Chapter 251: 146 A Pleasure to All (First Update)

The mother and daughter stared strangely at the medicine packet on the table, unsure of what the old lady had given them.

“What is this?” the Yao family asked.

The old lady stretched out in a yawn and languidly sat on a chair: “Arsenic.”

The Yao family choked.

Gu Jiao also almost choked. If she remembered correctly, the old lady just casually took it out of her pocket, didn’t she? Do old ladies nowadays carry arsenic around?

“Where did you get arsenic from?” Gu Jiao asked the old lady.

The old lady seemed a bit flustered under her gaze and cleared her throat: “Just… um… rat poison!”

She hastily glossed over her words, but Gu Jiao still understood.

Reselling, she said.

Some time ago, Gu Jiao found out there were rats in the house, so she made some rat poison using arsenic.

The rat poison disappeared, and so did the rats.

She thought the rats had eaten all the poison. Did the old lady actually take it to resell?

Is selling wound-healing medicine not enough to satisfy your needs?

Have you started selling rat poison too?

The old lady cleared her throat: “The medicine works really well. Each person in the neighborhood has a packet.”

Gu Jiao: You’ve already made it so common that everyone in the alley has a packet?!

A twitch appeared at the corner of Gu Jiao’s mouth.

“Oh my! It smells delicious! Is dinner ready? I’ll go and take a look in the kitchen!” The old lady quickly left.

The Yao family stood up: “Indeed, it smells delicious. I’ll go and take a look too!”

Gu Jiao’s gaze fell on her hand holding the medicine packet.

Isn’t it scary to bring arsenic into the kitchen?

The Yao family gave an awkward smile and squeezed the medicine packet in her hand: “I’m going to throw it away!”

“Oh.” Gu Jiao pretended to believe her.

The Yao family caught up with the old lady and they went to a secluded corner!

Holding up the medicine packet, the Yao family asked for advice: “Great-aunt, how do I use this?”

First, the old lady demonstrated how to poison a drink, then how to mimic drinking, winking at Yao Family: “Pretend. Do you understand? Just the two of you, she won’t be able to explain!”

The Yao family was somewhat confused: “But how do I get rid of those maids?”

Lady Ling always had her confidants around her.

“Of course you can’t get rid of her maids, let her dismiss them herself.” The old lady leaned closer and whispered a few words into Yao family’s ear, “Understand?”

The Yao family had a sudden realization: “Brilliant, truly brilliant!”

The Yao family left eagerly after having a plan.

Watching Yao family’s excited retreating figure, the old lady fell into deep confusion: “What was I doing in the past? Why am I so rotten?”

The Yao family came back home with the arsenic.

It was her first time doing something like this, she was quite nervous.

However, thinking about all the unfairness and blames she had suffered over the years, she felt that no matter how scary it was, she couldn’t go back now.

She started with the first step of the plan: lure the snake out of the hole.

Lady Ling was a very cautious person, so it was unlikely that she could be invited out alone unless Lady Ling herself had something secretive to do. For instance, seducing Marquis Gu.

Yao family began by spreading the news that Marquis Gu was at the Back Mountain. To make the news believable, the Yao family did trick Marquis Gu into going to Back Mountain.

Upon hearing that Marquis Gu was at the Back Mountain, Lady Ling immediately dressed up and went to Back Mountain alone to create a romantic “encounter.”

However, what she encountered was not Marquis Gu, but Yao family, who had been waiting at Back Mountain since early morning.

“My lady?” Lady Ling was taken aback and quickly adjusted her slipping dress.

Looking at her nearly popping figure, Yao family gave a faint smile: “Dressing like this, who are you planning to meet secretly in Back Mountain?”

Lady Ling hurriedly tightened her cloak, masking her uneasiness: “I’m just out for a walk, I’ll leave if there’s nothing else.”

Yao family smiled: “Since you’re already here, why not sit for a while? Marquis will come find me after he’s done picking fruit.”

With the Yao family present, Lady Ling couldn’t apply her skills, but she didn’t want to just leave either, especially because she’d dressed up so beautifully. She wanted Marquis Gu to see her.

Lady Ling and the Yao family went to a nearby cabin.

Marquis Gu occasionally came to the Back Mountain to practice swordsmanship, and Gu Chengfeng and Gu Chenglin sometimes came to pick fruits, and this little cabin was meant for them to rest in.

Although small, it had everything they needed.

The two sat face to face.

Yao family poured Lady Ling a cup of tea and managed to sneak the medicine packet into her hand while Lady Ling wasn’t looking.

The old lady’s plan was for Yao family to use a bit of deception by poisoning her own cup, pretend to take a sip and act as if she’d been poisoned, when actually she could just spill it on herself, and then accuse Lady Ling of poisoning her.