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Chapter 92 True Face

Song was stunned for a moment, then felt as if she had been stung by a scorpion: "You...you didn't take poison?!"

"What other way is there? Time has passed since what happened back then, and you've kept it hidden for so long. I'm afraid this is the only way to get you to reveal the truth." Wen Mingqian stood up and wiped the red stains from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief.

"You're lying to me!" Shocked, Madam Song's face contorted as she shouted sharply towards the outside, "Mother Yang!"

"What's wrong, young mistress?" Granny Yang rushed in, pushing open the door in a panic.

Seeing Wen Mingqian standing there unharmed, they were stunned.

“Song Xiulian, I was naive back then and you framed me. Do you think I would repeat the same mistake? You have killed so many people, it’s time for you to pay with your life.”

“You set a trap! All that was just an act for me!” Madam Song wasn’t stupid; she quickly figured it out.

"Ever since I brought Chang'an back, you've been determined to eliminate him completely. Unfortunately, you've failed time and time again, which has only made you more impatient."

When Chang'an visited you, I sensed your ulterior motives. You placed a little doll under your pillow to suppress nightmares, which confirmed to me that Kang'an's death back then was inextricably linked to you.

Later, the child said he saw a child ghost in your house that looked a lot like Kang An, which made you even more suspicious. Knowing your nature, you would definitely blame someone else, so you invited a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to explain why Kang An's spirit was still haunting you. Wen Mingqian was happy to help her sort out the whole story.

"Ha, so it turns out you were the one who orchestrated everything!" Madam Song sneered. "So you were already weaving your web back then."

"After bringing up Kang'an's matter, you started pretending to be a loving mother, constantly saying you hoped he could return to your womb. Your purpose in doing this was to shift the blame onto me. Everyone thinks I killed Kang'an back then, and now that his ghost is still haunting me, I should be the one most afraid and disgusted, so it's only natural for me to harm you. Isn't that right?" Wen Mingqian asked Song Shi with a smile, "Just like how you always intentionally or unintentionally mentioned to the master how I targeted and bullied you, but in reality, all of that was a lie you made up yourself."

In fact, when Song went to pay her respects to the old lady and mentioned wanting Gong Kang'an to return to her womb, Wen Mingqian already knew what she was going to do next.

She then told Madam Gong that Song would definitely use the child in her womb to frame her again.

He would then go along with it, pretending that he had been successfully framed by her.

Madam Gong was initially full of doubts and did not believe Wen Mingqian's words.

But Wen Mingqian assured her that the truth would come out soon.

"Hmph! Wen Mingqian, I really underestimated you. You haven't lived these past seven years in vain. You must have been enduring hardship and biding your time!" Madam Song sneered. "I was careless."

“Yes! You used to be such a cautious person! You were so meticulous in your words and actions, always saying the softest things while doing the most ruthless ones.” Wen Mingqian sighed. “If I want you to show your true colors, I have to make you extremely proud, because only when you are proud will you become reckless.”

"Young Madam, things have come to this point, we can't leave any survivors," Granny Yang reminded Madam Song. "We can't let her leave this door!"

"Outrageous!" came the old lady's sharp shout from behind the Buddha statue. "Bring out that vile woman, Song Xiulian! Tie her up too, old woman Yang!"

The curtain behind the Buddha statue was lifted, and Madam Wei helped Old Madam Gong out.

Gong Rang followed closely behind, and Gong Xu was also there, but he was tied to a chair and his mouth was gagged. It turned out that Yun Ying had put a mild sedative in the wine she brought him, and he had been carried here after getting drunk.

Fearing he might cause trouble, they tied him up and gagged him beforehand.

Before Song Shi came in, she had already woken him up with cold water, so he and the old lady Gong and others were behind the curtain and could hear the conversation between the two of them clearly.

"Grandma, spare me!" Granny Yang knelt down with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly. "This old servant knew nothing!"

"You didn't know anything and still killed someone to cover it up?! How could such a wicked servant have been kept in the manor for so many years? We, the Gong family, have truly been blind!" Old Madam Gong said with great distress.

"Madam, I was just talking nonsense!" Madam Song also knelt down and pleaded, "I... I was confused for a moment. I hate Wen Mingqian so much that I said those things."

“I’m not senile yet! What mother who hates someone so much would admit to killing her own child?” Old Madam Gong looked at Song Shi with disgust. “I’ve never heard of such a vicious woman as you! You almost ruined my family.”

"Master, Master! You know me, I... I really had no other choice. Please, for Bao'an's sake..." Madam Song crawled to Gong Xu's side, hugged his knees and sobbed.

Gong Xu had already been untied, but he sat there motionless, as if his soul and spirit had been extracted from his body.

Madam Song shook his leg, crying heartbrokenly: "Master, all these years of affection can't all be fake. I really had my reasons for doing those things... I did it all for the good of the Gong family! If Kang An is alive, he'll be the descendant of a traitor, and you'll all be implicated!"

Gong Xu slowly lowered his head, staring straight at Song Shi, then suddenly raised his arm and slapped her hard across the face.

Song was beaten to the ground, but she was still unwilling to give up and cried, "You promised me! You promised to cherish me for the rest of your life! What? Are you going to go back on your word now?!"

"You shameless woman!" Gong Xu trembled all over. "You've kept this from me for so long!"

He was so disappointed, so shocked, and so heartbroken. Song had always been the person he trusted most; he had always thought she was weak and kind, even incapable of protecting herself, and that she needed his protection to survive.

Who would have thought that beneath her mask of evil and ruthlessness, she was a demon, devoid of any humanity!

"I had no choice! What would you do if you were in my shoes?!" At this moment, Madam Song was like a lone wolf cornered against a wall, unable to pretend to be docile any longer, and instinctively bared her fangs. "Every man for himself! What's wrong with me making plans for myself?! What kind of good people are you in the Gong family?! You're just putting on a show all day long!"

Otherwise, why didn't they just kill Wen Mingqian back then?! That would have ended it all, and none of this would have happened!

At this point, she suddenly turned around as if possessed, pointing at Wen Mingqian and saying, "It's all your fault! You bitch, why are you so lucky?! Why didn't you die in childbirth on the way back then?! Why did you bring that bastard child back with you?!"

"She's gone mad. Tie her up and take her back to her room," said Madam Gong in a deep voice. "Just tell everyone that Consort Song is weak from a miscarriage and needs to rest."

"Understood, Madam." By this time, Madam Xu had already subdued all the people that Madam Song had brought, and then brought in a few more people to tie Madam Song up.

Happy National Day in advance! I'll be going on a trip, so I might not be able to update for a few days. Have a great time!
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