Chapter 79 The scumbag father was poisoned, and Aunt Sun was found!
No one paid attention to what Nanny Zhu said. The whole banquet was in chaos when Xie Mingan vomited blood.
He fell to the ground, his throat making a hoarse sound and his chest heaving violently.
He stared at the broken teacup on the ground, his eyes wide open.
"Uncle is vomiting blood!"
"how so--"
"Brother! Brother!"
Some timid ladies screamed and tried to escape, accidentally overturning chairs, causing chaos all around.
The second master of the Xie family shouted twice in shock, came to his senses, threw away the disaster-removing tea in his hand like a hot potato, then lowered his head and stared at Xie Mingan, as if stunned.
The second wife even hugged her trembling little son and kept comforting him.
Xie Mingan's other three concubines were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground and started crying.
Xie Zhi also shed tears and called out to her father with tears in her eyes, but she had no intention of going up to see.
Aunt Sun threw herself forward, tumbling and crawling, her usual dignity and composure gone, as she cried bitterly, "Master, Master, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
The scene was so chaotic that no one noticed the nervousness and panic in her eyes.
Xie Yao put down the tea in her hand, steadily helped her frightened mother to sit in an armchair beside her, patted her hand gently, and signaled her not to worry.
She watched Xie Mingan groan coldly, his back straight as a bamboo.
"Dear guests, please don't panic." After a while, Xie Yao spoke.
The voice was not loud, but it carried a captivating calmness that quieted the noisy crowd a little.
"The fact that Master Bo vomited blood after drinking the tea proves it's poisonous," she said calmly, scanning the teacups in front of everyone on the table. "But don't worry, everyone. Except for Master Bo, none of us have touched the anti-calamity tea yet, so we'll be fine."
Everyone's hands shook at the same time, teacups fell all over the floor, and everyone patted their chests with lingering fear.
This is not a tea for warding off disasters, it is clearly a tea for taking lives.
I will never come to the Xie family’s Winter Solstice Banquet again in this life!
Xie Yao winked and said, "Ren Dong, ride to Shengji Hall to ask for the doctor. Tell him that Wenchang Bo is seriously ill and needs to come back quickly."
On the surface, Rendong obeyed the order and left. In fact, she saw that there was no worry in the second young lady's eyes, so she knew what to do. She went out and found a place to squat.
"Uncle, what are you standing there for? Could it be that you were the one who poisoned them?" Xie Yao asked again, "Why don't you take good care of all the food on the table? We can investigate this matter later."
"Thank you, my father has been poisoned and is in a coma. You are the eldest son of the family, so you shouldn't panic now. Take people to the kitchen and arrest whoever made the disaster-removing tea today. As for whether to report it to the authorities, wait for the doctor to come and see if my father is dead, and then make a decision."
The series of instructions were clear, concise and orderly.
Mr. Xie wanted to cry out that he was wronged, but at this moment he subconsciously listened to her.
He was wronged. However, if Xie Ming'an was gone, Xie Yan, the only legitimate son, would not yet reach adulthood. As the second son, he might become the head of the Xie family and the person who would benefit the most.
From this point of view, he is indeed the most likely person to have poisoned the person.
It was precisely because of this that Mr. Xie could not protest his innocence. He could only hope that Xie Ming'an was fine and that Xie Yao could investigate the matter thoroughly.
When Xie Yan heard what Xie Yao said, he led a team of servants to the kitchen without hesitation.
In fact, Xie Yao had already asked Qiliang to invite the doctor from her uncle Shengjitang, and at this moment, the doctor was about to arrive at the uncle's house.
But this matter cannot be rushed.
If the doctor hasn't arrived yet and Xie Mingan has been poisoned to death, it would be much easier.
In the corner, Mrs. He, who was still in shock, clutched her handkerchief. Seeing Xie Yao's upright figure, she couldn't help but marvel in her heart that the second young lady of the Xie family was calmer and more composed than all the men and women in the room of the Bo Mansion.
At this moment, Nanny Zhu, who had left quickly earlier, squeezed into the crowd from somewhere and pushed Aunt Sun away.
"Go aside, I want to give you acupuncture."
She didn't bother to follow the rules, opened the acupuncture bag, took out the silver needles, and quickly sealed several of Xie Mingan's major acupoints to prevent the poison from spreading.
Xie Yao narrowed her eyes and couldn't help feeling regretful.
Aunt Sun dared to poison her mother in public because her mother was frail and sickly, and if she had an emergency, it would not arouse suspicion.
Therefore, the dosage of this poison must not be too strong, and it will not cause people to vomit black blood directly.
Looking at Xie Mingan's appearance, if he hadn't spit out that mouthful of blood, it would have looked more like he was having an acute illness.
Seeing Nanny Zhu giving the injection, she knew that her father's life was saved.
Sure enough, after a while, Wenchangbo's body stopped twitching, but he was still unconscious with a pale face.
