The court doctor followed Xiao Tao to Xiao Rouer's room. After checking Xiao Rouer's condition, his face became solemn.

"This is a symptom of poisoning!" the court doctor said in a deep voice, "Go and get my medicine box!"

The court doctor was busy giving Xiao Rouer acupuncture to detoxify her. After a while, Xiao Rouer's condition finally stabilized.

"What on earth is going on?" Fan Yu'er demanded harshly, "Did you poison the tea?"

Xiaotao quickly waved her hands to deny it.

"not me."

At this moment, Madam Liu came hurriedly, her face filled with anxiety and worry.

She walked quickly to her daughter's side, her eyes fixed on her, her eyes full of concern.

Her voice was trembling as she called softly, "Rou'er!"

"How is this going!"

"Madam, this little maid must have been responsible!" Fan Yu'er suddenly pointed at Xiao Tao and said angrily. Her voice was sharp and piercing, making the atmosphere in the room tense.

Xiao Tao was startled by the sudden accusation and her face turned pale. She looked at Fan Yu'er in horror, her body shaking uncontrollably, her eyes full of innocence and fear.

"No...it's not me..." Xiao Tao stuttered to explain, "This tea was brought by you, Miss Fan, and the tea was made by the nanny. I just went to wash some fruit..." Her voice was filled with tears, and tears were welling up in her eyes, as if they would roll down at any time.

Fan Yu'er ignored her explanation and continued aggressively, "Humph, you little slut, you're trying to frame me! If you hadn't tampered with the tea, how could I have ended up drinking something so disgusting?"

Xiao Tao felt very aggrieved after hearing this, but she dared not refute and could only bow her head in silence. She knew that she had no way to defend herself and could not clear herself of suspicion no matter what.

Seeing that she couldn't get to the bottom of the matter, Madam Liu ordered everyone to call all the maids and servants from the kitchen over.

"Tell me, who did it!"

"If you tell me now, I can still give you a lighter sentence."

Madam Liu said this while observing the expressions of the crowd. Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they did not know. Seeing this, Madam Liu's face grew even darker.

"Since no one admits it, don't blame me for being cruel." Madam Liu glanced at everyone, "Butler, go report it to the authorities."

"Madam, this is unacceptable!" A maid slumped to her knees. "If this gets reported to the authorities, the reputation of the entire family will be ruined."

Madam Liu snorted coldly, "Then tell me who did it!"

At this time, a little maid timidly raised her hand, "Madam, this servant...this servant has something to say."

Madam Liu looked at her and asked, "What do you have to say?"

"This morning, I saw Nanny Li sneaking into the tea room. I don't know what she was doing." The little maid said with her head down.

"Mother Li?"

Madam Liu frowned. Isn't this the old nanny who has served Rouer for many years?

"Call her!"

While waiting for Nanny Li to come, everyone knelt on the ground with different expressions.

Biyun, who was kneeling at the end, was scared. She wondered if the person who came to find her when she returned to the kitchen would betray her.

When I thought of this, I became panic-stricken and didn't know what to do.

After a while, Nanny Li was brought up.

Nanny Li rushed over and saw the situation in the room. She thought to herself that something was wrong.

She immediately knelt down and kowtowed, shouting, "Madam, please be discerning. I definitely didn't poison you!"

Madam Liu looked at her sharply, "Then why did you go to the tea room?"

Nanny Li stammered, "I...I was just checking if the tea set was clean."

Fan Yu'er sneered, "Mammy, your excuse is too lame, isn't it? Everyone knows that you are Rou'er's confidant. Wouldn't it be easy for you to harm her? And you still want to blame it on me!"

Nanny Li turned to look at Fan Yuer, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Miss Fan, I am loyal to you, how could I do such a thing? Someone must have framed me!"

At this moment, Biyun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "Mammy, I clearly saw that it was you who poisoned the young lady's tea..."

"I remember now. I also saw Nanny Li go to the tea room." The sister-in-law who was washing vegetables also echoed.

"Yes, it was Nanny Li who brought this tea and asked me to brew it for her. At that time, Nanny Li disliked my clumsiness, so she made the tea herself." The tea-making servant who had been the most dissatisfied said hurriedly.

At this moment, everyone in the kitchen and the servants and maids who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy no longer cared who did it.

I just hope that the blame doesn't fall on me. What's more, Nanny Li and Xiao Rouer are birds of the same flock and are very annoying.

"Madame Li, I've treated you well! What else do you have to say now?" Madam Liu became more and more frightened the more she thought about it. If this matter were to get out, then...

"Madam, I am wronged!"

Nanny Li knew she could no longer argue, but she kept begging for mercy.

She was filled with regret, wondering how she could have been so careless and let such a thing happen. Now, facing the lady's questioning and anger, she felt extremely terrified.

"Madam, please spare me! I really don't know what's going on..." Nanny Li tried to explain, but her voice was full of fear and despair.

Madam Liu said sternly, "Drag this evil slave away and lock him up in the water dungeon!"

Then, two servants came forward and dragged Li Ma Ma out.

"Everyone, please stand up." Madam Liu looked at everyone and said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly."

Everyone stood up as if they had been granted amnesty.

Madam Liu turned to look at Xiao Rouer, her eyes full of heartache, "Rouer, are you feeling better?"

Xiao Rouer nodded weakly, "Mom, I'm much better now. But... who on earth is trying to harm me?"

Madam Liu comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Rou'er. I'm here and I won't let you suffer any injustice."

After saying that, Madam Liu looked at the court physician again, "Doctor, please take another look at Rou'er to see if there is anything else seriously wrong with her."

The court doctor responded and took Xiao Rouer's pulse again.

After a while, the court doctor said, "Young lady is fine now. She just needs to rest for a while and she will recover."

Upon hearing this, Madam Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's not talk about this matter for now. You can all go back first." Mrs. Liu waved her hand, signaling everyone to leave.

After everyone left, Madam Liu's face became extremely gloomy.

"If anyone dares to do anything to my Liu Mansion, I will make her pay the price!" Madam Liu said gritting her teeth.

Biyun, who was standing by, was puzzled by what the court doctor said. She had tried this medicine before, and the chicken died silently in about half a minute.

How could Xiao Rou'er be alright? She looked so frail, and it didn't seem like she was pretending.

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