Chapter 109 Coolness
The old lady sent the servants away and called Yun to the inner hall to talk alone. It was obvious that she was afraid that this matter would spread and damage their reputation. She was even more afraid that Shen Ji would get angry if he knew about it.
They have been doing such shameful things over and over again, and the Yun family has done their utmost to help them ask the Yun family. Now that it is confirmed that Yanzhi has nothing to do with the Yun family, the Yun family will not say a word more.
But how did those two boxes of rouge get mixed up in the things the Yun family sent?
Yun was glad that the Yun family gave a lot of gifts this time and made a list. Based on her understanding of Shen Wan, Shen Wan would definitely not use the extra things on the gift list casually. What if they were things that Yun Miao and Yun Qing liked and were mistakenly put in the list, Shen Wan would definitely return them.
In the future, when the Yun family sends things over, they should either attach a gift list or deliver it to them personally. As long as it goes through someone else's hands, it doesn't matter if there are fewer things, but they are afraid that there will be more than should be. It's better to be safe than sorry.
The old lady thought that if she risked her reputation and went to the Yun family to ask, she could follow the clues to find the person who poisoned the woman. However, it turned out that the rouge was not sent by the Yun family at all.
After Yun left, the Second Madam came out from behind the screen and said, "Those two boxes of rouge were clearly sent by the Yun family!"
The old lady said, "The Yun family's gifts were sent to Wan'er. They had no idea they would end up in Wu'er and Yao'er's hands. Besides, even if the Yun family did it on purpose, with the gift list as evidence, they can only swallow their anger."
But now it's not a matter of admitting guilt or not. The Second Madam is extremely anxious. "We don't even know who sent the rouge. If we can't find the person who poisoned it, what should we do with Wu'er?"
The old lady was very annoyed. "Is the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion short of food and daily necessities for her? She wants to take advantage of this?!"
The Second Madam protected her daughter and said, "It was the servants in the front yard who acted on their own initiative..."
The old lady said coldly, "Without any instructions, the servants were bored and gave the second young lady's things to them?!"
Even Yun Shi couldn't be fooled by these words, and she still thought she could use them to fool her. The old lady was so angry that she felt dizzy. She couldn't eat or sleep well these two days because of Shen Wu and Shen Yao's poisoning, and she could hardly bear it anymore.
Mother Sun advised the old lady, "Take care of yourself, old lady. Your birthday is coming soon..."
The old lady said angrily, "After something like this happened, how can I still have the mood to celebrate my birthday?!"
There was almost no hope of finding an antidote, so he could only continue to look for doctors and imperial physicians, but there was no improvement at all.
In the next few days, Shen Wan paid her respects to the old lady as usual. As sisters in the same mansion, she would visit Shen Wu and Shen Yao every day. However, most of the time it was a wasted trip as they didn't want to see her at all. No one wanted to show their swollen face to others.
The huge Duke Dingguo Mansion was shrouded in a shadow. In previous years, even though the old lady's birthday was not a big celebration, the mansion was still very lively. This year, it was much quieter.
The old lady was not in the mood, but she didn't say she would not do it. Yun could only be busy preparing for Shen Yu and Shen Wan's dowry while preparing a birthday banquet for the old lady. Even if it was just a party with relatives and friends in the mansion, there would need to be several tables.
Things piled up at once, and Yun was very busy, but in the end the birthday party was not held.
It’s not that the old lady doesn’t want to do it, it’s that she can’t do it.
On the day of the old lady's birthday, Chen Wan woke up and sat on the bed to stretch. Yin Chuan came in quickly and reported, "Miss, the third and sixth girls woke up and vomited blood, and fainted..."
After Yinchuan finished her report, a little maid came in. "Miss, it's bad! The old lady learned that the third and sixth girls' conditions had worsened. She couldn't bear the shock and fainted."
Vomiting blood and fainting would make anyone think that the condition is getting worse, but on the contrary, it is a sign of improvement.
