The next day.

Qinghe came to the upper room to pay her respects to Madam Jiang. As soon as she entered the yard, she felt that the atmosphere was not right. The maids and old women were all standing in the corridor, with very abnormal expressions on their faces.

Seeing Qing He coming, everyone stepped forward and saluted, "Morning, Madam!"

Qing He nodded and asked softly, "What happened inside?"

The maid Yu'er stammered, "Young Madam, you should go back today!"

Qing He frowned and asked, "What happened?"

At this time, Madam Jiang's personal maid Xing'er suddenly came out and bowed respectfully to Qinghe, saying, "Young Madam, the old lady asked you to go back today."

Qing He asked doubtfully, "Xing'er, what happened in there?"

Xing'er whispered, "Young Madam, don't ask. You will know it later."

Qing He had no choice but to turn around and walk away suspiciously, wondering as she walked: What on earth happened...so mysterious?

Xing'er turned and walked into the upper room, "Madam, the young mistress has gone back."

Madam Jiang nodded, sighed and said, "Qinghe is pregnant now, she can't be stimulated, it's better to keep this matter secret from her. Is the coroner here?"

Madam Kong replied, "I have sent someone to invite him. He should be here soon."

"Yes." Madam Jiang nodded and said, "Let's find an uninhabited house in the backyard to use as the morgue, and assign a few people to guard it. Ask Doctor Xue to go over and help take a look. He is knowledgeable and may be able to figure out the cause of death."

The old woman agreed, turned around and came to Xilu Garden, and said to the servants: "The old lady has ordered to carry the body to the backyard."

"Yes."

Several servants lifted a body covered with a white cloth from the door and walked out of the garden, heading to the northeast corner...

After a while, a coroner came in hurriedly, carrying a box on his back, following the housekeeper.

After the two arrived at the backyard, the coroner put down the box, took out the tools from it, then uncovered the white cloth covering the body and began to examine it carefully...

After about half an hour, he put down the tools in his hand and reported to the butler beside him: "Butler Yang, the deceased was poisoned by some kind of Western poison. His face is calm, with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth..."

"Apart from this, are there any other symptoms?"

"No, there are no obvious external injuries on the body."

The housekeeper nodded, turned around and went to the courtyard where Doctor Xue lived, and repeated the coroner's original words.

Doctor Xue said in surprise: "Based on these symptoms, he should have been poisoned by the Jinbo Xunhua..."

When Mrs. Jiang heard the news, she was shocked!

The Jiang Mansion has always been heavily guarded, and it is impossible for outsiders to come in under normal circumstances. But someone actually dared to poison in public, this is outrageous!

If this isn't investigated thoroughly, things will get really chaotic!

So she gave an order, on the one hand, asking the maids and old women to strictly block the news and not let the pregnant Qinghe know, so as not to scare her. On the other hand, she sent someone to call Li Zhi and asked him to bring people to carefully search every room and servants in the mansion, and report anything suspicious immediately!

For a time, the people in Jiang's residence began to panic, fearing that they had been poisoned without knowing it...

Only one person raised his lips slightly after hearing the news, and observed everything calmly and coldly.

This person was Jin Ling'er. She carefully made a plate of lotus cakes and had them sent to the palace.

After receiving it, Concubine Jia crushed the pastry and took out a note from it.

After reading it, she said coldly: "Well done! I was originally wondering how to deal with this Xia'er, but I didn't expect that she would commit suicide and threaten me. Jin Ling'er did a good job! Killing her is a good move!"

So he immediately wrote a reply letter and asked someone to deliver it to Jiang's house.

Jin Ling'er was very happy after reading it!

In the letter, Concubine Jia praised her for her good work and promised that as soon as the little village girl died, she would immediately propose to her grandmother to take her as a concubine, and then find a way to make her her principal wife!

But she needs to continue to complete what Xiaer has not completed, and find a way to kill Qinghe as soon as possible!

After burning the letter, Jin Ling'er frowned and stared blankly, thinking about how to quickly get rid of the stumbling block without leaving any trace...

Yesterday, Xia'er came to her in a hurry and said that she had poisoned the young lady's tea and that she would die of the poison soon. By then, the whole mansion would be sealed off and a strict investigation would be conducted to find out who had poisoned her. She would definitely become the number one suspect!

She wanted Jin Ling'er to tell Concubine Jia that if they could not help her clear the suspicion, she would definitely tell the truth once she was caught!

Jin Ling'er listened calmly on the surface, but murderous intent was brewing in her heart!

Because this will implicate her. She was the one who gave the powder to Xia'er, so she will definitely not be able to escape responsibility at that time!

She was going to be the future young lady of the Jiang family, so how could she let others ruin her plans?

So she pretended to agree to help, poured a cup of tea for Xia'er and said, "Don't worry! The Queen will definitely not let you be implicated. I will send the news to the palace in a moment."

Xia Er finally calmed down a little, took a sip of tea and said, "Also, tell the queen that this is the last time I will help her! If she continues to force me, the worst that can happen is that we can just break up!"

Jin Ling'er smiled and said, "Don't worry! As long as the young lady dies, the queen will not look for you again!"

Xia Er nodded and said, "Well, it would be better this way..."

At this moment, she suddenly felt dizzy, her hands and feet were numb and uncontrollable, her chest was stuffy and she couldn't breathe. She suddenly woke up, looked at the cup of tea in her hand, and then glared at Jin Ling'er and said, "You...you..."

"Don't blame me for being cruel. Who told you to want to get off the boat halfway? If that's the case, it doesn't matter to you, but all my efforts will be wasted...so I have to inconvenience you a little!" Jin Ling'er said softly.

Xia'er went limp all over, slowly falling on the table without moving, and the cup of tea in her hand fell onto the table, spilling all over the table...

Jin Ling'er stepped forward and put the cup into her sleeve, then lifted up Xia'er's body and secretly placed it on the road leading to the upper room when no one was paying attention...

Shortly after daybreak, a servant discovered the dead body and panicked, telling the housekeeper, who in turn told Xing'er, who reported the matter to Old Madam Jiang.

After hearing the news, Mrs. Jiang was shocked and angry!

Who was so bold as to kill someone right under his nose! And the person he killed was Qing He's personal maid!

After learning that Xia'er was poisoned to death by a deadly poison from the Western Regions, Old Madam Jiang sent Yue'er to Chuping Villa to serve Qinghe.

Qing He was originally wondering why Xia Er, whom she had sent to call for help, had not returned after a day and a night. Yue Er came over and said with a smile, "Young Madam, yesterday the old lady asked Xia Er and a few maids to go to the farm in the suburbs to get something. It will take several days to go back and forth. Because she was worried that you would have no one to serve you, she asked me to come and serve you for a few days."

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