The children's reading aloud stopped abruptly, and they all poked their heads out.

Shen Qingyu frowned and went downstairs to open the door.

Liu Cuixi recognized who it was and rushed to open the door before Shen Qingyu could, then started cursing at her aunt.

"Have you no shame? You helped Shen Qingyao poison Qingyu back then, and now you're causing trouble at the door. Is it Qingyu who won't let you eat?"

How could you have such a shameless attitude?!

The eldest aunt completely ignored Liu Cuixi's words and rushed towards Shen Qingyu as soon as she saw her, trying to hug Shen Qingyu's leg.

Shen Qingyu nimbly dodged.

The eldest aunt missed her target and fell flat on her face.

Instead of getting up, she lay on the ground and wailed, "Qingyu! I was wrong! I was bewitched and blinded by the little silver Shen Qingyao gave me..."

Hearing this, Shen Qingyu suddenly remembered what Xiao Yunqi had said. She frowned and said, "Stop howling. Come in with me. If you can explain things clearly, I'll give you three catties of mixed grains."

The eldest aunt's crying stopped abruptly: "Huh?"

Shen Qingyu entered the newly renovated main room, and Liu Cuixi stood considerately beside Shen Qingyu and her aunt to prevent her aunt from throwing a tantrum.

Shen Qingyu looked at her anxious aunt and asked calmly and slowly, "Tell me, did Shen Qingyao give you money?"

"Yes, they gave me three taels of silver and told me to give you the medicine."

"Do you know where she got her drugs? And who did she come into contact with around that time?"

Shen Qingyu was very curious: how did a country girl manage to connect with people in the capital?

She even drugged Xiao Yunqi.

Who was the person who acted as the middleman?