Qiuyun was kneeling in front of Hua Mengshi in a small rundown pavilion in the back garden.

Hua Mengshi gave the girl such a frosty stare, even Surou had to suppress a shiver.

"Speak! Did you put the drug into the soup?"

"Yes! Madame, I did not betray you! I placed the laxative into the soup! I don’t know why it didn’t work!" Qiuyun said with a look of terror.

"Oh, you did, did you? That was the strongest laxative the doctor had." Hua ...