Chapter 15
Chapter 15
“Can she be saved?”
“It’s too late. She ate the arsenic poison for over two hours now.”
Upon seeing Ye Xiao shake his head, Jiang Peihuan’s eyes filled with coldness.
“You are so heartless. You actually poisoned the porridge with arsenic. I…”
When Wang Qiang heard Ye Xiao mention ‘arsenic,’ his heart raced. Hesitating for a moment, he shouted directly at Jiang Peihuan.
“Did you just say you wanted to report this to the authorities?”
Jiang Peihuan suddenly interrupted Wang Qiang, speaking coldly to him. She wore a green dress, her black hair tied up with a blue cloth strip. Her figure was thin, but her aura was remarkable. Wang Qiang couldn’t look straight into Jiang Peihuan’s eyes.
“Sijin, go call the constable.”
“Yes, Elder Sister.”
Not waiting for Wang Qiang’s response, Jiang Peihuan instructed Jiang Sijin.
Sijin immediately mounted her horse. This situation was different from what Wang Qiang expected, and he began to panic.
Jiang Ruyun also appeared flustered and quickly intervened, “Eldest Sister, let’s not report this. If Grandmother learns our household is involved in a lawsuit, she’ll be unhappy.”
“We must investigate this matter thoroughly because it involves a life.”
Seeing the panic in Jiang Ruyun’s eyes, Jiang Peihuan’s gaze grew colder.
“Sijin, hurry.”
“Yes.”
“No, I don’t want to report this. You officials always protect each other. I won’t report it.”
Wang Qiang suddenly rushed out, blocking Jiang Sijin’s way. Seeing him, Jiang Sijin, atop her horse, glared angrily. “You’re quite strange. You were the one who said you wanted to report this. Now that my elder sister agrees, you refuse. What do you want?”
“I, I…”
As the standoff continued, Han Feng quickly left at his master’s signal.
“Get out of the way!”
The woman on the ground spat out more blood. Seeing this, Jiang Peihuan tried to approach, but Wang Qiang blocked her path. Her eyes filled with coldness as she spoke in a deep voice.
“I won’t let you. Y-you… Ah…”
Jiang Peihuan finally lost her patience and snapped the long whip in her hand. The black whip coiled around Wang Qiang’s neck, and with a slight pull, he fell to the side.
“Stay away! I won’t let you touch my mother. You are all bad people.”
The crying boy, kneeling on the ground, reached out to protect the woman in front of him. Although he was very scared of the long whip in Jiang Peihuan’s hand, he showed no signs of moving out of the way.
“Your mother isn’t dead yet. Don’t you want to save her?”
“Mother?”
Hearing Jiang Peihuan’s words, the little boy looked at the woman lying on the ground. His eyes filled with tears, and as if struck by a sudden realization, he kowtowed to Jiang Peihuan. “Please, save my mother, please…”
“Ye Xiao, do your best to treat her.”
“Yes.”
Ye Xiao was a skilled doctor, but the woman had been poisoned for a long time. Regardless, upon hearing Jiang Peihuan’s words, she took two steps forward.
“Give her this.”
Xiao Nanye, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke and handed Jiang Peihuan a black porcelain bottle.
Seeing her staring at him in a daze, Xiao Nanye calmly said, ” This is a Life-Prolonging Pill. ”
When Jiang Peihuan caught the scent of the medicine from the bottle, she knew it was a Life-Prolonging Pill.
The Life Prolonging Pill was extremely valuable. It could cure all kinds of poisons, so it was called the Life Prolonging Pill.
She didn’t expect Xiao Nanye to give such a precious pill to a simple farmer’s wife.
“Ye Xiao, give it to her.”
Understanding that human lives were the most important, Jiang Peihuan didn’t hesitate and directly handed the pill to Ye Xiao.
The woman, who had been barely breathing moments ago, opened her eyes immediately after taking the Life-Prolonging Pill.
“I-I’m still… alive.”
“Mother?”
Seeing the woman open her eyes, the little boy tightly gripped her hand. “Xu Er?”
Tears filled the woman’s eyes as she looked at her son.
“You’re awake. Do you still feel discomfort anywhere?”
Jiang Peihuan, standing nearby, softly asked the slowly awakening woman. “Who are you?” The woman’s eyes were filled with confusion as she looked at Jiang Peihuan.
“Mother, this sister saved you.”
Xu Er quickly reminded her.
But upon hearing this, the woman showed no gratitude. Instead, her eyes were filled with mixed emotions, and she tearfully said, “Why did you save me? You shouldn’t have saved me.”
“You’re really strange. My elder sister saves your life, and not only are you ungrateful, but you even complain.”
Jiang Sijin walked over to Jiang Peihuan and looked at the woman with displeasure.
If Jiang Sijin hadn’t said that, the woman might have remained calm. But upon hearing it, she became even more agitated. “Who asked her to save me? I should have died.”
“I deserve to die… Only when I’m dead, my Xu Er can live.”
Jiang Peihuan’s eyes darkened. After the woman calmed down, she coldly said, “The poison in your body is arsenic, and you’ve had it in your body for over two hours. My General’s Mansion has only been serving porridge for an hour.”
“So, can you tell me how you got poisoned?”
“I…”
Hearing Jiang Peihuan’s words, the woman’s eyes were filled with panic.
She subconsciously looked at Wang Qiang, who was glaring at her with a gloomy expression. Seeing his face, the woman couldn’t help but shiver.
“Master, I’ve investigated thoroughly.”
At this moment, Han Feng returned to Xiao Nanye’s side and briefly explained the situation.
After listening to Han Feng’s words, Xiao Nanye’s gaze turned cold as he looked at the woman. “Do you truly believe that Wang Qiang will treat your son kindly once you’re dead?”
“Your Highness?”
Noticing Xiao Nanye suddenly speaking, Jiang Peihuan subconsciously looked at him.
“My guard just visited Wang Qiang’s house. It turns out that Wang Qiang prepared the arsenic for this woman. The child is his stepson, and Wang Qiang used him to force the woman to take the poison.”
The man succinctly explained the situation. Hearing this, Jiang Peihuan turned to look at Wang Qiang, her eyes filled with darkness. “Is what King Cheng said true?”
As she spoke, Jiang Peihuan had already drawn her whip. Such a man deserved to die.
Seeing the whip in Jiang Peihuan’s hand, Wang Qiang’s eyes filled with terror. With a flash in his eyes, he suddenly pointed to Xi Er, standing next to Jiang Ruyun. “It’s, it’s her. She made me do this.”
“No, no, it has nothing to do with me…”
Wang Qiang was pointing to Xi’Er, but Jiang Ruyun thought he was pointing at her. Before Jiang Peihuan could speak, she hurriedly waved her hands.
“Second Sister, is this matter really connected to you?”
Hearing Jiang Ruyun’s words, Sijin’s eyes were full of shock.
“Don’t talk nonsense. I-I don’t even know this man.”
“Whether it’s nonsense or not, go and tell Grandmother.”
iang Peihuan glanced at Jiang Ruyun and spoke coldly. Jiang Ruyun wanted to argue, but seeing Jiang Peihuan’s expression that seemed to know everything, she couldn’t say a word.