Chapter 155: Took the bait
Xue was placed in the lower courtyard, and Shen Ning personally took her pulse and prescribed a decoction. Qi Yue personally watched the decoction outside, and Shen Ning asked several maids in her yard to guard and not allow anyone else to approach.
July was busy in and out, and only took a break when it was dark. He sat aside and directed the maids in Lianchiyuan to continue decocting medicine.
Shen Ning was giving acupuncture to Xue in the house.
People outside couldn't get in, and no one knew that in the room, Shen Ning actually did nothing. Across from her, Wu Yue was reporting to Shen Ning in a low voice.
"It was the slave called Sijiu from the lower slave yard. He was tall and strong and had some martial arts skills. I followed him for a long time. After he returned to the lower slave yard, he collected hay, washed and fed the horses and was busy working. He didn't see anyone."
"Very cautious." Shen Ning smiled: "It's okay, there are plenty of ways."
All night long, July stayed outside Xue's door, watching the maid boil and feed medicine. When it was almost dawn, Xue's cough was heard in the room. It was a heart-wrenching cough, but she was finally able to make a sound.
Qiyue jumped up, then quickly stood guard at the door and asked Honghe, the head maid of Lianchiyuan, to ask Shen Ning: "Tell the eldest lady that Xue has woken up."
So, while eating breakfast, Xie Yunqing learned the news and asked Shen Ning, who was eating seriously: "Ning Ning, is Xue awake?"
Across from her, Shen Nian's hands under the table tightened slightly, then she remembered something and loosened them again, saying with anticipation, "It's great that she's awake. She must know who hurt her."
Shen Chengxi couldn’t help but ask, “What did Xue say?”
Shen Ning shook her head: "I woke up for a moment and said four... I don't know what it means, but it doesn't matter. I'll treat it well for another day and it will definitely be much better tomorrow."
"Four?" Shen Chengxi frowned: "Four what? Four people beat her?"
Xie Yunqing also frowned slightly. At this moment, Qingcheng, the head maid behind Xie Yunqing, cautiously spoke: "Madam, there are several slaves in our lower slave yard whose names contain the character 'four'."
Xie Yunqing was suddenly shocked: "Really?"
Qingcheng nodded. "I bought those people last year. The trafficker gave them random names: Four Six, Four Seven, Four Eight, and Four Nine."
Xie Yunqing immediately said, "Go and have someone capture those four slaves and interrogate them thoroughly."
Qingcheng Fu Shen: "Yes."
Shen Nian lowered his eyes.
Soon, the four slaves were caught and interrogated by the housekeeper Shen Bo himself, while Shen Chengxi watched with a sullen face.
When asked who was not in the backyard when Xue's accident happened yesterday, the four people were stunned for a moment, and then immediately pointed out. However, the four of them pointed at each other, and I don't know if they were acting.
When the housekeeper reported back to Xie Yunqing, Shen Ning was telling Xie Yunqing about opening a shop. Hearing this, he didn't care at all: "It doesn't matter, don't worry, when Xue wakes up tomorrow, she will know who it is. Then drag him out and beat him to death. That's it."
Shen Nian was embroidering with Qing Cheng nearby. When she heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then smiled with a bit of fear, “Sister is so fierce.”
Shen Ning looked at her with a half-smile: "If you don't act fierce even though you've been framed, I can become a monk and chant Buddha's name."
Xie Yunqing patted her forehead and said, "Don't talk nonsense."
That night, July was still guarding outside Xue's door... But she had been guarding for two days and one night, and the little girl was obviously very sleepy. While watching the two maids decoct medicine, she leaned against the pillar outside the door and dozed off, her head nodding sleepily.
A maid came forward and whispered, "Miss Qiyue, the medicine is ready."
Qiyue forced herself to open her eyes, yawned, and then waved her hand: "Go in and feed her. I can hardly open my eyes."
After she finished speaking vaguely, she fell asleep again.
The maid responded and entered the room cautiously.
The master said, first see if Xue is really going to wake up. If there are signs of waking up, feed her the pill. If she is not awake, don't make trouble and just do what needs to be done.
