Mu Peiyun took the medicine bowl from the maid with doubt. Isn't it hot? But as soon as she opened the lid, the pungent smell made Mu Peiyun take the bowl away instantly.
"What kind of medicine is this? It smells so strong." Mu Peiyun didn't think that Mu Peiyao had the guts to poison the mistress of the house in such an occasion.
"Ah, Yaoyao didn't know either. This medicine was sent by the court physician in Uncle Bai's mansion." Mu Peiyao also frowned, and he pretended to be completely clueless.
"Eldest sister, let's not delay any longer and send it to mother as soon as possible." Mu Peiyao saw that Mu Peiyun had just opened the lid and smelled the medicine.
She heard from the Fifth Prince that this aphrodisiac was extremely powerful and took effect very quickly. Now she had to quickly bring Mu Peiyun to the Fifth Prince and take the opportunity to change the medicine bowl.
Speaking of which, the old woman had a dizziness and headache today, and she was worried that she had no excuse to send the aphrodisiac to Mu Peiyun, but she didn't expect the opportunity to come to her.
Thinking of this, Mu Peiyao's heart was filled with resentment towards Mu Qingqing and Mu Peiyun. If it weren't for Mu Qingqing, her aunt would have been the mistress of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she would have been the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. How could she be inferior to others in every way?
Mu Peiyun was worried about Mu Qingqing, and subconsciously quickened his pace. Just then, he bumped into Lu Li head-on. Mu Peiyun was surprised and happy, and her worries suddenly eased a lot.
"Sister Lu, you're back?"
After returning from Huguo Temple a few days ago, Lu Li asked for leave to go to the mountains to collect herbs. Mu Peiyun hadn't seen her in the mansion for several days.
"Princess, you forgot again. Please don't call Lu Li like this. It's not right."
Mu Peiyun sighed helplessly: "Sister Lu, why do you care so much? Oh, my mother is sick. Come with me to see her."
As she spoke, Mu Peiyun hurriedly dragged Lu Li forward, but Lu Li stood still like a stone pillar. Mu Peiyun looked back at her with a puzzled look on her face.
Lu Li explained calmly, "Princess, I've already gone to see Madam. She's fine. She just caught a cold. I gave her a few injections. She just needs to rest for a while."
Hearing this, Mu Peiyun finally felt relieved, but what Lu Li said the next second made her realize that she had underestimated Mu Peiyao.
"Besides, this is not the way to go to see the lady." Lu Li said, pulling Mu Peiyun to turn in another direction: "We should go this way."
Mu Peiyao began to feel uneasy ever since Lu Li appeared, and sure enough, bad things were about to happen.
But facing Mu Peiyun's questioning and scrutinizing eyes, Mu Peiyao could only make some lame excuses: "Ah! Maybe it was because it was a little dark, Yaoyao remembered the wrong way. Fortunately, I met Doctor Lu, otherwise Yaoyao would have taken my elder sister in the wrong way."
It would be a lie to say that I wasn't panicking. Judging from the time, the Fifth Prince should have been waiting in the room in front, and Mu Peiyun's medicine should have taken effect by then.
Mu Peiyun took in all of Mu Peiyao's expressions at this moment, and pointed at Caili, signaling her to bring the medicine bowl over.
Then he said to Lu Li: "Sister Lu, please take a look at this medicine. Second sister said that it was brewed by the doctor of General Bai's mansion. I was going to give it to mother. Can you see if it can still be used now?"
Mu Peiyao's heart instantly rose to her throat as she watched Caili bring the bowl of medicine with aphrodisiac to Lu Li.
She didn't know how good Lu Li's medical skills were, but since he was sent out to study by the Regent himself and was dubbed a miracle doctor, he must be good.
Thinking of this, Mu Peiyao simply made up his mind and stretched out his foot to trip Cai Li, but he forgot that the medicine did not need to be drunk, just smelling it would be effective.
Cai Li dropped the medicine bowl and quickly knelt on the ground, crying and apologizing: "It was my fault. Please forgive me, Miss. I will ask the palace doctor to make another bowl and send it to Madam immediately."
"Miss, be careful."
Sujiu and Suniang also hurried forward to block Mu Peiyun behind them, but were stopped by Lu Li before they got close.
Mu Peiyao also hurried forward and scolded Caili: "You bitch, how could you be so careless that you dropped mother's medicine and delayed her illness? I only have you to blame, why don't you go down and make another bowl."
"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me, Miss." Cai Li knelt on the ground and kowtowed to admit her mistake.
Mu Peiyun clenched her hands tightly under her sleeves. Mu Peiyao was so nervous about the bowl of medicine, there must be something wrong with it. She didn't expect that she was so bold as to poison the mistress of the house in such an occasion.
If looks could kill, then at this moment Mu Peiyun was enough to cut Mu Peiyao into pieces. All the memories of his past life flooded into his mind in an instant, and Mu Peiyun really wanted to kill Mu Peiyao right here and there.
She didn't care about so much anymore. She wanted her to die and be buried with the Prime Minister's Mansion in the previous life.
Mu Peiyun kept staring at Mu Peiyao with cold eyes until someone held down his shoulders. Only then did he come to his senses and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Forget it, Miss Second, there is no need to bother. Madam is fine now, so there is no need for all this soup and water."
As Lu Li spoke, she led Mu Peiyun towards the direction where Mu Qingqing was resting, and no longer paid attention to Mu Peiyao behind her. She was originally sent by the master to be with the young master. What did it have to do with her what kind of lady others cared about her?
"Sister Lu, the bowl of medicine just now was poisoned." Mu Peiyun's eyes revealed sadness, an expression that did not belong to her age, which made Lu Li feel a little strange.
"What do you think, Princess?" Lu Li raised her eyebrows. If she hadn't reacted quickly, these people would have been caught.
"I am too concerned. If the medicine was prepared by the court doctor himself, it would have been delivered directly to mother's room. How could it be delivered to the banquet? If I were to deliver it, wouldn't that be a waste of time?
Furthermore, Mu Peiyao was very nervous when she sent the bowl of medicine to you just now, probably because she was afraid that you would discover the poison in it."
After Mu Peiyun finished speaking, she felt a little scared. If she had been careless and had not met Lu Li, the consequences would have been disastrous if this bowl of medicine had been delivered to her mother.
So Mu Peiyao, in your previous life, were you also so cruel to poison your mother?
Mu Peiyun really wanted to cut Mu Peiyao into pieces, but it was not possible now. It was not the right time. If he killed her, there was still the Fifth Prince and everything would become unpredictable. If he didn't kill her, at least the Fifth Prince would be the one in the open.
Lu Li nodded to show his agreement with Mu Peiyun's words: "But the princess guessed wrong in one point. It's not poison that was added, but a kind of aphrodisiac that can be used as a Chinese medicine just by smelling it."
"Ah? Why would the Second Miss give Madam an aphrodisiac?" Su Jiu and Su Niang were terrified as they heard this from behind, and couldn't help but speak out their questions.
Mu Peiyun suddenly understood something. She had smelled the medicine before when she was in the front hall. At that time, she thought the medicine was very pungent.
No wonder Caili said the medicine bowl was cold even though she thought it was still hot.
"She didn't drug my mother. The aphrodisiac was prepared for me." There was no doubt about Mu Peiyun's words, and Lu Li didn't say anything else.
"So the reason she insisted on leading me to that road just now was not simply because she took the wrong road, but..."
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