The servants at Peony Court could hear the sounds of the madam and the master arguing fiercely inside the main house, along with the sound of shattering porcelain.
Every single one of them was trembling with fear.
This feeling of doom and gloom spread throughout the entire Sheng Mansion. People from other courtyards didn’t dare move around freely and stayed put in their own rooms.
At this moment, Sheng Yong’s mind was a bit chaotic.
Too many things had happened today, and he had just received a ton of explosive information all at once.
But the fact that he hadn’t noticed his eldest son’s feelings for Mingzhu—this gave Sheng Yong a wake-up call.
Maybe there were many other things going on in the mansion that he didn’t know about.
So after arriving at Peony Court, while throwing a tantrum and picking fights, Sheng Yong was also testing “Huang Shi.”
Because only “Huang Shi” could keep tabs on the children’s movements in real time. Plus, Qingdai from Peony Court had also left the mansion the other day.
He had heard that Qingdai had bragged herself up as a miracle doctor just to get into the mansion, but after she arrived, she treated several servants, and each time, their conditions got worse and worse…
Everyone thought this new maid beside “Huang Shi” was full of hot air and good at sucking up…
But what if this was all deliberately arranged by “Huang Shi”? What if Qingdai really was a miracle doctor?
Of course, these were just some guesses Sheng Yong made based on objective reasons.
Subjectively speaking, Sheng Yong felt it was unlikely for “Huang Shi.”
“Huang Shi” wasn’t that deep or calculating. She couldn’t have set up such a scheme.
Besides, the eldest son was “Huang Shi’s” own flesh and blood. No matter what, “Huang Shi” wouldn’t do something like that to her own son…
But there was another possibility: Qingdai might not be “Huang Shi’s” person at all.
Qingdai could have fooled “Huang Shi” and used all the resources at Peony Court to harm Sheng Mingjian…
Of course, his daughter was also highly suspicious.
Sheng Yong had a lot on his mind at that moment, but he still felt the first person he needed to investigate was Qingdai.
His gaze involuntarily fell on Qingdai, his eyes dark and unreadable.
The way Sheng Yong looked at Qingdai made Sheng Minmin’s heart skip a beat. She quickly said,
“Husband, what’s wrong with Lao Da’s body? What kind of injuries does he have exactly?
“Why did he suddenly go crazy today?”
After the princess and the others left earlier, Sheng Yong had taken Sheng Mingjian and Sheng Mingjian’s people away and wouldn’t let anyone else see him.
Now she definitely had to ask about it too.
At the mention of Sheng Mingjian’s injuries, Sheng Yong’s face turned even uglier.
Sheng Minmin quickly twisted the knife. “Are his injuries serious?”
Sheng Yong: “…”
The urge to cough up blood came back again.
While interrogating Gao Shan and the other man, Sheng Mingjian’s body had long since given out, and he had passed out.
Sheng Yong had taken the opportunity to have the mansion doctor examine his “wonderful son’s” wound. Sheng Yong still remembered the look on the mansion doctor’s face after seeing the injury—utter terror.
As if he was shocked by the wound, and also as if he was afraid Sheng Yong would silence him…
Later, the mansion doctor stammered that the best window for treatment had already passed, and in the future, that area might be somewhat… “dysfunctional”…
Sheng Yong felt that given Sheng Mingjian’s proud personality, once he woke up and found out, he would probably go even crazier.
This made Sheng Yong’s vision go dark in waves.
“Husband, say something—if you won’t talk, I’ll go see Lao Da myself—”
With that, Sheng Minmin got up to go check on her “eldest son.”
“Stop right there!” Sheng Yong roared.
“Husband, Lao Da is my son too. What exactly happened to him? Can’t I, his mother, even go see him?”
Her questioning tone made Sheng Yong take a deep breath, barely holding onto his sanity.
“He has some minor flesh wounds. He’ll be fine after resting for a while…
“By the way, I heard this maid of yours knows medicine. Why doesn’t she go take care of him?”
