After marrying a sickly and powerful official, Jiaojiao cries every day

The dusk falls and the stars shine brightly.

The Fengqiwu Mansion has layered buildings and pavilions, carved beams and painted rafters, ponds, water corridors and rugged rockery. At the foot of the mountain, there is a winding path in the lotus pond. On the stone wall of the long corridor, there are two dragons playing with a pearl, with their fangs and claws bared and their whiskers flying, making it look like a fairyland.

Wen Ranyan leaned against the long corridor in the courtyard, with a lazy posture and a gentle expression, and her slender white hands were playing with the white jade porcelain bottle containing the wound medicine.

As soon as they returned home, Feng Qiwu threw her back to the courtyard and left a bottle of golden wound medicine before leaving, which was quite thoughtful.

It's just that she has had thick skin since she was a child, and these minor injuries were just tricks of the devil. She didn't take them seriously at all. It was a pity to waste this bottle of top-quality medicine.

Wen Ranyan rubbed the small porcelain bottle carefully. After a while, she hid it in her sleeve and walked slowly towards the woodshed in the yard.

"Squeak—"

She pushed open the wooden door, and a ball of moonlight poured in.

The woodshed was small and cramped, and had a musty smell due to being unused for a long time. In the light and shadows, only Green Waist's face was visible, pale, curled up on the haystack with a painful expression.

When he heard the door open, Lu Yao trembled violently like a frightened mouse, his eyes full of fear, and he wished he could chisel open the wall and get in.

"Why are you so scared? I won't eat people." Wen Ranyan walked closer in the moonlight.

She walks gracefully and elegantly, her slender waist swaying in the wind, charming and alluring.

As she walked, the bite wound on her ankle began to bleed again, but her face looked normal. How could she look weak and pitiful at all?

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Green Waist was so scared that he hid in the haystack, shaking even more violently.

Wen Ranyan pushed aside the haystack and smiled helplessly, "Why are you hiding?"

Seeing that there was nowhere to hide, Luyao could only lie on the ground and beg for mercy in fear.

"Second Miss, please kill me, please kill me..."

"Just kill me……"

She is in so much pain now.

The heart-eating insect in her body had been eating away at her flesh and blood, threatening her heart. As long as she showed any sign of disobedience, the insect would attack and cause her internal organs to feel unbearable pain. However, she was controlled and could not commit suicide.

Now, she could only beg Wen Ranyan for medicine like a dog, just to feel comfortable for a few hours.

"Kill you?" Wen Ranyan raised her chin in disapproval, frowned and said, "Am I the kind of person who loves killing? Besides, if I kill you, it will also arouse suspicion from Prime Minister Wen. By then, he will force another maid to come, and if she is not as well-behaved and kind as you, what will happen then?"

The green waist is still useful for the time being.

As for Prime Minister Wen, we still have to rely on Lu Yao to deal with him, so as not to alert the enemy.

Besides, she was just a weak woman who played with little bugs…

"I'm in so much pain, really in so much pain..." Lu Yao grabbed the hair on both sides. Her originally beautiful face was scratched all over by her, looking really miserable.

Wen Ranyan stroked the top of her head and soothed her softly, "It hurts to see you in so much pain, but if you really won't listen, I have no other choice."

A gentle yet cruel voice reached his ears, and Green Waist's pupils shrank in fear.

This woman is an absolute devil.

That night under the pear tree, she used such a gentle tone to cruelly implant the heart-eating poison into her.

When the poison took effect and she was in unbearable pain, this woman smiled gently and tenderly under the starry sky, as scary as a man-eating ghost.

"Get dressed and refresh yourself later, because you still have to serve me tomorrow." Wen Ranyan caressed her face, his movements were gentle, but his fingertips were cold: "Do you understand, Luyao?"

Lu Yao hunched his shoulders and nodded hurriedly: "I know, I know..."

"So good." Wen Ranyan curled her red lips, turned and left the woodshed.

-

The moonlight is like gauze, and the fragrance of pear is refreshing.

Feng Qiwu was leaning against the pavilion in the courtyard. He was in a lazy posture, his dark red clothes half-removed, revealing his delicate collarbone. He was extremely charming and affectionate.

"Master, when I was counting the bodies of the men in black, I found one who died in a strange way. It looks like he did not die at your hands." Qi Jiuzhu reported today's discovery in a serious manner.

Feng Qiwu took the fish food from the golden round plate and nonchalantly fed the koi in the pond. When he had time, he raised his eyes and asked, "How strange is it?"

Qi Jiuzhu couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the man's death. "Although the man was seriously injured, it was not fatal. The fatal injury was in his brain. I found that everything in his brain seemed to have been sucked out by something. Not a single bit was left. It was really horrifying."

Feng Qiwu paused as she scattered the fish food. Her narrow eyes flickered slightly in the moonlight, revealing a hint of interest for a moment: "Have you figured out any ideas?"

Qi Jiuzhu thought for a moment and said, "I think this person must have been killed by an extremely powerful poisonous insect. Other than that, I can't think of any other way to die that is so vicious and horrible."

“Poisonous insect?” Feng Qiwu pondered over these words slowly, his tone slow and deep: “But at that time, there were only Wen Ranyan and I in the hunting ground…”

Instantly, the smile on his lips faded slightly, and a look of shock and violence suddenly appeared in his phoenix eyes. He laughed softly: "Do you suspect that Wen Ranyan is good at Gu, and that the man in black was killed by her?"

Qi Jiuzhu thought of Wen Ranyan's weak and tearful appearance. No matter how you looked at it, she was not someone who was good at using Gu. Perhaps, there were other people present in the hunting ground.

He said conservatively: "I dare not make any rash assertions. It is also possible that Feng Zhuyue found some talented people and used them to silence them without leaving any trace."

Feng Qiwu glanced at him from the side. Under the light moonlight, his eyes were dark and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. "Guessing is useless. Find a chance to plant someone there, and then everything will be clear, right?"

I heard that people in Miaojiang are good at using poison and are even better at misleading people.

Thinking of the charm she revealed that night, Feng Qiwu's fingertips twitched and her breathing became heavier...

-

On the second day, Wen Ranyan lay on the chaise longue, waving a round fan in her hand, watching the koi swimming in the pond with a lazily expression.

Lu Yao stood at one side, taking out the cakes from the food box one by one obediently and numbly. She was deft with her hands, and each cake was made extremely delicately, with petals of different colors embellished in them, which showed her cleverness.

"Your hands are shaking so badly, maybe you put poison in it." Wen Ranyan smiled softly when she saw her hands shaking.

The light voice reached her ears, and Lu Yao was like a mouse seeing a cat, terrified: "Second Miss, I dare not..."

Wen Ranyan casually picked up a piece of cake in her hand, her almond eyes were moist and clear: "Don't be nervous, I'm just joking."

If she dared, she would have been devoured by the heart-eating poison in her body and died. How could she be standing here alive?

Seeing her laughing, Luyao's stiff back relaxed slightly, but his heart was still hanging.

Wen Ranyan picked up some cake crumbs and fed them to the koi in the pond. After leaving her alone for a while, he said, "Did Prime Minister Wen pass on any news to you recently?"

Lu Yao's breathing was slightly choked, and she shook her head: "No."