34 The Death Of Fourth Madam (1/2)

After examing the mouth and eyes of the fallen servant, the doctor took a silver needle and proceeded to push it into the flesh of the body. He studied the color and smell before he retracted his hand. Perspiration slowly ran down his neck as his eyebrows crinkled. He cleaned his hands thoroughly before bowing before the general, his eyes filled with indecision.

”This servant has found the cause, but I don't know if General wants to hear it.” He calmly described.

The general looked at him briefly before glancing back at the fourth concubine. Seeing her so anxious, he nodded before commanding the doctor to say the cause at loud.

”She died from poisoning, possibly by consumption.”

”Ohh.” The general drawled out while studying the fourth madam's expression.

He scowled at her pathetic appearance, ”You poisonous woman! What else do you have to say?!”

The fourth madam stared at him blankly. She had nothing to do with this. How was she supposed to answer that?!

Hongyue puffed out her cheeks, bending closer to the dead body.

Her fingertips were lightly brushing past the hair. She looked at the general with tearful eyes and pleaded softly.

”Fourth Madam is a kind soul. She would never hurt anyone. Father, I don't believe it! What does this dead servant being poisoned have anything to do with her?”

The fourth concubine stiffened.

Yes, what does it have to do with her? Why did she have to assume guilty when she was innocent?

She looked back at the general with hope. She felt gleeful. So that little brat was useful, maybe keeping her alive wasn't bad.

Hongyue noted down the fourth concubine's hopeful reaction.

She sneered.

When was she ever kind enough to help someone who wanted her dead? She merely wanted to give a little false hope before mercilessly shattering it.

Ah~

Just how will this fourth madam look when her whole world was crushed. A pampered concubine becoming trash.

Hongyue couldn't wait.

She had purposely said that sentence to ultimately tie the incident with the fourth madam. This way there would be no escape route at all. Using her powers to circulate throughout her blood, she had used the poison from the bun she has eaten before to kill the servant girl.

Hongyue was only making a rough guess, but she believed the one who sent ChunHua to poison her was the fourth madam. Even though the one who gave her the bun was ChunHua, the first one to check up on whether she died or not was the fourth madam.

Besides, the second madam wouldn't send her own daughter to death, Hongyue frowned, or so she believed. If she were right, then this would be more than enough to convince the general to sentence the woman to death.

Upon hearing Hongyue's words, the general frowned. He motioned for the doctor to come closer.