Chapter 365 The Medicine Bowl is Poisonous
"Deliberately making me worry."
"What are you worried about? Me? Are you worried about me, Pei Ji?"
"I can."
"I like you to worry about me. I like you to always worry about me and miss me, so that you will never forget me." She suddenly said this, which made Pei Ji inexplicably flustered.
"Why are you saying this all of a sudden? I'm by your side, so why should I worry about you? I'll be there for you, and as long as I'm there for you, you won't have to worry."
Song Ci suddenly started laughing like she was having a seizure, and Wanxiang and Tian'er couldn't bear to watch it.
It seems like the lady has always been like this. She becomes a different person after drinking.
Pei Ji didn't sleep well the whole night. Song Ci kept talking to him about everything, from food to the people and things around them. She spoke incoherently, and Pei Ji smiled and agreed helplessly.
After closing the door, Wanxiang walked to the porch and said to Tian'er, "My son-in-law is so kind. Madam has been talking to him all night."
Tian'er chuckled: "The uncle likes the lady."
Wanxiang nodded, supporting her chin with both hands, "I don't know when I will meet someone like my uncle who loves me unconditionally."
Tian'er laughed at her, "Sister Wanxiang, are you eager to get married? I'll tell the lady someday and ask her to choose one for you."
Wanxiang glared at her and said, "Good for you. Now you're even teasing me."
The two of them laughed together.
The next day, Song Ci went to the main courtyard to pay her respects to Madam Pei. Qiao Yun was also there, sitting next to Madam Pei with a flattering look on his face.
Seeing Song Ci, she smiled and turned to Madam Pei and said, "Madam, you have a really good temper. It took the young lady so long to come and pay her respects to you, and you didn't get angry at all."
Madam Pei covered her face and smiled, with sarcasm in her eyes: "Angry? I have a good temper and don't get angry with people. Besides, people who follow rules will always follow rules, and people who don't follow rules can't be taught."
"You said so."
Qiao Yun smiled and agreed, "Madam is right. Young Madam, I'm not saying this as your elder sister, but you really should be filial to Madam. Madam is kind and good-natured, a rare good mother-in-law. If it were anyone else, they would have said you were unfilial long ago."
Song Ci smiled and said, "What kind of sister are you? You are talking nonsense here."
Qiao Yun didn't expect Song Ci to be so disrespectful and his face turned ugly.
Qiao Yun: "What do you mean?"
Song Ci: "What do you think I mean? You keep saying you are my sister, but what kind of sister are you? A concubine's daughter of the Qiao family, or an illegitimate daughter born to a concubine? With what identity are you talking to me?"
Qiao Yun was furious. "It seems you look down on me as your sister. And now that the young lady is married to the prince, she has a noble status and doesn't want to associate with relatives like us."
Song Ci: "It's good that you know. You stay at Pei's house all day and even point fingers at me. Qiao Yun, should I say you are shameless or thick-skinned?"
Mrs. Pei scolded: "That's enough, she is your sister after all, how can you talk to her like that?"
Song Ci raised her eyes, her cold gaze stern, "Why, Madam, are you trying to flatter her? If she points at me and scolds me like this, it will be detrimental to the Pei family's reputation and face if it gets out. If someone didn't know, they would think that Madam instigated Qiao Yun to go against me."
Mrs. Pei: "Nonsense."
Song Ci laughed again: "I was just saying it casually. I don't think Madam would choose such a fool."
Qiao Yun was so angry that her chest heaved violently and she almost couldn't breathe. When had she ever been so angry?
Not only did he point fingers at her and scold her, he also pointed out the identity issue that she cared about the most. Saying that she was an illegitimate daughter really made her angry, but then she thought about what Song Ci would face later, and Qiao Yun felt much better.
Just wait and see, she will eventually show up.
Madam Pei stroked her forehead and said, "As a mother-in-law, I can't say a word. Forget it, stepmothers have always had a hard time."
Song Ci: "Madam, don't be angry. Qiao Yun is a little stupid. She didn't serve me well. I will let her go back later."
Seeing that everything was fine, and now he was talking about himself again, Qiao Yun could no longer bear it, "Song Ci, are you done yet?"
Song Ci: "It's not over yet."
Qiao Yun was speechless. He had thought that Song Ci would at least act politely in front of Madam Pei and not be so presumptuous. He did not expect that she would still be so arrogant in front of her mother-in-law. Why did she allow herself to be like this?
Soon the servants brought up the medicine. As soon as Mrs. Pei entered the room, she shouted, "Finally it's here! My head hurts. Please serve me the medicine quickly."
Qiao Yun suddenly said, "Young Madam, why don't you take care of Madam's medicine? You don't have to be filial to Madam, but you should be able to take care of her medicine."
She smiled harmlessly, and suddenly became friendly again. Song Ci narrowed her eyes slightly and replied after a while: "Okay."
Seeing that she agreed, Qiao Yun became even more proud. He glanced at the medicine bowl and couldn't suppress his excitement.
Song Ci brought the medicine bowl and stirred it with a spoon. Mrs. Pei kept shouting that she had a headache and wanted to take medicine.
Everyone in the room has their own thoughts.
"Ma'am, take your medicine."
When a spoonful of medicine was fed to her mouth, Mrs. Pei's eyes moved and she suddenly shouted, "This medicine doesn't taste right."
The maid also ran over to smell it, her face slightly surprised, "This smell is indeed wrong. When I brought the medicine just now, it didn't smell like this."
Song Ci looked at her, "Can you smell this medicine?"
The maidservant said: "I am responsible for decocting this medicine every day. I can naturally smell the difference in the smell."
Madam Pei looked weak. "Who could it be? Is someone trying to harm me?"
Song Ci said nothing, pursed her lips and watched their performance.
The maid suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Song Ci, "Could it be... Could it be the young lady?"
You could hear a pin drop in the house.
Qiao Yun's reaction was the most intense. She stood up and pointed at Song Ci: "Song Ci, you're really going too far. Just because you don't like Madam, do you want to drug her and harm her?"
Song Ci glanced at her with a cold look, "The matter has not been concluded yet. What makes you say that I drugged her?"
Qiao Yun retorted, "Who else could it be? Everyone knows that you don't like Madam."
Madam Pei weakly tried to comfort him, "Stop arguing. You can't arguing with someone without any evidence."
Qiao Yun said, "Madam, you are too kind. The medicine bowl was held in Song Ci's hand just now. She is skilled in medicine. Apart from her, no one else would have had the opportunity to tamper with it."
After hesitating for a long time, Madam Pei said, "Go call the master over. This matter could be a big deal or a small one. Let's talk about it slowly behind closed doors."
Song Ci sat upright, her calm eyes without a ripple, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.
Qiao Yun was pleased with herself. The medicine bowl had been tampered with. If they insisted that Song Ci had done it, she would be accused of harming her mother-in-law. Madam Pei would use this as leverage to control the household, and Song Ci would never get a chance to touch it.
A young lady who has no power to manage the household is not worthy of the title.
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