Chapter 1367 Thanks to Zhao Xi
The story of Xiao's feigned death is actually not complicated.
She was already chronically poisoned; all that's needed is to increase the dosage.
The Xiao family was the maternal family of the Third Prince. When the Emperor was still a prince, he was extremely wary of both the Second and Third Princes, and naturally he had people planted in both families.
Among the Xiao family were people affiliated with the emperor.
The emperor hadn't originally planned to use it, but now, in order to save the Xiao family, he had no choice but to activate it.
Xiao had always suspected that the slow-acting poison was put in her daily tea, because she was prone to nausea when eating, and putting it in food would not have the desired effect.
She often drank tea, and Xiao Shi found an opportunity to accidentally spill some on a handkerchief. She then handed it to a servant the emperor had placed in the Xiao family, who then took it out of the Xiao family to be examined by the imperial physician.
The imperial physician indeed detected a trace of toxicity on the handkerchief.
Once the location for the poisoning was determined, Xiang Weinan and his team began preparations.
First, the spy was tasked with finding out who prepared the tea for Xiao every day and who poisoned it.
After confirming that it was one of her maids, they switched the poison in the maid's hand.
After the maid brought the tea to Madam Xiao, Madam Xiao, who was in a bad mood, threw a tantrum and then gulped down most of the tea.
The tea she drank was naturally not poisoned, but after she finished drinking it, the spies would take advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and switch the teapot with a large amount of slow-acting poison.
Not long after, Xiao died from the poison.
The Xiao family immediately determined the cause of her death, and they immediately found the pot of tea, then discovered that the amount of poison in the tea today was unusually high.
When questioned, the maid naturally denied it, saying she had clearly administered the usual dosage, so how could it be more?
But soon another maid came forward to testify, saying that Madam Xiao had been in a bad mood these past few days and had often picked on this maid. She had even punished her yesterday, and many people had witnessed it.
The maid was suspected of administering an excessive dose in order to retaliate against Madam Xiao.
But no matter what, Xiao's death caught the Xiao family completely off guard.
Nowadays, Xiao Shi is not only the daughter of the Xiao family, but also Xiang Weinan's wife. Xiang Weinan would come over every now and then to visit his sick father-in-law and show his filial piety.
She is a member of the Xiang family, and she must give the Xiang family an explanation for this matter, no matter what.
If Xiao Shi had been slowly poisoned and her health had deteriorated little by little, eventually leading to her death, that would have been one thing, as it could have been attributed to a serious illness. But her sudden death is definitely not normal; Xiang Weinan saw her a few days ago and she seemed to be in good spirits.
This matter could not be kept secret, so the Xiao family sent someone to inform Xiang Weinan, classifying the incident as a personal grudge.
Xiang Weinan took Xiao's 'body' back, but he was not satisfied with the outcome of the poisoning incident and insisted that the Xiao family give an explanation.
The Xiao family didn't want to make a big fuss, so they explained to Xiang Weinan in a gentle manner that since Xiang Weinan didn't like the Xiao family anyway, their death would be a good opportunity for him to remarry.
The Xiao family offered enough benefits, so Xiang Weinan stopped pursuing the matter.
As for Xiao Shi, she took the medicine beforehand and entered a state of suspended animation until she was brought back to the Xiang family.
"Actually, the plan to fake my death was made possible thanks to the medicine given by Doctor Zhao."
Shu Yu remembered that before Xiang Weinan left, Zhao Xi didn't give him anything else, but he did give him quite a few medicine bottles.
It seems there's a drug in here that can put someone into a state of suspended animation.
(End of this chapter)
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