"I assumed she hadn't slept well last night, so I quickly ordered someone to take her back to her own courtyard to rest."

"Now that I think about it, could it be that she was also poisoned?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Jiang Jiyao arrived!

Accompanying them was the old lady of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion.

This old lady was about the same age as Madam Shen, but their temperaments were very different.

She possessed an indescribable air of nobility.

Although she is now old, it is not hard to tell that she must have been a beauty in her youth.

The moment Shen Qiyin saw her, he felt that she was a shrewd and capable person, because although her eyes had been weathered by time and looked somewhat vicissitudes, they still could not hide their brilliance.

She was probably already asleep; her hair was unadorned, and she wasn't wearing an outer garment, only a dark blue cloak draped over her shoulders.

Jiang Jiyao, without makeup or jewelry, helped the old lady walk quickly over.

Upon seeing this, Marquis Wu'an immediately frowned and asked, "Who summoned the old lady?"

The Marquis's wife and Ruan Xinghu looked at each other, equally bewildered.

The old lady is getting on in years; who would bother her in the middle of the night? They'd be trying to keep it from her.

Without thinking too much, they quickly stepped forward and helped Old Madam Wei into the inner room to see Wei Heng.

Jiang Jiyao followed her in. As she passed by Shen Qiyin, she glanced at the latter with an almost undisguised look of schadenfreude in her eyes, as if to say: Wei Heng is in trouble, let's see what you do now!

But she soon discovered that when Wei Heng got into trouble, it wasn't Shen Qiyin who was in trouble, but her!

After hearing the Marquis's wife explain the whole story to Old Madam Wei, Jiang Jiyao couldn't sit still any longer and hurriedly said, "She's slandering me! How could I possibly harm Cousin Heng!"

"The idea that the zither is poisoned is utter nonsense."

"I think you are of lowly birth and have never seen such a fine thing before. You didn't know that this zither could also have a fragrance, so you just spout nonsense."

"If you know what's good for you, get out of the Marquis's mansion right now, or someone will be chasing you away with a broom..."

"Spreading rumors!" Old Madam Wei interrupted her in a stern voice, her face showing displeasure: "Don't be rude."

This child is usually so well-behaved, why is he acting like a black-eyed chicken today?

“…Yes, Jiyao knows she was wrong.” After being scolded by Madam Wei, Jiang Jiyao looked aggrieved: “But Jiyao was slandered for no reason, so it’s understandable that I’m angry.”

Shen Qiyin was too lazy to argue with her about such trivial matters. She simply handed the zither case to Jiang Jiyao.

The latter looked bewildered: "What are you doing?"

"Hold me for a while."

"ha?!"

"Didn't you say you didn't believe this instrument was poisonous? Then try holding it for a while."

"Hmph, let's try it then, who's afraid of who!" Jiang Jiyao was easily provoked. She ignored the advice of the Marquis and his wife and opened the zither case, holding the zither tightly in her arms.

Upon seeing this, Marquis Wu'an grabbed his mother with one hand and his wife with the other, and took several steps back.

Ruan Xinghu also covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

Even Wei Xuan silently moved to the side.

Jiang Jiyao looked left and right, increasingly determined to prove himself right.

Then, huffing and puffing, he said to Shen Qiyin, "What if there's no poison on this zither?"

"You should be grateful it wasn't poisoned. You should be overjoyed to have escaped death!"

"Don't change the subject!" Jiang Jiyao had finally found a rare opportunity to openly challenge Shen Xiyin, so she naturally wouldn't give up easily: "If there's no poison, then you're just making baseless accusations."

You need to apologize to me!

"It has to be the kind where they kneel down and kowtow, otherwise..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Jiyao's voice suddenly stopped.

Shen Qiyin asked in a calm voice, "Otherwise what?"

"Otherwise...otherwise..." Jiang Jiyao blinked hard and shook her head, trying to clear her mind, but she couldn't.

Seeing this, Madam Wei quickly had a servant take the zither from her hand and put it back in its case.

After this incident, no one questioned Shen Xiyin's words anymore.

Jiang Jiyao, who had been so arrogant just moments before, was now so frightened that she was almost crying: "I...I've been poisoned!"

"Grandma, what should we do? Yao'er has been poisoned!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Old Madam Wei hugged her and coaxed her gently: "Your aunt and sister-in-law tried to stop you just now, but you wouldn't listen. Now you know how serious it is, right?"

"Fortunately, there is a miracle doctor here. She can cure Heng'er, so naturally she can cure you too."

Since Madam Wei had spoken, Shen Qiyin couldn't embarrass her in public, so she took Jiang Jiyao's pulse.

Her poisoning wasn't severe; she recovered after taking two doses of medicine.

Shen Qiyin wrote a prescription, but before handing it to them, she said, "To avoid any misunderstandings later, it would be best to invite a royal physician to examine Miss Jiang and check whether the prescription I wrote is appropriate, so as to avoid any discord."

Upon hearing Shen Qiyin's words, Old Madam Wei glanced at her a few more times.

What a clever girl!

At such a young age, he does things so meticulously.

Marquis Wu'an and his wife exchanged a glance and understood Shen Qiyin's meaning.

She was worried that her relationship with Jiang Jiyao was strained, and that the latter would take the opportunity to cause trouble and frame her.

Marquis Wu'an was a straightforward man. He waved his hand and said, "Divine Physician, there's no need to worry. I, the Marquis, will vouch for you. As for the rumors, they have nothing to do with you. They are all her own doing."

Jiang Jiyao: "..."

Doesn't this cut off her escape route?

She originally intended to use this incident to teach Shen Qiyin a lesson, but who knew she was so cunning and managed to prevent this!

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