Since Essie gave birth to the baby prematurely, Albert ordered to seal the secret passage. He also took the security guard to do a thorough examination in the house with an infrared detector in case of any other undetectable security loopholes.
According to steward Zhang's secret report, after interrogating Peri's roommate, Mary sent someone to her hometown to investigate her brother.
After careful consideration, Essie decided to come straight to the point and ask Mary about it. If she had any ulterior schemes, she would take it as a warning and strangle her in the cradle.
In the evening, she invited Mary to the study, poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her. "Mommy, I heard that you have been very concerned about Peri recently. A person like her deserves more than death. You don't have to feel guilty."
The corners of Mary's mouth twitched fiercely. She did it so secretly, but she still found it. It seemed that she had almost controlled the Rong Mansion in just a few scores of days.
"She has nothing to do with me. Why should I feel guilty? On the contrary, some people in this mansion used her and killed her to keep the secret. They don't have any mercy at all. They are simply cold-blooded." Mary sighed heavily, with a kind look on her face.
"Mommy, what do you mean?" Essie asked slowly, pretending not to understand. That was why Mary was sent to the cold palace. If she wanted to go back to the Rong family, she had to prove herself innocent. So now she was probably putting all her intention to this matter.
"Essie, I know very well whether I have involved in the secret passage plot or not. I don't know there is a secret passage in that yard at all. How could I plan such a plot? I won't allow anyone to frame me up. I will try my best to find out the truth. Don't try to stop me,"
Mary said in a firm tone, as if declaring war on Essie. She had planned to perfunctorily talk to Essie on the surface and secretly carry out an investigation plan. Since Essie had found out, she didn't have to beat around the bush.
Taking a sip of the black tea, Essie said with a cold smile, "Mommy, don't try to confuse right from wrong."
"What? Are you afraid? You made it up and acted, didn't you? You set me up with this trick and kicked me out of the Rong Mansion. " Mary's two thick eyebrows twisted in a straight line in anger, and her breath bulged heavily in her chest.
A touch of anger flashed across Essie's face. "I love and take care of my Dawny like a treasure. I will never do anything to hurt him, let alone allow anyone to hurt him! But you, in order to avenge me, have been so cruel to hurt your own grandson. It's unforgivable. "
"I didn't do it. No one can sling mud at me. And the child, he is just..." Mary stopped talking. She wanted to say that Dawny was a bastard, but when she thought of the excellent genes of the Rong family that he had revealed everywhere, she swallowed her words.
When she was in the other courtyard, she had heard that after the child disappeared, Essie had postpartum depression and almost went crazy. If it was a bastard, she should be eager to see the child disappear. Would she be anxious to find him back?
Therefore, her original idea of killing two birds with one stone could be temporarily overturned. Essie should have designed this scheme just to frame her, but she did not expect that she would lift a stone to hit her own feet, causing her premature birth and putting the baby into it.
While she was thinking, Essie said in a cold voice, "If you dare to insult my child again, don't blame me for disregarding the feelings of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law." Since the accident of her baby, her heart to protect the baby had become extremely strong. Even if it was a verbal injury to the child, she would never allow it.
"No matter how sophisticated the plot is, there will be loopholes. I will find out the secret passage and wash away my humiliation!" Mary's shrill voice was like a seesaw tearing the air.
With a sneer, Essie said, "Is that the only thing you want to prove your own innocent? Don't you want to wash yourself in the plot of peanut allergy?"
The corners of Mary's mouth twitched fiercely, and she did not refute, as if acquiesced in her crime. "Don't mix the two up."
"You've already been tired of sin. It won't be burdensome to add this one more," Essie said sarcastically.
"Don't be complacent. I will find out the secret passage. No matter how you stop me, it's useless. Let's see who will laugh to the end," Mary said angrily.
"Then I wish you success." With a sneer, Essie turned around and left.
When she entered the room, she sat in front of the crib and looked at the sleeping baby. Her mind was in a mess.
Although Mary had always been a stubborn woman who was like a dead pig not afraid of hot water and refused to admit her mistakes, her reaction this time seemed to be more intense than ever. It seemed that she was not trying to deny it. Moreover, if she did it, there was no need to investigate Peri in secret.
Was there something hidden in it?
She couldn't help shivering. If Mary hadn't done it, who would have done it?
She pretended to be a ferocious ghost in red and kidnapped Shyla to force her to abdicate. After the matter was exposed, she framed Mary and let herself escape from the crime completely! The arrangement was so ingenious that not a chain was missed.
But who would do that? Who would be the biggest beneficiary if she was forced to quit the hostess?
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