"It’s Fen Ling, everything is Fen Ling’s plot."

Madam Cui took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, gritting her teeth, she said, "Fen Ling is the spy that the Empress planted beside the Master! This old servant was blind and didn’t see it for so many years."

It’s all her fault for not recognizing people!

She thought that Fen Ling had been by the Master’s side for so many years and would at least be loyal to the Master.

Little did she know, Empress Nangong Shuya had already set this trap many years ago!

Unexpectedly, the Empress was the biggest black hand behind the Medicine Man Corps!

This, probably even Feng Qihe didn’t know.

"Initially, the Master gave the Prince Gu poison..."

Seeing Chu Qianli’s eyes darken, the expression obviously displeased, Madam Cui sighed helplessly, knowing that Chu Qianli must be very angry about this.

But she still had to grit her teeth and continue: "It was Fen Ling’s plan! I initially thought that the Master was only so irritable and restless lately because she had changed."

"The Master used to be calm and composed, wise and unhurried, but these days, she’s especially prone to anger, and often impulsive in her actions." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"At first, I really didn’t know why it was, until half a month ago, when the Master was taken away by Feng Qihe in the Nanming Imperial Palace..."

Chu Qianli did not speak.

Fu Long’s palm slowly clenched tighter.

Madam Cui lowered her eyes, filled with hatred.

"It’s Fen Ling! For such a long time, Fen Ling had been administering slow poison to the Master! The Master was so smart before, Fen Ling had no chance at all."

"But... but at that time, the Master, to make the Prince feel more guilty, was momentarily bewitched and actually listened to Fen Ling’s words, beginning to take the poison gradually."

No one expected that once the Master started taking the poison, it couldn’t be stopped, it started off as an act of weakness in front of the Prince, but later, she was indeed harmed by the toxin.

"Fen Ling used this poison to begin hypnotizing the Master bit by bit."

Madam Cui lifted her head to look at Chu Qianli, with a face of admission.

"Young lady, I know saying this now, you may not believe it, but from my many years of understanding of the Master, I know that from the moment the Master agreed to Fen Ling’s suggestion to poison the Prince, the Master must have already been partially controlled by Fen Ling!"

"That night when the Master left angrily to find the Prince, I thought, that truly was not the Master’s style."

"Later, when I chased after her, outside the Nanming Emperor’s sleeping quarters, I couldn’t find any trace of the Master. After that, I couldn’t find Fen Ling either; Fen Ling and the Master disappeared together."

"When we informed the Prince of the news, and on the way back with him, the scout reported that Fen Ling had already gone to join Feng Qihe’s group. We also guessed that the Master must have been taken away by Feng Qihe."

Madam Cui had every reason to believe that it must be because of Fen Ling’s hypnotism that the Master was easily taken away by Feng Qihe.

Otherwise, with the Master’s martial arts, how could Feng Qihe have quietly taken her away?

You must understand, that was the Nanming Emperor’s Imperial Palace, with guards patrolling everywhere.

If there was even the slightest disturbance, it would alarm the Imperial Guards, wouldn’t it?

But that night, no guards knew what had happened, which shows that the Master and Feng Qihe didn’t even fight.

The Master was taken away by Feng Qihe under the control of Fen Ling’s hypnotism!

Madam Cui knelt two steps forward, in a hoarse voice, "Young lady, I’m completely out of options now, young lady, you are our only hope!"