The little girl lowered her eyes, the corners of her lips hooked, snorted with a smile, and did not speak.

"I'm hiding in the field behind the north courtyard, and if there's any trouble, call me immediately." Ning Nan whispered in her ear, took the opportunity to peck her cheek, got up with a grin, and jumped out of the window.

When his figure completely disappeared in front of the window, Jiang Chengjia called out to Qianshan in front of the door.

The girl answered, pushed the door in, and saw Jiang Chengjia leaning weakly on the couch, looking at her fixedly with a smile in her eyebrows.

Qian Shan's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she walked over slowly, choking up: "Girl... Don't scare me anymore... I have a shadow in my heart. ”

"Okay, don't continue to sensationalize here, I've been in a coma for so long, there must have been a mess outside, it's time for you to tell the news that I've woken up, remember to say that I'm dying, only one breath is left, the people in the courtyard can't wait, and I still need manpower." Jiang Chengjia gave a few simple instructions.

Qian Shan immediately understood what she meant, and although she frowned because of this, she still did what Jiang Chengjia said.

Soon, the four maidservants who were waiting for Jiang Chengjia's body in the West Courtyard heard Ji Xianzhi and Qianshan's call, packed their clothes, and went to the North Courtyard to keep vigil.

Mrs. Cao has been asleep and does not wake up, Bi Yun can only send a maid to inquire in the south courtyard, and when she heard that the female monarch woke up, she still breathed a sigh of relief, so she hurriedly called many small servants in the front hall to help Sun Qi and continue to study the antidote.

That Sun Qi was determined to play with Jiang Chengjia, so he declared to the whole government that this poison was difficult to solve, and it was only recorded in ancient books and medicine books, so he returned to his residence and flipped through ancient books to this day.

And Jiang Chengjia finally saved his life under his treatment, although he was drowsy, he finally woke up with a little consciousness. When he went to the follow-up clinic, he deliberately took advantage of the time when the North Hospital was full of people to talk to Ji Xianzhi about the fierceness of this poison, pointing out the harm and Jiang Chengjia's physical state at this time. At the same time, he explained that this prescription still needs to be consulted, and at the same time, he instructed Qianshan and Xiaocui in front of everyone that in the next night, Jiang Chengjia would be fed a heat-clearing decoction every other hour to hang her breath.

Mrs. Cao's house also heard this, and Bi Yun sent a group of maids to Sun Qi's residence to help read the ancient books.

Someone took advantage of the panic in this mansion, put on a dark cloak, and quietly ran from the inside of the garden towards Nanyang Pavilion at night.

Under the ancient willow tree in front of the south courtyard, two figures were hiding in the corner, talking about something.

A diminutive figure in a cloak stood in front of a girl who was also dressed in black.

"Miss Minghua, since the female monarch has summoned us back, presumably... Waiting for Master Sun to develop the corresponding antidote formula, she will definitely be fine... Why don't we forget it this time? ”

The girl in black slowly turned her head, revealing her true face in the moonlight. She is Minghua, the most powerful servant by the Li family's side.

"Things have come to this point, and you want to give up?" Minghua sneered.

The black shadow of the cloak trembled, and said in a weak voice: "Miss Minghua.... The slave maid just wants to get some money, so that she can live in the Hou Mansion in the future... I never wanted to kill someone... You... You'd better find someone else to do it..."

"What? You did it, and now you want to run away? I'm telling you, it can't. Minghua raised his chin and looked at her proudly, and said with a look of disdain in his eyes: "Think about it yourself, now that Jiang Nu is deeply poisoned, she is just about to return to the West Heaven with her last breath." After her death, our princess will enter the Hou Mansion, and your benefits will be indispensable, don't you want to change from a miscellaneous maid to our princess's personal maidservant, and enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth? ”

The black shadow of the cloak seemed to be touched, but he hesitated for a long time without answering.

So, Minghua threatened: "If you give up halfway at this time, then your brother in Luoyang and your old mother... I'm afraid I won't survive this month. ”

The cloaked shadow was startled, and said in a slightly louder voice, "You guys?!" Captured my brother and mother? What are you going to do? ”

Under the milky white moonlight, Minghua showed a shallow sly smile, and said extremely gently: "We don't want to do anything, we just want to remind you that since you are on the boat, don't give up easily." Otherwise, we princesses... I will not spare you. ”

The black shadow of the cloak trembled, and knelt down as if frightened and begged for mercy: "Miss Minghua... The princess wants the slave and maid to do what to do, and the slave and maid go back to do it, but beg the princess not to do anything to my family! ”

Minghua glanced at her coldly, raised his eyebrows, took out something wrapped in oily skin from his arms, bent down and stuffed it into the man's hand, and said with a smile on his face: "This medicine is colorless and tasteless, just a little bit will return to the West immediately." Make sure that Jiang Nu can't see the sun tomorrow. Sun Qi has already said that Jiang Nu will need to take a heat-clearing medicine every hour. Although it will inevitably be Jiang Nu's personal maid Qian Shan who will personally watch the decoction after that, if she stays in the small kitchen of the north courtyard, she will not care about the bedroom, and there will always be a chance for you to put this medicine into Jiang Nu's bowl later. I have ordered someone to put another copy of this medicine in Qianshan's house, even if I want to check it afterwards, I will definitely not find it on you, you can use it with confidence. If you do this well, I will ensure that your mother and brother will be safe for the rest of your life. ”

The cloaked black shadow trembled with his hands, trembling all over, clutching the wrapped thing tightly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. After a long time, she seemed to have made up her mind, kowtowed and thanked her, and replied, "The slave will live up to the princess's expectations." ”

The black shadow knelt down for a long time before getting up and walking in the direction of the north courtyard.

