vrcanaries Chapter 403: Dissociating the Old Marquis from the Old Kang Family
Chapter 403: Dissociating the Old Marquis from the Old Kang Family
"Qingwan, come and play chess with grandpa!"
The old marquis seldom goes out nowadays and stays almost all the time in the main courtyard. Whenever Su Qingwan comes to see him these days, she will play chess with him. Now the old marquis has developed a habit of this.
"it is good!"
Su Qingwan naturally would not refuse, and she had things to do today.
The two of them took out chess pieces and placed them on the chessboard one after another. Halfway through, the gold bracelet on Su Qingwan's white wrist accidentally hit the chess piece jar nearby, and a few small reddish-brown pills rolled onto the chessboard.
Both the old marquis and Su Qingwan saw it.
"Qingwan, what is this?"
The old marquis asked. He had just seen clearly that these pills fell out of the gold bracelet on Su Qingwan's wrist.
Su Qingwan looked confused when asked and quickly raised her hand. As soon as she moved her hand, several pills of the same color and size fell onto the chessboard.
"Why are there pills in the bracelet?"
She turned the bracelet in confusion, and saw that a secret buckle at the joint of the bracelet had opened, and there were still a few pills inside that had not fallen out.
The old marquis frowned when he saw Su Qingwan's confused look. He knew that Qingwan must not have put the pill there herself and she had no idea about it.
"Someone, go and ask the doctor to come over." The old marquis gave the order directly.
"Yes!"
The man serving the old marquis quickly agreed and went out to call a doctor.
The old marquis said to Su Qingwan, "Qingwan, take off the bracelet first, and let the doctor see what these pills are later!"
"Oh!" Su Qingwan looked confused as to what had happened and lowered her head to take off the gold bracelet.
"Where did this bracelet come from?"
"It was given to me by Grandma Kang. My fifth sister wanted it before, but Grandma Kang gave it to me instead, hehe!"
Su Qingwan had such an innocent look on her face that the old marquis sighed inwardly.
He was not a fool. After hearing what Su Qingwan said, he immediately understood that there might be something wrong with the bracelet. After all, Old Kang loved her second son very much, so naturally she also valued the other people in the second room. How could she be willing to ignore the fifth girl and give such a beautiful gold bracelet to Su Qingwan from the third room? I'm afraid these pills were the reason.
During these days, Su Qingwan has been wearing a gold bracelet on her wrist, which shows that she likes the gift given by her elders very much.
Oh! I hope these pills are clean stuff!
After a while, the doctor was called over.
The old marquis didn't say much, he just asked the doctor to see what the pill was used for.
Everyone saw the doctor take the pill, smell it, and savor it carefully, but immediately spit it out and rinse his mouth frantically with tea.
Just this situation alone was enough to make people feel uneasy. The old marquis felt more and more uneasy. He hurriedly asked, "Doctor, is there something wrong with this pill?"
"My Lord, this pill is harmful. How could you have such a poisonous thing here?"
The doctor asked back solemnly.
The old marquis's face immediately turned dark, and Su Qingwan was also horrified. She stared at the pills in disbelief, looking scared.
"What is the effect of this pill?" The old marquis frowned and asked in a cold voice.
"Old Marquis, the pills are toxic. If people are exposed to them for a long time, they will be poisoned without knowing it, and the longer the time, the greater the toxicity. This poison has the effect of affecting the mind. To put it bluntly, it will make people go crazy for no reason, and after they go crazy, the reason cannot be found."
The doctor immediately answered seriously.
"How, how could this happen? Could it be that Grandma Kang wants to harm me?" Su Qingwan's face was full of disbelief, and tears gathered in her eyes, as if they were about to fall at the next moment.
This pill was just put back today by Xiaonian. He had kept it before. Su Qingwan had been waiting for an opportunity to alienate old Kang and the old marquis. The timing was not right before, but now it is just right.
Lin Xiang was not aware of the pills in the bracelet. When she heard what they said, she immediately realized that it was Old Kang who wanted to harm their young lady. She was so angry that her eyes widened. She must tell the old princess about this and would never let Old Kang off!
"This bitch!"
The old marquis cursed angrily, then stood up and walked out. He wanted to go and ask Mr. Kang in person what his intentions were!
Seeing this, Su Qingwan stood up with great satisfaction and said to Zhenzhu, "Take the things with you, and we will follow and take a look."
Zhenzhu immediately put on the bracelet and medicine pills and followed Su Qingwan out of the main courtyard.
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In Rong'an Hall, old Mrs. Kang had a gloomy look on her face. She had finally called Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Xiao Kang over today, and wanted them to find a way to get rid of all the servants that Mrs. Jiang had left with her.
"Madam, your yard is now in good order, much better than before, and there are people serving you when you come in and out, which is much better than before when there was no one serving you."
Xiao Kang looked at Lao Kang's house with envy. The furnishings inside were much cleaner and tidier, and there were more ornaments of various colors than before. She guessed that they were brought there by Jiang.
Liu put down the teacup and said with a fragrant mouth, "Second sister-in-law is right. Before, it was because of the lack of people to serve that you borrowed the few servants from me. As a result, after borrowing them, they never came back. Third sister-in-law is thoughtful and arranged so many people for you. We are so envious!"
"It's a pity that these people are here to serve you, otherwise I would definitely take a few of them back. After all, Tinglan Courtyard is short-staffed. Now the concubines of the master have to do some chores, which makes everyone unhappy. But as the first lady, I don't have any good solutions. It's really frustrating!"
Liu let out a long sigh. She came to Rong'an Hall today because she knew that Mrs. Kang was living a better life now, and she had to get some benefits back.
Xiaokang had the same idea as her, otherwise she would not bother to come to Rong'an Hall. Now she has to take care of Su Zhiwen and Su Lihan, and has no time at all.
After hearing what the two said, Mrs. Kang felt very upset.
After Su Qingwan sent the people to Rong'an Hall, she hasn't had a peaceful day in her life, and Aunt Xu is nowhere to be seen. The food she eats is no different from before, still two plates of vegetarian dishes without any oil or water, without any meat at all.
But the smell of meat wafted through the small kitchen every day, but all the meat was eaten by the servants, and he didn't even get a bite!
Every time when Old Kang was about to go to bed, a few old women would chat there and tell dirty jokes. The old women would laugh out loud, and the sound was like rolling spring thunder, which made Old Kang feel tormented both physically and mentally.
However, she couldn't say this to her two daughters-in-law, after all, she also had to save face.
Old Kang's face darkened, and she said directly: "If you like it, just take everyone away. I only have Madam Xu here, and the others staying here will only be an eyesore."
Liu and Xiaokang didn't say anything. Just when they were about to leave, they heard the voice of a maid outside: "Greetings, old marquis!"