Lying board
"It's poisonous—why is it poisonous!"
Tai Shi Zheng was horrified, his mind racing with thoughts of a nightmare future that unfolded like a flash of light.
Was she going to be a widow before she even had her sweet wedding day or even entered the bridal chamber? Was Qi Liyuan's curse about to come true?
Wait a minute, I'm not going to be accused of murdering my husband, am I? God, why don't you have a crush on me, a beautiful and kind woman who wouldn't even dare to step on an ant when she goes out?
Taishi Zhengjiang hurriedly covered his daughter's mouth, "Keep your voice down. Dad just saw that the mushrooms I bought this morning are still intact on the shelf, but the nameless mushrooms our maid cleaned out from under the ginkgo tree in the yard yesterday are gone. Dad thought about it and thought that maybe these mushrooms look so similar to the mushrooms that I was dazzled. I guess Dad was so busy getting up early that he got them mixed up."
"Look, he's fine now."
Taishi Zhengjiang smiled at Cui Zhijun again as he spoke. "But we'd better get a doctor to check it out, just to be safe. This is your mother-in-law's precious son, the treasure of the Bo family. If anything happens to him, she'll drag us both to Kaifeng Prefecture and publicly execute us."
"Dad doesn't want my reputation to be ruined by a pot of soup."
"If that's the case, when the younger generation mentions Dad, instead of calling him the brave and fearless God of War, they'll say, 'Ah, isn't this the old man who couldn't even tell a mushroom apart?'"
Taishi Zhengjiang said this and shook his head violently. He couldn't even think about it. Zheng saw this and quickly divided the work, saying, "Dad, you go get the doctor. I'll go and induce vomiting in Erlang."
Dad rolled up his sleeves and nodded in response: "Okay."
The father and daughter hit it off immediately, but just as Taishi Zhengjiang turned around, he looked back again in confusion: "No, vomiting? How do you induce vomiting..."
Suddenly, Taishi Zheng had returned to Cui Zhijun's side. Cui Zhijun saw Taishi Zheng approaching and asked, "What were you talking about with your father-in-law? I seem to hear something poisonous."
Zheng narrowed her eyes and interrupted, "My dear, open your mouth, just open it for a moment, ah——"
As soon as the word "Qingqing" is mentioned, it's bound to be bad news. Cui Zhijun refused to fall for his trick. Tai Shizheng was furious, "Cui Erlang, open your mouth now, or let me kiss you, it's your choice!"
"Again? Such tricks are really despicable - Taishi Zheng, what are you going to do?" Cui Zhijun was unhappy. He saw him hesitate, test, dodge and slowly open his mouth in anger.
But Taishi Zheng immediately stretched out her finger and quickly pinched the middle of his throat. "My dear, for your life and my happiness, I'm sorry—"
But the next moment, Cui Zhijun heard a vomiting sound, covered his churning throat, and ran to the泔水袋.
At that time, Taishi Zhengjiang was standing not far away, holding his forehead and sighing.
When he looked at Cui Zhijun's painful back again, he couldn't help but secretly repent: "Amitabha, Amitabha. My poor son-in-law, it's your father-in-law who has wronged you - but considering that your father-in-law married his precious daughter to you, please forgive your father-in-law's sin. It wasn't intentional."
"Dad, why are you just standing there? Go get a doctor!"
Taishi Zheng urged him urgently, and Taishi Zhengjiang came back to his senses, untied his skirt and threw it aside, "I'm going, I'm going. I'm going right away."
Taishi Zhengjiang walked away quickly.
Zheng came to Cui Zhijun and touched his back with concern, "My dear, are you feeling better? Did you spit out the soup? If not, try again!"
Taishi Zheng said this and stretched out his evil finger again.
Cui Zhijun brushed her hand away and angrily said, "Taishi Zheng, what on earth do you want to do? You wanted to feed me the soup, but you asked me to spit it out in such a despicable way. Is there any hatred between you and me? You also said that we are a real couple, so why are you teasing me like this?"
"No, no. My dear, you misunderstood."
Tai Shi Zheng understood his anger and quickly explained, "I fed you the soup because I really wanted you to taste it. But I had no choice but to pinch your throat."
"Today, Dad accidentally mixed up the mushrooms he bought with some unknown mushrooms growing in the yard and made a soup. Dad is afraid the mushrooms in the soup are poisonous and can't be eaten. I've already called a doctor for you."
