Chapter 148: Peeling off the cocoon
"What's wrong with you?" Shu Jinhua was surprised, you know, Chu Xue is the pistachio next to her, if she usually has a distraught time, as long as she chats with Chu Xue to relieve her boredom, she can recover immediately.
But now that this pistachio child is wiping tears in front of her, the surprise in Shu Jinhua's heart is greater than the expectation of wanting to know the result.
Chu Xue opened her mouth, but before she could speak, tears fell first.
Coupled with that convulsive expression, Shu Jin couldn't help but want to laugh when he wasn't authentic.
"Miss...... You...... You still joke...... Speech...... People ......" The more Chu Xue cried, the more she couldn't stop it, while wiping her tears with the back of her hand, she said awkwardly.
"Okay, okay, I don't laugh at you." Shu Jinhua hurriedly surrendered and apologized, seeing that Chu Xue had not stopped her tears, she had to pull the person down and sit down beside her, and wiped Chu Xue's face with a handkerchief, "Wipe it quickly, such a big girl, she is still crying her nose, it's not a shame." β
"And there are no outsiders in the ...... Slaves and maids are not afraid of disgrace. Chu Xue's heart was sour, but she felt warm.
Miss treats them well on weekdays, not only does she get along amiably, but she also treats them like sisters. But the more this happened, the more uncomfortable Chu Xue felt in her heart.
She took the order in the morning, thinking that she must do it well and relieve her worries for her young lady. But when the results really came out, she felt ashamed.
The two things that the young lady asked her to give to Elder Motong turned out to be very problematic.
The Primrose Pavilion is usually used in the stove for incense. was put in a large amount of drugs, no wonder I am usually extremely vigilant and have been so sleepy recently. But such an obvious abnormality, I didn't even notice it at all. If it weren't for the young lady's timely discovery. Presumably she wouldn't have found out about it all along.
And the densely wrapped strip of cloth, which was stained with poison. After Elder Motong saw it, he called the person who used the medicine poisonous, and listened to Elder Motong say that although this poison will not kill immediately, it has psychedelic symptoms. The poisoned will be scared to death in a terrified illusion.
Chu Xue was shocked when she heard this, how did the young lady get this cloth strip contaminated with poison. She didn't know anything.
It is conceivable that the young lady must have done some dangerous thing to hide from them.
When returning from Prince Heng's mansion. Hatsuyuki has been in a state of self-blame. Finally, when I saw Shu Jin's painting, I couldn't help but burst out.
I couldn't stop crying.
"It's a good first snow, good. Don't cry, don't cry. You see, what if the eyes are red and swollen and become unpretty? Shu Jinhua used all the coaxing methods that he was not good at, and also turned out a beauty mirror with a handle, and said according to Chu Xue's red eyes.
Chu Xue looked at herself in the mirror, and this look startled her. The person with red and swollen eyes and all the makeup spent, is it really himself? She herself didn't believe it anymore.
Sneaking another look. Chu Xue hung her head and wiped it on her face with a handkerchief, and finally stopped shedding tears, so she raised her head again.
Shu Jinhua breathed a sigh of relief. She really didn't expect that Chu Xue, who seemed to be the strongest girl, would cry so hard.
"Go and wash it, let me face your flowery face, I'm afraid of nightmares at night." Shu Jinhua pretended to be disgusted and pushed Chu Xue to the bath room.
"Oh. The slave and maid know. Chu Xue said sullenly, and started to fetch water. Picked up a handful and compressed her eyes, and her red, swollen and painful eyes came into contact with the cool clean water, which made her feel a lot more comfortable in an instant.
Seriously washed off the light makeup on her face, Chu Xue also sorted out her mood in this moment, and after making sure that she would not cry anymore, she returned to the study.
Shu Jinhua did not sit behind the table, but sat down on a low couch with a light blue brocade mattress by the window, and when she saw Chu Xue come in, she beckoned her and motioned for her to sit beside her.
"Still crying?" Chu Xue moved sullenly to Shu Jinhua's side, Shu Jinhua was helpless, and directly stretched out his hand to drag the person to his side and sit down, raised his eyebrows and asked.
Chu Xue quickly looked up at Shu Jinhua, and hurriedly lowered her head, shook her head quickly, but did not make a sound.
"Speak." Shu Jinhua shouted loudly, she didn't mind coaxing the little girl who was in a bad mood, but the exposure of love can only be temporary, and after venting, she should regain her confidence and reason, and she should no longer cower.
Chu Xue shrunk her neck, but she still bit her lip and sat up straight, looked at Shu Jinhua fixedly, and said loudly, "Miss, don't worry, the slave won't cry anymore." β
After looking up and down to make sure that the first snow had indeed recovered as usual, Shu Jinhua nodded and said reassuringly, "It's okay, it's not that you are not allowed to cry, but you should clean up your mood after crying." Emotions are too exposed, and they won't do you any good. β
"What the young lady said is that the slave and maid are saved." Chu Xue nodded when she heard this, thought about what Shu Jinhua said, and felt that it made sense.
