A concubine? You're more like a joke. I'd rather send you to your death.

Zhang Yuyao is such a wicked person; she is jealous of her elder sister and infatuated with Bai Hao.

He might have been so jealous that he killed the original owner's mother so that he could take her place.

"Your mother suffered excessive bleeding after childbirth and died a few days later. The imperial physician came at the time and found nothing wrong."

"Is that imperial physician still alive? Zhang Yuyao was in the mansion at the time, along with that fellow Han Ming."

Bai Luoluo was somewhat skeptical. He had died from the massive hemorrhage immediately; how could he have waited several more days?

Massive bleeding that cannot be stopped could even lead to death in a hospital bed, even in modern times.

In ancient times, the technology was even less advanced; how could a person survive for several days despite excessive bleeding?

From a medical perspective, this is completely impossible.

"Luo'er, what are you doubting? That imperial physician may no longer be here. Zhang Yuyao used to visit your mother often and would occasionally stay at the mansion. Han Ming had not yet come to the mansion at that time."

“With normal massive bleeding, it’s impossible to survive for more than a few days; one should die on the spot. This is too suspicious.”

She had doubts about Bai Luoluo's matter, but upon hearing this, she became even more convinced that the original owner's mother's death must be related to the wicked woman Zhang Yuyao.

If the wife doesn't die, how can she enter the house?

Upon hearing this, Bai Hao's eyes immediately filled with anger.

"Luo'er means that someone is plotting to harm your mother, and that person is Zhang Shi."

Bai Hao wasn't stupid. He could tell that Zhang liked him by climbing into her bed, and he used every means to keep her.

Considering her pregnancy, he did not pursue the matter.

Bai Hao's face turned slightly pale. Luo'er had been poisoned, making her look ugly and smelling terrible. She was trying to ruin this legitimate daughter.

Han Ming and the butler are probably taking the blame for Zhang.

At that moment, Bai Hao understood everything.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He had actually abandoned his beloved daughter to such a vicious woman.

"My daughter was poisoned from a young age."

Butler, Han Ming has no grudge against my father and has no reason to harm me.

Even if there was a grudge, he should have just killed his daughter.

The fact that they used such a disfiguring poison is clearly just paving the way for Bai Qianqian.

When her daughter was little, Zhang Yuyao let her play every day, seemingly doing it for her own good, but in reality, she didn't want her daughter to learn music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

But she was much stricter with Bai Qianqian. Compared to her, I, the legitimate daughter, am utterly pathetic. All those rumors circulating outside over the years must have been her doing.

Now that things are out in the open, Bai Luoluo no longer wants to hide anything.

Let Bai Hao investigate himself. If Zhang Yuyao really did harm the original owner's mother, then she probably wouldn't need to live anymore.

Upon hearing these words, Bai Hao felt deeply indebted to Bai Luoluo.

He never imagined that a decision would harm his daughter.

Could it be that his Xue'er was also murdered? If so, Zhang Yuyao had no way of hiding it from the imperial physician.

This doesn't make sense. Imperial physicians are highly skilled; they would have been able to detect poisoning.

“If your mother was poisoned, the imperial physicians would have been able to diagnose it. Back then, the Imperial Hospital sent two imperial physicians, one was Physician Xu, and the other was Physician Qin. They both said that your mother had suffered severe postpartum hemorrhage and that there was no cure.”

Bai Hao seemed to be recalling what the imperial physician had said before.

These words puzzled Bai Luoluo as well.

Zhang Yuyao did not have the ability to bribe the imperial physicians back then, let alone two of them.

Furthermore, Bai Hao was already a General Who Protects the Nation at that time.

The original owner's mother was the legitimate daughter of a Hanlin scholar, so her status was naturally not bad. Marrying Bai Hao would make her the wife of a general, so they shouldn't have dared to hide anything.

Who exactly is stirring up trouble here, wanting Zhang Yuxue dead?

"Father, could you find these two imperial physicians, or their families, to look for clues from back then? I feel that someone is helping Zhang Yuyao cover this up."

"Alright, don't alert them. I will send people to investigate secretly. As for Zhang, she is confined to her quarters. But since Qianqian is my bloodline, let her marry the Third Prince as a concubine in peace."

"As long as Sister Qian behaves herself, I won't do anything to her. Father, you can rest assured."

These days, it's all just empty talk, and there's no evidence to back it up.

There was so much information today; his face had turned slightly pale, clearly indicating that he had been somewhat shocked. He decided to take his time and talk about it later.

If Zhang Yuyao really did kill the original owner's mother, Bai Hao might go crazy.

"As your father, I knew that Luo'er was a kind child."

Bai Hao was filled with guilt. If all of this was true, he was a complete failure as a father.

"Father is joking. Actually, I've never been a kind person. I'm the kind of person who holds grudges."

The word "kindness" depends on how it's used; in fact, she doesn't like being described that way.

You can be kind to good people, but what's the point of being kind to a vicious woman? Killing her with all your might is the only way.

Bai Hao looked at her without saying a word, as if he were scrutinizing her.

Despite being examined, Bai Luoluo remained calm and said with a smile, "Since there's nothing wrong, I'll go back to Xueluo Courtyard to recuperate."

"Okay, remember to tell your father if anything happens."

"Ah."

After Bai Luoluo finished speaking, she left the study.

After she left, Bai Hao summoned his shadow guards to investigate what Bai Luoluo had just said.

............

Zhang Yuxue slumped in her courtyard, her eyes fixed on the direction outside the gate.

Tears fell drop by drop.

why?

The ugly, lowly slave is now taking the blame for her.

"Hahaha..........."

Zhang Yuyao laughed wildly, tears streaming down her face, as if she had gone completely mad.

When did she become so easily manipulated by this little bitch?

Ever since she was injured at the Grand Princess's residence, this little bitch has been defying and rebelling against her, and now she has even driven one of her people to their death.

Damn...

She shouldn't have kept this little bastard to please Bai Hao in the first place.

At this moment, Zhang Yuyao was filled with regret.

"Madam, please don't be so sad. The general has only been deceived for a moment. He will release you in a couple of days."

Granny Li stepped forward and helped her up.

"What do you know?" Zhang Yuyao pushed her away. "The general no longer trusts me. Once these things are investigated, I will have no chance to recover."

Granny Li was pushed to the ground.

"Madam, the steward has already been convicted of poisoning, and the general has no way of finding out."

Zhang Yuyao's eyes were bloodshot, her hair was disheveled, and she looked nothing like her usual self.

"Get out...get out!!!"

She roared.

Granny Li was so frightened that she trembled all over and scrambled away from the place.

Phoenix Palace!

"What did you say?"

The empress's tone was unfriendly.

"The Third Prince is suspected of being poisoned. The imperial physicians have reviewed the diagnoses but are unable to determine the cause of the poison."

At this moment, the shadow guard in front of the Third Prince knelt on the ground and replied.

"waste!"

The empress's eyes turned cold, and she smashed the teacup in her hand to the ground.

"Your subordinates are incompetent."

The shadow guard hung his head, prostrate on the ground, not daring to breathe.

"Ya Nu, go to the Third Prince's residence and find out what kind of poison he has been given?"

The Empress gave instructions to those behind her.

"Yes."

The figure of the crow slave suddenly appeared beside the shadow guard.