After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 510 Fear
Ma was shocked when he read the letter. Haitang also opened her eyes wide and looked behind the letter.

The large mouthful of blood that Mrs. Ma vomited naturally frightened others.

The two rough girls who were waiting in her room were originally going to be kicked out of the house because they concealed from the master's family that they had accepted bribes from Mrs. Ma. However, Zhou Shigong thought that his stepmother only had a few days to live. At this time, it was too troublesome to change people to serve, so I kept them and let them make up for their merits. The two girls were very scared, worried that they would be kicked out of the house if Mrs. Ma died, so they acted more and more cautiously. As soon as Mrs. Ma vomited blood, they immediately jumped up. One ran to call the soldiers guarding the yard, and the other restrained Ms. Chen and prevented her from escaping.

By the time Zhou Shigong and Zhou Ma's couple got the news and rushed to the west courtyard, Mrs. Ma had stopped vomiting blood and was quite conscious. She was just lying on the bed complaining of abdominal pain. Chen was guarded by two guards. He lowered his head and admitted honestly that he had indeed put something in the medicine, but it was not a poison that would kill people immediately. It would only cause the person who took it to suffer, vomiting blood, abdominal pain, and difficulty. Sleeping in such a painful way lasted for ten or eight days before dying.

It was a chronic poison, and I don’t know where Zhou Jinpu got it from. He gave the medicine to his wife Chen and asked her to try to put it into Mrs. Ma's soup or food. In order to make Mrs. Chen obediently comply, he also promised not to reconcile with her, and would never mention the words "harmony" or "divorce" again in his life. Even if she died early one day, he would not renew the relationship. In order to prevent the stepmother from giving birth to a legitimate son, it would affect the status of Chen's biological son Zhou Lianghou.

Mrs. Chen agreed to Zhou Jinpu's conditions, and as soon as she came to the West Courtyard to attend to the illness, she gave Madam Ma the medicine without any delay. She knew that Mrs. Ma now regarded the couple as enemies and would never be able to reconcile with them. The longer she stayed in the West Courtyard, the more insults she would receive. Instead of slowly calculating and making herself suffer, she might as well make a quick move. Forget it. Anyway, as long as the two rough girls are separated, Mrs. Ma always needs to take medicine to relieve pain. No matter how hard she scolds her, she still has to take the medicine she personally offers.

Chen really succeeded.

Facing the accusation from her father-in-law Zhou Shigong, she also looked nonchalant: "The old lady will not die within three or two days. As long as she can survive until the second master comes back to meet me, the aunt from the palace will give the old lady a gift." Wouldn't the poison be enough at that time? Our uncle is just angry that the old lady can live a comfortable life of wealth and enjoy the glory after her death. He did not let his daughter-in-law take this medicine, just to kill people. Let the old lady suffer more, and don't die peacefully. Otherwise, how can the people who have been harmed by her vent their resentment?"

Zhou Shigong was so angry at her words that when he turned around, Zhou Jinpu also arrived after hearing the news. Seeing Mrs. Ma's miserable appearance, the latter looked gloating and proudly shouted: "You old bitch will have your day too!"

Zhou Shigong was disappointed. Only then did he come to his senses. It turned out that he had been wrong about his eldest son, but he thought he had made progress. In fact, Zhou Jinpu had been deceiving him all along, just to get revenge on Mrs. Ma. The last time he climbed over the wall, Mrs. Ma only broke her leg. He felt dissatisfied, so he simply gave her the medicine the next time, and he had to make her suffer to death before he was willing to do it.

If Mrs. Ma broke her leg last time, it was because she had the intention of escaping and fell into Zhou Jinpu's plan. It could also be said that she suffered it on her own. But this time, it was entirely because Zhou Jinpu had the intention to harm others. Pretending to repent and reflect, he deceived his father, sent his wife over to take care of her illness, and plotted against Mrs. Ma. Even though he kept saying that this was punishment and revenge for the guilty, he could not conceal the insidiousness and cunningness of his methods and the suspicion of deceiving his father.

This is completely venting anger and revenge, and it is a willful and stupid venting of anger and revenge, with no regard for the consequences.

