The four of them walked through the garden under the leadership of the maid to the inner courtyard, this small banquet was still in the last moon pavilion, the four places of the moon pavilion have been lit up, and Anyang Hou also took Mrs. Hou and the eldest lady to sit here.

Mu Ruqing led everyone to the Moon Pavilion, and first saluted them. Mu Ruqing only bowed slightly, but Fang Cannon carried out the big salute solidly.

When Jiang Xinyue and Ruan Mianmian saluted, An Yanghou waved his hand and said in a loud voice, "No courtesy, no courtesy." The two of them didn't get entangled, so they stood up, Ruan Mianmian shook weakly, and held Jiang Xinyue's arm to stand firmly.

"Those who come are guests, you don't have to see outside, let's all take a seat." An Yanghou said.

Anyang Hou and his wife sat on the front seat, Liu Xi'er on the right, and Mu Ruqing and the four of them naturally sat on the left.

After taking their seats, the maids rushed in with the dishes, and the exquisite delicacies were placed in front of everyone. This time it was a small banquet, but it was not a dish prepared by Yipinxiang, and it was really not much tempting for Ruan Mianmian, who was used to eating the delicacies made by Uncle Hua and Mu Ruqing, not to mention that Ruan Mianmian had already eaten enough in the carriage, so now it seemed that he had no appetite, and he put down his chopsticks after eating two mouthfuls of green vegetables.

"Miss Ruan, is there anything uncomfortable, or the food is not to taste, why did you eat so little today?" Liu Xi'er, who was sitting opposite Ruan Mianmian, spoke with concern.

"It's okay, I had an illness a few days ago, but today I'm much better, Miss Lao is worried." Ruan Mianmian raised her head, her face was a little pale, she bit her lower lip lightly, and smiled sweetly.

Looking at Ruan Mianmian's delicate appearance, the corners of Liu Xi'er's mouth twitched imperceptibly, and then showed a more concerned look.

Halfway through the meal, Jiang Xinyue raised a glass of wine and touched the glass with Mu Ruqing on her side, tilted her head in a chic manner, and smiled at Mu Ruqing, as if she was extremely close.

At this time, Liu Xi'er, whose eyes had never left Mu Ruqing, tightened her sleeves, but the smile on her face remained unchanged, took a glass of wine from the hand of the maid on the side, and slowly got up and walked towards Jiang Xinyue.

"Lady Jiang, Miss Ruan is not feeling well today and should not drink, so I will toast Lady Jiang's cup, and please drink this cup to the fullest." After that, Liu Xi'er handed over the wine glass in her hand, put it on the table in front of Jiang Xinyue, turned around and picked up a glass from the maid's hand, Ying Ying looked at Jiang Xinyue with a smile.

I saw that Jiang Xinyue had already picked up the wine glass, smiled at Liu Xi'er as usual, and drank the wine. Liu Xi'er also smiled all over her face, drank the wine in her cup, and went back to her seat and sat down satisfied.

Mu Ruqing turned slightly sideways at Anyang Hou and Mrs. Hou, and said respectfully: "Then I also salute Lord Hou and Mrs. Hou in the next cup, and I wish to be happy and healthy." ”

After saying that, he beckoned the maid on the side to come over and pour the wine, and the maid picked up the wine jug and wine glass on the table, and poured three glasses, one glass was handed to Mu Ruqing, and the other two glasses were served to Master Hou and Mrs. Hou.

Master Hou drank it all happily, and Mrs. Hou also followed and drank a glass, Mu Ruqing dried the wine in his hand and smiled heartily at everyone.

Then everyone talked for a long time, until the moon was in the middle of the sky, everyone was getting up to disperse, but they didn't want to listen to a painful cry, Liu Xi'er was waiting for this sound in her heart, and at this time, she looked up at Jiang Xinyue happily, but saw Jiang Xinyue helping Ruan Mianmian out of her seat, and there was nothing at all.