"Well, you've vented, now you should tell me, what is the reason?"
In fact, Shu Jinhua already has some eyebrows in her heart, and Chu Xue must have heard some results from her uncle, otherwise with the girl's big personality, it would be impossible to cry out of breath when she came back.
Sure enough, Chu Xue told Shu Jinhua all the qiΔ she knew, and in the process of speaking, although this girl didn't cry out with self-blame, her mood was indeed a lot lower.
Shu Jinhua sighed, in fact, she already had the answer in her heart, just to be sure, she asked Chu Xue to take the problematic incense burner and the cloth strip stained with poison in the cabinet in the dark room to her uncle to check.
After confirming the thoughts in her heart, Shu Jinhua was even more sure that this incident was aimed at her.
Seeing that Shu Jinhua was silent, Chu Xue cautiously asked, "Miss, did you order the slave maid to keep an eye on the people in the courtyard in the morning, is it because there are internal ghosts?" Lingling sneaked out in the morning, is the inner ghost her? β
Shu Jinhua looked at Chu Xue with some surprise, and then said with a smile, "It may be an inner ghost, you know, the most important thing in the bachelor's mansion is the inner ghost that has been inserted." But whether it has anything to do with this matter or not, it's not necessarily. β
"Oh." Chu Xue nodded, looking suddenly enlightened. It was indeed that she thought simply, and the young lady asked her to pay attention to the abnormality of everyone, and indeed let her find a person, but whether this person was the one who was drugged or not is still up for discussion. After all, there are still chess pieces planted in the Bachelor's Mansion, and no one can be sure that the person behind Lingling is the mastermind of the drug incident.
"But since you already know that Lingling has a problem, you can't continue to let it go, you pay more attention to her, and who she usually has more contact with, also make a note." Shu Jinhua thought about it, since he wanted to pull out the nails, he had to start quickly, and found one by one.
Chu Xue squinted her eyes and smiled, her mood seemed to be good, "Miss don't worry, you can rest assured that Lingling is there, hand it over to the slave and maid, and promise that nothing will go wrong!" β
"Look at how proud you look!" Shu Jinhua smiled and patted Chu Xue's face.
"How is the young lady going to find out who is drugged?" Chu Xue still couldn't rest assured, although she was in a much better mood, she was still a little worried.
"I learned from my sister in the morning that she has not slept very comfortably these days, and she sleeps deeply at night, but she still feels weak during the day." Shu Jinhua said incomprehensibly.
"Huh? Second Miss is not feeling well? Did you look for Mr. Zheng? The weather hasn't been good lately, so don't get sick. Chu Xue was worried, and her brows furrowed.
The second lady loves her own miss the most on weekdays, and they, the maids painted by Shu Jin, naturally love Shu Jinqi very much.
Shu Jinhua blinked speechlessly, it seems that the road to cultivating the first snow still has a long way to go.
What she said just now, if it was early autumn, she would definitely be able to hear something.
I didn't expect Chu Xue to be able to understand the twists and turns immediately, Shu Jinhua patiently explained, "Think about it, what is your reaction after being hit by that incense in the past few days?" β
Chu Xue still had a confused expression at the beginning, and Shu Jinhua did not urge her, but let her figure figure it out carefully. After a while, Chu Xue finally showed a sudden realization, her eyes widened, and she spoke quickly, "Miss, you mean that the second lady was also drugged in the yard?" β
Shu Jinhua nodded, smiled, and said, "Someone touched the Spring Pavilion last night, because my bedroom was on the second floor, and the incense on the first floor didn't float up too much. When the man went up, I was still awake. But the man was supposed to be looking for something, but to no avail. β
Shu Jinhua actually smelled the incense, and the smell on the second floor was actually not light, otherwise the maid who kept vigil would not have been unconscious at all. However, Shu Jinhua's anti-poison physique, except for the master who knew it from the beginning and Qin Su who guessed it later, didn't even know about the early autumn and early snow, so she naturally wouldn't say that she wasn't afraid of drugs at all.
"Someone barged in last night?!" Chu Xue was startled, and then she was annoyed, she fell into a plot, and slept darkly, and as a result, the young lady's bedroom went into the thief.
"It's okay, I said too, I didn't get into the incense. The man seemed to be looking for something in my room, but he didn't find anything, and he didn't take anything with him when he left. Shu Jinhua shook his head and comforted Chu Xuedao.
"In that case, the courtyard of the second lady has also been turned over." Chu Xue thought about it and affirmed.
Shu Jinhua didn't want to tell SΓΉ Chuxue that she quietly followed her, otherwise this girl would definitely blow up again. But since you want to find out the person behind this, it is still a little troublesome not to let Chu Xue know.
"I shouldn't have gone to the second sister, and the incense should have been mainly sent to the Spring Pavilion." Shu Jinhua sighed, it's better to tell the truth.
"What has Miss found out?" Chu Xue's eyes widened, looking like a curious baby, and she looked at Shu Jin's painting excitedly. (To be continued)
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