The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 116 Arsenic
"Let's go?" Nanny Yu said, turned around and walked out first.

Liu'er paused for a moment, then raised her foot as if nothing had happened, and followed her out.

Mrs. Lin happened to be sitting on the main seat in the outer room, and when she saw her coming out, she immediately asked with a smile, "Are you full?"

Liu Er nodded.Although she was still disheveled and bruised all over, but she was determined to seek death, and she was not afraid at all when facing Mrs. Lin who was as vicious as a snake.

Seeing her appearance, Mrs. Lin felt a little displeased. She felt that something was wrong, so she asked straightforwardly: "Now you can promise to be my internal response by the princess's side?"

"Madam's thinking is really beautiful..." Liu'er sneered suddenly when she heard the words, she raised her head, fixed her eyes on Madam Lin, and said word by word: "It's just a pity, I will never betray you in my whole life." Crown Princess!"

"What did you say?" Mrs. Lin became angry when she heard this, "You were playing with me just now!"

"No, I just want to be a stuffed ghost." Liu'er looked at Mrs. Lin's angry, ferocious face, but felt a burst of joy in her heart. In this joy, she shut her mouth tightly, Bite hard!
I thought it would be painful enough to die.

But at this moment, Liu'er suddenly felt a strong force rushing towards her, and someone punched her hard in the face. She was taken aback, and involuntarily loosened her teeth.

Accompanied by the severe pain on her face, she felt her body lighten up, and the next moment, she appeared at the door.The body was still carried by someone.

She glanced back and almost cried out in surprise.

This, isn't this the hidden guard next to the princess?Could it be that the princess had a premonition that she was in danger and sent someone to save her?

A surge of joy suddenly surged in Liu'er's heart!
In the room, Mrs. Lin and the others were already stunned by this sudden change.

"Quick! Stop them quickly! Catch the assassin!" Mrs. Lin reacted the fastest, stood up abruptly and shouted towards the outside at the top of her lungs.

No matter who this sudden appearance is, she can't let him leave here!You can't take Liu'er away!

All of a sudden, a large number of servants from the Lin family poured into the doorway, all holding sticks in their hands, staring at Liu Er and the other two at the door.

"Don't hesitate, rush up and kill them immediately!" Mrs. Lin shouted, waving her arms.

"Mrs. Lin, save your energy!" Unexpectedly, the person who was carrying Liu'er said slowly: "Master Lin has received the news and has rushed over here." A gold medal came out, and he said in a deep voice: "See clearly, this is His Royal Highness's belt badge, and His Highness sent me here! Now, do you still want to kill me?"

As soon as the gold medal was unveiled, all the servants of the Xiangfu gathered outside the door were stunned, and they all stood there in a daze, not daring to make any moves.

Mrs. Lin was also a little dumbfounded seeing this scene.

The prince actually sent someone here?impossible!That gold medal must be fake!fake!

"Listen to me! This gold medal is fake! This traitor who doesn't know where he came from dares to be armed as the guard of His Royal Highness. Look at his clothes. Is there any guard dressed like this?"

In order to prevent unnecessary trouble, Ji Yan wore a black tights when he left the palace.At this time, she became the target of Mrs. Lin's attack.

After hearing Mrs. Lin's words, the servants outside the door looked a little hesitant, not knowing who to listen to.For a while, no one acted rashly.

"No! He belongs to the crown prince!" Liu'er shouted suddenly: "I have seen him in the East Palace!"

"You lowly maidservant!" Seeing this scene, Mrs. Lin's eyes were tearing apart, and she immediately shouted loudly: "She is talking nonsense! That person is not from the prince! You all rush to me! Stand there in a daze What to do? Watch out I'll kick you all out! Get out!"

"Ma'am, but he has His Royal Highness' badge in his hand!" A servant boldly said: "If it wasn't given by His Royal Highness, where did he get the badge from? If it was stolen, he wouldn't dare to come here Take it out in a fair manner? Wouldn’t that be asking for death? Madame think twice!”

