A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"Young Madam, Madam Jia is here." The maid's voice came from outside the courtyard.

As he was speaking, he saw Lin Mo walking in quickly.

"Huan'er, I caught a mouse." Lin Mo walked forward and said happily.

"The rat on my side has also shown its tail." Lin Qinghuan reached out and pulled Lin Mo to sit down.

"It was Feng Sanniang. Before she committed suicide by taking poison, she was stopped by my people. As expected, she gave the Buddha leaf grass to a maid named Chunfeng. Maybe she was the personal maid of Madam Hu in the Xiao Mansion?" Lin Mo said.

"Is that what she is doing?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"I used some tricks, but he couldn't hold it in and confessed. I have asked someone to tie him up. What's the situation on your side?" Lin Mo asked.

"That Madam Hu was so affectionate that she drugged my husband. Let's go to Qingbo Courtyard to see the excitement." Lin Qinghuan stood up and said.

Liu Xi looked at the two sisters in confusion, "Cousin, what are you and Sister Lin Mo planning?"

"Xi'er, Sister Li went to Luancheng alone with all the grievances she suffered. It's time to clear her name."

"Young Madam, Que'er said that the eldest master has woken up and is having lunch now." Shuyin went out for a while and came back in and said.

"Then let's go and see what delicious food this Walnut Lady has made for my husband." Lin Qinghuan said.

"I guess this meal will be tasteless." Lin Mo murmured.

"Xier, Shuyin, you two come with me to Luoyi Pavilion. Yunxiang, you go and ask mother to come over and tell her that your husband has woken up. Chuxia, you call Nan'er to go to Honglian Pavilion to find something for me." Lin Qinghuan took a deep breath and whispered to Chuxia, only to see Chuxia's face full of fear, then she quickly nodded and ran out.

Liu Xi looked at Lin Qinghuan's profile. It seemed that this seemingly weak woman was not the one he knew.

In Qingbo Courtyard, Hu Tao Niang carefully scraped off the fish bones bit by bit and put them into Xiao Yi's bowl and plate. There was a commotion in the yard, and Hu Tao Niang raised her head curiously and looked outside the house.

"Young... Young Madam, why... why are you here?" Chunfeng couldn't help stuttering when she saw Lin Qinghuan walking in with a group of people.

"Why does the young lady need to inform you in advance before returning to her own courtyard?" Shuyin scolded.

Chunfeng was startled, then she knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Qinghuan, saying, "I apologize for my words."

"Hmph." Lin Qinghuan sneered at the girl, then Que'er called another maid to come forward and hold her down.

"Young Madam, please spare my life. I will never dare to say anything more!" Chunfeng shouted hurriedly.

Lin Qinghuan glanced at her, then walked into the house without looking back. Que'er took out the bottle of medicine given by Feng Sanniang from Chunfeng's arms. The maid of Hu Tao Niang was so scared that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lin Qinghuan for mercy.

"Why is it so noisy outside?" Xiao Yi asked curiously.

"I went out to check. It sounded like Chunfeng's voice."

As Hu Tao Niang stood up and walked to the door, Shu Yin pushed open the door of the inner room. Hu Tao Niang was stunned when she saw Lin Qinghuan. For a moment, she even forgot to greet him. After Lin Qinghuan glanced at her and walked straight in, she hurriedly followed him in.

"Madam, my husband hasn't recovered yet, why did you come back? If he gets infected, it will be a big deal..."

Hu Tao Niang hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and apologized, her eyes kept glancing outside, but she didn't see Chun Feng come in.

"Huan'er, why are you here?" Xiao Yi was also a little surprised that his lovely wife didn't say anything when she came in, but just sat down and looked at Hu Tao Niang.

"Husband, is this fish soup delicious?" Lin Qinghuan asked after taking a look at the dishes on the table.

"I haven't had time to taste it yet, and you're here." Xiao Yi said, looking at the bowl of soup in front of him.

"Young Madam, I'll serve you a bowl as well." Hu Tao Niang hurried forward and said attentively.

"Not busy." Lin Qinghuan waved his hand, signaling the maid Que'er to bring the medicine residue from this morning. Liuxi stepped forward to take it, then opened it and smelled it, then looked at Lin Qinghuan and nodded.

"Husband, I didn't mean to disturb your and Madam Hu's pleasant lunch, but your illness is getting worse with every medication you take, so Huan'er had no choice but to come over."

After Lin Qinghuan finished speaking, she looked at Hu Taoniang who was holding a bowl beside her. "Sister Hu, you are really attentive. Do you think Xi'er's medical skills are not good enough and you want to add some more medicine for your husband?"

"Young Madam, what are you talking about? I'm not a female doctor, how would I know how to use medicine?" Hu Tao Niang said nervously.

"Yes, you are not a female doctor, so why did you take the initiative to add this to your husband's medicine?" Lin Qinghuan stretched out her hand, and Que'er hurriedly handed over the bottle in her hand, and the maid Chunfeng was also brought in.

