Forcing me to become a concubine? Remarrying the Ninth Prince, she'll be pregnant all over the

Su Xin readily agreed and eagerly stepped forward, intending to grab Lin Wantang again to force-feed her the medicine.

Lin Wantang dodged, but was blocked by another strong old woman. The old woman and Su Xin worked together and quickly restrained Lin Wantang.

Lin Wantang was eager to deal with them and find out about Lin Yasong and her own background from Chen Shi, so she didn't resist much. However, when she was about to be forced to drink medicine by having her jaw pulled down, she struggled a couple of times.

"Wait! Who is Lin Yasong?"

Lin Wantang hurriedly asked, her sharp and cold eyes fixed on Chen Shi.

"You're quite capable, knowing that name." Madam Chen smiled sarcastically. "I know what you're curious about, but it's no use. You are my daughter, and no one can change that."

"What do you mean?" Lin Wantang's doubts deepened.

If Li Fuquan had simply switched the two children sixteen years ago, confusing the legitimate and illegitimate children, then although such a thing was unseemly, it wouldn't have been necessary to hide it. He could have just made it public openly and restored the two sisters' status. Why is Chen still so adamant about not saying anything now?

"Think about it slowly after you've descended to the underworld."

Madam Chen smiled mysteriously and winked at Su Xin and the nanny, urging them, "Hurry up and get started, we still need to prepare for the funeral."

"Yes, Madam!"

Su Xin answered loudly, grabbing Lin Wantang's hand urgently and roughly, forcibly prying open her mouth, about to force down a bowl of thick, dark medicine—

Completely unaware that Jiang Sijiu and another person had already arrived on the rooftop long ago, she could not see what was happening inside the house, but she could hear everything clearly. She became increasingly anxious, so she immobilized the person beside her by striking their pressure points, then drew her bow and arrows and shot them at the sky.

boom!

A long arrow, lit and carrying gunpowder, shot into the sky and exploded instantly, sending fireworks flying everywhere.

Startled by the commotion, Su Xin paused in the room. Taking advantage of this, Lin Wantang broke free, overturning the bowl of medicine and kicking the strong old woman over. She then flicked the hidden poison needles in her sleeve, which pierced Su Xin and the old woman with two sharp swooshes.

The two felt a pain, and when they tried to move again, they felt paralysis in half of their bodies.

"What is this... Madam, help me..."

Ignoring the two's cries of pain, Chen was about to retaliate when Lin Wantang strode forward and grabbed her by the throat. Although her strength wasn't great, the poisoned needle she held in her other hand was also close to Chen's chest.

"This needle is poisoned."

Lin Wantang's cold voice arrived as expected, her threatening eyes narrowing as her voice grew increasingly soothing and penetrating: "See blood, seal, throat."

"You...how dare you!" Chen was so panicked she was completely disoriented, unable to move or struggle, her breathing erratic: "Are you going to murder your mother? That's utterly outrageous..."

Lin Wantang had no time for pleasantries, knowing that once the signal was sent, Wei Wujiu's men would arrive in no time. She raced against time, asking only one last time, "Who exactly is Lin Yasong?"

"She..." Chen opened her mouth, a thousand emotions flashing in her eyes, but in the end, she gritted her teeth with jealousy and insisted, "I don't know! Why don't you ask your father? See if he'll tell you!"

"Lin Yasong? Hahaha..."

Suddenly, Chen burst into a furious laugh, her face contorted with rage: "Kill me! If you have the guts, then bear the heinous crimes of incest, filial impiety, and matricide and kill me! Kill me, and you'll never know!"

Lin Wantang's questioning eyes narrowed. "You're really stubborn, aren't you? You'd rather die than tell me? Fine, whatever."

She wanted to see if Chen was truly fearless of death before she could thrust the golden needle in one go, but then a loud commotion came from outside.

Hundreds of Imperial Guards had already surrounded the Grand Tutor's mansion in an instant. Li Jinzhi led his men to deal with the steward, while Jiang Fulu hurriedly led Chunhen and Qiuying into the backyard.

"Where is Miss Lin? Is this courtyard Miss Lin's boudoir?"

Jiang Fulu asked everyone he met along the way, but couldn't get any accurate information, so he had no choice but to search for the source.

"Looking for the young lady?" Xiao Qiu ran out of the courtyard and shouted when she saw Jiang Fulu and the others, "My young lady is in this courtyard! Come in quickly, the madam is inside, I wonder what she's going to do to the young lady!"

Jiang Fulu was startled and hurriedly quickened his pace, running away with Chunhen and Qiuying.

Listening from above, Jiang Sijiu's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was temporarily relieved. Concealing her tracks, she dragged the person who had been silenced away to hide first.

Just as Jiang Fulu led his men into the house, Chen Shi let out a piercing scream.

Lin Wantang showed no mercy, piercing Chen's body with the remaining poisoned needles hidden in her sleeve. Watching Chen writhe in agony on the ground, all that came to mind was the scene from her past life where she had her limbs cut off, suffering excruciating pain, while Chen supported Lin Qinglian and sneered with glee.

But she was also careful; the so-called poison was nothing more than ordinary pain that would cause unbearable discomfort, but it wouldn't be fatal.

After all, she didn't want to bear the heavy crime of murdering her mother before she figured out the mystery of her origins.

Jiang Fulu was shocked and, forgetting about Madam Chen, rushed to Lin Wantang, gave a brief bow, and asked, "Miss, are you hurt?"

"No, I..."

Lin Wantang was about to offer some words of comfort when Jiang Fulu interrupted her with a wink: "Yes! Miss is injured! Quickly! Send someone to the palace to inform Master Lin, and also inform Lord Wei to see if a royal physician can be summoned!"

Jiang Fulu undoubtedly wanted to escalate the situation. Otherwise, he and Li Jinzhi would have been responsible for leading a hundred Imperial Guards to besiege the Grand Tutor's mansion late at night. Moreover, Lin Wantang had stabbed her mother without cause. If this got out, she would be considered an unforgivable wicked woman.

"There must be assassins!" Jiang Fulu, quick-witted, blurted out the excuse he had already prepared: "These blind fools, they've got their eyes on the Grand Tutor's mansion! How dare they assassinate the young lady and the madam! Outrageous!"

Lin Wantang instantly understood. While inwardly praising Jiang Fulu's quick thinking, she nodded in agreement, "Yes, there are assassins, don't you think so, Mother?"

The conversation was turned back to Chen, who was still writhing on the ground in pain. She was furious, her eyes red with resentment, but because of her pride, she had no choice but to swallow her pride and accept defeat since the plan had failed.

"...Yes!" Madam Chen forced out a single word fiercely, "What are you all standing there for? Quickly help me up and go fetch the imperial physician!"

"Madam, it wasn't Miss who hurt you..."

Su Xin wanted to say more in her defense, but was glared at fiercely by Madam Chen. Madam Chen was wary of the poison taking effect, and also afraid of Jiang Fulu and the Imperial Guards. She didn't want to expose her secrets at this time, or she would be completely finished.

"You lowly servant, how dare you speak out of turn! You're the one who brought the assassin here! Guards, tie this lowly servant up!"

Su Xin hadn't expected things to turn out this way. Just as she was about to argue further, she heard someone outside loudly proclaim, "Master has returned! Lord Wei has also arrived!"