“Since this is a poison only found in the palace, the person who poisoned him must be someone connected to the royal family. But Miss Lin has always grown up in the countryside; how could she possibly know any royal relatives? Could it be that those people originally intended to poison Young Master Xie, but Miss Lin accidentally ingested it?”
In Xu Yuze's mind, Lin Yan was just a peasant girl with slightly more strength, and the only royal relative she had ever been in contact with was Prince Su.
But Prince Su had left the city long ago, so it was clear that the person who poisoned him could not have been him.
besides.
Only her husband is a suspect, after all, they were assassinated by men in black in the prefectural city last time...
His analysis is not without merit.
Everyone present, including Lin Yan, turned their attention to Xie Muqing.
A strong sense of embarrassment and guilt flashed across Xie Muqing's face, but he couldn't reveal the truth in front of others.
The only option was to change the subject.
"My dear wife, you must be hungry after lying here for a day and a night. Your parents are worried about you and haven't eaten yet. The food has been kept warm on the stove."
Because they were worried about their daughter, even though the food had been prepared half an hour earlier, Ye Lan and the others had no appetite.
Aunt Wang and the others could only keep their food warm on the stove before going home.
"Oh dear! I almost forgot, I'll inform them right away that the lady has woken up!"
The sudden shout startled the people in the room. By the time they came to their senses, Yang Jiayi had already disappeared from the room.
Watching his concerned and anxious back, Xie Muqing smiled with a mixture of helplessness and relief.
Concerned about Lin Yan's health, he was about to take her hand and lead her to the dining room when he suddenly remembered there were two other people inside. So he quietly lowered his outstretched hand and extended an invitation to them:
"It is getting late. I am sorry to trouble you, Young Master Xu and Doctor Yang, to stay at my humble abode for the night. There is only some simple home-cooked food. I hope you will not find it offensive."
Xu Yuze glanced at the slightly dark sky, then nodded and thanked him.
Having just witnessed the Shangguan family's secret medicine, Yang Shengjie was in high spirits and happily agreed:
"Haha, not at all bothered, it's my honor!"
As the prefect, Xu Yuze could not possibly travel alone. This time, he brought four guards with him to Xiaolin Village.
Not wanting him to stay in the old house next door, Xie Muqing sent people to clean up Yang Jiayi's and the others' house so they could stay there.
After the two of them left the house, Lin Yan did not rush to the dining room. Instead, she raised her head and stared intently at the boy in front of her.
Her little face also adopted a serious expression.
"Do you know who poisoned it? It wasn't the group from the capital, was it?"
Lin Yan initially thought that perhaps it was an assassin sent from the capital who poisoned her when she wasn't paying attention.
But when she asked that question just now, Xie Muqing's expression was very strange.
It's as if I did something to wrong her.
It's hard not to make her overthink...
Meeting her clear, watery eyes, Xie Muqing dared not look her in the eye and looked away with shame.
After a long while, he finally spoke with great difficulty:
"It was my mother who had Yiyue give you the medicine..."
Lin Yan's expression hardened.
She narrowed her almond-shaped eyes and began to slowly recall the details she had forgotten.
“Yiyue…no wonder I’ve been feeling sleepy ever since I drank that water from her…Does your mother hate me that much? She went to great lengths to get such a rare poison and then used a child’s innocence to do something so disgusting! Did she ever think about how Yiyue would cope if I really died?”
The more she talked, the angrier Lin Yan became, and the anger in her heart was hard to quell.
Although she didn't particularly like Madam Xie, Xie Yiyue was a very lovable child.
She dared not imagine how guilty she would feel if that child grew up and learned that she had poisoned her family when she was a child.
It's fine if Madam Xie dislikes her, but she shouldn't have used a child!
“My wife, although I don’t want to defend my mother, she truly didn’t know it was poison. She was foolish enough to be deceived by a villain, believing that after you drank that medicine, your fate would no longer clash with mine. My wife, I’m so sorry, you can hit me or scold me as you please…”
Because Lin Yan was still sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), Xie Muqing, who was standing, could not look her in the eye. So he knelt down in front of her, lowered his head, and explained awkwardly.
Seemingly feeling that this wasn't enough to vent her anger, he grabbed both of her hands and started hitting her.
"Heh, it seems your mother really looks down on me! If my background were noble enough, your mother probably wouldn't have gone through all this trouble, right?"
Lin Yan silently withdrew her hand, looked directly at the boy kneeling on the ground, and chuckled disdainfully.
She would never look down on her status as a peasant girl!
So what if you come from a noble family?
Still, they could be exiled and have their property confiscated just because of a word from the emperor.
So what if you come from a peasant background?
How many peasant uprisings occurred during thousands of years of feudal rule?
How many feudal emperors ultimately fell to peasant uprising armies they had always looked down upon?
The saying "Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?" is not something people of the new era would say.
The sarcasm in her tone was so strong that Xie Muqing suddenly raised his head and gripped her hands tightly.
I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I'll never be able to hold her hand again...
“My wife, it’s not like that! My mother is only upset about me marrying into the family, it has nothing to do with your background. Don’t worry, my wife, I will handle this matter.”
Looking at the handsome young man in front of her, Lin Yan revealed a mocking smile.
The voice, devoid of any warmth, questioned:
"Ha! What are you planning to do? She's your mother, are you really going to kill her for me?"
It wasn't that Lin Yan didn't trust Xie Muqing.
But she dared not hope that in a feudal era that placed such importance on filial piety, a man would break with his own mother for the sake of his wife.
Xie Muqing's pupils suddenly contracted.
Faced with her question, his mind went blank. He opened his mouth silently, but his throat was so dry that he couldn't utter a sound.
At that moment, time seemed to stand still.
All that remained were the sounds of the cold wind blowing outside and the breathing of the two people inside.
After a long while, Xie Muqing finally answered with great difficulty:
“She is, after all, my mother, I cannot… but I will personally shatter her last remaining illusions…”
His expression was so strange that Lin Yan couldn't help but feel curious and tentatively asked:
What are you planning to do?
"I……"
"Daughter, you're finally awake! You scared your mother to death, waaaaah..."
Xie Muqing was about to answer when he was interrupted by an excited cry, and he had to swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
He had been kneeling on one knee, but quickly stood up when someone intruded.
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