Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 2092 - 2100: The Plot Exposed (3)

Yanran didn’t waste words with her, and immediately took her out of the Mu Family’s outer house, heading towards the palace.

The maidservant was nervous behind Yanran, trying several times on the way to strike up a conversation with Yanran, wanting to know where Yanran was taking her. But Yanran simply ignored her, not responding to her questions, almost as if she didn’t exist. Not only did she not speak to her, but she didn’t even glance at her.

The maidservant was very angry. Back in those years at the Dong Mansion, Dong Lian’er would always stand up respectfully and call her "mother" whenever she saw her. But now she’s grown up, and she’s started throwing her weight around like this.

Once she entered the palace, all her resentment vanished into thin air, leaving only fear.

The palace wasn’t somewhere just anyone could enter, and even fewer had ever seen it. The majestic and grand halls, the towering stone lions, the imposing tall guards, and the endless pavilions all silently proclaimed its supreme authority and absolute supremacy...

The maidservant was stunned, trembling as she walked, not knowing why she had been brought into the palace or whether this entry would be a blessing or a curse.

When she saw the Empress Dowager, she was not only frightened by the Empress Dowager’s beautiful and sharp appearance.

No wonder she was the woman the Retired Emperor had adored all his life. Even just this cold and glamorous aura was irresistible. Such a high and lofty woman, perhaps only the Emperor, the Lord Jiu Wu, could handle her.

She trembled as she knelt on the ground; before she could bow, a chilling female voice came from above her head.

"Are you Dong Wan’er’s nanny?"

The maidservant stiffened, replying in a trembling voice, "Yes..."

The voice coldly laughed once and said, "Good, good, such a loyal servant, helping your master scheme against our Mu Family, yet you see this palace and don’t realize you should be afraid?"

The maidservant almost cried; how could she not be afraid? She was so scared she could almost wet her pants!

She stammered, "Empress Dowager, this old servant... this old servant wouldn’t dare."

"Wouldn’t dare?"

Empress Dowager Mu raised her eyebrows slightly and moved her body. The palace maid attending on the side quickly supported her, helping her sit up and placed a large autumn-colored jade pillow embroidered with phoenixes behind her. Empress Dowager Mu comfortably leaned back, blowing on the floating tea leaves in the cup she held before taking a sip and saying, "Whose seed is Dong Wan’er’s child? And which wild men have slept with her?"

The maidservant’s face turned pale, and her eyes grew flustered. She had anticipated that Dong Wan’er approaching Mu Chongwu might be discovered, and even that drugging Mu Chongwu could be exposed, but she had never expected that Dong Wan’er having another man’s child would be uncovered.

Her panicked expression didn’t escape Cai Wei’s sharp eyes. She narrowed her eyes slightly and gave a cold smile, "If my palace has guessed correctly, you should have seen the man who had an illicit affair with Dong Wan’er, right? Otherwise, how could a girl from a deep chamber bring a wild man into her house? You must have benefited from pimping for her. So tell me, who is that man? Where is he now? Speak, and perhaps your old life might be spared!"

Although she feared death, the maidservant feared more for her son’s death. Resolutely, she shouted, "Empress Dowager, you’ve wronged our Miss. Master Mu broke his promises, and our Miss has suffered enough. As you pour more dirty water on her, how is she supposed to live..."

Cai Wei coldly said, "Wronged? If my palace has wronged her, from where does the syphilis on that child come? The Imperial Physician has said the child’s illness was transmitted from the mother. Do you still wish to argue? My younger brother’s health is perfectly fine and not infected, doesn’t that tell you something?"

"No, really no, Empress Dowager, our Miss truly has no lover..." Although evidence was clear, as her son’s and grandson’s lives were at stake, the maidservant could only bite the bullet and argue, her expression appearing as if she was more wronged than Dou E.

Cai Wei laughed softly, "Won’t tell? Fine, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. A good opportunity squandered by you yourself, now, even if you want to speak, my palace doesn’t wish to hear it."

The maidservant was stupefied, not understanding the meaning of the Empress Dowager’s words, and in her daze, suddenly a eunuch beside her threw a handful of powder into her face, causing her to inhale and cough incessantly.

"Cough, cough... cough, cough, cough..."

Yanran beside her was stunned. Since the Empress Dowager elder sister wanted to question the maidservant, why not take her away for severe interrogation instead? It seemed like child’s play to throw things at her face. This was... too immature, wasn’t it?

While she was still puzzled, she heard Cai Wei asking in a soft voice, "Whose child is it that Dong Wan’er bore?"

The maidservant’s eyes were vacant, like an empty shell, mechanically replying, "It was my son Zhang Da."

Yanran covered her mouth in shock, watching the scene before her. It was hard to believe. Cai Wei then said, "When did their affair start, and why did they want to pass your grandson off as a child of our Mu Family, insisting on placing him in our Mu Family?"

The maidservant, in a daze, said, "I wanted my grandson to become the master of the Mu Family, so our entire family could enjoy wealth and honor, and no longer be servants. So when Master Mu slept with our girl, I coaxed her into drinking contraceptive soup. Once Master Mu left, I let my son sleep with her every night, and only stopped when she became pregnant, falsely claiming the child in her stomach belonged to Young Master Mu."

"Hehe, what a fine scheme!"

Cai Wei gave a chilling smile, "If my palace hadn’t seen the flaw, your wicked plan would have succeeded, and our whole family would have been manipulated by you, all under your control!"