Mother Ge said softly: "It will take a hundred days to break your muscles and bones, so you have to be careful to recuperate for a while."
Mrs. Xie's eyes turned red: "I have lived a long life, but I have to endure this." At this point, a bit of resentment appeared on her face, "I can't live in this home for a day."
Ge's mother said distressedly: "The old lady is hurt like this, I will definitely be sad if I know about it."
Old lady Xie clenched her hands tightly: "I don't know how the child is doing."
Mother Ge helped Old Mrs.
Mrs. Xie nodded and stopped talking, letting Mother Ge serve.
After getting dressed, Mother Ge opened the curtain, asked the old lady to lean on the small couch beside the bed, and then went out to invite the seventh lady.
Xu Qinghuan and Mrs. Seven walked into the Xie family's house and took a closer look at the surroundings. As a branch of the Xie family, the Xie family's house was not very big, and there were not many servants coming and going. There were also white lanterns hanging in the yard.
There was a desolate atmosphere.
Mrs. Xie's yard was very quiet. Several servants walked out with their heads lowered, and then someone dressed as a maid brought a basin of water through the door.
The steward came to report and said: "Miss Jiang, please wait a moment. My old lady has finished washing herself and will invite you two in."
Xu Qinghuan felt very strange. Since the old lady Xie needed someone to serve her, why did she send all the servants out? It seemed that the old lady had some inconvenience.
After a while, the green curtain was lifted, and the mother in charge came forward and said with a smile: "Ladies, please come!"
Walking into the house, Xu Qinghuan only saw an old woman leaning on a small couch. Her complexion was sallow, her eye sockets were sunken, and her lips were pursed tightly, making her look very haggard.
"old lady."
The seventh lady and Xu Qinghuan stepped forward and saluted.
Old lady Xie said feebly: "Sit down quickly."
While he was talking, a maid had already brought tea.
The seventh lady frowned: "Why is the old lady so sick?"
It's okay not to say anything. When this matter was mentioned, Mrs. Xie's eyes turned red: "The house is in such a mess, how could I not get sick? If I had known it would be like this today, I might as well have left earlier to avoid suffering like this.
Yanniang is gone, and I am already heartbroken, but I didn’t expect that news would come back... saying... that it was Brother Yun who was responsible for the murder."
Mrs. Xie said as she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
The seventh lady said: "I have only heard that you have a beautiful son and a beautiful wife under your knees. What happened to cause such trouble? Originally I shouldn't ask, but there are still many people asking me for information. The people arrested by Taiping Mansion
There are not a few, but people everywhere are in panic, fearing that something will go wrong again."
Old Madam Xie looked at Madam Seven: "Brother Yun was wronged."
"The Yamen has investigated everything."
Before the Seventh Lady could speak, a voice came from behind the Seventh Lady. The Seventh Lady happened to cover the man's figure so tightly that Old Madam Xie had to lean forward to see him.
"What are you trying to find out?" Mrs. Xie's movements were a bit loud and she felt a little uncomfortable. She frowned to cover it up.
"Old lady, don't be surprised," said the seventh lady, "This is my cousin, and she intervened because she was concerned about this matter. There is indeed evidence for Xie Yun's case."
Mrs. Xie didn't know what to say, so she just wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "I'm old. If I'm in good health, I'll go to Beijing and ask what's going on."
In the past few days, she had been crying and complaining like this to everyone who came here, so no one would ask any more questions. Mrs. Xie used this method and begged to send the Jiang family away earlier.
Just as Mrs. Xie thought of this, she heard Mrs. Qi say: "I heard that Mrs. Xie went out for a trip and died of poison after she came back."
Someone from the Yamen came to ask about this matter yesterday, but I didn't expect the news to spread so quickly.
Old Mrs. Xie looked at the Seventh Madam: "Why are you so curious about this case? The Yamen has already come to investigate. I don't want to say it again."
"Old lady, when were you injured?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Xie was stunned. She looked behind the Seventh Madam again. This time, the person behind the Seventh Madam revealed a face. She was just a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old.
Xu Qinghuan pointed at Old Mrs.
He is a doctor who is good at treating external diseases. If Mrs. Xie is willing to invite him here, she will surely cure the disease and save herself a lot of suffering."
Mrs. Xie looked deeply and came back to her senses in a moment: "My leg is also suffering from an old problem. I was walking in the garden a few days ago and accidentally fell. I probably broke the bone. I have already applied medicine.
It’s much better now.”
"When was that?" Xu Qinghuan asked next.
Before the old lady Xie could speak, the mother in charge said: "If you say that misfortunes never come singly, it happened a few days ago, and it wasn't just because of the leg disease. I heard that grandma was seriously ill, so the old lady fainted in a panic.
"
Xu Qinghuan nodded. The two masters and servants spoke perfectly, as if there were no mistakes.
"Old lady, how did grandma treat you when she was alive?" Xu Qinghuan continued.
Mrs. Xie was already a little impatient: "Of course you are very filial."
Xu Qinghuan said: "But you just watched her suffer so much and be poisoned to death."
"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Xie's voice suddenly became louder. She looked like a beast that wanted to eat people. She stared at Xu Qinghuan, and then moved her eyes to the face of the seventh lady. "Just let her say such things."
...Come here, please get the two young ladies from the Jiang family out, I don’t want to see them again.”
"How could I not have the slightest doubt in my heart when the person I got along with day and night suddenly disappeared? What's more, Grandma Xie was perfectly fine when she walked out of the house. After Grandma Xie passed away, someone had to clean her body and change her clothes. There were so many things to do in the Xie family's house.
Mom, didn’t anyone find any clues?"
After listening to Xu Qinghuan's words, Mrs. Xie looked ugly. She suddenly covered her forehead and pretended to faint.
"Old lady, old lady," the steward's mother immediately stepped forward to help her, "go and ask the doctor quickly, the old lady is seriously ill."
The room was in chaos for a while. The mother in charge put down the curtain, and someone immediately came to ask Madam Seven and Xu Qinghuan to come out.
After being taken all the way to the door, the door of Xie's house closed with a bang.
The seventh lady looked at Xu Qinghuan: "What should we do?"
Xu Qinghuan shook his head: "I really shouldn't say it too directly, but I have to say it."
The seventh lady was a little surprised: "Why is that?"
Xu Qinghuan said: "Where is the back door of Xie's house? Madam, follow me there to wait. We will know the result soon."
…
At the back door of Xie's house.
About half an hour later, someone opened the door cautiously, and then a figure poked out from inside. The man looked around and suddenly spotted Xu Qinghuan in the corner. He was startled and was about to walk back.
"Don't you have something to tell me?" Xu Qinghuan said, "You don't want to know how your mother died?"