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Even though Xie Qing is no longer close to Mrs. Xie, she is also Mrs. Xie's granddaughter, and she is still the only daughter of Second Master Xie. Old Madam Xie immediately straightened her face and looked at Li with cold eyes: "Li, did you really do it?" ”

Li gritted her teeth, she was actually planted in the hands of a maid.

"Mother, it was this maid who framed me, and I didn't do it. I am the head of the housewife of the dignified and loyal Marquis Mansion, so why bother to get along with a junior in the next room. To put it mildly, I didn't give birth to Miss Qing, at most, when she gets married in the future, she will pay a sum of money in the public, why should I poison her dumb. ”

What Li said was righteous words, and Xie Qing sneered in his heart, yes, why bother? It's a pity that your Li clan is small and can't tolerate people.

But what has the Li family done over the years, Xie Erye went early, she thought that the maids and mother-in-law in the second room needed silver to support, coercion and temptation, forcing the Lin family to take out their dowry to confiscate, and the Lin family's maiden family was in a recession, so they had already moved to other places, the Lin family was helpless in the capital, and the Lin mother and daughter could only live humbly, and even a maid could bully them.

Li Shi walked up to Caiyan, snatched the medicine bag, and said coldly: "You said that this is a dumb medicine, or did Mrs. Ben give it to you?" ”

Caiyan nodded, bit her lip and said, "Madam, you gave it to the slave maid with your own hands." ”

"What's the proof?" Li snorted coldly, "You took such a pack of medicine, and you said that Mrs. Ben gave it to you, there is no evidence, you are framing Mrs. Ben!" ”

Without evidence, everything is in vain. As long as Li bites to death and doesn't admit it, she didn't do it, and no one can say that she didn't.

Li directly slapped a slap over, and Caiyan's head hit the ground directly.

"Frame Mrs. Ben and seek death! Mrs. Ben will sell you tomorrow! ”

Caiyan's eyes flashed with panic, and she hurriedly crawled to Mrs. Xie's side, tugged at the corner of Mrs. Xie's skirt, and said, "Old lady, the slave is really not lying, I don't believe you asked the doctor to test the medicine in the medicine bag, it is really a dumb medicine." ”

Old Madam Xie will be suspicious, the matter has been a while ago, and Xie Qing is now well, there is really no need to investigate, if the investigation continues, pull out something else, I am afraid that the entire Zhongyong Marquis Mansion will be messed up.

"Caiyan, without evidence, you can't do anything with your words alone!" Old Madam Xie obviously chose to settle the matter, "Come on, drag Caiyan down, and Ming'er will sell it." ”

"No, ......" Caiyan exclaimed, dragging Old Madam Xie to death, "Old Madam, you said that there is no evidence that the fifth lady was poisoned, so what about the second lady's serious illness?" That bowl of medicine must have been done by the eldest lady, this can always be evidence. ”

Old Madam Xie wanted to get rid of her: "What nonsense are you talking about!" Come on, don't drag her down yet! ”

"Wait......" Xie Qing stopped the person.

"Grandmother, are you going to let this matter go now?" Xie Qing said lightly.

Old Madam Xie frowned: "Then what else do you want?" There was a hint of impatience in his tone.

"It's been a long time since you had a hoarse voice, do you want to turn it over again?"

Xie Qing sneered: "Grandmother told me to settle things? Okay, what about my mother's business? She is sick in bed now, don't you give me an explanation, auntie? ”

Li vomited blood angrily: "What do I need to explain to you, Mrs. Ben said that I didn't do it, is it difficult for me to take out my heart and show you?" ”

"That's not necessary, since you keep saying that it has nothing to do with you, then okay, you drink this bowl of medicine, and I will never mention my mother's illness again."

Xie Qing pointed to the medicine in Lingzhi's hand, which was the medicine that Caiyan claimed to have added powdered sugar.

Li Shi wandered and said coldly: "This medicine was added by Caiyan, who knows if it is some kind of poison?" Why do you let Mrs. Ben drink! ”

Caiyan said: "It's just powdered sugar, and the slave dares to risk the lives of the whole family." ”

The life of a slave is not uncommon, but if the life of the whole family is used as a guarantee, this weight is heavy.

"Auntie, if you don't drink, then you must have a ghost in your heart, even if I turn the Hou Mansion up and down, I will find evidence, send you to the court, and ask Jingzhao Mansion Yin to adjudicate!" Xie Qing said sharply.

Li was horrified in his heart, the matter of Lin's serious illness had nothing to do with her in the first place, but if Xie Qing was unrelenting, then other things would definitely come out, if it was really reported to the government, I was afraid that she would also be in trouble.

Li Shi looked at the bowl of medicine in front of her, she obviously didn't do anything, and Liang Caiyan didn't have the courage to poison the medicine, and if she was really poisoned, it could only mean that it was Caiyan's poison, she had already drunk the medicine to prove her innocence, and no one dared to question her anymore. And even if this medicine is poisonous, the toxicity should not be too strong, otherwise Lin's sick and crooked body would have died a long time ago.

"Good ......"

