"This servant has found the cause, but I don't know if General wants to hear it." He calmly described.

The general looked at him briefly before glancing back at the fourth concubine. Seeing her so anxious, he nodded before commanding the doctor to say the cause at loud.

"She died from poisoning, possibly by consumption."

"Ohh." The general drawled out while studying the fourth madam's expression.

He scowled at her pathetic appearance, "You poisonous woman! What else do you have to say?!"

The fourth madam stared at him blankly. She had nothing to do with this. How was she supposed to answer that?!

Hongyue puffed out her cheeks, bending closer to the dead body.

Her fingertips were lightly brus.h.i.+ng past the hair. She looked at the general with tearful eyes and pleaded softly.

"Fourth Madam is a kind soul. She would never hurt anyone. Father, I don't believe it! What does this dead servant being poisoned have anything to do with her?"

The fourth concubine stiffened.

Yes, what does it have to do with her? Why did she have to a.s.sume guilty when she was innocent?

She looked back at the general with hope. She felt gleeful. So that little brat was useful, maybe keeping her alive wasn't bad.

Hongyue noted down the fourth concubine's hopeful reaction.

She sneered.

When was she ever kind enough to help someone who wanted her dead? She merely wanted to give a little false hope before mercilessly shattering it.

Ah~

Just how will this fourth madam look when her whole world was crushed. A pampered concubine becoming trash.

Hongyue couldn't wait.

She had purposely said that sentence to ultimately tie the incident with the fourth madam. This way there would be no escape route at all. Using her powers to circulate throughout her blood, she had used the poison from the bun she has eaten before to kill the servant girl.

Hongyue was only making a rough guess, but she believed the one who sent ChunHua to poison her was the fourth madam. Even though the one who gave her the bun was ChunHua, the first one to check up on whether she died or not was the fourth madam.

Besides, the second madam wouldn't send her own daughter to death, Hongyue frowned, or so she believed. If she were right, then this would be more than enough to convince the general to sentence the woman to death.

Upon hearing Hongyue's words, the general frowned. He motioned for the doctor to come closer.

"What type of poison is it?" He questioned roughly.

"This servant believes it's a poison from our southern countries...that is all I know. I am unable to give you the exact name." The doctor replied humbly.

At this point upon hearing the words of the doctor, the fourth madam couldn't breathe properly. Her pupils shook violently, and she felt hazy.

She had come from a southern country.

None of the other concubines came from there, but her.

After living in an environment like this for so long, so how could she not know what was happening.

Her body slumped back in defeat. Her fingers loosened their grip on the general's hems as she came face to face with reality. There was no way out for her, none at all. It didn't matter if she screamed, cried, or even begged; she would only push herself closer to death. Her heart dropped as she recounted everything that happened.

She had only brought out her particular poison because she was confident about killing Hongyue. Who knew, it would be used against her in the same matter?

The whole scheme was so well planned out; the fourth madam couldn't help but silver in fear. Just who was the enemy?

How did they get their hands on her poison?

Her confidence was breaking into tiny pieces as she threw back her head and laughed. It didn't matter anymore, after all, she knew the type of person the general was all too well.

She won't live past today.

Even so, she wasn't willing to die so off so quickly. If she was going to leave today, she was going to bring him with her. The fourth madam was starting chanting a spell, her eyes reddening. The air began to swirl violently upon hearing her chant.

While Hongyue didn't understand the spell, she at least knew what the fourth madam's intention was. The general couldn't die yet; she still hasn't tortured him enough.

She hurried forward to shove the madam away from the general. The two bodies collided and rolled to a heap, the summoned air shattered as the user was distracted. The general walked to the fourth madam unsteadily. He stared down at her with beady eyes.

The general's heart chilled. So the fourth concubine did want to kill him...while he heard about the origin of the poison, he still held a tiny strand of disbelief. However seeing her summon such a vast amount of power to kill him, he truly believed that she was out to kill him all along now. His brain spun.

Just how many more were like her, out there waiting for him to die?

General Wei's heart was quickly filled with unease; he swiftly grabbed his sword and plunged it into the heart of the fourth madam. The thick red liquid gushed out, coloring the ground dark red. The blood sprayed about and covered Hongyue who had been only inches away. She looked up at the general, indeed a cruel man she thought.

Seeing the life drained out of the fourth madam's body, the general calmed down. He leaned forward to pick Hongyue up from the dead body. He would never touch this daughter of his if it were before. However, she saved him twice.

So he trusted her now.

He had pretended to be a good father to her for so many years, Hongyue must feel indebted to him.

After all, she was dumb and innocent, both easy to control and very loyal.

What can a stupid person do to hurt him anyway?