Mrs. Shangguan was brought into Concubine Wu's palace.
The two women met again and exchanged glances with a bit of contempt and anger in their eyes.
This time, Mrs. Shangguan did not even kneel down to salute.
"Where is Shangguan Wan Ning?" Concubine Wu asked straight to the point.
Mrs. Shangguan smiled softly, held her head high, and replied, "I don't know."
Concubine Wu seemed to have expected that Mrs. Shangguan would not tell Shangguan Wan Ning's whereabouts easily, and snorted coldly.
"Do you know that there are many ways to make people tell the truth in this world. However, the Ai family does not want to use them on you for the sake of your husband. You'd better not be stubborn anymore, otherwise, I will treat you badly.
It’s no good.”
Mrs. Shangguan still maintained a faint smile.
When she learned that Shangguan Wan Ning had been rescued by Sun Jinyao, she no longer had any worries, and life and death were naturally ignored.
"Toffee, you and I are both mothers; if you knew someone was doing harm to your son now, would you reveal his whereabouts?"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Wu's face darkened and her expression became sharp.
"So, you are unwilling to say anything?"
"I really don't know. Even if I knew, I wouldn't be able to say it."
"Okay. Then let the Aijia see if you, the people of the Yiyong Hou Mansion, are really that strong-willed."
Concubine Wu knew very well that Shangguan Wan Ning was not only the key to controlling Mu Jingrui, but also an important bargaining chip to control Shangguan Yue.
"Someone, drag me out."
Concubine Wu gave an order, and four strong nuns rushed towards Mrs. Shangguan.
Mrs. Shangguan stood there without moving. Suddenly, dark red blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth.
She stared at Mrs. Wu with resentful eyes and slowly fell to the ground.
The four nuns looked at each other for a moment, then immediately stepped forward to check and found that Mrs. Shangguan was already dying.
"To report to the Concubine, she... seems to have committed suicide by taking poison."
Concubine Wu was slightly startled and said hurriedly: "Quickly, call the imperial doctor."
Mrs. Shangguan vomited another mouthful of blood.
"Imperial physician? Hahaha... No imperial physician in the palace can cure the poison developed by my daughter. Concubine, please don't even think of using me to deal with my daughter."
Mrs. Shangguan had already taken poison before entering the palace.
She hoped that Shangguan Wan Ning could fly away and never come back again.
However, she knew in her heart that her daughter was so filial; if she were in Xiao Beiming's hands, her daughter would always be controlled by others.
"This is unreasonable." Concubine Wu was so angry that her face turned livid.
At this time, Shangguan Yue received the news and hurried over.
After leaving the morning court, he heard that Concubine Wu urgently summoned his wife to the palace, so he expected that there would be a dispute that was difficult to reconcile.
As soon as Shangguan Yue entered the hall, he saw his wife lying on the ground with a pool of blood beside her.
"lady."
He immediately stepped forward and squatted down to help his wife up.
Shangguan's wife used her last strength to push him away.
"Don't touch me." Mrs. Shangguan looked at her husband with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of determination and desolation. "I said that you and I will never meet again in this life. Even if I die... I don't want to be with you.
You have nothing to do with me anymore."
"lady……"
"Shangguanyue, if you still have a little conscience, let your daughter go. Otherwise, I will curse you even if I am under the Nine Springs..."
Mrs. Shangguan's stomach pain was like strangling, and her face was ashen. She held her hand tightly to prevent herself from screaming.
She slowly closed her eyes with concern for her daughter and despair for her husband.
"lady!"
Shangguan Yue's heart suddenly fell to the bottom and became cold.
Over the years, although he had never forgotten Mrs. Wu, his whole heart was filled with thoughts of her.
He was filled with thoughts; however, he spent time with his wife day and night and could truly feel her sincerity towards him.
They had lived together for more than twenty years, and she took care of his daily life and took care of his family business, but he... kept cheating on her.
Shangguan Yue stepped forward and hugged his wife. He felt that his heart became extremely desolate.
"I'm sorry...Actually, I just wanted to scare her. I didn't expect..." Concubine Wu was a little worried. She was afraid that Shangguan Yue would turn against him because of his wife's death...
"Are you...blaming me? You can hit me and scold me..." Concubine Wu stepped forward and took Shangguan Yue's arm, wanting to keep him here.
Shangguan Yue turned his head and looked at Concubine Wu, and said in a hoarse voice: "I know. I don't blame you."
With that said, he hugged his wife and left.
"Toffee, what should we do now?" Grandma stepped forward and asked cautiously.
At this moment, Concubine Wu no longer felt guilty in front of Shangguan Yue.
She clenched the hands hidden in her sleeves tightly into fists, snorted heavily, and said: "I'm warning everyone on duty today that no one is allowed to leak the news that Mrs. Shangguan is dead. As long as she doesn't die for one day,
Shangguan Wan Ning might come back to save her mother."
"Then...what if the Prime Minister himself says it?"
"He won't."
She will leave the palace tonight and have a good talk with Guanyue. She has absolute confidence in her own methods.
However, Mrs. Wu's wishful thinking finally came to nothing.
Not long after Mrs. Shangguan was brought back to the Prime Minister's Palace, news of her death spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.
Although, everyone said that she died of a sudden illness.
When Concubine Wu learned about it, she was furious and called every maid and eunuch on duty that day for interrogation, trying to find out who had leaked the news.
"My dearest concubine, I have already conducted a thorough investigation. The person who spread the news is not someone from the palace, but Shangguan Wan Ning's personal maid in the prime minister's palace. Her name is Putao."
Concubine Wu was a little surprised.
"I think it seems to me that Mrs. Shangguan was determined to die before she entered the palace. She was afraid that Shangguan Wan Ning would come back, so she completely cut off all escape routes."
Concubine Wu was a little sad. Sure enough, a mother would sacrifice everything for her children, including her life.
In just two days, Huo Gang prepared everything needed to get married.
As Mu Jingrui said, there is no need to choose a day, you can worship immediately when you are ready.
"Ning'er, I've wronged you."
Mu Jingrui held Shangguan Wan Ning's hand and sighed softly: "I didn't expect... that we would get married under such circumstances."
Shangguan Wan Ning covered Mu Jingrui's mouth and said softly: "As long as the groom is you, I will not be wronged under any circumstances in the wedding."
She knew in her heart that Mu Jingrui was truly wronged because of her.
Not only did he give up the status he had worked so hard for, he also had to stay away from the sister he wanted to protect.