A piece of Japanese incense

"Well, this Yishi Garden really lives up to its reputation, and the food is really delicious!" Zhou Sanniang's eyes were filled with a growing smile.

"Sister Zhou has a unique taste. Your dress is extremely elegant!"

Zhou Sanniang raised her toes and lifted the hem of her skirt. "You mean this dress? I made it myself. It's the last piece of material from Yunshanfang. If you go there now, you probably won't be able to buy it."

"The materials from Yunshanfang shouldn't be cheap, right!?"

"Of course! It's a full seventeen taels! It makes me feel bad." Zhou Sanniang stretched out her fingers exaggeratedly and gestured the number.

"Brother Zhou really loves you so much that he is willing to spend so much money just to make a piece of clothing for you."

"Tsk! He..."

I saw Zhou Sanniang was about to speak but hesitated, so she smiled and asked, "How many years younger is Sister Zhou than Brother Zhou?"

She choked at first, took a few sips of tea, and waved her hands in annoyance, saying, "I am the same age as him, but he is only a few months older than me."

"Ah? Then you guys..."

She smiled and said, "My father just married his mother. We are not related by blood."

"Oh~ Then sister is already 21 years old, is she married?"

The expression on her face slowly disappeared. She looked at me with a complicated look in her eyes, and a hint of intriguing smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You are the master of that girl, right?"

I narrowed my eyes and looked at her: "What?"

"Miss Zhi, you'd better go home quickly. Our Zhou Family Temple is small and can't accommodate a big Buddha like you!" Zhou Sanniang slammed the table and stood up.

Yu Nian and the old woman also came out of the room.

"That damn girl of yours! Don't even think about entering the Zhou family! Even if Zhou Song is dead, I won't let her do as she wishes!" Zhou Sanniang pointed at me and shouted.

"Who is Zhou Song going to marry? As his sister, why should you make the decision for him?" Yutuan rushed in, followed closely by Yuyi and Yuzhu.

"Okay! You and your whole family come here to bully us, an orphan and a widow, right? Bah! Let me let the neighbors judge for themselves! See how a lowly slave like you, who bullies others by taking advantage of your power, can force an innocent family to marry you!" After saying this, he was about to rush out the door.

"Yuzhu! Catch her!" I stood up and shouted.

Yuzhu tied her hands behind her back with a horsewhip. She screamed and Yuyi quickly rolled up a handkerchief to cover her mouth.

"You! What are you doing?" The old woman raised her cane and made a gesture to drive away.

"Aunt, your son's wound has not healed for a long time, all because of the cinnabar. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."

Yu Tuan ran out from the inner room, holding a porcelain box in her hand, and said in a powerful voice: "This was found from her pillow!"

"San... Sanniang... is this... true?" The old woman looked at Zhou Sanniang in disbelief and spoke incoherently.

Sanniang, with her mouth covered by the jade pillar, glared at the old woman and then stared at me viciously.

"Sister Zhou, if you don't make a fuss, we can have a nice chat."

Sanniang had a sinister look in her eyes. She paused for a moment and nodded silently.

Yuyi let go of her mouth and the handkerchief fell to the ground.

"Sister Zhou, are you still unmarried because of Brother Zhou?" I sat back in my chair and spoke slowly.

Sanniang stood opposite me, curled her lips and gave me a blank look.

"Then let me ask you again, did you put cinnabar in Brother Zhou's ointment out of resentment because he wanted to marry Yu Tuan?"

Sanniang looked at me steadily, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a hint of sneer flashed in her eyes: "What cinnabar? I don't know what you are talking about."

Yu Tuan handed the porcelain bottle to Sanniang and said, "I found this in your pillow, and you still dare to deny it!"

Sanniang's eyes flickered, but she still kept a smile on her face. "What on earth is this? I have never seen it before. If you say this thing is in my pillow, then I am an innocent little girl. If I am tied up like this, even if I go to the government, I will only be wrongly accused and forced to confess."

"you!"

I patted Yutuan, subconsciously took the porcelain bottle, and said calmly: "Sister Zhou, you'd better tell the truth. We don't want to make a big deal. Yutuan will marry Zhou Song in the future. As Yutuan's sister-in-law, it's better for everyone to live in harmony."

Upon hearing this, Sanniang sneered: "Live in harmony? Live in harmony with whom? What a joke!" After that, she spat, and Yuzhu quickly pulled her back.

I turned to Sanniang with a smile and asked softly, "Sister Zhou, do you think the cakes and pastries are delicious?"

Sanniang looked calm, as if she didn't notice anything unusual.

"Some ingredients were added to it that are incompatible with cinnabar. Even if it was only slightly contaminated in the past few days, your heartbeat should be speeding up and you should be almost out of breath!"

Sanniang's face changed, and she looked angry and ashamed. She gasped and looked at Yu Nian angrily: "Then why don't you give it to Zhou Song?"

I got a positive answer, slammed the table, and angrily accused: "Zhou Sanniang! If you don't want to die inexplicably, tell me who ordered you to die!"

Sanniang struggled: "Hurry up and give the antidote to Brother Song! Hurry up!"

"You drugged him, didn't you just want him to die? Why do you care whether he lives or dies?" Yu Tuan asked.

"You slut! If it weren't for you, we would have been married long ago! It's all your fault! You ruined him!" Sanniang lost control of her emotions and shouted hysterically.

“Sanniang! Why…why on earth are you…” The old woman poked the ground with her cane, raising a cloud of dust.

"You damn old woman! You killed my father and you won't let me and Brother Song be together. You vicious woman!"

The old woman trembled all over and fell backwards. Yu Nian quickly caught her and helped her sit on a chair.

"When did I harm your father? You and Song'er are brother and sister, how can you get married?"

"We are not siblings at all! My father is dead! Why won't you let us get married?" Sanniang roared.

"Your father...your father is..."

"Back then, my father said he would marry you, but in just two years, he was gone. You took advantage of the situation and occupied my family's land. If it wasn't you who killed him, who else could it be!"

"Shut up! Your father knows!"

Everyone looked inside. Zhou Song held onto the door frame and took a difficult step towards this side.

"Zhou Song!" Yu Tuan and Yu Nian rushed towards him.

"Song'er! Song'er, why did you come out!" The old woman wanted to hold Zhou Song's hand.

"your dad……"

"Song'er! Don't say it! Don't say it!" The old woman interrupted Zhou Song anxiously.

"Song Ge! You..." Sanniang was stunned for a moment, then smiled distantly: "Why did you get out of bed?"

Zhou Song turned his head to the side and said firmly, "When Master Yu said that you poisoned me, I didn't believe it at first. Now that I see that you have a deep misunderstanding of my mother and me, there are some things I have to tell you."

"Song'er! No...no..." The old woman's eyes were filled with tears and her face was buried in Zhou Song's arms.

"Mom, if I don't explain things clearly to her today, she will still be stubborn!" Zhou Song comforted his mother, his fists clenched tightly under his wide sleeves.