"If I believed Gu Ruobai's words, I wouldn't have resorted to such a shady trick as poisoning you," Tang Yan said with an apologetic tone, but there was not a hint of remorse in his voice.
Su Mingyu curled her lips. "Gu Ruobai and I are husband and wife. If you don't even believe him, how can you be sure I'm not lying?"
"You wouldn't dare," Tang Yan said confidently. "With your current physical condition, do you still dare to withstand the harm of the Glazed Light Phantom Flower? You were able to resist Qing Ming before because of your strong willpower. But now, do you dare to take the risk?"
As he spoke, Tang Yan cast a glance at Su Mingyu's belly.
Su Mingyu's heart sank. Did Tang Yan know that she was pregnant? That couldn't be possible. She herself only found out last night.
Although she was very puzzled in her heart, Su Mingyu didn't show anything on the surface. She just looked at Tang Yan calmly with an unfazed expression. "Why not give it a try, Young Master Tang?"
Tang Yan stared directly at Su Mingyu. "Your acting skills are quite good. Aren't you really worried about the child in your belly?"
Su Mingyu curled her lips again. "I don't know what you're talking about. Gu Ruobai has been coming home late these days. We haven't had a good chat for a long time. Instead of looking for me, I think you should go find Gu Ruobai and tell him clearly what the person who showed up at your house looked like back then."
"I've already told him everything I know. But after all these days, Gu Ruobai has found out nothing. I think he simply doesn't believe me!" Tang Yan's face darkened, and his voice was clearly impatient.
Su Mingyu keenly noticed his change. "What's wrong with you?"
Tang Yan gave Su Mingyu a cold look. Then, before Su Mingyu could react at all, he suddenly threw a handful of white ashes at her. By the time Su Mingyu realized she should hold her breath, it was already too late. Immediately afterwards, she felt a heavy sensation in her head, and then everything went black in front of her eyes.
When Su Mingyu woke up again, she found herself back in that water mansion.
Su Mingyu rubbed her throbbing head. Just as she was about to get out of bed, she found that her foot was chained with an iron chain as thick as two fingers.
"Awake?" A cold voice came from above her head. Su Mingyu instinctively looked up and saw that it was Tang Yan.
"Do you think it will be useful to capture me?" Su Mingyu sneered. "You probably forgot that I mean nothing to Gu Ruobai."
"Come on! Stop pretending!" Tang Yan angrily kicked over the table in front of him. "Do you really think we don't know about the act you and Gu Ruobai are putting on? We were deceived by you before, but not anymore."
"We?" Su Mingyu thought for a moment and then nodded in understanding. "You do have accomplices."
Tang Yan looked down at her. "So what if I do? I just want to know who killed so many people in my family."
"You want to know, and so do we. What's the use of capturing me?" Su Mingyu was also a bit annoyed. "Using me to threaten Gu Ruobai will only distract him. Don't you understand this?"
"All I know is that his wife and child are in my hands. He will definitely take this matter seriously." Tang Yan's face looked grim. "Just stay here quietly!"
After saying that, Tang Yan turned around and was about to leave. Just as he reached the door, he suddenly looked back at Su Mingyu. "Oh, by the way, I know you've already figured out the mechanisms of my mansion. But if Gu Ruobai dares to come, I'll make sure he never leaves. My entire water mansion can function as a single mechanism. You should be aware of this, right?"
Su Mingyu's heart sank, but she still wore a faint smile on her face. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Just keep being stubborn," Tang Yan snorted and then turned away.
Watching his departing back, Su Mingyu let out a deep sigh.
She had really been careless. She thought that with the poison of the Glazed Light Phantom Flower in her body, Tang Yan wouldn't do anything dangerous.
But she didn't expect that he didn't trust Gu Ruobai at all.
However, what bothered Su Mingyu the most was how Tang Yan knew that she was pregnant.
Only three people in the entire capital should know about this. The people behind Tang Yan actually had such great abilities. Then why couldn't they find out who the spy around Gu Ruobai was by themselves?
At the same time, the Wangfu was in complete chaos.
Gu Ruobai sat pale - faced in the main hall, looking at Mu Yi with a gloomy expression. "Give me an explanation."
Mu Yi knelt on the ground, with his head bowed, unable to say a word.
He never expected that while he was talking to Tang Ziyuan, Su Mingyu would be kidnapped!
"Your Highness, it's my fault that I didn't do my job well. I'm willing to accept the punishment!"
"Accept punishment?" Gu Ruobai's face was as white as paper. He waved his hand, and a silver needle pierced Mu Yi's shoulder. Mu Yi immediately broke out in cold sweat from the pain.
There was no trace of wavering in Gu Ruobai's cold eyes. "Who do you think you are? Do you think your life is more precious than the Princess's?"
Mu Yi kept his head down. "I wouldn't dare. It's my fault that I didn't fulfill my duties. It's all my fault. Please punish me, Your Highness!"
"What's the use of punishment! I just want my Princess back!" Gu Ruobai was almost out of control.
He had just found out that Su Mingyu was pregnant with his child. He hadn't even had the chance to take Su Mingyu to eat delicious food, and now she was gone in the blink of an eye?
Seeing Gu Ruobai's ugly face, Mu Yi lowered his head even more. This was the first time he had seen Gu Ruobai so out of control.
He was almost like a raging lion, with only anger and unwillingness in his eyes, and nothing else.
Mu Yi wanted to tell Gu Ruobai that before Su Mingyu disappeared, Tang Ziyuan had deliberately pulled him away from Su Mingyu and talked to him for a long time. But he wasn't sure if Gu Ruobai would listen, so he had to keep his mouth shut.
Gu Ruobai didn't want to see Mu Yi anymore. He waved his hand. "Get out! If the Princess can't be found, not only Mei Qing, but I'll make your entire Secret Guard Department accompany the Princess!"
After saying that, Gu Ruobai suddenly swept all the things on the table to the ground. His blood - red eyes were filled with only anger.
After driving Mu Yi away, Gu Ruobai noticed that Tang Ziyuan had been standing beside him.
His face darkened. "What are you still doing here?"
"I'm also at fault in this matter. I shouldn't have let the Princess enter the shop alone while I pulled Mu Yi aside to talk," Tang Ziyuan said with his head down, looking very sincere in admitting his mistake.
But Gu Ruobai still didn't even want to look at him. "Get out!"