Children of Loulan

Mammy stared at the guard in front of her with a cold look in her eyes, and asked sternly, "So, how long have you been away?"

The guard's heart tightened, but he still replied calmly: "Not long, just a blink of an eye." In fact, he was also very scared. Although he was not the one who poisoned the person, as a guard, he would naturally be punished if something went wrong.

Mammy was obviously not satisfied with this answer. She continued to ask: "Thinking carefully, is there nothing else that is worthy of doubt?"

The guard lowered his head and fell into deep thought. After a moment, he suddenly raised his head, as if he remembered something important.

"By the way, I seemed to have caught a glimpse of a piece of clothing sticking out from behind the rockery when they were arguing." There was a hint of uncertainty in the guard's voice.

Mammy frowned even more and asked, "The corner of the clothes? Why didn't you say it just now?"

The guard explained with some trepidation: "Because I wasn't completely sure at the time, I didn't dare to speak rashly."

Mammy thought for a moment, then asked another question: "So, who was the last person to arrive at the scene yesterday?"

Hearing the maid's question, the guard turned around without hesitation and looked at the maids. Since he didn't know the maids' names, he could only identify them by their faces.

Soon, he locked onto his target, pointed at one of the women, and said firmly:

"is her!"

Gu Lixian looked in the direction the guard pointed. When she saw the person he was pointing at, she was shocked. This was such a coincidence.

Because the person the guard was pointing at was the maid of one of the two men she employed. It was true, she had taken a fancy to four people, two of whom she used and two of whom she did not. And now all four of them were involved in the poisoning.

Aunt Tajji: "You were the last one to go yesterday?"

Hearing the maid's question, the maid's heart was beating like a drum. She walked out slowly and said respectfully:

"Yes!"

The nanny seemed to notice her nervousness and asked in a more serious voice, "What's the reason?"

The maid trembled and said: "Madam, I accidentally fell asleep yesterday. When I woke up, I found that all the sisters had gone to get food, so I hurried to catch up with them, but I was still late!" The maid replied nervously.

At this point things seemed to have reached a stalemate. The only flaw was the two calls of the wild cat. But the time was so short, who would appear there?

The maid's nervous expression was seen by the nanny, but she had no evidence, so she looked at everyone and said:

"Okay, let's go back first. Let's take a rest today and continue teaching tomorrow!"

After hearing Mammy's words, everyone had different thoughts in their minds, but they still bowed and said, "Yes, Mammy!"

They all turned back to the house.

Gu Lixian returned to the house, calmed down and thought about it carefully. She felt that something was not right. She thought for a long time before she came to her senses. There was a wild cat calling when she poisoned yesterday, so did the wild cat that called a few days ago also poisoned?

Thinking of this, she immediately asked her maid to find a palace doctor to see her. She didn't want to be disfigured. When she thought of Dora's current face, she felt a little tingling.

Although she was also a rich lady and had punished some servants before, this was the first time she had seen such a cruel method. It was really a little scary for her, and she was still worried about her health.

Someone over there couldn't sit still anymore. She returned to her room and quickly closed the door, pulled her maid over, and asked in a low voice:

"What's going on? How could you put the wrong food box?"

Hearing the young lady's questioning, the maid became very nervous. She immediately knelt down with a plop and cried:

"I'm sorry Miss, I...I didn't mean it." Because she was too nervous at the time, and the guard didn't give her any extra time.

The person she called "Miss" was so angry that her eyes widened and she said hatefully:

"Don't you look at the brand when you give me the medicine?"

The maid was so frightened that she nodded repeatedly and said, "I saw it."

"How could you take the wrong one after seeing it?" The young lady gnashed her teeth in anger.

Seeing her master looking so angry that she seemed to want to eat someone, the maid also felt very wronged and cried again:

"The guard was so quick. When I put the medicine in, I saw the word Guli written on the sign. I thought...I thought it was Han Guli's, so I put it in directly. I was afraid that if I hesitated, the guard would find mine. So I didn't think it was Gulixian's food box. I'm sorry, Miss, I was wrong!"

She cried and apologized, and kowtowed heavily, hoping to appease her master's anger.

The young lady saw that her maid had messed up the matter and still had the nerve to ask for her forgiveness. She was so angry that she wanted to kill her with a knife, but she couldn't kill her at the moment, so she pinched the maid's neck viciously and said in a cold tone:

"Do you want to live?"

