Chapter 140.2
Old Madame Gu was badly smashed by the flowerpots, leaving her body black and blue and her forehead injured.
"What happened?" Gu Changqing asked.
The confidant wet nurse replied, "Some wild girl from somewhere came into the estate and ran into the Old Madame, causing the Old Madame to fall down in the greenhouse."
Listen to this! It was obviously her who fell by herself, but they had to blame someone else.
Old Madame Gu touched the bandage on her forehead and said angrily, "It must be a thief! Go and capture her!"
If it was a thief, it naturally had to be caught.
Gu Changqing ordered people to seal off the estate at once.
The carriage Gu Jiao was riding was stopped by a guard as soon as it arrived at the entrance of the estate.
The guard said, "There was a thief in the estate. Shizi ordered that no one be allowed to enter and leave the Marquis Estate freely!"
Grannie Fang said sternly, "Take a good look! This is the Madame’s carriage! Will there be any thieves in the Madame’s carriage? "
The guard replied, "Pardon for the offense but I can’t let anyone out!"
The guards directly under Gu Changqing only listened to his orders. Let alone Yao shi"s carriage, even the Old Madame’s carriage also couldn’t be allowed to pa.s.s when it came.
During the dispute between the two sides, Gu Changqing heard the movements here and came over with a cold look on his face.
Grannie Fang saluted him, "Shizi."
Gu Changqing looked at the carriage behind her and asked, "Is the Madame going out?"
Grannie Fang opened her mouth but didn"t know how to answer for a moment.
Gu Jiao lifted the curtain of the carriage window and looked at Gu Changqing with a dignified face, saying, "I"m going out."
Gu Changqing"s expression stiffened immediately.
Since he learned that the teenager back then was Gu Yan, he certainly guessed Gu Jiao"s ident.i.ty as well. It was false to say that he was not shocked, but it would be an exaggeration to say that he was still shocked after so many days.
He looked at Gu Jiao with complicated eyes.
Only at this moment did Gu Jiao learn that this person was actually her and Gu Yan’s half-brother, Gu Changqing.
No wonder she dreamed about him.
No wonder he hadn"t come again after so many days.
He should have already guessed Gu Yan and her ident.i.ty.
This was really... How should she say this?
Clearly, their two sides were supposed to not get along, but they accidentally had some strange involvement—— he saved Little Jing Kong, she then saved him, and then he saved Gu Yan again.
Calm and unruffled, Gu Jiao looked at the half-brother in front of her. Propping up her chin in her small hand, she asked, "Are you not going to let me out?"
Gu Changqing was slightly dazed by her calm and relaxed tone.
Did she not have any baggage in her heart at all?
For their ident.i.ty?
"I will." Gu Changqing responded and then said to the guards, "Let her pa.s.s."
"Yes!" The guards didn"t ask much and just respectfully stood aside to make way.
Grannie Fang was confused. Looking at the interaction between the eldest young miss and the shizi... they seemed to know each other?
Gu Jiao put down the curtain, and just as the carriage had barely driven forward, she suddenly told the coachman to stop the carriage, lifted the curtain again, and threw out the bunch of white flowers from the inside.
Gu Changqing caught it subconsciously.
Actually, according to Gu Changqing"s previous training, he should avoid things thrown by others at all cost. Just now, he also didn"t know why he caught it.
He looked at Gu Jiao curiously.
But Gu Jiao said nothing more. She just pulled the curtain down, and then had the carriage drive away.
People around were confused.
What was going on? That girl... gave their family’s shizi flowers?
Gu Changqing didn"t think she would give him these flowers for no reason. He looked at the flowers in his hand and furrowed his brows, lost in thought.
Gu Changqing suddenly thought about the greenhouse.
Gu Changqing called the gardener in the estate and asked, "Do you know this flower?"
The gardener answered, "This is the flower in the greenhouse."
Gu Changqing continued to question, "What flower is it?"
The gardener shook his head, saying, "I don"t know."
Gu Changqing’s tone grew cold, "You don"t know what you planted yourself?"
Embarra.s.sed, the gardener explained that he wasn’t a real gardener, but a servant who guarded the greenhouse. He worked with the old gardener for a period of time, and after the old gardener was sent away, he became the new gardener.
He said, "This flower was not planted by this servant, but by Concubine Ling."
Gu Changqing asked the gardener to step down and summoned the estate physician.
The estate physician knew nothing about flowers, but if it wasn’t just an ordinary flower, but rather a medicinal ingredient, then that was another matter.
"Shizi, this is a devil"s snare, be careful! It"s poisonous!"
Gu Changqing frowned, "Poisonous?"
The estate physician said, "Yes, this kind of flower is poisonous, no matter whether it is white or red in color. Its seed is the most toxic, followed by the flower and leaves. It can also be used as a medicinal ingredient. The mafeisan we use is mainly made with it."
"Will one get poisoned upon touching it?" Gu Changqing asked.
"That"s not true. Shizi is strong, not to mention touching it, it doesn’t matter even if you eat it." The physician said flatteringly.
These words… Did he think he had the spare time to swallow a poison?
The physician went on, "But if people are too weak, just smelling its flowers is enough to affect them. They would either become hyperactive or depressed."
Gu Changqing said, "What if someone p.r.o.ne to overthinking often smells this flower, will it make their illness worse?"
The physician nodded, "Yes, hallucinations may occur in severe cases. What"s more, it"s not uncommon for such people to commit suicide or lose their mind."
Gu Changqing thought of Yao shi who planned to kill Gu Chenglin and then kill herself that day.
He mused, "Is this kind of flower common?"
The estate physician answered, "It"s common and can be found on the mountains. It"s a pity that most people don’t know about it. Just because it looks good, people take it home and end up getting poisoned."
……
At night, Concubine Ling returned to the estate.
As soon as she entered the gate, she saw Gu Changqing"s servant boy waiting there.
She asked, "Is something the matter?"
The servant boy said, "Concubine Ling, shizi is looking for you."
Concubine Ling froze and smiled, saying, "I see, I understand."
Concubine Ling went to Gu Changqing"s courtyard.
Gu Changqing was training with his sword in the courtyard. Seeing Concubine Ling arrive, he stopped training and threw the sword to the servant boy.
"Come and take a seat, aunt." He said.
The two people sat down on the stone bench.
Another servant served some refreshments.
Gu Changqing said, "This is a new snack made in the kitchen. I specially reserved it for aunt. Aunt should try it."
Concubine Ling took a bite, saying, "It tastes good."
Gu Changqing responded, "Aunt can eat more if she likes. These flower cakes are all made of flowers from the greenhouse."
"What kind of flower tastes so good?" Concubine Ling smilingly asked.
"It"s this flower!" The servant boy was all smiles as he took out some devil’s snare from behind him.
Concubine Ling"s complexion changed in an instant and she spat out the snacks in her mouth!