Wen Luoxin stood quietly beside the half-height wooden railing in the second-floor corridor, looking down silently at Li Nian's back as he left downstairs, his face solemn and uneasy.
Taking a deep breath, she asked the maid beside her in a deep voice, "Do you know the servant who came to the Xiao Mansion to deliver the message today?"
The maid quickly replied, "My dear Second Miss, I don't recognize your face."
Wen Luoxin concealed her uneasiness and asked again, "What if I let you see her again? Would you recognize her?"
She always had a bad feeling in her heart. Before, she thought that she was reborn and was blessed by God. Now, there was another special person who knew her background very well, but she knew nothing about that person.
No, not only her, but also Shen Fu is very different from the previous life.
Thinking of the tone in Yun Qiuwu's voice when she asked about Qi'er just now, Wen Luoxin felt relieved. At least she didn't know everything.
The maid had just been ordered to wait outside the door, so she had no idea what was going on inside. However, she was mindful of her status and said respectfully, "I've only just met this person today. If I see him again, I'll definitely recognize him."
"That's good," Wen Luoxin breathed a sigh of relief. However, she was afraid that her maid's testimony was not enough to prove her innocence, so she asked again, "When the Xiao family came today, was there anyone else in our house who saw it?"
"Yes, Qiuye from the eldest lady's courtyard happened to be out on business and asked the maid a question."
Hearing the maid's words, Wen Luoxin's frown relaxed slightly. She took off the valuable bracelet on her wrist and said, "Go to the mansion and give this to Qiu Ye. Tell her that if anyone from the Xiao Mansion comes to question her, she should tell them the truth about the servants from the Xiao Mansion coming to the Wen Mansion to invite me to Tianxiang Pavilion."
The maid respectfully took the bracelet and replied "yes".
Wen Luoxin waved at her: "Let's go now. I'm going to the Xiaohou Mansion. You take care of this matter and let my father come to the Xiaohou Mansion to pick me up."
After a pause, she continued, "If father asks, tell him the truth about what happened today."
After explaining these things, Wen Luoxin ordered the carriage to chase in the direction of Marquis Xiao's mansion.
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Li Nian was helped into the carriage by her personal maid.
Xiao Hong grabbed the reins and said hurriedly, "Madam, the master should not be at home right now. Would you like me to take you to the clinic first?"
"No need. We still don't know if it was Second Miss Wen who poisoned me today. If we rashly go to the clinic and make a big fuss, I'm afraid it will tarnish Second Miss Wen's reputation. Let's go back home first and call a doctor."
Xiaohong listened to her soft voice and sighed in her heart.
Madam is so kind! Even a fool could see that the second daughter of the Wen family was responsible for what happened today! Madam actually thought about her and didn't want to make a big deal out of it!
But he was just a servant and could only obey the orders of the mistress. Otherwise, the Second Miss Wen and the Fourth Miss Wen would never let her off!
"Yes!" Xiaohong responded, swinging the whip in her hand.
Hurry up, hurry up, go back home and call the doctor to see the lady!
On the bustling streets, shouts of "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" echoed throughout the noisy and bustling streets.
The crowd on the road moved to the sides of the road in a panic. Many people did not even understand what was happening, but just followed others to make way.
The sound of the carriage "da da da" was heard rapidly. Some people recognized the carriage and couldn't help but talk aloud.
"Isn't this the carriage from Marquis Xiao's mansion? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Could something have happened?"
Some people even gloated, "There's more fun to watch in Marquis Xiao's mansion?"
The carriage galloped all the way and arrived at the gate of Xiao Mansion in a short while.
Xiao Hong jumped out of the carriage impatiently, shouting, "Quick, the lady has been poisoned, go call a doctor!"
Li Nian was startled by his sudden loud voice. Just as she was about to lift the curtain, Xiaohong had already done so and said in a concerned tone, "Madam, we've arrived."
Li Nian was helped out of the carriage by a maid, and Xiaohong had already sent someone to call a doctor.
After returning to Shuixieju, Li Sisi came running over before Li Nian had time to change clothes.
"Niannian, the servants said you were poisoned? What happened?"
Li Sisi saw the moon-white collar of Li Nian's shirt stained red, and her heart sank unconsciously. She took two or three steps to her and asked anxiously, "What happened? Who did this?"
Li Nian asked the servants in the room to leave before whispering, "I swallowed the fake poison myself, but you must remember that it was Wen Luoxin who invited me to Tianxiang Tower for tea today and then poisoned me in the tea."
Li Sisi's eyes widened in shock. What the hell was going on?
"You have to act more convincingly. If the doctor comes to check your pulse and says he can't cure the poison, you have to cry out, okay? You have to act as if it were real. Our success or failure depends on it!"
"Sister, are you starting now?" Li Sisi was a little nervous and excited, and also a little reluctant to leave Xiao Yunchen.
"Doctor Wu, please be quicker. Our eldest wife vomited a lot of blood. She must have been poisoned. We can't delay any longer." Xiaohong's anxious voice came from the yard.
Li Nian quickly took off his shoes and got on the bed, closing his eyes, looking sick and almost out of breath.
Li Sisi was so surprised by her speed that she couldn't help but give her a thumbs up. She was so professional!
She also quickly sat down on the edge of the bed, with a gloomy face, trying her best to look sad.
Seeing Doctor Wu coming in, she quickly stood up and greeted him, saying anxiously, "Doctor Wu, you're finally here. Come and see what's wrong with my sister-in-law. She just vomited blood again!"
Upon hearing this, Doctor Wu's brows were furrowed into the shape of the Chinese character "川". He didn't even have time to wipe the sweat off his forehead, or even to take a breath, and he strode towards the bedside.
Doctor Wu sat on a small stool beside the bed with a serious and anxious look in his eyes, and raised his hand to take Li Nian's pulse.
They held their breath and concentrated, and for a moment, the room was so quiet that only the breathing sounds of a few people could be heard.
After a long moment, Doctor Wu slowly withdrew his hand, his face filled with dejected helplessness. He sighed and said, "According to my diagnosis... Madam has been poisoned. However, this poison is something I have never seen before in my decades of medical practice."
At this time, Mrs. Xiao rushed in with a group of people.
Li Sisi hurriedly stood in front of Li Nian's window and took a defensive stance.
Mrs. Xiao glanced at Li Nian, whose face was pale on the bed. The bloodstains on her moon-white chest were particularly eye-catching.
After listening to Wen Luoxin's words just now, she roughly understood the situation. However, Yun Qiuwu was, after all, the eldest lady of their Xiao Hou Mansion. Even if she disliked her, she couldn't just ignore it.
The pearls and jade on Mrs. Xiao's head were dazzling, but they were far less majestic and domineering than her sharp eyes at this moment.
Madam Xiao looked at Doctor Wu with a sharp gaze and asked, "How is Yun's condition? Is she really poisoned?"
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