usatvline Chapter 56 Filial Piety
Chapter 56 Filial Piety
Chapter 56: Chapter 56 Filial PietyThe young maid is indeed clever.
But no matter how clever or considerate she is, she can’t predict the Eldest Young Madam’s unpredictable actions.
Instead of denying the accusations, she forces them to eat the poisoned braised chicken, rather than sending people to
"She just ate castor bean."
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"Should we use the whip?" Xingxing asked.
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"Let’s skip the whip."
Xingxing nodded.
She called the elderly woman to drag the maid away.
Xingxing had the maid lead the way to Chunlan’s pillow to find the poison.
There were two small packages hidden in Chunlan’s pillow, but Xingxing didn’t know what they were, so she handed them over to Su Jin.
One of the packages was castor bean powder.
The other was the poison.
The young maid was indeed clever. With the castor bean powder, it could be confirmed that Chunlan used castor bean to harm them, but unfortunately, the intelligence was used in the wrong place.
Su Jin sniffed the poison twice more, then frowned.
Xie Jingchen asked, "What kind of poison is it?"
Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen and said, "This is one of the mixed poisons that only works when used together. Of course, this is targeted at me. As for you, just ingest a little, and you’ll vomit blood at night."
One has to admire the people of Duke Zhen Country Mansion.
Even poisoning is done so meticulously.
Threatening the maid to poison her without knowing who was behind it, and only half of the poison was there.
She and Xie Jingchen ate and lived together, inseparable.
Plus, Xie Jingchen often had bouts of poison-induced fainting and vomiting blood. If nothing happened to her, one wouldn’t suspect it was something they ate.
If poison was induced at night, she might not avoid being blamed.
And, after ingesting the poison, it would hide in her body, and if someone wanted her life later, they could just administer the other half of the poison.
"What a pity."
Su Jin looked at the poison package with regret.
Xie Jingchen frowned and asked, "What a pity about what?"
"It’s a pity the maid was too timid and swapped the poison for castor bean; otherwise, we could have used the strategy against them."
After all, knowing the braised chicken was poisoned, she wouldn’t actually eat it with Xie Jingchen.
At night, she could have Xie Jingchen pretend to have a poison-induced vomiting blood session and sleep until dusk. Later, whoever gave her the other half of the poison, then she would know who wanted to harm them.
Xie Jingchen took the poison and said, "There’s nothing to regret. If the other half of the poison was put in the food in the same way, we still wouldn’t find out who was behind it."
Actually, no need to search; they could guess a bit.
After the commotion, Xie Jingchen lost his appetite, and Su Jin couldn’t eat either.
It was still bright outside, so Su Jin and Xie Jingchen went to the backyard to boil medicine and prepare a medicinal bath for him.
While the bamboo house was busy, on the other side, Mrs. Liu and others had it tough.
After eating the chicken, Mrs. Liu knew she wouldn’t live long and let the young maid support her to the front yard to give her last words to her son and her son’s father. But as soon as she finished, her stomach started to hurt, and she had to rush to the latrine repeatedly, losing half her life.
When Xie Jingchen called for them, the small kitchen was preparing dinner for the maids. With nobody watching, the steamed buns and bread in the pot weren’t cooked, and with poison in the food, the maids didn’t dare eat and had to go hungry.
When Xingxing finished brewing the medicine and went to the small kitchen for food, she was told there was no dinner.
Skipping a meal can make you hungry.
Xingxing patted her hungry belly and saw there was still washed fish and vegetables; her eyes lit up.
She quickly packed a basket, grabbed salt and sauce, and headed straight to the backyard.
Firing up the stove, she prepared a medicinal bath for Xie Jingchen.
Xingxing grilled fish by the fire.
Although she didn’t know how to cook, she could grill fish. In the past, she and the young lady would often grill fish by the river at Qingyun Mountain. Normally, she carried seasonings when going downhill, and she was an expert at catching fish.
At the time the Marquis accepted the amnesty, she and the young lady were teased, saying that the Emperor saved the river fish, and if they didn’t stop, there would soon be no fish left because of them.
As Su Jin came out of the bamboo house and stepped onto the stairs, the smell of grilled fish wafted as she got closer to Xie Jingchen.
She was amazed.
Looking at Xie Jingchen, she said, "You must’ve been a fish in your previous life; even soaking in a medicinal bath gives off a fish aroma."
Xie Jingchen, "..."
"A sprinkle of scallions would be perfect."
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Xie Jingchen’s face darkened like the bottom of a pot.
"Miss, it’s me grilling fish. Do you want some?" Xingxing poked her head out and asked.
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"Of course I do."
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