“Qingdai, go right now!”
Sheng Minmin didn’t hesitate for a second. Qingdai bowed at the order and left very promptly.
Both of them looked completely innocent and above reproach.
This only made Sheng Yong more confused, and his temples started throbbing with pain again.
He felt like his mind was a mess right now. He needed to rest properly, gather more information, and sort out his thoughts.
Whether there was someone in the mansion who wanted to harm Sheng Mingjian, he would investigate slowly.
But Sheng Minmin wasn’t about to let Sheng Yong rest. “Husband, who exactly injured Lao Da?”
If Sheng Yong knew that, he wouldn’t have come to Peony Court in the first place.
But after a moment’s pause, he suddenly thought of something extremely serious.
Who exactly—or rather, which people—had violated Sheng Mingjian?
If those people couldn’t keep their mouths shut and this got out… the Sheng family would lose all its face.
Sheng Yong’s expression changed dramatically. He rushed out of Peony Court in a hurry, took almost all his capable men, and left the mansion.
And the moment Sheng Yong stepped out the door, Huang Yaning, using the excuse of the man who died today at Haitang Court possibly having accomplices,
ordered the ten newly acquired servants to notify every guard at every gate of the mansion: shut the doors and lock them tight!
Don’t let a single outsider out, and don’t let any outsiders in either!
She also told the other servants not to move around freely. The servants were already terrified today.
Now, even more afraid of being suspected, they behaved themselves perfectly.
But Dongsheng immediately became alert and prepared to send someone to Haitang Court to check the situation.
Before he could make a move, however, someone from the seventh young miss’s courtyard came and tied him up.
Dongsheng groaned inwardly, realizing that the seventh young miss had been faking it all along.
She had deliberately acted weak and helpless to fool everyone.
Then, once the master left the mansion with his trusted men, and there was no one left in the mansion who could control her, she revealed her true colors!
Now the entire mansion was really about to be turned upside down!
Dongsheng’s guess was right. While Sheng Yong was “interrogating” the servants, Huang Yaning hadn’t been idle for a moment.
She had been eating to regain her strength while making many arrangements.
Now, after tying up Dongsheng, she took Qingtian and a few nursemaids straight to Sheng Mingjian’s courtyard.
The remaining people were sent to Lotus Court, where they would first tie up Sheng Mingzhu for her, then go tie up Sheng Mingbo.
As for Sheng Mingyi, she had already instructed Qiuju that Sheng Mingyi was not to leave his courtyard today.
If he did come out, all the dirty things Qiuju had done in the past would become known to everyone.
She believed Qiuju would make sure Sheng Mingyi had a nice long “nap.”
Huang Yaning had arranged all of this to ensure that what was about to happen could proceed smoothly.
She had no intention of being interrupted halfway through like that idiot Sheng Mingjian.
When the group arrived at Sheng Mingjian’s place, they ran into Qingdai, whose face was bright red.
“Get out—
“All of you, get out—”
Sheng Mingjian’s furious voice came from inside, along with the mansion doctor’s attempts to calm him down.
“Young Master, you just woke up. Please don’t get too emotional. Be careful not to reopen your wounds—”
Then came the sound of more shattering porcelain. After a moment, the mansion doctor and a young maid were also “kicked out.”
Huang Yaning stepped forward and said, “You two go back first. I’ll handle things here—”
The mansion doctor seemed a bit hesitant. Huang Yaning smiled and said,
“Big Brother and I have some misunderstandings. I just want to say a few words to clear things up. Don’t worry, it’s not like I’m going to kill him, right?”
Upon hearing this, Qingdai quickly left. The mansion doctor took one look, then had no choice but to leave with the young maid as well.
Since Sheng Yong had taken all of Sheng Mingjian’s people away for “interrogation,” and they were all injured and lying in bed, the courtyard was empty.
The group walked unimpeded into the main house.
