Chapter 2 Poisoning
The dark corridor and the tightly closed door blocked the lively wedding banquet outside. The bridal chamber was silent. The two big red characters for "囍" on the window were like two eyes, gazing at the bride beside the bed with a smile. The two red candles on the incense table were emitting green flames. All that was reflected in Mengxi's eyes was red. If it weren't for the strong smell of medicine in the room and the half-dead Xiao Jun lying in the red gauze curtain, reminding Mengxi that she had married a terminally ill man, she would have thought it was a perfect wedding.
The maids and old women had already left, but Mengxi knew that there were five or six famous doctors living next door, ready to deal with any problem that might happen to Xiao Jun at any time.
The new house was filled with a strong smell of medicine mixed with incense, and the stuffy air made Mengxi feel suffocated. No wonder Xiao Jun was less awake and more asleep. It was June, and the windows were not opened. Even a good person would get sick from the smoke, let alone the patients. Mengxi walked over and gently opened the window opposite the bed. A gust of fresh air rushed in, and Mengxi took a deep breath. It felt so good.
"Second Madam, the old lady won't let me open the window, she's afraid that the second master will catch a cold."
Maids Hongzhu and Hongyu pushed the door open and came in. Hongzhu was holding a bowl of medicine in her hand. Hongyu saw Mengxi open the window and hurried over to close it.
"No defense"
Hongyu turned her head to look at Mengxi, and when she saw her calm and unquestionable eyes, she retracted her hand that was about to close the window, and said softly, "Yes," and gently helped Xiao Jun up.
"Second Master, Second Master, it's time to take the medicine," Mengxi took the medicine from Hongzhu's hand and sat on the couch in front of the bed. Xiao Jun hummed inaudibly and his eyelids moved, but he was too weak to open them. Hongzhu took a pillow and leaned behind Xiao Jun. Mengxi fed the medicine into Xiao Jun's mouth spoon by spoon. After feeding the medicine, she took the embroidered handkerchief from Hongzhu's hand and gently wiped off the medicine marks on Xiao Jun's mouth.
"Help the Second Master lie down, and add a blanket for him."
"Yes," Hongzhu agreed.
"I will help the Second Madam to wash and dress."
"Go get a basin of water"
"Yes," Hongyu turned and went out. After serving Xiao Jun, Hongzhu turned and walked to the incense burner, lit the incense in the burner, and a sweet fragrance came to the people.
"What kind of fragrance is this?"
"Replying to Second Madam, this is ambergris from the Western Regions. It has the function of calming the mind. The Emperor gave it to Concubine Jing. Since Second Master likes all kinds of exotic fragrances by nature, Concubine Jing specially gave it to Second Master."
"Empress Jing?"
"Second Madam, you don't know that Concubine Jing was born to Madam Cui and entered the palace in the third year of Emperor Jin's reign. Concubine Jing and Second Master are full siblings and grew up together. Concubine Jing only has this one full brother and she loves him dearly."
"I know," Mengxi stared at the red hollyhock in front of the window.
Ambergris from the Western Regions. Mengxi had a flash of inspiration in her mind, as if she had missed something. The Red Heart Banana is a rare flower in the South. Its oval, dark green and broad leaves are clustered upward with a red center. From a distance, they look like newly bloomed buds, gorgeous and tempting to the touch. But when you look closely, they are burnt leaves, hence the name Red Heart Banana. It is said that this flower does not bloom all year round, but the wonder is the cluster of red in the center, which never fades in all seasons, just like a flower that never withers. It has an unparalleled fragrance and is a top-quality spice, rarely seen in Middle-earth . Mengxi stared at the flower in a daze.
"Second Madam, what's wrong with this flower? " Hongzhu asked hurriedly when she saw Mengxi staring at the flower.
"Go to the kitchen and make a bowl of vinegar and ginger soup."
Mengxi turned around slowly and gave orders calmly, her eyes were calm, without any trace of the shock and turmoil that had just surged in her heart.
Hongyu helped Mengxi remove her head ornaments and washed her face. Thinking that she could not take a shower like in the 21st century, Mengxi sighed regretfully.
I took the vinegar and ginger soup that Hongzhu brought in:
"Everyone, go down."
"Yes, Second Madam, the doctor who treats the Second Master lives in the west wing. If the Second Master has any problems at night, just call the doctor directly." Hongzhu Hongyu made the bed, put down the bed curtains, brought out the water, and closed the door.
Hearing Hongzhu Hongyu's footsteps gradually fading away, Mengxi quickly locked the door of the new house from the inside, extinguished the ambergris in the incense burner, and moved the incense burner outside the window.
Looking closely at the unconscious man on the bed, whom she called her husband, his eyes were tightly closed, his nose was high, his lips were slightly closed, and he exuded a sense of fortitude. He was the kind of handsome man who could make a young girl surrender at first sight. If he lived in modern times, he would be three points better than Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse, and would definitely be a heartthrob and a natural disaster. Mengxi secretly thought that she had made a good deal.
"Haha, I also had close contact with celebrities, but unfortunately, I can only look at them but not eat them. With this face that has brought trouble for thousands of years and Xianhe's family background, I wonder how many infatuated women will be sad for him and taste the loneliness."
The handsome guy in front of her made Mengxi, who had a complex about handsome guys in her previous life, feel very proud of herself in her heart.
Putting his hand on Xiao Jun's pulse, he carefully felt his pulse, and then opened Xiao Jun's eyelids to observe for a long time. Mengxi was completely sure that Xiao Jun was not sick, but poisoned, a colorless and odorless poison. Mengxi remembered that he had read many ancient and modern books in his previous life to write his doctoral thesis.
The red heart charcoal from the South and the ambergris from the West, the two spices are produced in different places, but both have a wonderful fragrance and a calming effect. Take any one of them, they are all rare spices in the world, but no one knows that if the two are used together, they will produce a strange poison, which is colorless and odorless. It doesn't matter if you inhale a small amount, but if you inhale it for a long time, you will slowly be poisoned, and after the poisoning, it can't be detected at all. At first, people will feel tired and weak in their limbs, and slowly they will become more and more sleepy until they are drowsy and numb, and finally die in a coma. The whole process takes about half a year. Looking at Xiao Jun's current condition, the poison has penetrated into his bones. If the poison is not cured, Dazhen will only have three to five days to live. Thinking of this, Mengxi couldn't help but shudder:
"Who wants to kill Xiao Jun?" It is difficult for ordinary people to get even one kind of incense, let alone two kinds. Using two kinds at the same time is simply a waste of resources. This is definitely not a coincidence. It is obviously a long-term plan. Mengxi thought that she had just married into the Xiao family. No matter whether Xiao Jun had feelings for her or not, he was her nominal husband and her future support in the Xiao Mansion. Xiao Jun must not die.
This poison has to be detoxified secretly. Now we don't know who harmed Xiao Jun in the Xiao Mansion. The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. If Mengxi says now that Xiao Jun was poisoned, how could she, a girl who never leaves the house, know about it, and how could she detoxify him? She can't explain it. The waters in the Xiao Mansion are too deep, and she has no one around her. She may have just detoxified him today, but he will be harmed by someone tomorrow and nothing will be left.
"Miss, I have never done good deeds without leaving a name. Considering that you will be my support in the Xiao Mansion in the future, I have to do a business that will lose money first. Just consider it as an initial investment. I must get it back together with the interest in the future. Xiao Jun, you are not allowed to default on your debt."