Shanhu's maid was afraid that she would really use the poison she bought on Xie Jingyu. The poison she bought was not a fatal one. It was scary when it took effect, but in fact, no antidote was needed. In the end, he would be able to survive it. Vomiting blood was the most serious part, but it would gradually get better afterwards. Within seven days, he would be back to normal.
If that's all, it's not enough to teach them a lesson. They need to learn the lesson all at once.
After breakfast, Shen Wan went to Shou'an Hall and met Shen Ji who was returning home from court at the gate of the courtyard. When Shen Ji went to court, the old lady was fine. When he returned home, he learned that the old lady had fainted and the birthday banquet was cancelled. Shen Ji came to visit the old lady, but he didn't stay for a while. Yun was in the mansion, and the second and fourth masters were also there. Shen Ji put the affairs of the court first and went to the military camp.
The imperial physician was invited into the mansion, and after giving the old lady an acupuncture treatment to wake her up, he left a prescription and went to the South Courtyard. However, the imperial physician still could not do anything about Chen Wu's poison.
The second and fourth wives' eyes were swollen from crying.
After visiting the old lady, Shen Wan went to see Shen Wu and Shen Yao. Coming out of the north courtyard, Shen Wan walked towards Qingyi Garden.
Just as they reached the garden, a maid came over with a letter in her hand and said, "Second Miss, someone has sent a letter into the mansion, saying it's for you."
Shen Wan's eyes fell on the envelope, which had no words written on it.
Shen Wan asked, "Are you sure it's for me?"
The little maid nodded, "That's what the messenger said."
Shen Wan hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it.
After the little maid delivered the letter, she bowed and left. As a servant, one should not be curious about the master's affairs.
Shen Wan opened the letter, glanced at it, and frowned.
She scanned the letter twice, then stuffed it into the envelope and threw it away.
Shanhu wanted to pick it up, "Why did the girl throw the letter away?"
Shen Wan stopped her and said, "Don't meddle in other people's business."
After throwing down these four words, Shen Wan raised her foot and left, but as soon as she left, a maid came over and picked up the letter.
Shen Wan returned to Qingyi Garden, finished a cup of tea, and then a maid came in from outside the door, "Miss, the old lady asked you to go to her place."
The corners of Shen Wan's mouth curled up, he put down the teacup and stood up.
Arriving at Shou'an Hall, Shen Wan entered the room and saw the old lady leaning on the big pillow with a haggard face, while the second and fourth ladies stood by the bed with suppressed anger on their faces.
Shen Wan stepped forward and saluted the old lady, "Is grandma feeling better?"
The old lady didn't answer, but threw a letter to the ground and said coldly, "Someone sent a letter to you, asking you to spend money to buy the antidote. Why did you throw the letter away?"
Shen Wan blinked, "I'm not poisoned, I don't need an antidote."
The Second Madam gritted her teeth and said, "You don't need it, but your third and sixth sisters do!"
Shen Wan said, "Second Aunt, I'm afraid you forgot that someone sent me the wrong letter. This letter said it was sent to me, but my name was not written on the envelope, and I don't think the contents were for me."
The fourth lady said angrily, "Then you can't throw it away!"
Shen Wan said, “If I don’t throw it away, should I keep it?”
The Second Madam said, "This letter is the only hope for your third and sixth sisters to survive. Are you so cruel that you want to kill them?!"
Shen Wan was unhappy, "If I really wanted to kill them, I would not throw the letter away, but burn it."
"What if someone is taking advantage of the situation? I'll give you the letter, and the antidote you spent ten thousand taels on is useless. In the end, I'll be blamed. I'll throw the letter away, and if a servant finds it, I'll give it to you. It's up to you to decide whether to believe it or not. It has nothing to do with me."
The Second Madam asked, “What if the servants don’t deliver it to us?!”
Shen Wan said, "Isn't this delivered?"
The second wife almost choked to death.
The Fourth Lady angrily said, "Your Third and Sixth Sisters are suffering for you, and you are so cold and indifferent?!"
Shen Wan's face turned cold, and before she could say anything, Yun's voice came over, "It's really hard for Miss San and Miss Liu to suffer for Wan'er. You have raised our daughter so well. I will let the Duke thank you."
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