Qingmei seemed to finally find a reason to exonerate herself and quickly said, "Qingya told me, she said that you couldn't conceive, I thought you hadn't gotten pregnant, I didn't know, if I had known you were with child, I would never have used the safflower, Mu, believe me!"
Muniang, however, stood up with a cold laugh, "Qingmei, at a time like this, such words are useless."
Qingmei immediately knelt on the ground, pleading desperately, "Mu, I really didn't do it on purpose, how could I be so heartless..."
"Was it Lu Ziquan who instructed you? What did he promise you? To set you free? Or perhaps, to make you his wife?" Muniang laughed, her tone laced with cruelty.
Qingmei's heart turned cold in an instant, and she cried even harder, "It's no use, I really didn't, Mu, believe me, how could I be so ungrateful, it must be a misunderstanding to side with that scum and go against you, I would never do such a thing!"
