flstandardbreds Chapter 137 I Learned Your Secret
Chapter 137 I Learned Your Secret
When Madam Wen learned that Wen Shuyao had returned, she had a bad feeling, especially after seeing Lin Mama's flustered expression.
She immediately sensed something was terribly wrong: "What else is it?"
Granny Lin opened her mouth, then lowered her voice: "Our spies at the Dali Temple say that Manager Yuan has been released."
"When did this happen?" Upon hearing this, Madam Wen immediately stood up, her chair wobbling twice before finally collapsing.
Mrs. Wen didn't care at all.
"How was Manager Yuan released? Who helped him? Was it my sister?" she asked Granny Lin, clinging to her last hope.
However, one sentence from Granny Lin completely sank her heart to the bottom.
“Last night, people from Prince Jing’s residence went to the Dali Temple.”
Madam Wen felt a wave of dizziness wash over her, and she gripped Lin Mama's hand tightly: "When did she have any contact with Manager Yuan?"
"No way!" She strode out. "I'm going to confront her!"
Only she knew how many secrets Manager Yuan held about her!
These things... are enough to ruin her!
"Madam!" Granny Lin hurriedly followed, "Don't worry, what if Manager Yuan hasn't..."
“You and she are both my confidantes, you should know her temperament best,” Madam Wen said coldly. “She either doesn’t do anything, or she goes all the way! Since she has been released, she must have made a deal with Wen Shuyao!”
Wen Shuyao!
She muttered the name viciously in her heart, and hatred welled up in her eyes.
Upon seeing Manager Yuan standing beside Wen Shuyao, Madam Wen's heart sank, and her ominous premonition came true.
"How have you been, Manager Yuan?" Madam Wen said with a gloomy face, her eyes like knives, fiercely slashing at Manager Yuan.
Over the years, Manager Yuan has done countless dirty jobs for her. If Wen Shuyao knew about all of this...
She gritted her teeth; she already had a plan.
Manager Yuan met her threatening gaze and silently looked away.
Her current mistress is Wen Shuyao, not Madam Wen.
Upon seeing this, Madam Wen was so angry that her eyes turned black.
"You're someone who came from my side, after all," Madam Wen said through gritted teeth. "Over the years, I haven't mistreated you, you..."
"Madam Wen's words are laughable." Wen Shuyao waved her hand, interrupting Madam Wen without any politeness. "When Manager Yuan was in prison, I didn't see Madam Wen take any action."
"In the end... Madam Wen still treats her as a dispensable pawn." Wen Shuyao said, then shook her head and sighed, "Fortunately, I have the discerning eye to recognize her talent."
She took a few steps forward as she spoke.
As she closed the distance with Madam Wen, she saw the undisguised panic on Madam Wen's face.
"What are you afraid of?" Wen Shuyao feigned confusion. "Are you afraid I'll eat you up?"
Madam Wen, forcing herself to speak, said, "Is this how you talk to your elders?"
"Elders?" Wen Shuyao asked to herself, and before Madam Wen could answer, she sneered, "You have the nerve to talk to me like that?"
Madam Wen was surprised by Wen Shuyao's attitude, but at the same time, she was even more wary of her deep down.
At that moment, she only heard Wen Shuyao whisper in her ear, "I already know the truth about what happened back then."
At some point, Madam Wen's blood seemed to freeze.
After a long while, she raised her head and stared at Wen Shuyao with a pale face.
Her mind was buzzing. Looking at Wen Shuyao's face, she felt as if she were seeing that woman.
Madam Wen could no longer suppress her fear. She retreated repeatedly, only to bump into the corner of the table.
The excruciating pain struck, but she couldn't pay attention to it, her only thought was to get away from Wen Shuyao.
How could this be?
Madam Wen had only this thought in her mind. She had never imagined that she would be at a disadvantage in front of Wen Shuyao.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
She gave a sharp shout and then exchanged a glance with Granny Lin.
Lin Mama understood and quickly left.
Madam Wen seemed to have found her footing now. She stared coldly at Wen Shuyao: "You think you can fool me with just a few words?"
"The truth?" Madam Wen sneered. "What you're seeking is nothing more than the truth about Chu Wanqing's death back then."
Her voice was shrill, and her expression was even more ferocious.
Chu Wanqing was someone whose name couldn't even be mentioned in her eyes.
What about Wen Shuyao, who looks so much like Chu Wanqing? Her equally cold gaze seemed to see right through all the dirty things she had done.
She hated those eyes so much!
Madam Wen glared fiercely at Wen Shuyao, then her expression suddenly changed. She covered her face and sobbed, "Shuyao, I've already told you that your mother... died of illness."
“Even the head of the Imperial Medical Academy came to see her and said she died of illness. Why don’t you believe it?” She sighed. “I know you’ve been investigating what happened back then and you’re too impatient, which is why you believed Manager Yuan’s words.”
"She just made up a few things to deceive you in order to escape imprisonment. How could you believe the words of such a treacherous and despicable person?"
Her sudden change of attitude made Magpie instinctively suspect something was amiss.
Manager Yuan was eager to produce his own evidence to prove that he had not lied.
But a single glance from Wen Shuyao made Manager Yuan stop what he was doing.
She had seen plenty of Madam Wen feigning weakness like this.
Behind me, I heard a series of hurried footsteps.
It's Duke Wen who has arrived!
As soon as he arrived, he heard what Madam Wen said.
Feeling guilty, he immediately quickened his pace.
Upon entering, he saw that Madam Wen was crying with tears streaming down her face, but Wen Shuyao remained unmoved, and his expression immediately turned ugly.
"Now that you've become the Princess Consort of Jing, you want to come to my house and act all high and mighty?" Duke Wen strode into the front hall, staring coldly at Wen Shuyao.
He was both guilty and angry.
It was clearly more than a decade ago, so why is Wen Shuyao still holding onto it?
not to mention……
The thought of this made him break out in a cold sweat.
If Wen Shuyao persists in pursuing the matter, the entire Wen State Duke's Mansion will be implicated.
Therefore, he made his stance clear as soon as he arrived.
"After all, she is still your mother!" Duke Wen glared angrily. "Do you have even a shred of the demeanor of a lady of a noble family when you treat her like this?"
"Mother?"
It would have been better if Duke Wen hadn't said anything, because the moment he mentioned that title, Wen Shuyao's face immediately darkened.
"Father, why don't you use your brain and think about it? Who exactly is my mother?"
"She, Zhang, is not worthy to be my mother," Wen Shuyao sneered. "Someone who willingly degraded herself and became pregnant out of wedlock is not worthy to be my mother?"
"But I am your father!" Duke Wen roared. "Today I will teach you a lesson!"
His palm was already raised high, but Wen Shuyao was not afraid at all; instead, she raised her head.