Chapter 66 Who Poisoned Me?
"It's good that you admit it, it's good that you admit it."
Ji was trembling as she said this. She desperately wanted Gu Yingxue to make some excuses, but the other party just admitted it.
"Wu Ma, take her away and forbid her from stepping out of the Snow Courtyard again. Also punish her by making her recite Buddhist scriptures one hundred times, as a way of praying for Shu'er's well-being."
After finishing her speech, Madam Ji did not look at Gu Yingxue again, and turned to go into the inner room.
"What do you mean? Why are you punishing me? Mother, what did I do wrong that you want to punish me?"
Gu Yingxue was stunned. She stood up and was about to chase after them, but Wu Ma grabbed her from behind. "Miss Yingxue, don't you know what you've done? I'm afraid no one knows the secret of that ginseng soup better than you!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yingxue was stunned. How could the Ji family be so heartless? Even if it was discovered that she had given Gu Shuyan a highly nourishing substance, she should at least hear her explanation!
Gu Yingxue was taken back to Xueyuan. Under Wu Ma's arrangement, all the maids in Xueyuan were cleared out, leaving only two personal maids to serve her.
Seeing her young mistress sitting there blankly on the stool, Chunxiang felt a pang of heartache.
"Miss, I just found out why Madam punished you."
Fei'er ran in from outside. Gu Yingxue's gloomy gaze swept across Fei'er's face. She looked like a vengeful ghost that would eat people, which startled Chunxiang.
Fei'er seemed oblivious to Gu Yingxue's gaze, and continued, "I just heard people outside say that the eldest young lady is suffering from a rare poison that even the imperial physicians are helpless against, and it seems that the ginseng soup we sent over this morning contained this poison."
Regarding the aconite, only Old Madam Gu, Madam Ji, and Pearl and Mingyu knew about it. So, seeing the expression on Physician Hu's face, people outside spread rumors that Gu Shuyan's strange poison was administered by Gu Yingxue.
"What did you say? They're saying I poisoned them?"
Thinking back to the way Ji Shi had looked at her and her attitude towards her, Gu Yingxue suddenly understood.
Looking at the two of them, Gu Yingxue asked, "Who delivered the ginseng soup this morning?"
Upon hearing this, Chunxiang stepped forward tremblingly, "Miss, it was this servant."
Chunxiang lowered her head and avoided eye contact, especially when she met Gu Yingxue's scrutinizing gaze, she became even more nervous.
"Did you poison him?"
Gu Yingxue was so familiar with Chunxiang's movements that she knew exactly what Chunxiang was planning to do just by looking at her, not to mention Chunxiang's guilty look.
"Did I say that we shouldn't act rashly? Did I say that we can do anything except ginseng soup?"
Gu Yingxue was furious. She had thought about killing Gu Shuyan, but she never thought of poisoning the ginseng soup. In the end, the ginseng soup was just a pretext, a pretext to weaken Gu Shuyan's body.
But Chunxiang poisoned Gu Shuyan without her consent. How come she never realized how stupid she was before?
Enraged, Gu Yingxue stood up and kicked Chunxiang to the ground. After falling, Chunxiang quickly got up and knelt down.
"Miss, I did not disobey you. I did not poison her." Chunxiang's voice sounded very anxious.
"If you didn't commit the crime, why are you so guilty? Do you think I'm blind?"
When Gu Yingxue thought about how she was disliked and punished by the Ji family because of Chunxiang, she wished she could just beat her to death.
"Miss, it really wasn't me! I did put something in the soup, but I didn't mean to poison it!"
Chunxiang was on the verge of tears, for she truly had no intention of poisoning him.
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