Before Li finished speaking, he was stopped by Xie Ru: "Mother, you can't drink!" ”

Others don't know, but Xie Ru does know that the medicine itself is fine, but once it is taken at the same time as perilla, it will be highly toxic. She just asked the big kitchen to add a little perilla to the meal, and Lin immediately fell ill, but the amount of perilla in today's dish must be higher than what Lin eats on weekdays. This poison is extremely domineering, and it may even die on the spot.

Xie Ruwan couldn't let Li drink this bowl of medicine, "Mother, you didn't do it, why did you drink this bowl of medicine!" ”

Of course, the Li family didn't want to drink it, but now Xie Qing revealed fierceness and persistence all over her body, plus she won the favor of Concubine Xie Shu, so she couldn't be easily provoked. Moreover, as the head of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, the Li family has a lot of private affairs in her hands, and she will turn it out casually, and what awaits her is victory or defeat, and even her life is worried.

"Ru'er, it's okay, my mother hasn't done it, so I'm not afraid to drink this bowl of medicine." Li's words were deliberately said to Mrs. Xie.

Xie Qing's eyebrows raised slightly, no matter what the Li family said, anyway, she didn't plan to use this bowl of medicine to kill the Li family. Xie Ru naturally knew that this medicine and perilla could not be taken at the same time, and if they were taken together, they would definitely be poisoned, so she wanted to see what Xie Ru would choose.

Xie Ru bit the corner of her lip and clenched her hand tightly.

What to do? What should she do?

To say, or not to say?

If she did, then she wouldn't be able to get rid of suspicion.

However, if he didn't say it, Li was likely to be poisoned to death.

Xie Ru's heart was in the midst of a battle between heaven and man, and in the end she chose herself.

Mother, you also hope that your daughter can live well. I am the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, the future princess Yi, how can there be a stain on my body?

Besides, mother, you haven't eaten much perilla, so you might be fine?

Xie Ru kept mentally suggesting to herself, and her choice was not wrong.

Li picked up the bowl and saw that he was about to drink it, when suddenly Xie Qing opened his mouth and said, "Auntie, have you really thought it through?" ”

Lee's hand paused.

"Auntie, what did you put in this bowl of medicine, you should know very well, if you drink this medicine and are sick in bed, or even die, what will happen to your children?" Xie Qing said lightly, "I called you a big aunt, and I never thought of killing someone, if you confess your guilt and apologize to my mother, I will let you go." ”

Li's face changed slightly, and he roared angrily: "Xie Qing, what I said I didn't do is what I didn't do, and if you want me to confess my guilt, don't think about it!" ”

Listening to Xie Qing's tone, it was as if she was merciful and didn't want to worry more about her. Of course, Li Shi would not accept it, and when he picked up the bowl, he was about to drink the medicine.

Syllable!

Everyone was stunned, and Xie Ru directly knocked out the medicine in Li's hand.

Li's brows furrowed, what is Ru'er doing?

Xie Ru was already ready to protect herself, even if she had to sacrifice Li's biological mother. But Xie Qing's words reminded her that if the Li family died, she would have to keep filial piety for three years as a daughter, she was already sixteen, if she kept filial piety for three years, she would be nineteen years old, she didn't think that King Yi could wait for her for three years.

"Big sister, what are you doing here?" Xie Qing raised his eyebrows and said.

Li also looked at his daughter, and a trace of chagrin flashed on Xie Ru's face, and she became impatient.

"I ...... Mother, you haven't done it, why should you drink it, your daughter is upset for you! ”

"Hehe......" The corners of Xie Qing's lips raised slightly, "Big sister, do you know that there is a word called wanting to cover Mizhang." ”

Xie Ru's face stiffened slightly: "Fifth sister, everyone is a family, why are you aggressive?" ”

"Are we family?" Xie Qing sneered, "Big sister, why didn't you think that we were a family when you attacked my mother?" ”

Xie Ru's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Fifth sister, what are you talking nonsense!" When did I do it to my second aunt. ”

"Don't let anyone know unless you do. You have been with Concubine Shu for many years, so you naturally know a little about things in the palace. There was once a Yu Zhaoyi, inexplicably suddenly sick in bed, but when she died, they thought she was sick, who expected that when sorting out the body, her personal palace maid suddenly found that the inside of Yu Zhaoyi's eyelids was dark blue, which was clearly a symptom of poisoning. ”

Xie Qing glanced at Xie Ru and said coldly, "And my mother's symptoms are exactly the same as that Yu Zhaoyi. Later, His Majesty ordered a thorough investigation, and only then did he know that Yu Zhaoyi had mistakenly ingested Chiba and Shiso, these two things themselves are not poisonous, but when they are mixed together, they become highly poisonous. My mother was infected with the wind cold, and Dr. Liu prescribed this flavor of Chiba in the medicine, and you ordered the big kitchen to add perilla to the meals every day, so my mother fell ill in bed. ”

"I don't know, without evidence, why do you say that I did it!" Xie Ru flatly denied it.

"Big sister, if you don't know about Chiba and Shisu, then why did you come out to stop the eldest lady when she wanted to drink the medicine?" Xie Qing's cold eyes were full of mockery.