The female supporting role is really here to mess things up

In the General's Mansion, Xue Ji had been haunted by an indescribable emotion since he returned from the Shangshu Mansion that day. He tried to dispel this depression with silence, but after a few days, the thought in his mind became stronger and stronger, and finally he decided to send someone to find out about Lu Shiyao's past again.

The subordinates did not dare to neglect it. After some investigation, they compiled Lu Shiyao's experience from childhood to adulthood into a book and handed it to Xue Ji. He opened the paper and read it word by word, as if he was interpreting a puzzle. According to the information currently available in the General's Mansion, Lu Shiyao seems to have lived a low-key and smooth life. She is outstanding in talent and is loved by her parents. However, her half-sister always makes trouble for her, causing her a lot of trouble. What makes him even more upset is that Lu Shiyao actually has the fate of a future queen, and has been getting closer and closer to the prince recently.

An indescribable bitterness welled up in Xue Ji's heart. He tightly clenched the papers recording Lu Shiyao's experiences in his hands. She had disappeared from his dreams in the past few days... Just then, a servant came hurriedly to report that the young lady from the Shangshu Mansion had come to the General's Mansion to return the gift, and had brought a female doctor to treat Miss Su.

Xue Ji's eyes suddenly lit up, and the joy in his heart was beyond words. He thought Lu Shiyao had come to see him in person, so he quickly stood up and strode towards the gate with his sick body. However, just as he was about to walk out of his yard, the servant who reported from behind caught up with him and breathlessly told him that it was actually the second lady of the Shangshu Mansion who came, not the eldest lady.

Xue Ji's steps suddenly stopped, and a surge of anger surged in his heart. He turned around and glared at the servant, and asked sternly: "Then why didn't you finish speaking in one breath!" After that, he strode back to his yard, and the joy in his heart instantly vanished.

At this time, only the general's wife and Xue Ji were at home in the general's mansion. When the general's wife learned that the young lady from the Shangshu Mansion was visiting, she was a little confused but still went to greet her politely. When she saw Lu Qingxi and Shen Rong, she was even more surprised. She heard that the other party came to return the gift on behalf of her sister, and also brought a female doctor to see Su Jiaojiao. But didn't the second young lady say that she had a bad relationship with her eldest sister?

Lu Qingxi did not mention the Earl's Mansion, but simply said that she had heard of Shen Rong's superb medical skills and specially asked her to treat Su Jiaojiao. Although the general's wife had doubts, she still took the two to Su Jiaojiao's yard.

Shen Rong actually couldn't understand what this Miss Li, no, the second Miss Lu was thinking. She had a beautiful face and a kind heart, so how could the outside world spread such rumors? In addition, why were she and the prince hiding their identities from each other? But now was not a good time to ask each other, so she followed the general's wife to Su Jiaojiao's courtyard.

At this time, Su Qi was discussing with his sister when to force Xue Qinglan to get married. They heard the footsteps of a group of people coming over here, and immediately the two of them changed their expressions, and without saying anything, they looked towards the door together.

In a short while, they saw the general's wife and three people behind them whom they had never seen in the general's mansion. One of the women was dressed in a green shirt and had a good temperament. She was a little old, but her whole demeanor could be seen.

As for the woman behind, only her figure was visible. Above her was a thick gauze curtain, and the veil on her head covered up about 70% of her upper body, so it was hard to see clearly. Next to this woman was a little maid, who must be her servant.

The general's wife introduced the identities of the two women to the brother and sister. Although neither of them was from Beijing and had just arrived in Beijing, Wang Xu had told the brother and sister about the situation of each family in Beijing just in case. So the two of them knew about the title of the second lady of the Lu family. They were a little surprised. How could this second lady Lu, who had a bad reputation outside, come to visit without any connection with the general's mansion?

When they heard that the other aunt in green was from the Shen family and was a female doctor, they both felt a little uneasy. But since people were here, they naturally had to let them see the doctor.

Shen Rong discovered something strange about Su Jiaojiao's condition while taking her pulse, but she didn't say it out loud. She just looked at Su Jiaojiao meaningfully. Shen Rong didn't say that the other party's illness was caused by the medicine because she couldn't bear it. She thought that the other party was trapped by love, and sighed in her heart. This woman didn't care about her body. Even if she wanted to marry her lover, she shouldn't joke about her body. Then she stood up and told the general's wife that Su Jiaojiao's illness was not difficult to treat. She only needed to follow her prescription and acupuncture for a month and she would see improvement.