Minghua slowly walked out from behind the willow tree, and a hideous smile appeared on his delicate face, which looked even more weird in the night.

The four maids of the west courtyard entered the north courtyard at the same time, and Ji Xianzhi immediately ordered the Jing Inspector to continue to surround the courtyard and not allow anyone to enter or leave; At the same time, he instructed another pair of people to quietly take the monthly account books in the house, carefully check the private belongings of the servants and maids in the house one by one against the names of the people, and if a large amount of gold jewelry is found, it will be immediately tied up and closed in the back hall, waiting for the fate. Knock knock

Jiang Chengjia leaned on the couch, tried to open his eyes, and drank the decoction brought by Qianshan with difficulty, his sickly expression was pale and ugly.

The house was crowded with people.

After Qian Shan waited for her to lie down, she went out of the house, and carefully instructed eight maids outside the door, including Black Tea, Shui He, Xiao Cui, Xiao Qi, etc., with her, and nine people were on duty in shifts.

The frost and dew became more and more aggravated at night, Jiang Chengjia slept in a daze until the second half of the night, and Xiao Qi knelt in front of the couch and received the second half of the night.

Suddenly, there was a creak in the quiet room.

A short, round-faced, loyal and honest little girl walked in with a decoction and pushed the door.

"Sister Ziwei?" Xiao Qi was awakened, rubbed her confused eyes, looked towards the door, and saw that Ziwei, who was doing chores with her on the periphery of the North Courtyard, was coming with medicine at this moment, so she hurriedly called, "But it's time for the changing of the guard?" ”

"Yes, yes, you should go outside and rest first. Say to Ziran and tell her to remember to come and change the guard with me in an hour. Ziwei instructed.

Xiao Qi nodded sleepily, got up from the couch, yawned and walked out.

Ziwei walked into the house with the medicine, and Xiaocui followed in.

"Sister Ziwei!" Cui whispered behind her.

Ziwei seemed to be startled, trembled suddenly, and the decoction she was holding was sprinkled on the food table, and she turned her head in a panic and smiled at Xiaocui with a slightly embarrassed smile: "You girl, the sudden call at night scared me." ”

Xiao Cui said a little strangely: "Sister, I have been following behind you, you know." How can you still be scared by me. ”

Ziwei was stunned, a trace of coolness appeared on her back, she stiffened her face, tried to pull out a smile, and said gently: "Xu is too tired and sleepy... That's it..."

Xiao Cui looked at her bloodshot eyes, and couldn't help but say with concern: "If my sister is tired, go and rest, you have also stayed in the small kitchen with Sister Qianshan for a long time... It's time to take a break. Let me serve the girl and drink this bowl of soup. ”

Ziwei frowned, her eyes swept the soup bowl in her hand lightly, and she said with a smile: "That... There is Lao Xiaocui. ”

Xiao Cui nodded, took the food table handed over by Ziwei, and stepped over the threshold and walked towards the house.

When Ziwei went out, she quietly closed the door, sighed to herself, and went to the tent set up outside to find a bed to sleep.

In the bedroom, Xiaocui knelt beside Jiang Chengjia with a medicine bowl, and looked at the sleeping girl on the couch, and felt unconsciously sad.

"Woman, it's time to drink medicine." Xiao Cui muttered in a low voice, although she knew that Jiang Chengjia would not wake up.

She took out a spoonful of decoction from the bowl and was about to feed it to Jiang Chengjia's mouth. Unexpectedly, at this time, the woman on the couch suddenly opened her eyes and turned her head sideways to dodge.

Xiao Cui was frightened by her sudden movement, and the decoction in her hand spilled on the futon. She wiped it in a panic, raised her eyes and inadvertently saw Jiang Chengjia's cold eyes, and was stunned.

She looked at it stupidly for a long time, and suddenly reacted, and was about to exclaim.

Jiang Chengjia quickly covered her mouth and whispered, "Shhh, don't make a sound." ”

Xiao Cui looked at her with wide eyes and immediately closed her mouth.

Jiang Chengjia saw that she was silent, so he slowly let go of her, and then removed the silver hairpin on her bun, took the decoction in Xiaocui's hand, and carefully put it into the bowl.

Xiaocui was puzzled: "What is the female monarch doing?" ”

Jiang Chengjia was silent, and when he took out the silver hairpin after a while, he saw that the lower part of the hairpin had entered the soup, and it had become dark and dark.

Xiao Cui covered her mouth, stared at the dark part in disbelief, and stammered, "This... This... This... This decoction turned out to be poisonous? ”