Liu ignored Gu Qing's words and gritted her teeth in pain, gasping for breath and saying, "You...you will be punished!"
Gu Qing's eyes fell into darkness, "Your retribution has just begun."
At Cuihua Courtyard, Gu Qing had people block the gate to prevent Liu's people from causing trouble again.
"Miss, what if the master comes?" Qiu Huan looked nervous and cautious. They had just made such a big fuss in Dujuan Pavilion and even injured people and shed blood. She was afraid that Liu had already gone to the study crying.
At this moment, Gu Qing's thoughts were all on his mother Xu.
Looking at her mother lying on the bed, her face pale, her lips bloodless, her chest heaving violently due to shortness of breath, she felt as if someone had stabbed a hole in her heart with a knife.
"Today, no one is allowed to enter or leave Cuihua Courtyard without my permission!" Gu Qing ordered in a cold voice, then looked up, with hostility and anger surging in his eyes.
"Shadow Red."
"Madam, Yinghong is here!" Yinghong could sense Gu Qing's emotions. She had never seen her master so angry since she came to Huaishui City.
She wished she could kill the Liu mother and daughter right away to vent her master's anger!
"Guard the door! Anyone who disobeys my orders will be killed!"
Yinghong didn't care about these so-called false reputations. She lived only to fulfill her master's orders. She tapped her feet lightly, jumped out of the window, sat on the corridor outside the courtyard, and looked down at the people coming and going outside Cuihua Courtyard.
"Master, don't worry, Yinghong won't let anyone in!" Yinghong shouted into the house, then played with the soft sword in his hand.
The servants and maids outside Cuihua Courtyard had heard about what happened in Dujuan Pavilion long ago. They suppressed their curiosity and lowered their heads, not daring to look inside.
Inside the house, Gu Qing said in a heavy tone, "Doctor Zhou, how is my mother now?"
Doctor Zhou frowned, and a wrinkle appeared on his forehead.
He shook his head left and right and sighed twice before releasing his hand from Xu's wrist and bowing to Gu Qing.
"Madam, there is something I would like to discuss with you in private."
Gu Qing ordered all the servants and maids in the room to leave, worriedly tucked the corners of Xu's quilt, and walked to the outer room with Doctor Zhou.
"Mr. Zhou, please go ahead."
There are so many dirty things happening in this wealthy family's mansion.
As a commoner, he did not dare to get involved. Doctor Zhou stroked his beard impatiently and thought for a long time before speaking.
"Madam Third Young Master, Madam Gu isn't suffering from a headache; she's actually suffering from poisoning."
Gu Qing's expression suddenly turned cold and horrified. Doctor Zhou said helplessly, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else about this."
"You have been treating my mother for many years, so I am naturally relieved. I know you were in such a hurry to come here from Liu's place just now."
Gu Qing clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, forced himself to calm down, and asked in a deep voice: "Then what kind of poison did my mother get?"
She looked sideways worriedly towards the inner room, and through the screen she saw her mother's blurry and pale face.
Gu Qing's anger had reached its peak at this moment. In her past and present lives, she had never wanted to overthrow the Gu family so quickly.
My mother worked hard for the Gu family for most of her life, but ended up being killed by Gu Yunzhao who favored his concubine over his wife!
Doctor Zhou lamented Madam Gu's difficulties, and was relieved that Gu Qing was protecting his mother. He comforted her a little, saying, "It's not an immediately fatal poison. I just gave Madam some salt water to make her vomit out everything she ate today."
"That's where the problem lies."
Doctor Zhou was also quite shocked.
The person who poisoned the food was really vicious. Mrs. Gu was already weak, and putting a slow-acting poison in her food would not kill her, but it would make her body burn like a burning candle.
Hearing this, Gu Qing said in a deep voice, "Qiu Huan."
Outside the house, the anxious Qiu Huan heard the order and pushed the door open: "Miss."
"Mother, tell me in detail what you ate and drank today, and who handled the food." Gu Qing's face was extremely cold.
Qiu Huan recalled carefully.
"Since the onset of summer, Madam's appetite has declined significantly. She only ate half a piece of hibiscus cheese pastry for lunch today. I personally brought it to her from the kitchen."
As she spoke, she cleverly went to the side room and brought over the plate of hibiscus cheese pastry. "I noticed that Madam really didn't eat much, and I was worried that Madam would be hungry in the afternoon, so I didn't remove this plate of pastry."
"You did a great job, Qiu Huan." As Gu Qing nodded, Doctor Zhou took out a silver needle and inserted it into the hibiscus cheese pastry to test for poison, but the silver needle did not turn black.
He frowned slightly and broke off some of the remaining piece from his wife and put it into his mouth.
In an instant, he suddenly realized!
He raised his head and looked at Gu Qing, saying with joy and excitement: "Yes, yes! This is it!"
"What a vicious mind!"
Seeing this, Qiu Huan wisely retreated and closed the door tightly.
Gu Qing couldn't wait any longer and asked, "Doctor Zhou, what on earth is this?!"
"This hibiscus cheese pastry is mixed with a lot of oleander juice. Fortunately, Madam eats little, otherwise..." Doctor Zhou did not continue.
Gu Qing guessed what he meant, staggered two steps, and his heart sank into the cold cave.
In this huge Gu family, no one can protect my mother!
"Logically speaking, after consuming this amount, one shouldn't faint, but Madam's health is already poor, so she's not like an ordinary person."
Gu Qing stared at the plate of snacks on the table, his eyes cold. "Doctor Zhou, I'm leaving my mother in your care. Now that she's vomited everything, when will she wake up?"
"Madam Third Young Master, this depends on your own health. She should be fine now. Please follow this prescription and give her the medicine once every two hours. The poison will be completely detoxified in just three days."
Gu Qing took the prescription and bowed to Doctor Zhou: "Thank you."
Doctor Zhou was terrified. "Madam Third Young Master, this is unacceptable! You are so kind! Madam Gu has always been kind and virtuous, and she should be blessed with great fortune. I am only trying my best to help."
"As for the silver, you don't need to give more. Just follow the usual practice."
Gu Qing looked at Doctor Zhou with respect and nodded.
Doctor Zhou looked a bit embarrassed: "However, I also have an unwelcome request."
"You can say whatever you want."
Doctor Zhou sighed, "As for Liu, please be flexible with Madam Third Young Master. Otherwise, I'm afraid my clinic will be difficult to maintain in the future."
Gu Qing understood his difficulty and said seriously, "Don't worry, your clinic is protected by the Chen family. No one dares to do anything to you."
After hearing what Gu Qing said, Doctor Zhou finally put his worries aside and bowed, "Thank you, Madam Third Young Master."
Just as Doctor Zhou was sent away by Gu Qing, Gu Yunzhao heard the news about Dujuan Pavilion and was furious at Gu Qing's behavior.
He brought people to Cuihuayuan in anger.
"Miss! The master is at the door!" What Qiu Huan was worried about finally happened. She ran into the inner room and saw the young lady carefully feeding the lady medicine. She felt very uncomfortable.
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