It seems that the only way is to find the traitor hiding in the Lu family's villa and follow the clues to catch the murderer behind the scenes.
"Sister, if Yao'er had continued to be stupid, her life would have been safe. Why did you decide to kill her this time?"
Lu Yuan thought for a moment, "That day, when Brother Jie was leaving the mansion, Sister Yao'er suddenly fainted. Master Du diagnosed that Sister Yao'er was showing signs of regaining consciousness. I think the person behind this decided to kill her from that day on, right?"
Having said that, Lu Yuan tightened his hands on the table.
She thought that she would never let the person behind this incident go, and would repay him a hundredfold and a thousandfold for all the suffering her sister had endured over the years!
"Sister, what did you do before this? Wouldn't it be better if the traitor told Sister Yao'er to drink the medicine and it didn't work?"
Lu Yuan said, "I arranged for my maid Nanxiang to personally prepare Sister Yao'er's medicine, without relying on anyone else. I personally feed the white pills to Sister Yao every day, so the traitor has no way to act. Sister Yao'er is showing signs of recovery, so the person behind the scenes must have murderous intentions, right?"
"Can your maid Nanxiang be trusted?"
"Sister, Nanxiang is trustworthy. She has been with me since she was eight years old."
Xiao Lingyu said: "It seemed impossible to start, but the traitor still took action and poisoned Sister Yao'er."
"this……"
Xiao Lingyu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "After all, Sister Yao'er fainted after taking my medicine. Doesn't anyone suspect me?"
Lu Yuan suddenly understood what was going on and instantly locked onto a person in his mind.
But, this is impossible!
Sister Yaoer has been raised by her, and she has done her best to take care of her sister Yaoer over the years.
"Sister, who do you think it could be?"
Lu Yuan said, "I suspect it was Aunt Sumin, but that's unlikely."
"Oh? What did she tell you and what did she do?"
"The day after returning from Reed Village, I discovered that the fragrant dew was colorless and smokeless, leaving only fragrance. I arranged for someone to remove the incense burner by the bed, but Madam Sumin strongly dissuaded me."
Xiao Lingyu was shocked when he heard this, and there was a high probability that Nanny Sumin was the traitor.
She had clearly told her that day not to put the incense burner next to the bed.
Lu Yuan continued, "Sister Yao'er fainted from poisoning today. Aunt Sumin did doubt your medical skills in front of me..."
Xiao Lingyu tapped the table lightly, lowering her eyes in thought, "Sister, is the incense burner I took out of Yao'er's room that day still there?"
Lu Yuan's eyes glared when he heard this, "Do you suspect there's something wrong with the incense powder?"
Xiao Lingyu nodded, "I'm not sure yet, I need to check it out."
"Nuanyu, go call Nanxiang." Lu Yuan shouted towards the door.
Not long after, Nan Xiang entered the room, "Miss, please give me your instructions."
"Are the incense burner and incense powder that I took from Sister Yao'er that day still there?"
Nan Xiang said, "The incense powder in the incense burner that morning had almost burned out. Uncle Zhou couldn't sleep for a few days, and the calming incense powder I took from the Second Miss's room was not much left, so I gave it to Uncle Zhou."
"Go to the butler and get it quickly."
A quarter of an hour later, Nan Xiang returned and said, "Miss, the housekeeper said the remaining tranquilizing incense was used up yesterday."
Xiao Lingyu asked, "Did the housekeeper say whether his sleep has improved in the past few days?"
"Yes, Uncle Zhou has been able to fall asleep quickly these past two days by lighting calming incense."
Xiao Lingyu pondered for a moment and said, "Where is the ashes from the incense burner in the Second Young Lady's room that day?"
"That day, I saw that the incense ash was not clean enough and had some foreign smell, so I threw it away."
Xiao Lingyu frowned slightly when he heard this. The incense ash must be pure white and clean without any odor so as not to affect the scent of the incense powder itself.
When I first met Lu Yao that day, I didn't pay attention to the problem with the incense burner, but now it seems that it's the incense ash that's the problem.
Lu Yuan frowned and said, "Are you seeing things? The incense ash Sister Yao'er uses is of the highest quality, so how could there be any foreign smell?"
"Miss, it might be caused by the reuse of incense ash."
How is that possible?
When did the servants of her Lu Mansion become unable to even do such a trivial task as pressing incense ash?!
Lu Yuan only then realized the problem and turned to look at Xiao Lingyu. "Sister, I spent so much energy seeking out famous doctors for Sister Yao'er over the years, but she still didn't get better. Is it all because of the incense ash?"
"That's right, but there are no clues left, and we don't know what was mixed in the incense ash. But what is certain is that the traitor reported the situation in the other courtyard to the person behind the scenes, and then he became murderous."
Lu Yuan frowned and asked, "Then how did my sister get poisoned?"
"I checked the medicinal residue and found no other ingredients mixed in. The decoction is fine, but the bowl holding it is faulty..."
A quarter of an hour later.
Xiao Lingyu smoothed Lu Yuan's hair and said, "Sister, now that we have a suspect, we can't rule out others. The next step is to lure him out and catch him in the act."
"good."
"Sister, you have worked hard over the years. Look at your white hair."
Lu Yuan was shocked. "Really? Help me pull it out."
She doesn’t have any children yet, she isn’t even a mother yet, how can she get old first!
“Hiss!”
"Okay, I pulled it out." Xiao Lingyu quickly put his hands behind his back.
Lu Yuan lowered his eyes and looked over, "Let me see my white hair."
"It all fell to the ground. It's so tiny you can't see it. Luckily it's just one white hair. I can just pull it out. If you stay happy in the future, you won't get any more white hair."
As Xiao Lingyu spoke, he took out a handkerchief and wrapped his hair in it inconspicuously under Lu Yuan's eyes.
"Is it really just one white hair?"
Xiao Lingyu raised his eyebrows and thought to himself: Do you want a lot of white hair?
"If you don't believe me, you can look in the bronze mirror."
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