The carriage rolled along, heading towards the Ji residence.
As they passed through the narrow alley outside the Ji family mansion, the driver suddenly tightened the reins.
Jiang Wan lifted the lip and saw a young man sitting on the wall, arrogant and dressed in a servant's robe, waiting for her with his arms crossed.
"A-Si," Jiang Wan called out.
Ah Si raised an eyebrow and leaped down from the high wall.
"Now that things have come to this, my mission is complete. Today I will return to the Eastern Palace to report back."
He pulled a box from his sleeve and tossed it to Jiang Wan.
Here, take this back.
"Daring to use such poisons in the capital will only bring trouble upon oneself sooner or later."
"Thank you for your concern." Jiang Wan smiled and carefully put the box away. "I'll be careful."
"Who cares about you!" Ah Si curled his lip. "...I'm afraid your reckless behavior will implicate our master."
After saying that, he walked away without looking back.
At the entrance of the Ji residence, Ji Huaichuan, having received the news, waited patiently in front of the gate.
Seeing Jiang Wan get out of the car not far away, he quickly took two steps and personally came to greet her.
"cousin."
He said in a low voice, "The imperial physician sent by His Majesty just left not long ago. He prescribed two doses of medicine and didn't say anything else."
Jiang Wan nodded and followed him toward the main hall.
After all that had happened, Emperor Jingyuan concluded that Ji Rong had been poisoned by the old lady.
If one is poisoned by Gu, it can be fatal. Only the person who cast the Gu can cure the poison, and even Physician Jin is helpless.
Apart from the matriarch, no one can cure Ji Rong.
Emperor Jingyuan sent the imperial physician only to appease the Ji family.
"How is your uncle?" Jiang Wan asked.
"Father is doing well, but he's worried about you," Ji Huaichuan said as he lifted the curtain.
Ji Rong was leaning against the bed, and Wang was feeding him medicine.
Jiang Wan took off her cloak, stepped forward, and knelt directly on the floor tiles.
"I will never forget my uncle's great kindness."
Ji Rong got out of bed and quickly walked over to help her up.
His steps were brisk, showing no sign of illness.
"Good child, we're all family, why the need for such a grand ceremony?"
Wang's eyes were slightly red as she stepped forward and took Jiang Wan's hand.
Seeing her like this, Ji Rong advised, "Didn't I tell you? I'm perfectly fine. I was just pretending to be stupid to deceive Madam Yuan. You don't need to worry anymore."
"You still know how to talk big." Madam Wang glared at him. "If it weren't for A-Wan, you would have fallen into Yuan's trap long ago. I heard that once that Gu poison is planted, even a great immortal can't save you!"
She pulled Jiang Wan aside, feeling a lingering fear in her heart.
"A-Wan, how did you know that the Yuan family was going to harm your uncle?"
Jiang Wan took out a wooden box from her sleeve and opened it in front of everyone.
The lid was lifted, revealing a burst of golden light.
Everyone in the room was startled.
Ji Huaichuan was the first to react: "These are the ones raised by the Yuan family..."
"Golden Silkworm Gu".
Jiang Wan said.
Everyone in the capital knew that the Yuan family was kind-hearted, and that the Yuan family had been practicing vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures for many years. They often secluded themselves in the Buddhist hall to recite scriptures, sometimes for several days at a time.
Little did they know that she was skilled in Miao secret arts, had been secretly raising golden silkworm gu for many years, and had even secretly placed the gu in the Buddhist hall.
"When the Donglai people attacked the capital, the Yuan family was in a hurry to take refuge. Unfortunately, the Zhou family saw the Golden Silkworm Gu, and I learned about this through various channels."
"My mother's request for the late emperor to grant her a marriage was too strange. I have long suspected that she was being used by someone. The fact that the Yuan family secretly raised Gu poison has further confirmed my suspicions."
Jiang Wan's voice was very soft.
"But the matter concerning my mother happened so long ago that there is no evidence to be found. Only by forcing the Yuan family to take action again can we find a handle to use against her."
"Fortunately, at that time, Song Ziyu and Song Tingyue were both convicted, and the General's Mansion was in imminent danger. The Yuan family was plotting to exonerate the two, so I had no choice but to ask the Crown Prince for help and drive the Song family to the brink of ruin."
"As expected, the Yuan family had no other choice but to take the risk and use a forbidden technique that had been sealed away for many years."
“When she feigned illness and secluded herself to recuperate, I knew she wanted to do something to my uncle before the Ministry of Justice tried him.”
Jiang Wan paused slightly, her voice turning colder.
"Just like back then, they manipulated my mother."
Wang looked at the golden silkworm in the box with a puzzled expression: "Then why did she fail?"
Jiang Wan said, "I asked a friend to set a trap in the box, and I also had a concubine sneak into the Buddhist hall and switch the box containing the Golden Silkworm Gu the day before the trial."
Jiang Wan stroked the edge of the wooden box, her eyes deep.
"The mechanism is nothing special, except that the drug released inside will temporarily paralyze the golden silkworm."
Wang's eyes widened: "So that day, your uncle really was infected with a curse."
"The Golden Silkworm Gu is rare and its poison is potent. The Gu worm will travel along the blood to the heart, at which point it will become a heart-devouring poison, and no medicine can cure it."
Jiang Wan said.
"Although the Gu worm was implanted into my uncle's body by the Yuan family, it was paralyzed and unable to move, remaining on the surface of his skin, which allowed Zhuque to manage to remove it."
If it is allowed to flow into the bloodstream, Ji Rong will be in danger.
Ji Huaichuan suddenly realized: "That's why you sent me that book, 'Strange Tales of Miao Territory,' to remind me of my father's situation."
"This matter was kept secret; initially, only my uncle and I knew about it,"
“Yuan was cautious in her actions and had planted spies in the Ji family. In order to deceive her, we could only keep it a secret from my aunt and cousin for the time being.”
Jiang Wan spoke with a hint of guilt.
"Although the Gu worm was successfully removed that night, it was too risky. If something had gone wrong... I would have been unfilial for putting my uncle in danger."
Ji Rong shook his head: "This plan was discussed by you and me together, and I voluntarily took the risk. What does it have to do with you?"
His face darkened, and his voice became stern.
"I never imagined that Ah Ling was actually used by the Yuan family back then, ruining your marriage and ultimately losing your life! How could I stand idly by while the General's Mansion treated my Ji family's daughter like this?"
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