Muniang sneered, "Who knew they were more cunning than you, finding a scapegoat? If I hadn't intervened today, would you have continued to use your various means from the deep courtyards of the past to fight one another? Pretending to be clever, did you really think I was a fool?!"
Nanny Li's body trembled, and she quickly said, "This old servant knows her crime."
"Who gave you the courage to poison at will in my territory? You told me you wanted to deal with those two girls; was this vile stuff how you intended to poison them to death?"
This small courtyard was her and Yu Ze's home, where they hoped their children would grow happily, not a place where blood could be casually spilled. Nanny Li's biggest mistake was that, thinking Muniang's methods were even harsher than those of the women in the deep courtyards, she assumed Muniang's heart was as black as theirs.
Nanny Li hastily said, "Although it was this old servant's idea, in truth, it wasn't just my own boldness."