"My dear, I know you're anxious, but please don't be anxious. Feel it first and see if you feel any discomfort."
"So, you mean to say... this soup is poisonous..." Cui Zhijun was fine at first, but after hearing what Taishi Zheng said, he was so frightened that his eyes went dark and he fell into Zheng's arms in a daze.
Tai Shi Zheng instinctively caught Cui Zhijun, who was much heavier than herself. After using her small body to support him, she muttered, "My dear, my dear, don't scare me - how can I live without you? You haven't taken me to the Sang family's house yet..."
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Outside, Taishi Zhengjiang ordered Fu Yuanzi to run over from the medical clinic fifty steps outside the mansion, bringing a doctor with him.
When they got to the house, he took over and led the way to the kitchen, "Girl, girl. The doctor is here——"
Until I saw my daughter hugging her son-in-law with a wronged look on her face.
Taishi Zhengjiang hurried forward and moved Cui Zhijun aside so that the doctor could treat him faster and stop worrying his daughter.
On the way, the doctor roughly understood the cause of the incident.
He only took the patient's pulse and went to the kitchen to carefully examine the mushrooms in the pot before coming to a conclusion.
"Master Taishi and Madam, rest assured, my young master is fine. This mushroom isn't very poisonous, and he's already induced vomiting, so the poisoning isn't severe. Therefore, no further treatment is necessary. However, I'll prescribe some medicine for you later. If he still experiences hallucinations or dizziness after an hour or two, boil the medicine in water and drink it. He'll probably be fine by tomorrow."
After hearing what the doctor said, the father and daughter finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zheng wiped the corners of her sore eyes and asked, "Doctor, if my husband is fine, why is that man unconscious?"
"Oh, he's just scared." Upon hearing this, the doctor picked up his medicine box and walked out of the corner booth. He had seen this scene many times. "He will wake up soon, but remember to make sure he is well ventilated. Don't catch a cold after waking up."
It turned out that I was scared.
Taishi Zheng didn't have time to think about it, and nodded repeatedly to take note. Taishi Zhengjiang then escorted the person out the door.
Afterwards, Taishi Zhengjiang returned with a few prescriptions. Looking at his son-in-law and daughter reclining under the corner pavilion, he said worriedly, "Daughter, what should we do next? Although my son-in-law is safe, how should we explain this to the Bo's Mansion? Why don't you stay here today and don't go back? It won't be too late to go back when my son-in-law is stable and all right."
Zheng leaned next to Cui Zhijun, staring at him intently. She spoke frankly and had no intention of escaping.
"It's impossible to hide it. The messengers from the Cui family in the front yard couldn't have been unaware of our movements. Even if they didn't know, they couldn't have been unaware of it. They were all sent by Mother-in-law to keep an eye on Erlang. Hiding it over and over again will only lead to suspicion. It's better to be honest and admit our mistakes. As long as Erlang is fine, I think I can handle it."
Zheng looked towards the front yard and said, "Dad, prepare the car. Erlang is in this condition, so we should go back today. If we go back, Erlang can have a good rest. When he is almost well, we will come to see you again."
Taishi Zhengjiang nodded, "That's fine. Being timid and evading responsibility is not the way of our Taishi family. When there are difficulties, we should face them head-on. This matter is caused by Dad. If his family refuses to forgive, Dad will personally come to apologize. But my daughter, Dad believes in you, and I also believe in my son-in-law."
"Dad will ask someone to prepare the car right away."
He turned around again, but was suddenly stopped by Taishi Zheng, "Dad, wait a minute. Let's get a topless cart and a thin blanket. We have to follow the doctor's instructions."
Tai Shi Zhengjiang said "ah" without thinking and walked away.
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After his father prepared the sedan chair, Tai Shi Zheng called the Cui family's servants and carried Cui Zhijun out together.
But the door of the house had just opened and the person had not had time to cross the threshold.
Zheng raised her eyes and saw that the joyous team, all dressed in brocade clothes, started to play music after seeing who had come into the house.
Zheng was so frightened that she led the others back, closing the door. Her joy suddenly stopped. What happened? Why did it stop? Did he leave?
Taishi Zheng tentatively opened the door a crack, but joy blew it open again. She quickly closed the door and shouted to her father, "Dad, what's going on outside? I told you to prepare the car, not to prepare to blow the trumpet—"
Tai Shi Zhengjiang rushed over upon hearing the news and said "oh" calmly.
