Chapter 314 I want her to die!
But Yun Qingqing flashed to the side of the beam, raised her hand and placed a cushion to block the position where the orb was aimed.
Baozhu rushed over with her eyes closed and bumped into the cushion. At the same time, Yun Qingqing slammed the beam hard, making a "bang" sound.
Minister Cao and Shen Shiqin breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yun Qingqing with admiration and gratitude. If someone really died, it would be a bad ending.
However, I thought that I had stopped Baozhu from hitting the pillar and everything would be fine, but unexpectedly, she fell straight to the ground after the collision, and she closed her eyes and lost consciousness!
"this……"
The two of them felt relieved and their hearts started to lift again, and they looked at Yun Qingqing helplessly.
But she curled her lips coldly, glanced at the two of them and shook her head at the same time. The two of them seemed to understand and shut up, waiting for Yun Qingqing to speak.
Yun Qingqing glanced coldly at the pearl lying on the ground and said in a low voice:
"To avoid detection, she used not just any aphrodisiac, but brown snake grass root powder. If anything goes wrong, even a doctor wouldn't be able to diagnose it. They'd simply assume she was experiencing qi and blood deficiency, leading to fatigue."
"After the lady fell unconscious, the maid committed the crime. She thought that if she cleaned the container that had held the sweet soup immediately, no one would notice what she had done. However, she didn't realize that once the brown snake grass root powder got on your hands, it would take at least twelve hours to completely wash it off."
"During this period, if the skin that has been touched by the powder comes into contact with alum water again, it will turn green."
When she said this, Minister Cao and his wife subconsciously stared at Baozhu's hands. They saw that although she had her eyes closed and looked unconscious, her hands were quietly retracting into her sleeves!
Shen Shiqin's eyes flashed, and he said loudly:
"In that case, come, prepare alum water. We'll know if Baozhu is innocent once we test it!"
Baozhu's tightly closed eyelids trembled violently.
Yun Qingqing sneered:
"That girl was just pretending to hit the pillar to gain your trust. Her movements looked intimidating, but the actual force was very light. That's why she didn't notice that I, the cushion, had stopped her. She still pretended to pass out, waiting for you to wake her up, and then acted like you would let bygones be bygones as long as you trusted her."
"However, this development is probably beyond her plan, right?"
Shen Shiqin also chuckled:
"Get up, stop pretending, we can all see clearly that you didn't even hit the pillar just now!"
Baozhu's eyelids trembled slightly, but she still refused to "wake up".
Shen Shiqin ran out of patience and said sternly:
"Someone, come and get the family rules! If she doesn't wake up, whip her!"
Baozhu opened her eyes with a start, threw herself at Shen Shiqin's feet and cried:
"Madam! I was just tricked by her. I lost my mind for a moment out of fear. I really didn't pretend to faint on purpose!"
At this moment, a servant brought over alum water. Shen Shiqin grabbed Baozhu's hand and pressed it into the basin of water.
In just a few breaths, her fingertips turned green and Baozhu's face turned pale.
Shen Shiqin slapped her to the ground and said sternly:
"What a dedicated girl, but she's secretly so vicious, trying to step on my corpse to get to the top!"
Minister Cao was also trembling with anger, pointing at Baozhu's nose and saying:
"You, you slut, are so heartless! My Cao family has provided you with good food and drink and has never treated you harshly. My wife even treats you like her own sister. Recently, she even said that you are old enough and she will find you a good family to marry off with honor! I never thought you could do such a murderous thing to her!"
Baozhu sat paralyzed on the ground, unable to refute, and suddenly burst into tears and laughter, shrilly saying:
"Hahahaha...if you want to blame someone, blame your master. You are both talented and beautiful, and you treat us servants so kindly. After staying with you for a long time, who would still be interested in those ugly people outside!"
"Stop flattering her! She's talking about finding a good family to marry me off to. I think she's just worried I'll snatch you away, Master, and think I'm an eyesore!"