Liu Xi'er was shocked, if she was fine, then whose voice was it just now? Without waiting to think about it, another scream came from behind her ears, Liu Xi'er turned around suddenly, but saw that Mrs. Hou was already sweating profusely, her face was like gold paper, and she was lying motionless on the table.

"Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?" Liu Xi'er hurriedly ran over, and even ran away from the embroidered shoes on her feet, and Miss Fengya's look was gone.

The maids nearby also ran over in a hurry, helping Mrs. Hou to sit on the chair and pinching and pushing her back, and they were all messed up for a while.

Seeing that the four of them couldn't leave this situation, they simply stood aside to watch the play, and An Yanghou also brushed the hem of his clothes, but he just sat and couldn't see any expression.

Liu Xi'er helped Mrs. Hou to take a look and knew what was going on, but these many people were present, and she didn't have time to think about how her mother drank that glass of wine, which was obviously ...

"It must be you, you poisoned your mother! Father, you want to call the shots for our mother and daughter! Liu Xi'er cried and knelt down in front of Anyang Hou, tears fell down, stretched out her hand and pointed to the four of them, the red gold bracelet and the jade bracelet on their hands touched together, jingling in unison.

Jiang Xinyue looked shocked: "We? How did we poison Mrs. Hou, and what's more, what reason do we have to poison Mrs. Hou? ”

"Then I have to ask yourself, our family has been innocent for generations, how can we understand the sinister intentions of you people?" The corners of Liu Xi'er's eyes were red, her eyes were aggressive like a crazy beast, but her expression seemed to be greatly wronged.

Every time Liu Xi'er makes a mistake, as soon as she is coquettish, and then she looks like a victim, Anyang Hou will not investigate further, so at this moment, she is also a person who cried before she spoke, and wanted Anyang Hou to preconceive and punish these people, lest he guess that his mother's illness was related to him.

"Since the eldest lady said so, then we will stay here for the time being, if it is found out that we are the culprit, we will bear it, how about it?" Mu Ru opened his mouth lightly.

"That's the case, but seeing that Mrs. Hou's situation is really not optimistic, let's hurry up and find a way to save people, if there is a danger to life, it will be bad." Fang Dacang didn't say anything all night, and had been following Mu Ruqing like a transparent person, but as soon as he opened his mouth at this time, Liu Xi'er's body was shocked.

"Then hurry up and ask Lang Zhong to come and treat Mrs. The Marquis of Anyang commanded, and immediately a maid came out from behind him, and after a salute, he was about to invite Langzhong.

Liu Xi'er grabbed the hem of her clothes tightly with her hands, and suddenly shouted, "You don't have to go!" I know there's someone here who can save my mother! After that, he lowered his head deeply, so that people could not see his expression clearly.

An Yanghou glanced at her: "Oh? Do you know what Madame's illness is? ”

was glanced at by Anyang Hou, Liu Xi'er's eyes flickered: "I... I listened to the miracle doctor who treated me back then, and I remembered that Miss Ruan also had this disease some time ago... So... So Miss Ruan's blood can save her mother! ”

"Oh? If you know that the blood of sleep can save your mother, why don't you know that it is your blood that kills your mother? Mu Ruqing looked at Liu Xi'er, who was slanting out, and his tone was full of disdain.

"I... I really don't know why, Mu Gongzi, please believe me, someone must be instigating by your side, right? Is it Ruan Mianmian? Or is it Liu Xin'er? They must have been orchestrated to harm me, I don't know! Liu Xi'er had tears in her eyes, her eyes were slightly open, and she was pitiful.

"This is strange, since you don't know anything, how can you blurt out the name of the second miss, can't she know any of your secrets?" Jiang Xinyue spat on the ground, don't look at her with disdain.

"Father, father, daughter really doesn't know anything, daughter has always been well-behaved and obedient, never had the intention of harming people, daughter doesn't know what they are talking about, you believe daughter!" Seeing that she couldn't refute it, Liu Xi'er turned around and knelt at the feet of Anyang Hou, praying with tears in her eyes.