"Isn't this the must-have farewell band for the new son-in-law on his way home? Since he's fine, I'll just let them play music on the way home as usual, just to get rid of any bad luck. Dad paid a huge price to hire this, the best farewell band in Tokyo. And girl... if you don't play music, they won't refund the money..."
"A high price? How much?" Zheng asked casually.
Tai Shi Zhengjiang silently made a ten gesture.
"How much? Ten taels! And you won't give me a refund? This is outrageous! This is simply bullying and monopolizing the market." Taishi Zheng was indignant when he heard this. Taishi Zhengjiang asked her, "What are you going to do?"
Zheng suddenly opened the door and shouted, "Then let them blow it back."
After saying this, Zheng walked down the stairs in two or three steps, raised her hand and directed everyone, "Play and play, play and play, don't stop. Slowly carry my husband over, and quickly make the quilt soft. Dad, you, you, don't see me off, go back. Yuanzi, let's go home."
Tai Shi Zheng was aggressive and acted like a mistress.
Fu Yuanzi waved to the host, then followed closely behind, lowering his voice and asking, "Madam, my husband is being taken back on a cart, so what about us? Don't we need to accompany him?"
Zheng covered her face with her sleeves and hurriedly fled towards the carriage in front. "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly away separately. I'm sorry, my dear. This is so embarrassing, it's so embarrassing. Yuanzi, hurry up, we don't need to get some fresh air, let's take the carriage back."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yuanzi turned around and glanced around. This scene was indeed extremely strange. There was a band playing music in the back, and a young man was lying on the carriage covered with a blanket. How could this look like a band to send off a new son-in-law? It was exactly like that thing! That thing! Pah pah pah——
My dear, take care.
Fu Yuanzi shuddered, turned around and slipped into the carriage.
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At the Bo's residence, Yu Yuelan, having received a tip-off from a servant who had returned early, stood outside the residence, raging with rage, the flames burning in her body ready to raze everything around her to the ground.
It seems that Zheng is doomed this time.
As Wen Xile got closer to the Bo Mansion, Fu Qile's heart grew increasingly anxious. It wasn't until she saw the oncoming team and Cui Zhijun, who was being dragged back on the ambulance, that her heart, hanging in the air, finally gave way to ashes...
The ambulance carrying Cui Zhijun slowly stopped in front of Yu Yuelan. Yu Yuelan was shocked and subconsciously checked her son's breathing with trembling hands.
It’s great that I’m still alive.
Then, displaying her mature acting skills, Yu Yuelan leaned against the side of the car and cried, "Oh, my son—it's all my fault for marrying you a wife like this. That's why you have to suffer like this. Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you!"
Taishi Zheng, just wait for me. I will definitely not let you go this time.
This is what Yu Yuelan meant.
At this time, Cui Zhichou, the youngest son of the eldest wife's concubine, came leisurely out of the mansion. He was carrying a banner that he had made overnight and was about to go to the Shaofujian to report for duty.
But when Cui Zhichou came outside and saw his eldest brother like this, he immediately put down the banner and stood in front of the peace carriage in a daze, watching the banner fluttering in the wind. He asked: "Mother! Second brother, what's wrong..."
Yu Yuelan rolled her eyes at him and said, "What's wrong? It's all because of your second sister-in-law."
But perhaps the joyful sounds outside the door were too loud, so Cui Zhichou misheard and exclaimed, "What? Second brother was harmed by second sister-in-law—"
As soon as these words were spoken, Cui Zhichou's presence caused a commotion outside the mansion. The mother's cries grew louder and louder, while the son, lying there, remained silent.
What about the brother holding the banner?
He also stood aside, accompanied by the dripping suona, shouting heartbreakingly, "Oh, my second brother—"
Something's wrong. Why is the suona playing so festively? Why hasn't anyone informed me about this? Never mind. My mother told me to always go along with the other person's advice.
"Oh my, God is really jealous of talented people——"
At that time, Taishi Zheng was hiding in the carriage over there, and it was not right whether to get off or not.
What should we do if Cui Zhichou's arrival causes a big misunderstanding?
Just as Zheng was scratching her head, unable to think of a solution, Cui Zhijun suddenly stood up from the trolley and "resurrected". He pointed at his mother and brothers in a daze and asked in confusion: "Mom... Sanlang... why... why are there so many villains behind you..."
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