As soon as this sentence came out, all the servants nodded in agreement: "Yes! Madame, please think twice!"

Mrs. Lin was so angry that her orifices were smoking, and she wished she could kill them all on the spot!
With a sound of "Wow!", she suddenly snatched a kitchen knife from the servant closest to her, and then ruthlessly charged towards Liu'er and Ji Yan who were standing there.

A trace of disdain immediately appeared in Ji Yan's eyes, just relying on a wave of anger and unskilled slashing, there was no threat to him at all!
It wasn't until this time that he admired Ye Zhaoqing in his heart. If the princess hadn't given him the gold medal, if there were so many people rushing to her, Ji Yan might not be able to take this girl away safely.

After all, the guards of Xiangfu are not vegetarians.

"I'm going to kill you!" Mrs. Lin rushed over viciously holding a kitchen knife.

"Ma'am! What are you doing?" But at this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded in the yard.Immediately afterwards, the servants stepped aside one after another, lowered their heads and let the man strode in.

As soon as Mrs. Lin saw the person who walked in, her whole heart tightened suddenly, and the kitchen knife in her hand fell down involuntarily, hitting her instep. The painful Mrs. Lin bent down and hugged her. He kicked his feet and screamed.

"This, this is so decent!" Lin Xiang strode in, seeing the chaotic scene in front of him, trembling with anger.

Ji Yan glanced at him coolly, and said: "Master Lin, the Crown Princess sent Miss Liu'er to deliver a letter to the Eldest Miss, but seeing that she had not returned for a long time, she might be in danger, so she begged His Highness the Crown Prince to send The subordinates came to rescue Liu'er, can we go?" He said, shaking the gold medal that had been held up in his hand towards Lin Xiang.

As shrewd as Lin Xiang, he could tell at a glance that the gold medal was real.

He turned his head and looked at Liu'er who was being supported by Ji Yan. This girl was covered in scars and her clothes were torn. She had suffered many crimes.

Looking back at the servants holding sticks around the yard, Prime Minister Lin finally turned his sinister eyes to his wife.

"Ma'am, what's going on?"

Hearing this sinister voice, Mrs. Lin knew that the general situation was over, and she couldn't please herself today anyway. Hearing this, the corners of her mouth curled up, showing a smile that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water: "Mr. Xiang, that's what you saw Is that so? It’s true that Liu’er came to deliver a letter, but she spoke rudely to me! Thanks to me, I entertained her with good food and drink!”

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Ji Yan bitterly and said, "There is also this person who suddenly appeared here, wearing clothes that only thieves and thieves would wear, but holding the prince's token to threaten me to release him, could it be Shouldn't I investigate first before talking?"

"Then that's how you investigated?" Seeing her unrepentant appearance, Lin Xiang smiled angrily: "With all the servants of the Hou's mansion, you are going to kill these two people, right? Have you thought about what will happen to this?" Consequences?"

"What are the consequences? Would you die at worst?" Mrs. Lin said, with a mocking smile on her lips: "Didn't the concubine want me to die all the time? Lord Hou just gave me a pack of poison and let me die." In this way, everyone will be clean! Lord Hou can take my body and go to the princess to receive the reward!"

Lin Xiang was dumbfounded when he heard this. After so many years of separation, no matter how much he hated him, he never thought of killing Mrs. Lin. Unexpectedly, this man said it so carelessly.

Is this threatening him?
There was a gleam of coldness in Lin Xiang's eyes.

Mrs. Lin didn't know how powerful she was yet, she was still yelling for Xiang Lin to kill herself.

Even if this evil woman is to be punished, it is not now.

Lin Xiang took a deep breath when he heard the words, and suppressed all the anger in his chest bit by bit, ignored Mrs. Lin, but turned around and glanced at Ji Yan, saying: "Little brother, how do you call?"

