"Okay, Jinshu, you stay in the Marquis' Mansion. If you feel unwell, I will ask a doctor to take your pulse." Liu wanted to confirm whether Yu Jinshu was really pregnant.
"Mother, I plan to wait a few days before taking your pulse." Yu Jinshu said as he stroked his belly.
Liu looked at Yu Jinshu's actions. It seemed that Yu Jinshu also suspected that she was pregnant, but she needed to wait a few days to see for sure.
Although Yang Yue'e had never given birth to a child, several of her sisters-in-law were like this. Not long after getting married, they began to vomit and lost interest in food. Later, when the doctor came to take their pulses, they found out that they were pregnant.
But judging from the mother-in-law's expression, even if Yu Jinshu was pregnant, she probably wouldn't want to keep this "half-human, half-demon" child.
Liu didn't dare to stay in Qizitang for long. After saying a few words of concern, she took Yang Yue'e away.
In Nangong Yueqin's small courtyard, she had just learned that the Marquis had sent troops to southern Xinjiang, and was lying on the table crying.
"Why did the Marquis choose to go to Southern Xinjiang on this day? Couldn't he have consummated his marriage with me first?"
The maidservant beside her didn't know how to persuade her and could only hand her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
Nangong Yueqin cried so hard that her handkerchief was soaked with water. Then she stopped crying, wiped the tears from her face with her sleeves, and then regretted having soiled her wedding dress.
Although this wedding dress was not the bright red dress embroidered with gold that only the wife wore, it was also something she had carefully prepared over the past few days.
"Go get me a basin of water. I need to wash my face."
The maid hurried over and soon brought back a basin of water.
Nangong Yueqin washed her face, put on makeup again, and told her maid to go and invite Yang Yue'e.
Yang Yue'e came and told Nangong Yueqin that Yu Jinshu was very likely pregnant.
Nangong Yueqin sat at the table in the bridal chamber and said coldly, "My Lord, when you go to Southern Xinjiang, it will take at least three to five months, and at most a year before you return. I must make sure Yu Jinshu dies before you return."
Yang Yue'e couldn't wait! She smiled and placed a medicine bottle on the table: "This is a chronic poison. If Yu Jinshu takes it, she will die in three months."
Dying too quickly would surely arouse suspicion. If his health started to deteriorate after taking this medicine, he could tell others that Yu Jinshu was so obsessed with the Marquis that he became ill and had no appetite, and died before the Marquis could return.
Nangong Yueqin took the medicine bottle and nodded: "I understand."
She would often go to the big kitchen to make some delicious food for Liu to make her happy, so that she could have the opportunity to cook Yu Jinshu's meals.
In Qizitang, A Zuo came back from outside. He has been investigating the affairs of the Taoist priest these days.
"Second Madam, the Taoist priest is dead. He was killed and thrown into a ditch."
Yu Jinshu stroked Xiaobai in his arms, his face indifferent: "I guess someone murdered him to silence him."
Who else could have killed the Taoist priest to silence him? Of course it was Nangong Yueqin.
Nangong Yueqin relied on this Taoist priest to deceive Liu, saying that Yu Jinshu was a thousand-year-old fox demon, and that she was Liu's daughter in her previous life, who came to repay her gratitude in this life. She also said that she would have the blessing of having children and grandchildren. All these were to make Liu marry her to Qi Luoting.
A Zuo said: "I also suspect that she was murdered to silence her." If she was murdered to silence her, then the story that the second lady was a thousand-year-old fox demon must be false, and the murderer who killed the Taoist priest might be inside the Marquis' Mansion.
Even if he didn't kill the Taoist priest personally, it's very likely that he hired someone to do it.
Yu Jinshu didn't say it was Nangong Yueqin, but A Zuo could guess that the murderer was Nangong Yueqin or Yang Yue'e.
"Azuo, you must quickly ride your horse to find the Marquis. Be sure to stay by his side and protect him well, and bring him back safely."
"Second Madam, the Marquis asked me to stay by your side and protect you."
Yu Jinshu pointed at the newly arrived maids outside and said, "Didn't the Marquis find some female guards for me? They can protect me, so you don't have to worry. Hurry and follow the Marquis!"
The fights between women are never open. They don't fight and kill like men. Just having martial arts skills is useless.
A Zuo was also very worried about the Marquis. He bowed to Yu Jinshu and said, "Then I will leave. Second Madam, please protect yourself."
Yu Jinshu waved his hand: "Go!"
Azo is gone.
Yu Jinshu asked Xiangqiao to go out and help her watch the door and not let anyone in.
"Xiaobai, we have to come up with a plan to let Liu know that the thousand-year-old fox demon is not me, but someone else."
"Meow……"
A Zuo rode a fast horse and quickly caught up with Qi Luoting on the official road.
"Jinshu asked you to come, so you came?"
"My Lord, didn't you tell me to listen to the Second Madam in the Marquis' Mansion?" A Zuo looked innocent.
Qi Luoting said angrily: "The Taoist priest is dead, what does this mean? It means that Jinshu is in great danger. Go back immediately."
A Zuo bowed and said, "Yes." He turned his horse around and was about to leave.
"Wait." Qi Luoting stopped him again, "Since you're out, I'll protect you in secret and don't show up in the Marquis' Mansion."
A Zuo: "Yes, Lord, please rest assured. I will make sure the Second Madam is safe and sound."
Qi Luoting trusted Azuo, whose martial arts skills were second only to his. He also instructed, "If there is any problem, send a letter by carrier pigeon."
A Zuo agreed and left.
Qizi Hall of the Marquis' Mansion.
Yu Jinshu asked Xiangqiao to set up a small kitchen in an inconspicuous place. It was not a problem for him to ask the female guards who knew martial arts to go out secretly to buy some vegetables, fish and meat on weekdays.
In fact, there are very healthy foods in the system, but there are too many people around, and always buying food from the system will arouse suspicion.
The next morning, Yu Jinshu identified the chronic poison during breakfast using the test paper he bought from the system.
The poison was placed in the bird's nest soup, and she placed the test paper in the system.
The system's mechanical voice quickly responded: "Host, I don't know the name of this poison, but if you take it, it will weaken your body. If you take it daily, you will die in about three months."
After returning to Qizitang yesterday, A Zuo saw Xiangqiao preparing meals for the Second Madam in the small kitchen. He guessed that the Second Madam must be worried that someone in the mansion was going to poison her.
In order to confirm whether there was really someone in the mansion who wanted to poison the second wife, A Zuo had been guarding the beam of the kitchen before dawn today.
Sure enough, A Zuo saw Nangong Yueqin pouring the powder from a medicine bottle into a bowl of bird's nest soup.
Later, a maid from Qizitang came and took away the bowl of bird's nest soup.
A Zuo originally wanted to stop her, but he thought the Second Madam was so smart and wanted to see if she could tell that the soup was poisonous, so he secretly followed her to Qizitang, only to see that the Second Madam was holding a strange little piece of paper and putting it in the soup.
The small piece of paper actually changed color, and he heard the second lady mumbling some strange words to herself, but he couldn't hear her because they were a little distance away.
In short, the second wife did not drink the bowl of bird's nest soup. Xiangqiao made a bowl of beef noodles for the second wife in the small kitchen, and A Zuo was relieved.
However, the Marquis must be informed of the fact that Nangong Yueqin poisoned the Second Madam.
But the Marquis is going to war, and if I tell him, it will distract him.
If the battle is lost, the Marquis’ life will be in danger.
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