“Then that’s easy. If your dad asks you again, you will say that you gave Yang Zijin the antidote! We’ll deal with the rest after we get back home. Do you get it?” Li Mingzi told Mu Yunong.
Duke of Mu came out of the room, walked towards the kitchen, and stopped halfway. Too many things happened tonight. It far exceeded his ability. He decided to go back home and sort it out with Mu Yunong. So he told Mu Qiu to take Li Mingzi home first. He didn’t want to see them even for a minute right now.
At this time, Li Mingzi was thinking about how to talk to Duke of Mu. When Mu Qiu came over, she went forward in a hurry and asked him about the situation. When she heard that Duke of Mu had asked him to take her home, Li Mingzi couldn’t help but feel cheered up again. “Thank Goodness.” She thought.
Mu Qiu saw the tearful Mu Yunong and guessed the answer.
“Sister, now that the matter is over, you must listen to mom’s words. However, you must calm yourself down!” Mu Qiu told Mu Yunong.
She wiped away her tears, “Brother, I’ll listen to mom.”
Then Mu Qiu went back to the mansion with his mother and sister in a carriage.
“Go get Xiaocui.” When they went back to Duke of Mu’s mansion, Li Mingzi told the maid beside her.
After the maid left, Mu Yunong looked puzzled. and she asked, “Mom, why did you ask for Xiaocui?”
“It’s very urgent. Don’t ask me anymore. I’ve already thought of a solution to this matter!” A trace of cruelty appeared in Li Mingzi’s eyes.
Then Mu Yunong stopped asking.
Xiaocui followed Li Mingzi’s maid and came to Li Mingzi’s room. She noticed there was something wrong with the atmosphere, so she asked fearfully, “Ma’am, Miss, what’s the matter? It’s already late.”
“What’s the matter? Xiaocui, do you know your guilt?” Li Mingzi snorted and said aloud.
Shouted by Li Mingzi, Xiaocui quickly knelt down, “Ma’am, I don’t know what was wrong.”
“You don’t know? I’ll tell you! Do you know that you gave the wrong medicine to Yunong? It nearly killed the infanta!” Li Mingzi shouted at Xiaocui.
Hearing what Li Mingzi said, Xiaocui was confused, “The infanta? What medicine? I don’t know. Miss didn’t ask me to get her any medicine.”
“Don’t you dare to lie to me! Come and hit her forty times with the stick!” Li Mingzi ordered the guard outside the door.
The guards heard that, put Xiaocui on the chair and started to hit her.
Hit by the stick, Xiaocui screamed and cried, “Madam, I’m wrong. I really don’t know anything about the medicine! I really don’t know what it looks like.”
She saw that Li Mingzi turned back and ignored her, so Xiaocui asked Mu Yunong for help, “Miss… ah… ah… please tell Madam, I never gave you any medicine.”
Mu Yunong heard Xiaocui’s shouting. As she was already guilty, she dared not to look at Xiaocui at the moment. She lowered her head and let Xiaocui scream beside her!
Mu Yunong knew that her mother did this to find a scapegoat!
After a while, Xiaocui’s pleading voice became smaller and smaller, and then the voice could not be heard.
At this time, a guard reported to Li Mingzi, “Ma’am, Xiaocui has passed out. Do you want to continue the punishment?”
“Yes!” Li Mingzi said it terrifyingly.
At this moment, Duke of Mu, who had arranged everything, came back.
As soon as he returned to the mansion, he came to Li Mingzi’s yard with anger.
Seeing this scene in front of him, he asked coldly, “Why are you doing this?”
“Master, there’s something you don’t know. When Yunong returned home, she went to her room to check and found that the antidote for Zijin was still there.” Li Mingzi explained.
Seeing Duke of Mu saying nothing, she went on, “It turns out that Yunong asked this girl to give her the antidote in the morning. But the girl had got the wrong medicine. She asked the girl, but the girl refused to admit it!”
“Zijin just came back and she was almost killed. As soon as I thought of it, I felt furious. I asked the guards to give her some punishment. But the girl was so weak. After getting hit by the stick for only several times, she passed out.” Li Mingzi winked at Mu Yunong.
Mu Yunong’s eyes were filled with tears at this moment, “Dad, I did not expect that Xiaocui would get the wrong antidote, which nearly killed Zijin.”
“I can’t believe you actually let a maid get the antidote. It was such a big deal.” Duke of Mu heard this, pushed down the table in front of him, and shouted at Mu Yunong.
Obviously, they didn’t expect Duke of Mu to be so angry. Mu Yunong and Li Mingzi were scared and couldn’t move.
It suddenly got quiet!
Perhaps Duke of Mu’s movements were too big. Xiaocui recovered some wits. Some intermittent voice came from her mouth, “Ma… Master. Please investigate. I did not….”
Before finishing her sentence, Xiaocui passed out and could never wake up again!
Hearing this, Duke of Mu walked to Mu Yunong and stared at her. He asked bitterly, “Tell me. Did your mother tell the truth?”
“What she said is true!” Mu Yunong replied tremblingly.
When she heard Xiaocui’s words, she was trembling with fright. Li Mingzi gave her a look, so Mu Yunong didn’t lose her mind!
At this time, Mu Yunong almost fainted. Mu Qiu, who had been standing on the side, went forward in a hurry to support Mu Yunong with his hands.
