The Prime Minister's Darling

Chapter 98: Chapter 89: The Medicine (Second Update)

The Marquis Gu began to order a thorough investigation of the Yao family’s poison case.

According to the two maids, the medicine was decocted by Nurse Fang and also sent by her. They were dispatched by Nurse Fang to deliver things to Gu Jinyu. After that, they knew nothing.

“Bring Nurse Fang!” The Marquis Gu ordered coldly.

Soon, there was a report from a servant, “Master, Nurse Fang is missing!”

Marquis Gu’s palm clenched tightly into a fist.

Quickly, he remembered that Nurse Fang still had a niece in his residence: “What about the maid called Cuicui? Bring her to me!”

“Yes!” The servant went on his way.

In order not to attract attention, Nurse Fang had not taken Cuicui away.

When Cuicui realized that something seemed wrong, she hurriedly packed up and left, but it was too late. She was caught by the guards at Villa.

When she was brought to the Marquis Gu, she learned that the Yao family had been poisoned.

Anyone could guess that Nurse Fang was the poisoner even without a brain.

Cuicui sank to her knees, shivering and pleading,” Master, have mercy! I didn’t do it! I don’t know anything! I’m innocent!”

Marquis Gu said, “Innocent? Then let me ask you, how did my wife faint?”

Cuicui stammered, “It’s….It’s….”

Marquis Gu mocked, “Well then, if this tongue is of no use, why not pull it out!”

Cuicui trembled: “I will talk! I will tell you everything! It was Nurse Fang…Nurse Fang who made me do it! She made me purposely tell the mistress what I overheard!”

A tight feeling rose within Marquis Gu’s chest,” What did you say?”

Cuicui frightened, “I… I said… the young miss is not.. not of flesh and blood … it was a misunderstanding…”

“Damn it!” Marquis Gu was so furious that he smashed a teacup with a blow of his hand.

Cuicui crawled on the broken pieces of the teacup, her hands bleeding, but she didn’t dare to move: “Master, have mercy… it was Nurse Fang who forced me…”

Marquis Gu had been worried about this, so he had never dared to tell the Yao family the truth. He would rather never recognize that child in his life than allow the Yao family to suffer the slightest mishap!

But his cautiousness didn’t prevent two wretched maids from revealing the truth!

He sternly asked, “My wife treated her well! Why did she do this?”

Cuicui sobbed, “I… I am not sure…. Aunt… I mean, Nurse Fang…she asked me to do things…and never allowed me to question why…. I don’t know why she wanted to frame the mistress…. If I didn’t listen to her, she would let her nephew kill me! Master, everything I’ve said is true!”

“Oh, you are more willing to listen to her than the mistress and I. Is she the emperor?” In this matter, it’s no doubt false that Cuicui is half truth and half lie.

Yes, she was instigated by Nurse Fang, but her ambition is also true. Why would she work for Nurse Fang if she was not enticed by the benefits?

There is probably nothing more to ask from her. Marquis Gu waved his hand in disgust,”Take her away, beat her to death.””

“Master, have mercy! Master, have….”

The guards didn’t give her the chance to beg for mercy, directly stuffed a cloth into her mouth and violently dragged her away for execution.

The guards at the Villa were divided into four groups to catch Nurse Fang. It was not until nightfall that they finally found traces of Nurse Fang, but unfortunately, she was found hanged on a big tree.

“She’s dead?” In the study room, Marquis Gu’s face turned cold.

Huang Zhong was a soldier, not being good at intrigues, but when examining a dead body, he was an old hand. There’s no way he couldn’t figure out that Nurse Fang was hanged on a tree after she had died.

Marquis Gu looked solemn,”So… was she silenced?”

Whether she was silenced or not, Huang Zhong didn’t dare to speculate, but he was sure that Nurse Fang was murdered.

Marquis Gu was silent for a while,”I see. In these days, beef up the security at the Villa, besides Nurse Fang, dismiss everyone around my wife.”

“Yes!”

Marquis Gu went to Madame Yao’s room.

Nurse Fang was also ill; she had been keeping vigil in the room and did not look well.

Marquis Gu said to her,”Lay down and rest, you don’t have to come over tonight.”

But Nurse Fang did not retreat immediately, instead, she courageously asked,”Master, are you still insisting on taking the mistress back to the Marquis Residence?”

“Why do you ask?” Marquis Gu said.

Nurse Fang said with heartfelt anxiety, “I know our master loves the mistress, but I fear that no one in the Marquis Residence would welcome her back, except for the master himself.”