Chapter 54: You bastard! Are you so heartless?
Chapter 54: You bastard! Are you so heartless?
Zhang Bo's expression changed when he heard this. "Madam He, you, you are..."
"Don't be nervous." Shu He saw him getting flustered and said quickly, "Uncle Zhang, I'm just checking to see if there's anything in the food that would conflict with his body. I don't mean anything else."
Zhang Bo felt relieved after hearing this. As long as they didn't suspect poisoning, it would be fine.
After a while, Uncle Zhang came up with a plate of food.
"This is what the young master will eat tonight. One bowl is the medicinal soup you prepared, and these dishes are made by Madam Wang and Madam Zhang. They are all common meals. The ingredients were also brought back by Nanqi from Yuancheng. Some of them were sent by the Zhang family this morning."
The meals of those in power were kept for a day after consumption, fearing someone might poison the food, and the doctor wouldn't know what the poison was. This was a rule inherited by Baili Moqing when he was the King of Dongli, and it was always maintained.
I didn’t expect that I would actually use it today.
"Uncle Zhang, did you come from your hometown with your young master?" Shu He asked casually while checking the food.
The so-called "hometown" is actually Kyoto. Regardless of whether Zhang Bo understood or not, she just wanted to know whether Zhang Bo was Baili Moqing's man.
"Yes, this old servant came from my hometown and has been following you, young master."
Shu He nodded and asked, "What about Madam Zhang and Madam Wang?"
"They are not." Zhang Bo replied, "They are all cooks that this old slave found in Yuancheng. Their family backgrounds have been investigated and there is no problem."
Seeing Shu He nodded again, there was no emotion on his face.
Uncle Zhang was a little anxious and asked, "Madam He, do you suspect someone has poisoned you?"
Shu He put down the silver needle, stood up and explained to Uncle Zhang, "No, Uncle Zhang, you're overthinking it. I was just asking casually."
Zhang Bo looked at her. She was smiling and looked very gentle. But he knew that this lady was definitely not as gentle and harmless as she looked. However, as long as she didn't hurt the young master, he wouldn't care.
Originally, the young master should not be surrounded by mediocre and useless people.
"Uncle Zhang, please take these meals down first."
Zhang Bo agreed and walked out of the inner room with a bad look on his face.
Nanqi came back from washing his face and saw Uncle Zhang carrying the leftovers from his master's dinner. Puzzlement crossed his face. He walked past Uncle Zhang calmly and came to Shu He.
At this moment, she was in a trance.
The poison in Baili Moqing's body was indeed caused by an external substance. However, she didn't see anything from the food.
If the trigger is not food, then what is it?
There are only so many people in Anheju, so the thing that can induce cold poison should not be an ordinary thing.
Could it be someone else's unintentional mistake?
"Mrs. He, have you discovered anything?" Nanqi grabbed her shoulders and lifted her up from the stool.
Shu He was shocked and his thoughts were in a mess.
"what are you doing?"
"You asked Uncle Zhang to serve the dishes. Did you discover something? Did someone poison the master, causing the cold to break out?" Nanqi was so excited that he was shivering all over.
If someone really poisoned someone, he would rather kill someone by mistake than let anyone go! !
“Oh no!!”
Shu He broke free from his hand, his brows knitted together. This guy's grip was really strong, his shoulder was almost crushed!
"I was just checking to see if there were any ingredients in the food that conflicted with the poison in his body, causing it to take effect. You're overthinking it!"
Nanqi was skeptical, "Is that really the case?"
"What else? Who do you think would poison her?"
There is no evidence at the moment, everything is just speculation, and Shu He doesn't want to make Nanqi nervous.
After saying that, she added, "However, let me go through the food first in the future."
Nanqi's guard, which had just been lowered, rose again. "Did someone really poison me?"
"It's just for insurance, to prevent something like this from happening again next time." Shu He explained.
