Chapter 319: One Step Down
However, just before the banquet began, the emperor sent the ninth eunuch to deliver a gift, which made the old marquis both nervous and flattered.
Such grace left him somewhat bewildered.
He received all the gifts personally, and his hands were trembling as he did so.
"Nineth Master, please take a seat."
The old marquis brought the ninth eunuch to the main seat. The ninth eunuch did not refuse and followed him to the main seat. After greeting Murong Li and Murong Yi, he sat next to Murong Li.
At their table were the old marquis, Master Su, Master Su II, Murong Li and Murong Yi.
Su Qiwen and his brothers accompanied the male guests, while Su Yan and Mrs. Luo accompanied the female guests.
At this time, everyone looked at the stage. Su Xue's coming-of-age ceremony began on the stage. The old lady made her the Lady of Five Blessings. There was probably no one more suitable than her in the capital at the moment. And the one having the coming-of-age ceremony was her granddaughter, so she was the natural person to be the Lady of Five Blessings today.
When putting on Su Xue's hair, the hairpin originally prepared for her by the Marquis' Mansion was useless. Madam Su Er planned to use the hairpin from the head ornament sent by Concubine Yun. This hairpin was exquisitely crafted and priceless, and the most important thing was that it was sent by Concubine Yun.
She can be said to be the most noble woman in Xifeng Kingdom, and wearing her fertility hairpin on the head shows respect for her.
However, when Madam Su Er took out the hairpin, Su Yue saw it.
She had seen the hairpin prepared for Su Yue before, which was a jade hairpin, but now it was a gold hairpin. She immediately asked, "Second Aunt, why did you change the hairpin? Was there anything wrong with the previous one?"
Madam Su Er smiled and said, "No, this was sent by the Imperial Noble Consort. Your grandmother said to replace it with this."
"Did mother send it? Second Aunt, please show it to me."
Su Yue's heart sank, and she immediately went over and took the box. After taking a closer look, she felt that there was something wrong with this set of gold head ornaments.
Although she couldn't put her finger on what was wrong, she just felt something was wrong and smelled a conspiracy.
"Yuer, is there something wrong with this?"
Mrs. Su Er saw her face change and asked nervously.
Su Yue's face darkened. She said, "Second Aunt, change to the one you had before. Leave this to me."
"Yuer, put on your hairpin quickly."
It happened that the eldest lady saw that the hairpin was not delivered for a long time, so she came down to urge it, and saw Su Yue holding the box.
"Mom, please replace Sister Xue'er's hairpin with the one she used before. Don't use this one. I'll take it back and take a look."
When the eldest lady heard this, she understood everything. She and Madam Su found the hairpin and presented it to her.
But the two of them were not at peace and were a little distracted when doing things.
He was also scolded by the old lady.
Seeing that the hairpin had been changed, the eldest lady had no choice but to say that it was Su Yue who asked her to change it.
After hearing this, the old lady gritted her teeth and quickly completed Su Xue's coming-of-age ceremony.
Su Yue took the box back to her yard, entered the room, closed the door, and then slipped into the space.
She came to the pharmacy, put on protective gloves, and took out the entire set of head ornaments from the box, including a gold hairpin, a pair of gold earrings, a gold necklace, and a pair of gold bracelets. She placed the four items on the table one by one and then examined them one by one.
This set of headgear is finely crafted with intricate patterns, and it is obvious that it was made by a famous artist. Moreover, each piece is of sufficient size. It is no exaggeration to say that this set of headgear is priceless.
A quick glance doesn't reveal any problem, but the smell is a little stronger than that of ordinary gold jewelry.
Su Yue sniffed it carefully. Although it was a little strong, the smell was very positive and there was nothing unusual about it.
But she couldn't feel anything unusual, so Su Yue felt that there must be something strange about this set of gold headwear.
She took each item in her hand and looked at it. When she saw the hairpin, she found that the head of the hairpin seemed to be a little different. The heads of ordinary hairpins are whole, but this one has traces of connection, which cannot be seen without careful observation. There just happened to be a pattern there.
Su Yue's eyes flashed, she pinched the tail and twisted it hard, and sure enough, the tail was twisted off.
When Su Yue saw the structure of the gold ornament that was spun out, her face turned dark. This Yun Fei was really cunning. There was a thin tube welded in the middle of the spun-out end, and the color of the tube was obviously changed. There was no doubt that there must be poison in the tube.
She looked carefully at the other end of the hairpin and found that there was indeed a tiny hole as big as the tip of a needle.
Su Yue wanted to kill someone at this moment. This Yun Fei was courting death.
She examined the poison carefully to see what it was.
Soon she found out that the poison was the one that would kill anyone who came into contact with blood. This poison was not a strange one, but the most powerful thing about it was that the person who was poisoned would fall down within one step, which meant they would die.
Once the poison enters the body, it can go straight to the heart at an incredible speed, causing cardiac arrest. The poisoned person cannot even take the second step and dies on the spot.
It was too late to save him.
It is rare to fall at this stage in the martial arts world. I never thought that Concubine Yun could get such a poison.
Su Yue didn't think about where Yun Fei got the poison. She was thinking, Yun Fei obviously hated her, so why did she give it to Su Xue?
If Su Xueruo died, she, Su Yue, could be said to be the direct beneficiary.
Su Yue didn't think that Concubine Yun would care about her and she even hoped that she would be in trouble.
Su Yue sat in the medical room for a while before fetching a basin of spiritual spring water and throwing all the headgear into it to soak.
Before this, she had checked all the other gold jewelry, and as expected, there was a step down in every piece of jewelry.
In other words, as long as Su Xue wears this hairpin today, the poison will slowly evaporate from the small hole, and if it touches the skin, she will die immediately.
Su Yue was glad that she was present today, otherwise Concubine Yun’s evil plan would have succeeded.
She and Concubine Yun had a bad relationship to begin with, and could be considered sworn enemies. How could she be so kind as to send a gift?
It was obvious that she had no good intentions.
Su Yue breathed a sigh of relief and left the space, hurried to the banquet, while Su Xue's coming-of-age ceremony had already been completed.
As soon as she arrived, she saw that Su Xue looked unhappy. She pulled Su Yue to the other side and hurriedly asked about what had just happened.
Su Yue told her the truth. The purpose of telling her was that she had to be on guard against Concubine Yun in the future. After Su Xue married Murong Yi, she would inevitably have to deal with Concubine Yun.
Su Xue's face turned pale after hearing this. Today almost became her death day.
She couldn't figure it out: "Big sister, what do you mean by the Empress?"
Su Yue shook her head: "I don't know, I guess he wants to make our Su family sad."
Apart from this reason, Su Yue really couldn't find any other reason to come.
If Su Xue wore that jewelry, she would die soon, and Concubine Yun would have no bargaining chips to negotiate with her and exchange the antidote with her.
So the only thing is that she wants to vent her hatred, and she will be happy as long as she sees her sad.
The only people and things that can make her sad are those in the Su family.
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