He Still Seems So Young

"Actually, the mechanism wasn't broken," said Dowager Lady Zhu. "It's just that before you got to it, I'd already replaced all the wine with unadulterated bottles."

"Huh?" Kevin Zhuo was still confused.

He felt a bit muddled.

"Kevin, you said you tested it—the Soulveil Bamboo was deep yellow, which means it was a Love Elixir," Dowager Lady Zhu continued. "What you described matches the wine that was swapped out. That proves you knew the original wine was drugged, and you even knew exactly what kind of drug was in it."

This time, Kevin Zhuo understood.

He'd just... put his foot in his mouth.

Kevin Zhuo glanced at Grace Wan, looking a bit lost.

Celeste watched his expression and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Going up against Dowager Lady Evelyn Zhu, he still seemed so young.

Grace Wan knelt there, completely motionless.

She suddenly realized she'd made a huge mistake.

She... had overlooked Dowager Lady Zhu.

When Dowager Lady Evelyn Zhu tried so hard to stop her, she was only focused on her own goals, treating the Dowager as nothing but an obstacle.

Later, she was rattled by Kevin Zhuo's outburst and lost her composure, still not thinking deeply about why the Dowager had tried to stop her.

Why did the Dowager try to stop her—and not explain why?

Grace Wan was a clever woman, and the more she thought about it, the more terrified she became.

So, she'd already known back then?

She knew what she was after.

Grace Wan looked up at Dowager Lady Evelyn Zhu, whose gaze was calm—yet it felt like she'd seen right through her all along.

"Grace Wan, still not ready to tell the truth?" Dowager Lady Zhu looked at her. "What exactly were you trying to do?"

Grace Wan broke out in a cold sweat, but stubbornly said, "Mother... it wasn't me! Why would I drug my own son?"

Smack! Dowager Lady Evelyn Zhu slammed her palm down on the table.

She hit it so hard, the table split in two with a loud crack.

Grace Wan and Kevin Zhuo both flinched.

"Still denying it! Celeste has already confessed! You were the one who gave her the wine jug—and you warned her not to touch the mechanism on the bottle!" Dowager Lady Zhu snapped.

Cuise?

Grace Wan sucked in a breath, her face changed dramatically.

She hadn't even had time to deal with Celeste yet!

That old fox moves way too fast!

"Lady Blue Moon, all these years you've kept to your place, and now your status in the house even surpasses the main wife. Your daughter is the Empress, your son is the Zhu Family's future heir—what more do you want? Why do something like this, and then try to frame Jason and Qingluan?"

"Mother, I..." Grace Wan was drenched in cold sweat.

"So it was you?" Minister Zhuo, who'd been in the dark, sounded terrifying.

Like a storm about to break, his words chilled everyone to the bone.

Grace Wan knew she couldn't hide it anymore.

At this point, all she could do was try to limit the fallout...

Thinking of this, she took all the blame: "Mother, Prime Minister, it's my fault! I just wanted Kevin Zhuo and the Princess... I never thought it would end up with Bella Wan..."

Honestly, this outcome was exactly what Dowager Lady Evelyn Zhu had predicted.

"Unbelievable! Using such dirty tricks! Aren't you afraid the Empress Dowager will wipe out the whole Zhu Family in a fit of rage?"

Dowager Lady Evelyn Zhu grabbed the teacup beside her and hurled it at Grace Wan.

Bang! It smashed on the floor, splattering tea leaves all over her face.

Grace Wan didn't dare wipe her face, just kept apologizing: "I'm sorry! Mother, you know I've always wanted Kevin Zhuo to become the imperial son-in-law. I just lost my mind for a moment. I was really wrong!"

Kevin Zhuo clenched his teeth, staring at his mother in silence.