I just want to live a good life

Chapter 168: Poisonous Incense Burner

Su Nuan was almost amused by the girl Pan Tao's name.

But now is not the time to laugh at other people's naming. Su Nuan suppressed the messy and inexplicable thoughts in her mind and said sternly to the sedan chair, "One moment you are the young lady, the next moment you are the concubine of the Dong family. Dong Jingshu, do you want to be the concubine of the crown prince or the young lady of the Dong family?

If you want to be the prince's concubine, you should be more sensible now and bring your people to the palace quickly instead of letting your servants make trouble here; if you want to be the daughter of the Dong family, then go back to where you came from. "

After a round of harsh words, Su Nuan walked into the Prince's Mansion with firm steps, leaving Pan Tao and others outside looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Miss, this Concubine Xia is not easy to deal with. Let's not bother with her. Let's go in by ourselves."

Dong Jingshu lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and walked down. Her bright red wedding dress was very eye-catching.

Although there were not many people coming and going at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, there were people looking over here from a distance.

"Madam Li, why are you still standing there? Why don't you lead the way?" Pan Tao urged Bi Tao, muttering, "The master and the prince asked you to come and see the young lady off because you are familiar with the prince's mansion. Why are you trying to shirk your responsibilities now that you are here?"

Bitao hurriedly trotted to the front to lead the way.

There were servants in the Prince's Mansion who helped move things under the command of Chief Steward Ding.

Dong Jingshu's dowry was quite a lot, and it took many trips back and forth to move it all.

The group arrived at Furong Courtyard, which was decorated with lights and looked very festive.

Dong Jingshu stood at the door in a daze for a while before walking in.

After being busy for most of the day, it was now approaching evening, and a pot of thick soup was simmering in the small kitchen of Duiyue Ju.

Su Nuan was lying on the desk, with her arm pressing down on the half-painted face of a woman.

With the scene before Cui Shaoyuan's death as a reference, Su Nuan could be sure that the dream was Xia Qingyan's memory.

This mysterious woman must have hypnotized Xia Qingyan and made her forget everything that happened that night.

But today the mysterious woman appeared again, and her face awakened a trace of Xia Qingyan's memory, which led to Su Nuan having that dream.

Su Nuan had a bold idea about the identity of the mysterious woman, but she didn't dare to verify it.

She only finished half of the portrait, not because she had forgotten the woman's appearance, but because she did not dare to draw her.

Su Nuan couldn’t figure out one thing now. If the mysterious woman was really who she thought, then why did she appear in the Prince’s Mansion today?

She kept thinking about this question until the moon quietly climbed up the branches.

"My lady, you've been tired all day. Stop painting and eat first."

Chun Liu put the food on the table. "Madam Wang specially made soup for you. She said the ingredients are special. You will never guess what they are."

Su Nuan glanced at the half-drawn face of a woman she had painted, then looked up at the sumptuous meal on the table.

Based on the principle of food first, Su Nuan decided to eat first.

"It's bad, it's bad, Concubine Xia, it's bad."

Before Su Nuan could even take a sip of soup, someone outside called her desperately.

"I can't even eat in peace." Su Nuan muttered, put down the bowl of soup in her hand, and said to the visitor: "Can you guys stop saying the words 'not good' all the time in the future!"

"Yes, yes, Concubine Xia, something big has happened."

Su Nuan's scalp tingled and she asked, "What happened again?"

"Concubine Dong, Concubine Dong has been poisoned."

"what?"

Su Nuan suddenly jumped up from the chair and ran towards Furong Courtyard like a gust of wind.

At this moment, Furong Courtyard was in chaos. Dong Jingshu was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her face was blue. Her maid Pan Tao was lying beside the bed, crying loudly.

The moment he saw Su Nuan, Pan Tao pounced on her and tore her apart like crazy.

"You vicious woman, you killed my young lady. I will fight you to the death."

Su Nuan seized the opportunity and kicked the peaches away, then quickly walked to the bed to check Dong Jingshu's breath.

Still breathing, the person is not dead yet.

"Go and get Doctor Xue."

Giving orders loudly, Su Nuan asked the maid in Furong Courtyard what had happened.

A maid who came with Dong Jingshu as a dowry answered Su Nuan's question carefully.

A quarter of an hour ago, the food was delivered from the kitchen.

Dong Jingshu hadn't eaten for the whole day because the prince didn't come to pick up the bride. When she saw the food, she came to eat. However, while eating, she suddenly started vomiting, and after vomiting for a while, she fainted.

So everyone thought she was poisoned.

Su Nuan glanced at the food on the table. If Kang Dahong was really poisoned by eating these, then he would be in trouble.

It was hard to say whether the problem was with the food, so she asked someone to keep an eye on the food on the table and wait for the imperial physician to come and test for poison.

After waiting for a long time, Imperial Physician Yao finally arrived, and Marquis Zhongyuan also arrived.

Doctor Yao came forward to feel Dong Jingshu's pulse, and Pan Tao exaggerated the story of how Concubine Xia had intimidated Dong Jingshu at the door, and then said with certainty that it was Concubine Xia who was harming her young lady.

"Doctor Yao, is my daughter poisoned?"

Marquis Zhongyuan asked Imperial Physician Yao.

"Concubine Dong is indeed poisoned, but please be at ease, Marquis Zhongyuan. The poison that Concubine Dong is poisoned with is not a serious one, and the poison is not severe. It will not endanger her life."

"Then my daughter's safety is in the hands of Imperial Doctor Yao. I will go to the palace to see the emperor and ask him to seek justice for my daughter."

As soon as he finished speaking, Marquis Zhongyuan gave Su Nuan a vicious look, then left, swinging his sleeves.

Doctor Yao was busy treating Dong Jingshu, while Su Nuan was sitting at the dining table, drooling as she looked at the table full of food.

Doctor Yao finally stopped, and Su Nuan quickly said, "Doctor Yao, please check these meals to see if the poison that Concubine Dong was poisoned with came from these meals."

Doctor Yao took the order and began to examine the patient carefully.

After a while, Imperial Physician Yao raised his head with a serious expression and said, "Concubine Xia, these meals are not poisonous."

"No? Then how was she poisoned?"

Doctor Yao looked around the room and finally his eyes fell on the incense burner on the desk.

He walked over to check the incense burner, and found a pinch of burnt ash in it.

He gently picked up the incense ash and put it under his nose to smell it. Doctor Yao raised his head and said confidently: "I found it. The poison came from here."

Su Nuan asked where the fragrance of Pan Tao came from.

Pan Tao replied, "This incense was originally in the incense burner. I lit it after my young lady moved in. I didn't know that this incense was poisonous. If I knew, I would never use it for my young lady, even if you would kill me."

"Where did you go after lighting the incense? Did you stay with Concubine Dong the whole time?"

"No, the young lady asked me to go and count the dowry, and I won't be back until dinner time."

This explains why only Dong Jingshu was poisoned.

But knowing how the poisoning occurred is not enough, the key is who poisoned him.

The beautiful face of the mysterious woman appeared in Su Nuan's mind.

At this moment, a servant hurried into Hibiscus Courtyard and shouted loudly while standing in the yard: "Concubine Xia, it's bad! The Emperor has sent people to arrest you!"