A crisp crackling sound broke the silence in the room.
Shen Shi panicked and said, "Isn't it your Siwu Tang? Doctor Wan, what are you talking about?"
Doctor Wan quickly brought the medicine to him and said, "Master Shen, look, this soup was once black when I was a kid and watched my servants get through it. But now this bowl is a little yellow... and a little bitter." Medium to sweet, pouring, it tastes like raw rehmannia glutinosa!"
Shen Shi was a layman. He only thought the color was very dull and couldn't tell anything different, but he understood what Dr. Wan said.
"So, doctor, you are saying that this medicine was secretly changed?"
Dr. Wan said it was hard to say, he had to look at the medicine residue.
Shen Shi was so angry that he fluttered his sleeves and pointed at a servant randomly, trembling, "Go, bring me the dregs of the medicine! I have to see if there is anything wrong with the medicine!"
Seeing the servant rushing out of the door, Shen Shi finally paid attention to the people around him, and his heart became even more congested. He secretly said to Peng that he didn't seem to be in charge, something like this had happened, so he didn't send the guests off quickly. Let's go, let them stay here to watch the Shen family perform!
Secretly spitting secretly, Shen Shi had to hold on to a smile and bow to Xiao Yichen who was beside him.
"Commander, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to give you a bad reception today."
Xiao Yichen stood with his hands behind his hands. When he heard this, he looked around with his slightly raised eyes and said with a smile: "Master Shen, you don't have to be polite. Now that the banquet has been eaten, I can consider it as a retreat. Master Shen, please wait and deal with you." family affairs."
When he said this, he lowered his sharpness and actually had a more refined temperament, which made Shen Nanwan stunned.
But Shen Shi heard the joking in his words, and felt ashamed for a moment.
Seeing his flushed face, Xiao Yichen curled his lips and walked out slowly. When he was in the corridor, a door away, he suddenly turned around. The setting sun poured down on him, dizzying his sparse features. A blur.
"Although Mr. Shen is currently idle at home, he is still the general affairs envoy of the General Administration Department. For Mr. Shen, these household matters that are difficult for upright officials to deal with can be handled easily. There will never be any bias."
Although this was said to Shen Shi.
But Shen Nanbao felt that he meant something and seemed to be talking to her.
It was also such a confusing moment that all the ladies who were watching the show also followed Xiao Yichen and left with excuses.
Suddenly, everyone dispersed, and only a few people were left in the huge east hall.
Just as Shen Shi was thinking about scolding Mrs. Peng, the servant who had just retreated brought a medicine jar over.
Shen Shi had to suppress himself and said to Dr. Wan, "Doctor, please take a look and see if this is the medicine you prescribed."
Doctor Wan was picking out the dregs of medicine in the jar in front of everyone. The more he turned over and over, the darker his face became. "Sir, sir, this medicine has been changed."
In fact, when Dr. Wan said that this was not his Siwu Decoction, everyone already had a clear idea, and they brought the dregs just to get more certainty.
Now that Dr. Wan said this, Shen Shi's face became even more gloomy.
Doctor Wan took out one of the medicinal residues and said, "This is it, sir. Although there is only one word difference between raw rehmannia and cooked rehmannia, their effects are worlds apart. Rehmannia glutinosa nourishes yin and warms the body. The old lady got cold and her body If there is cold air, Rehmannia glutinosa is the most suitable, and Rehmannia glutinosa is used to reduce noise during severe cold. If it is used by an old lady, it is just adding insult to injury!"
When Peng, who was still annoyed that Shen Shi had seen off his guests, heard this, he immediately raised the corners of his lips and secretly thought that he was indeed right. Shen Nanbao had ulterior motives and was so bold as to tamper with the medicine.
Originally, she was wondering whether her mother had misjudged her because of Lu Kui's incident. Shen Nanbao was not that impatient.
Now it seems true.
That's why Shen Nanbao resorted to any means after what happened to Mother Wang, and even did such an unfilial act!
The idea flashed through her mind, and almost in the blink of an eye, Mrs. Peng's face turned pale, and her mouth trembled as she said it was impossible, "This prescription was always prepared according to the doctor's prescription, and the fourth girl personally took care of the preparation. How could there be anything wrong?”
Shen Shi suddenly understood and looked over with an angry face, "Come here! Tell me! What's going on? Why did the medicine change!"
The voice was stern, and he didn't name anyone.
But Shen Nanbao stepped forward and knelt down very well. With a pair of confused and panicked eyes, he shook his head vigorously, "I don't know. I was just watching the fire to make sure that the time was not lost."
Shen Shi laughed angrily, and just said 'you', Shen Nanwan knelt up and said, "Dad, the fourth sister is just taking care of it, not to mention that this medicine has been passed through so many hands along the way, how can we ensure that there are no mistakes in it?" …”
A sneer appeared on Mrs. Peng's face, "So Sister Wan means that I appointed someone to change her?"
This house is full of servants who are in charge of serving the old lady and taking the medicine. Except for Shen Nanbao who boils the medicine, the rest are either old lady Yin's or hers.
This Shen Nanwan is usually gentle and doesn't say anything harsh.
Recently, Xiao Yichen has become more and more emboldened to talk to her, and he even dared to 'plead' for Shen Nanbao and throw dirty water on her.
No wonder Sister Yi was so energetic just now!
Peng's eyes narrowed.
In this cold light, Shen Nanwan looked at the judge and said, "Mother, that's not what I meant. I just think that the fourth sister has always been filial and respectful and would not do such a treasonous thing."
