Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

"Erlang's mother passed away early, and I have been the one who raised him since he was a child! I have put in all my efforts to raise him into such a good boy, and I feel heartbroken whenever I see him suffer. The child I cherish so much was harmed by someone, right in my home! Right under my nose! How could I be so useless, so useless!!! If I had known this would happen, I should have gone to take care of Erlang myself that day. Seeing me around, those black-hearted people might not have dared to have any evil intentions, and Erlang would not have suffered so much! Master, it's my fault, it's my fault!!!" Little Qin's tears were pouring down her cheeks, and her nails almost broke the sheets.

Gu Yankai finally reached out his hand to her, untied the quilt from her palm, held her hand and said, "I know you love him. When I come back from court, I will interrogate those people and maybe I can find out the truth."

Xiao Qin buried her head in his shoulder and cried.

"It's just..." Gu Yankai pinched her fingers and asked, "If we find out that it was done to mom, what are you going to do?"

Xiao Qin's hands trembled, and her lips trembled slightly: "If it is really her... then I... then I will pay for Erlang's life..."

"Hey, why should you pay for what the Xiang family did?"

"Everyone in the mansion knows that Xiang Mama is my most trusted person. If it was really her who harmed Erlang, I...how can I explain it clearly? Even if I have 200 mouths, no one will believe that it was Xiang Mama who did it alone...Erlang will hate me too! But really, he is my most beloved child, I will not harm him!"

"Of course, you are not the one who poisoned me. If it was Mother Xiang, what would her reason be?"

"This... I don't know, Master. Mother Xiang is by my side every day. She treats Erlang the same way I treat him. How could she have the intention to harm Erlang?"

Gu Yankai still held her fingers tightly: "You just said that if Xiang Mama is innocent, then Youji is lying. If Youji lied, then it must be Dalang who instructed him to do so?"

"I, I don't know... I just heard those people talking nonsense, and I can't tell the truth from the false, master!" Xiao Qin groaned in her heart. It was clearly Gu Yankai who had preconceived ideas last night, and she was just following his words this morning. She didn't expect to be asked this question by Gu Yankai.

"If Xiang Mama is not innocent, then she did it herself; if Youji is lying, then it was Dalang who instructed her to do it... It really sounds hard to tell the truth from the false."

Gu Yankai's words were like a knife, stabbing into her chest and making Xiao Qinshi unable to breathe.

She pulled her fingers out of her husband's hand and asked with trembling lips: "What does the master mean by this?"

"Last night, you first hinted that someone in Yu'er's room had poisoned him, and then said that it was the second son who was using torture to trick him. That's why I wanted to ask you what you meant by saying these words." Gu Yan's eyes were red. "Are you so anxious just because I proposed to adopt Yu'er?"

"Master, what you said is really heartbreaking! Over the years, the entire Gu family has witnessed how I treated the two children. I didn't treat my biological son Sanlang as well as I treated his two brothers. Now you are saying this, do you want me to follow my elder sister?"

"You didn't answer my question."

"I did say last night that Erlang was using a self-torture trick, but that was just my guess. Aren't we tossing and turning all night just to catch the person who poisoned Erlang? If I really think that Erlang wrote and sang it himself, then why did we do so many things?"

Gu Yankai stared into her eyes, carefully analyzing her expression.

"As for saying that it was Dalang who ordered Youji, sir, think carefully, who said that first?"

Gu Yankai suddenly stopped.

"Last night, I said that I suspected that Yu Ge'er was deceived by the people in the room. It was the master himself who proposed to personally interrogate those little ghosts. Later, he called Youji to question him and told him not to disturb Dalang. I never thought that Dalang wanted to harm Erlang. After all, he is my eldest sister's flesh and blood. I doubt that anyone would suspect him!"

Gu Yankai finally realized that he was the one who was doubting Gu Tingyu.

"Impossible. Yu'er is pure and kind. It is impossible for him to use such a sinister trick to plot against his brother."

He seemed to be talking to Xiao Qinshi, but also seemed to be talking to himself.

"I think so too! That's why I'm worried that someone in his room has some grudge against Erlang in private, and committed such a heinous crime behind his back. How can the master say that I am suspecting him? I am not only her biological mother, but also his aunt! How could I... I, I am so wronged..." As she spoke, she sobbed and cried.

Gu Yankai's mind was in a mess, and he was speechless for a moment. After a while, he stiffly patted Xiao Qin's back with his hands: "Okay, okay, it's all right now. I had a dream all night, and I was not in good spirits when I woke up this morning. Did I remember things wrongly?"

"Is the master feeling unwell? How about I go and call a doctor right now?" Little Qin stopped crying immediately.

"Well, come back from court later. Your face is yellow, let the doctor take a look at it."

Xiao Qin knew that Gu Yankai was setting a trap for her, so she said, "I'm fine. I just stayed awake all night, tossing and turning, wondering who was lying."

She knew when to quit and did not argue with her husband about the injustice: "I can't figure it out with my stupid brain. Master, please come back and judge it yourself!" After saying that, she turned her face away and patted Gu Yankai's hand lightly with her embroidered handkerchief.

Gu Yankai was very touched by her thoughtfulness.

……

Gu Tingyu took two bites of breakfast, drank the medicine brought by Shao, and half leaned on the couch.

"You haven't slept all night. Now's the time to lie down and take a nap." Shao gently pressed his head.

"My aunt might still be thinking of a way to escape. How can I take a rest in the second half of the game?" Gu Tingyu closed his eyes.

Shao followed his advice and stopped trying to persuade him. She asked, "Sir, I don't understand. It's obvious that the boy didn't go to the kitchen that night. Why didn't you just deny it in front of Daddy? Why did you let him blame Mom?"

"When someone came to tell me the news yesterday, I knew that our aunt could no longer pretend. She let so many people slander Youji. Whether Youji admits it or not, the news has spread. How can the suspicion be eliminated? Everyone will think that I instructed Youji to poison my second brother. Then, I will not be able to clear myself. It is better for him to admit it openly and throw the water back." Gu Tingyu sneered.

"But if Xiang's mother generously admits that she was the one who called Youji over, that doesn't mean anything. After all, she only called Youji over to help, not to instruct him to poison."