Chapter 33
"Did you see what they buried?" Huo Jiuge asked.

Although this kind of incense is made by every wealthy family, Huo Jiuge didn't think Mrs. Qin would be so kind, especially since she had just suffered such a big setback on her own hands. It was not her style to calm things down.

So when she saw such a group of people coming to her Hexiang Courtyard, Huo Jiuge made a thought. While she and the incense burner were selecting spices, she asked Qiu Chan to keep an eye on those people around Qin.

And Qiu Chan did see an old woman next to Qin secretly bury something in the corner while everyone was talking, so after sending them all away, she walked to the same place where she had just buried it. Something was dug out.

Huo Jiuge looked at what she had just dug out and sneered. There was no emotion in his deep eyes.

"Miss?" Qiu Chan called her softly, "What should we do now?"

Qiu Chan had been staying with the original owner since she was a child, and she knew some reading. Especially when they were in Jinling, the Shen family had a private school, and she and Dongmei also studied the Four Books and Five Classics as maids for several years.

During the years of serving Huo Jiuge, because the original owner liked to read medical books, she had some knowledge of pharmacology, and she recognized this thing as poisonous Aconitum at a glance.

In the early stage of poisoning, there are symptoms of sensory nerve excitement such as numbness of the tongue, lips, limbs, and even the whole body. The numbness starts from the tongue, lips, and distal ends of the limbs and gradually spreads to the whole body. Later, it will cause the poisoned person to have hallucinations and uncontrollable behavior. If it is serious, It might cost the other person his life.

It seems that Mrs. Qin really hates her young lady. Not only does she want to turn her into a madman, she even wants her life.

Originally, everyone would have thought that she would poison the spices, but the other party only entered the yard in the name of lighting incense. If it weren't for the young lady's ice-snow cleverness, she would have been deceived long ago and focused on checking the spices. Ignored this.

"Since she wants me to go crazy, then I will follow her wishes." Huo Jiuge was worried about how to implement his plan, but who knew that the other party would actually come to his door.

She asked Qiu Chan to dispose of this thing carefully so that no one would find it, and then she asked the two maids sent by Qin to keep watch over the past few nights.

Qiu Chan nodded to indicate that he understood. After retreating, he followed Huo Jiuge's instructions.

She first found two maids, Mingyue and Haitang, and said that her young lady noticed their diligence these days, so she specially promoted them to serve them closely.

When she heard the news, Haitang was still very happy, thinking that her efforts had really paid off. However, Mingyue, who came with her, had no reaction at all and just said lightly, "I know."

She was originally just an ordinary maid, but she wanted to climb high. She knew that serving the Qin family would have the highest salary and the best treatment, so she worked hard and passed many tests, and finally became a second-class maid, and had the opportunity to serve the Qin family. , but she was sent to Hexiangyuan before she could take this job.

No one in this house knows that the fifth young lady is not well-liked by others. It would be better to clean your own yard than to serve her.

Seeing that her words had been brought to them, Qiu Chan no longer cared about these two people. She had more important things to do. After explaining some precautions in serving Huo Jiuge, she left.

"A sick man still has so many demands," Mingyue muttered after waiting for Qiu Chan to leave.

"What did you say?" Haitang on the side had a simple mind. She didn't hear what Mingyue said, so she asked her to say it again.

"It's nothing!" Ming Yue said angrily: "Take the time to rest, we have to watch her night tonight."

Watching the night is hard work. If you meet a master who has few things to do, you can probably get a good night's sleep; if you meet a master who has a lot of things to do, you will probably be so busy that you can't sleep all night long, so she can only take advantage of the daytime Catch up on sleep when you have nothing to do.After Haitang heard what she said, she didn't continue to ask any more questions.

At night, the two of them made a simple bunk outside Huo Jiuge's room. It was fine in the first half of the night, but in the second half of the night, they vaguely heard someone talking.

"Did you hear anything?" Haitang gently touched Mingyue's arm with her hand and asked cautiously.

"What else could it be? It must be the person inside who is talking in his sleep!" Mingyue didn't take this voice to heart and continued to sleep on her own.

Huo Jiuge had nightmares for several days. In the dream, she dreamed that her mother took her to the temple to pray for blessings, and then she met a robber. There was a sound of fighting in the bamboo forest, and the target of the other party was clear.

After a while, bloodstains covered the entire hillside. Huo Jiuge hid under the carriage and watched his mother die at the hands of the robbers because of protecting him.

After the noise outside stopped, she was about to crawl out to see the situation, but at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed her collar.
Huo Jiuge suddenly woke up from her dream. She was covered in cold sweat and almost her entire back was soaked. She gasped for air until Haitang came over and opened her bed curtain and asked in a low voice with concern: " Miss, are you okay?"

Huo Jiuge looked at the real person in front of her. It took her a long time to realize that it was just a dream and she had not been discovered.

"Miss, are you having another nightmare?" Haitang looked at Huo Jiuge's hair that was wet with cold sweat on his forehead. A look of worry appeared on her face. She reached out and touched Huo Jiuge's forehead. Fortunately, it wasn't hot. .

Seeing that she was the only one here, Huo Jiuge asked, "Are you the only one keeping vigil today?"

"Sister Mingyue is not feeling well today, so I am alone." Haitang replied respectfully. After she finished speaking, she stood up, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Huo Jiuge's hand and said, "Miss, please take it easy first. "

After taking what she handed over, Huo Jiuge said to her, "I'm fine here. You can go and rest."

Haitang is a smart girl. Even though Huo Jiuge has already spoken, she still fetched a basin of hot water from outside and said softly: "I'll wipe my body first, young lady, otherwise I'll get cold easily while sleeping in this cold sweat." .”

Huo Jiuge didn't refuse. She nodded and let Haitang wash and change clothes for her.

During the meal the next day, she gave Haitang a hairpin in front of all the maids. Haitang was so flattered that she was so excited that she couldn't speak for a long time.

"Take it." Huo Jiuge put the hairpin into Haitang's hand and said, "You deserve this. If it hadn't been for you last night, I don't know how scared I would have been."

However, Haitang quickly waved his hand and said that these were what he should do and he did not need any reward.

Qiu Chan also stood up at this time and said: "Just accept it. My lady is the most generous. As long as you serve me attentively, good days are yet to come."

After some hard work, Haitang accepted the things.

But this scene is particularly dazzling in the eyes of others.

(End of this chapter)

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