As soon as these words came out, Madam Xiao’s eyes widened instantly, and she staggered half a step: “Master, you…what did you say?”
Marquis Xiao sighed helplessly and lowered his voice, "Ya'er pretended to be sick to avoid the imperial concubine selection. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to hide it and would reveal it to outsiders."
"Impossible..." Madam Xiao unconsciously took two steps back, her eyes fixed on Marquis Xiao. "I saw Ji Anya vomit blood with my own eyes, and the imperial physicians also came to treat her, and they all said that Ya'er's illness was difficult to cure."
"It's true!" Marquis Xiao waved his sleeves. "Ya'er simply took a drug that disrupted her pulse, so she could conceal the truth. Could it be that you really want her to enter the palace as a concubine?"
Madam Xiao turned her head abruptly, looking at Li Sisi and Li Nian's unsurprised expressions, her eyes filled with disbelief: "You...you all know?"
Li Sisi crossed her arms over her chest as if she was enjoying the show, and did not answer her.
Li Nian also stood quietly with a calm expression.
Lord Xiao looked at Li Nian with an embarrassed expression: "I was not thoughtful enough about this matter. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
Madam Xiao suddenly burst into hysterical laughter: "Okay, you guys teamed up to deceive me! Even my own daughter helped outsiders deceive me!"
"Mother." Li Nian frowned. "Since you already know the truth..."
"Shut up!" Old Madam Xiao interrupted harshly, "Neither of you is a good person! Ever since you entered the Xiao family, this family has never had peace!"
Lord Xiao couldn't stand it any longer and grabbed Madam Xiao's wrist: "Go! Come back home with me now! Don't continue to make trouble here!"
"Let me go!" Old Madam Xiao struggled. "Are you starting to dislike me now? You said I was fooling around? When you were hiding it from me, did you ever think about how sad and worried I was as a mother?"
While they were struggling, Xiaobai's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Madam, someone is coming to the mansion."
Li Nian exchanged glances with Lord Xiao, then said loudly, "Let him in."
As soon as he finished speaking, the servant from the Xiao Mansion walked in hurriedly, sweating profusely, his steps hurried and flustered.
Lord Xiao frowned. "What happened? Why are you so flustered?"
"It's the young lady..." The servant was panting as he spoke, "The young lady suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma..."
Madam Xiao's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground: "What...what should I do? My Ya'er!"
These words hit Madam Xiao's heart like a heavy hammer. She raised her head suddenly and said, "This is what you call fake..."
"Shut up!" Lord Xiao shouted at her to stop her from saying anything else and looked at Li Nian.
Li Nian nodded at him: "It's a normal symptom. My Lord, please ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine to relieve her pain."
"Little bitch, what on earth are you thinking!" Madam Xiao glared at her fiercely, then pleaded with Marquis Xiao: "Master, you can't believe what she says!"
But Lord Xiao had already turned and walked towards the door. He could only grit his teeth and glare at Li Nian, saying unwillingly, "If anything happens to Ya'er, I will not forgive you!"
After Madam Xiao and Marquis Xiao left, Li Sisi spoke angrily, "I shouldn't have helped you earlier. You're really ungrateful."
Li Nian shook her head: "After all, we are family. No matter how much trouble we have, Xiao Yunya is still Xiao Yunchen's biological sister. If the blood relationship is really hurt, it will definitely leave a rift in his heart."
"But the old woman is so annoying." Li Sisi changed the subject, "But Xiao Yunya, although she is not likable, she has never done anything to hurt us, and she has changed a lot now."
Li Nian's lips curled slightly as he looked out at the beautiful courtyard filled with exotic flowers and plants. He murmured, "Who can predict what will happen in the future? After all, people change."
Outside the house, Xiaobai came in with a letter in his hand: "Madam, the caravan in southern Xinjiang has replied."
Hearing this, Li Nian hurried forward, took the letter and unfolded it.
Li Sisi looked at Li Nian's gradually gloomy face, and finally held the letter tightly in her palm, as if she had lost her soul.
Noticing that Li Nian was in a bad mood, Li Sisi asked worriedly, "Niannian, what happened?"
Li Nian waved Xiaobai to go out, turned around and slowly sat on the wooden couch at the top position.
He gently placed the crumpled letter on the table beside him and said quietly, "I took the jade token I found on the day of the fire to the Southern Xinjiang caravan, asking them to arrange a team to come to Beijing as soon as possible."
Seeing Li Sisi's still puzzled expression, she continued to explain, "Xiao Yunyu had always carried that jade token with him, but he lost it at the fire scene. I asked Xiao Yunyu about it, and he said the jade token was with him, and the one at the fire scene was fake. But now, I've used that jade token to mobilize the horse caravan forces in southern Xinjiang."
Li Sisi immediately responded, "So Xiao Yunyu is lying!"
Li Nian didn't say anything.
Could it be that what she had been worrying about was finally going to come true?
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