Chapter 58 "The Marquis has no children, and the relatives are eyeing the position of the heir

"Okay, Jinshu, you stay in the Hou Mansion. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll ask the doctor to check your pulse." Mrs. Liu wanted to confirm whether Yu Jinshu was really pregnant.

"Mom, I plan to wait for a few days before checking my pulse." Yu Jinshu said and stroked his belly.

Mrs. Liu looked at Yu Jinshu's actions. It seemed that Yu Jinshu also suspected that she was pregnant, but she had to wait a few days to see more accurately.

Although Yang Yue'e had never given birth to a child, several of her sisters-in-law were like this. Not long after their marriage, they vomited and refused to eat. Later, when the doctor came to check their pulse, they were pregnant.

But judging from the look on her mother-in-law's face, she probably wouldn't want to keep this "half-human, half-demon" child even if Yu Jinshu was pregnant.

Mrs. Liu did not dare to stay in Qizitang for a long time, so she said a few words of concern and left with Yang Yue'e.

In Nangong Yueqin's small courtyard, she had just learned about the Marquis's dispatch of troops to southern Xinjiang, and was crying on the table.

"Why did the Marquis go to Southern Xinjiang on this day? Can't you consummate your marriage with me first before going?"

The maid nearby didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only hand her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

Nangong Yueqin cried until she could squeeze out a handful of water from her handkerchief, then she stopped, raised her sleeves to wipe the tears from her face, and then regretted staining her wedding dress.

Although this wedding dress is not the bright red and gold embroidered wedding dress only worn by the head wife, it is one that she has carefully prepared in the past few days.

"Go and get me a basin of water. I want to wash my face."

The maid hurriedly went and fetched a basin of water soon.

Nangong Yueqin washed her face, put on makeup again, and told the maid to invite Yang Yue'e.

Yang Yue'e came and told Nangong Yueqin that Yu Jinshu was very likely to be pregnant.

Nangong Yueqin sat at the table in her new house and said coldly: "Master Hou will go to southern Xinjiang for as little as three to five months, and as long as one year for him to come back. I must let Yu Jinshu die before Master Hou comes back."

Yang Yue'e can't wait to do it! She smiled and put a medicine bottle on the table: "This is a chronic poison. If Yu Jinshu takes it, she will die in three months."

If you die too quickly, you will be suspected by others. After taking this medicine, your body will start to deteriorate, and you can tell outsiders that Yu Jinshu missed the Marquis and became ill, did not think about food and tea, and died before the Marquis came back.

Nangong Yueqin held the medicine bottle and nodded: "I understand."

She would often go to the big kitchen to cook some delicious food for Mrs. Liu to make her happy, and then she could have access to Yu Jinshu's meals.

In Qizitang, Azuo came back from outside. He has been investigating the Taoist priest these days.

"Second Madam, the Taoist priest is dead. He was killed and dumped in the ditch."

Yu Jinshu caressed Xiaobai in his arms and said calmly: "He must have been killed and silenced."

Who else can kill and silence Taoist priests? Of course it was Nangong Yueqin.

Nangong Yueqin relied on this Taoist priest to bewitch the Liu family, saying that Yu Jinshu was a thousand-year-old fox demon, and that she was Liu's daughter in the previous life, and she came to repay her kindness in this life. She also said that she would have descendants, all of which made Liu family marry her to Qi. Luo Ting.

Azuo said: "Even though I have a low position, I suspect that I was silenced by murder." If she was silenced by murder, then the fact that the second lady is a thousand-year-old fox demon must be false, and the murderer of the Taoist priest may be in the Hou Mansion.

Even if he didn't kill the Taoist priest himself, it was most likely that he paid the murderer to kill him.

Yu Jinshu didn't say it was Nangong Yueqin, but Azuo could guess that the murderer was Nangong Yueqin or Yang Yue'e.

"Azuo, hurry up and find the Marquis on your fast horse. You must be by his side to protect him and let him come back safely."

"Second Madam, the Marquis said that he would let his humble position be by your side to protect you."

Yu Jinshu pointed to some new maids outside: "Didn't the Marquis find some female guards for me? They can protect me, you don't have to worry. Hurry up and follow the Marquis!"

The struggle between women has never been made public. They will not fight and kill like men. Just having martial arts is of no use.

Azuo was also worried about the Marquis. He handed over to Yu Jinshu and said, "The humble post is gone. The second lady must protect herself."

Yu Jinshu waved his hand: "Go!"

Azuo is gone.

Yu Jinshu asked Xiangqiao to go out and watch the door for her, not letting anyone in.

"Xiao Bai, we have to think of a plan to let Mr. Liu know that the thousand-year-old fox demon is not me, but someone else."

"Meow……"

Azuo rode a fast horse and quickly caught up with Qi Luoting on the official road.

"You came just because Jinshu asked you to come?"

"Master Marquis, didn't you tell me to listen to the Second Madam at the Marquis' Mansion?" Azuo looked innocent.

Qi Luoting said angrily: "The Taoist priest is dead. What does that mean? It means that Jin Shu is surrounded by dangers. You go back immediately."

Azuo cupped his hands and said, "Yes." He turned his horse's head and left.

"Wait a minute." Qi Luoting called him again, "Now that you're out, I'll protect you secretly and don't show your face in the Marquis' Mansion."

Azuo: "Yes, Lord Marquis, please rest assured that my humble position will definitely keep the second lady safe."

Qi Luoting believed in Azuo. Azuo's martial arts was only inferior to him, and he also ordered: "If there is any situation, I will fly a pigeon to pass the message."

Azuo agreed and left.

Qizitang of the Hou Mansion.

Yu Jinshu asked Xiangqiao to set up a small kitchen in an inconspicuous place. On weekdays, it would not be a problem to let the female guard who knew martial arts go out to secretly buy some vegetables, fish and the like.

In fact, there are very healthy foods to eat in the system, but if there are too many people around, always buying food from the system to eat, it will arouse suspicion.

Early the next morning, Yu Jinshu used the test strips bought from the system to identify chronic poisons during breakfast.

The poison was placed in the bird's nest soup, and she placed the test strips in the system.

The system's mechanical voice soon responded: [Host, I don't know the name of this poison, but if you take it, it will make your body weak. If you take it every day, you will become angry in about three months. Die from death. 】

After Azuo returned to Qizitang yesterday, he saw Xiangqiao cooking meals for the second lady in the small kitchen. He guessed that the second lady must be worried that someone in the house would poison her.

In order to confirm whether someone in the house really wanted to poison the second wife, Azuo stood guard on the beam of the big kitchen before midnight today.

Sure enough, Azuo saw Nangong Yueqin pour the powder from a medicine bottle into a bowl of bird's nest soup.

Later, the maid from Qizitang came and took away the bowl of bird's nest soup.

Azuo originally wanted to stop him, but he thought the second lady was so smart and wanted to see if the second lady knew that the bowl of soup was poisonous, so he secretly followed him to Qizitang, where he saw the second lady holding a strange little piece of paper. Serve in soup.

The little piece of paper unexpectedly changed color, and he heard the second lady talking to herself and saying some strange words, which he couldn't hear despite the distance.

All in all, the second lady did not drink the bowl of bird's nest soup. Xiangqiao made a bowl of beef noodles in the small kitchen for the second lady to eat, and Azuo felt relieved.

However, the Marquis must know about Nangong Yueqin poisoning the second lady.

It's just that the Marquis is going to fight. If he said so, wouldn't it distract the Marquis.

If he loses the battle, his life will be at risk.