Liu Ying hesitated a little, but still didn't dare to say anything. She glanced at the medicine and quickly turned around to get it.
Ruan laughed at the side and said, "What kind of candied fruit should I eat? You kid, you treat me like a child?"
Li Qingyi shook his head gently: "Second Aunt, let Xie Rao take a look at this medicine first. I think there is something wrong with it."
Ruan was shocked and realized that Li Qingyi had deliberately sent Liu Ying away, "Is there a problem?"
"Just to be on the safe side, let's take a look." Of course Li Qingyi didn't know what the problem was, but she had an intuition that there must be something unusual about it, and Liu Ying frequently looked at the medicine, as if she was very anxious to let her second aunt drink it. .
Xie Rao had already picked up the bowl of medicine and smelled it carefully. He picked up the bowl again and took a sip, and then said, "This medicine is indeed a good medicine for treating wind and cold. Unfortunately, there is something extra in it."
"What?"
Just as Xie Rao was about to speak, footsteps could be heard outside. It must be that Liuying had returned from fetching candied fruits. With quick eyesight and quick hands, Li Qingyi took the medicine bowl in Xie Rao's hand and threw it to the ground. "Oh, no, the medicine bowl is broken."
Mrs. Ruan also reacted at this time: "Nothing, just let me fry another bowl."
Liuying heard the conversation of several people outside. When she came in, she saw that the medicine was spilled on the floor.
Ruan ordered: "Liu Ying, go ahead and cook another bowl of medicine."
"Yes, slave, go now." Liuying put down the candied fruit in her hand, neatly collected the remains of the medicine bowl on the floor, and then turned around and went out to cook the medicine.
As soon as Liu Ying left, Li Qingyi and Ruan looked at Xie Rao.
Xie Rao said: "This prescription is called Fu Tie Fang. Ordinary people cannot afford this prescription. However, although this medicine is expensive, it is an excellent prescription. It can cure wind and cold very quickly. However, there is only one The disadvantage is that you must not touch cold things while taking the medicine."
"Exactly, Miss Xie is right, so my recent diet consists mostly of warm and tonic foods."
"But in this prescription, peony bark, which has a cooling property, was put. That's why my wife's condition was not cured for a long time, and her body became weaker and weaker."
Ruan and Li Qingyi looked at each other solemnly.
"Second Aunt, when did Liuying come into the house just now?"
Garcinia, who was standing next to Ruan, turned pale with fright when he heard that there was something wrong with Ruan's medicine. He quickly explained: "The Hou Mansion moved back to the capital, and the house bought many girls, but before they were properly trained, These people couldn't enter the master's yard. The eldest girl got married some time ago and took away many of her companions. Madam saw that these girls were almost trained, so she made some adjustments. Liu Ying came to Madam's yard at that time, but she also She is just a rough girl, but Liu Ying is very good at needlework. After the lady found out, she sent her to Cuijin Tower intentionally, saying that she would keep her by her side to see her character..."
A chill ran down Ruan's spine, "Did Liu Ying do it?"
"Liu Ying is just a servant and has no enmity with Second Aunt, so how could he have evil intentions? There must be someone else who wants to harm Second Aunt. Or, Liu Ying was deliberately sent to the Li Mansion from the beginning. "
"Madam, why don't you bring Liu Ying over for interrogation, and you will know for sure." Garcinia felt the most distressed for Mrs. Ruan. How could she not be angry when something like this happened under her nose?
Ruan couldn't help but look at Li Qingyi after hearing this, "If we arrest her and interrogate her, she may not be able to tell. Without evidence, she will just deny it."
"Second aunt, don't worry, isn't she going to cook some medicine? At least catch her in the act so that she can't deny it!"
In the small kitchen, Liu Ying was boiling the medicine and was lucky. The eldest girl and the others must not have discovered the problem in the medicine. Otherwise, how could they let her cook the medicine again? She must have been caught and interrogated long ago. In this case, she does not need to be afraid. …
She fanned gently and controlled the heat just right. The aroma of the medicinal materials slowly seeped out from the medicine cup and spread throughout the house. Over the past month, Liu Ying had become accustomed to the smell of the medicine and was even a little dizzy. She was sleeping and didn't even notice a pair of eyes staring at her outside the window.
After a moment, she stood up and opened the lid of the medicine cup. When she saw that the medicine inside had been boiled until it was half watery, she raised her head and looked around. Seeing that the door of the small kitchen was closed, she took it out of the purse at her waist.
Something, quickly put it into the medicine cup!
Right now!
The door of the small kitchen was pushed open with a creak, and Li Qingyi walked in with a faint smile on his lips, "Liu Ying, what are you doing?"
Liu Ying was almost scared out of her wits, but when she thought that the door was closed just now, the other party might not have seen her movements, so she pretended to be calm and said, "This slave is making medicine for Madam!"
Li Qingyi smiled at her, pointed to the window behind her, and said, "Look there."
Liuying looked back suspiciously and saw Garcinia's eyes full of anger, staring at her fiercely!
"Slave...slave..."
Liu Ying was so frightened that she took two steps back and knocked over the little kid she was sitting on, making a clanging sound.
At this time, Mrs. Ruan came in from outside, looked at Liuying coldly, and said, "Liuying, what's in the purse around your waist? Bring it over and show it to me!"
Liuying subconsciously covered her purse and said, "Madam, this is just some spices put by the slave."
"At this point, I still want to make excuses!"
Garcinia walked around the back of the kitchen and walked in. He stepped forward and pulled off the purse from Liuying's waist. He opened it and smelled it. He sneered and said, "What kind of spice? What kind of fragrance is this?"
Liu Ying's face turned pale, "What did Sister Garcinia say? This is the spice... maybe it has been stored for a long time and there is no fragrance anymore. I just don't want to throw it away..."
"You are so stubborn with your little hooves!" Garcinia handed the purse in his hand to Xie Rao, who was next to Li Qingyi, and said, "Miss Xie, please take a look, is this peony skin?"
Hearing the words "peony skin", Liu Ying shivered all over. When Xie Rao nodded, she had already fallen to the ground and her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand up!
Garcinia rushed to her bitterly, grabbed her hair and raised her head, and slapped her hard on the face: "Tell me, who asked you to murder Madam!"
"I don't have it, I really don't have it..."
Ruan's face turned livid with anger, "You've been caught doing this, and you still refuse to admit it. It seems that you can't shed tears until you see the coffin! Garcinia, take her to my room, I want to see her mouth How strict!"
Garcinia called two rough ladies, tied up Liuying and dragged her all the way to Ruan's house.
Liuying's face was filled with tears of horror: "Madam, please spare my life, madam, spare my life!"...
"Spare your life?" Ruan sneered: "You want to harm me, and now you come to beg me for my life? Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
She slammed the table: "Hurry up and tell me! Who ordered you!"
Liu Ying's face was ashen, but she still begged, "Madam, you don't remember the faults of villains, please spare this slave..."
Ruan was not a soft-hearted person, so after hearing this, she told Garcinia, "Garcinia, this girl has a very tough mouth, give her some color."
