Because Grandma Jiang had taken the Baijie Dan, she did not experience abdominal pain. However, Jiang Youhui was different. Almost an hour had passed, and whether it was psychological or something else, she felt a dull pain in her abdomen.
Therefore, she had no choice but to call out to Jiang Segu, "Sixth Sister..."
Jiang Segu looked at her and said in a calm tone, "Seventh Sister, did you hear that? This poison is not a problem; Doctor Li can cure it!"
Jiang Youhui nodded, "Seventh Sister heard you. Please, Sixth Sister, have pity on Seventh Sister and ask Doctor Li to treat her!"
Jiang Segu glanced at Li Changshan, who understood and said, "Although the poison of Artemisia is not difficult to cure, it takes time to prepare the antidote. I will go and prepare the antidote for Seventh Miss right away!"
After Doctor Li left, Jiang Youhui continued talking about the villa without Jiang Segu having to say anything.
“I overheard my father and mother discussing the position of the Marquis’s heir. They said that my uncle, who would even use his own daughter as a bargaining chip, is not worthy of being the Marquis’s heir! They also said that if things are planned properly, my father might have a chance to become the heir!”
Even though Jiang Segu was mentally prepared and knew that the second branch of the family had impure intentions, he never expected that they would have such ambitions!
Not to mention the capital, but even looking at the entire Northern Wei Dynasty, there is absolutely no precedent for a son of a concubine to inherit a title!
Unless... unless there are no brothers or nephews in the family.
Thinking of this, Jiang Segu's gaze shifted, and a chill ran through him.
Grandma Jiang also understood the situation and asked in a trembling voice, "What are your father and mother trying to do?"
What do we need to do?
This is naturally aimed at the first and third wives!
Although the eldest son's family has no sons, if a son is adopted, the second uncle will naturally have no chance!
The third wife, who has both a son and a daughter, is naturally an even bigger target!
So, both Xiao's mother and the person whose identity is still unknown, were the work of Second Aunt?
But my second uncle also has no children!
Even if one obtains the position of heir apparent, what good will it do?
Could it be that he was absolutely certain that his second aunt would give birth to a son?
Jiang Youhui looked at Jiang Segu, whose expression was gloomy and changeable, and decided not to tell her everything she had heard that day. Who knew if one day she would need to use that incident to protect herself!
After several fluctuations in her thoughts, Jiang Segu left behind the words, "Mother, I'm going out for a bit," and hurried off to Yongxiang East Alley...
She told Aunt Lan about the death of Madam Hou, what happened at the Song family villa today, and what she had heard from Jiang Youhui.
Aunt Lan remained silent for a few moments before slowly and deliberately saying, "I'm afraid someone deliberately hinted at this to your grandfather after your mother showed off her wealth!"
"You mean Zhou Yuan?"
Aunt Lan cannot deny it.
"So, was this all orchestrated by your second uncle and aunt?"
"What do you think a son of a concubine has that would make a respected servant of a marquis's household willingly serve him?"
Aunt Lan's words were cruel, but they were the truth!
My second uncle's mother was a maid. She became pregnant after my grandfather became drunk and took advantage of her. Although she later gained the status of a concubine, she was short-lived and died of a serious illness when my second uncle was one year old!
My grandfather was a man who didn't care much about things, and my second uncle was the son of an unfavored concubine, so he was often bullied in the inner quarters.
Over time, they became even worse off than servants!
Perhaps because of this, the second uncle harbored resentment and thus decided to seize the position of heir!
Aunt Ke Lan is right. Even if Uncle Er is willing, why should he order Zhou Yuan to do things for him?
"Didn't you ever consider that Zhou's mother might be involved in all of these things?"
Zhou's mother?
Jiang Segu subconsciously shook her head, "She doesn't need to do something that harms others and herself!"
"What if this wasn't her intention, but rather someone instructed her to do it?"
The only person in the entire Marquis's mansion who can order Zhou Mama around is Grandmother!
Jiang Segu thought it was impossible!
Even if Grandmother dislikes Mother, she wouldn't do anything to harm Father!
Seeing this, Aunt Lan knew exactly what she was thinking, but she swallowed her words and said, "This is just my guess! By the way, how's the inquiry about Mother Xiao going?"
"There's still no news from Changping and Steward Yin."
Did you go to Xiao Cui's house?
"Let's get ready to go!"
"Go, see if you can get anything out of that child!"
In fact, Aunt Lan knew that even if Xiao Cui could get some information out of her, it would probably only be from Madam Hou.
When Jiang Segu brought medicine and money to Xiao Cui's house, Xiao Cui's family was grateful and urged the still sick Xiao Cui to recall what happened that day.
Xiao Cui recounted the events of that night with a sense of unease.
“That night, Madam Hou asked me to watch over Madam Xiao. I felt there was no way to get in through the doors or windows, so I carelessly leaned against the door and fell asleep. I didn’t wake up until someone came to bring Madam Xiao breakfast. Then I went to find Madam Hou to open the door for me…”
Jiang Segu remembered that day. She had slept on the tatami in the west room because of the house search. Later, because her mother said she was going back to Baoding, she washed up and went to Lanyue Courtyard. Then came the news that her brother had fallen from his horse...
Therefore, she never ate breakfast!
She, as the mistress, did not have breakfast, yet someone delivered breakfast to her while she was locked up.
Furthermore, no matter how tired a person is, it is impossible for them to sit on the ground and sleep until dawn!
Jiang Segu asked Xiao Cui, "Think carefully, did you notice anything unusual that day? For example, was your sleeping style different from usual? Or, did Madam Hou do anything to you?"
At her suggestion, Xiao Cui did realize that she had overslept that night!
“I’ve never slept so soundly before… That night, Madam Hou locked the door and told me to be vigilant… Oh, and when Madam Hou was near me, I could smell a fragrance on her! After Madam Hou left, I felt like I couldn’t keep my eyes open…”
It was indeed Madam Hou who did it!
So, after Xiao Cui fell asleep, Madam Hou returned, poisoned Madam Xiao, and then cut off... no, Young Master Gu said that Madam Xiao did not bite her tongue!
Thinking of this, Jiang Segu asked again, "Do you remember who delivered breakfast?"
Xiao Cui thought about it carefully, then hesitated, "It seems to be...it's Cai Lan!"
Rainbow Orchid?
Cailan, who only knew how to embroider and rarely appeared in front of me unless there was something wrong?
When Jiang Segu came out of Cailan's house, it was already noon with the sun blazing down.
Jiang Segu felt a little dizzy, perhaps because of the sun.
She felt pathetic, having lived a whole life, yet still unable to see the true nature of the people around her!
In a daze, when Jiang Segu returned to the Marquis's mansion, Qiaolian, who was with Second Madam Jiang, also happened to return...
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