Mrs. Peng stopped Shen Nanyi, who was about to argue, and nodded, "Sister Wan is right. Everything has an ins and outs. You can't just conclude that she did it just because the fourth girl looked after her. You can't do it. Someone took advantage of the loophole, right?"
As she said this, she called Mother Zheng, "Send all the servants who will help the old lady take the medicine over, and ask them one by one. If you can't pry them off, you can reward them with a few words, and you won't be afraid that you won't be able to find out the reason."
Soon a crowd of people gathered together, and when asked, they didn't know anything about it.
Hearing this, Shen Shi rolled up his sleeves impatiently from his position, "These killers, they don't eat for you on weekdays, so you just stuffed the white rice into your stomach and turned it into a meal without saying anything. There hasn't been a sound yet. I want you to What's the use? I think it's good to sell the whole hair to people!"
The servants quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, Huan Xin was particularly knocked out, "Master, I'm just a woodcutter, I don't know anything..."
When she heard Shu Hua's sobs, she raised her head as if she had realized something, pointed at Shu Hua and said, "It's her! Master, it's her! It's her who takes care of the old lady who makes the medicine, but she's too lazy to take a nap every day. Even Feng’s mother and Chen’s mother have seen it and taught her a lesson. If they don’t change, forget it. What’s surprising is that the fourth girl never said anything about Shu Hua, as if... she just wanted Shu Hua to take a nap on purpose!"
At the end of the matter, the trance became a foregone conclusion. Even Shen Nanyi let go of Peng's hand and cursed angrily, "Okay! Okay! I was wondering why my grandmother's illness was almost healed before you took care of her. , I became more and more sick after you took care of me. I thought it was due to the unpredictable weather, but I didn’t expect that you actually came up with a ‘civet cat for a prince’ and tried to harm my grandmother!”
Mrs. Peng also grabbed the brocade handkerchief and raised the corners of her eyes with great sadness, "It's strange that my mother has never seen the eldest girl and the second girl arguing in the past. Why, after just a few words, my mother suddenly became angry and vomited blood. It turns out she wasn't angry. But Sister Bao, you..."
Mrs. Peng couldn't say any more. She stood there with clenched fists and beating her chest, looking very distressed.
Shen Nanwan was also a little in disbelief, grabbed Shen Nanbao's arm and asked in a low voice: "Fourth sister, please say something, say you didn't do it..."
The voice suddenly stopped in Shen Nanbao's clear and beautiful eyes.
Shen Nanwan was startled.
Shen Nanbao suddenly said: "Is there any proof that I changed the medicine?"
Now everyone was stunned.
After all, when dirty water was poured on her, everyone else was thinking about how to argue, but Shen Nanbao asked why the dirty water was poured on her.
Shen Nanbao ignored the silence of these people and turned to look at Huan Xin who was trying hard to bury her face in her chest, "I sympathized with Shu Hua's hardship in taking the medicine and let her sleep. How could it be evidence that I wanted to kill my grandmother?"
Huan Xin was speechless, but Shen Nanyi was so angry that she wanted to lose her temper, "I asked all these people one by one, and there was nothing wrong. It's just that there was something wrong with the medicine, and my grandmother's illness also appeared because of you. Is it aggravated by such a change?"
Shen Nanbao laughed, "What kind of nonsense is this? The treasures placed on the beams were stolen, and without finding out why, they chose someone tall enough to be on top of the beams?"
"Little, little... I have something to say."
Suddenly, a voice came in from the side, mixed with the early summer wind, and it was hard to hear clearly.
Shen Shi's face was dark and angry, "You Quanzi! You are usually very articulate, but now you are biting your tongue? You are so stammering, are you going to piss me off too!"
Quanzi trembled, opened her mouth and showed her missing teeth, "I don't want to, little one. If my teeth don't listen to me, they will leak."
Shen Shi was annoyed and waved his hands, "What do you want to say? Just say it! Ke Jin straightened your tongue and don't make my ears feel uncomfortable!"
Tsuenzi then took out a piece of paper from his armhole and wrapped something in a brocade handkerchief.
"Back to the master, Feng Yue, who was next to the fourth girl, found Xiao a while ago and asked him to run errands for the fourth girl. He said that the old lady's condition had relapsed and the doctor had changed the prescription..."
Fengyue almost thought she was dreaming, "Don't talk nonsense! When did I find you and tell you to change the prescription? And when did I ask you to run errands!"
Quanzi looked at Fengyue with wide eyes, "You, you, Sister Fengyue, don't open your eyes and tell lies because of bias! It's obviously you who received the order from your fourth girl, you must know how to run errands and get medicine. of!"
"you!"
Feng Yue was about to say something but Shen Nanbao held her back.
Shen Nanbao still looked calm, raised his lips and looked at Quanzi, "Then let me ask you, when and where did she say this to you?"
Feng Yue likes to listen to people in corners all day long, and she also likes to chat with people. Even Shen Nanbao often doesn't know her whereabouts. If Feng Yue happens to be chatting with others at this time, it will really be a waste of time. Got it!
Tsuenzi couldn't answer, and he knew the pros and cons, so he immediately showed the folded hairpin in Jinpa, "Four girls, I usually run so many legs, how can I remember them all, but this folded hairpin is Yours, I was still wondering at the time, why the medicine was not recorded by the management office, but the fourth girl paid for it with the hairpin herself? Afterwards, they said that the hairpin was taken away! "
Shen Nanbao was startled, and Xiao Yichen's smiling face facing Yang suddenly popped into his mind.
