Chapter 978: Poison
All these old and new grudges hit Mother Qiu's heart, causing her to lose her mind, so she secretly bought poison and put it in the old lady's food.
Now that this matter has been exposed, Qiu's mother knows that she has no way to survive, and the Qiu family will also be affected by her.
Since members of the Qiu family were going to die, she had to pull someone to support her before she died, otherwise, she would die with her eyes open.
The person she wanted to support was Chu Jingxiu, whom she hated to the core.
Even if Mother Qiu dies, she will still cling to Chu Jingxiu.
Chu Jingxiu was locked up in the yamen all night and did not come back. Mrs. Chu couldn't bear to hate her and scolded her for the whole day. At night, her condition worsened, her face was swollen, her eyes were black, and her lips were purple. She had just been opened by Xia Zihan All the poison suppressed by the medicine was released due to her anger and heart attack.
Xia Zihan let her hair down and lay down on the bed. As soon as she closed her eyes, she was woken up by the maid knocking on the door.
"Princess, are you awake? The poison in the old lady's body has dissipated. The prince ordered his servant to call the princess to come over."
Xiuping, Zhuo's personal maid, knocked on the door and said anxiously.
Chu Meng, who was on duty in the house overnight, put on her clothes and stood up, saying, "I understand, Sister Xiuping, wait a minute, the princess is already awake."
Seeing that Xia Zihan had sat up, Chu Meng took off the robe that was on the screen and waited on Xia Zihan to put it on, "Princess, it's cold outside at night. I'll give you a cloak to wear."
"You should wear thicker clothes yourself." Xia Zihan nodded and said.
Chu Meng responded and quickly helped Xia Zihan make a very simple bun. She only fixed it with a jade hairpin and wore no other jewelry.
He took out a cloak from the closet and was about to wait on Xia Zihan to put it on when Xia Zihan took it and said, "I'll do it myself. You can also tidy it up and come with me."
Chu Meng is quick to do things, deft and clever. She can dress herself and comb her hair without even taking half a cup of tea.
She carried Xia Zihan's small medicine box, opened the door, and followed Xiuping, who looked eager, to Mrs. Chu's yard.
In the middle of the night, the courtyard where Mrs. Chu lived was brightly lit, illuminating the entire courtyard as if it were daytime.
Outside the door, there were about ten maids and women standing, all servants of Mrs. Chu's yard. When they saw Xia Zihan coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Xia Zihan didn't have the time to pay attention to them. She quickly passed them and entered the house directly.
In the room, both Chu Xuanyu and Mr. Zhuo were there, and even Mr. Chu, who rarely left his yard, was there. Xia Zihan felt blessed, and after saluting several elders, he walked to the bedside and looked at Mr. Chu. people.
Mrs. Chu was given a chronic poison. Because she had been poisoned for a long time, it had penetrated deeply into her heart and lungs, and was slowly devouring her internal organs, making her feel pain all over her body and as if her body was on fire.
These days, Xia Zihan prescribed medicine to help her suppress the poison and prevent it from further damaging her body. Mrs. Chu felt better now.
She just can't live a good life, but this person is just a little bit better. After she regains her energy, her incomprehensible and carefree temper comes out again. She either curses people, or just doesn't like this or that, but she's so energetic. Tossing those around her who serve her.
Today, after learning that the poison in her body was caused by Chu Jingxiu's envoy Qiu's mother, Mrs. Chu became even more furious and furious. After scolding Chu Jingxiu, the poison in her body began to be uncontrollable.
At night, Mrs. Chu's face gradually turned dark, she became drowsy and weak, and soon she fell into a coma.
The maid serving beside her saw it and was so frightened that she quickly informed Zhuo and Chu Xuanyu. Xia Zihan sat by the bed, took her pulse carefully, and then wrote a prescription and handed it to Chu Meng, the only one who knew the medicinal materials present, "The medicinal materials on this prescription are all in my pharmacy. You fry it as soon as possible and bring it over. Just boil two bowls of water into one bowl.”
"I understand, Princess, I will come back as soon as possible."
After Chu Meng took the prescription, she said goodbye to the Zhuo family. After she left the house, she eagerly used Qinggong to fly back.
Xia Zihan didn't rest either. She took out her gold needle bag and asked Chu Xuanyu and Mrs. Chu to go out, "Dad, grandpa, I want to perform acupuncture on grandma. I also ask dad and grandpa to wait in the side hall next door."< br>
Administering acupuncture requires taking off clothes, which would be inconvenient for Chu Xuanyu and Mrs. Chu. Seeing this, Mrs. Zhuo hurriedly ordered the maid to lead them to the next door, but she was determined to stay here to help Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan smiled and said, "Mom, I don't need your help here. If you are not tired, go next door to stay with your father and grandfather. When I am ready here, I will ask the maid to call you."
"That's fine."
When Mrs. Zhuo saw Mrs. Chu, whose face was starting to turn dark, she couldn't bear to look at her any more, so she went next door.
After she left, Xia Zihan ordered two rough ladies to help Mrs. Chu sit up, and also took off all her tops, leaving no one behind.
"You guys hold the old lady still and don't move. Otherwise, if the needle is misplaced, the old lady's life will be in danger."
Before getting the acupuncture, Xia Zihan gave the two ladies expressionless instructions.
The two wives shrank their eyes and responded in fright, "Don't worry, Princess, the old slave will definitely support the old lady and won't let the old lady move around."
Xia Zihan then gave Mrs. Chu the acupuncture with confidence.
After Mrs. Chu was poisoned, the poisonous gas directly entered her heart and lungs. If it had been a strong poison, the old lady would have died long ago. Fortunately, this was a chronic poison. After the poisonous gas entered her heart and lungs, it could not kill the old lady even for a moment. , this gave Xia Zihan a chance to save the old lady's life and let her live a few more days.
But she could only extend Mrs. Chu's time for seven days.
Mrs. Chu's poisonous attack this time was very fierce. Although she could not kill her immediately, she would not live until dawn. Xia Zihan had done his best to extend her life by seven days.
At least, she would give Chu Xuanyu enough time to hand over the government affairs to his confidants. When Mrs. Chu really passed away, he would not be in trouble because he did not hand over the rights in time. Taken away by others.
After the injection, half an hour later, Chu Meng's medicinal soup was also brought. Xia Zihan directly pried open Mrs. Chu's mouth and drank the medicinal soup.
After pouring down the full bowl of decoction, Mrs. Chu's complexion gradually improved, and the lifeless look on her face gradually disappeared.
The servants in the room secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it. Only Xia Zihan's expression remained very heavy.
Because she knew that Mrs. Chu's improvement was only temporary.
Mrs. Chu can't survive more than seven days.
(End of chapter)