tea in the pot is clean, but the cup she poured was poisoned. Uncle Wan, tell me, who else could it be if not her?”
“This…” Uncle Wan was stumped. He naturally wouldn’t suspect Yu Wan, but he also didn’t believe that Su Mu would do such a stupid thing. Did she still want to leave the Young Master Manor alive after poisoning her master?
Yu Wan had long guessed Uncle Wan’s doubts. She sighed and said, “This is arsenic. The amount isn’t heavy. If I eat it, the poison won’t flare up on the spot, but after ten to sixteen hours. At that time, the things around me will have already passed through the hands of countless people. I’m afraid it’ll be difficult to find the culprit.”
“However…” Yu Wan changed the topic.” It’s true that I didn’t see her poison it with my own eyes. I can’t rule out the possibility that someone tampered with the cup in advance and she happened to obtain the poisoned cup. ”
Yan Jiuchao had been schemed against many times since he was young. Uncle Wan felt that this was very likely. The other party was very likely an expert like Shadow Thirteen. He was here for his young master, but Yu Wan had discovered him by accident.
If Yu Wan insisted that Su Mu was the one, it would raise suspicions, so she might as well retreat in order to advance and gain a fair and magnanimous reputation for herself.