Madam Wang stared intently at Nanny Wei’s expression. Seeing her eyes filled with horror but not overwhelming shock, Madam Wang’s pupils suddenly contracted.
"Does the wet nurse know or not?" Madam Wang imdiately asked.
Nanny Wei snapped back to reality, her lips moving, "K-know what?"
Madam Wang glanced at her hand trembling uncontrollably on the bright red peony quilt, her voice growing sharper, "Wet nurse, stop pretending. Since she could silently sneak into my room and do such things to , how could she not know that you’re my confidante?"
Nanny Wei felt a bitterness in her heart, "Madam..."
"Do you know what she’s been saying? She knows everything. She’s convinced that her mother’s death was my doing. She wants revenge, she wants to destroy everything I own. Even my family, the downfall of the Wang Family, she says is her doing." Madam Wang was sowhat agitated, "Long ago, she was already watching , already working against us. Everything is within her grasp, which is why we’ve been so unfortunate in everything we do."
Nanny Wei opened her mouth, offering no defense. Had it not been for the previous events, she might have thought Madam Wang was being overly dramatic, but having been through being threatened by that person, she believed everything now.
With soone like that, what couldn’t she accomplish or do?
"Madam, I..."
"Has she approached you too?" Madam Wang stared at her and asked.
"Madam..."
"Don’t brush off with words. Such coincidences do not happen. How is it that you suddenly fell ill right after that twist of your ankle? Wet nurse, I grew up drinking your milk since birth. You’ve been with for over thirty years. In truth, you’re closer to than my legitimate mother. They say ’nurse is mother,’ and for you, wet nurse, how are you any different from my real mother?"
Nanny Wei was moved to tears by her words.
"That girl has already co after . Wet nurse, you’re one of mine; how can you escape? Tell , what does she want you to do?" Madam Wang fixed her eyes on Nanny Wei’s expression, "Is she asking you to join her against ?"
"Madam..." Nanny Wei cried out in shock, her heart chilled, her mind clearing sowhat, "Madam, you’re not wrong. Her people have indeed approached !"
Madam Wang’s eyes narrowed sharply.
"Madam, they know everything. I tried to cover it up, tried to take the bla on myself, but they cut off Wei Da’s fingers," Nanny Wei cried.
"So you pushed it all onto ?" Madam Wang’s voice reached a high pitch as she stood up abruptly.
"I did no such thing. They don’t believe at all. They know everything," Nanny Wei said, "I don’t know how they found out, but they really have..."
Madam Wang’s legs gave way, and she collapsed onto the stool.
"Then what?" Madam Wang said, "What do they want you to do?"
Nanny Wei shook her head.
"Wet nurse!" Madam Wang shrieked, "You’ve been with for over thirty years, closer to than my real mother. Are you truly going to join them against ?"
"Madam, how could I? I would never!" Nanny Wei hurriedly denied.
"Then why didn’t you co to tell sooner?" Madam Wang shouted sharply, "If she hadn’t co as she did, if I hadn’t been alert, would I have been betrayed by you, none the wiser?"
If not, why didn’t she report when the others approached her, instead waiting until now when Madam Wang thought of it herself, and she still hadn’t reported it?
"Madam, I would never!" Nanny Wei hastened to pledge her loyalty.
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