Cheng had finally caught Gu Ying red-handed, and sneered, "This is a highly toxic substance! The medicines in the Duke's residence are all purchased by specialized personnel, and there has never been such a malicious thing as the hook poison. If it weren't for you, this venomous viper who married into the family and took control of Changfeng Pavilion, how could the hook poison suddenly appear?"
Gu Ying wondered in her mind, where did this poison come from?
The poisons used in the inner residence were always chronic poisons. Cheng couldn't be stupid enough to directly give Huo Qiyun a vicious drug, right?
After all, Huo Qiyun was the legitimate daughter of the Huo family. If the legitimate daughter died, it would definitely have to be taken to the government yamen and the Supreme Court.
Seeing Gu Ying purse her lips without speaking, Cheng taunted, "Ever since you married into here and became Adu's new wife, you have been pretending to be easy-going on the surface, calling A Yun sister and sister-in-law. But in your heart, you must have long been jealous and hated her to death, so you deliberately secretly poisoned her?"
"Hehe." Gu Ying neither humble nor pushy, casually pulled at the corners of her mouth and leisurely engaged with Cheng, "Since mother already knows hook poison is highly toxic, how can she still sit here so calmly?"
"What's wrong with me sitting here? I'm not a doctor, I can't treat her."
Gu Ying's eyes contained cold laughter. "No matter how much more A Yun is trampled under your feet and tormented by you, she is still the granddaughter of Old Master Huo after all. If the legitimate granddaughter of the Huo family died after being beaten and insulted by your son for ten years of marriage, and she were to die here tonight, then tomorrow I would go to the public courtroom to have the censorate and the Supreme Court come investigate this case and find out who was the one behind the scenes pulling the strings."
Cheng was stunned for a moment. "You!"
"Alright, mother."
Zhao Changxing raised his hand to stop Cheng's words. It would be useless to argue here. It would be better to do something practical.
He slowly stood up, narrowed his eyes to meet Gu Ying's clear eyes, a trace of almost invisible possessiveness flashed in his eyes.
He smiled slightly and made a please gesture.
"A Yun is inside. You can go in and see first. The medicine package was personally brought by your maid Yin Lan. No one has touched the medicines inside either. If you didn't poison her, then it means your maid had malicious intentions."
Yin Lan's eyes shrank with worry as she looked at her mistress.
At that time, she had simply grabbed the medicines exactly according to the prescription given by the mistress. She had also carefully checked each medicine afterwards, but now she really didn't know which part had gone wrong.
If Young Lady Huo really something happened, given the temperament of the prince, would he divorce the mistress over this?
The couple had just married not long ago. This situation was clearly aimed at separating the two.
The more she thought about it, the more self-blaming she became, and her eyes reddened slightly.
Gu Ying gave her a reassuring look, calculating the time in her mind. With Xin Zhu's speed, the prince should be back soon...
She could drag it out for now. At least go in and see Huo Qiyun's situation first, don't let her really die...
Gu Ying immediately walked into the main room. On the medium-sized canopy bed, Huo Qiyun lay weak and pale. Her hands and feet trembled slightly, her chest heaved, and it looked difficult to breathe. Her eyebrows were still furrowed as her little hand clutched her abdomen. Her whole body was painfully curled up.
Gu Ying sat next to her and saw that her head was sweating all over. She became even more worried in her heart, "Sister Yun, how do you feel?"
Huo Qiyun opened her red eyes, raised her trembling long eyelashes to look at the person sitting on the edge of the bed. When she saw the face clearly, the light in her eyes was extremely complicated and vigilant for a moment.
She shrank back in terror, angrily trying to push Gu Ying away, but there was not much strength in her body. With a little force from Gu Ying, her wrist was grabbed.
"Let...let me go!"
After being reborn, Gu Ying had started seriously reading medical books and learned some basic medical skills.
Checking someone's pulse was no problem.
Huo Qiyun couldn't break free and could only cry in pain and grief, "Why do you... want to harm me... It hurts so much..."
"Gu Ying... you..."
"You are so cruel..."
"Adu... save me..."
She spoke incoherently, probably because of the poisoning. She couldn't catch her breath with her ashen face.
"My... stomach hurts... uncomfortable... it hurts so much... Sister Ying... please... save me."
"I don't want to die..."
"Save me, okay..."
From the initial shock, fear, helplessness, to now only being able to grab Gu Ying as the last lifeline.
Huo Qiyun used her convulsing little hands to grip Gu Ying's hands tightly, her nails dug deep into her palms. Her eyes were about to split open, and she was in extreme pain. "Save me... Adu... save me..."
Gu Ying had already determined that the poison Huo Qiyun had taken was indeed hook poison. She immediately stabilized her mind, first supported Huo Qiyun to prevent her from moving around, and then urgently ordered Yanzhi, "Yanzhi, go hug two ducks now! Geese will work too! Hurry up!"
Yanzhi didn't dare ask anything, and was about to rush out.
But Zhao Changxing lazily blocked Yanzhi's way. "The situation is not clear yet. Sister, your people can't just walk around randomly."
He smiled cruelly. "Come, tie up Yanzhi."
Several sturdy older female servants walked in and dragged Yanzhi out.
"Mistress! Mistress! Mmm——"
Immediately, the older female servant skillfully used a handkerchief to cover her mouth.
Yin Lan's face turned pale. She quickly realized that Cheng and Zhao Changxing were targeting her mistress today.
She swiftly stood in front of Gu Ying and lowered her voice, "Mistress, I'm afraid things don't bode well..."
Gu Ying sneered again and again, completely fearless as she looked at Zhao Changxing, "Big brother, can't you see that if you drag this out any longer, sister Yun will die soon?"
Zhao Changxing didn't have any reaction whether Huo Qiyun lived or died. He smiled as he watched Gu Ying's cold appearance, and his heart boiled over.
He walked over, his fingers hooking up her petite chin, "You tried to harm A Yun with poison, there is solid evidence. Let me think carefully about how to punish you."
Gu Ying glared at him irritably, with disgust churning in her eyes.
She slapped his big hand away and slapped him across the face as fast as lightning.
Zhao Changxing's cheek was slapped to the side, revealing a slap mark on his pale face.
He pushed out a mouthful of blood foam with his tongue.
"Good, you dare to hit me, savage enough."
He liked her!
Gu Ying coldly glared at him and sneered indifferently, "I don't care. If sister Yun dies, it will only be a life for a life for me. But if the prince knows that sister Yun died here today because big brother and mother refused to save her, what would the prince do? "
Zhao Changxing and Cheng's faces changed upon hearing this.
They had gotten so preoccupied with punishing and controlling Gu Ying that they had forgotten about that King Yama.
Cheng cautiously poked Zhao Changxing with her elbow, "Don't let Huo Qiyun die...lest that madman goes mad again."
Zhao Changxing unwillingly looked at Gu Ying. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Release Yanzhi!"