"How can you hang on to a lowly name?" Ji Yan smiled coldly when he heard the words, and said, "Master Lin asked this because he wanted to remember it, so that he can kill people to silence it in the future?"

"Brother, it's serious!" Xiang Lin shook his head in denial when he heard the words: "Your crown concubine has been entrenched in my house for a few days, and you are not inferior to her. How could you do such a thing as murder and silence?"

As she said that, she turned her head and glanced at the embarrassed Liu Er, sighed and said: "Liu Er, after all, it's Madam who can't help you, and the truth is here to apologize to you for her." He said very seriously He arched his hands and made a bow.

Liu'er was startled when she saw this, and bowed to the Prime Minister to apologize to herself, what's the matter?How can a girl like her have such a big face?

"Master Xiang! No way!" Liu Er hurriedly shook her head and said, "This matter has nothing to do with Master Xiang..."

"Liu'er, people have said that they are apologizing for their wife, what are you guilty of?" Ji Yan couldn't help but said, "Just because you have suffered so much and almost killed yourself by biting your tongue, you deserve this gift." !"

"What, bite your tongue and kill yourself?" Lin Xiang was shocked when he heard this.

Liu'er glanced at him with a wry smile, and said: "It's all over, this servant will not take it to heart, and I beg the Prime Minister not to take it to heart. I will not report these things to the prince for Miss Lin's sake. Concubine, it's just that this servant wants to ask Xiangye a favor."

"Say it!" Lin Xiang didn't know what to say at this time, so he nodded hurriedly.

Liu'er glanced at him, and said: "Mrs. Lin fed the servant a poison to force her to betray the Crown Princess. The servant does not want to trouble the Crown Princess to explain it for the servant, so please ask Lin Xiang to help you give me an antidote! "

"Poison?" After hearing this, Lin Xiang turned his head away like lightning, but saw his wife turned her head away and didn't look at her at all.

This poisonous woman is so unscrupulous for her goals!
How did he never discover this?
At this moment, all the feelings towards Mrs. Lin in Lin Xiang's heart suddenly disappeared.

He walked over and said in a deep voice, "Where's the antidote? Take it out!"

"Master Hou, what if I don't take it?" Mrs. Lin asked back.

Lin Xiangwen glanced at her with a calm expression, and said, "You really don't want to take it?"

"If Lord Hou promises me, don't care about today's affairs, and return the power of the family to me, I may come up with an antidote." Mrs. Lin said with her head held high.

Even if she loses, she won't lose!

"It's already this time? Are you still thinking about this?" Lin Xiang raised his eyes and gave Mrs. Lin a strange look.It seemed that she hadn't expected her to say such a thing.

Mrs. Lin immediately sneered when she heard the words: "Master, I know that after today's incident, you will definitely never enter my house again. Without the favor of your husband, and the real power in charge of the family, such a day is simply life. It's better to die, the antidote is only for me, if I don't take this opportunity to get more for myself, won't I treat myself too badly?"

"You think quite comprehensively." Hearing this, Lin Xiang was not only not angry, but nodded in agreement.

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Lin's eyes burst out with joy: "Master Hou agreed?"

"Yes." Prime Minister Lin nodded his head honestly: "After all, compared to the feud with the Crown Princess, letting you take charge of Zhongfu is not a big deal at all."

"Then, Lord Hou won't argue with me about today's matter?" Mrs. Lin asked anxiously after hearing the words.There was some hope in his eyes.

Lin Xiang nodded faster this time: "Yes, I don't care about you. After all, you have done so much for the sake of Xiangfu."

When Madam Lin heard this, a trace of great joy suddenly appeared in her eyes. Without hesitation, she took out a purse from her chest, threw it to Ji Yan and said, "This is the antidote, take it all away!"

Ji Yan looked down, then took out one and stuffed it into Liu'er's mouth.

