Chapter 137 - 135 The Death of Nanny Zhang
Today, the skies cleared, and the courtyard was piled with last night’s fallen snow, crunching loudly underfoot.
Shen Yinning entered the side room. The room was unheated, cold as an ice cave.
Madam Zhang lay alone on the bed, countless blood-stained cloth strips scattered on the ground. It was obvious Shen Yunxi had not sent for a doctor to stop her bleeding.
Shen Yinning stood by the bed.
The snowlight streaming through the window reflected on her cheeks, casting a jade-like luster.
She smiled gently. "Madam Zhang."
Madam Zhang barely managed to open a sliver of her eye, muttering something from her throat, yet unable to produce any clear sound.
"Madam Zhang has had her tongue cut out; better save your strength and not speak." Shen Yinning cradled a warm hand warmer. "Madam Zhang has been cautious, clever, and perceptive, but unfortunately, you pledged loyalty to the wrong master. Back in the Eastern Palace, I once brought up the matter of your own daughter’s untimely death, using the same excuse as today—’harboring resentment, lurking for revenge’—to have the Crown Princess Consort punish you with the rod. Madam Zhang, do you still remember?"
Madam Zhang’s eyes widened instantly.
After the autumn hunt, was that laundry maid who suddenly appeared in the Eastern Palace actually Shen Yinning in disguise?!