Chapter 368 Find the poisoner
  The old woman also said it casually, but she didn't expect Shen Zhuoxi to go in and check regardless of her identity.
  Her expression changed, and she said with a flattering smile: "Second Miss, Fenfen is resting inside. If you go in like this, you will disturb her."
  "We are only looking for something." Shen Zhuoxi said, and then said to Zhengyang: "Let's go to the east room to look, and you go to the west room to look. This hairpin must be found no matter what."
  Zhengyang is not like Huizhi and Shen Zhuoxi, who get along day and night and cooperate with each other tacitly.
  After hearing her instructions, he hesitated and said cautiously: "Second Miss, may I ask you what that hairpin is like?"
  "It's a sweet-scented osmanthus." Shen Zhuoxi raised her hand to support her bun and said, "The leaves are made of enamel, and the flowers are made of pure gold."
  Zhengyang seemed to understand, but said: "I understand, villain."
  The old woman did not dare to stop them and watched them split into two groups. It was not good for her to follow either side, so she stood in the yard and waited.
  It was Fenfen's house that Shen Zhuoxi entered. The house was bright and clean.
  At this time, Fenfen was lying on the couch with a towel wrapped around her head. When she heard the movement, she stood up and said, "Second Miss, what are you going to do?"
  Shen Zhuoxi pointed to the window and said, "You should have heard the conversation between me and your mother-in-law just across the window, and you don't need me to explain it again." "
  Fenfen's eyes turned red and she said, "I had a little confinement at the beginning of the year, which left me with a headache. I was in the yard just now, and I had a bad headache, so I went into the house and lay down. I didn't take the second lady's gold hairpin."
  "Whether I got it or not, I have to find it myself to find out." Shen Zhuoxi pretended to sneer: "Golden hairpins are precious, what if someone gets jealous after seeing money?"
  Fenfen bit her lip, with a look of humiliation on her face, and said, "If Second Miss doesn't believe it, just do it yourself."
  Shen Zhuoxi's original intention was to go into the house to search, so he was not polite and ordered Huizhi to look around.
  Fenfen lay on the couch, staring at their master and servant for a moment. Her hands unconsciously squeezed the corners of the quilt tightly, and her fingers turned slightly white due to the exertion.
  Looking through the wardrobe to the makeup box, she found nothing. Hui Zhi shook her head at Shen Zhuoxi.
  Before Shen Zhuoxi opened his mouth, Fenfen cried and said, "I said no, it's because the second lady is suspicious!"
  "There is still a place I haven't found yet." Shen Zhuoxi's eyes turned to Fenfen: "As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place."
  "Who knows if you can hide it on your body, and the scarf you are wearing doesn't look right."
  "Second young lady, you can't bully others based on your status!" Fenfen turned pale and said, "How could I hide something on my body?"
  "Why is it impossible? As I said before, we have to search and find out." Shen Zhuoxi said to Huizhi: "Go up and see if there is anything in the towel she is wrapped in and the quilt, don't let it go!"
  With quick hands and feet, Huizhi walked to the couch in a few steps and pulled off Fenfen's headscarf.
  Fenfen cried and struggled: "You guys, you bully others with your power, and you simply don't let others live!"
  Hui Zhi ignored him and continued the movement of his hands.
  The moment I opened the bed, a scent of sweet-scented osmanthus hit me.
  Hui Zhi was stunned, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
  Following the smell, I found a beautifully crafted sachet.
  "Miss, look." Huizhi took the sachet and handed it to Shen Zhuoxi.
  Fenfen was really anxious now, and regardless of still pretending to be sick, she got up from the couch and wanted to snatch the sachet: "What are you doing, aren't you looking for the hairpin? Why are you touching my things?"
  Shen Zhuoxi was one step ahead of her and held the sachet in his hand: "What is in this sachet?"
  "It's not the second lady's gold hairpin." Fenfen didn't care about her status and wanted to snatch it away: "It's just some osmanthus flowers I collected!"
  Before she could grab it, Shen Zhuoxi shook out the sachet, which contained some dried osmanthus flowers.
  Fenfen finally couldn't help but shed tears, as if she had been wronged so much, she cried and said: "I just said it's Osmanthus, Miss Second, we have no grievances, why do you want to humiliate me like this?"
  "I, I might as well kill him head-on to prove my innocence!"
  Shen Zhuoxi ignored her crying and fussing, picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus shaking on the table, crushed it in his hands, and said with a smile: "Boil the sweet-scented osmanthus and sweet-scented osmanthus together and then dry them to make a sachet to wear. .”
  "It's hard for you to come up with such a method. Tell me, where did you get the cinnamon herbs that are not available in Shengdu?"
  When Fenfen heard this, she even forgot to cry. She looked at Shen Zhuoxi blankly, looking at a loss: "What cinnamon herb?"
  "Stop pretending." Shen Zhuoxi sat down at the table and snorted coldly: "You haven't noticed it yourself. After adding cinnamon and cooking it, the stamens of the osmanthus will turn light green."
  "It's just a light color, and it was wrapped in osmanthus petals, so I didn't notice it. And this osmanthus is the culprit that caused the villagers to have red pimples on their bodies for no reason."
  "Fenfen, how should you explain?"
  "I...I..." Fenfen stared at the dried osmanthus flowers. She couldn't think of an excuse for a moment and hesitated: "This is just a simple sachet. As for the cinnamon herb, I have never heard of it."
  "Okay." Shen Zhuoxi picked up the teapot on the table and poured a glass of water, sprinkled the dried osmanthus flowers into it, and then took out a small packet of powder from his purse and poured it in.
  After the medicinal powder was completely dissolved, she handed the water cup to Fenfen: "This medicinal powder is non-toxic and harmless when taken alone, and can make people's skin fair, but when mixed with cinnamon and vanilla, it will become poison."
  "Since you insist that there is no cinnamon in this osmanthus, why not use this to prove your innocence."
  Fenfen stared at the glass of water, swallowed her saliva, and said in denial: "How do I know whether the powder the second lady put in is poison?"
  "I, Shen Zhuoxi, really want to kill you, so I won't use this method." Shen Zhuoxi sneered and pushed the water glass forward: "If you are fine after drinking, it proves that I was wrong."
  "I will apologize and compensate you, but if you die, not only you, but also your husband, your mother-in-law and father-in-law, and your family members, I will not let anyone go!"
  As soon as Fenfen picked up the water glass, her hand shook when she heard this, and some of the water in the glass accidentally spilled out.
  She looked at the spilled water and suddenly realized, "So, the second lady didn't drop any gold hairpin in the yard at all, but she used this method to test me?"
  "Yes." Shen Zhuoxi admitted, "I was just skeptical at first, with the mentality of giving it a try. If you are still beating tofu in the yard when I return, maybe I won't bother to come in and search."
  "But if you just hide in the house, I can be sure that there is definitely something wrong with you. If I am not wrong, your intention in entering the house is to destroy these things, right?"
  "It's a pity that you just got your things and were blocked by our return before you could go out, right?"
  The evidence was conclusive. Fenfen didn't have the courage to drink the cup. Her face gradually turned pale, and she lost all strength. She slumped down on the chair and said: "I don't want it either, I don't want it either!"
  (End of this chapter)

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