Chang Xiao understood what she meant. He knew that the Second Miss was worried and asked him to check again.
After everyone left the backyard, Chang Xiao checked the two nuns over and over again, and only felt relieved when he found that they were really dead.
But to be on the safe side, he carried the two nuns and threw them down the cliff.
When Chang Xiao left, Qianli walked out from the darkness.
He walked to the bottom of the cliff and lifted the two people up. He checked their wounds, treated them, and then stuffed a pill into their mouths.
"Take them back from the trail."
"yes."
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Gu Yunran got on the carriage, and Ruizhu followed. Gu Yunran asked quietly, "How's it going over there, Qianli?"
Ruizhu whispered, "Everything has been handled. The two people have been transported back."
Gu Yunran lowered the curtain and said, "Okay, let's go."
"Um."
Ruizhu drove the carriage, raised the whip in her hand, and was about to set off.
Mu Qianxue suddenly cried out "Ouch!". Gu Yunran pulled aside the curtain and looked at Mu Qianxue, seeing her covering her chest with her hands, her face pale.
Gu Yunran ordered Ruizhu: "Go and see what's going on."
"yes."
Ruizhu jumped off the carriage and walked towards Mu Qianxue. She asked, "Second Miss, what's wrong with you?"
"I..." Mu Qianxue covered her chest and gasped, her face as pale as paper, beads of sweat the size of beans on her forehead dripped down her cheeks, and suddenly she fainted.
Ruizhu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Chang Xiao and asked, "What's wrong with her?"
Chang Xiao acted as if he didn't hear anything. He held Mu Qianxue in his arms and walked towards the yard with a look of heartache in his eyes.
"Miss, it's okay, just bear with it."
He runs very fast.
Ruizhu frowned and returned to Gu Yunran, reporting, "Second Madam, the Second Miss has passed away."
Gu Yunran nodded: "I saw it." She lifted the curtain and got on the carriage: "Looks like I can't go back today."
Ruizhu asked worriedly, "Is the Second Miss up to some evil scheme again?"
"How about you go back first, Second Madam, and I will stay here to take care of the Second Young Miss."
"No, it's not appropriate for me to go back to her in the state she is in now."
Ruizhu said, "Yes."
So she ordered people to move the things off the carriage again.
Ruizhu ran to clean up the backyard.
"Second Grandma, the backyard has been cleaned up. You can rest in the backyard tonight."
"Okay, I'll go see the Second Miss."
Gu Yunran came to Mu Qianxue's room and saw Chang Xiao take out another pill and stuff it into Mu Qianxue's mouth.
She asked, "What did you feed her?"
Chang Xiao was so absorbed in taking care of Mu Qianxue that he didn't notice Gu Yunran had arrived. Upon hearing Gu Yunran's words, he hurriedly hid the medicine bottle in his sleeve and feigned composure, saying, "It's nothing. The Second Miss has chest pain. It's an old ailment. The medicine will relieve it."
Gu Yunran didn't think much about it: "This desolate mountain is quite far from Shengjing, and it's hard to find a doctor. If the Second Miss feels better, I will go back and ask Doctor Li to take a good look at her."
"Yes, I understand." Chang Xiao glanced at Mu Qianxue, whose expression had calmed down a lot while she lay on the bed. "She can't leave yet."
"Then wait until she wakes up and you take good care of her?"
Gu Yunran clearly wanted a maid to come in and take care of Mu Qianxue, but Chang Xiao refused: "This subordinate has always been by the Second Young Lady's side and knows her condition very well. Please rest assured that I will take care of the Second Young Lady."
Gu Yunran glanced at Mu Qianxue, and finally set his gaze on Chang Xiao: "Okay, I'll trouble you."
"I'll ask the servants to cook some porridge. When the Second Miss wakes up, go tell her and I'll have the porridge brought over."
"yes."
After Gu Yunran finished speaking, he took Ruizhu away. When they returned to the backyard, Ruizhu said worriedly, "Second Madam, I think something is fishy. I'm afraid Chang Xiao doesn't want you to go back."
"I know." Gu Yunran's expression was calm. "I saw his pill. The smell was very familiar. It is indeed a pain reliever."
“But it’s man-made.”
Ruizhu was surprised: "Second Madam, do you mean that the Second Miss did this on purpose, just to make Second Madam stay?"
Gu Yunran poured two glasses of water and handed one to Ruizhu. She took a sip herself and put the cup down. She said firmly, "Yes."
"It's really hard to guard against." Ruizhu stamped her feet in anger, clenched her fists at her sides, and said through gritted teeth, "Let's go all out. I'll go and finish them off."
She turned around and angrily told me to go find Mu Qianxue and Chang Xiao. Gu Yunran stopped her and said, "Ruizhu, come back."
Ruizhu paused and looked back at Gu Yunran: "Second Madam, we must take the initiative and not be so passive."
Gu Yunran sighed: "Mu Qianxue said she was the fourth daughter of the Mu family. With so many eyes watching, if you just killed her, how would you explain it to the old lady when you go back?"
"But she has repeatedly framed Second Madam and tried to kill her. Aren't these reasons enough?"
"Do you have any evidence?"
"I..." Ruizhu opened her mouth and was asked by Gu Yunran.
She really had no direct evidence to prove that Mu Qianxue had murdered the Second Grandma, and all the accusations were directed at Mu Qianjiao.
But now Mu Qianjiao's spirit has been stimulated and she is no longer a normal person.
Seeing Ruizhu speechless, Gu Yunran took her hand and sat her on the stone bench beside her: "If you are so impulsive, even I won't be able to protect you when the time comes."
"Mu Qianxue has planned so much and has a very meticulous mind. So far, she hasn't revealed any flaws. None of this has anything to do with her. You can't just go to her so rashly."
After a pause, Gu Yunran continued, "We now have witnesses. We just need to pry open their mouths to prove everything Mu Qianxue did. By then, the evidence will be irrefutable, and she won't be able to deny it even if she wants to."
Gu Yunran picked up the water cup and placed it in Ruizhu's hand: "Drink some tea, calm down, and wait a moment."
Ruizhu held the cup and drank the water with her head tilted back.
"Okay, I'll listen to Second Madam."
"Yes." Gu Yunran instructed her: "Go cook some porridge and bring it to the Second Miss when she wakes up."
"good."
When Qianli came back, he saw that the carriage had not left. He frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Chang Xiao saw him and said to him, "The second young lady's old illness has relapsed, so she can't leave today."
Qianli pointed his sword at Chang Xiao's neck. "I'm a very good judge of character. I think you're a restless person. What was added to the charcoal I sent you last night?"
Chang Xiao's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that he would still be suspected even though he was so secretive. However, he would not admit it. He pretended to be calm and said, "Guard Qianli, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Hmph!" Qianli swung his arm, and the sharp edge of his sword pressed against Chang Xiao's neck, leaving a thin trace of blood. "I'm warning you, if you do anything weird tonight, I won't let you go!"
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