No sooner had those words fallen-
Jing Wu strode into the courtroom, with the Gu Ming Brothers behind him, escorting a cook under guard.
The cook was thrown to the floor and let out a pained howl.
Jing Wu walked over to Yuanbao and tilted his handsome face up proudly. "Impressive, aren't I?"
"You're very impressive, big brother," Yuanbao praised him softly.
Jing Wu felt as though he had been dunked in a jar of honey. Sweetness filled him, leaving him floating on air, and even his back straightened considerably.
At the sight of such a formidable gathering, the cook hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy:
"I didn't do it! I only boiled the medicine as Sister Jingjing instructed. I didn't know there was poison in it!"
He kept kowtowing, his head striking the courtroom floor with resounding thuds.
On the way here, the people who had seized him had said that telling the truth would spare his life. The moment he entered, he confessed everything!
"Oh, yes, yes! I heard Sister Jingjing mention that the Old Madam had personally sought someone out to prescribe this Pregnancy-Calming Medicine. There was a very precious ingredient in it, and I couldn't be careless when boiling it. It could only be added in the last half-quarter hour. Once, I carelessly forgot, and I was afraid of being blamed, so I secretly hid that ingredient. It's here! Right here!"
With that, he pulled out a little coin purse. He had hidden it in such a hurry that he had tucked it into his own purse, then kept forgetting to take it out.
The moment the ingredient appeared, the physician spoke up. "That's Wonder Ape Grass!"
"You're spouting nonsense!" Madam Qiao stepped forward and kicked the cook, then turned her venomous gaze on Jingjing.
*That