Chapter 169: Cuiwei Grass
The last time Xiao Wan went to the pharmacy, although she did not let Chunlan follow her in, Chunlan still heard Xiao Wan wanted to buy drunken pills at the door, and turned around to tell Yang Xin.
Yang Xin immediately understood that Xiao Wan might want to embarrass him at the Chongyang Banquet in order to lower his impression in the minds of Xiao's parents and thus refuse their marriage.
Chunlan secretly observed Xiao Wan and found that she had put a drunken pill into one of the two glasses of wine that had been poured in advance.
When Xiao Wan went to greet Yang Yao and others, Chunlan took the opportunity to swap the positions of the two glasses of wine.
The cup that Xiao Wan just drank was the one with the drunkenness pill in it.
Xiao Wan and Yang Xin showed the wine glasses in their hands, indicating that they would finish the wine in the glasses. Then they looked at each other and saw some ambiguous smiles in each other's eyes.
However, the next moment, the corners of Xiao Wan's lips stiffened slightly, and she subconsciously raised her hand to support her forehead, with a trace of panic in her eyes.
Yang Xin smiled secretly in his heart, but asked her with great concern what was wrong and whether she was feeling unwell.
Xiao Wan tried to stand up while holding onto the table, but her steps were unsteady and she staggered.
Yang Xin was right next to her and immediately reached out to hold Xiao Wan's shoulders.
Xiao Wan frowned slightly, quickly brushed his hand away, and reluctantly saluted to everyone:
"Wan'er, Wan'er is drunk and feels a little dizzy..."
As he was talking, he accidentally knocked over the tea on the table, spilling it all over himself.
Seeing his daughter lose her composure, Mr. Xiao looked a little unhappy. His wife beside him hurriedly asked Chunlan to help Xiao Wan go back to her room to rest and change clothes.
"No need, Wan'er can go back by herself."
Xiao Wan's bedroom was very close to here, so she didn't let Chunlan follow.
After closing the door, Xiao Wan immediately returned to normal. She quickly changed her clothes, took out the basin that had been prepared under the bed, and threw the clothes in to soak.
After changing her clothes, she walked to the door and listened to the noise in the yard.
Sure enough, after a while, Yang Xin's uncomfortable voice was heard.
"Dad, Mom, my body... is itchy..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but reach out and scratch his body. As he scratched, small red dots even appeared on his skin, which looked extremely horrifying.
The courtyard was in chaos, and Master Xiao quickly asked the servant to invite the doctor. As soon as the servant went out, he saw a doctor who was taking a rest at the door. He immediately went up to invite the doctor in to see Yang Xin.
After examining it, the doctor smiled and said it was nothing serious. There was a disease like this, where contact with certain special objects or people would cause such adverse reactions in the body.
"Could it be that he ate something by mistake?" asked Mr. Xiao. This happened in the Xiao Mansion. If it was because of the food, then it would be a serious sin!
The doctor shook his head and said thoughtfully, "No, this symptom can only be caused by external contact, and...it is mostly transmitted from person to person."
As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Xiao and his wife took a small step back at the same time.
"Don't worry, this young master will just itch for a few days and it will heal naturally."
After hearing what the doctor said, everyone nodded in shock, and then couldn't help but think about what Yang Xin had just encountered to suddenly become like this.
Yang Xin also heard what the doctor said. He clearly didn't touch anything strange, and he had been using bowls and chopsticks for a long time without any problems... Could it be that it was because he touched Xiao Wan just now?
Yang Xin's mother also thought of it, and her expression became a little strange.
If it is true that my son would become like this once he comes into contact with the girl from the Xiao family, then this marriage will never take place.
She glanced at the Xiao couple suspiciously again. Could it be that Xiao Wan was suffering from some disease, and the people around her had developed resistance to it after being around her for a long time, and it could be transmitted to outsiders?
Did her parents deliberately conceal the truth in order to get Xiao Wan to marry into their family?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Yang quietly tugged at her master's sleeve and winked at him, wanting to take her son away quickly.
Xiao Wan, who was in the room, heard the noise outside and breathed a sigh of relief.
When she went out that day, she deliberately let Chunlan hear that she wanted to buy drunken pills, but in fact, what was written on the paper given to the drugstore owner was that she wanted to buy a kind of medicinal powder.
She consulted a lot of pharmaceutical books before finding this method. If that kind of medicine powder comes into direct contact with the human body, it can easily cause allergies.
She used the drunkenness pill as a cover to deceive Chunlan and let Yang Xin let his guard down. Before the banquet started, she pretended that the pill she put into the wine glass was just a candy bean.
In fact, she soaked the powder in water and sprayed it on her clothes. She had taken an antidote that counteracted the drugs in advance, and then pretended to have a brief contact with Yang Xin to cause him to have an allergic reaction.
As for the doctor waiting outside the door, he was also hired by her.
Time was short, so she could only prepare to this extent. It would be best if she could make the Yang Yao couple think that Yang Xin could not contact her. In this way, the marriage would naturally not be possible.
Judging from the current progress, the plan is going well. After the Yang family leaves, I will pour out the water used to wash the clothes, so that no evidence will be left.
Just as Xiao Wan was waiting for Yang Xin and his family to leave, she suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting:
"Young Master's symptoms... seem like those of someone who accidentally touched the Cuiwei Grass!"
Xiao Wan was startled and looked through the crack in the door. It was the Yang family servant with the red spot on his left cheek!
Yang Yao frowned and asked him what Cuiwei grass was.
"My Lord, this is a rare herb from my hometown. It can be used as medicine after being dried and ground into powder, but it is easy to cause such symptoms after contact with the skin. According to the method of my hometown, boil some rice soup and drink it, and you will be cured soon."
Xiao Wan, who was listening attentively, changed her expression. This Cuiwei grass is not common in Jiangzhou, but she didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that the servant actually knew it!
After failing at the last hurdle, Xiao Wan closed her eyes tiredly.
Upon hearing this, Master Xiao immediately asked someone to go to the kitchen to get some rice soup. Sure enough, after Yang Xin drank it, the itching sensation on his body disappeared in a short while, and the rashes also subsided a little.
After the false alarm, everyone calmed down and naturally had no intention of continuing the banquet.
Yang Yao and his family were about to say goodbye and leave. Mr. Xiao looked apologetic and repeatedly assured that he would thoroughly investigate the matter of Cuiwei grass appearing in the mansion and give Yang Xin an explanation.
After finally seeing Yang Xin and his family off, Master Xiao returned to the inner courtyard with a grim face and asked someone to call Xiao Wan over.
Xiao Wan knew that there was no point in pretending to be drunk at this moment, so she knelt in the main hall with an expressionless face.
"Were you the one who caused Young Master Yang's symptoms just now?" Master Xiao asked, suppressing his anger.
Xiao Wan lowered her eyes and did not answer, which was considered as her consent.
"Come with me tomorrow to make amends. Just say it was an unintentional mistake and apologize to Young Master Yang. You know that this marriage is something that others cannot ask for. If you marry him, it will be of great benefit to you and our Xiao family!"
"My daughter won't get married." Xiao Wan looked up at her father, her tone showing no sign of compromise.
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