My stepsister tried to steal the prince's hand in marriage, but little did she know I had been

Chapter 221 I have a secret

Wen Yitong looked at the pausing Qi Mama and laughed: "I have a secret, a big secret about Wen Shuyao! I want to see her! She will definitely be willing to see me!"

As Granny Qi was pondering, Wen Yitong said, "Just ask her. Doesn't she want to know why I chose Chen Che?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Qi made a decision.

It wasn't just Wen Shuyao who was interested in this; even outsiders like them had many speculations. Since Wen Yitong was willing to talk about it, there was no harm in listening.

Moreover… she glanced at Wen Yitong.

Given Wen Yitong's current appearance, what kind of trouble can she possibly cause?

Wen Yitong naturally did not ignore the disdain in Granny Qi's eyes. She gritted her teeth and, seeing that Granny Qi was about to leave, subconsciously asked the question that had been buried in her heart for a long time.

"If I become Princess Jing, will you treat me with the same dedication as you did for Wen Shuyao?" Wen Yitong stared intently at Granny Qi, waiting for her answer.

Upon hearing this, Granny Qi showed a hint of disgust on her face: "The Princess is kind to people and trusts me in everything, so I will naturally reciprocate and treat the Princess as my own mistress in everything."

"As for you..." Granny Qi always trusted her judgment of people. She looked Wen Yitong up and down and said bluntly, "Although you are very clever, you look down on servants like us from the bottom of your heart, let alone trust me in everything."

"I can't serve a master like you," Granny Qi snorted coldly and walked out of the courtyard.

Granny Qi was Xie Jinghan's wet nurse and was deeply trusted by him. She said that she was a servant, but no one in the Jingwang Mansion treated her as a servant. Even Xie Jinghan never treated her as a servant. On the contrary, he treated her like his own mother.

The reason she always protected Wen Shuyao was because Wen Shuyao had trusted her completely from the beginning and had never been arrogant or mistreated her because of the prince's favor.

With such a good mistress, Granny Qi naturally fulfilled her duty and served Wen Shuyao well.

But if it were Wen Yitong...

Just thinking about Wen Yitong's behavior made Granny Qi feel unlucky, so she quickly waved her hand and left.

Seeing Granny Qi's retreating figure, Wen Yitong was stunned for a long time.

She glanced at Ruyi, who remained silent to the side, and asked in a low voice, "Am I really... as terrible as she says?"

Ruyi already knew her fate; she was going to die either way, so why should she flatter Wen Yitong as before?

When Wen Yitong asked, she sneered, "What Granny Qi said is true."

"If I had a choice, I'd rather be as clumsy and make a mess as a magpie all day, at least I could stay by Miss's side," Ruyi said. "If someone as foolish as a magpie can live so comfortably, I'm sure I can live a hundred times, a thousand times, better than a magpie!"

Seeing Wen Yitong's pale face, she felt particularly displeased and continued, "Although the young lady's life was hard before, she was able to eat and live with Magpie. Magpie was so useless, yet she still managed to raise him to be plump and healthy."

"If it were up to you, Second Miss, would you choose to follow someone who is unpredictable, only cares about his own wealth and glory, and who you have to be constantly wary of losing your name because of your master? Or would you choose to follow a master who, though poor, always protects you?" Ruyi sneered. "Anyone would choose a master like the Eldest Miss."

Wen Yitong was stunned for a moment. She thought of the maids who had been punished because of the drowning incident.

Seeing her expression, he let out another cold laugh: "It seems that the second young lady has remembered that the group of maids who served you back then, it was said that they were sold off, but in reality, the madam cut off their hands and feet, gouged out their eyes, and threw them into the mass grave."

“I’m just unlucky to have been chosen to be by your side.” Ignoring Wen Yitong’s increasingly unpleasant expression, Ruyi continued to complain about her dissatisfaction. “I thought that I could just endure this hardship and then go back to the prince’s side to continue being a secret guard who lives a life of danger.”

"Who knew you would be so incredibly foolish as to deliver yourself into the young lady's hands?" Ruyi's tone grew increasingly impatient. "You've dragged me and several of my brothers down with you."

"Because of you, the lives of five hundred people..." Ruyi glanced at Wen Yitong with a sinister look, "...gone just like that."

Wen Yitong shivered under her gaze and murmured, "I didn't want to either, I just..."

"You've already done it, why bother pretending?" Ruyi sneered. "Deep down, you're just like your mother—a selfish, venomous person."

“If you hadn’t fallen to this state, how could you have reflected on yourself?” Ruyi immediately saw through Wen Yitong’s pretense. “It is said that a person’s words are kind when they are about to die, but a vicious person like you… even in death, you will not say anything nice.”

After saying all this, Ruyi closed her eyes; she was too lazy to talk to Wen Yitong anymore.

Wen Yitong swallowed back the curses that were on the tip of her tongue. She held her breath and glared fiercely at Ruyi, but Ruyi had already closed her eyes to rest, quietly waiting for her death.

……

"She wants to see me?" Wen Shuyao, who had been watching Xique pack her luggage, opened her mouth in surprise upon hearing Qi Mama's words. "Did she say anything else?"

"She said..." Granny Qi muttered to herself, but still told the truth, "She also said, don't you want to know why she chose Chen Che that day?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Shuyao became interested. Her beautiful phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and she nervously tugged at the handkerchief in her hand.

“Actually, I probably already know the reason…” Wen Shuyao said in a low voice.

Granny Qi's eyes widened, then she realized: "Then let's..."

“No need.” Wen Shuyao raised her hand. “But I still want to get the answer from her own mouth.”

Wen Shuyao stood up: "I'll go and meet her."

"This old servant will go with you." Upon hearing this, Granny Qi tensed up. It was precisely at times like these that she could not let her guard down.

Wen Shuyao chuckled softly: "Granny, you can just stand guard outside the door when the time comes."

Seeing the worry on Granny Qi's face, she added, "She hasn't eaten a single grain of rice in three days, and her hands and feet are bound. Even if she hates me to the core and wants to kill me, she is powerless to do so."

"I'll just say a few words to her," Wen Shuyao reassured Granny Qi. "Don't worry."

Granny Qi opened her mouth, wanting to say many things, but seeing Wen Shuyao's determined expression, she knew that her words would have no effect.

After a sigh, Granny Qi nodded and took a step back: "Then this old servant will prepare some things for you."