Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 741 - 577 Separate Interrogation

"Wait a little longer! The second son and the third son must be on their way back."

Gu Chengyu believed that they could wait a bit more, just less than two hours, and the body shouldn’t decay in that time.

They returned to the main house, and Gu Chengyu asked Uncle Gu and Gu Chengli to stay.

He needed to interrogate Wang Yue and the others since the event’s details hadn’t been fully explained.

"Start from the beginning and tell me everything." The first to be questioned was Wang Yue, while the other two waited outside.

As Wang Yue left the west wing, she felt the pressure in her chest ease a little.

She glanced at Gu Chengyu, suddenly feeling a bit flustered.

"You were hosting a banquet in the courtyard; I had prepared the dishes and was coming out to assist you. But I remembered that my husband and those two hadn’t eaten since the morning, so I thought of knocking on the door to get them out to eat. Unexpectedly, as I reached the door, there were screams, and I didn’t know what had happened. When I pushed open the door, I saw that scene."

Wang Yue composed herself and recounted how she discovered the incident.

Uncle Gu was very puzzled, "They stayed in one room?"

The west wing had four rooms, so why were three people staying in one room?

Wang Yue felt embarrassed by Uncle Gu’s question, and even Gu Chengyu rubbed his nose.

"Originally, it was just Mrs. Wang and my husband living in there, but Mrs. Li went in last night and didn’t come out..."

Wang Yue stammered, her face showing embarrassment.

Uncle Gu blushed, realizing he had asked a foolish question.

He coughed lightly, waved his hand, signaling Gu Chengyu to continue.

"Do you know if my second brother ever used tiger penis powder?" Gu Chengyu’s eyes were fixed on Wang Yue; this question was crucial.

Wang Yue clasped her hands together, and Gu Chengyu could tell she was exerting some force.

Observing her face, she seemed very calm.

"I know, he seldom used it before. He didn’t take much. After Mrs. Li married in, he sometimes used it. I saw that medicine a few times; it was in a porcelain bottle."

Wang Yue had bought similar medicine before, so she remembered the porcelain bottle very well, though she couldn’t afford such expensive ones before.

"How did you see it? Was his medicine left carelessly everywhere?" Gu Chengyu asked in a deep voice.

Such private medicine should be properly stored, not left carelessly.

"I cleaned his room, except for the locked cabinet on the kang table. Everything else was cleaned by me."

She did indeed come into contact with the porcelain bottle containing Gu Chengyi’s medicine. Initially reluctant to mention it, she understood the kind of person Gu Chengyu was.

If he detected her lies, he might suspect she was hiding guilt.

Gu Chengyu pondered for a moment. He hadn’t seen the bottle earlier in the room—was it stored away?

"When did you last see the porcelain bottle? How much powder was left in it?"

Wang Yue paused, "I saw it the day before yesterday; he brought it back when he returned. The porcelain bottle was half full of medicine powder."

Gu Chengyu looked at Wang Yue’s composed face and asked the final question.

"When he took the medicine, did you prepare it for him, or did he do it himself?"

Wang Yue was startled. Was this implying that she gave Gu Chengyi an overdose?

She looked panicked, waving her hands repeatedly, "He always did it himself, I never helped him."

Gu Chengyu’s eyes bored into Wang Yue’s, and she felt his gaze was penetrating her body.

After a long pause, Gu Chengyu nodded without asking more from Wang Yue.

"Dashun, search the room with Wuzi and see if you can find the porcelain bottle with the medicine powder."

Gu Chengyu turned and instructed Dashun.

"Yes!" Dashun turned and left the room, and Gu Chengyu thought he was perceptive, someone he could keep by his side for errands.

Wang Yue was taken out, and Uncle Gu couldn’t understand why Gu Chengyu asked all these questions.

Gu Chengyu saw the questioning looks from Uncle Gu and Mr. Gu but did not explain.

Soon, Mrs. Li was brought in, and Gu Chengyu asked her the same questions Wang Yue had answered.

"Are you aware of my second brother taking tiger penis powder?"

Mrs. Li nodded, "Yes! He used it before and more frequently after having my cousin, using it several times."

Mrs. Li’s expression carried a hint of displeasure as she mentioned it.

"Was it you who added the medicine to his tea yesterday, or did he do it himself?"

Mrs. Li’s pupils shrank, breathing became rapid, "I added it for him."

Gu Chengyu squinted his eyes slightly, his interrogative tone turning slow and measured.

"How much powder was left in the bottle at that time? Did Mrs. Wang see it?"

Mrs. Li hesitated, as if recalling, "There was just a little bit left, my cousin saw it too, it was just enough to pour it all in."

Uncle Gu and Mr. Gu were puzzled—how could this differ from what Wang Yue had said?

If someone added the medicine to the tea the previous day, Mrs. Li couldn’t hide it.

Since Mrs. Wang was present at the time, if she saw it, lying would be pointless for Mrs. Li.

"Oh? Was there really just a bit left in the bottle? Or are you deceiving us and poured it all in, even if it was full?"

Gu Chengyu suddenly shouted, startling everyone present.

"No, I didn’t! When I put it in, my husband was watching. He never trusted others, always did it himself. Just yesterday, I added it once, and he was watching me closely. How could I dare to add more? Besides, there was only that much left in the bottle, even if I wanted to, I couldn’t have put extra!"

Gu Chengyu sneered, but asked nothing further.

Uncle Gu, the others, and Mrs. Li all thought Gu Chengyu was trying to trick her, so when he didn’t ask further, Mrs. Li sighed heavily in relief.

"One last question for you: when was the tea brought into the room, did you see it? Who changed the tea?"

"It was Wang Yue. She’s the one who brought it in. Shortly after I entered the room yesterday, my husband asked her to prepare the tea, and she brought it in."

Gu Chengyu felt a wave of disgust. While the three were doing such things, they still let Wang Yue bring in tea, a truly absurd situation.

"Alright, next person."

Mr. Gu and Uncle Gu were full of questions. Could Xiao Bao be suspecting someone of trying to harm Gu Chengyi?

The last person brought in was naturally Mrs. Wang, and for her, Gu Chengyu’s questions remained unchanged.

"I didn’t know what that medicine was; yesterday was the first time I saw him take it."

Mrs. Wang shook her head vigorously. She hadn’t heard of any tiger penis powder before; it was only today that Doctor Li mentioned it was a potent medicine.

It was only at this point that she understood its significance.

When Gu Chengyi took the medicine yesterday, she was caught up in the moment and had no time to ask about such things.

"Was it your cousin who put the medicine in the tea yesterday? Did my second brother watch?"

"I, I didn’t pay attention..." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Mrs. Wang blushed. She saw her cousin make such a move, but she didn’t pay much attention because her focus was elsewhere.