Chapter 103 Hypnosis: Interrogating Nanny Xu

After seeing off Manager Cui and his men, Ji Yuntang immediately went to the woodshed where Nanny Xu was locked up.

"Open the door for this princess."

The two servants at the door were dozing off listlessly until a sharp voice came, jolting them awake. They immediately knelt and begged for mercy.

"Forgive us, Princess. We didn't mean to fall asleep. It's just that last night, Nanny Xu was crying and laughing and cursing all night in the woodshed, and I was too sleepy to..."

Ji Yuntang coldly interrupted them, "Don't make me repeat myself. Open the door!"

Only then did the two servants quickly take the keys and unlock the woodshed door.

The moment Ji Yuntang stepped inside, a silver-glinting dagger stabbed fiercely toward her chest.

"You little wretch, pay for my daughter's life with yours!"

Ji Yuntang reacted swiftly. She sidestepped, grabbed Nanny Xu's stabbing hand, redirected her force, and twisted it back with a sharp crack. A piercing scream instantly rang in her ears.

"Ahhh!"

The dagger fell to the ground with a clatter.

Ji Yuntang kicked Nanny Xu flying. "Tell me, did you borrow those fifteen thousand taels from Jincheng Bank in Prince Ye's name? What did you use the money for?"

Nanny Xu let out a choked laugh, "Hehehe, what if I did borrow it in the prince's name?"

"You want to know? I won't tell you. If you have the guts, go find out yourself!"

"Do you think I can't find out?" Ji Yuntang narrowed her eyes, her voice like shattering ice. "Prince Ye regarded you as his lifesaver and treated you well. Ask yourself, has he ever shortchanged you or your daughter in all these years?"

"He lay paralyzed in bed for three years, and Prince Ye's manor became the domain of you and your daughter. Even so, you two were still unsatisfied. For the past three years, the Empress has sent supplements and medicinal herbs to A He every month. How much silver did you sell them for?"

"And what about A He's monthly allowances and stipends? As a prince, his monthly stipend is two thousand taels, plus subsidies totaling three thousand taels. Yet the manor accounts show under five hundred taels. So I ask you: where did all that money go?"

Nanny Xu trembled all over, her swollen eyes looking at Ji Yuntang in disbelief.

How did she suddenly know so much about this?

She had counted on the fact that Luo Junhe was paralyzed in bed and had no confidants around, so she brazenly embezzled those things as if she were entitled.

But how did Ji Yuntang suddenly know so much about this?

The memory of Liu Linlang's death was still fresh. Last night, she had collapsed in Nanny Xu's arms and coughed up blood for half the night until there was not a single drop left in her body.

Such a death was downright cruel.

Nanny Xu suddenly realized that Ji Yuntang was grilling her now because she intended to kill her.

She didn't want to die. She hadn't yet escaped Prince Ye's manor, and she hadn't avenged Liu Linlang. She couldn't die yet.

Nanny Xu's face turned pale, her lips trembling. She struggled to her feet and bolted for the door.

"Prince Ye! I want to see Prince Ye! I am his lifesaver. He said he would support me for life and take care of me in my old age."

"You have no right to question me! I want to see the prince!"

Ji Yuntang wouldn't let her leave. She spun around and slammed the woodshed door shut.

Nanny Xu rushed over, only one step away from the exit, but the door was heavily closed at that moment. She slammed headfirst into the door, her head spinning.

"You still want to see the prince? You really think he'll still be soft-hearted?"

Ji Yuntang curled her lips disdainfully. "If you don't go looking for trouble, you won't find it. If you had just quietly done your work in Prince Ye's manor, the prince would naturally keep his promise and support you in your old age, and he would have found a decent husband for your daughter. But what did you do in the manor?"

"Before I arrived, the prince slept on a bed soiled with piss and shit, wore filthy, tattered clothes, and ate scraps even the servants wouldn't touch. Not only did you not care for him yourself, you didn't even have anyone else do it. Is this how you run the house?"

"You can fool that airhead Luo Sinian, but trying to fool me? Let's see if you have nine lives."

Ji Yuntang's words hit Nanny Xu hard, and she went limp and collapsed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

At that moment, she realized that Luo Junhe was her only powerful ally in Prince Ye's manor.

For her and her daughter to live a good life, she had to cling to him and rely on him.

But in the years since Luo Junhe had come back from the battlefield a cripple, she had slacked off on that effort.

Deep down, Nanny Xu felt that Luo Junhe could no longer help her much. Whatever she wanted, she had to get it herself.

So step by step, she grew greedier and more shameless until she became what she was now.

Now, nothing she said mattered anymore.

Nanny Xu cried her eyes out, snot running. "Kill me, I beg you, kill me. I failed the prince, I let him down."

Seeing Nanny Xu had let her guard down, Ji Yuntang shoved a black pill into her mouth.

"You want to die? Not that easy!"

Ji Yuntang pulled a pendant from her storage space and slowly swung it before Nanny Xu's eyes.

The truth pill melted on her tongue, and her eyes glazed over.

"Tell me, where did you spend the fifteen thousand taels you borrowed from Jincheng Bank, the prince's stipend money, and the silver from selling the medicinal herbs?"

Nanny Xu answered unconsciously: "I used the borrowed money and the silver from selling the herbs to buy a large mansion in Baili Lane in the capital. I planned to move there with Lin Lang after the prince died, and then find a rich husband for her."

Ji Yuntang asked again, "What about the prince's stipend? Where did you spend that?"

"Two years ago, I bought a failing shop on White Tiger Street and used the prince's stipend to open a general store called Ingenuity Shop. But it's been losing money for the past two years, and I can't even sell it off."

Ji Yuntang narrowed her eyes. She knew about Ingenuity Shop; she often passed by it on her way to Fragrant Thread Boutique to buy ready-made clothes.

She never expected that shop to be opened by Nanny Xu with Luo Junhe's money.

"Besides the mansion and Ingenuity Shop, what else did you do with Prince Ye's manor's money outside?"

"That's all. Those were the only two properties I had on the side."

Under the influence of hypnosis and the truth pill, Nanny Xu spoke without reservation, revealing everything.

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