It's almost time to wear it. The soft beauty relies on the child-bearing system to favor her

The story behind this is not complicated and can be explained in a few minutes.

To put it simply, a maid serving Madam An became addicted to gambling, stole her master's jewelry, and sold it for profit.

After being discovered, Madam An ordered her to be beaten with a few boards, but considering that she was an elder in the An family, she was not driven out.

She held a grudge and found an opportunity to poison Madam An on purpose.

This matter was discovered by the second master of the An family, Minister An. After the incident, the nanny was punished by Minister An.

Minister An reported the matter to his elder brother, Master An. After discussing it, the two decided not to make the family disgrace public. They simply told outsiders that the old lady was old and frail, and therefore felt unwell and had a headache.

Doctor Qu had been serving the old lady all along. He was the first to discover that the old lady showed signs of poisoning. He had also seen the antidote prescription drawn up by the imperial physician, so he knew the details of the matter.

"Do you know what kind of poison the old lady was poisoned with?" Su Wanti asked.

The doctor of the Qu Mansion frowned, "We didn't find any remaining poison in the nanny's residence. The imperial physician can only guess the composition of the poison from the old lady's symptoms."

"The poison composition and antidote prescription analyzed by the imperial physician..." Su Wanti stretched out her hand.

"This, I didn't keep it..." Doctor Qu avoided looking.

He held the pharmacopoeia tightly in his arms. Su Wanti flicked the book with her fingers and said, "This pharmacopoeia has twelve volumes in total, which is enough for you to study for half your life."

Doctor Qu pondered for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll give you the poison ingredients and the antidote, but don't tell anyone that I gave it to you, and don't tell anyone that the old lady was poisoned."

Su Wanti nodded, "Okay."

Doctor Qu walked into the room and quickly brought over two pieces of paper. The papers had creases, were yellow and dark in color, and looked quite old.

"Doctor Su, the poison ingredients and antidote are written on these two pieces of paper. Keep them."

Su Wanti took the two pages of paper, read them carefully, and then carefully put them in her arms.

She asked again: "Doctor Qu, do you know what the maid's name is and where she is from?"

Doctor Qu shook his head, "I don't know about that. The old lady was poisoned in the capital, and the nanny followed the old lady from Luzhou to the capital. If we want to check, we should be able to find out."

Su Wanti had an idea in mind.

A few years ago, Madam An went to the capital to live in the home of Minister An. The journey was long, and she brought few servants with her. As long as we knew which servants she brought to the capital that year, and checked them one by one, the identity of the nanny could be found out.

"Thank you for your guidance, Doctor Qu. The full set of pharmacopoeia will be delivered later."

Su Wanti said goodbye to him and returned to her residence.

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It is noon now, time for lunch.

When the maid saw Su Wanti coming back, she hurried to serve the meal.

Seeing that Shang Xingjian and An Jing were not at home, Su Wanti did not ask anything. After having lunch alone, she went back to her room to study the two prescriptions she had just obtained.

Through what the original owner had learned and systematic analysis, Su Wanti came to a conclusion.

The ingredients of the poison speculated by the imperial physician were basically correct, except for the most important ingredient, the double crane umbrella.

The Double Crane Parasol is a rare mushroom, named after its cap that flies upward, resembling two cranes flapping their wings. It only grows in dark, damp but warm caves, so it is very rare.

Most of these mushrooms are non-toxic, but if there is a dead animal where it grows, it will feed on blood, flesh, and marrow, growing extremely fast and beautifully, but also extremely poisonous.

Except for the pair of crane umbrellas, the other ingredients were common poisons, so the An family did not suspect the motives of the nanny.

It was precisely because of the failure to discover the Shuanghe Umbrella that the antidote prescribed by the imperial physician for Madam An failed to completely eliminate the toxins in her body, causing Madam An to suffer from toxins frequently in recent years, becoming weak and suffering from unbearable headaches.

Su Wanti frowned. This item was hard to find. How could a nanny buy it?

I can only wait for Shang Xingjian to come back and ask him to help find the reason, Su Wanti thought.

However, she waited for half a day, until the golden crow set in the west, but Shang Xingjian still didn't come back.

The large patches of clouds in the western sky were dyed by the afterglow, presenting a bright purple-red color, which was extremely magnificent.

The mountains in the distance were swallowed up by shadows, and it was deep and dark.

