Chapter 627 Poisoning
It wasn't that Shen Wantang was particularly filial, but rather that Shen Guannian couldn't die at this time, otherwise she would have to stay home and observe mourning for three years.
Given the way Qi Shi and Shen Mingxuan are making trouble, let alone three years, she won't even be able to stay for three months.
She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to resist taking their lives.
Qi Shi and Shen Mingxuan did not expect Shen Wantang to suddenly shove someone, and both of them fell down.
Then, enraged, they got up and tried to pull Chen Wantang away from both sides.
Qin Xin and Du Juan immediately stood in front of Shen Wantang.
Shen Wantang sneered: "I was just taking my father's pulse, and you two kept making excuses. What are you up to? Are you afraid I'll find something out?"
Madam Qi's voice was exceptionally sharp: "What kind of pulse diagnosis do you know? Are you trying to kill your father? I called a doctor for your father early this morning, and he prescribed medicine. Who are you to presume to teach me, you half-baked quack? Get out of my way! Otherwise, I'll have your two maids dragged out and beaten to death right now!"
Shen Wantang looked her up and down: "Why are you so afraid of me taking Father's pulse? Father's pulse is short and rapid, beating like a sparrow pecking at food, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes intermittent. It is obviously a sign of poisoning. Could it be that you were the one who poisoned him?"
Madam Qi's expression immediately changed: "What nonsense are you spouting! You're making baseless accusations! Guards, drag this wretched girl and her two insolent maids out and beat them!"
"Wait!"
Shen Guannian's face was ashen. He struggled to his feet and asked Shen Wantang, "Tang'er, are you sure I've been poisoned?"
Shen Wantang said with certainty, "It is poisoning. And judging from the symptoms, Father was poisoned by horsetail. A small amount of horsetail can stop bleeding and improve eyesight, but if the dosage is too large, it will cause poisoning. The typical symptoms of poisoning are severe headache, followed by vomiting and diarrhea. If the poison is not detoxified in time, high fever, numbness of the limbs will soon appear, and finally, he will fall into a coma."
She only needed to feel his pulse to accurately describe all his symptoms, including the fact that the numbness in his limbs had only appeared a quarter of an hour earlier!
Shen Guannian realized for the first time that his daughter's medical skills were actually exceptionally high!
He used to think that her curing the Duchess was just a lucky coincidence, but only today did he realize that she was truly capable!
However, he had no time to praise Shen Wantang right now. He pressed his head painfully and asked, "But I was fine yesterday. I didn't eat anything I shouldn't have, and I didn't touch any medicine. How could I be poisoned?"
To maintain his figure, he often skips meals after noon. Yesterday, he also skipped dinner and went to bed early. He was perfectly fine before going to sleep!
Shen Wantang was of course aware of Shen Guannian's habit of not eating after noon. He was a handsome and upright man. After reaching middle age, he paid more and more attention to his figure and health. Therefore, he was very careful about what he ate. He never ate any random food and never ate leftovers.
In his previous life and the life before that, Shen Guannian had never been poisoned.
She glanced at the tense-looking Madam Qi, and seeing her face growing increasingly grim, a hint of mockery flashed in her eyes.
Then, she said to Shen Guannian, "The onset of poisoning from horsetail is very short, only two or three hours, and the patient will experience headache and vomiting."
Shen Guannian quickly realized: "Two or three hours? That means, that means—"
Shen Wantang nodded: "Yes, it seems that Father also guessed that someone poisoned you in the middle of the night, otherwise you would not have had symptoms in the early morning. If you were poisoned during the day yesterday, you should have had symptoms in the first half of last night."
Shen Guannian was filled with shock and anger, unable to believe it: "Poisoning me in the middle of the night? Who? Who wants to harm me?!"
His gaze swept past Shen Wantang and landed on Qi's face.
Overwhelmed by shock and rage, he even forgot his headache and nausea. He stepped forward and grabbed Qi's collar, demanding, "Tell me, was it you? Did you poison me?!"
"I'm innocent, sir!"
Madam Qi refused to admit it and immediately burst into tears: "Master never thinks of me when good things happen, but he suspects me first when things go wrong!"
"I've managed the household for the Shen family for so many years, raised children, and even if I haven't done anything meritorious, I must have worked hard, right? Doesn't the master appreciate my efforts at all?"
"You believe everything that brat says? She says you're poisoned, so you're poisoned? She's clearly just making it up! She doesn't know anything about medicine!"
Shen Guannian's eyes were bloodshot with rage: "Whether Tang'er understands medicine or not, I can tell! But you, the doctor you invited for me is a quack!"
"The symptoms that quack doctor described after taking the pulse were far fewer than what Tang'er described! And the prescription he gave was completely ineffective!"
"Did you deliberately send a useless person to treat me? Are you trying to kill me?! You vicious woman, I'm going to kill you!"
Madam Qi cried even louder: "It has nothing to do with me, sir! Wasn't that doctor invited by your servant? How would I know if he was a quack?"
Shen Guannian roared, "Sanshui said that you told him to go see that quack doctor! He even gave that quack doctor some money!"
"Sir, I slipped the doctor some silver so he would do his best to treat you! Isn't that the usual practice?"
With tears streaming down her face, Madam Qi cried out, "Master is the pillar of this family. If anything were to happen to you, how would I live? How would the children live? Master shouldn't suspect me, no matter who else you suspect. We've been married for so long. Doesn't Master know how much I respect you?"
Shen Guannian's anger finally subsided a bit. What she said made sense. He was the pillar of the family. If he were poisoned to death, how could she, a woman, support the household?
His children are not yet married. If he dies, the whole family will have to observe three years of mourning for him! His sons will not be able to get married, and his daughters will not be able to find husbands!
"You really didn't poison me?"
"I swear to God, it wasn't me! How could I do such a thing!"
Knowing that his suspicions had mostly dissipated, Madam Qi immediately reached out and hugged his arm: "Master, I don't know anything about medicine, let alone poisons, so I could never be the murderer."
"If you ask me, the one who knows the most about these things is the most suspicious! Think about it carefully, sir, isn't that the truth?"
"Tell me, how can someone have such amazing medical skills? Just by touching your pulse, they know what kind of poison you've been given. Isn't this blatantly poisoning yourself, neutralizing the poison, and then pretending to be a good person in front of you?"
Shen Guannian frowned, his gloomy gaze falling on Shen Wantang's face: "Tang'er, this poison, could it be that you gave it to me? Are you trying to murder your own father?"
Shen Wantang looked at Shen Guannian and couldn't help but sigh.
She had just thought Shen Guannian was quite intelligent, but now it seems he does have some intelligence, but not much.
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