"In the final analysis, it's all your fault! You're the Minister of Justice, a high-ranking official of the third rank, yet you insist on living with a wife! What's wrong with taking a concubine? How is this jealous tigress any better than me?"
"It was fine a few years ago, but now you're already thirty-one and childless, yet you'd rather spend all day trying to find someone to have a child than even look at me! How can I accept this? She's just a hen that doesn't lay eggs! How can she be worthy of you!"
"I just want her to die! As long as this woman is dead, I don't believe you will still not see my good side... Hahahahahaha..."
Shen Shiqin listened to her crazy shouting, her face gradually turned pale, and she tightened her fingers.
"How dare this slut talk nonsense! Block her and drag her out to be beaten to death!" Minister Cao shouted with a sullen face.
"Ah! Master, spare me, wuwuwu..."
Baozhu finally woke up when she heard that she was going to be beaten to death. She was so scared that she trembled all over and begged for mercy at the top of her lungs, but her mouth was immediately gagged and she was dragged out like a dead dog.
Minister Cao held Shen Shiqin's hand tightly and said worriedly:
"Madam, don't listen to her nonsense. I married you because I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. If you like children, we can adopt one from the side branch. If you don't want that, that's fine too. I'm not the only male in the Cao family. I will never let others blame you for this."
Shen Shiqin looked at him steadily, and tears suddenly flowed down her face.
"Aqin, don't cry, I...this..." Minister Cao did not expect that his wife, who had always been decisive and capable, would cry in front of him. He was suddenly at a loss.
Shen Shiqin pushed him away and knelt down towards Yun Qingqing:
"Master Qingyun, it's rumored that you can do anything. Please help me!"
Yun Qingqing reached out to help her up and said with a smile:
"It's a bit of an exaggeration to say you can do anything, but if you and your wife just want to have a child, it's not a big deal."
She had long seen that Minister Cao had come to Tianming Pavilion for exactly this matter, so she took the opportunity to do it together.
"Really!" The couple looked delighted. "Master, please give us some advice!"
Yun Qingqing said softly:
"You two don't have to worry. I've just calculated for you. You were destined to have a son and a daughter. They just came later. They should be here soon."
"As long as you remember to do more good deeds and accumulate more merit for future generations, Lord Cao, as an official in the court, must not forget your original intention and be fair and strict. Then you two will have a smooth and happy life, with children and grandchildren around your knees and live happily ever after."
"Mrs. Cao, please keep this amulet in your sachet and keep it with you. It will protect both mother and child when the baby arrives."
"Thank you, Master Qingyun!"
The two were overjoyed, and Shen Shiqin carefully took the amulet and kept it as a treasure.
Not to mention the matter of praying for a child, just the fact that his beloved wife was rescued from the gates of hell made Minister Cao want to give half of his family property to Yun Qingqing as a reward.
However, Yun Qingqing glanced at his courtyard, which only had two entrances and two exits, and said with a faint smile:
"I'm not short of money, but the pen that Lord Cao uses to review case files and official documents every day is more valuable to me. Would you be willing to give it to me as a reward?"
Minister Cao was stunned:
"But I've been using that pen for more than ten years. The bristles have worn off and I've had to replace it several times..."
"Of course the longer it is used, the better." Yun Qingqing said meaningfully.
Minister Cao suddenly understood that the master was an extraordinary person and that everything he did had its reasons.
He immediately went to get a pen and presented it with both hands.
Yun Qingqing accepted the thank-you gift and returned to Tianming Pavilion, where Tongtong was still waiting for her.
She had just led Tongtong back to her office when Zhiluo also came back.
Yun Qingqing's expression turned serious:
"Have you figured it out?"
What she asked Zhiluo to investigate was exactly what Lu Yu said, that is, the incident where he encountered the "River God demanding sacrifices" on the river heading south.
If the so-called "Jiang God" is really a creature that harms people's lives, she can't just sit back and watch!
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