When Hutao Niang saw the bottle and the bound Chunfeng, her voice trembled, "What is this? I don't know."

"Poison!" Lin Qinghuan raised her head and said slowly, then looked at Xiao Yi again, "Husband, Liu Xi said that even a fingernail's worth of this medicine would cause you to have severe stomach aches and dizziness."

Liu Xi pursed her lips and looked helplessly at Lin Qinghuan, who had a serious expression on his face.

"You're talking nonsense, this is not poison, it's just..." Walnut Mother shouted anxiously.

"Just what?" Lin Qinghuan turned her head and asked Hu Tao Niang.

"Nothing, I don't know what this is." Walnut Lady quickly denied.

"Then Chunfeng wants to kill my husband and put the blame on the master. Fine, drag her away and kill her." Lin Qinghuan said slowly.

"Ah?" Hu Tao Niang looked at Lin Qinghuan in surprise, then covered her mouth again.

"Young Madam, please spare me. It's not me... Madam Hu, please save me." Chunfeng cried and begged for mercy.

"What's going on?" Xiao Yi asked with a frown.

Yun Xiang supported Liu Ji and Liu Rong and rushed to Qingbo Courtyard. As soon as they came in, they saw that it was very lively inside.

"Huh? What happened?" Liu Ji asked.

"Aunt, Mrs. Hu's maid poisoned my cousin, and my cousin's wife is dealing with it now!" Liu Xi stepped forward and supported Liu Ji and said.

"Poisoning?" Liu Ji asked in shock. She hurried over and pulled Xiao Yi to check on him. "How's my son?"

"Mother, I'm fine." Xiao Yi said.

Hu Tao Niang quickly stepped forward, knelt down, and kowtowed with tears in her eyes, saying, "Mother, husband, I really don't know."

"Does Sister Hu know about Buddha Leaf Grass?" Lin Qinghuan asked again.

"What grass? I really don't understand medicine, so I don't know." Hu Tao Niang looked at Xiao Yi while crying, with an innocent look on her face.

"Then it seems that Chunfeng did it again?" Lin Qinghuan asked the girl kneeling on the ground.

Chunfeng's face turned pale with fear. She looked at Lin Qinghuan in horror and shook her head, muttering, "I don't know, I don't know."

Lin Qinghuan glanced at Shuyin, who then shouted outside, "Bring in that woman and the maid!"

When Chunfeng saw the woman Feng Sanniang and Anzi, the maid from Huaying Pavilion, she was so frightened that she immediately lost her words and kept trembling.

"It was her, Chunfeng, who gave me the medicine and asked me to soak the silk thread that Madam Li was going to use." Anzi pointed out Chunfeng as soon as he saw her.

"Young Madam, please spare me. It was Madam Hu who ordered me to do this. Old Madam, Eldest Young Master, please spare me." Chunfeng cried and kowtowed to the people sitting there, begging for mercy.

"It's not me. I know nothing. My husband, Tao'er is innocent." Hu Tao Niang knelt beside Xiao Yi and cried.

"Huan'er, what are you talking about? Why are you mentioning Jiaxin again?" Liu Ji looked at Lin Qinghuan in confusion. Xiao Yi didn't say anything, just kept looking at Lin Qinghuan.

"Mother, Sister Li was badly wronged. She was such a kind person, but she was made to bear such a huge blame. The embroidery thread was soaked in potion by this girl before being given to Sister Li to use. Now we know that the potion was given by Chunfeng, Sister Hu's personal maid." Lin Qinghuan said.

"What? How could such a thing happen? You, tell me everything, who instructed you to murder the master, and who is this woman?" Liu Ji covered her mouth in astonishment, then raised her voice and looked at Chunfeng and said.

Chunfeng trembled as she recounted in detail how she had helped Hu Taoniang and Feng Sanniang conspire to murder Lin Qinghuan, and then she kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"How can this be! You...you vicious woman, actually used such a vicious scheme, not only harming Huan'er, but also putting the blame on Jiaxin." Liu Ji pointed at Hu Tao Niang angrily.

"It's not me, husband. I didn't know about it." Walnut gritted her teeth and refused to admit it.

"Could it be that a maid like her has the ability to harm you?" Liu Ji said angrily.

Lin Qinghuan glanced at Xiao Yi, who had been silent the whole time, and felt a little depressed and a little strange.

"Liuxi, what medicine is in this bottle?" Xiao Yi was silent for a long time and then asked.

"It's Uncaria rhynchophylla powder." After Liu Xi said this, Liu Rong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is it a poison that kills people?" Xiao Yi asked again.

"Look at the dosage. The amount in this medicine residue will at most make my cousin sleepy. However, if this much is added in each of the three meals a day, toxins will slowly accumulate in the body, worsening the condition, and even be fatal in the long run." Liu Xi said with some exaggeration, and then glanced at Lin Qinghuan. Liu Rong also acquiesced without saying much.

Xiao Yi looked coldly at Hu Tao Niang who was kneeling beside him, "Do you want me to die?"

