Jiang Zhenlin gritted his teeth and glared at Lin Qingwan, his gaze like a knife scraping her heart, as if to say, "Let's see if you can withstand my second punch."
Lin Qingwan's temples were throbbing with pain, and she knew she wouldn't last much longer without a second punch.
"Miss, have some hot tea." Qiu Hong returned carrying a hot water bottle, followed by Xia Yan, who looked very uneasy.
Lin Qingwan and Qiu Hong exchanged a glance. "Thank you."
Seeing that her voice was broken, Qiu Hong felt very sorry for her. "Prime Minister, the young master's fist is no joke. Please let the royal physician examine the young lady. She can barely speak."
Jiang Su merely tilted his head slightly towards Lin Qingwan's direction. "The imperial physician is preparing medicine for your mother, you..."
Lin Qingwan took a deep breath. "Mother is the priority. I can manage."
Jiang Su then fell silent.
A little while later, Mu Xue returned with the butler.
The box containing the fox fur was also brought over untouched. When Mu Xue opened it, the begonia red coat was reflected in everyone's eyes.
Jiang Yanwan's pupils constricted, completely unaware that the scalding tea had spilled onto the back of her hand.
Xia Yan covered her mouth. She had seen Granny Lai carrying the fox fur coat with her own eyes. How could this be!
Jiang Zhenlin choked on the curse that was about to come out, rushed over and violently shook open the fox fur coat, exclaiming in astonishment, "How...?"
Granny Lai felt as if the sky had fallen. "Impossible!"
how so!
Jiang Su took in everyone's expressions, and when he looked at Lin Qingwan, he sighed almost imperceptibly.
Jiang Zhenlin had repeatedly confirmed that the fox fur coat was indeed made by the palace. So what was it that he saw that night?
He habitually glanced at Lin Qingwan, and this time he saw the red marks on her neck where he had pinched her, and the way she was tightly clutching her heart...
He turned his face away guiltily and said blankly, "I saw with my own eyes that Granny Lai gave the fox fur coat to her nephew, there's no mistake."
Mu Xue stood ramrod straight. "Lai Pozi put medicine in Miss Qingwan's food on the second day after she arrived at Ningsi Garden. The young lady didn't have any symptoms because they were afraid of implicating the eldest young lady and the young master. That's why they didn't allow her to come into the room to serve her."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhenlin seemed to have found a way to clear his name. He turned around and kicked the old woman hard, yelling, "You vile thing, you poisoned my food! You're tired of living!"
Lin Qingwan curled her lips in a mocking smile and said with difficulty, "If Young Master Jiang is not mistaken, then there is another identical begonia red fox fur coat."
Jiang Yanwan's teacup shattered on the floor with a "crack".
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