20demayo Chapter 193: To Protect Yourself
Chapter 193: To Protect Yourself
Mrs. Bo looked at Concubine Xu in disbelief, raised her hand and touched her cheek and arm, where the marks of the rash were still obvious.
"It's just a trivial trick. Has anyone in your yard been infected with the disease again after the yard was sealed off?" asked Concubine Xu.
This reminded Mrs. Bo that several maids had not yet been infected with the disease.
Madam Bo suddenly came to her senses and looked at Concubine Xu fiercely: "Why is Concubine Xu so sure that it was Ning Xianyun who harmed me, and not the Liu family who was behind it?"
Looking at Madam Bo, Concubine Xu was wondering how her aunt could have been tricked by this fool. Concubine Xu also lost her patience: "I am not here to cause trouble for the Bo family today, but to save them."
Mrs. Bo obviously didn't believe this.
"The third prince today is not the third prince at all. Concubine Yuexian gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. My aunt took one of them away and raised him in the Bo family. Later, there was a fire in the Bo family, and the child disappeared."
Every time Concubine Xu said a word, Madam Bo's face became more ugly. She looked at her in astonishment: "What is Concubine talking about? How come I don't know about it..."
"Snapped!"
A slap hit Mrs. Bo's face violently.
The attack was unexpected.
Mrs. Bo was stunned, covering her face with her hands, feeling angry and furious.
Concubine Xu was angry: "He came here for revenge. He must have guessed that you already knew the truth, so he joined forces with Ning Xianyun to take revenge on you, idiot!"
"Concubine Ning?" Mrs. Bo was even more unconvinced. It was impossible for that plain-looking girl to plot against her.
It sounds like Mrs. Bo has fallen into a trap without even realizing it.
Concubine Xu gnashed her teeth in hatred: "Ning Xianyun is not Ning Xianyun at all, she is the Southern Liang Empress Lu Jingning in disguise!"
"What did you say?" Mrs. Bo became more and more incredulous. She stared at Concubine Xu blankly. Seeing that the other party's gritting of teeth did not seem fake, she swallowed.
"You still refuse to tell the truth even now?" Concubine Xu asked angrily.
Madam Bo forced herself to calm down, and went over these things in her mind. Then her face turned pale. "My Lady, I went to the Third Prince's Mansion that day because Concubine Bo had a miscarriage. Then I found that Concubine Bo's personal maid was missing. Someone saw with their own eyes that it was Xue Yuan who was beside Concubine Ning who took her away. When I went to question her, Concubine Ning denied it. The commotion got out of hand and attracted Madam Liu. I don't know how they started fighting. They were outnumbered and I was no match for them. Later, I was taken away and fell unconscious halfway through the journey."
Mrs. Bo gritted her teeth and said, "When I opened my eyes, I was at the door of the Bo residence. I had a rash all over my body. It was diagnosed as an epidemic."
When Mrs. Bo thought of this, she was extremely angry, but when she thought that Ning Xianyun was dead, she felt very happy.
Concubine Xu saw through Madam Bo's thoughts at a glance: "I have already dug up Ning Xianyun's coffin, it's not her at all!"
"What?" Mrs. Bo was stunned again.
Concubine Xu guessed that the epidemic came suddenly and Ning Xianyun must be anxious to leave, but she found that there were too many Jinyiwei in the capital that day.
The Emperor of Northern Qi clearly intended to take action against the Third Prince, and had deployed manpower throughout the capital, so Ning Xianyun used the epidemic to cause turmoil in the capital, and took the opportunity to inform the Third Prince!
If you think about it this way, everything will make sense in an instant.
Madam Bo didn't understand: "Then why did the Queen of Southern Liang come to the capital? If she is found out, wouldn't it be very dangerous?"
She still couldn't believe that Ning Xianyun was Lu Jingning in disguise.
It is also said that the Queen of Southern Liang was an extremely beautiful woman.
"That's because Northern Qi is going to attack Southern Liang. Southern Liang's military strength is slightly weaker than Northern Qi. Lu Jingning wants to take this opportunity to disintegrate Northern Qi's power without wasting a single soldier and buy time for Southern Liang!" Concubine Xu spoke word by word, revealing what suddenly came to her mind.
She looked at Mrs. Bo.
"Why did Bo Yan'er have a miscarriage? Did she do it on purpose to distance herself from the Third Prince?"
If these actions were taken because Lu Jingning discovered the truth about Bo Yan'er's miscarriage, Concubine Xu really wanted to say that the Bo family is so stupid!
Mrs. Bo looked away guiltily.
I actually guessed it right!
Concubine Xu's heart was beating fast. She looked up at Madam Bo and said, "If the Bo family wants to save their lives now, there is only one way. Otherwise, if Bo Yan breaks into the capital one day, the first thing he will do is to attack the Bo family."
Madam Bo asked back, "The Imperial Concubine and Bo Yan should be on the same boat, why would she help our Bo family?"
Concubine Xu put a hand on her belly and said angrily, "We were originally on the same boat, but later, I was implicated by him and lost my child. How can I not take revenge for this?"
"Then what does the Imperial Concubine want me to do?"
"Go to the palace and tell the emperor everything truthfully."
Mrs. Bo was silent.
Concubine Xu grabbed Madam Bo's wrist and said, "This is the last chance for the Bo family, and also for me. We can live in peace in the future, and I can promise that I will never cause trouble for the Bo family again. How do you think?"
"This matter... this matter can be discussed with my family."
Concubine Xu did not hesitate to send someone to bring Master Bo over: "Now time is limited. While they are still in Northern Qi, there is still a chance to atone for their sins."
Lady Bo came reluctantly, kneeling on the ground tremblingly to pay her respects. Concubine Xu said, "Madam Bo is not suffering from an epidemic, but someone has plotted against her."
The other party showed a half-believing and half-doubting expression, and Mrs. Bo immediately said: "Husband, what the imperial concubine said is absolutely true."
Then Mrs. Bo stepped forward and told Lord Bo exactly what she had said to Concubine Xu. Lord Bo had an expression of disbelief on his face and was extremely surprised.
"The Queen of Southern Liang..."
"This bastard actually hooked up with the Queen of Southern Liang. He has no shame at all!" Lord Bo's face flushed red. "This bastard doesn't even know how to slander the Bo family outside. He won the sympathy of the Queen of Southern Liang and coaxed her to help him get revenge. It's shameful!"
Mrs. Bo said with an embarrassed look on her face: "My husband, this child has been addicted to lying since he was young, and now he has almost brought disaster to the Bo family. We have to settle this account."
Lord Bo nodded. When he realized that the Third Prince was most likely an imposter, he wanted to strangle the bastard to death!
"If I see him, I will never let him go!" Lord Bo promised, and then as if he had thought of something, he exclaimed: "It is very likely that this evil boy contributed to the Empress of Southern Liang's seizure of the throne!"