Chapter 17: My Aunt Was Poisoned
"After your mother read the letter, she was terrified and immediately sent someone to invite Li Erniu into the mansion, fearing that Zhi'er would know that she was adopted."

"I don't know where Li Erniu got the information from, but when he found out Zhi'er was here, he came over to ask for some silver. He also said that if he didn't give it to her, he would go find Zhi'er. So your mother agreed to Li Erniu's request, gave him the silver, and allowed him to meet Zhi'er briefly in the name of a distant relative."

"And what happened next?"

"Since then, he has come here every year to ask for some silver. Later, our Ye family moved to a new residence, and it seems that Li Erniu has not come here in the past two years."

If Ye Shu hadn't mentioned this, Ye Mu would have really forgotten about this person.

Seeing Ye Shu asking this, Ye Mu immediately guessed what Ye Shu meant.

"Shu'er means to suspect Zhi'er's uncle?"

"Yes." Ye Shu couldn't say that she heard it from her daughter's inner voice, so she could only introduce the characters step by step.

"Hearing what Shu'er said, Li Erniu is indeed suspicious. Then I will think carefully about whether there are any clues about Li Erniu."

"it is good."

At the hour of You, Gu Xun brought the imperial physician back from the palace.

After Gu Xun brought Ye Zhi and the other two to the Dali Temple, he went straight to the Imperial Hospital to ask for the imperial physician.

"Doctor Zhang, this way please."

Although Imperial Physician Zhang is not very old, only about thirty years old, he is considered one of the most skilled physicians in Chinese medicine in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Ye Mu saw Gu Xun invited Doctor Zhang over, and he quickly stepped forward to greet him, "Doctor Zhang, please."

The bed curtain was drawn, Madam Ye stretched out her left hand, and Doctor Zhang began to take her pulse.

After checking the pulse, Doctor Zhang stood up. Ye Mu then led him aside and asked, "How is Madam's health?"

"Master Ye, Madam Ye's pulse is urgent, stringy and astringent, and her Qi is stagnant. This is a symptom of anger attacking the heart. In addition, Madam Ye is weak, so this is considered to be a root injury. She needs to rest and recuperate."

Hearing this, everyone became nervous.

"But Lord Ye, don't worry. I'll prescribe some medicine for you. If you take good care of yourself, you can get 70% to 80% better, even if you can't completely cure it."

"That's good. Thank you, Doctor Zhang."

Seeing that Gu Xun had invited the imperial physician over, Ye Shu instantly thought of asking Imperial Physician Zhang to check on her sister-in-law.

At that time, Ye Shu heard Gu Jiangmeng's inner voice saying that her sister-in-law was poisoned, and when Ye Shu mentioned asking for a doctor but was rejected by Liu, Ye Shu was still thinking about what to do. Now that the imperial physician is here, wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone?

Thinking of this, Ye Shu stepped forward and whispered a few words to Gu Xunyan, asking Gu Xun to take Doctor Zhang with him while she went to find Liu.

When Ye Shu carried Gu Jiangmeng to find Liu, Liu was still making medicine for Mrs. Ye.

Naturally, Liu refused at first, after all, she still thought she was fine, but she couldn't resist Ye Shu's words and agreed.

[Mother is so great! Mother cares so much about my sister-in-law. It’s a good opportunity to use the imperial physician to find out the poison in my aunt.]

[My aunt and cousin are both saved! Yay yay yay!]

Listening to Gu Jiangmeng's inner thoughts, Ye Shu smiled secretly.

Silly daughter, your mother is not good at all. If you hadn't told me these things, how would I have known them?

"Doctor Zhang."

Fortunately, Doctor Zhang hadn't left yet, so we managed to catch him.

"This is my sister-in-law, please ask Doctor Zhang to diagnose her." Gu Xun made a brief introduction.

Liu sat down and said politely, "Excuse me, Doctor Zhang."

Doctor Zhang took a long time to feel the pulse. His brows were originally frowned. "May I ask if Madam has felt unwell recently?"

"I often feel dizzy, and my hands and feet are cold. Maybe I have caught a cold."

Hearing this, Doctor Zhang frowned and asked, "Are you feeling nauseous or vomiting?"

"Yes, there are." "Are there any other symptoms?"

"This..." Liu thought for a moment, "I sometimes feel a little palpitated."

After taking the patient's pulse, Doctor Zhang slowly stood up and sighed.

"Hey~"

Hearing this sigh, everyone's heart tightened.

"Madam, have you accidentally eaten daffodils recently?" asked Doctor Zhang.

"No." Liu shook her head. How could she have eaten flowers by mistake?

"Could it be that a servant accidentally got it in?" Doctor Zhang continued to ask.

Although she didn't know why Doctor Zhang kept asking whether anyone had accidentally eaten daffodils, Liu still called the maid who was waiting outside.

"Xiang'er!"

When Liu's maid Xiang'er heard this, she stepped forward.

"The servant is here."

"Let me ask you, have you ever accidentally put daffodils into a dessert or meal?"

Listening to Liu's question, Xiang'er shook her head, "Madam, no. There are no daffodils in our Zizhu Pavilion, and it is impossible that they were put in by mistake."

The whole family was a little confused. They didn't know why Doctor Zhang kept asking about Narcissus. Was there something wrong with Narcissus?
Ye Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Doctor Zhang, is there anything wrong with Narcissus?"

Doctor Zhang took a look at Ye Yuan and guessed based on her dress that she should be the fourth young lady of the Ye family.

"Miss, daffodils are poisonous."

Hearing this, everyone was surprised. They didn't expect that such common daffodils could be poisonous.

[Yes, yes, daffodils are poisonous! Don’t be fooled by their appearance like garlic sprouts, they are poisonous. If I hadn’t read about the poisonous nature of daffodils in the news, I wouldn’t have known about it. Besides, most of you ordinary people in ancient times would definitely not know about it.]

After knowing that daffodils are poisonous, the whole family guessed what it meant: Liu had been poisoned.

"Poisonous?" Liu couldn't help but say it.

"Yes." Doctor Zhang confirmed again, "Daffodils and garlic sprouts look very similar, so people often eat them by mistake and get poisoned. That's why I asked Madam if she had eaten daffodils by mistake just now."

Liu was a smart person after all. After hearing what Doctor Zhang said, she quickly spoke again.

"I was so confused. It turns out that what I ate these days were actually daffodils. I thought they were garlic sprouts. It's all my fault for being careless. The daffodils haven't bloomed yet. They really look like garlic sprouts."

When Doctor Zhang heard what Liu said, he immediately felt relieved.

"Is there any way to cure it?" Liu continued to ask.

"Of course there are. Narcissus flowers are not very toxic, and Madam didn't eat too much by mistake, so the poisoning wasn't serious. I'll prescribe some medicine, and Madam, please remember not to eat it by mistake again."

"That's natural."

"Please trouble Doctor Zhang to come over."

"No, no, no trouble."

After seeing off Doctor Zhang, the smile on Liu's face suddenly disappeared.

And Gu Jiangmeng was still confused.

[Why did my aunt say that she ate the daffodils by mistake? It was clearly my uncle's concubine Zhang who poisoned her!]

Listening to Gu Jiangmeng's inner voice, Ye Shu gently patted the child in her arms and said, "You will know soon."

(End of this chapter)

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