"She was a madwoman to begin with. How could anything she said be taken seriously?"
Su Qiao had long known he would use this move. She turned to Xiao Lan. "Go bring her out."
Xiao Lan curtsied, then immediately turned and left the hall.
Not long after, she returned with an old wet nurse.
Although the woman kept her head lowered, a closer look revealed that she was Madam Su's wet nurse, Nanny Lai.
"Speak. Tell us everything you know."
As soon as Su Qiao finished speaking, Prime Minister Su glared threateningly at Nanny Lai. "Think carefully before you speak. You'd better not spout nonsense."
Nanny Lai was drenched in sweat. She glanced fearfully at Madam Su, swallowed, and said, "This old servant... this old servant will confess everything."
"This old servant was the madam's wet nurse. Not long after the Eldest Miss married Prime Minister Su, Madam... Madam sent me out of the estate. Then, following her instructions, I concealed my identity and sold myself into the Su Prime Minister's Estate."
Su Qiao looked at her coldly. "And then?"
Nanny Lai swallowed, staring at Su Qiao fearfully as if she had seen a devil. Suddenly, she shuddered.
"Then, then the Eldest Miss heard that I had once cared for pregnant women and knew a little about medicine, so she transferred me to her side."
"You drugged her, didn't you?" Old Madam Gu could no longer hold herself back. She stepped forward and kicked Nanny Lai to the ground.
"You vicious old hag! When you suddenly disappeared back then, I thought something terrible had happened to you. Who would have thought you had followed this wretched woman's orders and left the estate to infiltrate the Su Prime Minister's Estate in advance!"
"You vicious old hag! You heartless, murderous old crone!