Chapter 498 - 329
Xiao Song saw a slight change in the Fourth Lady’s expression and immediately continued, "The person who administered the poison doesn’t seem to have intended to kill Great Aunt, but their intentions are malicious. This is a matter within the clan, and it wouldn’t be good for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to get involved. As a junior in the family, how could I presume to take over the elders’ responsibilities?"
If this were an internal clan matter, with so many elders around, it wouldn’t be his turn to intervene. If they let him handle it, it would be equivalent to handing it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If you dare to hand it over, I’ll dare to handle it.
These words were just for show on the surface, in fact, they were a threat, but the Fourth Lady, in her urgency, might not have the mind to ponder their deeper meaning, "What you said makes sense. Someone, go quickly and call for Shilang."
"Yes," the maid obeyed the command and hurriedly left.
"Fourth Lady!" Chun Lai ran in and saw that there were still so many people in the room. His expression showed some difficulty, "I take the liberty to ask for a few words in private."
The Fourth Lady nodded slightly, and Chun Lai immediately leaned in and whispered something.
The Fourth Lady looked completely surprised. After pondering for a long while, she said to Xiao Song, "Yuezhi, I need to speak a few words with my niece-in-law."
"Fourth Aunt, please feel at ease," Xiao Song gently patted Ran Yan’s back, not knowing if he was comforting her or reassuring himself.
Having been poisoned with thunderbolt vine, Lady Dongyang must have started defecating blood. Even though Ran Yan had guessed the outcome, she had yet to speak out loud about it; she walked aside with the Fourth Lady, waiting to hear what she had to say.
"Chun Lai said that the Chief Lady’s stool is all blood. Do you know if she’s in any critical danger?" the Fourth Lady asked. She hadn’t originally believed Ran Yan, a young wife, would be capable of much with her medical skills, but after seeing her perform acupuncture so swiftly and steadily, her expression unchanging, and with no doctor currently present, she could only temporarily pin her hopes on Ran Yan.