The maid was almost choked to the point of suffocation. Seeing the murderous look in her master's eyes, she felt a chill on her back. She held her master's wrist with both hands and said with difficulty:

"Miss, please spare my life. I was wrong!"

"If you want to live, remember this, keep this to yourself and don't tell it to me until you die. Otherwise, not only you, but also your parents and family will die..."

After she finished speaking, she pushed the maid out viciously. The maid fell to the ground, covering her bruised neck with both hands. Her face flushed red, and she kept coughing and gasping for air.

After she calmed down a bit, she quietly turned around to look at her mistress, and saw that the mistress was looking at her with a vicious look in her eyes, as if she wanted to eat her alive. She immediately felt a chill down her spine, and cold sweat broke out.

The girl, who was still sitting there quietly, looked at the maid who was trembling all over because of her fear, and her tense heart was relieved a little.

The fact that she poisoned someone must not be exposed, because when she first came here, she found out that there was a person behind the person called Gu Lixian, and that person had a background in the royal palace. She wanted to use this power, so she was willing to be used by Gu Lixian.

Although she looked down on Gu Lixian, she had what she needed, so she followed Gu Lixian's arrangement and deliberately tripped Han Guli when she went to practice dancing for the first time.

But who would have thought that the fool was so strong that he even injured herself with his kick. However, this also proved that he was indeed a fool, because she remembered what her father said, don't underestimate those fools, if they are determined, their strength cannot be underestimated.

That's why she thought of poisoning her. The first time, she only made her a little weaker. But when she saw Hanguli in pain, she was so happy. But she didn't expect that the fool recovered so quickly.

But every time she saw that fool, she felt particularly unhappy. But when she was thinking hard about what medicine to give that fool, she suddenly heard Dora say that if the concubine was disfigured, she would never be able to participate in the beauty pageant again and would be forced to go home. Even if she went home, with a face like that, she would probably never be able to get married in this life!

So she spent several days and a lot of effort to make a little medicine. Because she couldn't go out to buy it, nor could she ask the palace doctor for it, she could only pick out some medicine that could be used from the medicine she brought with her, and add a few special "weeds" that the maid secretly picked from the garden at night.

Fortunately, she understood all this, so she squeezed the juice out of those inconspicuous weeds, and asked the court physician for some tonic medicine. In this way, she pieced together all these things and finally made that little potion.

Things were going smoothly. She saw that the first time she administered the medicine, it was successful, so she increased the dosage this time. Originally, she only needed to administer it once more and Hanguli would be completely finished. But she didn't expect that idiot to ruin her good thing!

She actually placed the wrong food box. Although she also wanted to get Gu Lixian out so that she could take her place, she still didn't know who was behind her, so Gu Lixian was still useful to her!

Moreover, if Gu Lixian knew about this, not only would he not be able to replace her, but he might also be sent home and never be allowed to enter the palace again.

Thinking of this, murderous intent flashed in her eyes. She wanted to kill the maid immediately, but she also knew that now was not the right time. If she did it now, it would undoubtedly tell everyone that she was killing to silence them. Although others could not do anything to her without evidence, she would never know who was behind Gu Lixian.

It was even more impossible for her to climb up with the help of the power behind her. She closed her eyes gently to hide the murderous intent in her eyes. She kept telling herself in her heart that she must endure, she must endure.

The nanny who had questioned everyone returned to her room. She should have been worried about something like this, but she seemed to be in a good mood.

She looked at her maid and asked, "Did you see it clearly?"

The maid said respectfully: "Yes, the poison was indeed put in Hanguli's food box at the beginning. It was also when her maid had an argument with someone else that the name on the food box changed when it was thrown..."

The nanny listened to the maid's words and said with satisfaction: "It seems that she is not stupid. She knows how to divert the trouble to others!"

Seeing that the nanny seemed to be quite satisfied with that Han Gu: "Then the nanny must win her over now!"

The nanny glanced at her and said, "Don't worry, wait until this matter is completely settled and she is out of this situation safely before we talk about it!"

Maid: “Yes”

"And you, be careful next time and don't let the guards find you again."

When Aunt Taji heard the guard say that he saw a piece of clothing, she knew it was her maid.

After hearing what the maid said, she said unnaturally: "Yes, I know I was wrong."