Chapter 385: Death by Medication

"I don't care what medicine that maid gave to their master! Anyway, you took the wrong medicine and killed my mother-in-law. You have to pay for it!"

"No! I want you to pay with your lives! You have such a vicious heart. You let my mother take aphrodisiacs at such an old age. You will pay for my mother's life!"

Aunt Zhao and her daughter-in-law cried and shouted, forcing the medicine boy to pay money and his life.

In the crowd, a man who looked like a scholar watched this scene and couldn't help but shrink his head back. At this time, he met Zhiran's gaze opposite him, and he felt even more embarrassed. He felt it was ugly and shameful, so he turned around and left.

Zhiran saw his shivering back and was too lazy to watch the scene outside, "Let's go."

"All right."

Xia Mei responded. On the way, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, who did you say was the one who bought the aphrodisiac? Why did they say it was a nanny from a wealthy family?"

"How would I know? But you also heard that it was that dirty medicine. Those wealthy families always buy this kind of medicine. If they buy it in familiar clinics and drugstores outside, people will know about it immediately. They come to the West City Clinic to buy it, aren't they afraid of being recognized?" Zhiran said with a look of seeing through.

She has been working outside for many years and has seen everything.

Just like her grocery store in the west of the city, there were also some nobles who brought people to buy some good goods, and most of those people were concubines or temporary mistresses.

There are so many things happening in the west of the city!

Xia Mei understood and said "oh".

Soon, they returned to the shop.

Dongsheng had picked out all the good items in the backyard warehouse early in the morning and let Cheng Hui choose.

Cheng Hui saw a pile of exquisite porcelain jars, bowls and plates of various colors, and picked out a lot of them at once. Dongsheng sent all of them to the town’s military general’s mansion.

As for money.

"I have asked our young mistress about these things, and she said that they are all family items and we don't count them."

Dongsheng was very capable. When he saw that it was Cheng Hui who came to buy things, he picked out the things and went to the Marquis' Mansion to ask Lu Lingyun.

When Lu Lingyun heard that it was Cheng Hui who bought it for the Zhenjun General's Mansion, he waved his hand and said that he would give it to them.

After all, Cheng Qi had sent the body of the Marquis to Guangji Temple and helped cover it up in front of the emperor. She accepted his favor. Furthermore, Cheng Qi’s surname was Cheng, and she was half of the same family. There was no way she would be called Cheng in the future. Lu Lingjun casually gave away the small amounts of money that Qi helped with.

Cheng Hui heard this and said, "Sister-in-law is so polite. I will tell my brother later that I want to thank you in person."

"Ms. Huihui is very polite." Dongsheng and Zhiran said to her with a smile.

After saying that, Cheng Hui took Xia Mei back to the general's mansion.

Not long after she returned, all the things were delivered, and Cheng Hui directed people to put the items away.

When everything was almost ready, Cheng Qi came back.

"elder brother!"

Cheng Qi's face turned pale at this time, and he looked a little weak, "Hui Hui."

"What's wrong with you?" Cheng Hui saw him like this, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"It's nothing, just some intestinal discomfort." Cheng Qi said.

How could he have thought that he would have diarrhea for almost a whole day when he went to the East Courtyard to meet Qin Shaojing!

When I came back from the last ride, my calves were sore.

Thinking about it again, I feel ashamed.

Cheng Hui didn't think much after hearing this. She pulled Cheng Qi into the house and said, "Look, are the things I picked today good looking?"

Cheng Qi saw that the originally empty house and courtyard had been decorated with many screens and porcelains. It immediately looked much better. "Well, not bad."

"These were all picked out from my sister-in-law's shop. She confiscated our money and said she was giving them to us as gifts," said Cheng Hui.

Cheng Qi heard this and said, "How can this be possible?"

"That's what I said. Let's go to the Marquis' Mansion tomorrow. Thank you, sister-in-law."

"Yeah, okay."

Cheng Qi nodded.

It should be so.

The next day, Ningyang Marquis Mansion.

In her own courtyard, Lu Lingyun took care of the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion bit by bit and put it back on track.

What was most affected was not the manor shop or the trivial matters in the mansion, but the maintenance of the relationship network of the mansion.

The miscellaneous chores and even household affairs within the Marquis' Mansion can be delegated to the subordinates. Those are all trivial matters. Interpersonal relationships and maintaining a network of relationships are the most important and necessary things for the head of the family.

Cheng Yunshuo became a monk and Lu Lingyun became the head of the family. The core seemed to have not changed, but it was equivalent to having a new owner. Now Lu Lingyun was the one who was in charge openly and secretly, and she had to personally re-establish the network of relationships related to the Marquis' Mansion.

Let everyone recognize each other. The only person who will have dealings with the Ningyang Marquis' Mansion in the future is Lu Lingyun.

Lu Lingyun is now the real master of the Marquis' Mansion.

When she was dealing with interpersonal relations in the Marquis' Mansion, the maids came to report that Cheng Hui and Cheng Qi had arrived.

After hearing this, Lu Lingyun put all these things aside.

Well, in terms of interpersonal relationships, Cheng Qi's family has become a very important family in the Marquis' Mansion.

"Second Uncle, Huihui, you are here." Lu Lingjun looked at them with a smile.

"Sister-in-law." Cheng Hui ran to her side with a smile, very intimate, "Where is Siying?"

"Xiying is in her grandmother's home, and she has been taking care of her these days."

"Siying is filial." Cheng Hui sat next to Lu Lingyun in a natural and intimate manner, turned to her brother and said, "Brother, please sit down."

Seeing this, Cheng Qi greeted Lu Lingyun first, "Hello, sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work these days."

Lu Lingyun smiled and said, "What did Second Uncle say? Come and sit down."

"Sister-in-law, the things you gave us yesterday were too valuable!" Cheng Hui said.

"You are being so polite again," Lu Lingyun tapped her forehead, "We are all family."

Seeing how close the two of them were, Cheng Qi realized that Lu Lingyun was really good to his sister when he was away. "Sister-in-law, Huihui has been taken care of by you for so many years. Cheng Qi is really grateful. What you have done for us siblings is really beyond our ability to repay."

When Lu Lingjun heard this, he smiled even more happily and said, "Second uncle, you are also out of town. Our family does not talk about two families. You have also seen the situation in the Hou Mansion now. In the future, you may not ask your second uncle to help you."

"Of course." Cheng Qi said without hesitation.

Lu Lingyun was so good to him, what else could he say?

If he doesn't help when something happens, he's not a human being!

Seeing this, Cheng Hui smiled and felt very comfortable. She chatted with Lu Lingyun and her brother and talked about what happened yesterday. "I heard that something strange happened yesterday."

"What's so strange?"

"I was picking things up at your shop, sister-in-law, when I saw a murder case. The drugstore on that street gave the wrong medicine to someone, and an old woman died from it! Can you guess what medicine the drugstore gave the old woman?"

"What medicine?" Cheng Qi asked.

Cheng Hui looked at the two of them and whispered, "It's an aphrodisiac!"