She has a slender waist and delicate bones, and is able to seduce the ascetic horse.

Chapter 280 Leave the mother and leave the son
Aoxue shook her head, "It's poisoning."

Shen Jiaojiao was so shocked that she sat up straight and almost overturned the small table in front of her.

"Miss, be careful!" Aoxue stepped forward to support her.

Fortunately, the action was taken in time, and the teacups on the table were placed steadily. Although some tea spilled out, it did not spill on the couch.

Shen Jiaojiao didn't care about anything else, so she got up from the bed and stood in front of Aoxue.

"What happened? Tell me in detail."

Aoxue moved the small table to the ground while saying, "I went to the other courtyard to feel Aunt Zhou's pulse and found that she was not only weak, but also had a strong pulse. I thought it was strange and wanted to ask about it in detail, but the maidservant beside Aunt Zhou asked me to leave."

"Isn't the maidservant beside Aunt Zhou Lian Yi?" Shen Jiaojiao said.

"No." Aoxue shook her head solemnly. "It's strange, I didn't see Lian Yi. There was a maidservant who I didn't know."

"What about poisoning?"

Aoxue held her hand and said, "Miss, don't worry, nothing will happen to Aunt Zhou for the time being."

As he spoke, he pulled her to sit on the armchair and began to tell her the story.

Aoxue was ordered by the eldest lady to go to the villa to see Aunt Zhou. The maids in the villa should give her some face.

But at that time, the unfamiliar maid actually wanted to ask Aoxue to leave...

Before Aoxue could react, Aunt Zhou seemed to have anticipated something and held Aoxue's hand to prevent her from leaving.

Aoxue realized that something was wrong and immediately dismissed the servants in the room. She carefully felt Aunt Zhou's pulse and gave her acupuncture to help her regain some strength.

Aunt Zhou told Aoxue that she was not so weak originally, but her health became worse day by day after she moved into the villa.

Aoxue became suspicious and suspected that someone had poisoned Aunt Zhou.

However, Aunt Zhou's pulse did not show any symptoms of poisoning, and Aoxue could not guess what it was for a while.

It was not until Chen Yuanli hurried back to the villa and stopped a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine in front of Aoxue.

Aoxue became suspicious and secretly dipped some medicine soup with a handkerchief and brought it back. After checking, she found that this bowl of pregnancy-protecting medicine was not an ordinary soup.

It is another banned drug developed by the imperial physician of the previous dynasty.

"Banned drugs?" Shen Jiaojiao was surprised. "If it's harmful, can't the doctor find it out?"

Aoxue smiled bitterly and shook her head, "Miss, you don't know that ordinary doctors can't detect this forbidden drug at all, because the medicinal ingredients in it are indeed for maintaining pregnancy."

As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the main courtyard.

Obviously, he suspected that Mrs. Meng was behind this.

"One of the drugs is so strong that it will consume the mother's body without her noticing, causing her to become increasingly weak and eventually die of hemorrhage after giving birth."

Shen Jiaojiao understood what Aoxue meant, and a hint of anger flashed across her eyes.

"How much sin will stepmother commit for Meng Wan?"

Get rid of the mother and keep the child!

What a vicious plan!

No wonder the stepmother was never afraid that Aunt Zhou would snatch Chen Yuanli away. She not only persuaded Meng Wan to accept Aunt Zhou, but even tacitly allowed Aunt Zhou to live in a separate courtyard.

So he was waiting here!
All the stepmother had to do was secretly give Aunt Zhou drugs, causing her body to weaken day by day, so that when it was time to give birth, she would naturally be unable to move and would not give birth in the Meng residence.

Even if there is a difficult birth, it cannot be blamed on others.

What a good plan!

"and many more!"

A flash of inspiration flashed through Shen Jiaojiao's mind.

"You said earlier that you couldn't find the problem until Chen Yuanli returned home and stopped the medicine in front of you?"

Aoxue nodded, "Yes."

"Then Chen Yuanli should have been involved in this as well. He supported my stepmother in doing this..." She sighed, feeling sorry for Aunt Zhou.

Aoxue also sighed, "Alas! I thought so too, but I didn't know how to tell her."

Since it would take time to check the medicine, Aoxue hurriedly told Aunt Zhou that she would come back tomorrow, and took the handkerchief back to Meng's house for inspection. Aunt Zhou should not know about it at the moment.

"Just tell the truth." She took a deep breath and smiled, "Zhou Yan is not the weak woman we imagined."

She always thought that Aunt Zhou was a smart person.

From a maid to a concubine, the goal along the way was very clear.

Weakness is just Aunt Zhou's protective color.

Aoxue agreed and asked, "Miss, should we help her?"

Shen Jiaojiao shook her head, "No help."

"Why?" Aoxue widened her eyes.

My young lady had always been concerned about Aunt Zhou and had helped her out of trouble many times, even promoting her from a maid to an concubine.

Today's matter involves life and death, why don't you help, young lady?

"Aoxue, I'm leaving. I can't protect her forever." Shen Jiaojiao held Aoxue's hand. "If she can't protect herself, she will also..."

Aoxue understood what she meant, but felt that the explanation was a bit far-fetched.

If I don't help this time, Aunt Zhou probably won't live to see that day...

"Miss, are you teasing me?"

"Haha." Shen Jiaojiao laughed dryly but did not intend to explain.

Aoxue was in a hurry to prepare the antidote, but seeing that she refused to say anything, he gave up asking and left in a hurry.

She sat there for a moment, then stood up and went back to the east wing.

Just as I was about to lie down on the couch and rest for a while, I heard another report from outside.

"Miss, Aunt Ning wants to see you."

Shen Jiaojiao pursed her lips, lamenting in her heart that she couldn't take a nap, then she sat up straight and shouted outside.

"come in."

Ke Xin opened the door and led Aunt Ning in.

"Miss." The two of them knelt and saluted.

She waved her hands and said softly, "Why are you two being so polite to me? Get up quickly."

Ke Xin quickly straightened up and said, "Miss, I'll go prepare the tea." Then she slipped out.

"This girl just wants to give us some space to talk." Aunt Ning smiled and shook her head.

"Aunt." Shen Jiaojiao called out and stretched out her hand to Aunt Ning, "Come and sit with me."

Aunt Ning walked over with a smile and sat next to her.

She held Aunt Ning's arm, leaned her head on her shoulder, and acted coquettishly.

"That's great. I feel relieved to see that my aunt is feeling much better."

Aunt Ning smiled, but there was an indelible worry in her eyes, "You always make me worry."

"Why worry about it? I'm so good."

"How can I be good? My little ancestor, you are going to scare my aunt out of her wits."

"That won't do. Auntie, you have to be nice, otherwise my brother-in-law will come after me." Shen Jiaojiao giggled and joked.

She was the type of person who only reported good news and not bad news, and she didn't want to make Aunt Ning worry too.

"You are still the same as when you were little."

Aunt Ning squeezed her little hand, then looked up at her, opening and closing her mouth, as if she wanted to say something to her but didn't know where to start.

"Aunt, do you have anything to say?" she asked.

"Alas!" Aunt Ning's eyes flickered slightly, and she sighed heavily, "Your foster father wants me to take over the power of housekeeper, how can I do that?"