Chapter 35 Poisoning

Gu Huan raised her eyes and stared at her mother, her eyes becoming moist again.

Wang ordered: "Madam Zhou, tell the kitchen to prepare a few more delicious dishes. Also arrange for Miss Zhou and the other two to dine together."

Nanny Zhou agreed and went to the kitchen to give the order in person.

Wang took Gu Huan's hand and said, "Good boy, sit down and talk."

"Someone, please find seats for the three girls."

The maid hurriedly brought an embroidered cushion and asked Zhou Zhilan and the other three to sit down.

This was the first time that Wang was so gentle to her. Gu Huan wanted to throw herself into her mother's arms and cry.

For fear of scaring her mother, she forced herself to hold back her tears.

Wang spoke to her cordially, asking most about Gu Wanru's condition, whether she was doing well in her daily life, whether she was in a good mood, and whether her son-in-law treated her well...

Gu Huan felt bad.

How sad would the mother be if she knew what the daughter she raised did?

She only said nice things, such as that her eldest sister was pregnant, ate well and slept well, and that Jinkui and Yinzhi took good care of her.

It is said that the eldest brother-in-law often comes to dine with the eldest sister and often stays overnight. The people in the Duke's Mansion respect the eldest sister very much.

Wang was very pleased to hear this, and felt even more that Gu Huan was a well-behaved and sensible child.

"When Ru'er was in the mansion, she loved to play with you. She also asked you to accompany her to study.

I used to wonder why Ruer liked you so much since you were quiet, but I didn't expect you were such a good person. Don't blame your mother for not caring enough about you in the past. ”

Gu Huan's nose felt sore and she choked up, "How could a daughter blame her mother? Mothers always love their children."

Her words had a hidden meaning.

But Wang didn't understand.

"That's natural. You are all my children, so I love you naturally."

Gu Huan narrowed her eyes slightly.

Gu Wanru doesn't like to play with her.

Instead, she likes to be with her biological mother, Aunt Pei, and then this vicious mother and daughter discuss together how to bully her.

Gu Huan calmed herself down.

She raised her eyes and said sincerely, "Mother. Chen Li is the last disciple of Mr. Sun, who was once the imperial physician. Her medical skills are very high. My daughter sees that you don't look well. Can you let her take a look at you?"

When Gu Huan mentioned the matter again, Wang's mood improved and she could not bear to reject her concubine's filial piety.

Then he nodded: "Thank you very much."

Gu Huan looked at Shen Li.

Chen Li took out the pulse pillow from the cloth bag, and Wang placed her hand on it.

Chen Li took the pulse carefully and identified it. Her brows were getting tighter and tighter, which frightened Gu Huan.

"Please change your hand, ma'am."

Wang changed her hand, and Shen Li took her pulse for a moment, knowing what was going on: "It's done."

Wang put away her hand, thinking that the little girl would at most come to the same conclusion as the court doctor, that she had too much dampness in her body and was overthinking, which caused her to feel lazy.

He smiled and said, "I was just a little lazy and didn't sleep well last night, so I look a little pale today. It's just a minor ailment, it's nothing serious."

"Madam has been poisoned."

As Chen Li put away the pulse pillow, Qing Fengyun whispered.

This sound could only be heard by the few people sitting around, but not by the maid standing by the door waiting for instructions.

This one sentence shocked several people so much that they opened their mouths wide, but they didn't dare to speak easily.

"Poisoned?" Wang asked in a low voice, her tone changing with fear.

Gu Huan's heart was pounding.

It must have been done by Aunt Pei and the others!

No wonder... In her previous life, her mother had always been in good health. Before she died, she heard that her mother was seriously ill and bedridden...

Wang was about to ask more questions, but Gu Huan quickly held her hand and glanced at the maid beside her.

Wang immediately understood: "All of you go down. No one is allowed to come in without my order."

After the maid went out and closed the door, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

Chen Li raised her eyebrows: "I like studying poisons the most. Poisoning is the most common thing for me, and my diagnosis will not be wrong."

Gu Huan held her mother's hand and asked Chen Li in a trembling voice: "Can you solve it?"

"Of course, it's not some rare and profound poison. A few injections and two doses of medicine will clear it up."

Wang still couldn't believe it: "Are you sure it's poison? I'm just sleepy."

Chen Li lowered her head and took out a cloth bag from her cloth bag, kicked the Xiudun she was sitting on to Wang's feet, and sat down directly.

When I opened the cloth bag, I saw neatly arranged silver needles of different lengths.

Shen Li pulled out one, dug out a small medicine bottle from the cloth bag, poured it on the needle tip, and motioned Wang to give her the hand.

Wang believed her inexplicably and obediently extended her hand.

