Wanfu, the Reborn Empress

Chapter 16 Personal investigation
Gu Yanxi snuggled into her mother's arms, although she looked pitiful with tears on her face, her eyes were shining brightly, looking meaningfully at the lifeless parrot on the ground.

This parrot was bought for her by her father. She has been raising it for three full years and can speak several words, but she did not expect such a cute and clever little guy to die in such a way today.

Gu Yanxi suppressed the guilt welling up in her heart, because she knew very well what the real cause of the parrot's death was, and she also knew very well that it was very sad for her to do so; but the current situation, as well as her plan, forced her to Don't do it.

Dr. Wen was invited to the Furong Courtyard almost immediately. Even if Gu Yanxi didn't eat the poisonous pastry, he still touched it after all. For the sake of safety, the doctor must come to see Mrs. Lin in person to be completely at ease. .

Doctor Wen is a well-known doctor in the capital, and he is often invited to see a doctor for the nobles in the high-profile mansion. The high-profile and high-profile households come in and out a lot, so he naturally sees all kinds of dirty methods; but he didn't expect it. It turned out that in a fairly clean and innocent family like the Gu family, some people started to use this kind of ruthless tactics to deal with people, and the person being dealt with was only a little girl.

Gu Yanxi has been taken care of by Dr. Wen since she was a child. She can be regarded as the little girl that Dr. Wen watched and grew up, so her affection in front of Dr. Wen is not low.

Looking at Gu Yanxi's snow-white face and the teardrops covering the whole face, Doctor Wen was also very distressed. While comforting the little girl's fearful emotions, he carefully checked the pulse. After carefully examining Gu Yanxi, this Only then did he let out a long breath, and replied to the nervous-looking eldest lady and second son.

"Please rest assured, Ma'am, the third girl is auspicious and has no signs of poisoning; it's just that the girl is timid, and she is somewhat overly frightened and restless when this happens suddenly. Stay here and prescribe a few calming decoctions for the girl to drink. It'll be fine."

Dr. Wen's medical skills, Mrs. Lin, were at ease. After hearing him say that Jiaojiao was fine, she was completely relieved.

Compared to Lin's reassurance, Gu Yanchao obviously already hated the murderer who dared to poison his sister. If he couldn't catch that vicious person, he might have trouble sleeping and eating.

Calling Luo Mei to bring up the plate of poisonous snacks, looking at the delicate and attractive food arranged like flower petals, who would have thought that this seemingly alluring thing could kill someone.

Gu's mansion has always been much cleaner than other big houses in the capital, at least there has never been any insidious and harmful things; but he did not expect that such a home that made him feel proud and at ease would one day have such a Unclean things, and it was aimed at his sister.

If he doesn't find that person out and cut him to pieces, how can he vent his anger!

"Doctor Wen, help me find out what kind of poison is in this plum cake?"

Upon hearing Gu Yanchao's words, Doctor Wen knew that the second son of the Gu family was going to arrest someone.

Gu Yanxi was the girl that Dr. Wen had watched and grew up with. Thinking that such a cute little girl like Yuxue would be harmed by someone in his own home, Dr. Wen would naturally do his part and was willing to do his part for this matter.

So, without further ado, he took out the silver needle from the medicine box he carried with him, and the thin needle shining with silver light instantly turned iron black the moment it pierced into the snack.

Seeing the black color climbing up quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye, Doctor Wen's brows were startled, and he said in an unbelievable tone: "It's so vicious, such a poison, and it's so poisonous, it's so heartbreaking to use it on a child." Pointing; Second Young Master, if I am not mistaken in my judgment, the poison in this plum cake should undoubtedly be arsenic."

Arsenic...

Gu Yanchao's eyes could shoot fire, and he swept the cakes off the plate, and his roar could not be restrained: "How dare you use arsenic to murder the third girl, I didn't expect that there are such snakes and scorpions in this Gu mansion!" A heart-warming person; check! Check it out for me! Even if I turn Gu's mansion upside down, I will find out the person whose heart can be punished."

With Gu Yanchao's order, the air in Furong Courtyard, which was already tense, was about to reach freezing point.

Lei Shu's work was very fast, and in less than half a stick of incense, he found out all the people who entered and exited Furongyuan today, especially the servant who touched the plate of plum cake was listed as a key interrogation target; Everyone was crushed in the courtyard by the five big and three rough nurses, kneeling on the ground, and everyone was in danger.

And among them, Mother Tao was also included.

Under Lin's comfort, Gu Yanxi finally calmed down a lot. Hearing her brother's commotion in the yard, she couldn't help but stood up and wanted to go outside.

At this time, Lin Shi almost regarded Gu Yanxi as an eyeball, and wished she could hold her daughter in the palm of her hand and keep her away from danger and harm.

"Jiaojiao, let your brother handle the outside affairs, don't be afraid, mother will accompany you, protect you, and won't let anyone hurt you again."

