In the pavilion, Xiangdong sat quietly on a stone bench. Seeing Su Qingyu come in, he stood up and saluted.
"Why are you so anxious to see me? What's the matter? Do you want to leave?"
Apart from this matter, Su Qingyu couldn't think of anything else.
Xiang Dong shook his head slightly. "No, I can't leave for a while. Princess Chaoyun went to see the eldest master today, and they want to harm the third master."
To Xiangdong, the Third Lady is her and her brother's benefactor.
She had been putting aconite in Shen Zhiheng's soup every day, and she had placed many purses filled with ragweed on Shen Zhiheng's bedside and in his study.
Aconitum can cause wind-heat to invade Shen Zhiheng's lungs, leaving a root of disease. Add to that the daily inhalation of ragweed pollen, and sooner or later he'll die of breathing difficulties. Even if a doctor were to examine him, they would simply think he was having an asthma attack.
This method was slow but safe. She didn't want her brother to have a murderer sister, which would affect his career, so she came up with this idea.
Her grandfather was a traveling doctor, and although she didn't inherit his medical skills, she did read a lot of miscellaneous books and ancient texts in her early years. This recipe was from an ancient book.
She had originally planned to finish cooking the last bowl of soup tomorrow and then leave the house to find a place to live in seclusion.
But after hearing what Princess Chaoyun said today, she didn't want to leave anymore. If they were to harm the Third Madam and the Third Master, she could be on guard by being by Shen Zhiheng's side.
"Tell me what happened in detail. How could Li Chaoyun let you hear such a big thing?"
Xiangdong bit her lower lip when she heard this. Although she felt humiliated, she still spoke, "I was in the master's study at the time, and Princess Chaoyun didn't know I was there. After they left, I pretended to be asleep, so the master shouldn't have suspected anything."
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