Take a Sip of Milk to Calm My Nerves, the Whole Family is Waiting for Me to Save Them – Chapter 6

Ch 6: Interrogation

The small courtyard of Jingxin Yuan was filled with kneeling servants. Chen He led the family servants of the Mansion, escorting two women.

With a wave of his hand, the family servants pressed the two women to kneel in the middle of the courtyard.

One was wearing a dark purple long jacket, in her early twenties, with regular features, but a bit plump. It was Wet Nurse Yang, bestowed by Old Madam. She still looked arrogant while being pressed to the ground.

If you knew she was a wet nurse, you’d think she was the real Master of Jingxin Yuan!

Su Junyao disliked the woman at first glance.

Her eyes were full of calculation and ambition. He had seen too many of these kinds of people.

“Let me go! Young Lord, I was bestowed by Old Madam!”

Su Junyao glanced at her lightly, not taking her words to heart.

Chen He understood, and with a lunge forward, his fan-like palm landed directly, “If you weren’t bestowed by Old Madam, you would have been beaten to death with sticks long ago. How dare you still rely on the Master’s grace to speak!”

As soon as he finished speaking, two more slaps landed, directly causing Yang Shi’s eyes to turn black and her ears to ring. She could no longer hear what Chen He was saying with his mouth opening and closing.

Su Junyao remained silent with a cold face, looking at the maid kneeling behind her. The other party couldn’t help but shiver.

Ningxiang was kneeling there, and didn’t seem as bold as Yang Shi.

But that was just how it looked. The poison in Yun Jinglan’s daily supplements was put there by her!

“You have quite the nerve to poison Madam and Miss!”

Su Junyao felt lingering fear when he thought about it. He almost lost his wife and daughter. His Qi and blood surged, and he kicked Yang Shi, who was about to argue, to the ground.

“Speak! Who gave you the audacity!”

Yang Shi was kicked to the ground by a heart-wrenching kick, and crawled and rolled to Su Junyao’s feet. Before Chen He could react, she grabbed the corner of his clothes.

“Young Lord, I am innocent!”

Although Su Junyao was already in his thirties, he didn’t look old at all. Instead, he exuded the charm of a mature man. Yang Shi stared at him twice, and her face inexplicably turned red. Even her voice softened, “Young Lord, I am innocent. I beg Young Lord to stand up for me and don’t let those with ulterior motives frame me.”

After Yang Shi finished speaking, she cried softly with tears in her eyes. She half-collapsed and wanted to lean on Su Junyao’s leg.

Su Junyao stepped aside immediately to distance himself from Yang Shi. Without support, Yang Shi stumbled and fell to the ground. She raised her head in disbelief: “Young Lord?”

She was best at manipulating men’s hearts, but she didn’t expect to fail with Su Junyao.

Su Junyao felt disgusted by her affected posture and just wanted to go inside and wash his eyes with his Madam. But he suddenly had doubts. Would a wet nurse from a good family be like this?

This woman’s behavior just now was clearly seducing him!

His face darkened, and he wanted to scold the woman for being improper, but he thought that the wet nurse was found by his Mother, so he held back. If the Old Madam of the Marquis Mansion found an improper woman to be a wet nurse for her granddaughter, the entire Marquis Mansion would lose face, and it would be even more insulting to the newborn Little Chou Chou.

“Yang Shi, the Imperial Physician said that you have poison on you. Do you have any explanation?”

Yang Shi’s body stiffened, her face turned pale, and she trembled: “Young Lord, I… I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

She couldn’t say anything about this matter! If that person knew that she had let something slip, she was afraid that her life would be in danger!

Yang Shi stubbornly refused to open her mouth: “I don’t know anything. If you don’t believe me, just send me to the Government Office!”

She didn’t sign a contract of indenture when she entered the Marquis Mansion as a wet nurse. Even if Su Junyao was the Heir to the Marquis Mansion, he wasn’t qualified to kill her at will!

Su Junyao now suspected Yang Shi’s identity. What made him feel most strange was that he didn’t find any poison in Yang Shi’s room. He could only confirm that Yang Shi had poison on her, but the source of the poison became a point of doubt.

She could completely bite back and say that the Marquis Mansion poisoned her.

Su Junyao ignored Yang Shi and waited to interrogate her later. His eyes fell on Ningxiang. He found this maid unfamiliar, “Is this one serving in Madam’s courtyard?”

Chen He nodded: “Madam’s second-class maid. That’s why she has the opportunity to approach Madam’s food.”

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“Why haven’t I seen her before? Is she new?”

Chen He choked, not knowing how to explain that Ningxiang was a family servant who had been serving in Madam’s courtyard since she was ten years old. Madam had asked for her to serve by her side two years ago.

However, this girl seemed to have a low presence. Chen He had only seen her a few times and vaguely had some impression.

However, it was precisely these inconspicuous people who were less likely to be discovered when they committed poisonings!

“She is usually inconspicuous, but her Mother serves by Old Madam’s side.”

Su Junyao frowned. How was it related to his Mother again?

Just as he was about to flare up, a Little Maid suddenly stumbled in from outside and said anxiously to Su Junyao: “Young Lord, come and see. Old Madam has been poisoned!”

Su Junyao’s eyelids twitched. What a coincidence?

Just as something was found wrong in Jingxin Yuan, something happened to his Mother?

“What’s going on? Explain clearly!”

The round-faced Little Maid glanced at Ningxiang, shrank her neck, and said with fear: “Wet Nurse Qin, who is also… is the Mother of Ningxiang, the maid serving in the Young Lord’s Madam’s courtyard, she poisoned Old Madam. The Marquis has already sent someone to invite the Imperial Physician.”

“The Marquis is furious and asked you to tie up Ningxiang and go over there now!”

Meeting Su Junyao’s terrifying eyes, the Little Maid almost shrank into a quail and said in a low voice: “The Marquis suspects that it was the Young Lord’s Madam who poisoned Old Madam.”

“What?”

Su Junyao asked sternly, scaring the Little Maid to tears, “Young Lord, spare me! I don’t know! I’m just acting on orders to invite you over.”

Su Junyao was displeased and warned the people in the courtyard, “What can be said and what cannot be said, I hope you know. If even half a word of today’s matter is leaked, be careful with your little lives!”

“Chen He!”

“Your subordinate is here.”

“Lock up Yang Shi and guard her strictly. Tie up Ningxiang and follow me to the Bamboo Garden!”

Yun Jinglan listened carefully to the movements outside. She had a bad feeling that today’s matter was definitely not simple.

Just suspecting her of poisoning?

What nonsense!

Chou Chou woke up at some point. The Little Fellow didn’t cry or fuss. Her round eyes blinked. If you looked closely, you could see that she was listening intently to the movements outside.

Hearing the movement of her Dad taking people away, she became anxious. She hadn’t heard the rest of the story yet!

I’m so anxious!

【Dad! Dad! My good Dad!】

【Take me! I want to go too! Take Chou Chou!】

【Take your pitiful and invincible Chou Chou!】

Yun Jinglan heard an urgent Little Milk voice in her ear, a string of gibberish. She rubbed her ears. Her daughter seemed to be a gossip-loving chatterbox.

Su Junyao was about to leave the courtyard when his body suddenly stiffened. He turned on his heel and went back.