"Seriously, I'm disappointed in you. I've given you everything I should have given you all these years, but I didn't expect to raise you into this temperament. An Yanghou sighed and said no more.

"Miss, if you are willing to admit your mistake, explain the beginning and end of the matter in front of everyone, we will provide an antidote for Mrs. Sleep, if it is so unclear, we dare not approach Mrs., lest we be said to be our medicine again, and then we will not be able to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River."

"I... I'm not wrong, so why should I admit it? Don't try to slander me with empty mouths and white teeth! Liu Xi'er shook the hair that had fallen down, and her eyes rolled around.

"Oh, so the eldest lady doesn't need our help, so let's go home. But then again, there may be many people in the backyard of the Hou Mansion in Anyang who have suffered from this, and their blood can be used as an antidote, but they are usually used to being oppressed, and whether they are willing to donate blood to Mrs. Hou at this time is not necessarily. After Mu Ruqing finished speaking, everyone turned around and wanted to leave.

As soon as Mu Ruqing and the four of them walked to the steps of the Moon Viewing Pavilion, they heard a barely audible voice behind them: "Don't go... Don't leave... I know it's wrong, please save my mother, I... I'm wrong. ”

Turning around, Ruan Mianmian saw Liu Xi'er almost prostrate lowering her body, burying her face in her scattered hair, her body trembling violently, and the fingers of her hands tightly buckled into the flesh, this was not the gentle and amiable eldest lady at all, more like a dying person.

Yes, to make her admit her mistakes and apologize in front of so many people she doesn't look down on at all, and to pull out her dirty black mind under her beautiful appearance for everyone to watch, this is simply killing her arrogant self-esteem and soul.

"My blood is indeed medicine, it can make people feel painful, I did give Liu Xin'er and Ruan Mianmian medicine, I am jealous that they have someone who likes to be protected, I... Wrong, I know wrong, please, save my mother. ”

After saying this, she raised her head to look at Ruan Mianmian, her eyes were already stained with dirty tears, and she became hollow, and then her body shook, picked up a hairpin scattered on the ground, and raised her hand to cut her throat.

At this moment, Anyang Hou, Mu Ruqing, and Jiang Xinyue moved at the same time. Jiang Xinyue saw that it was not good, and hurriedly threw the fan in her hand towards her, the handle of the fan hit her wrist, changing the force, the hairpin in Liu Xi'er's hand was crooked a little, and it was scratched on her face, and a blood mark appeared, at this time, Mu Ruqing and Anyang Hou held her down one after the other, she no longer had the strength to move, and she collapsed on the ground.

Those maids also came around, and according to Mu Ruqing's instructions, they found hemp rope to tie Liu Xi'er's hands, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sleepy, go and save Mrs. Hou first." Jiang Xinyue said in Ruan Mianmian's ear. Ruan Mianmian said "um" and walked towards Mrs. Hou, Jiang Xinyue and Fang Cannon were guarding her left and right, although Liu Xi'er was restrained, but the way she went crazy just now still made people feel palpitations, and they all protected Ruan Mianmian.

Ruan Mianmian walked to Mrs. Hou's side and saw that there was no blood on Mrs. Hou's face, and her expression was hideous. Ruan Mianmian was a little timid, took out a knife from his sleeve, slashed it on his arm, and suddenly screamed in pain, and forcibly endured the pain and raised his arm to Mrs. Hou's mouth, letting the blood drip in.

After only dripping for a while, Fang Dacang took out gauze and pressed Ruan Mianmian's wound: "Enough is enough, wrap it up quickly, your face is white, how can you shed so much blood at the beginning of a serious illness." ”

Ruan Mianmian withdrew his arm, and the gauze was wrapped around the wound by the cannon, and the bright red blood leaked out of different shades of red.