Wei Xiner didn't believe it: "Where is your badge?"
From a wealthy family in Dongqi, servants worthy of the master's trust will all have waist cards.
The middle-aged man took out a waist badge from his sleeve.
Wei Xiner lowered her eyes and the doubts in her heart dissipated.
She hummed softly, took the porcelain vase from the middle-aged man's hand, and said proudly, "Go back and tell Su Ruotang that I will give her an extra thousand taels of silver."
After saying this, she took out some broken silver and threw it to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man held up the broken silver with a smile on his face: "Thank you, madam."
"Madam, the third prince and concubine has ordered that these pills must be taken today."
Wei Xiner nodded and got into the carriage with the help of the maid.
Watching the carriage leave the alley, the middle-aged man collected the broken silver and hurried to the other end of the alley.
At the end of the deserted alley, Su Muyao stood quietly wearing a bamboo hat.
The middle-aged man saw her and walked over quickly, "Miss, I have already taken care of the things you told me."
As he spoke, he rubbed his hands and said, "You promised..."
Su Muyao curled her lips and said in a gentle voice, "What I promise you, this young lady, will come naturally."
"Reach out your hand."
The middle-aged man cheerfully extended his hand.
Su Muyao's pale fingertips were exposed from her sleeves and flicked slightly.
The next moment, the middle-aged man's expression was filled with panic, and he let out a heart-rending scream.
After just one breath, his screams stopped abruptly.
His body twitched twice, white foam overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he fell to the ground.
Su Muyao's pale fingers held a red porcelain bottle.
She glanced at the sky and poured the liquid out of the porcelain bottle slowly.
When the middle-aged man's body turned into a pool of blood, heavy rain happened to fall.
Wei Xiner returned to the mansion.
She ignored the fact that her skirt was wet from the rain and went straight to her son's courtyard.
As soon as she approached the courtyard where her son lived, she smelled a faint rancid smell.
This putrid smell was extremely strong as she opened the door to the main room.
When the maid and servant saw her, they quickly bowed their heads and saluted to hide the disgust on their faces.
Wei Xiner seemed not to smell the rancid smell.
She went straight to the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at her pale and unconscious son, her eyes full of heartache and pity.
She picked up the handkerchief on the side, dipped it in warm water and wrung it out, carefully wiping away the cold sweat from the pain on his forehead.
"Son, mother has bought the medicine. If you take the medicine, you will be fine tomorrow."
After the sound fell, she looked coldly at the maid standing aside, "Didn't you hear that the prince wants to take medicine? Why don't you bring me some water?"
The maid was excited and quickly poured a glass of warm water over.
Wei Xiner carefully took out the porcelain bottle and poured out the crystal-white pills inside.
The boy cleverly helped the prince up.
Wei Xiner glanced at him with satisfaction and gently fed the medicine into her son's mouth.
The pill melts in your mouth.
Wei Xiner stared at her son nervously.
Not long after, the pale and weak young man relaxed his frown.
Even the seemingly nonexistent breathing became much calmer.
Wei Xiner's face showed joy.
Although Su Ruotang is a little greedy for money, his medical skills are indeed very good as rumored.
In this case, she gave her an extra thousand taels of silver and asked her to treat her son well.
Wei Xiner stayed in the room for a while, confirming that her son's breathing was indeed much calmer, and then she felt relieved.
She glanced at the hem of her skirt with disgust and ordered her servants, "Take good care of the prince. If anything happens, report him immediately."
"Yes, ma'am."
Wei Xiner looked at the respectful attitude of her servants and left with satisfaction.
As soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw a slender figure standing under the corridor.
Su Muyao stepped forward with her cloak and blessed her body: "My daughter has met Madam."
Wei Xiner's eyes fell on her pale and pretty face.
After a moment, he said in a calm voice, "What are you doing here?"
Su Muyao handed over the cloak in her hand and coughed lightly, "My daughter heard that Madam came back from outside. It was raining heavily outside. I thought Madam's dress would get wet."
"My daughter was worried that Madam would catch a cold, so she sent her a cloak."
Wei Xiner looked at the cloak in her hand but did not reach out to take it.
When she passed by Su Muyao, she turned her head and said coldly: "Su Muyao, I don't care if the master recognizes you as his adopted daughter, but if you dare to seduce the prince, I will never spare you!"
Su Muyao obediently lowered her eyes, covering up the coldness in her eyes, and replied softly: "Madam, don't worry, my daughter is just grateful to her adoptive father for taking her in."
"I won't do anything to disgrace my adoptive father."
Wei Xiner snorted with satisfaction and left with the maid.
After she left, Su Muyao slowly raised her eyes.
His eyes were full of cold sarcasm.
The prince Dingguo has been drinking and having sex all year round, so that thing has long been out of use.
Besides, even if it works, his appearance is not even half as good as Mo Xiaoya's.
Not even compared to the evil and beautiful Mo Ronyan.
She looked back at the stench-filled main room, raised a meaningful smile on her lips, and left slowly.
After tonight, Dingguo Gong will definitely have a grudge with Su Ruotang.
If he could use Duke Dingguo's power to destroy Su Ruotang, he could barely avenge her being burned by the fire.
The rain is getting heavier.
At night, dark clouds covered the bright moon and stars.
In the silent night sky, only the sound of raindrops falling was heard.
The servants couldn't stand the stench inside the house and would rather be soaked by the rain in the corridor than stay inside.
"The prince was just bitten by a dog, how come his whole arm was rotten?"
"Retribution, the prince has killed several pretty maids in the past few years. If it weren't for our bad looks, we might have also been killed by the prince."
"In order not to be ruined by the prince, I even scratched my face."
"When will these days end?"
"Originally, it seemed that the prince wouldn't be able to survive tonight, so Madam didn't know where to get the medicine. As a result, there are not many maids left in the mansion."
"Hey, in the eyes of the Crown Prince and the others, our lives are not lives at all..."
Prince Dingguo woke up from severe pain in his abdomen.
Half a month ago, he was bitten by a stray dog while teasing a girl on the street.
His father consulted him as an imperial doctor and prescribed medicine after seeing him.
He didn't take it seriously, and the imperial doctor said it wasn't serious.
But who knew that the wound gradually festered and became more and more serious.
I have experienced scraping bones and peeling flesh, but it is of no use at all.
Lately, his waking hours have been getting shorter and shorter.
"It hurts...come on..." A feeble moan escaped his lips.
The low and almost inaudible breath sound was completely covered by the sound of the heavy rain.
Early the next morning.
The servants entered the house and found the bed covered in black blood.
Prince Dingguo's eyes were bulging, his lips were black, and the black veins on his forehead and neck bulged. He died miserably on the bed.
Wei Xiner and Ding Guoping loved this son the most.
Suddenly hearing the news of their son's death, the two fainted.
Su Muyao calmly directed her subordinates to call the government doctor. After resuscitating the two of them, she said with tears in her eyes, "Father, madam, my brother died of poisoning."
