Chapter 717: Chapter 717: Adding Fuel to the Fire
The Old Lady was scared half to death by the disheveled woman in front of her, hastily pulling her arm back, she said, “Are you Old Chen?”
The woman in front of her had a face covered in grime, was thin as a stick, and her bloodshot eyes were pitifully staring at her!
“Old Madam, you finally came, Old Chen pays respects to the Old Madam!” As the woman spoke, she fell to her knees with a thud and burst into loud sobs, “Old Madam, save me, Old Madam save me please.”
“Old Chen, get up, stand up and then talk!” The Old Lady was scared too.
“Old Madam, it’s not that I don’t want to stand up, but I haven’t been able to eat a proper meal for days, I’m so hungry that I really have no strength to stand,” Nanny Chen sobbed tearfully without the strength to speak.
“Who the devil did this!?” The Old Lady strode forward and commanded the bodyguards, “Come here, unlock the chains that are holding Old Chen!”
The two bodyguards hesitated for a moment and said, “We’re sorry, Old Madam, without the Lady’s command, we dare not release her.”
The Old Lady’s eyes flashed sharply, “The Lady? Are you talking about Bai Yueru?”
“Yes, Old Madam. If you want to release her, it’s best to wait until the Lady returns, please forgive us for being powerless,” the bodyguard said, turning away to avoid the piercing sharpness in the Old Lady’s eyes.
“Fine, fine, if you won’t release her, at least bring Old Chen some food, that is permissible, right?”
“Since the Old Madam has spoken, we can do that,” one bodyguard said, and quickly went to fetch a platter that looked quite hearty and brought it over for Nanny Chen to eat.
Nanny Chen, like a starving ghost who hadn’t eaten in half a century, grabbed the plate and used her hands to stuff food into her mouth, almost choking herself to death right there.
“Old Chen, eat slowly, here, have some water.” The Old Lady just stood there in the secret chamber, watching her once trusted aide reach such a wretched state.
After Nanny Chen had polished off the entire plate and was even licking the bottom of the plate ceaselessly, the Old Lady, seeing that the bodyguards were gone, asked, “Old Chen, now, can you talk?”
“Old Madam!” Nanny Chen suddenly cried out in grief again, “Old Madam, it’s all my fault for being useless, for not being able to protect everything of yours when you were unconscious, and now it’s too late to say anything…”
The Old Lady angrily said, “Old Chen, spare me the nonsense, what exactly happened, tell me everything from start to finish, clearly and distinctly!”
“I’ll tell, I’ll tell!” Nanny Chen said with a face full of fury, “It was all Bai Yueru’s doing. The day she found you unconscious, she joined forces with Guan Jiu. Together, they forcibly replaced all our original bodyguards, and also cut off all our contact with the outside world. Old Madam, the most hateful thing is, after she had all the bodyguards replaced with her own people, she started to strut around arrogantly, and looking at her now, she must have declared to the outside world that she reigns over the Sheng Mansion.”
“Bai Yueru!?” The Old Lady murmured, “I never would have thought that that woman with not an ounce of backbone, the widow’s bane, would dare sideline me like this, her gall is growing larger indeed!”
Seeing the Old Madam harboring hatred for Bai Yueru, Nanny Chen fanned the flames and said, “Old Madam, you must save me, Bai Yueru said that from now on, she calls the shots in the Sheng Mansion, and even if you wake up, you can only stand aside. Nobody should think of altering her decisions.”