C15

"Big sister, why are you so free today to admire the flowers?" A sweet voice sounded out from behind him. Xia Yiqing walked over gracefully, followed by the maid Golden Fragrance.

Xia Yi An realized that ever since the incident in Jingzhou, Xia Yi Qing had appeared before her more and more frequently. As smart as Xia Yi An, she could already tell that this second sister was a green tea with a weak appearance and a vicious heart. However, she was a bitch and didn't seem to care about her at all.

He had thought that he had transcended worlds well, that his parents were still alive, and that he was the daughter of a prince. He had been doting on her for a long time, so he didn't have to worry about her scheming anymore. The human heart is always not satisfied with too many quiet days, always want to get from others what they don't have, so began to calculate step by step, regardless of the means.

For the time being, she had not fully understood her second sister's personality. She did not know if she was the type of person that only had small ambitions, or the type that was insatiably greedy, devoid of humanity.

"Isn't it the same for second sister?" Xia Yi An looked at the mud on her shoes and knew that she had been wandering around in this garden for a long time.

She lowered her head to look at the basket in her hands and said, "I'm not admiring the flowers. I heard that my father hasn't been sleeping well recently, so I'm picking fresh lilac cake for him!"

The lilac flower had the function of calming the mind, but it could also be used in medicine. It could indeed be used to make pastries.

Xia Yi An nodded her head and walked over to a bunch of flowers in her basket and smelled them. She praised, "These flowers are really fresh. Thank you, second sister, for your concern." However, when I was making the pastries, I first soaked them in salt water to get the taste of the wood. "

After she finished speaking, she put the flower back and left Xia Yi Qing's body.

"Big Sis, don't you want to join me? I can still do my best to be filial. " Xia Yiqing called out to her.

In the past, Xia Yi An would only anger her parents, be coquettish and domineering, and look down on others, not to mention being filial. Xia Yiqing thought that she was still the same, so she purposely made pastries to use her filial piety to mock her.

Unbeknownst to them, Xia Yi An did better than her.

"No need, you're the one who picked these flowers one by one. I don't dare to be greedy." How could Xia Yi An not know what she was thinking? On the surface, it was an invitation, but in reality, it was a test.

She had suspected before that she was the one who did the thing about the Three Thought Sheep's Intestine. However, she couldn't find any evidence, so she gave up.

Jin Lei followed behind her with an umbrella, silently making his way to Zhu Xuan.

The bamboo leaves were as clear as clouds, pressing down on them in a dense manner. A loud noise came from the bamboo forest, as if it had discovered something. Xia Yi An curiously walked over and discovered that a few servants were beating up a snake with a stick.

"Snakes!" Jin Lei screamed and hid behind her.

A green bamboo snake had already been beaten half to death, only its tail was still moving. When Xia Yi An was learning medicine, she saw many corpses of animals. She didn't even have a single ripple of emotion towards the snake in front of her.

Seeing that the young miss had arrived, the servants hurriedly dropped their sticks and bowed.

Xia Yi An's sharp gaze swept across them as she coldly asked, "Why are there snakes in the courtyard when you sweep it every day?"

Several of the servants looked at her obediently. One of them said in a thin and weak voice, "In reply to Miss, we don't know what's going on. Usually we check carefully and there aren't even cockroaches. Today, we found something on the bamboo."

Although there were a lot of plague snakes and bugs in the weather during April and May, there were more than a hundred people cleaning and inspecting the courtyard every day in the large Tai Bei Prefecture. Furthermore, there were a lot of insect-repellent drugs; basically, there were no such things. But today, they found a poisonous snake here. This was a very serious matter, and if someone was bitten, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Send someone to check the yard again so that these things don't disturb people." Xia Yi An ordered as she frowned.

"Yes, yes. We will go now."

The valet took the dead snake with him when he left.

Jin Lei pulled on Xia Yifan's clothes and looked warily at the dense bamboo forest. He said carefully, "Miss, let's go back."

Xia Yi An knew that she was timid and had a bad intention. She teased her intentionally, "Aiya, what do you think that is?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jin Lei embraced her as he walked out of the courtyard. "Hurry, miss! I'll protect you!"

Even though she was scared to death, she still needed to protect her. Xia Yi An was touched as she raised the corner of her mouth and said, "Alright, alright, I'm just teasing you. You can go back now."

… ….

At night, the rain from the roof dripped onto the stone floor. Xia Yi An quietly slept on the bed, hugging her blanket as she had beautiful dreams.

On the half-open window, a few slender objects slithered in, leaving wet marks on the clean floor.

A green snake as thick as a thumb crawled along the foot of the bed and slowly climbed onto Xia Yi An's bed. It hissed as it spat out its core and looked at her.

Xia Yi An did not know martial arts, nor had she practiced that kind of alertness. So even though she did not know the danger was near, she still slept soundly.

A gust of wind blew past, blowing the candlestick on the table over, causing it to fall onto the table with a "Pa" sound.

Xia Yi An woke up from her stupor. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw the green snake nearby. It stuck out its tongue and was ready to attack her. She lay still, covered by the blanket the moment the snake opened its mouth, and dragged her into the bed.

She took a deep breath to steady her heartbeat, found the powder in the medicine cabinet beside the bed, and spread some on her body before sprinkling some on the ground.

A few snakes in the room snuck out, smelling the yellow.

She was still in a state of shock and unable to fall asleep. She began to think back to the green bamboo snakes she had seen in the bamboo forest that day. It suddenly became clear in her heart that someone was going to make a move on her again.

If he wanted to kill her with the venom, isn't this move too insidious! To be able to release a viper in the Grand Commandery and know her courtyard like the back of his hand, he must be someone from the manor.

Who was it that had harmed her time and time again? Xia Yi An leaned against the bed and sat in the morning.

In the early morning, Jin Zhong woke her up to wake her up. He realized that she had not slept the entire night, and her eyes were somewhat green.

Puzzled, she asked, "Miss, why aren't you sleeping?"

Afraid that the incident last night would scare her, Xia Yi An didn't bring it up. Instead, she said, "I'm worried that Big Bro won't be able to sleep well while eating at Jingzhou."

Jin Lei nodded doubtfully and served her.

Xia Yi An didn't feel reassured and said, "Today, the whole yard has been covered in yellow. I'm worried that the servants might be careless and might not inspect it carefully."

"Alright, I'll be there in a moment." Gold has no doubt of it.

… ….

Today's weather was clear, the sun that hadn't shone for a long time sprinkled over the rain-flecked path. Jin Lei rushed back and told Xia Yi An what he had heard.

"Miss, the Emperor has sent several imperial doctors to the capital to treat the plague, but I heard that the situation isn't looking good."

"The Frigid King has basically pacified all the riots, but the plague is wreaking havoc, and the people are causing a ruckus!"

"I heard that the people there were surrounded by soldiers and they were trying their best to escape. The officials were afraid that the plague would take them somewhere else, so they burned all the infected people, even some that weren't infected."

"Also, the Emperor had a headache for a few days over this matter, and he sent the Second Prince to pacify the people …"

Xia Yi put down her book and quietly listened to her story. After a long sigh, she asked: "Is there any news about Big Brother?"

Jin Lei shook his head.