Chapter 340 The truth is revealed
Qiao Xianglan's illness did not get better, but it did not get worse either.
Song Ci went to the main courtyard from time to time. His mother was always asleep more often than awake. She was sleeping most of the time. She had lost a lot of weight and looked like she could be blown away by the wind.
She sat there without saying a word, quietly accompanying Qiao Xianglan. At this time, Xun'er came in with a bowl of medicine. She glanced at the black medicine. Xun'er seemed to sense something and smiled, "This medicine was boiled by me, don't worry, young lady."
Song Ci nodded slightly, "You take good care of mother, always staying close to her, and you even refuse to take a break. I am naturally relieved."
"This is what I should do. Madam saved me, and my life belongs to you."
What a sincere and heartfelt sentiment.
She curled her lips slightly, "No wonder mother likes you."
Xun'er walked to Qiao Xianglan's bedside and pushed her, "Madam, get up and take your medicine."
"Hmm? Xun'er, how long have I slept?"
"Two hours, ma'am."
"Well, help me up." She glanced at the quiet Song Ci and smiled, "Xiao Ci is here, why didn't you tell me you were here?"
"Mom is resting, I want her to rest a little longer."
Qiao Xianglan smiled bitterly, "Mom is old, and I don't know what's wrong. This cold hasn't gotten better, and it's caused Xun'er to get up early and stay up late to take care of me."
Xun'er: "Madam, there is no need to thank me. This is what I should do."
"etc!"
Just as she raised her hand to feed Qiao Xianglan the medicine with a spoon, Song Ci stopped her.
"What's wrong."
Xun'er hurriedly glanced at Song Ci, realized something was wrong, and lowered her head again.
"My daughter is thinking about my mother's illness. She has been ill for some time and has not been getting better even after taking medicine. So I asked Master Pei to send a letter and ask an imperial physician to come to our house to treat my mother."
"It's just a cold. Thank you for your hard work, Master Pei."
"Mom's health is more important."
Xun'er's face was anxious, as if she wanted to say something but suppressed it. Her hands were clenched tightly in her sleeves, her back was already wet, and her whole body was trembling slightly.
The imperial physician quickly came in carrying a box and nodded slightly towards Song Ci.
Song Ci stood up and said to him, "I'd like to ask the imperial physician to come to my house and treat my mother. My mother has been ill for some time and has not recovered. I would like to ask the imperial physician to help me find out the reason."
"Okay, I'll take Madam's pulse right away."
Qiao Xianglan stretched out her hand, and the imperial physician felt her pulse through a handkerchief.
Xun'er: "The remaining medicine for Madam is still in the water room. I'll go and take a look." As she spoke, she walked out anxiously. Song Ci winked at Tian'er.
The imperial physician took the patient's pulse and frowned.
"Doctor, is it possible that my illness is not going well?" Qiao Xianglan looked at his expression and felt uneasy.
"Doctor, is my mother poisoned?"
The doctor turned around and said, "Miss, you are smart. Madam has indeed been poisoned, but fortunately the poisoning is not serious."
Song Dynasty porcelain is like a treasure, "This poison is the juice of a plant called Gouyue Grass. The fresh juice is poisonous, but after one night, it becomes non-toxic."
"That's right. This is what I find strange. If you want to use this kind of poison, you have to pick fresh ones every day... So if you get poisoned by this, it must be someone close to you. But this poison is very troublesome..."
"It's troublesome, but not easy to detect. When the poison takes effect, the symptoms are similar to a cold, so ordinary people won't pay much attention to it."
Qiao Xianglan clutched her chest and said, "Then, then who on earth wants to harm me?"
"Xun'er." Song Ci said.
At the door, Tian'er handcuffed Xun'er's hands behind her back and brought her back. Her hair was messy and there was a slap mark on her face. She looked very embarrassed.
"Kneel down!" Tian'er kicked her from behind. Xun'er's knees touched the ground, her face full of pain.
"W-why. Why did you poison me?"
Qiao Xianglan couldn't believe that it was the well-behaved Xun'er who poisoned her, but compared to Xun'er, she trusted her own daughter more and believed that Song Ci would not lie to her.
Xun'er started crying without saying a word, saying that she was wronged.
"Madam, it's not me. How could I hurt you? Madam, you are so kind to me..."
"I also want to ask you, I have been very kind to you, why did you harm me?"
Xun'er thought Qiao Xianglan was soft-hearted, but she didn't expect her attitude to be so firm, and her eyes were not as gentle as before.
After the matter was exposed, Xun'er said nothing and no matter how people asked her, she never explained why she wanted to harm Qiao Xianglan.
Song Ci lost her patience. "Send him to Pei Ji. I remember he said some of his men are good at interrogation. I want answers."
Tian'er: "Yes."
Xun'er thought to herself that something was wrong and struggled desperately, but she was no match for Tian'er.
Tian'er was furious and showed no mercy. She liked the warmth of the Song family and the people in the Song family. Since this person wanted to hurt someone in the Song family, she would not let him go.
After being slapped in the face and kicked in the stomach, Xun'er was dragged out by Tian'er.
Qiao Xianglan couldn't help but pat the quilt, "What a sin! I thought she was a pitiful child, but I didn't expect she would attract wolves and tigers."
"Mom, they want to harm us, they'll use any tricks, it's not your fault. Even if you don't fall for it this time, they'll always find another way."
She immediately told Qiao Xianglan the information she had found out, so that she would be mentally prepared to avoid falling into the trap again next time.
As long as she has learned this lesson, no matter how kind she is, she will be more cautious when doing things.
"The wife of the Pei family is so vicious! Mother is worried that if you marry her, she will harm you."
Song Ci smiled and said, "Whether my daughter gets married or not, she will be against me now."
It is not her personality to escape. She has a bad habit of revenge. She has remembered the grudge against Mrs. Pei.
After learning that Qiao Xianglan was poisoned, Song Ci secretly had someone drop an antidote pill into her medicine every day to neutralize the poison. The poison was easy to cure, but the important thing was to catch the thief and seize the stolen goods. She called in the imperial physician to use him as a witness to prevent Shao Rong from cheating.
What the imperial physicians in the palace saw carried more weight than what Madam Pei said.
Xun'er was sent to Pei Ji, and within a day, her mouth was pried open.
Song Ci was not surprised at all by the answer he got.
Mrs. Pei gave Xun'er a large sum of money and asked her to pretend to be an orphan and sell herself on the street to bury her father. They had investigated in advance and knew that Qiao Xianglan was gentle and kind. This plan was tailor-made for her.
After reading the letter, she sneered. It was really a good scheme. He was treating the people of the Song family as fools.
After obtaining the evidence, Pei Ji went to find Master Pei and threw the evidence out in front of him.
Mrs. Pei Shaorong was so frightened that her face turned pale and she knelt down and said it was not her.
With the government signature and Xun'er's testimony, she can't clear herself of the guilt no matter what.
Master Pei glanced at Shao Rong mistakenly. Her delicate makeup was washed away by tears, and she was trembling with fear, looking extremely embarrassed. She no longer looked as bright and charming as before.
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