The head maid, Cai Xi, from my mother's room secretly told me that my father wanted to elevate my aunt to the status of an equal wife. My mother refused, arguing vehemently with him, stating that he could only do so over her dead body.
Father stormed out in a rage.
An hour after their argument, Father returned to apologize, bearing my mother's medicine in his hands. He went at lengths to sooth her, all in an effort to convince her to take her medicine.
But after Mother took the medicine, she started vomiting blood. By the time the doctor arrived, she had already stopped breathing.
After hearing Cai Xi's account, I felt a mix of rage and hatred, wishing I could butcher them both.
I was certain that Father had swindled the Nourishing Heart Pill, not only withholding it from Mother, but he even poisoned her instead?
To confirm Cai Xi's words, I secretly examined my mother's body and found indeed, she died of poisoning.
