Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128: Chapter 127: Deep-seated Grudge_1

The doctor’s legs immediately went limp. He knelt on the ground, kowtowing and wailing: “It has nothing to do with me! Young Miss, it really has nothing to do with me! I was suddenly brought here. I said my medical skills are insufficient. The nanny from your manor said I was just here to go through the motions. Anyway, the person is going to die!”

Anyway, the person is going to die?!

She grabbed the armrest of the chair, her spine chilling. Someone wanted Ji Tingyu dead!

Was it because Ji Tingyu sent back the military record bamboo slip?! Or was it because… of something else?!

Her nails almost embedded into the wooden armrest, her anger palpable. Her voice rose sharply: “Investigate who brought this doctor in today! Once found, tie them up and bring them to me! If they resist, beat them to death and drag them over to have the doctor identify them!”

“Yes!” A guard responded and quickly exited.

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Her gaze involuntarily fell on Mrs. Ji Liu, who had curled up in a corner: “Mrs. Ji Liu…”

Mrs. Ji Liu hurriedly knelt in front of Bai Qingyan: “Young Miss, I… I don’t know anything!”

“You and I have never met before, but you know I am the eldest daughter of the Bai family…” Bai Qingyan’s calm and cold voice was wrapped in a layer of frost. “Let me ask you, when the person was sent to fetch the illegitimate son of the Bai family today, did anything happen?”

Mrs. Ji Liu lowered her head, her eyes darting around in panic. Her voice was extremely low: “Answering the Young Miss, nothing had happened…”

Out of respect for Ji Tingyu, she restrained her attitude towards Mrs. Ji Liu: “Think carefully. The nanny by my side has already gone to inquire. If what you say differs from what the nanny reports when she returns, do you know the consequences?”

“Young Miss, I am just an ordinary woman. The nanny in the manor told me to come and serve my husband, so I came! I really don’t know anything!”

Her gaze towards Mrs. Ji Liu grew colder and colder. She slowly leaned back in her chair: “Send someone to wait at Qinghui Courtyard. When you see Nanny Tong, have her come over! Also, let my chief maid Chun Xing bring me a hand-warmer. Tonight… is still long!”

Mrs. Ji Liu shuddered, swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

Soon, Nanny Tong came over with Chun Xing. Chun Xing saluted and then hurriedly stepped forward to hand the hand-warmer to Bai Qingyan.

“You go inside and watch Ji Tingyu, keep the fire burning.” She took the hand-warmer and instructed Chun Xing.

“Yes!” Chun Xing lifted the curtain and went inside.

“Did you find out anything from Nanny Jiang?” She looked at Nanny Tong.

“I did!” Nanny Tong quickly walked to Bai Qingyan’s side. “Nanny Jiang said it was the Eldest Princess who wanted to leave the illegitimate son’s mother on the estate. But the illegitimate son was unwilling and made a fuss about not wanting to get on the carriage.”

She turned to Mrs. Ji Liu: “Mrs. Ji Liu, do you know about this?”

Mrs. Ji Liu prostrated herself even lower: “I do not know!”

Upon hearing this, Bai Qingyan pressed her lips together, asking no more…

Under the eaves of the corridor, white lanterns swayed. The courtyard was full of people, but it was so quiet that only the sound of the wind could be heard.

With that, Bai Qingyan, exuding an air of menacing severity, tightly gripped Nanny Tong’s hand and stepped outside.

The guard who had gone to investigate which nanny brought the doctor in returned, bowing to Bai Qingyan: “Young Miss, it was Nanny Qi who brought the doctor in. Nanny Qi has a matter at home and is not in the manor. Should we go to her home to apprehend her?”

Hearing the name Nanny Qi, Nanny Tong hurriedly said to Bai Qingyan: “Nanny Qi is the nanny who went to fetch the second master’s illegitimate son today. She was the one who returned first to see the Eldest Princess, then brought in the Ji family’s daughter-in-law. When I went to inquire today, the outer court also said Nanny Qi had a matter at home.”

Nanny Qi, that illegitimate son, Changshou Courtyard, Eldest Princess…

Connecting these dots, isn’t it clear?!

What deep-seated grudge could Nanny Qi have against Ji Tingyu that she must see him dead?!

But as for her grandmother? Why would she need to kill Ji Tingyu, who had done a favor for the Bai family?

Thinking that all this was orchestrated by the Eldest Princess, her already unsettled heart was now doused with hot oil, and her hands trembled.

Her icy gaze turned to the doctor kneeling and trembling in the courtyard: “Yiri Mian, did you bring it in?”

The doctor, scared, kowtowed: “Young Miss, spare my life! It has nothing to do with me! The person was already like this when I arrived! Young Miss, please see the truth! I… I was just here to go through the motions! The nannies in your manor know!”

Suppressing her fury, her gaze turned to the shivering Mrs. Ji Liu. Grinding her teeth, she said: “I’ll have this doctor’s finger joints smashed, one by one! If he still doesn’t tell the truth, break every joint in his body! Right here in this courtyard… smash!”

Lu Ping stepped forward, kicking the doctor to the ground and stepping hard on his back: “Do it!”