"Husband, my lady..."
"Do you know what you need to do? If anything happens to my lady or Yiyu, your entire family will have to pay with their lives as a burial sacrifice, and not one will be spared!"
Lady Leng's gaze was as sharp as if it had been ice-hardened, her eyes piercing the maid as she spoke each word deliberately.
"I... I know... The maid knows what to do."
Her heart filled with despair, large tears slid from her eyes as she nodded instinctively.
What could she do? If it were only her own life at stake, she might risk a desperate gamble, but she had a family. If she implicated Lady Leng and the young miss, her family would certainly not escape, they would all die.
Facing certain death either way, she naturally chose to protect her family.
"The poisoning was out of spite that the bastard climbed over the young miss's head. I acted alone, and the poison was bought in secret from an outside alchemist."
Her voice lacked any trace of emotion as she said this.