Gu Yanxi knew that Lin Shi was terrified the moment the poisonous dim sum appeared; but right now, she couldn't stay in the room and let Gu Yanchao handle this matter alone; otherwise, her plan might be ruined because of Gu Yan suddenly changed.

Therefore, Gu Yanxi took Lin's hand and said, "Mother, I know you are worried about me, but now that you and brother are by my side, I am not afraid of anything; elder brother is interrogating the servant of Furongyuan for me. People, I am a victim of this whole thing, and I know something about it, I want to help my brother, so that he can catch the person who caused me as soon as possible, so that you can rest assured earlier, can't you?"

When Lin thought about it, it was the same reason.

Then she agreed, "Okay, that mother will go out with you."

After speaking, Lin put on a warm cloak for Gu Yanxi, and together with Luo Mei, accompanied Gu Yanxi to the yard.

At this moment, in the courtyard of the Furong Courtyard, the servants who couldn't bear Gu Yanchao's anger and were frightened were crying. Looking at the dark crowd of people kneeling on the ground, Gu Yanxi could almost see him kneeling in the corner at a glance. Mother Tao.

When Gu Yanchao heard movement behind him, he saw his mother bringing out the younger sister: "Mother, why did you bring Jiaojiao out? Come in quickly, and leave it to me here."

"It's your sister..."

"Brother, I insisted on coming out." Gu Yanxi interrupted Lin's words, and looked at her brother with clear eyes: "Brother, I know you don't want me to see this with your own eyes, but anyone who wants to harm me dares to be blatant You poisoned me, do I still want to be like an ignorant fool who only knows to hide behind you and seek protection? If I didn’t feed the pastry to the parrot on a whim today, I’m afraid I’d be angry at this time. I am the one who will definitely die. I know that both you and mother want to protect me, but it is easy to hide a hidden arrow, and who can guarantee that I will be safe and secure for the rest of my life?"

Having said that, Gu Yanxi took a step forward, holding Gu Yanchao's arm with his thin white fingers with faint strength: "Brother, if you really want to protect me, don't exclude me, let me participate; I It's your younger sister, the daughter of the Gu family, the people of the Gu family never cause trouble, but when things do come, they are definitely not afraid of trouble."

Gu Yanchao was once again shocked by Gu Yanxi's attitude and words. Sure enough, before he knew it, that little girl who was always delicate and weak in the past really grew up; what grew up made him proud, and what grew up made him look up to him with admiration.

"Well said, it's indeed something that my Gu family's children can say; Jiaojiao, this incident happened in your Furong Courtyard, you can do whatever you want, and I will listen to you as your brother."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yanchao stepped back, as if letting go completely and handing over all the power to Gu Yanxi.

However, Gu Yanchao dared to let Gu Yanxi do this, but Lin was reluctant to let her frightened daughter touch these dirty things again.

In the final analysis, a man is a man, even if he is thoughtful and considerate, he is still a little careless compared to a woman; her son has loved his sister since he was a child, and he almost obeys Jiaojiao's words; but he doesn't know that there are some words that should be listened to It should be pampered, but there are some things that Jiaojiao can't touch in person no matter what.

In case the villain who wanted to murder Jiaojiao hangs around in the Furong Courtyard now, and makes another attack while Jiaojiao is investigating this matter, then it may be too late to regret it.

So, seeing Gu Yanxi stand up and want to personally investigate the poisonous dim sum, Lin stood up almost immediately, and was about to stop her when she was stopped by the eldest son standing beside her.

"Mom, I know you're worried about Jiaojiao, don't worry, under my watch, no one dares to touch Jiaojiao."

Lin was still worried, "But, the poisoner is very cunning, your sister is still young, she shouldn't be allowed to touch such a thing."

In the past, Gu Yanchao did have such thoughts, but after a long conversation with Gu Yanxi, he knew that his sister was not simple.

Gu Yanchao looked at his mother who didn't know anything, and compared to the rage that he had before, he seemed much calmer at the moment, "Mother, it will be Jiaojiao's 11th birthday in five days. Three-year-old engagement is also very common; in other words, we can no longer raise Jiaojiao as a little girl who doesn't understand anything like before; for her good, letting go and trusting her properly will only make her grow Even if she gets married in the future, we can trust that she will protect herself."

After being reminded by the eldest son, Lin suddenly realized.

Yes, her daughter is about to turn eleven, and after all, she is about to grow into a big girl; all these years, she only thought about how to protect and pamper her, but she never thought that it was really right to raise her so ignorant of the world How is she?
In the past, she always thought that as long as she kept her daughter under her nose, she would have no worries for the rest of her life.

But what happened now gave her a resounding slap in the face, and told her ironically that she could not protect her child forever, and that she wanted her child to grow up safely, not by giving her a good enough environment. It's about cultivating her the skills and wisdom to live tenaciously under any circumstances.

It turned out that her education methods were wrong all these years; fortunately, it was not too late for her, because she discovered that her Jiaojiao was even better than she imagined.

(End of this chapter)