Children of Loulan

She looked up at Bayer who was busy and asked:

"Bail, have you been out today?"

Bayer was still busy with her work. She answered without even looking up:

"Well, today I washed the dress that the young lady took off yesterday, and I also took our quilt out to dry in the sun. The sun is good today, and the quilt will be more comfortable to cover after it has been dried in the sun!"

"Bring that pot of tea here and show it to me!"

"Hmm? Tea? What's the matter? Miss, are you so thirsty today? Come, Miss, I'll pour you a cup!"

After saying that, she put down what she was doing and walked over with a smile. She picked up the teapot to refill Hanguli's tea, but just as she was about to pour the tea, she saw that the teacup in Hanguli's hand was full of tea, and she hadn't taken a sip.

She frowned and asked in confusion:

"Hey, miss, you haven't finished the tea in your cup yet? Why..."

Before she could finish her words, Hanguli impatiently handed the teacup in her hand directly to Bayer, and Bayer took the cup reflexively.

Then, she reached out again, grabbed the teapot from Bayer's hand, quickly opened the lid, and sniffed it gently. Suddenly, her face turned gloomy, as if she smelled something ominous.

Seeing his young lady's expression like this, Bayer couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and asked anxiously:

"Miss, what happened? Is there something wrong with this tea?"

However, before Hanguli could respond, she heard a creaking sound and the door was pushed open from the outside. It turned out to be Dal, who stepped in, closed the door behind her and walked quickly.

"Miss, at noon today, everyone had no food to eat, and many people complained, but because of what Mammy said before, they dared not speak out!"

As soon as Dahl entered the room, he spoke these words like a machine gun. When he finished speaking, she noticed that the expressions of the two people in the room were a little strange. Hanguli was holding a teapot, while Bayer was holding a teacup tightly. The atmosphere seemed quite solemn.

She carefully reached out her hand and slowly took the teapot that Hanguli handed over. As soon as her fingers touched the teapot, her heart suddenly shook - could there be something strange about this teapot? She asked with some concern:

"Miss, what happened to the tea?"

Hanguli sighed softly:

"This tea has been poisoned!"

This sentence exploded in the air like thunder. Dahl and Bayer's faces changed drastically and they cried out in unison.

"Ah? What? Poisoning?..."

Bayer's face was filled with astonishment, and her voice unconsciously rose an octave. However, at this moment, Dahl, who reacted quickly, rushed forward and covered Bayer's mouth tightly, blocking her unfinished words.

Bayer's eyes widened, her face full of fear, and she stared straight at Dale. Dale gave her a warning look and gently pressed his index finger to his lips, making a gesture of silence:

"Don't make any noise!"

After Bayer calmed down a little and nodded, Dahl loosened his hand that was covering Bayer's mouth, but his eyes were still full of vigilance.

Bayer was still frightened and asked in a trembling voice:

"Why can't we expose this matter? How can we let these despicable people who dared to poison and murder the young lady go so easily!"

Dar looked at his young lady and said nothing. She was waiting for her to speak.

Seeing the two people so panicked, Hanguli took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down, then looked at the two people and said softly:

"Don't be impatient, sit down first and listen to me slowly."

Seeing the young lady so calm, the two men breathed a sigh of relief, pulled over a stool, and sat tremblingly in front of Hanguli. They stared at their young lady without blinking, fearing that they would miss any details and thus harm her.

Hanguli looked at the two people in front of her who were full of curiosity, sighed slightly, and slowly said:

"This is not a deadly poison, but a drug that only makes people weak and accompanied by diarrhea. But it is different from ordinary laxatives, which will cause continuous diarrhea and make it easy for people to detect that they have been drugged;

The diarrhea caused by this drug is not very obvious, and it feels more like a stomach upset, so most people don't think it's poisoning after being infected. Although the effect of this drug is very short, it takes two or three days to recover from the physical weakness after being infected. Therefore, even if we tell the truth, we can't produce conclusive evidence, but it will expose my knowledge of pharmacology."

Bayer frowned and said, "Who drugged you, Miss?"

Dar thought for a moment and replied softly, "Miss, I guess it was most likely the concubine who tripped you, because she was the only one who came back early, and when I saw her coming back, her walking posture was a little strange."

"Well, I kicked her. She tried to trip me on purpose, so I kicked her hard." Hanguli said angrily.

After hearing this, Baier asked anxiously, "Miss, since you know who it is, why can't you go to Aunt Taji and report her? We can say that you are not feeling well, and then find the court doctor, and then the court doctor will say that there is something wrong with the tea, and then Aunt Taji can go and check it out. Once the medicine is found, she won't be able to escape. Didn't you say before that Aunt Taji doesn't allow internal fighting?"

