Chapter 10 Someone Poisoned
He Zhiran's two maids who came with her as a dowry lived in the same room. Qiaoyu was on duty today, and Qiaoxin had already gone to bed.
The sound of the door opening woke Qiao Xin up. She thought it was Qiao Yu who had returned, and asked vaguely, "Qiao Yu, why are you back?"
"It's me." He Zhiran spoke up to clear her up.
Qiao Xin sat up quickly and put on her shoes and went downstairs.
"Miss, is there anything you want to tell me?"
He Zhiran didn't want to waste time and directly put the two indentures on the table.
"Take your indentures and leave the Duke's Mansion tonight. From now on, you are free."
The two of them couldn't understand what the eldest lady was doing.
"Miss, if Qiaoxin does anything wrong, you can just scold her and beat her."
"Yes, Miss, Qiaoyu also wants to serve you for the rest of her life."
He Zhiran knew very well that these two maids were loyal to him.
She said helplessly: "Just now, the Duke came back and said that he had angered the emperor. If nothing unexpected happens, the emperor will punish the Duke's Mansion.
By then, we won't be able to protect ourselves, so how can we care about your life or death?
Rather than having you sold out again by the government, I would rather set you free now."
After he finished speaking, He Zhiran took out forty taels of silver from the cover of his sleeves and gave twenty taels to each of them.
The two little girls didn't expect that the eldest lady let them go for this reason, and for a moment they could not accept this fact.
After all, the idea that they have to serve the eldest lady for the rest of their lives is deeply ingrained in them.
"Miss, Qiao Xin won't leave."
"Qiaoyu won't leave either."
If it were in the past, He Zhiran would choose to explain it to them bit by bit. However, at the moment, she did not have so much energy and time to do so.
"You won't be able to object to this matter. Pack your bags now. I'll send someone to escort you out of the house in a quarter of an hour."
"Miss..."
Seeing that Qiaoyu wanted to say something, He Zhiran raised his hand to stop her: "Okay, no need to say anything more."
She let the two maids go free here, and Mo Jiuye was not idle either.
After He Zhiran left, he called over several capable servants who usually served him and set them free in the same way.
As for the other servants in the Duke's Mansion, it depends on the decision of my mother and sisters-in-law.
All the servants who had returned their indentures were sent away by daybreak.
He Zhiran glanced at the clock in the space and saw that it was already past five in the morning.
The kitchen of the Duke's Mansion was emptied by He Zhiran. Later, because she wanted to move supplies from the national treasury, she piled all the kitchen utensils that took up space in the ear room.
Fortunately, there was a small kitchen in Mrs. Mo's yard.
Even if she really had to be exiled, she had to eat her fill before leaving, so Madam Mo directly ordered someone to cook porridge in her small kitchen.
At this time, the porridge was already cooked, and an elderly woman came to the bridal chamber to invite people over for breakfast.
As for the fact that He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye had to offer tea to their mother-in-law on their wedding day, it was all ignored.
He Zhiran looked at Mo Jiuye who was still lying on the bed and asked, "Are you going to have breakfast with your mother?"
Mo Jiuye shook his head: "I won't go. I'll continue to pretend to be unconscious."
He Zhiran knew that Mo Jiuye's action was correct.
Since the emperor chose to let him into the palace to make things difficult for him last night, wasn't it just to let him be seriously injured and die on the way to exile?
If he were to go out alive and well, the emperor might find out and come up with other ways to deal with the Mohists.
Rather than being attacked by someone without any warning, it is better to pretend to be unconscious and avoid disaster at any cost.
"I'll go take a look and bring you some food."
After He Zhiran finished speaking, he followed the old woman to the courtyard where Madam Mo lived.
The Mo family members all knew the rules very well, and several sisters-in-law and younger sisters-in-law had already arrived at the old lady's yard.
A group of women all sat obediently at the dining table in the living room. No one would pick up their chopsticks first unless Mrs. Mo gave the order.
Old Madam Mo was thinking that after Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran arrived, everyone would start eating together.
After all, today is my son's first day of marriage, so it has to be more formal.
Seeing that only He Zhiran came, Mo Hanyue, who was unaware that the Mo family was about to face a disaster, went out to greet him warmly.
She smiled and took He Zhiran's arm: "Sister-in-law Jiu, why didn't my brother Jiu come with you?"
One look at Mo Hanyue's condition and it was clear that he had no idea what was happening at home.
He Zhiran simply continued to conceal the truth: "Your ninth brother came back late from the palace last night and just fell asleep now."
Mo Hanyue had no doubts about this explanation.
"Brother Jiu has worked hard, let him sleep a little longer. Sister Jiu, come quickly, let's have breakfast."
Madam Mo and the other sisters-in-law all knew what was going on, but they didn't ask any further questions like Mo Hanyue did.
But everyone's faces didn't look good.
When Mrs. Mo saw He Zhiran coming to the table, she personally invited her to take a seat.
"Ms. He, you know the situation at home. It's your first day of marriage, and there's not much to prepare. Let's just make do with some simple food for now."
"Mother, this is good enough."
As he spoke, He Zhiran sat down next to Mo Hanyue.
She glanced at the rice porridge in front of her and immediately frowned.
"Mother, sisters-in-law, who prepared this porridge?"
Old Madam Mo picked up the bowl and was about to take a sip of rice porridge when she heard He Zhiran's question and put it down again.
"It was prepared by the maid in my yard. What's wrong?"
"Mother, sisters-in-law, this porridge is poisonous."
Hearing this, several sisters-in-law and Mo Hanyue hurriedly put down their bowls of porridge, and their eyes all fell on He Zhiran.
"Ms. He, you said the porridge is poisonous?" Mrs. Mo's eyes were full of disbelief.
He Zhiran said affirmatively: "Mother, if I am not mistaken, this is a deadly poison called ascension. Once a person takes it, there is no possibility of survival."
As soon as she finished speaking, a maid ran in in a panic to report: "Oh no, old lady, I don't know what happened to Chen Pozi and Cui Ya. After drinking a sip of water, they suddenly fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth..."
"What did you say?" Madam Mo quickly stood up and walked out in small steps.
"Where are they?"
"To answer the old lady, they are all in the ear room!"
Several sisters-in-law and He Zhiran followed Madam Mo to the ear room.
Sure enough, the two people that Mrs. Chen mentioned were lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, twitching all over, with their eyelids rolled up, and they looked like they were about to die.
After checking, Madam Mo turned around and came out, her eyes falling on He Zhiran.
"Someone must have poisoned me."
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