The general's wife was overjoyed when she heard the news and quickly thanked Shen Rong and Lu Qingxi. She asked someone to take Shen Rong to get medicine, and Lu Qingxi went with her. The general's wife did not stay in the house for too long. She sent someone to tell her eldest son Xue Qinglan the good news.

However, Su Qi and Su Jiaojiao, the brother and sister who stayed in the house, looked solemn. They knew that since Shen Rong could see that Su Jiaojiao's illness was not difficult to cure, she would naturally be able to cure Su Jiaojiao, and then the task assigned by Prince Wang would not be completed...

After a while, a dark thought had quietly grown in Su Qi's heart. He quietly stood up, approached his sister lying on the bed, and lowered his voice, as if plotting something: "Sister, take out the package I gave you yesterday." Su Jiaojiao heard her brother's words, and a sense of foreboding surged in her heart. She vigilantly protected her sleeves and asked in confusion: "What are you going to do?"

Su Qi did not intend to waste time talking to his sister. He held his sister's hand tightly with his left hand, and quickly reached into her sleeve with his right hand, and indeed touched the paper bag. He was secretly delighted, quickly took out the paper bag, put it in his arms, and then let go of his sister's hand.

Su Jiaojiao watched her brother's series of robber-like actions, and her displeasure and anger surged like a tide. She growled and questioned: "What are you doing now? Are you going to hurt someone?" Su Qi didn't care about her sister's scolding. She said coldly: "Stop being so soft-hearted, sister. If we can't complete the task assigned by Prince Wang, neither you nor I will be able to survive. Think about mother, you should also think more about mother, don't you think?"

When Su Jiaojiao mentioned her mother, her heart softened instantly. She thought of her mother's worried eyes and endless care, and the anger and dissatisfaction in her heart gradually dissipated, and finally turned into a helpless sigh. She fell exhausted on the bed, letting the wheel of fate roll forward.

An hour later, Shen Rong and Lu Qingxi returned to Su Jiaojiao's yard with Xiaohuan carrying medicine. Su Qi stepped forward to thank them first, and then took the medicine bowl. He turned and walked towards his sister, but at the moment of turning around, he shook all the medicine bags in his sleeves into the medicine bowl. Then, he held the medicine bowl and walked towards his sister with an expressionless face.

Su Jiaojiao watched her brother drug her in front of her, and her heart was dead silent. She numbly took the medicine bowl and drank the poisoned medicine in one gulp. Su Qi watched her sister drink the poison, and an inexplicable pleasure surged in her heart. He smiled with satisfaction, as if he had seen his future of success.

In a moment, Su Jiaojiao's face turned pale, she was sweating, her lips turned purple, and there was a faint trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, which shocked everyone present.

Seeing this, Shen Rong hurried forward to check, and took out a detoxification pill from her sleeve for Su Jiaojiao to take. Lu Qingxi was also at a loss for what to do with this sudden change. She followed Shen Rong nervously, wanting to help but not knowing where to start.

Su Qi, who had drugged her, took advantage of the chaos to leave the yard. He called a servant over at the gate of Su Jiaojiao's yard and asked him to take him to see the second son Xue Ji.

Arriving at Xue Ji's courtyard, Su Qi immediately put on a grief-stricken expression and cried to Xue Ji, saying that his sister had been harmed by the second daughter of the Lu family and was afraid that she would not survive. He begged Xue Ji to make a decision for the two siblings and asked him to help them report to the authorities and send Lu Qingxi to the authorities for severe punishment.

Xue Ji was shocked when he heard the news! He couldn't believe that Lu Qingxi dared to commit such a crime in the general's mansion. Looking at Su Qi crying breathlessly in front of him, he felt disgusted and distressed. After all, Su Jiaojiao was his eldest brother's savior, how could she be killed in his own mansion! He also thought of the news he saw in the morning that said Lu Qingxi always made things difficult for Lu Shiyao, so he determined that the other party was an unforgivable villain. So, he immediately sent someone to the Dali Temple to report the case.

An incense stick of time later, the officials from the Dali Temple came to the general's mansion and took Lu Qingxi and Shen Rong away. Xue Ji, who was lying in his yard, felt flustered for some reason after hearing the news. He felt as if he had done something wrong, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong. He felt an inexplicable irritability and uneasiness in his heart, as if something important was slipping away from him.