Although Mrs. Ma deliberately distorted Zhou Jinpu's character, delayed his studies, and deprived him of the property he was supposed to inherit, and used him to create trouble for his stepson and step-in-law, compared with the methods she used on other people, these It means nothing. Zhou Shigong and his wife, who were even more hurt, did not retaliate against her harshly, but Zhou Jinpu repeatedly resorted to extreme measures under the pretext of revenge. Mrs. Ma had taken care of him after all, but he didn't miss his old relationship at all, and his cold-heartedness was secretly shocking.

Moreover, Zhou Jinpu was not a smart person to use such means to harm Mrs. Ma when Zhou Shicheng was about to return.

Zhou Shigong knew that his hope that his brother could assist his eldest son and support the third family of the Zhou family was wishful thinking and would never be realized in the future. But for the future of the third family member of the Zhou family, he could not cruelly separate his brothers and cut off his arms.

Then he only has one choice left...

Zhou Shigong murmured to himself in a low voice, but without making it clear what he wanted to choose, he turned and left the west courtyard. Mrs. Zhou Ma wanted to catch up and ask for clarification, but Mrs. Ma was very excited after hearing Zhou Jinpu's words. She dragged her sick body and weakly cursed at him, but he pointed at his nose and scolded him back, and almost came forward. Choking her neck, Zhou Ma hurriedly ordered someone to stop Zhou Jinpu. He wanted to check on Mrs. Ma's physical condition, but was tripped up in desperation.

Later, Zhou Shigong reported the matter to Zhen Guo Gong's Mansion - it was impossible not to report it. If such a big thing happened, if he didn't report it, the Zhen Guo Gong's soldiers guarding the West Courtyard would also report it. Now that Zhou Shigong has made his choice, he can no longer favor his eldest son and cover up for him at every turn.

The Duke of Zhen Guo sent General Saturday and his wife to investigate the matter, and also brought the female doctor from the government to diagnose Mrs. Ma's pulse. Even Tu Tongzhi from Shaanxi Dusi and Ma Shangyi from the palace went there in person. After the female doctor made a diagnosis, she determined that Mrs. Ma had been poisoned, but she would not die in a short time. It was possible to detoxify, but it would be very expensive and would require thousands of years of old ginseng. It seems too wasteful and unnecessary to use such precious medicinal materials on a guilty woman who will take poison in a few days.

Zhou Shigong even asked if he wouldn't wait until his brother Zhou Shicheng came back? Let Mrs. Ma take the medicine given by the emperor as soon as possible, so as to avoid suffering for a few days.

However, when the general went back to ask for instructions from the Duke of Zhen on Saturday, the latter said that since they had agreed to let Mrs. Ma see her son for the last time, they had to keep their word and they should wait until Zhou Shicheng came back.

So Zhen Guogong and his wife discussed with Zhou Shigong and his wife, and after asking Tu Tongzhi and Ma Shangyi what they wanted, they made a decision. Forget about detoxification, Mrs. Ma will wait for the end of her life in pain, but the female doctor will prescribe her some sedative medicine so that she can take a nap at night. It's just that the poison is powerful, and no one dares to guarantee that the tranquilizer will have some effect.

Mr. Zhou Ma said in the letter that the painful moans in the west courtyard did not stop last night, disturbing the two girls and the soldiers in the courtyard from sleeping peacefully. After she received the letter in the morning, although she was worried that Mrs. Ma would not be able to survive Zhou Shicheng's return, she also felt a bit happy at the same time. She felt that although Zhou Jinpu was messing around, evil people would be tortured by evil people. A day to do good deeds.

Although Zhou Ma was secretly happy, she was also slightly frightened and uneasy in her heart.

Zhou Jinpu had been grounded at home for many days. It was impossible for him to know what Mrs. Ma had done and prepare chronic poisons in advance. So who was he originally planning to use those medicines against?

Mrs. Ma was guilty of raising Zhou Jinpu, and he was so cruel and unfeeling towards his step-grandmother. However, Zhou Ma's step-mother had never educated him for a day, and she had always been at odds with him. In the future, when he inherited the third room of the Zhou family, she would How to treat your stepmother?

Mrs. Zhou Ma has children of her own, so she doesn’t worry about taking care of herself in old age, but she really can’t bear the poison!
(End of this chapter)