"Now! Please get out of here!" With her husband's promise, Mrs. Lin seemed to have taken a reassurance. Seeing Ji Yan feeding Liu'er the medicine bowl, she couldn't wait to kick him out.

Ji Yan pulled Liu'er to leave, but she refused.

"Mrs. Lin, what you gave me can only temporarily relieve the poison on my body, but it can't detoxify me." Liu'er looked at Mrs. Lin, and said in a deep voice: "After these pills are finished, the servants still have to come back here to ask for help. Medicine, in order to prevent the Crown Princess from pleading with people like you, this servant has decided that if you don’t give me the real antidote today, this servant will not leave!”

When Mrs. Lin heard this, her complexion sank.

"Didn't you give the antidote?" Lin Xiang's face also darkened, he cast a gloomy look at his wife, and said word by word: "After I agreed to your unreasonable demands, you actually gave fake poison?"

"No! That's the real antidote!" Mrs. Lin panicked all of a sudden, she hurriedly shook her head and said, "I just gave those because I remembered it wrongly, so it can also be antidote?"

"Then take out the medicine that can really detoxify!" Lin Xiang said with a sullen face, "It's already this time, you still want to control this girl, don't you?"

Being exposed, Mrs. Lin felt guilty, she denied it again and again, and finally stretched out her hand, took out another purse from her chest, and said: "If there is a fake this time, I will be struck by lightning!"

Lin Xiangwen glanced at her, but felt disgusted and wanted to vomit. He hurriedly grabbed the purse from her hand, turned around and handed it to Ji Yan: "Don't eat it yet, bring the antidote back and let the princess see it." Look, if there is a fake, just come back and report it, the truth will force her to come up with the real antidote!"

"Thank you." Ji Yanyan grabbed the purse, took a look at Lin Xiang and said, "Master Lin, you are so enlightened and righteous, how come the wife you got is so unworthy? I see you! The most urgent thing is Hurry up and change to another lady!"

Lin Xiang was slightly embarrassed when he was told, but he shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, a poor wife should not be abandoned. No matter how many faults she has, she has also raised a few children for me. This kindness, in itself Remember."

"Yeah, I'm just going to break my mouth, Mr. Xiang, don't worry about it. Farewell!" Ji Yan said, carefully supporting Liu'er to turn around and leave.

It was the main entrance of the Hou's mansion, and there were so many servants standing on both sides, none of them dared to stop them.

Here, after Mr. Lin left, he gave Mrs. Lin a cold look, and said, "Clean up this place, what does it look like!" After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave.

"Master Xiang!" Mrs. Lin hurriedly yelled, and she rushed to Xiang Lin. The appearance of a fierce and vicious woman just now has returned to her usual gentle and virtuous appearance, and she even gave Xiang Lin a shy look: "Master Xiang, are you going to the concubine's yard tonight?"

It's a pity that Lin Xiang finally saw her true face clearly, and he will no longer be confused by these illusions. Seeing this, he felt disgusted and wanted to vomit, but his face was condensed: "I won't go, the truth will rest tonight In the study!"

With that said, he strode away.

Mrs. Lin involuntarily took a step forward, but her outstretched hand was empty.

She withdrew her hand in some disappointment, and comforted herself: "Fortunately, I didn't get beaten today, and I took the opportunity to regain the power of the family. It's great!"

She didn't know that after Lin Xiang returned to his study, he began to seriously think about an important matter.

That is divorce.

As early as when Ji Yan yelled these words, he had already had this idea in his heart.

Today, he has finally reached the point where he can't bear Madam Lin's actions.

But doing so would definitely involve Lin Xirong.

Lin Xiang frowned and thought for a while, then turned to the boy and asked, "Miss, what are you up to today?"

"Return to Xiangye, Miss went to Murong Mansion to enjoy the flowers today, and she came back earlier than Xiangye." The servant whispered.

When Xiang Lin heard the words, his heart tightened suddenly: "Then did she know what happened today?"

At this moment, he subconsciously wanted to hide Lin Xirong, his only daughter.