Nanqi breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as he wasn't poisoned, it would be fine. Otherwise, he couldn't imagine who could do such evil things under his nose without anyone noticing.
Shu He returned to the bedside to check Baili Moqing's pulse.
His pulse has completely stabilized and he should be in a deep sleep now.
The needle can be removed.
Removing a needle is much easier than inserting one. Shu He's nerves were no longer so tense. Baili Moqing's skin had become rosy due to the chill receding from his body. Even after two years in a wheelchair, his figure remained impeccably strong. Perhaps, when no one was around, he would still insist on exercising, right?
Shu He was admiring the man's figure while pulling out the needle.
This was the body she had longed for and coveted thirty years ago.
But looking at it now, it seems that it can no longer arouse the surging emotions in her heart.
As expected, time is the best medicine. Even the most passionate love can be smoothed over.
Shu He removed all the silver needles from his upper body, leaving only the eight on his calves. She cut the needles short with scissors and left the tips inside his body to seal out the cold.
By the time everything was done, it was already late at night.
Nanqi covered his master with the quilt and found that his hands were not as cold as before. He turned around in surprise, only to see Shu He already fell asleep sitting at the table.
The next morning, Shu He woke up and her arms were aching from sleeping on the table all night.
There was no one in the inner room, and no one knew where Nanqi had gone.
She pinched her aching arm and walked to Baili Moqing's bedside. She checked his pulse again and found that his internal energy was much more stable. Not only that, she also found that a very gentle air flowed through his meridians, which seemed to have a magical healing effect. The frostbite on his five internal organs also improved.
She was just wondering what that thing was. Suddenly, a strong palm wind came and sent Shu He flying.
"boom!"
She felt as if her whole body was about to be shattered.
"What are you doing?!" the man's cold and dangerous voice sounded.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the woman sitting in front of his bed, lifting his quilt, while he was naked.
What did she do to him?
Starting from the south?
Why would he let this woman appear in his inner room?
"You bastard, are you so heartless?" Shu He endured the pain and climbed up, his heart was surging with anger, and he couldn't suppress it at all!
Nanqi heard the noise and ran in quickly, only to hear Shu He's furious curses.
"Master, master..."
"Mrs. He, are you okay?"
Looking at the shattered table, the broken teapot on the floor, and Mrs. He's miserable appearance, Nanqi had no idea what had happened.
Master, are you angry?
"How come you're okay? Can't you see? I almost lost my life!"
Shu He yelled at Nan Qi, who was cowering on the side. He then turned around and glared at Baili Moqing, who was shirtless, before leaving the inner room.
Baili Moqing's gloomy face made Nanqi feel a little nervous.
How could I forget to put my master's clothes on last night? What a mistake!
He said he wanted to keep the events of last night a secret. Now it seems he can no longer conceal them.
Shu He went to the front yard to check the breakfast made by the two ladies in the morning. He didn't notice anything wrong and felt a little relieved.
Then she returned to her room, her shoulder aching.
She was puzzled. Wasn't that man already disabled? How could he still have so much strength?
Xiao Yier was sleeping soundly, and there was a pink cotton coat beside her bed.
That was the down jacket she'd made last night. Apparently, Madam Wang had already sealed the outer lining for her overnight. I touched it, and it was indeed nice and soft.
After rubbing herself with medicinal wine, she went to the front yard. There was another rustling sound outside the door.
When I went out to see, I saw another group of refugees.
Moreover, this group of people is obviously larger than yesterday.
When some refugees saw that the gate of the compound was open, they flocked in.
"Madam, give me something to eat!"
"Kindhearted people, please give me something to eat. My child is starving to death!"
……
A group of people almost knocked Shu He over. Fortunately, Nanqi, Zhang Bo and others appeared in time and pushed those people out.
Uncle Zhang looked at the huge crowd of people outside and couldn't help but feel frightened.
"Why are there so many refugees this year? Could it be that Beisha City is no longer suitable for living?"
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