strictlysupreme Chapter 387 Who poisoned me?
Chapter 387 Who poisoned me?
"I'm just afraid that Madam won't believe me." Ruxue explained.
"Did you see it clearly? They even went to bed?" Su Qing was really surprised! Wouldn't the emperor notice if I wasn't in the palace in the middle of the night?
"I saw it clearly. The clothes were taken off and the curtains were not even drawn in time. Then... I didn't dare to look any further. But..."
"But what?" Su Qing asked impatiently.
"That servant said the child..." Ruxue hesitated to speak.
"You mean the child is not a dragonborn? Probably not. Su Wanrong shouldn't dare to do that. Stop making wild guesses!" Su Qing felt that no matter how stupid Su Wanrong was, she wouldn't dare to do such a thing! After all, this was a crime of deceiving the emperor. Once discovered, she would lose her head.
Su Qing shook her head, trying to get rid of these troubles in her mind. She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. However, when she thought of what she saw last night, she still couldn't calm down.
When she returned to the mansion, it was already daybreak. Exhausted, Su Qing went straight to bed without taking a shower. She hoped to find some answers in her dreams, or at least temporarily forget about these troubles.
The next morning, Ruyi was already waiting at the door. Wu Yanran walked into the room and saw Su Qing still sleeping, so she gently closed the door and left.
Time passed until the afternoon when Su Qing slowly woke up. She felt a little heavy and did not sleep well. She felt hungry but had no appetite.
"Shuilian? Ling'er? Yanran?" Su Qing called out softly, trying to find a familiar figure. However, no one responded to her call.
Just as Su Qing was thinking, Wu Yanran opened the door and walked in, "Madam, you are finally awake. Ruyi has been back early in the morning and has been waiting for you to get up."
"So soon? Let him in and answer the question outside the screen first." There was a hint of surprise and expectation in Su Qing's voice.
Wu Yanran obeyed and left, and a moment later she led Ruyi into the room. Then, she went into the inner room again and helped Su Qing dress and put on makeup.
"My humble servant greets Madam." Ruyi bowed to Su Qing.
"Have you discovered anything? Have you found out who is the mastermind behind this?" Su Qing asked impatiently.
"Madam, the investigation was originally difficult to progress, but... it seems that someone is deliberately leading us to uncover the truth." Ruyi's answer made Su Qing feel confused.
"What does this mean? Does the person who poisoned us intend to be caught by us?" Su Qing frowned.
"The person who poisoned is... your fifth sister-in-law, the legitimate daughter of Duke Meng, Meng Zhiyuan." Ruyi's words exploded in Su Qing's ears like thunder.
"What? Say it again! I didn't hear clearly! Who poisoned you?" Su Qing couldn't believe her ears. She widened her eyes and looked shocked. This news was so shocking to her that she hoped she had heard it wrong.
"Madam, it's Meng Zhiyuan."
Su Qing felt dizzy. How could it be her? Why did she do this?
"Is there any evidence?" Su Qing forced herself to remain calm.
"Someone saw her poisoning your aunt's medicinal food." Ruyi replied quickly.
"I'm going to ask her in person!" Su Qing's eyes were determined. She wanted to find out what was going on. She had suspected everyone in the General's Mansion, except Meng Zhiyuan.
"Madam, Ru Hu wants to see you." Wu Yanran said at the right time.
"Let him in, too!"
"I am here to see you, Madam."
"How is the investigation going? Is it possible that the general's wife would take action against my aunt?"
"Madam, I have not found anything unusual. The general's wife has been concentrating on worshipping Buddha in recent days and has not made any other moves."
"Forget it, you guys go wait outside the door for a while, and then come with me to the general's mansion. Oh, by the way, call Ruxue and Rumei."
"Yes, Madam, I will take my leave." After Ru Hu and Ru Yi respectfully left the room, Su Qing stared at herself in the bronze mirror silently, her face looking extremely haggard. "Yan Ran, why do you think Meng Zhi Yuan acted like this? Is it just because I didn't help her?"
"I really don't understand. Maybe my aunt offended her unintentionally?"
"It's impossible. You don't know that my aunt has always been a law-abiding person. If not, with the temperament of the general's wife, how could my aunt be safe and sound until now?" Su Qing sighed softly. She couldn't figure out the real reason behind Meng Zhiyuan's behavior.
After washing and tidying up, Su Qing looked much more energetic.
Ruxue and Rumei walked in after seeing Su Qing finish cleaning up, "Madam, you called us?"
"Shui Lian made sweet-scented osmanthus cakes today. You can put the remaining sweet-scented osmanthus cakes into the food box and I will take them to my aunt. You can also come with me."
"It's ma'am."
Afterwards, Su Qing took Ruxue, Rumei, Ruhu and Ruyi to the general's mansion.
Su Qing had just gotten off the carriage when she saw General Su getting on his horse and preparing to leave. She hurriedly trotted over to stop General Su: "Father~"
Su Qing saluted General Su and said, "Hello, father. Where are you going?"
"Oh? Why are you here? What's the matter?" General Su asked puzzledly.
"Father, do you know that my aunt is sick?" Su Qing looked at General Su with concern.
"Your aunt is sick. Didn't I ask a doctor to prescribe medicine for her? Why, her condition hasn't improved yet?" General Su seemed unaware of the situation.
When Su Qing heard General Su's answer, she swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'm much better. My daughter was just a little worried, so she came to see me."
"That's good. In that case, you should go and take care of your aunt. I have urgent matters to attend to and need to go to the palace to see the emperor. Let's have dinner together when I come back." After General Su finished speaking, he raised his whip and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.
Su Qing looked at General Su's departing back and felt a little lost.
She sighed, rushed to Aunt Liu's residence first, fed her the medicine personally, and stayed by her side until she fell asleep peacefully before getting up and going to Su Jinqi's yard.
Arriving at Su Jinqi's yard, Su Qing couldn't help but frown. She saw that the door was heavily guarded. The whole yard was like a cage, making people feel depressed and suffocated.
The soldier at the door had never seen Su Qing before, so he stopped her and asked, "Excuse me, who is this lady?"
Seeing this, Ruxue hurriedly stood in front of Su Qing and shouted, "This is our Marquis's wife, the Sixth Miss of the General's Mansion. She has come here specially to visit her Fifth Sister-in-law. How can you stop her!"
The two soldiers looked at each other and said in panic, "Madam, please calm down. We are just following the general's orders. Please forgive us." After that, they stepped aside to make way.
Su Qing walked into the yard with heavy steps. Every two steps, she could see soldiers guarding. She thought to herself: What on earth is Su Jinqi trying to do? Arranging so many outsiders here, didn't he consider that Meng Zhiyuan would be inconvenienced at all?
Finally, we arrived at the door of the main house. There were only a few maids guarding it, but they were obviously not ordinary maids.
Su Qing glanced at Ruxue and Rumei, and motioned Rumei to go forward and tell her to tell him something. Rumei understood what she meant, and walked forward and said to the maid, "Excuse me, is your wife in the house? Please tell her that the Marquis's wife is here to visit her."