Seeing his appearance, the maid said, "Madam, is he about to speak?"
Lady Wu replied coldly, "I gave him a chance to speak before, but he kept silent. Heh, let’s beat him half to death first, then make him talk!"
The maid raised the whip and struck it down.
She was strong and skilled in martial arts. With one lash, Zhang Zhuangtou rolled on the ground, making muffled sounds from his throat.
The maid lashed left and right, until Zhang Zhuangtou on the ground had no strength to howl, then she pulled the cloth from his mouth.
Zhang Zhuangtou lay on the ground, struggling, "Madam, I beg you to spare my life."
"My mother actually left one more thing to say."
Lady Wu looked at him coldly.
The maid whipped the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust. Zhang Zhuangtou trembled with fear, "My mother said if one day, Madam asked about the events of eighteen years ago."
"Let tell Madam."
"That child, when she went to discard him, he ca back to life."
"She said that since Madam was raised by her, she didn’t strike again, nor did she bury the child. She just left him under a tree by the roadside. If the child was ant to survive, he would live."
"My mother asked, for the sake of leaving the child a life, that Madam also spare mine."
After Zhang Zhuangtou finished speaking, he kowtowed repeatedly.
Lady Wu’s voice was extrely cold, "How considerate she was!"
"Did she say who instructed her to do this?"
Zhang Zhuangtou kowtowed and said, "She truly didn’t say. She just said such a nonsensical thing. She made morize it twice, then gave a five hundred taels silver note and left."
Lady Wu curled her lips, "One thousand taels is indeed enough to make her betray ."
At this mont, she believed Zhang Zhuangtou’s words, for now, he had nothing left to hide.
She signaled the maid to put the person in the cart, and she also boarded another carriage. The two carriages returned to the other courtyard.
Back at the other courtyard, Lady Wu rembered she hadn’t eaten lunch and hurriedly had a al, then quickly instructed the maid to pack the luggage.
She lit a lamp herself and sorted through the things she had accumulated over the years.
Lady Wu’s dowry included farmland and shops, with a continuous stream of profits over the years. She didn’t care for jewelry or clothes, so she barely spent anything.
The ready silver totaled over a hundred thousand taels, all from the shop rentals over the past ten years, inco from the land, and a few ten thousand taels of pocket money brought when she married.
This silver was all in cash, hidden in the walls of the other courtyard, unknown to anyone.
Her dowry included five shops in the Capital City, three estates near the city, and more than two thousand acres of land.
There were also gold and jewels from the Emperor and the Princess, which she planned to give to Jiang Youzhi.
Even so, Lady Wu still felt it wasn’t enough.
What she owed her son couldn’t be compensated with these things.
Lady Wu packed everything overnight, instructed the steward,
then she and the maid each rode a horse, carrying two bundles, to the Prince Kang Mansion.
Upon receiving the servant’s report that Lady Wu had arrived, Prince Kang was sowhat surprised, "Quick, invite her in."
Soon, Lady Wu and a tall, strong maid beside her appeared, both dressed in n’s clothing.
Prince Kang asked, "Madam, why are you dressed like this?"
Lady Wu replied, "Everything at ho is arranged, ready to leave with you at any ti."
Prince Kang blinked, Lady Wu was still as efficient as ever.
He smiled, "I’ll have soone take you to Youzhi’s courtyard."
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