Hua Cui's eyes widened upon hearing this, and she quickly ran outside. Only after confirming that no one else was around did she breathe a sigh of relief.
He closed the door tightly again and looked helplessly at Jiang Mingwei.
"Miss, you can't say these things so openly anymore. If someone overhears you, it will cause a lot of trouble!"
"So what? She's the one who does it but doesn't admit it, not me. I'm already lucky I wasn't killed by her. Am I supposed to keep putting up with her?"
Jiang Mingwei pursed her lips and poured herself a sip of tea.
Hua Cui sighed, but couldn't help asking, "How did you find out, Miss? Did you discover something?"
“I went there today to test her, but I didn’t expect Wei Jing to be there too. We were thinking the same thing.”
"The Zhou family concealed it very well, but upon hearing that Wei Jing had been assassinated, she seemed not at all surprised, nor did she show any regret or frustration at his survival; on the contrary, she was remarkably calm!"
Jiang Mingwei carefully recalled every detail of her meeting with Zhou Shi today and couldn't help but sigh.
"The calmer she is, the more it shows that she is forcibly suppressing her emotions. But I always feel that she didn't do this alone, there must be someone helping her behind the scenes!"
"As for who it is, that's beyond my ability to guess... Let's leave it to the Grand Secretary and Wei Jing to investigate!"
After saying that, she waved her hand and drank the tea in her cup in one gulp.
Hua Cui massaged her shoulders while teasing her.
"If it really is the old lady, wouldn't Miss have suffered a huge loss? She clearly wanted to kill you and Second Master, and yet Miss still gave her a gold hairpin? That gold hairpin is worth a lot of money! Miss just gave it away like that, it's such a pity..."
"pity?"
Jiang Mingwei snorted softly, narrowed her eyes slightly, and raised her head arrogantly, looking as if she was determined to win.
"Your young lady doesn't do unprofitable deals! Even if she doesn't get her money back, she'll still have to pay some interest. That hairpin isn't so easy to take! Since she took it, she naturally has to bear the corresponding consequences!"
After saying that, he smiled smugly.
Hua Cui was puzzled, but seeing her young mistress's wicked smile, she knew that she must be up to no good!
Her hand movements paused slightly, and Hua Cui pursed her lips.
Indeed, her young lady is no longer the pitiful little thing who used to suffer in silence and be controlled at every turn.
Now, she has the right to fight for herself!
So that night, Zhou, who had been feeling unwell all day, drank a cup of bird's nest soup as usual and then planned to go to sleep.
She had already anticipated that tonight she would toss and turn, unable to sleep a wink!
And that is indeed the case.
Unlike usual, she suddenly felt an unbearable itch all over her body, so much so that she couldn't stop scratching.
But the more you scratch, the itchier it gets!
This went on for a while, until bloody scratches appeared all over his body!
"Ling'er! Ling'er!"
Seeing that her fingernails were covered in red skin flakes and that she was about to be disfigured, Zhou finally realized something was wrong and hurriedly called out to Granny Wang.
Granny Wang woke up on the small couch and hurriedly came to Zhou Shi's side.
Seeing the scratches all over her body and face, almost bleeding, really gave me a fright!
"Madam, what...what's wrong with you?"
"Nonsense, what would I need you for if I knew? Go get a doctor to examine me, or are you trying to make me itch to death?"
"Hurry up, it's so itchy, it's killing me!"
She was still scratching incessantly. Granny Wang didn't dare to delay and quickly got up to notify all the maids in the courtyard to take care of Zhou Shi, while she went to fetch a doctor immediately.
All night long, the entire courtyard echoed with Zhou's screams of unbearable itching...
When Jiang Mingwei woke up early the next morning, he saw Hua Cui standing at the head of his bed, looking at him with a smile.
She was startled and quickly hid under the bed.
"What are you doing standing in front of my bed grinning like an idiot so early in the morning?"
"Of course, I'm happy to see you return safely, Miss! Also, I know why you gave that gold hairpin to the old lady yesterday!"
"Last night, the old lady was said to have been howling all night in her courtyard. She was covered in scratches and bloodstains, and now she's too ashamed to show her face! We don't know what happened, and after searching around, we still can't figure out what caused it. They just say it was an allergic reaction. If I'm not mistaken, it was Miss who did it, wasn't it?"
Hua Cui's eyes darted around, and she grinned.
After hearing these words, Jiang Mingwei fully woke up, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.
She stretched, her eyes filled with coldness.
"Of course! I know she loves drinking bird's nest. If she touches the hairpin alone, there's nothing wrong with it, but once she touches the bird's nest, the two will react immediately, making her unbearably itchy all over."
"It looks like an allergic reaction, but it's actually a poisoning symptom! Although it can only be used once, she'll suffer a lot."
Jiang Mingwei didn't think she was malicious at all.
Compared to what Zhou had done to her and Wei Jing, this little punishment was nothing more than a tickle, not worth mentioning!
Yawning, Jiang Mingwei asked Hua Cui to help her with her hair and makeup, as she was going out of the mansion.
"Leaving the manor? Miss just returned from the valley, and her body has been aching terribly these past few days. Why do you suddenly want to leave the manor? Why don't you rest for a couple of days before going?" Hua Cui asked, looking puzzled.
Jiang Mingwei shook her head.
"The pain in my body is nothing serious. I went to Renyifang to get some medicine to treat my internal injuries, and also to let you know something."
"Regarding the poison in my sister-in-law's body, this matter cannot be delayed!"
If Jiang Mingwei's calculations are correct, the time before Li Yihuan's second attack of the poison is fast approaching...
She needs to get ready again as soon as possible!
Seeing that Jiang Mingwei insisted, Hua Cui naturally didn't say anything more and quickly finished dressing up everything for Jiang Mingwei.
As always, her appearance was simple and elegant, with a thin layer of pearl powder on her face, making her look exceptionally radiant and beautiful.
Before leaving the general's mansion, Jiang Mingwei didn't forget to go and annoy Zhou Shi one last time.
She could have just left, but she wouldn't!
He made up an excuse, saying that he had just returned and was about to go out again, and was afraid his mother-in-law would be angry, so he came to say goodbye to his mother.
Inform her that you need to leave the residence.
At this moment, Zhou's appearance was completely ruined, and she was hiding in the tent, not daring to see anyone. So how could anyone see her?
He was furious!
She had her suspicions about the hairpin Jiang Mingwei had sent, but after consulting three or four doctors, they all said there was nothing wrong with it.
Moreover, she wasn't the only one who had come into contact with Jinchai, so she could only swallow her anger and couldn't blame anyone.
"Get out, tell her to get out of here! As long as she doesn't hang around in front of me, she can go wherever she wants. What does it matter to me if she dies out there?"
Enraged, Zhou smashed a bowl beside the bed. Wang Mama hurriedly bowed and went out to announce the news, her gaze towards Jiang Mingwei extremely unfriendly.
"Madam, the old lady is unwell and will not be seeing you!"
"However, if I may say something, since you have lost your husband, you should stay at home and not go out all the time!"
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