Chapter 196: Persecution Failed

"Forgive?" Qin Xiangnuan stared at Huanxiang and whispered these two words, then asked sincerely, "Do you still feel guilty?

"Miss Third, what do you mean?" Huanxiang couldn't stand still under Qin Xiangnuan's gaze and took a step back.

Qin Xiangnuan looked straight into her eyes, "Miss Huanxiang, do you really not know what this means?"

"I, I..." The teacup in Huanxiang's hand made a sound of colliding.

Qin Xiangnuan curled her lips and suddenly relaxed all her vigilance, giving Huanxiang the courage to step forward.

"Just now I was thinking that the tea in this inn was not good. Miss Huanxiang came just in time." Qin Xiangnuan said, "Then let's sit down and taste it together."

"No, no." Huanxiang put the tea tray down on the table. "I only bought a little. I'd better let Miss Three taste it. I'm a rough man and can't tell the difference."

"Then you should try it." Qin Xiangnuan pulled him to sit down without saying anything, "Try the food from the inn first."

Qin Xiangnuan poured her a cup, and after Huanxiang finished drinking it and couldn't refuse anymore, she poured the tea she brought with her into the cup.

Huanxiang's hand trembled and a few drops spilled.

"Miss Third, try it too." Huanxiang quickly put down the teacup.

Qin Xiangnuan let her pour the "poison tea" for herself, took a sip slowly, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Huanxiang.

"Aren't you going to ask me if the tea is good?"

Huanxiang was not in a hurry to leave. She heard the medicine seller say that after drinking the poison, one would die immediately from the poison. She was waiting to see what was happening, but she felt that a long time had passed and she saw nothing. Instead, she heard Qin Xiangnuan's question.

"You, you!" Huanxiang was confused.

Qin Xiangnuan frowned, "This tea is not good at all, even worse than the one in the inn."

"You know everything?" Huanxiang stood up suddenly. "How did you know?"

"Yes, someone saw you buying medicine." Qin Xiangnuan kindly answered her question. It was her turn to ask, "Why do you want to kill me?"

Unfortunately, Huanxiang would not answer her questions, and her first reaction was to run out the door.

"Miss Huanxiang, where do you want to go?" Jiang Lin and the others had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

Huanxiang didn't care and rushed forward recklessly after being frightened.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

Dark Wind and Dark Flow quickly covered her mouth, but the two shouts still attracted many people to come out.

"It's none of your business, go to sleep!" Anliu scared those people back. After all, the other party felt that they couldn't afford to offend them when they saw them.

"Bring him in." Qin Xiangnuan waited until there was no one in the corridor before closing the door.

"Can we talk nicely now?" Qin Xiangnuan raised her chin and asked with a dark face, "Who sent you to kill me?"

Qin Xiangnuan couldn't convince the other party that he was going to kill her because of Qin Feng, and her reason was not sufficient.

There was fear in Huanxiang's eyes, but more of madness. She shook her head hard, trying to shake off Qin Xiangnuan's hand that was controlling her, but she couldn't do it no matter what.

"Nuannuan." Jiang Lin pulled Qin Xiangnuan back, "She shouldn't have been sent by anyone."

Qin Xiangnuan looked at him when she heard that, waiting for an explanation.

"She also added medicine to Madam Qin's water." Jiang Lin said.

"Grandmother?" Qin Xiangnuan repeated, which was enough to explain the other party's intention. She sneered and looked down at Huanxiang, "Should I praise you for being smart or stupid?"

Qin Xiangnuan asked Anliu and Anfeng to take the person away, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Huanxiang did not cause any substantial harm to them, so even if she was sent to the authorities, they would not judge her. They would wait and see how she would be dealt with tomorrow.

Zou and the others went to bed early last night and did not hear the calls outside the door. After getting up early, they heard a few words from others, but they did not take it seriously.

They never thought that the one who got into trouble was one of them.

"How could it be?" Zou couldn't believe it. "How could Huanxiang do such a thing?"

Old Madam Qin sat next to Zou and said in a bad tone, "She has done such a shameful thing, can't you see it?"

Zou was a little dazed, and she was eager to prove to everyone that she had not made a mistake. "Where is she? I want to ask her in person."

Seeing Zou's stubborn look, Old Lady Qin shook her head and asked Qin Xiangnuan to bring the person over.

After waiting with eyes open in fear for a whole night, Huanxiang looked much more haggard and not as pleasing to the eye as before. Zou took one look at her and collapsed on the stool.

"Why?" Zou almost murmured, "Is it because I didn't treat you well enough?"

Huanxiang was close to her and heard this. A teasing look appeared in her eyes, but because her mouth was blocked, Zou Shi could not understand the meaning.

"Mom, don't listen to her nonsense." Seeing Zou's hand reaching for the white cloth to block her mouth, Qin Feng pulled it back.

This seemed to anger Huanxiang, and she slammed hard into Qin Feng's legs.

Zou was so scared that she took Qin Feng and took a few steps back, hugging him tightly.

"Behave yourself." Qin Xiangnuan stood in front of Huanxiang, "Otherwise I'll give you the poison you bought to taste."

"Nuannuan, stop talking nonsense with her and send her away as soon as possible!" Qin Feng didn't even want to look at her.

Because Huanxiang also wanted to harm Old Madam Qin, Qin Xiangnuan asked for her opinion.

"I want to hear what she says." Old Madam Qin had never done anything to harm anyone in her life. She knew that she didn't like Huanxiang, but she had never taken the initiative to make things difficult for her. Why would she want to kill her?

Qin Xiangnuan nodded, but glanced at Zou and asked if she wanted to go out. Qin Feng also looked at her.

"I also want to know why she did this and what I did wrong." Zou looked at Qin Xiangnuan with a bit of determination in her eyes.

Qin Xiangnuan personally thought that there was no need to listen to Huanxiang, but since Old Madam Qin and Madam Zou both wanted to, she let go of Huanxiang's mouth.

As soon as she let go of her, Zou heard words that broke her heart. "You just want me to be with your son because you see that I'm helpless and can be manipulated by you. After this old woman said something bad about me, you ignored me. Are you being nice to me?"

"I..." Zou wanted to deny it, but she felt that Huanxiang was right. She had wanted her to be Qin Feng's wife from the beginning, and she had neglected her in the past few days. It's just that...

Qin Feng's eyebrows furrowed after hearing this. "I've never heard my mother mention this before. Don't slander me!"

Qin Feng was not lying when he said this. Zou had never explicitly told Qin Feng to spend more time with Huanxiang. It was just that Qin Feng did not understand some of the implicit expressions.

"Your mother has mentioned you to me more than once. If she didn't mean it, why would she say it?" Huanxiang saw Zou's expressionless face and glared at Qin Feng, "Do you dare to ask your mother?"

"Enough!" Madam Qin slammed the table, breaking the existing atmosphere. She stared at Huanxiang and said, "Did Feng'er's mother ever force you? You were half-hearted. If you didn't mean it, you could have said it directly. But if you did mean it, you didn't dare to say it directly."

"You're talking nonsense!" Huanxiang was furious. "You've always looked down on me. If I say anything, you'll say I'm delusional!"