Arriving at Mrs. Xue's bedside, the little girl tentatively called out in a low voice: "Mother Xue, Mother Xue..."
The next moment she saw Xue on the bed opening her eyes with difficulty, moving her mouth, then closing her eyes again and muttering something in a low voice.
As the little girl got closer, she heard Xue repeating, "Four-nine, four-nine... Four-nine kills me..."
Her heart skipped a beat, she swallowed, then took out a pill from her sleeve and threw it into the boiled medicine.
The next moment, she carefully lifted up Xue's head and fed the medicine bowl to Xue's mouth: "Mother Xue, drink the medicine."
Don't blame me, these are all the master's orders. Their bodies are in the master's hands, and their family members, young and old, are also in the master's hands, so they have no choice but to obey his orders.
Besides, Xue was not a good person and often bullied these little girls.
"Drink it, take the medicine, Mother Xue." The little girl's hands trembled slightly, but her eyes were cold and cruel.
But at this moment, she saw that Xue, who had been weak just now, suddenly opened her eyes and gave her a strange smile.
The little girl screamed in shock and fell backwards subconsciously, but was grabbed by "Mrs. Xue" and the medicine bowl in her hand was taken away steadily.
Qiyue, who had just been outside and was too sleepy to open her eyes, walked in and asked with a smile, "Is it her?"
"Mrs. Xue" got up and hummed, "There's medicine in the bowl."
After saying that, "Mrs. Xue" touched her face and pulled down the hood, revealing May's face... The maid on the ground had turned pale in an instant.
Soon, the entire Shen family was alarmed. After all, it was no small matter for a servant to frame the eldest daughter, and who knew if there was someone behind it.
Old Madam Shen, Shen Xiuhe and Xie Yunqing sat at the top. On the ground, the maid who poisoned the food, the maid who accused July of doing it, and the four slaves in the backyard were all dragged up.
Xie Yunqing pointed at the one who poisoned her: "Ask her first. If she doesn't tell the truth, beat her to death. Even strip her pants and beat her."
"Madam, please spare me, madam, please spare me!" The maid kowtowed like pounding garlic and trembled like a sieve.
Chen Ning asked her: "Why did you cover up for Sijiu? Who ordered you to do so?"
When they heard Shen Ning directly point out the name of "Sijiu", everyone's expression changed slightly. The maid knew that it must be Xue who had woken up, otherwise how could the eldest lady know that it was Sijiu and not the other three.
Seeing that the truth had been revealed, the maid trembled and fell to the ground. "This servant, this servant and Sijiu...were in love. Madam Xue had bullied this servant several times before, and I was so angry that I asked Sijiu to vent my anger. I didn't expect that I accidentally beat her and seriously injured her. In desperation, I threw her into the eldest lady's yard."
The maid trembled and cried, "Because I knew that the young lady had taught Madam Xue a lesson a few days ago, I tried to exonerate myself. I was momentarily bewildered by the devil. I beg Madam, please spare my life, please spare my life, young lady!"
Shen Xiuhe signaled to the housekeeper Shen Bo, who stepped forward and was about to speak when he was stopped by Shen Ning: "This matter is directed at my daughter, why not let my daughter ask."
Chen Xiuhe frowned, and Xie Yunqing immediately said, "That's right. Ningning, you will judge."
Chen Ning turned to look at the slave and asked him in a deep voice, "Sijiu, when did you have an affair with Cui Yuan?"
The two maids were stunned. At this moment, the slave said in a deep voice, "Half a year ago, I was injured and Cui Yuan helped me once. Since then, I have developed feelings for her..."
"Yeah?"
Shen Ning smiled: "But the girl just now is not called Cui Yuan, she is Xiao Liu."
Sijiu immediately said, "Just now, I followed what the young lady said and thought Xiao Liu's other name was Cui Yuan."
Xie Yunqing slammed the table. "You still dare to quibble? Her name is neither Xiao Liu nor Cui Yuan. Who ordered you to do this? Tell the truth!"
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