Su Wanti looked out the window and felt uneasy.

The head master of the An family also did not return.

Old Madam An had already sent servants from her own courtyard to guard the gate of the mansion, waiting for Master An to return home and then invite him to see her.

The servant waited and waited until the sun went down and the two large lanterns in front of the mansion gate lit up, but the master still didn't come back.

Just when the servant was getting anxious, he suddenly heard a noisy sound of footsteps and horse hooves.

I wonder if the master has returned...

The servant stood on the steps in front of the mansion gate and looked towards the street. He saw a group of people coming, and the governor of Luzhou, Lord Xu, was riding a tall horse and walking in the front.

He had a sullen face and exuded a cold and murderous aura.

Behind him were soldiers from the Luzhou government's patrol department, about a hundred of them. They were fully armed, holding spears and had serious expressions.

When the servant saw this, his heart began to beat like a drum and his hands and feet immediately became limp.

He staggered towards the door, closed it in a hurry, and then ran and crawled into the inner courtyard to report the news to the lady.

The one who is in charge of the household affairs of the mansion now is the eldest lady of the An family.

The eldest lady of the An family was born into a family of officials and was steady in her work.

She sent people to settle the women in the family, and asked the ladies, young ladies and children in the mansion to return to their own courtyards. She also ordered the maids and old women in each courtyard to guard the gates of the courtyards, and not to open the doors or let anyone out without her order.

At the same time, he called several servants over and asked them to go and find the master and the young masters.

After the eldest lady had arranged everything, she led people towards the gate of the mansion.

As soon as I reached the screen wall, I heard banging on the door.

The lady took a deep breath and asked someone to open the door.

After the sunset completely sank, the sky darkened very quickly. It took only a quarter of an hour for the sky to go from the rising glow to the sudden plunge into darkness.

The soldiers in front of the government gate held torches in their hands, and the red flames illuminated the solemn face of the Luzhou prefect.

He looks like an upright gentleman. Thirty years of ups and downs in officialdom have made his mind more stable and his features more gentle.

But at this moment, in the firelight, his originally gentle eyebrows and eyes seemed to be dyed red by the firelight, bursting with a bloodthirsty light, with a hint of desperate madness.

"I have received a tip that a fugitive is hiding in Lord An's house. For the safety of Lord An's family and the people in this area, I have personally led people to arrest the fugitive. Madam An, please tell them not to let anyone get in our way. Swords have no eyes, and the spears in the hands of soldiers don't recognize people."

After that, he sternly said to the soldiers behind him: "You must search carefully and not miss any suspicious person. If anyone dares to stop us, we will regard them as accomplices of the fugitive and execute them on the spot."

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers responded loudly, their voices shook the heavens, and their morale was high.

As for the people from the An family who were present, their faces turned pale from head to toe, their hands and feet were trembling, and their hearts were beating wildly.

The eldest lady covered her trembling hands with her wide sleeves and stood out.

"Master Xu, our An family is not an unknown family. You have no evidence and no imperial decree. How can you search just like that?"

Lord Xu sneered and did not take the eldest lady of the An family seriously.

"Madam, please step back. My men are all rough men. It would be bad if they bumped into you."

Lord Xu's eyes were as cold as ice. He waved his left hand behind him and said sternly, "Go in and search!"

"Let's see who dares?" A strong male voice sounded.

Lord Xu was slightly startled and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see the eldest master of the An family walking out from the shadows.

"You, why did you get out? Shouldn't you be in prison?"

This morning, as soon as the master of the An family arrived at the government office, Lord Xu falsely accused him of embezzling official funds and enriching himself and sent him to jail.

He wanted to blame all the losses he had caused on the head of the An family.

In the evening, he received news that the eldest prince was hiding in the An Mansion.

Lord Xu thought about what he had done in private, and realized that each of them was a capital crime. He couldn't help but become emboldened and came up with the idea of ​​searching the An family and taking the opportunity to assassinate the eldest prince.

He had already assassinated the eldest prince once, and didn't mind assassinating him again.

Anyway, the eldest prince cannot leave Luzhou alive.

The reason why he is so bold is that he has the support of the royal family behind him.

He will act in Luzhou, and after he has finished everything, the royal people will act in the capital.

When that royal person ascends the throne to become emperor, that will be the day when he, Xu Deng, will be ranked among the Three Dukes!