The mistress is not a cannon fodder, the cold prince falls in love with her every night

When they were about to reach the mansion of Marquis Jinyuan, they saw from afar two servants hurriedly carrying Bing'er into the house.

Bingge'er's screams resounded through the sky.

Tuan Ge'er followed behind with a pale face, feeling helpless as he watched his brother howling in pain.

"what happened?"

Su Li hurriedly got off the carriage and asked.

"Auntie."

When Tuan Ge'er saw Su Li, he saluted with a pale face, which was quite respectful.

"On the way home from school, my brother climbed a tree to get bird eggs and accidentally fell down."

Having said that, he hurriedly bowed and ran away.

Judging from the situation, Bing'er's leg might be broken. After taking a few steps, he heard the pig-killing-like cry of Bing'er's mother coming from the second room next door.

On the way back to Qingshan Courtyard, while instructing people to put away the gifts and things sent by the villagers, Su Li felt more and more that something was wrong.

She had an idea and went around to the west wing, where she saw Huan Ge'er reading and writing quietly in the room, and Shi Tou was serving him with pen and ink.

"After school?"

Su Li asked tentatively.

"Ok!"

The aloof young man stood by the table, bowed, and looked at Su Li quietly.

"Nothing, just came to see you. How was school today?"

"Don't worry, I didn't skip class today. My teacher taught me the Book of Rites, and I was doing my homework."

After saying that, Huan Ge'er looked at Su Li with a puzzled look on his face, as if asking, "Is there anything else you want to say?" If you don't have anything else, please leave quickly and don't disturb me from doing my homework.

"I heard that Bing'er's leg was broken."

"Oh, how did it break?"

"Climb a tree and pluck the bird."

"Oh."

"You don't have anything to say?"

"What? Are we going to go see him again? If you want to go, go ahead. I'm not going."

As he spoke, Huan Ge'er had already returned to his seat and started doing his homework.

Su Li saw that Huan Ge'er looked calm, neither shocked nor secretly happy, as if nothing had happened. Suddenly, she was unsure whether he was the one who did what Bing Ge'er did.

"Then go ahead and get busy. I'll ask someone to prepare some snacks for you."

As soon as Su Li left, Shitou couldn't contain his excitement and came over and said:

"Master, it's done!"

"Ah."

Huan Ge'er didn't even raise his head, and wrote quickly on the rice paper with the pen in his hand.

There were already many bird nests on the tree, and mischievous kids would often go up there to steal the eggs, leaving the branches vulnerable to footsteps. Today, he had only deliberately suggested to Xie An whether they wanted to go and steal the eggs after school, and Bing Ge'er, that fool, had fallen for it.

As for the branch, he had already stepped on it several times with the stone, and he was sure that it would break if Bingge touched it.

A hint of coldness and cruelty flashed in Huan Ge'er's eyes.

Su Li was too weak, that's why she was bullied by the second wife. Now he was the only man in Qingshan Courtyard, and he had to protect Su Li and his sister for his father.

……

Here, Su Li had just returned to the room and had not even had time to catch her breath when Songzhi and the mute slave came in viciously, bringing Jixiang in.

Jixiang's hands were tied behind his back and a rag was stuffed in his mouth. He looked very miserable.

"what happened?"

There's really no peace for a moment.

Songzhi said:

"Miss, as soon as you left the house this morning, Jixiang went to the kitchen. Ya Gu saw her putting drugs in the prince's food!"

"Woo woo..." Jixiang struggled desperately, as if he had something to say.

Su Li gestured for her to speak. The mute slave yanked off the rag viciously, and Jixiang gasped and shouted:

"Young Madam, this is not poison! This is a tonic!"

"tonic?"

Su Li looked at the pot of porridge brought by Ya Gu, and personally scooped a spoonful and handed it to Jixiang's mouth.

"Since it's a tonic, drink this porridge. If you're fine after drinking it, I'll let you go."

"I!"

Jixiang fell backwards subconsciously.

"Drink it!"

Su Li shouted loudly, and the mute slave and the mute girl came forward from the left and right to hold Jixiang down and try to pry open her mouth.

Jixiang panicked instantly. She closed her mouth tightly and refused to speak.

"Hmph!" Su Li snorted coldly, threw the spoon back into the pot, and said angrily, "Tell me, was it your idea or whose idea was it! If you don't tell me, I'll whip you hundreds of times. If you're lucky enough not to die, I'll have someone sell you to a brothel!"

Jixiang closed his eyes and collapsed on the ground:

"It was Ruyi. Ruyi! She asked me to give her the drug. Madam, I had no choice. Really, if I didn't give her the drug, I would be the one to die!"

It’s Ruyi again!

