Chapter 667 - 660_1
After informing the shopkeeper Liu, Lin Yue went back to deal with the traitor within. On questioning the traitor, it turned out to be an embroiderer from the embroidery room, a woman of few words who didn’t attract much attention. Unexpectedly, she had been bribed to leak the master’s information.
For such disloyal servants, Lin Yue naturally didn’t need to be courteous. After questioning her again and seeing she had nothing else to say, Lin Yue directly called for the tooth-woman and sold the woman. Thus, the matter of the traitor was considered resolved.
However, even after dealing with it, Lin Yue didn’t feel quite satisfied. Listening to the traitor’s confession, she kept feeling something was amiss, but the evidence before her eyes forced her to believe it.
"Madam, what’s wrong? Is there something amiss?"
Lin Yue shook her head, "It’s just some thoughts. Nanny, tell me the truth. Do you really think this embroiderer named Zhenxi is the traitor? I just can’t see it. With such a timid disposition, how could she be bought by the men in black? And yet, Nanny, it was you who caught her, and she herself has admitted to it without denial."
Lin Yue believed in her own judgment, but this time she felt very uncertain. Although she kept trying to convince herself that she was right, she couldn’t help but ask.
"Madam, I know you have a soft heart, and indeed Zhenxi is a pleasing and lovable child, gentle and quiet. Even I often found myself fond of the girl and never expected her to do such a thing. There’s a saying, ’do not judge a book by its cover.’ I have spent half my life in the palace and the aristocratic families and have seen too many such cases. Often, it’s these kinds of people who hide the deepest. Besides, the evidence is right before our eyes. I set up a trap, and Zhenxi walked right into it. She herself probably knew that there was no escape, which is why she confessed without denial."
Nanny Xu liked to speak based on facts. Sometimes people’s feelings can be a wonderful thing with accurate instincts, but sometimes they can also lead to errors.