Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot-Chapter 415 - 378: Grand Commander Who Pampers His Baby_2

Meng Qianqian met his piercing gaze head-on: "Before I answer your question, I want to know how the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion spoke of General Shang’s adopted son Shang Xu, as well as the Madam of the Shang family, in front of you and your sister."

Shang Wuyou frowned: "You’re referring to those two traitors?"

Meng Qianqian was puzzled: "Traitors?"

Shang Wuyou sneered: "The true identity of Shang Xu is the Princely Heir of Loulan. He was sent to the General Mansion as a hostage, and General Shang raised him into adulthood. But in the end, he colluded with the Loulan King, inside and out, to wipe out the Shang family. If that’s not a traitor, then what is he?"

Meng Qianqian let out a soft "oh": "And what about General Shang’s wife?"

Shang Wuyou flared up in anger: "She was a disciple of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion. By seniority, I should call her Senior Martial Aunt. The old Pavilion Master treated her with great kindness, even intending to pass the title of heir to her. Yet she betrayed the marriage agreement with my father for the sake of a man, turned her back on the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, and ultimately, to acquire the full set of the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles, ruthlessly murdered the old Pavilion Master. Such a faithless, ungrateful disciple who killed her master—if not a traitor, then what is she?" freewebnσvel.cѳm

Meng Qianqian nodded thoughtfully: "So, this is how Gongsun Yanming explained it to you."

Shang Wuyou questioned: "Chen Long is Shang Xu, isn’t he?"

"He is."

It was clear Meng Qianqian wasn’t surprised by his deduction.

If Second Uncle were alive, he too would have pieced it together from the clues.

Shang Wuyou said sternly, "Now you should understand why I cannot trust any of you. You conspire with the Shang family’s traitors; how do you expect me to trust you?"

Lady Yan shook her head: "Young Master, Shang Xu did not betray General Shang. When the Loulan King sought revenge on the Shang family, he intended to kill him along with the rest. Shang Xu was one of the victims."

Shang Wuyou asked, "Then why is he the only one who survived?"

Lady Yan spoke with deep emotion: "If surviving automatically makes someone a traitor, then didn’t your mother also survive? Does that mean she’s a traitor too?"

Shang Wuyou clenched his fists: "My mother is the Pavilion Master’s Wife of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion!"

Lady Yan retorted sharply: "Your mother is the Second Madam of the Shang family!"

Shang Wuyou pointed at Meng Qianqian, lashing out, "Elder Yan! Have you been bribed by her? Are you also betraying the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion now?"

Meng Qianqian calmly took a sip of tea.

Seeing her composed demeanor, Lady Yan truly felt that Meng Qianqian carried a trace of the old demeanors of General Shang from years past.

She turned to Shang Wuyou and countered: "If you and Changle are truly the Pavilion Master’s biological children, then why would he drug Changle?"

Shang Wuyou froze: "Drugged?"

Lady Yan sneered: "You don’t even know about the methods the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion uses to control its disciples, yet you think you’re secure in your role as Young Master? Tell me, doesn’t your sister need to take one Great Nourishing Pill every month? Sometimes, when it’s more severe, she has to take several in a single month?"

Shang Wuyou opened his mouth: "That’s no secret. My sister and I are twins. She was weak from birth, a condition she had in the womb. The Great Nourishing Pill is a formula my father obtained from the Medicine King Valley. Without it, my sister would have died long ago."

Lady Yan stated: "The Medicine King Valley operates on a life-for-a-life principle. Whose life do you think was traded for your sister’s formula?"

Meng Qianqian’s brows furrowed slightly.

The Thousand Mechanism Pavilion exchanged Wuyou’s life for Changle’s!

She asked: "What will happen to Wuyou?"

Lady Yan replied: "Whether he survives depends on his luck. The Medicine King Valley’s life-for-a-life isn’t about killing someone outright; they turn those people into Medicine Men instead. Otherwise, how do you think those bizarre medicines from the Medicine King Valley are made? Becoming a Medicine Man is a fate worse than death."

Speaking of this, she looked at Shang Wuyou, "If the Pavilion Master really went to the Medicine King Valley to seek medicine for your sister, then you’d better worry about yourself. Perhaps it won’t be long before you become one of their Medicine Men."

"Besides, your sister’s illness wasn’t congenital. It was caused by the Pavilion Master’s drugs. She was too young to bear the drug’s effects and nearly died."

Shang Wuyou gritted his teeth: "Then why am I fine?"

Lady Yan sighed: "You’re far more important than your sister. She was originally used as a test subject for the medicine. She barely survived; how would they dare use it on you? If you also died, what then? In this regard, it seems plausible that the Pavilion Master sought medicine for your sister. Once he controlled your sister, he could effectively control you, so naturally, there was no need to waste another pill."

"You’re lying!"

Shang Wuyou could not accept it!

He glared fiercely at Meng Qianqian, "What did she offer you, to the point that even you, an Elder of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, would be bribed?"

Lady Yan shook her head again: "I have no familial or personal ties to her; there’s no reason for me to lie for her. However, your mother, the Second Madam of the Shang family, once showed me kindness. Today, I risk betraying the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion to reveal the truth to you. Consider this my repayment of that kindness from back then."