"No, Tao'er loves her husband so much that how could she harm him?" Hu Taoniang shook her head and cried like a pear blossom in the rain.

"You vicious woman, with so much evidence before your eyes, why are you still being so stubborn?"

Xiao Qiannan's cursing voice came from outside the yard. After a while, she came in with Chuxia and placed the doll with countless needle holes pierced by Hutao Niang heavily on the table.

"What is this?" Liu Ji asked curiously, wanting to touch it but not daring to.

"She actually used witchcraft to ward off evil. Big brother, take a look at the birth date and name written on the back of the doll!" Xiao Qiannan sat down angrily.

Xiao Yi picked up the doll on the table and saw that there was a silver needle stuck in its belly, and Lin Qinghuan's name and birth date were pasted on the back of the doll.

"You actually used such vicious witchcraft to curse Huan'er in the backyard. It's really... so cruel." Liu Ji said angrily, covering her chest.

"I really underestimated you, little girl. You looked harmless, but I never thought you had spies in my yard." Hu Tao Niang suddenly sneered and said to Lin Qinghuan. She didn't expect that such a secret thing of hers would be turned out.

"Sister Hu, you are more powerful. You can even conspire with a criminal slave from my mother's family who has been executed to stir up trouble in the Xiao Mansion. If it weren't for the appearance of the Buddha Leaf Grass that killed my biological mother and Aunt Xue, I really didn't know you were so capable." Lin Qinghuan said coldly.

"What I regret most is that I should have been more cruel and not let you sit here like this." Hu Tao Niang looked at Lin Qinghuan with hatred and said.

"Take this vicious woman away quickly." Liu Ji said angrily.

Hu Tao Niang looked at Xiao Yi with tears in her eyes, reluctant to let go. "My husband, I know how to use that medicine. It only makes you sleep. Tao'er is the last person in this world who would harm you. It's just that Tao'er wants to take care of you for a little longer, even if it's just for an hour, so that I don't have to go back to the Red Lotus Pavilion, which is like a cold palace. My husband, without Tao'er in your heart, Tao'er is living a life worse than death."

Xiao Yi didn't say anything else. Liu Rong called a few maids to take the master and servant away.

"Huan'er, what should we do with this woman?" Liu Ji asked Feng Sanniang, who was tied up and sneered at Lin Qinghuan.

"Since he is a criminal slave of my mother's family, the Lin Mansion, let me take him back and let my grandmother make the decision." Lin Mo, who had been standing nearby as if invisible, stepped forward and said.

Liu Ji nodded in agreement, and only then noticed that Lin Qinghuan, her maternal sister, was also there.

"It's hard for you. You found out such a big secret by yourself. If Jiaxin knew you did this, the child would not have suffered in vain. It's all mother's fault for not seeing clearly that Walnut Mother is such a bad person." Liu Ji patted Lin Qinghuan's hand with some self-blame and said.

"Please ask mother to ask someone to go to Luancheng to bring Sister Li back. She has suffered a great deal, and I must compensate her when she comes back." Lin Qinghuan said, "Okay, it's time for me to go back to Luoyi Pavilion." Lin Qinghuan wanted to get up, and Xiao Yi reached out and grabbed her arm.

Seeing this, Liu Ji just smiled and said, "You two should talk for a while. Yi'er, you haven't recovered yet, so Huan'er still can't stay with you for too long. Do you understand?"

Xiao Yi nodded, and Liu Ji led a group of people out of the house, leaving only Xiao Yi and Lin Qinghuan and his wife in the house.

"Husband, do you want to question me about something?" Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi's stern face, which looked a bit angry and aggrieved, and asked while suppressing her emotions.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan and asked.

"What do you want me to tell you?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"You knew a long time ago that Hu Tao Niang wanted to harm you, why didn't you tell me?" Xiao Yi asked.

"What can I say to you without any evidence? You won't believe it even if I tell you. Besides, if it weren't for the embroidery, how would I know that she wanted to harm me?" Lin Qinghuan said.

"I believe everything you say. Why did you hide such a big plan from me? Aren't you tired of your muddled brain?" Xiao Yi pinched Lin Qinghuan's face and said.

"What? I...why am I so confused?" Lin Qinghuan was speechless after hearing what Xiao Yi said, and then she looked at him with a pout.

"Silly girl, I am your husband. I will naturally stand by you no matter what you say, no matter when or what happens." Xiao Yi said gently.

"Really?" Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi with some surprise and asked.

"When have I ever lied to you? I said I would not let you suffer any injustice in the Xiao Mansion." Xiao Yi stretched out his hand and pulled Lin Qinghuan to sit on his lap and said.

"Husband, Huan'er understands." Lin Qinghuan smiled faintly and then threw herself into Xiao Yi's arms.

"This doll doesn't look like you at all. It's so ugly."

Xiao Yi held Lin Qinghuan in his arms, then reached out and picked up the doll thrown on the table and looked at it carefully. Lin Qinghuan took a look and chuckled.