As soon as Su Li looked up, the mute slave had already rushed out first, quickly circled around the yard and came back, shaking his head at Su Li.

Ruyi has disappeared long ago.

After blocking Jixiang's mouth again, Su Li said:

"Take this pot of porridge and go to Songhe Hall."

Apparently, someone couldn't sit still after she entered Qingshan Courtyard. She had been away for half a day today, and had already put poison in Pei Heng's pot.

If she had not asked the mute girl to keep an eye on the kitchen at all times, and asked Songzhi and the mute slave to watch Pei Heng in the yard, Pei Heng would have been dead by the time she returned home today.

As for who is behind Ruyi, you can figure it out with your toes.

As the sun was setting, the old lady was walking in the courtyard. After hearing about what happened in Qingshan Courtyard, she was furious.

Soon, the Marquis' wife and the Marquis were invited to Songhe Hall.

"Madam, this is unfair!"

Aunt Qian fell to her knees crying.

Ruyi is her own niece, and now she is accused of poisoning. If the matter is investigated, she cannot escape the responsibility.

"Ruyi went to the farm early this morning to do some work for me, how could she possibly have poisoned someone? Besides, Ruyi is the head maid in the prince's room, and she's counting on him to get better so she can earn a better future!"

"Madam, Ruyi is a kind-hearted child. She would feel heartbroken for a long time if she stepped on an ant. Madam, because of her kindness, she sent her to Qingshan Court to serve the prince. Ruyi is a good child. She would never do such a thing."

Nanny Qian cried so hard that it gave the old lady a headache.

However, she didn't believe that Ruyi had ordered someone to poison her.

That girl was brought to her by Xiao Wenshi to see. She was a very good child.

But Su Li said that it was Jixiang who testified.

"You little bitch, tell me how Ruyi ordered you to do it! If you can't explain it clearly, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

Madam Qian rushed forward, grabbed Jixiang by the collar, and said in an almost inaudible voice:

"Think it over carefully. Your brother and your mother's lives are in my hands!"

After that, he viciously pulled the cloth out of Jixiang's mouth and dragged her to the old lady.

"Today, in front of the old lady, the marquis, the lady, and the young lady, you must speak clearly."

Jixiang was already scared.

At the beginning, she was chosen by the lady and sent to Qingshan Courtyard, and the lady took her whole family to a farm outside the capital to settle down.

At that time, she still felt that the lady was kind-hearted and took care of her family.

I later found out that they were all hostages!

Ruyi said that if she succeeded today, she would go and beg the Madam to set her and her family free. That was why she dared to take such a risk.

"Speak! Are you mute?"

Nanny Qian slapped her on the back viciously.

Jixiang burst into tears and prostrated himself on the ground, sobbing:

"Madam, I was wrong. A few days ago, I stole something from the prince's room and was discovered by him. I was so scared that I resorted to this desperate measure. I... I... I deserve to die!"

Jixiang kowtowed loudly.

Su Li frowned when she saw this.

The old lady was so angry that she stomped her cane. The Marquis kicked Jixiang on the shoulder and said angrily:

"Someone, drag him out and beat him to death!"

The Marquis wiped her tears and sighed, blaming herself:

"Mother, it's all my fault. When I first saw Jixiang, she was quiet and respectable, I wanted to give her to Heng'er, but I didn't expect her to be so narrow-minded and actually steal Heng'er's things. After being discovered, she was so vicious that she even poisoned Heng'er!"

"Mother, I'm wrong. Please punish me."

As the Marquis's wife spoke, she also burst into tears.

"You are indeed wrong for not judging people well. I will punish you by confining yourself to your room for a month and chanting sutras for Heng'er."

The old lady's face turned pale.

Outside the house, there were sounds of beatings and Jixiang's screams. Each scream was so shrill that it made Su Li's heart tremble.

It was the first time for her to face the conspiracy and intrigue in the ancient harem at such a close distance, and it ended with the death of a maid.

Back at Qingshanyuan, even Songzhi couldn't help herself.

"Miss, they've really gone too far! This matter is clearly Madam's doing. Now you're just going to beat a maid to death and let it go?"

The mute slave and the mute girl were also indignant.

But Su Li held them back and asked them to be patient.

"They came prepared for this. We were lucky to catch Jixiang and prevent her from succeeding. We really don't have any evidence to accuse others."

It was obvious that the Marquis' wife came prepared.

Ruyi had already fled before the action began. Jixiang's changing of his words indicated that the mistress had evidence against her.

The poisoning today means that the Marquis’ wife can’t wait any longer.

Once there is countless times.

In addition to continuing to rely on strict defense, she also has to take the initiative to attack.

Thinking of this, she asked Songzhi to gather everyone in Qingshan Courtyard.