Farmer Lady of Fortune, Imperial Concubine, Don't Be Too Sweet

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Chapter 168: Shine in her field

Looking at the half-grown boy who was obviously disappointed, but still forced a smile to comfort her, Liu Yusheng pursed her lips and smiled.

She raised her hand to rub his head. “Don’t worry, I’ll try her best to cure you. Even if we can’t cleanse this toxin for the time being, I can still keep the poison from dragging down your body. Do you trust me?”

Although she was questioning, the light shining in her eyes was dazzlingly firm.

Gazing into those clear and gentle eyes and feeling the warmth coming from the top of his head, Feng Mohan nodded heavily. “I believe you!”

Right after he answered, the man sitting beside the girl pulled her hand and clasped it in his own.

Feng Mohan, “…” For the first time, he felt a teeny-weenie resentment towards his uncle.

Was a small pat in the head forbidden too? He had no bad intentions toward Aunt Liu!

Outside, Wei Bai walked in a few steps, “Master, I’ve found out.”

“Speak.”

Liu Yusheng followed Feng Mohan and pricked her ears up.

“Young Master only touched a maid in the inner courtyard yesterday and went through that maid’s purse, nothing else. However, that maid…died this morning.”

After finding out that the emperor had contact with a maid, he stepped up his investigation and finally identified a second-class tea serving maid in the backyard. But this morning, when he went to look for the maid, he found that she hanged herself from the beam in the house.

Feng Mohan worked out the gist and angrily pounded the bed. “So it was that little maid who did it! I told you, my poison won’t just kick in without a trigger. How could I be so unlucky that I lost face the first time I had dinner with Aunt Liu!”

Liu Yusheng, “…”

The corners of Feng Qingbai’s mouth pursed, expressionless. This result was no surprise.

Since those people dared to take action, they wouldn’t leave evidence.

However, he didn’t expect that the other side’s means were so extensive that they even infiltrated people into his other courtyard.

“What does Mo Feng mean by a trigger?” Liu Yusheng focused her attention on the boy’s words.

“This case was also discovered only three years ago. Although toxins have accumulated in Mo Feng’s body, he wouldn’t easily have a seizure. Before each attack, it’s because he contacted something. So then we paid special attention in this aspect. He hasn’t had another seizure in three years so far,” Feng Qingbai explained.

After thinking about it, Liu Yusheng added, “Is that purse still there? Can you show it to me?”

Wei Bai looked at Feng Qingbai, and at his nod, he presented the purse he brought.

Liu Yusheng turned the purse around and examined it. She opened it up, and found only a small piece of silver and a few copper coins, nothing more. There was nothing special about it.

“Huh? There’s a pair of pearl earrings. Why are they missing?” Mo Feng was surprised.

“Pearl earrings?” Feng Qingbai’s eyes flickered, and he asked Wei Bai, “Did the maid have earrings in her ears when she died?”

Wei Bai nodded, “Yes, it’s a pair of silver stud earrings with jadeite.”

It wasn’t pearl earrings. How could they fly without wings?