After checking his mouth and nose, Nanny Zhu picked up a cup of disaster-removing tea and tested for poison with a silver needle. Finally, she sniffed the tea and her expression changed slightly.
Only Xie Yao noticed this subtle change.
Nanny Zhu calmed herself down, took out a small green bottle from the medicine bag, poured out a pill, pried open Wenchang Bo's mouth and stuffed it in.
Xie Yao's eyes darkened.
Is this the antidote?
The person who poisoned him was Aunt Sun.
But Nanny Zhu, who was by the side of Wenchangbo, could not only use acupuncture to save people, but she could also quickly identify what kind of poison was taken and then come up with the antidote?
Xie Yao didn't have much impression of this Madam Zhu in her two lives. She only knew that she was originally a maid of the old uncle of the Xie family. After the old uncle died, she had been serving Xie Ming'an.
She guessed one thing, realized one thing, and an uncontrollable anger surged in her heart.
After taking the pill, Xie Mingan's breathing finally calmed down.
After another cup of tea, his eyelids trembled and he finally hummed.
Nanny Zhu said, "Fortunately, Master Bo was only poisoned for a short time, and he has always been in good health. With this treatment, he should be fine."
Everyone around breathed a sigh of relief.
The noble ladies from the capital huddled together and wanted to leave, but they couldn't for the time being and could only watch the fun, even though they didn't want to.
The Wenchang Marquis's Mansion was so lively today that they were numb to it.
When Aunt Sun heard that Xie Ming'an was fine, she felt as if all the bones had been pulled out of her and collapsed to the ground.
However, before she could completely relax, she saw Xie Yan, accompanied by servants and a group of maids, returning to the dining room.
Her confidante, Madam Liu, appeared among them.
Aunt Sun winked at Matron Liu, but Matron Liu was so frightened that she didn't notice.
Xie Mingan was carried to the side couch by two servants. He rolled his eyes and slowly opened them.
"Who... wants to harm Benbo?"
He took a breath and roared with difficulty.
Nanny Zhu said, "Master, there is indeed something in the tea, but don't worry, I have already given you the antidote."
Xie Yan brought his men forward and looked at Xie Yao first, wanting to show off his efficiency.
But his sister didn't look at him, so he had to look away and said, "Father, these are the servants who touched the disaster-removing tea tonight. The one who poisoned them must be among them."
Hearing this, all the maids knelt down, kowtowed hard, and began to explain one by one.
"Slave girl, slave girl is just a tea maker, I dare not poison you."
"We, under the orders of Lord Bo, will go to the back garden at dawn to collect snow water from the plum blossoms. We will go and return together, and we will boil the water together afterwards so that we can testify against each other. We will never dare to harm Lord Bo."
"That Buddha tea is stored in the storeroom. Aunt Sun handed the key to the head of the household when she was about to make the tea. Cui'er, Cui'er went to get it!"
The maid named Cui'er cried and defended herself: "I went to get the tea from Aunt Sun, but I didn't even open the tea box. Please spare my life, my dear uncle, please spare my life!"
Xie Yan's eyes were sinister, and his voice seemed to contain icy frost. "Since they all refuse to admit it, my son believes that only torture can extract the truth. Even if the poisoner isn't among them, they will have a chance to see the real poisoner."
Wenchang Bo stared at the maids kneeling together and was about to nod when Ming'er, who came in with the tea-making maids, knelt down.
"Master, please don't torture them. They are innocent." She was clearly on the verge of tears, but she mustered up the courage and pointed at Madam Liu beside her, shouting, "I saw it was Madam Liu who put something in the grilled fish!"
Madam Liu's face suddenly changed, and she stiffened her neck and said sternly, "You little bitch, you are slandering me. I beg you, my Lord, to investigate. I am innocent!"
She was about to rush over and slap Ming'er, but Xie Yao stood in front of the little maid and said calmly, "Whether it's an injustice or not, the doctor will know when he comes. It's not your turn to be so presumptuous here."
Nanny Liu stopped and knelt down in embarrassment, remembering that she had been slapped and fined for her monthly salary.
Xie Mingan's face was pale, and he stared blankly at the fish sashimi, then glanced at Madam Liu.
Fish sashimi...
Disaster-removing tea...
He had a splitting headache at the moment and could not tell right from wrong, so he had to look at Nanny Zhu.
Nanny Zhu immediately checked the roasted fish slices again and said, "Master, there is poison in the fish slices too!"
Xie Yan looked at Aunt Sun, who still had that naughty and pretty face, and no longer had the protection that Xie Yao had shown her when she just returned to Beijing.
"Auntie, if I remember correctly, it was you who prepared the family dinner today, and it was this maid who took the poisonous tea leaves from the storehouse that you were in charge of."
Xie Mingan's chest was beating, his eyes fell on Aunt Sun, and he uttered two words:
"Bitch!"
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