Chapter 402: What I could easily snatch away did not belong to her in the first place
As the grand prayer ceremony approaches, the capital city is exceptionally bustling.
Believers and monks from all over the country flocked to the capital, and Qiao Wanyan was so annoyed that she didn't go out for several days.
Today, it was Concubine Shu's birthday in the palace, and many officials and their wives in the capital were invited to a banquet.
The Jin family is also among them.
But Jin didn't go today, because Qiao Wanyan received the post but didn't deliver it to her mother. Instead, she withheld it directly and didn't disturb Jin when she was busy.
Moreover, Qiao Wanyan also knew that she never liked to attend those banquets. Ever since she grew up and was able to manage the family, she had always attended various banquets on behalf of her mother in the Qiao family.
Qiao Wanyan was happy to make friends with the noble ladies in the capital, and Jin was happy to be busy with what she liked. Both mother and daughter were very happy.
Qiao Wanyan did not go out in her own carriage, but He Baozhu came to pick her up personally.
"Wanyan, Situ Yue is Concubine Shu's biological brother. Situ Yue had a feud with you before. I'm afraid Concubine Shu will embarrass you if you enter the palace now. Why don't you not go today?"
Qiao Wanyan held her hand back and said, "I know you are doing this for my own good, but the one who came to the Qiao residence to deliver the visiting card is Madam Situ. If I don't go, I'm afraid that it will implicate my father and mother."
My parents are busy right now and have no time to care about those unimportant matters.
If you just want to hide when encountering problems, people will only want to find ways to bully you.
He Baozhu nodded, "Well, I will protect you well!"
Qiao Wanyan smiled sweetly, and He Baozhu was distracted and swallowed.
In the back garden, Qiao Wanyan showed up and left, making an excuse to change her clothes.
"Ziyuan, you stay here and guard it."
Zi Yuan nodded slightly and watched her young lady walk towards the back of the rockery.
Qiao Wanyan stopped and smiled when she saw the person behind the rockery. "I haven't seen you for ten days. Are you doing well?"
Liu Yanran didn't say anything, but Qiao Wanyan knew that she must be in a bad condition.
Compared to the last time I saw her in the restaurant, Liu Yanran now had a different rosy complexion and a different energetic look than that day.
"Antidote." Liu Yanran stretched out her hand and asked for it.
She had no reaction after being fed the poison. She was always wondering whether Qiao Wanyan was trying to scare her or whether the poison was difficult to detect. This made her so nervous that she felt the poison was taking effect even when she sneezed.
Three days before the ten-day deadline, she suffered from unbearable abdominal pain every night at midnight.
She went to the Imperial Hospital to ask the imperial physician for help, but the physician said that her pulse was normal and even suspected that her period was coming.
Now, I have finally made it to ten days.
She was afraid that Qiao Wanyan would not enter the palace today. If she did not enter the palace, she would also leave the palace.
Because she couldn't die here.
Qiao Wanyan smiled at her pale face and said, "I still remember what you said to me that day. If Prince Jing went to Zhenyang Pass instead of the Second Prince, the Second Prince would not have the opportunity to make merit and be deposed and re-established."
"But.....what if you lie to me?"
Liu Yanran started cursing in her heart at this moment, but she didn't dare to offend her in public.
"If I lied to you, wouldn't I also die from the poison? I'm not that stupid!"
Qiao Wanyan's eyebrows were curved like a rising crescent moon, and her long raven-feather eyelashes cast a shadow under her eyes, covering up the coldness in her eyes.
"Who knows if you are willing to risk your life just to deceive me? If you are sincere, then give me another piece of information to prove it to me."
"You!" Liu Yanran was so angry, "You are shameless!"
Qiao Wanyan laughed out loud, "Are you going to give it to me or not? If not, will you leave?"
She liked to smile and annoy people when she was angry to the point of going crazy, because she knew that this would be more lethal. At the moment, Liu Yanran was indeed so angry that she wanted to jump into the lake with her and die together.
But she remembered a line in the novel that said Qiao Wanyan was very good at swimming.
“Do you know Shen Lingyi, the granddaughter of Shen Shoufu’s family?”
Qiao Wanyan nodded.
Liu Yanran added: "According to the plot in the novel, Yihuan will also come to the palace for the banquet today. Shen Lingyi likes the young marquis, and the young marquis likes Yihuan, so Shen Lingyi will secretly harm Yihuan at Concubine Shu's birthday banquet. But today, Yihuan doesn't seem to be here."
Not only did he not come, he is no longer in the capital.
Qiao Wanyan looked normal, and asked casually, "If Qiao Yihuan were here, how would Shen Lingyi harm her?"
Liu Yanran: "If Yihuan was here, Shen Lingyi would 'accidentally' wet Yihuan's clothes at the following birthday banquet, and then ask her maid to bring a cloak to cover Yihuan, but the maid would deliberately slip and bump into Yihuan, and fall into the fish pond with Yihuan."
Qiao Wanyan lowered her eyes, this was a scene she was tired of playing.
Liu Yanran said, "I didn't lie to you. In the novel, Yihuan would never have the reputation of a calamity demon. At this time, she was already a foregone conclusion that she would be the future Crown Princess. The Queen also changed her mind about her and accepted her because Yihuan asked Yunheng to treat He Zhiyu. But now Yihuan is not here, Yunheng is also on good terms with you, and everything has been taken away by you."
“I guess Shen Lingyi will do something to you.”
Qiao Wanyan took the antidote from the box and placed it in front of her. "If it can be taken away by me so easily, it doesn't belong to her in the first place."
"The way of heaven cannot bring fairness to everyone, so my counterattack, Qiao Wanyan, is the most righteous act in the world."
As soon as he finished speaking, the antidote fell to the ground.
Liu Yanran immediately knelt on the ground to pick up the medicine.
Qiao Wanyan wanted to test whether what Liu Yanran said was correct. Not long after returning to the back garden, Shen Lingyi accidentally spilled tea on her while holding the teacup.
The people around exclaimed in surprise, among which He Baozhu's scolding was the loudest.
Shen Lingyi's face was full of panic, "Chu Qi, quickly bring my cloak over and put it on Miss Qiao Er to cover herself up first."
Qiao Wanyan listened to her words and watched her reaction, and it was exactly the same as what Liu Yanran said.
Shen Lingyi admired Jiang Qiyun, and attacked Qiao Yihuan, who was supposed to be admired by Jiang Qiyun, but now she attacked herself.
In this case, there is a 90% chance that what happened at Zhenyang Pass is true.
The maid Chu Qi came trotting towards this side holding a cloak, and fell towards this side with unsteady steps.
Shen Lingyi's heart was pounding. If everything went well, Chu Qi would knock Qiao Wanyan into the fish pond behind.
If she fell into the fish pond, her clothes would get wet and Qiao Wanyan would be afraid that she would become a huge joke.
Just as Chu Qi was about to pounce on Qiao Wanyan, suddenly a hand grabbed Chu Qi's hair and pulled her backwards fiercely.
"Ah!!!!" Chu Qi screamed in pain.
Mo Xiao pulled the person aside and asked with concern, "Second Miss, are you okay?"
He Yanli was wearing a purple brocade gown, with golden silk cloud patterns flowing in the sunlight, exuding a noble and cold feeling. His eyes seemed to be immersed in a thousand-year-old cold pond, looking at this side nonchalantly, and the pressure on people began to slow down their breathing.
"The Shen family is incompetent in managing their subordinates. Today, I am kind enough to help you deal with this impetuous and unruly maid."
"Daughter of the Shen family, why don't you thank me for my kind guidance?"
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