The Time Traveling Anchor and Her Eight Hundred Fence-Sitters

As the future mistress of the He family, Qin Shuyu has always been very sensible when it comes to matters in the rear house.

As for the fact that the old lady brought Zhao Mianmian to the capital and raised her in the He family, she just thought that the mother-in-law missed her deceased daughter and wanted to make up for her debt to He Yunniang through Zhao Mianmian.

Besides, Zhao Mianmian is young and doesn't have much flesh on her body, so she won't have any impact on her brothers and sisters.

Rather than treating an orphan harshly and causing people to talk about her behind her back, it is better to provide her with good food and drink, and when she is older, find a good husband for her and marry her off. This will also earn her a reputation as being virtuous and generous.

Therefore, Qin Shuyu did not reject Zhao Mianmian's arrival. Instead, he told his brothers and sisters and servants at home not to treat this cousin who came from afar harshly.

Zhao Mianmian was fair, tender and soft. Although she was quiet, she had a gentle personality and always smiled when she met people. Qin Shuyu had never associated her with that terrifying alien.

However, Huang Yuanpan's abnormal behavior today made her feel uneasy. After tossing and turning all night, Qin Shuyu still came to the old lady's Linfangyuan at dawn and took back the medicine bag that Zhao Mianmian had sent from Qi Qiu.

"Madam, what's the problem with this medicine bag that Sister Mian gave me?"

Seeing Qin Shuyu's solemn expression and full of concerns, Qi Qiu couldn't help but become worried.

Unfortunately, Qin Shuyu was a cautious person and never spoke nonsense in front of the servants, which made Qi Qiu confused for a moment and he didn't know what she was worried about.

After Qin Shuyu took the medicine bag that Zhao Mianmian had given to the old lady from Qi Qiu, he ordered someone to bring a clean mat. Finally, he carefully took out the contents of the medicine bag and placed them all on the mat.

"I recognize this one, it's mugwort, this one is mint, and this one... Hey, what is this?"

Qi Qiu muttered a few words to himself, and then he saw Qin Shuyu pick up a piece of thinly sliced ​​root and put it close to his nose to smell it.

Qin Shuyu frowned. The glimmer in his eyes first brightened, then dimmed, and finally turned into a bottomless darkness in his eyes.

Her throat moved and she said in a low voice:

"It's Kikyo."

Platycodon grandiflorum is bitter and mild in nature. It can clear the lungs and eliminate phlegm. It is a very common medicinal material. It can not only be used as medicine, but also used to season soup.

Kitchens of all sizes can be found everywhere in the mansion, so there's nothing unusual about it.

But Qin Shuyu had an indescribable feeling in his heart, a feeling like he was drifting on the sea, unable to settle down for a long time.

So Qin Shuyu asked Qi Qiu to open the purse containing the medicinal materials and check it inside and out.

It would have been fine if they hadn't opened it. Once they did, Qin Shuyu and Qi Qiu's faces changed instantly. They looked like they had been fished out of cold water, wet from head to toe.

There was a piece of yellow talisman paper in the purse. The talisman paper was folded into a hexagon, and blood-red cinnabar handwriting was faintly visible.

The two didn't know what the talisman paper was used for, but they both thought of the same thing - witchcraft.

The art of witchcraft has always been a taboo in Tianying Kingdom.

There should be laws in the world. No matter whether it is in the palace, the backyard of a noble family, or in the countryside, once witchcraft is discovered, the caster, the transmitter, and the rumormonger will all be charged with the crime of treason, which is one of the most severe punishments.

So everyone stays away from this kind of thing and dares not even mention it on a daily basis.

But now, a talisman was found in the medicine bag that Sister Mian made for the old lady. Was this three-year-old girl malicious and wanted to kill someone, or was Linlan Courtyard not investigating and someone took advantage of her and became a tool for others to sow discord? ?

It’s hard to say. It’s really hard to say.

After all, many people knew about what happened back then.

It is possible that someone is jealous of the He family's close relationship with Prince Ning and is deliberately stirring up trouble, hoping to use Zhao Mianmian to secretly suppress the He family!

Qin Shuyu knew very well that this was not a trivial matter. If it was not handled properly, it would be a devastating blow to the He family and to the future of He Jianxing and He Shiqian.

So she tightly grasped the yellow talisman paper and did not speak for a long time.

Qin Shuyu exuded a terrifying coldness from head to toe, which made Qi Qiu dare not even breathe, and she even managed to tear a hole in the hem of her skirt.

It was not until the sound of the old lady waking up and coughing came from the inner room that Qi Qiu had to speak carefully:

"Young Madam, do you want to tell the old lady about this matter?"

Qin Shuyu narrowed his eyes, raised his hand quickly, and stopped him: "No, don't say it yet."

She paused, went over it carefully in her mind, and then solemnly told Qi Qiu:

"Well, let Qi Luo handle the old lady's yard first, and you go and ask around to see if there's anything unusual going on in the cousin's yard these days."

"Mian Jie'er is Yun Niang's child after all, and she is also one of our He family's own. As the saying goes, even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected. If we wrongly accuse her, I, as her aunt, will definitely be criticized in the future. It is better for us to find out the truth first and then make a conclusion. This way, the old lady will not have to worry too much."

Qi Qiujue felt that what Qin Shuyu said made a lot of sense. Although she was from the old lady's courtyard, she looked at the future mistress of the He family with a different eye.

"Yes, young lady."

Qi Qiu bowed slightly to Qin Shuyu, grabbed the purse embroidered with orchids, and hurried towards Linlanyuan.