Seeing this, Li Mingzi hurriedly went over, with tears in her eyes. She looked up at Duke of Mu, “Master, Yunong has been frightened today. Please don’t doubt her anymore!”
“I hope what you said is true. If I find something wrong, you will suffer from the consequences!” Duke of Mu sneered and said it.
Then he walked out of the room without looking back!
After seeing Duke of Mu leave, Li Mingzi sighed a little and asked Mu Qiu to carry Mu Yunong to bed. Then she asked a servant to get the doctor.
The restless night finally passed, and it was already dawning!
At Yang Zijin’s place, Shuo Ling didn’t leave with Uncle Liu until Yang Zijin fell asleep.
People at Blossoming Peach didn’t know that the coffin was already empty. When they met Yang Zijin again, they were really in shock. But this was something that happened later.
By the time of the funeral, people from Blossoming Peach and Moonlight were all present. Even Pei Moning brought people from the martial club to Zijin’s funeral!
Seeing so many people coming to Yang Zijin’s funeral, Madam Yang couldn’t help crying and said to everyone, “Thank you all for remembering Zijin. If Zijin saw you from heaven, he would be very happy.”
“Young Master was a good person and he had a good relationship with us. Don’t be so sad anymore. If the Young Master were alive, she would definitely be sad to see you like this!” Qibao, who was standing beside Madam Yang, went forward to persuade her.
When Madam Yang heard it, she cried more severely. Qibao also couldn’t help crying.
If the Young Master hadn’t taken him in back then, he would’ve still been wandering around without a place to stay!
Seeing it, Lin Mei went towards Madam Yang and took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her face, “What’s done is done. You need to move on. Let Zijin go to heaven peacefully!”
Hearing Lin Mei’s words, Madam Yang stopped crying, “Zijin loved this peach blossom forest the most. Bury her here!”
They watched the coffin being buried in the earth. The atmosphere was very solemn. After everything was over, the girls returned to Blossoming Peach, immersed in sorrow, and were unwilling to do business!
Xian didn’t know how to cheer these girls up!
After a few days’ rest, Yang Zijin almost recovered.
After Jiang Wei dealt with matters here, she went out to the city to find Yang Zijin. Xian did not notice it. After all, he knew that Jiang Wei was the maid sent by Marquis Shuo to his Young Master. And now his Young Master was gone, it was reasonable for Jiang Wei to go back.
Seeing Jiang Wei, Yang Zijin quickly took her hand and asked her to sit down. She asked about the situation of Blossoming Peach, “Wei, how are girls at Blossoming Peach these days?”
“The situation is not very good.” Jiang Wei shook her head.
Then she told Zijin all the things that happened after her fake death.
In fact, Yang Zijin had expected this to happen, and she thought that they should not be allowed to continue like this.
After a moment of contemplation, she told Jiang Wei, “I need you to find Marquis Shuo and let him find Madam Yang to find a way to acquire Blossoming Peach and Woman Flower.”
“Yes, Young Master. I’ll go and inform Marquis Shuo! In case other unexpected things may happen, I will not be able to see you anymore in the future.” Jiang Wei walked towards Jing City.
At the mansion of Marquis Shuo.
“Marquis, the infanta needs your help.” Jiang Wei knelt and said.
At this time, Shuo Ling put down the letter from the secret guard at the frontier, “Oh! What’s the matter?”
Jiang Wei informed Shuo Ling of what Yang Zijin said.
After hearing it, Shuo Ling couldn’t help but feel a little happy. “Zijin would think of him first when something happened.” He thought.
Then he waved to let Jiang Wei leave and summoned Mo Li to let him do the work!
At Blossoming Peach.
As soon as Mo Li entered the yard, he heard a girl say, “Young Master, please go back. Blossoming Peach is closed recently!”
“Who said I’m here to play? Get me the guy who is in charge now!” Then he sat down on the stone bench in the yard!
Seeing this, Xian felt that the visitor had a bad intention. So many things had happened in Blossoming Peach these days. He couldn’t afford to let anything else happen again. So, he trotted forward, “Young Master, what brings you here?”
“Go get me the manager!” Mo Li directly told him at the time.
Xian got an embarrassed look on his face, “This… I’m afraid….”
Before he finished talking, he saw the slight change in Mo Li’s look. He immediately said, “Young Master, please wait for a while. Allow me to find her.”
Seeing his reaction in the situation, Mo Li couldn’t help but applaud Xian in his mind. “No wonder Yang Zijin would put him in an important position!” He thought.
After a moment, Xian ran back, “Young Master, my master is unwell and is inconvenient to come out. Please follow me, Young Master!”
Mo Li said no more. He stood up and let Xian guide the way.
In the backyard, Madam Yang apparently hadn’t completely come out of her sorrow. When Xian said that someone was looking for her, she then asked someone to dress her up and got up.
Entering the room, Mo Li looked at the people in it. Madam Yang got it and said, “You all go out first!”
“Madam Yang!” Xian shouted worriedly.
Madam Yang shook her head, “It’s all right!”
Xian then left.
“What do you want from me, Young Master?” Madam Yang coughed and said.
At this moment, Mo Li walked to Madam Yang and sat down, “Since you are a direct person, I’ll be direct.”
“Young Master, please tell me!”
“I’ve also heard about Young Master Yang’s death. Please don’t grieve too much. My master was very fond of Young Master Yang’s talent. He asked me to come here and buy Young Master Yang’s businesses this time!”