"Madam, I heard that the man copying scriptures in the attic is sick and hasn't eaten much in the past few days."
Back at the Hou Mansion, Chun Xiao mysteriously came to Xia Yunxian's side, then looked around for a moment before taking out the thing hidden in her sleeve.
"On weekdays, Jiang Ruyan doesn't have anyone to serve her, but this meal was delivered quickly. This servant paid more attention and found that they dumped all the unused food outside the house. Madam, is it strange?"
Seeing Chunxiao's clever appearance, Xia Yunxian smiled happily, and then locked her eyes on the scraps she secretly picked up.
After careful inspection, Xia Yunxian's eyes were clear.
"It's heartbroken grass."
Chunxiao's expression suddenly changed. Although she had vaguely guessed the outcome, her current mood was still extremely complicated.
"So, she won't live long!"
The Liu family is crazy, but this prince is too fickle. Didn't he hold Jiang Ruyan at the top of his heart before, and his wife suffered grievances everywhere, and was poked in the spine by others? Why did he plan to kill Jiang Ruyan in the blink of an eye?
"She can still live for a while." This herb is a common method used by women in mansions. Arsenic, poison, etc. can kill people if they are exposed to it. However, as long as a small amount of this herb is added, it can slowly destroy the internal organs and cause food poisoning. No symptoms of sluggishness of swallowing energy.
If the internal organs are broken, even if they are discovered in the future, no medicine will be effective. You can only watch your body and bones getting weaker and weaker until you take your last breath.
It was not a pity that Jiang Ruyan died, but it was too cheap for the Liu family.
Now Liu Chengyu had clearly abandoned her, so Xia Yunxian was even more reluctant to let Jiang Ruyan die like this.
As long as she is still in the Hou Mansion, she will be Liu Chengyu's stain and leverage!
At this moment, Grandma Lei's figure appeared in the yard.
"Mrs. Crown Prince, this old slave is here to give you the key to the warehouse. We just received a letter from Prince Pingnan's Mansion, saying that the old princess wants to come to our Prince's Mansion to stay for a few days, so things in the inner house have to be arranged so as not to neglect the distinguished guests."
Old princess?
Xia Yunxian was a little surprised. It would be understandable if Princess Pingnan wanted to go back to the Marquis Mansion to win over her family's feelings.
The old princess is still recuperating, so she shouldn't be running around like this.
Liu Chengyu had mentioned several times before that he wanted her to take charge of the family again, but Xia Yunxian had always refused with excuses, so the old lady was taking care of various matters for the time being, but it was hard to shirk this time.
Chun knew the signal and finally took the key. Grandma Lei was instantly overjoyed and flattered her a few more times before leaving.
"King Pingnan has important matters and needs to leave the capital for a few days. He seems to be worried about the old princess, so he thought of asking the crown prince's wife to take care of her."
Xiao Wu suddenly appeared next to him and relieved Xia Yunxian's doubts, "On the other hand, Princess Pingnan and Princess Pingting need to be more careful as they may cause trouble to Madam."
trouble?
This is not necessarily the case.
Maybe they can still help him.
…
A weak voice came from the attic.
"Someone, come quickly..."
Jiang Ruyan on the couch struggled to get up, but collapsed again.
I don't know how long it had passed before footsteps sounded outside the door. As soon as Yulan stepped in, she immediately covered her nose, "What is this smell? Oh, girl, how did you end up like this!"
"Water, I, I want to drink water."
Magnolia hurried to the table, only to find that the teapot was empty. She immediately cursed and left the room.
Seeing that someone finally came and then left again, Jiang Ruyan was so anxious that she almost cried. Fortunately, within a moment, Yulan returned to her with a kettle in hand.
"Girl, please slow down, what is this? How can the Hou Mansion torment people like this?"
Jiang Ruyan hadn't washed herself in two days, and her whole body exuded a pungent stench. She hadn't seen anyone else all day except the person who delivered the food, and now she was actually incontinent, which was why she was in such a mess.
Seeing that she drank the entire pot in one go before she recovered, Yu Lan quickly fetched water and simply helped her clean it. Then she looked at Jiang Ruyan carefully and said, "Why does it look like she's been poisoned?"
Poisoned?
Jiang Ruyan's heart skipped a beat, and Yulan immediately covered her mouth and smiled awkwardly, "My servant said casually, how could a respectable family like the Hou Mansion do such dirty things as only in the Zhuangzi?"
When wealthy families in the capital wanted to kill their aunts or concubines who had made mistakes, they would send them to the Zhuangzi to deal with them, for fear of ruining the feng shui of the mansion.
However, Jiang Ruyan knew her identity. At this time, she looked at Yulan with alert eyes, "You are not the maid of the Hou Mansion."
"This slave has just arrived. She made a mistake before and was driven to the village. She was sent back a few days ago. As long as she serves the girl well, I can make up for my fault."
Yulan followed the explanation Xia Yunxian gave her before and quickly dispelled Jiang Ruyan's suspicion.
Also, among the maids in the house who were not sent away, they were all gnashing their teeth at her. Why would anyone be so kind as to give her a drink of water?
Jiang Ruyan looked at the sky outside the window for a long time, and then suddenly laughed.
"Girl?" Yulan thought to herself, is this person crazy? The Crown Prince's wife had already told her that this was her last mission, and when it was completed, she could be freed regardless of the previous grudges.
"Haha, what's the point of exchanging merit for crime? I'm afraid they want to poison me to death and let your little maid be the scapegoat. Don't be too naive!"
Yulan's face suddenly changed, "What do you mean by this, girl?"
"Ever since I moved into the attic, I have felt unlucky. I asked them to find a doctor for me several times but they refused. I have seen this method many times, but I never expected that the prince would be so cruel..."
She hadn't thought about that at first, but this new maid's casual words made her wake up from a dream!
No wonder those people looked at her so strangely, they simply regarded her as a dead person!
Oh, those meals!
She had a bad appetite these past few days and couldn't eat anything. The maid who usually ignored her tried her best to persuade her to take one more mouthful, but she didn't stop until she vomited it all out.
"Young lady, you are worrying too much. This servant is stupid. The old princess from Prince Pingnan's Palace is coming to the palace as a guest soon. How can the Hou's Palace cause trouble?"
Yulan pretended to comfort her, but the more Jiang Ruyan thought about it in the past few days, the more she felt that she had been completely given up by Liu Chengyu. How could there be any hope?
Old princess?
Jiang Ruyan's mind began to spin rapidly, and her strong desire to survive made her eyes show unprecedented ferocity.
She can't die!
It doesn't matter what Liu Chengyu wants, what matters is that he will never grant him his wish easily!
Didn't he want to make up for Xia Yunxian?
If Xia Yunxian knew the life experience of the two children, would he still give him a chance to make amends?
