Not long after, a pig-like scream came from next door.
Yuan Qi had an expression that said, "I knew it."
Wen Zhujun, along with Lvzhu, Hongshan, and several second-class maids, all went next door to watch the commotion.
Yuan Qi remained unmoved and insisted on dragging Wen Zhujun along to watch the commotion.
Several people clung to the doorway, watching Jiang Jiulu as she tried to bang her head against the wall, but were pulled back by the maid.
Jiang Jiulu felt utterly hopeless. Now that the Love Gu had been expelled, she had returned to normal. Although she had always thought the Fifth Prince was a good person, she hadn't gone so far as to confess her feelings to him and insist on marrying him, regardless of her reputation.
Now that she knows what she's done, she wishes she could just kill herself by hitting her head against a wall.
Seeing her in pain, Yuan Qi kindly stepped forward and asked her, "Can't you understand why you did such a shameful thing?"
Jiang Jiulu hummed in agreement: "What's going on? Why am I like this?"
Yuan Qi told her the truth: "That's because Xiao Zhen put a lover's curse on you. Those who are poisoned by this curse will think that the person who put the curse on them is perfect and will want to marry him. They will do anything shameful to marry him."
Jiang Jiulu burst into tears: "Even you said what I did was shameful. I don't want to live anymore. How can I face anyone in the future? It's so embarrassing. I might as well die."
Yuan Qi patted her shoulder to comfort her: "You shouldn't hate yourself, you should hate the person who poisoned you. Don't try to kill yourself, you need to cheer up and avenge yourself."
Jiang Jiulu was still in a state of utter despair: "But the person is already gone, even if we take revenge, we can't bring them back."
The maids had already told Concubine Li about Jiang Jiulu's suicide attempt. Concubine Li rushed over with her entourage. When she saw her daughter crying and wailing, she was furious. As soon as she entered the room, she scolded, "I told you not to go out, but you insisted on going out even though you were threatening to kill yourself. Look at what happened now!"
Yuan Qi sighed, shrugged, spread his hands, gave Jiang Jiulu a helpless look, explained the Lover's Gu to Concubine Li, and specifically mentioned that she had given Jiang Jiulu deworming medicine to help her remove the Gu worm, before leaving.
In less than an hour, the news that Jiang Jiulu had been poisoned by the Lover's Gu spread throughout the entire Jiang family.
Jiang Junjing also personally delivered one thousand taels of silver to Yuan Qi.
The next morning, when they went to pay their respects to the old lady, Jiang Jiulu was indeed nowhere to be seen, and even Jiang Songlu was not there.
Xiangli Mingzhu kept looking at Yuan Qi.
These past few days, everyone in the family has been acting strangely. First, she became obsessed with the statue of the Three Pure Ones, chanting sutras and praying for blessings for five or six hours every day, basically spending all her sleep time chanting sutras and praying for blessings.
She somehow realized something was wrong and was no longer obsessed with the statues of the gods. However, there was something even more troubling than her obsession with the statues of the Three Pure Ones.
That is, Jiang Songlu told everyone she met that she admired the Fifth Prince and even wanted to marry him. When Xiangli Mingzhu heard about this, she felt that something was wrong, so she went to see Jiang Songlu. Jiang Songlu looked like she was going to die, and when she saw her, she said, "Mother, go and propose to the Fifth Prince. I will marry no one but the Fifth Prince in this life."
Xiangli Mingzhu knew that Jiang Songlu also wanted to marry into the royal family like Jiang Bailu. She had feelings for the Fifth Prince, but she had never expressed her feelings so directly and shamelessly before.
As a normal person, who would tell everyone they like someone? So she thought Jiang Songlu was abnormal and had gone crazy.
She secretly called a doctor to come and see her, and the doctor said there was nothing wrong with her.
After hearing the news last night that Jiang Jiulu had been poisoned by a love curse, she suspected that Jiang Songlu had also been poisoned by a love curse.
No need to ask, the name "Love Poison" itself tells you it's no good.
Xiangli Mingzhu decided to ask.
"Seventh girl, come with me, I have something to ask you."
Yuan Qi had known all along that Xiangli Mingzhu would be looking for her, and she had even prepared deworming medicine.
Thinking back to the last time she secretly removed the evil formation from the Three Pure Ones statue for Xiangli Mingzhu without charging her, she felt she had been cheated. So this time, she planned to ask Xiangli Mingzhu for more money.
You shouldn't do business that loses money.
If you do it too often, it becomes a habit, and the other party will think it's their duty and that you can't indulge them.
She followed Xiangli Mingzhu to Xiangyue Courtyard. Xiangli Mingzhu then asked someone to bring Jiang Songlu over.
Ever since Jiang Songlu started behaving strangely, she has kept Jiang Songlu locked in her courtyard and forbade her to go out.
Yuan Qi also knew about this, and sometimes he could hear Jiang Songlu banging on the door desperately.
"What does Mother want with me?" Yuan Qi asked knowingly.
Xiangli Mingzhu sighed softly: "You must know that your sixth sister has been placed under house arrest."
Yuan Qi nodded obediently: "I heard about it. I wonder what wrong Sixth Sister did that made Mother confine her to her quarters?"
Yuan Qi pretended not to know that Jiang Songlu was so determined to marry Xiao Zhen that she was willing to die for him.
Upon hearing this, Xiangli Mingzhu realized that Jiang Songlu's affair hadn't spread, unlike Jiang Jiulu's affair, which everyone knew about.
However, no matter what, Jiang Jiulu has lost face, and the women of the Jiang family have also lost face. It is obvious that Jiang Jiulu and Jiang Songlu have been framed. Whoever it is, anyone who dares to scheme against the daughters of the Jiang family should be prepared to suffer.
Before long, Jiang Songlu came running in, crying and shouting. She knelt down in front of Xiangli Mingzhu and begged, "Please, Mother, let me see the Fifth Prince. I can't live without marrying him. Please, Mother."
After saying that, she banged her head against the ground repeatedly, saying, "If Mother doesn't agree, I'll bang my head here and die today."
Xiangli Mingzhu was quite helpless and had a headache: "Xiao Qi, look at your sixth sister, is she also under some kind of curse?"
Yuan Qi walked over, took Jiang Songlu's wrist to check her pulse, and soon came to a conclusion: "She has indeed been poisoned by the Lover's Gu, which is why she is so obsessed. I have medicine here, three thousand taels for one pill. Mother, would you like to buy it?"
Xiangli Mingzhu stared at Yuan Qi in astonishment: "We're family, and you still want money?"
Yuan Qi grinned: "Even close brothers should keep clear accounts. My medicine has its costs. That spiritual medicine is hard to come by. This is already a friendly price. Outsiders would have to pay at least ten thousand taels per pill. If you don't believe me, go out and ask around. Even the imperial physicians can't cure the Love Gu, right? If that doesn't work, go to Wuji Palace and ask them how much they'll charge you."
Xiangli Mingzhu disapproved of Yuan Qi's heartless and greedy nature, but since the younger generation had spoken up, she knew she wasn't short of money. Besides, she had indeed heard that Jiang Junjing had sent money to Yuan Qi last night.
Yuan Qi continued, "The other day, Mother became obsessed with the statues of the Three Pure Ones, kowtowing and chanting scriptures all day long. Don't you think that's abnormal?"
Xiangli Mingzhu hummed in agreement: "It is a bit abnormal. I've never been this obsessed before, even when I worshipped Buddha. I'm wondering why I'm so obsessed."
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