Dahl shook his head quickly and said anxiously, "No, Miss! Not to mention that we don't have direct evidence, what if the court doctor can't find out the cause? Moreover, you have fallen twice today and have become the focus of everyone's attention. If we make such a scene again, I'm afraid even the nanny will hate you. By then, you will definitely be driven away!"

Hanguli nodded in agreement, indicating that she agreed with Dal's statement.

"Yes, if everyone hates me and all the bad things are caused by me, then Mammy will definitely not fight against so many concubines just for me. After all, for her own benefit, she will definitely choose to expel me, regardless of whether I have been wronged or not.

Besides, this drug is too common, not some rare poison. And how could the enemy be so stupid as to leave evidence for you to investigate? I'm afraid they have already destroyed all the evidence."

Bayer asked anxiously, "Then...then how should we deal with it next?"

Dahl thought for a moment and replied, "I'm afraid the only way to break the situation is to go with the flow and take advantage of the situation."

Hanguli nodded in agreement: "That's right. As long as I pretend to be hit, the enemy will see that my trick has worked and will definitely attack again, maybe even a second or third time..."

Dahl went on to say: "As long as the enemy continues to act, we will always have a chance to catch their weakness. It may not be successful the first time, but there is still a second chance; if the second time is still unsuccessful, we will wait for the third opportunity. In short, we will be able to capture clues..."

Hanguli: "Once we catch him, we must not let him go. We can then use this incident to divert the blame..."

Bayer was fascinated by what he heard, but suddenly a question occurred to him.

"But what if the other party has given a deadly poison?" she asked with a frown.

Hanguli looked forward with a determined gaze and shook her head slightly.

"No. If the concubine was really poisoned to death, the nanny would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly, and then she would not be able to escape the blame. So, her first move was unexpected, the second was a test, and this third time..."

Bayer couldn't wait to ask, "What was the third time?"

Dar, who was standing by, looked at his innocent sister, sighed helplessly, and interrupted, "The third time is to drive us away."

"Ah? But..." Bayer still looked confused.

Seeing that she still didn't understand, Hanguli decided to just make her words more clearly.

"The first two times, I just felt uncomfortable, which was not a big deal. But the third time, it would have a serious impact on my body, making me no longer fit to serve the king in the palace, for example, my body would be damaged and I could no longer perform my duties."

Bayer asked anxiously, "Miss, what should we do now?"

Hanguli raised the corner of her mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile. She glanced at the other person lightly, then leaned closer and whispered a few words in her ear in a low voice.

Bayer nodded slightly to show that he understood, then said:

"Okay, miss, I understand."

Then, she turned around, walked slowly to the door, and closed it behind her. However, at the moment she closed the door, she lowered her head and glanced around. She was surprised to find that all the doors were closed, except for the door of the concubine who returned early today, which was half-open.

Her heart tightened, and she thought to herself, it was just as the young lady expected. At this moment, an inexplicable sense of tension surged in her heart.

At 5 p.m., the maidservant of the nanny came to tell the ladies to go and learn the music. As the ladies had not eaten lunch, they all looked listless and depressed.

Fortunately, learning Si Le does not require standing for a long time, so the young lady with a foot injury also reluctantly went along.

Aunt Taji looked around and asked, "Is everyone here?"

The maidservant at the side quickly replied: "Madam, only the concubine who fell twice today has not arrived yet."

"Oh? Why not come? Is it because you fell twice that you can't even go out the door?" Aunt Taji frowned slightly, with a hint of dissatisfaction and confusion in her tone.

Aunt Taji looked at the maid with displeasure.

The maid replied tremblingly: "To answer Madam, there is news from over there that the concubine seems to have eaten something bad and has been having a stomachache."

Aunt Taji frowned and asked sternly, "Nonsense! No one had eaten at noon today, how could she have a stomachache? Did she dare to eat secretly?"

Seeing the nanny's angry face, the maid was so scared that she quickly waved her hands and shook her head, explaining in a panic: "No, no, no, I am not lying! Maybe she was too hungry, so she drank a few more sips of water, but she didn't expect it to cause discomfort."

Aunt Taji's expression eased a little, but she still had doubts and continued to ask:

"Then have you invited the palace doctor to come and treat you?"

The maid nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes, yes! The palace doctor is taking care of the lady right now." Hearing this, Nanny Taji's expression finally relaxed a little.

"That's great. You can go down first. Bring the court doctor here later. I want to ask about the situation in person."

Madam Taji waved her hand to signal the maid to leave. The maid bowed as if she had been pardoned, and then left quickly.