Unexpectedly, the boy's words ruthlessly shattered his fantasy: "Return to Master Xiang, Miss knew about this, and she went to stop Madam herself, don't kill Liu'er! It's a pity, she fainted for some reason afterwards , and that’s what happened next.”

"Then where is she now?" Lin Xiang stood up immediately after hearing the words.

The boy was startled, and hurriedly said: "Master Xiang, you don't need to be nervous, the young lady was too excited, that's why she passed out, I've asked the doctor to check it out, now I'm fine, I've already fallen asleep."

"That's it!" Xiang Lin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and sat back on the chair again.

But the next moment, his heart was once again tightly tangled into a ball.

Xirong already knew about this, what should I do?
……

In the East Palace, Ye Zhaoqing was shocked when he saw Liu'er who was brought back by Ji Yan who was covered in injuries all over his body: "She actually hit her so hard? Where's Xi Rong? She's just watching?"

"Going back to the Crown Princess, Miss Lin wasn't there when the slaves went." Liu'er said in a low voice, "I heard that she went to the Murong Mansion today and was invited by Miss Murong as a guest. She came back later."

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing had a strange look on his face: "She went to Murong Mansion?"

"Yes." Liu'er nodded with difficulty, and said to Yuxiu who was next to her who was applying medicine, "Take it easy, it hurts."

Yuxiu's eyes were already full of tears: "How vicious is it that I have the heart to hit you so hard!" Her movements, which were originally light, are now as light as a feather.

Liu'er smiled wryly upon hearing this, but did not answer.

Ye Zhaoqing looked at her worriedly, sat down and began to feel her pulse.

"It was actually arsenic." She sneered, and said to Ji Yan, "You take both of those antidotes."

"Yes, Crown Princess." Ji Yan responded, and immediately took out the two purses from his sleeves, handed them to Ye Zhaoqing, and said, "That black purse is said to be the real antidote."

Ye Zhaoqing reached out to take the purse from Ji Yan's hand, opened it and took a look.

Then, she laughed: "This Mrs. Lin really underestimates people, these two packs are not an antidote at all, they are all arsenic!"

"It's all poison?" In the bedroom, except for Ye Zhaoqing, everyone was shocked.

"To be exact, it's a pill mixed with arsenic." Ye Zhaoqing glanced down, stretched out his hand and picked up a pill, and said, "If you ignore the arsenic in it, this is a good medicine for beauty."

Liu'er said in a daze: "Crown Princess, the servants are eating arsenic, then, why are you still alive?"

Yuxiu was quite knowledgeable, she was considered an old man in the palace, but she was a big kid, so she immediately replied after hearing this: "Sister Liu'er, this small amount of arsenic won't kill people, but it can also beautify your face. Many concubines in this palace, in order to win the favor of the emperor, will eat a little bit of arsenic, which does not cause much harm to the human body."

Liu'er was still confused when she heard the words: "But, since I can't die, why does Mrs. Lin threaten me with this?"

"A small amount won't kill people, but if you eat too much, of course you will die." Ye Zhaoqing let go of her wrist and sighed: "She uses this to threaten you, but if you have a little bit of fear, you will believe it and use it for her. In this way, you fell into her trap. You eat arsenic day by day, and you report my news to her. After a long period of time, you will only die in the end, and she will get useful news, and she will be able to hide it without anyone noticing it. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone to get rid of you?"

Liu'er listened to these words in a daze, and then a trace of fear appeared on her face: "Oh my God! She never intends to let me go! Mrs. Lin is too scary!"

"Liu'er, thank you. Ji Yan told me that you refused to bow to Mrs. Lin and chose to commit suicide. He saved you." Ye Zhaoqing said, reaching out to hold her hand, and said with guilt: "It's because I didn't think carefully and didn't let anyone accompany you. I thought that with Lin Xirong around, you would be absolutely fine..."

(End of this chapter)