Chapter 159 How is that possible?
"Second Aunt doesn't know yet, but yesterday I gave this sachet to Princess Zhaoning, which almost caused her to be scratched by a cat."
"What do you think if I give the sachet to the Empress and tell her that someone is plotting to harm the princess?"
Sun's face changed drastically, her legs went weak, and she almost fell to the ground.
But she quickly regained her composure and feigned shock, asking, "What do you mean? Ke'er, do you mean there's something wrong with this sachet?"
Li Nanke nodded.
"I've already had a doctor examine me. The doctor said that this sachet was soaked in medicinal soup, which can cause cats and dogs to become agitated and bite people."
The cat by the Bian River yesterday must have smelled the scent on the sachet, which is why it tried to scratch the princess.
This was deduced by Mr. Guiliu.
Mr. Guiliu said that although the medicinal smell on the sachet is not enough to harm people, cats and dogs are sensitive to smells and it will cause them to become restless.
Sun's heart was pounding, and she clenched her fists tightly to keep herself from showing any shock.
How is that possible?
She thought she had done it very discreetly, so how could Li Nanke have found out?
Li Nanke stared intently at Madam Sun with his round eyes.
"The sachet was a gift to me, which means I'm the one who wanted to harm me. Second Aunt, who do you think is so wicked as to want to hurt me?"
Sun's face stiffened.
"How...how could I possibly have guessed?"
Li Nanke tilted his head and sighed.
"I've heard that people who harm children are the most wicked, and they'll get their comeuppance in the future. Mother, don't you agree?"
Song Yi glared fiercely at Sun Shi, gritting her teeth.
"Yes, not only will there be retribution, but they will also be childless and die in the eighteenth level of hell."
Sun's face turned pale, and she said angrily, "How could you curse people like that, sister-in-law?"
Song Yi snorted, "I'm cursing the person who harmed my Ke'er, not you. Why are you so nervous?"
Could it be that you made the sachets?
"Of course not!"
Sun denied it outright, saying, "I just think that cursing someone to be childless and to go to the eighteenth level of hell after death is too vicious. Sister-in-law should watch her words."
Song Yi, her eyes red-rimmed, said coldly, "She's trying to harm my Ke'er, why should I be kind to her? I want to skin her alive and drink her blood right now..."
"Pah! Such a vicious person's blood must be filthy and foul!"
Sun gritted her teeth secretly, but felt guilty and dared not refute.
He could only scoff, "This sachet was sent by a servant of the Left Prime Minister's household; who knows how many people it passed through in the process?"
"If you really want to investigate, sister-in-law, you might as well take this sachet to the Left Prime Minister's house and ask if the Left Prime Minister's wife recognizes it."
She was certain that Song Yi wouldn't dare to go to the Left Prime Minister's house to ask.
Moreover, the Prime Minister's family sent the sachet with good intentions. If Song Yiruo said there was something wrong with the sachet, the Prime Minister's family might think she was turning the tables and framing him.
As Sun thought about it, she became more and more certain, and her pale face softened a little.
Song Yi stepped forward angrily, grabbed her collar, and her eyes burned with rage.
"Do you really think we didn't ask? The people from the Left Prime Minister's residence said that making the sachets was Song Hui's suggestion, and the sachets were made by the servants of the Left Prime Minister's residence."
The styles were all the same, and the medicinal herbs inside came from the Imperial Medical Academy. From beginning to end, no one from the Left Prime Minister's family interfered.
"The sachets made by the servants of the Left Prime Minister's family only have two patterns: one is butterflies dancing gracefully, and the other is a sparrow bringing good news."
Their butterfly-themed sachets all had three butterflies, but Ke'er's sachet only had two; it certainly wasn't made by her servants.
Sun's expression flickered.
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe one of the servants was lazy and forgot to embroider one."
"The Left Prime Minister's wife is a cautious person. She has carefully examined all the sachets, and they are all exactly the same."
Song Yiyang held the purse in her hand, her expression growing even colder.
"At first glance, Ke'er's sachet looks different from the one in the Left Prime Minister's residence, but upon closer inspection, the wings of the two butterflies on it are embroidered using the nested stitch technique."
The butterfly wings embroidered this way have a gradient of colors; I remember this is your best stitch, isn't it?
When I came back tonight, Ke'er mentioned that the matter of the sachet might be related to Sun Shi and Song Hui.
She held the sachet and looked at it for a while, recognizing that the butterflies on it were embroidered in the style that the Sun family often used.
Song Yi and Madam Sun married into the Marquis of Anping's household one after the other. Madam Sun had shown off her embroidery skills to her many times, which she remembered vividly.
Sun secretly regretted it.
If she hadn't been worried that Song Yi wouldn't like an ordinary sachet, she would have just picked up any sachet outside.
Given the urgency and the need to soak the herbs in the broth, she simply picked out a sachet she had embroidered before and put it in the broth.
I never expected that Song Yi would recognize me!
"There are plenty of people who are good at needlework, how can you, sister-in-law, determine that this sachet is mine based on just one needlework technique?"
This is such a cruel injustice!
Sun lowered her eyes and feigned a sorrowful and indignant cry.
"The sachet came from the Left Prime Minister's residence, and it was delivered by the Left Prime Minister's wife's maid. I never saw the sachet from beginning to end."
My sister-in-law can also pin this fabricated charge on me. I don't know what I did to offend her, that she would frame me like this.
Song Yi grabbed Sun's hand, trembling with anger. Unable to contain her rage any longer, she slapped Sun hard across the face.
*Smack*
This slap seemed to infuse all of Sun's anger into her, causing her to fall heavily to the ground.
Song Yi glared at her and growled like an enraged lioness.
"You still want to deny it now? I should be asking you what Ke'er did to offend you? She's only eight years old, and you're her aunt. How could you do such a thing?"
"Do you really think I can't guess what's going on between you and Song Hui? Song Hui presented the sachet to the Left Prime Minister's wife and then put your sachet inside."
She would then mention to the steward that Ke'er liked light green, and the steward would naturally give the sachet to Ke'er.
Sun covered her face, her pupils contracted, and looked at Song Yi in disbelief.
How is that possible?
How could Song Yi know what happened?
Song Yi snorted, "As the old saying goes, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place. Do you really think you did this without any flaws?"
If you insist on denying it, that's fine too. We'll hand the sachet over to the Bianjing government tomorrow, and then the authorities will investigate.
The fabric used to make the sachets, the needlework techniques, the medicinal soaking liquid, the dregs of the herbs, and even the clinic where the medicine was purchased can all provide clues.
Sun's face was deathly pale, and cold sweat kept seeping from her forehead.
Li Nanke walked over and asked Song Yi, feigning curiosity.
"Mother, if the authorities find out that Second Aunt was the one who tried to harm me, will Second Aunt become a criminal?"
"certainly."
"So, will Zhenxuan and Youyou become the children of a sinner? What will happen to the children of a sinner?"
Song Yi nodded.
“The son of a sinner will never be able to take the imperial examinations, and the daughter of a sinner will never be able to marry a good man and will never be able to hold her head high in front of others.”
The color drained from Sun's face, and she blurted out.
"don't want!"
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