Chen Li held a two-inch long needle, pressed her tiger's mouth, and said seriously: "I will insert the needle, and if the needle tip is black when I pull it out, it proves that Madam has been poisoned."

Wang was so nervous that her palms were sweating.

Gu Huan used a little more force: "Mother, don't be afraid. Miss Shen's acupuncture skills are very good, it doesn't hurt at all."

Wang nodded.

She wasn't afraid of the pain, but she was afraid that she was really poisoned, so she felt a little panicked.

Several girls held their breath, widened their eyes, and watched the silver needle penetrate deeply from the base of the thumb toward the wrist until the entire needle was inserted.

As they watched the silver needle being pulled out, they all looked at the needle tip and exclaimed in a low voice.

“It’s dark!”

Wang and Gu Huan's faces turned pale.

The needle tip is transitional black.

Wang had to believe it. How could a silver needle turn black for no reason?

Shen Li placed the needle tip under her nose and sniffed it carefully, then carefully observed the depth of the color.

"Fortunately, the poisoning didn't last long. The person who poisoned you was afraid of being exposed, so he used a light poison. I'm afraid he wanted you to be poisoned to death slowly without you noticing."

Wang gasped.

Nanny Zhou's voice rang out from outside the door: "Madam, someone from the guest house said everything has been packed."

Wang was already cold all over: "Madame Zhou, come in alone."

Nanny Zhou pushed the door open and was shocked to see the faces of several people.

Guessing what happened, he quickly closed the door, walked closer quickly, and saw Shen Li carefully wrapping a silver needle with cloth.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with Madam's health?" Her tone was filled with anxiety.

Nanny Zhou was Wang's dowry nanny and the head maid who had followed her grandmother for many years. Wang trusted her the most and relied on her like her mother.

Wang held her back, feeling aggrieved, and cried, "Mammy, someone poisoned me."

"ah!"

Madam Zhou was horrified: "Someone actually dared to poison me!"

Wang's eyes were filled with tears: "I'm afraid our yard is not clean."

Nanny Zhou naturally understood.

She is the head maid from the Wang family of Langya.

Her eyes were fierce: "Madam, rest assured, I will investigate carefully and find out who poisoned you!"

Chen Li handed over a bottle of medicine: "Madam, you take this bottle of medicine first, to protect your heart and lungs for the time being, and I will go back and carefully check what kind of poison it is. But Madam must be careful about what you eat and use, and don't touch poison again."

Aunt Zhou was filled with gratitude and took it with both hands: "Okay, young lady, thank you so much."

Gu Huan suddenly asked, "I wonder when the third brother will finish school? I remember that the third brother is often in low spirits."

Gu Huan's words made Wang and Zhou Ma freeze.

You can poison Wang or you can poison the legitimate son.

"Madame Zhou, go and bring Rui back quickly." Wang's lips turned pale with fear.

Madam Zhou nodded: "Okay, I will go there myself."

Gu Huan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She brought Chen Li back, but she didn't expect to find out about the poisoning.

His biological younger brother, Gu Ruiwen, the eldest son of the Marquis's Mansion, has always been in poor health.

His father wanted to confer the title of Marquis on the prince, but he was always dissatisfied with Gu Ruiwen's health. He even got angry with Wang because of this, saying that Wang did not know how to raise a son.

But, the funny thing is.

Aunt Pei's son, Gu Jinwen, the second son of the Gu family, was occasionally in poor health.

Gu Huan naturally knew that it was Aunt Pei who gave Gu Jinwen medicine from time to time in order to consolidate her favor, causing Gu Jinwen to occasionally have a headache or fever, or even fall asleep for a day or two.

For a period of time, the relationship between my father and mother suddenly improved. He stayed at my mother's house for several days in a row. Aunt Pei was so angry that she broke one of her own son's wrists and called my father over from my mother's bed.

Gu Huan felt very sorry for the little brother she had watched grow up, and she would often accompany him and comfort him when he cried so hard.

Sometimes the two of them feel like they are dependent on each other.

Aunt Pei deserves to die, but the child is innocent, and Jinwen is a good, well-behaved and sensible child.

Because he was drugged for no reason for many years, Gu Jinwen became very weak.

Gu Huan originally wanted to ask Chen Li to check on Gu Jinwen's health to see if she could secretly adjust her brother's condition.

After accidentally discovering that Wang had been poisoned, she suddenly thought that her own brother might have been poisoned as well.

Only if the third brother dies, Aunt Pei's biological son, Gu Jinwen, will have the chance to become the prince of the Marquisate.

Aunt Pei used all means to get to the top.

After waiting for half an hour, Nanny Zhou came back with Gu Ruiwen.