Chapter 255 Poisoning
Qiao Shi's gaze grew increasingly gloomy as she stared intently at the two figures for a while. Just as she was about to confront the imperial physicians, a woman rushed in, looking somewhat flustered.
Granny Wu went up to him and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Madam Qiao recognized the old woman from her courtyard and looked over. The old woman whispered a few words in Wu Mama's ear, and Wu Mama's face darkened as she looked at Madam Qiao.
"What happened?"
Granny Wu: "Our servants who went out to buy supplies were stopped. They said that the front and back gates were guarded by people from the General's Mansion, and they wouldn't allow anyone to leave."
Upon hearing this, Madam Qiao became anxious and took Granny Wu with her to go out and see what was going on.
After lying down on the bed, Yu Qingci tugged at Lu Yunqi's sleeve and said:
"My husband, I suddenly feel extremely anxious. Please invite Doctor Wu and Doctor Rao in to take my pulse."
Lu Yunqi quickly invited Doctor Wu and Doctor Rao over, while the others remained in the main room.
These two doctors were found by Lu Yunqi. There were only a few of them in the room at the moment. Yu Qingci sat up and looked at the two doctors trustingly, saying:
"Doctors, are you implying that someone poisoned Mother's food, and over time, without being detected, she became so ill that she is now terminally ill?"
The two doctors exchanged a glance, and Doctor Wu nodded, saying:
"This is highly likely. If we can find out exactly what kind of poison was used, we might be able to find a way to treat it."
Yu Qingci stared at the two of them intently: "Arsenic!"
"What?"
Both doctors, including Lu Yunqi, were astonished.
Yu Qingci: "If someone slowly adds tiny doses of arsenic into their food over a long period of time, the person who gets infected will likely experience these symptoms."
Yu Qingci's heart was bleeding at this moment. It concerned her mother's life and death, and she couldn't care about anything else.
In her past life, she overheard a conversation between Liao Shi and Qiao Yuantao, a mother and son, and realized that they had already plotted against her. They had poisoned her food with arsenic, a small dose each time, which would eventually kill her over time.
Although she lit explosives in her past life to perish together with them, she was already terminally ill at the time, and the pain she endured was exactly the same as what her mother is experiencing now.
So Mother must have been secretly poisoned with arsenic!
Lu Yun Chu blurted out, "How did you know it was arsenic?"
Yu Qingci said with difficulty, "When I was a child living in Youyang, I read a few ancient medical books that mentioned such cases. I found them strange and remembered them."
Of course, whether it was arsenic or not still needs to be confirmed by the two doctors.
Reminded by her words, Doctor Rao suddenly slapped his thigh and said:
"Now that you mention it, Madam, I am reminded of something. When I was young, I saw similar symptoms when I was traveling with my master as a traveling doctor. The poisoning was eventually diagnosed as arsenic..."
Dr. Rao remembered that the poisoned people were a mother and daughter. The mother was a concubine of the head of a wealthy family. She was very beautiful and talented and was favored by the head of the family. Later, she gave birth to a daughter who inherited her mother's appearance. The child was also very cute. The head of the family cherished the mother and daughter and doted on them. He especially doted on the daughter as if she were the apple of his eye.
This aroused the suspicion and jealousy of the mistress of the household, who secretly instructed the servants to put arsenic in the food of the mother and daughter. Over time, the mother and daughter gradually developed various symptoms, which became more and more serious.
The head of the family consulted many famous doctors, but none of them could find out what kind of poison they had been poisoned with. The mother and daughter suffered from the pain and eventually died tragically.
It wasn't until after the mother and daughter died that it was discovered they had been poisoned with arsenic. The poor little girl was only three years old, yet she was tormented by the poison for nearly two months before she finally breathed her last.
Looking back now, the symptoms exhibited by that mother and daughter are indeed exactly the same as those of the current Countess.
Yu Qingci was already heartbroken. She suppressed a sob in her throat, her voice trembling slightly, and bowed deeply to the two doctors, saying:
"If it really is arsenic, may I ask you gentlemen... is there any hope for my mother?"
Doctor Wu stroked his beard and said, "Although Madam is currently deeply poisoned, as long as we know it is arsenic, there is a way. We should act without delay and ask Doctor Rao for help."
The two doctors, without further delay, quickly returned to the main room and got to work.
Only the young couple remained in the room. Yu Qingci looked nervously at Lu Yunqi:
"My husband, someone is trying to harm my mother!"
At this point, Lu Yunqi naturally understood that this matter was no small thing. The fact that the lady of the Earl's Mansion had been secretly murdered was no ordinary private affair; it was a vicious murder case!
"Don't be afraid, I'm here for you!"
After comforting his wife, Lu Yunqi turned away, the tenderness in his eyes vanished, replaced by a chilling murderous aura.
"Mysterious Shadow, Mysterious Ice!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
Two guards stepped forward silently like ghosts, clasping their hands in a gesture of respect and awaiting orders.
"Take all the servants who serve at Mingyue Residence, as well as those who have been responsible for purchasing and transporting goods, especially ingredients, into Mingyue Residence for the past two months, to the next courtyard for supervision and separate questioning!"
Anyone who dares to resist or collude will be court-martialed!
Xuanbing and Xuanying accepted the order and left. Soon, the entire Mingyue Residence was in a brief state of chaos. Apart from Liu Mama and Yingge, who served Su Chengniang personally, everyone else was detained in different rooms and corners by the well-trained guards of the General's Mansion and interrogated.
The noise outside Mingyue Residence was even more intense. After a whole night, many people belatedly realized that the guards of the Earl's Mansion had all been replaced by the general's men.
The entire manor was locked up tight, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will. Xuanbing and Xuanying each directed a group of guards to quickly arrest a large number of servants of the manor. This action made the servants of the manor as frightened as birds startled by the twang of a bow.
The commotion outside naturally alerted the other masters of the Earl's Mansion. The gate to the fourth branch's courtyard was tightly closed from the inside. The fourth master, Madam Liu, and the servants of the fourth branch all seemed unaware of what was happening outside, quietly huddled in the courtyard.
Hearing the commotion, the fourth young lady, Yu Qingying, wanted to jump out and scold them, but her personal maid quickly pulled her back. Then the courtyard gate was closed. At first, you could still hear Yu Qingying shouting and throwing a tantrum inside, but soon the noise stopped.
The imperial physicians staying at Mingyue Residence were ignored by everyone, exchanging bewildered glances and not daring to utter a sound.
After pacing around outside, Madam Qiao realized the sky had fallen. Her face turned deathly pale, and she nearly lost her balance. Granny Wu quickly supported her, saying, "Madam, the Third Son-in-law and the Third Miss have really gone too far. This is our Nanping Marquis's Mansion, not their General's Mansion! We can't let them act so recklessly, arresting and torturing people at will in the Marquis's Mansion. What will people think if word gets out?"
"Yes, they've really gone too far. I'll go find the old lady right now and ask her to kick them all out."
With that, Qiao turned and hurried toward Zhang's courtyard.
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